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AUGUST VOL. XXXIX 1951 No.5

THE MILWAUKEE ROAD A Job, To Do Together MAGAZINE

_ .. ~- T HOSE who have watched the situation know that our railroad's business has suffered an alarming slump in recent months. A number of conditions, brought A. G. Dupuis abOut largely by the uncertain course of national events, Manager have reduced the volume of carloadings at a time when our business normally is on the increase. In terms Of Marc Green Marie Hotton dollars, The Milwaukee Road in June showed a net Editor Auistant to Editor loss of $35,199. One year ago in June there was a net income of $1,497,550. Based on the volume of traffic PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT handled in July this year, it is estimated that the loss for UNION STATION-CHICAGO that month will be mucb larger tban for June.

The Milwaukee Road Magazine is pub­ Here is a challenge to bOth management and em­ Ib::hed for active and refired employes of Tho Milwaukee Road. to whom it is dis­ ployes, for there's a job to be done by each. Together tributed free. It is avail,ble to others at 10c per single copy or $1.00 per year. with Other railroads, we are seeking to establish freight rates at a level adequate to meet increased wages, ma­ terial COStS and general prices. ~Ie are also making an IN THIS ISSUE aggressive bid for a larger share of the available traffic, at tbe same time doing our best to make every dollar Page we spend count in terms of dollars saved through more A Job To Do Together By President J. P. Kiley. 2 efficient equipment and improved metbods. But these Railroader's Pilgrimage efforts are worth exactly what the men and women who By Walter C. Miller ... 3 do the actual traffic-getting and on-the-ground operat­ Movie In The Making ing of the railroad make them worth. (The Cover) .. 5 A Wrench Fell. . So What! Whether we like to face the faCt or nOt, security of By G. Courtney Chapman. 6 employment requires tbat every Milwaukee Road em­ Big City Vacation ploye, regardless of occupation, understand tbe rail­ By V. L. Hit:zfeld and T. G. Austin . 8 road's basic problems and take a conscientious interest Scholarship Winner Announced. 11 in helping to solve them. H. G. Crow...... 11 The future of The Milwaukee Road as a service Keeping Track of Freight Cars. 12 organization and a dependable employer is in our bands. How To Make Friends The task isn't all yours and it isn't all mine. It is a job By Telephone . 15 f01' us to do together. Name of Dan Healey Returns to LImelight. 15 Appointments 16 How Are We Doing? 17

Home Department . .. 18

Retirements . 20 How Well Do You Know ~ Your Railroad?.... 20 Sparta Women's Club Honors Railroad Couple..... 21 About People of the Railroad. 23 No. 382, the locomotive which pulled the Cannon Ball Express on the night of the famous wreck. The engineer and fireman shown are unidentified. The en­ gine wa~ repaired after the wreck and was finally re­ tired from service in 1935.

Casey Jones as he ap­ peared not long before his death.

{Photos Courtesy IllinoIs Central Railroad} RAILROADER'S PILGRIMAGE

by Walter C. Miller

The report at the left is the original account of an incident which has become railroading's great classic. For half a century its central figure has intrigued the imagination of a natio/I, and more partimlarly its railroad men. In the following article Walter C. iHiller of Alberton, Mont., Milwaukee Road freight conductor, tells of a pilgrimage which he and Mrs. Miller made to the homes of Casey's widow and his old fireman, Sim T. Webb. Actually, the trip was made in connection with their going to Miami Beach, Fla., last fall for the national conve17tion of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. It was a sentimental journey. one that many railroaders would EXTRACTS from a telegraphic report like to make some day. of an accident now yellowing in the files of the Illinois Central Railroad at Chi­ Mr. Miller is a veteran of 37 years with the Milwaukee, and is now in cago. The dispatching station is Water service between Alberton, Mont., and Avery, Idaho. His son, Walter L. Valley, Miss.; the time, 9:04 A.M., April Miller, is passenger agent in Seattle, currently assigned as passenger repre­ 30, 1900: sentative at Gallatin Gateway Inn, near Yellowstone Park.-Editor. "Train? No.1 ... Conductor? J. C. Turner ... Engine: 382 ... Engineman? Casey Jones Kind of accident;> Rear- E WERE scheduled to arrive in formation on the famous Casey Jones end collision Time? 3: 52 A.M.... W Memphis at 8: 30 in the morning, story. Cause? Engineer of No. 1 failed to see but we had breakfast on the train to save Within a few minutes a taxi left us at or answer flag of No. 83 . time. We checked our baggage, found 576 Wicks Avenue, where the Webbs a telephone and called a number listed "Place? Vaughan, Miss Nearest live. Sim was waiting for' us on the under the name Webb, Sim T. milepost' 692 ... Situation? On curve porch. I was surprised at his vigorous Afterpeing assured, that he was the ... Persons injured and extent? En­ appearance, having expected to see an Webb who had fired the engine for gineer Casey Jones killed; Fireman Sim old, gray-haired Negro. He is 77 years Casey Jones, I introduced myself as a Webb hurt in shoulder; express messen­ old now and works as a' bricklayer. He Milwaukee Road conductor from west­ ger slightly hurt in back ... Track ob­ is tall, slender, and appears to be no ern Montana and explained that we had structed? Main line ..." purposely come out of our way to pay more than about 55. Entering the comfortable living room -from Throttle in His Hand him a visit and get some first hand in. 3 August, 1951 signal was given, the trainmaster asked demolished, and the engine's tender lay Casey if he would do his best to bring crosswise over the boiler head. the mail into Canton on time. Casey said Casey's body was found badly man­ he would. gled beneath a pile of coal, his hand The Cannon Ball Express thundered still clutching a piece of the whistle cord. through the Memphis yards, and "all Sim was found beneath a pair of trucks the switchmen knew by the engine's' from the engine "tender, and was out of moans that the man at the throttle was service for some time with broken bones. Casey Jones." The siding at Vaughan was used for Everything went well and Casey was meeting and passing of trains. A north­ pleased.' He said to his fireman, "Sim, bound freight had entered the siding and keep the steam up, because the old girl another, southbound just ahead of the is wearing her high heeled slippers to­ Express, had also entered, but the two night." together were too long and the crews About 150 miles south of Memphis were figuring on using the trick of "saw­ Sim climbed into his seat after a shovel­ ing-by," which involves clearing the ing stint. The speeding train was round­ main line at first one end of the siding Conductor Walter C. Miller receives a first­ ing a curve on the fireman's side, coming and then the other" as the shorter train hand account of railroading's best known story into a station known as Vaughan, Miss. passes. However, the Cannon Ball Ex­ from Sim T. Webb, who was Casey Jones' fire­ man at the time of the wreck. Up ahead Sim saw a flare, and beyond press arrived before the arrangements this his eyes caught the red marker lamps could be completed. It was only four of a southbound freight. minutes late on its schedule when the "Mr. Jones," he shouted at Casey, wreck occurred. "two big red markers down the track!" Casey left a young widow and three Just then torpedoes exploded beneath fine children to mourn his death. The the engine. Casey applied the brakes in family lived at Jackson, Tenn., about 60 emergency, reversed the engine drivers miles east of Memphis. and yelled to his fireman, "Jump, Sim, Resuming our trip, we reached Jack­ jump!" These were the engineer's last son, Tenn., and telephoned the number words.

Left: Mrs. Jones (center) with J. D. Wallace, friend of the author, and Mrs. Miller.

we were greeted by Mrs. Webb, who told us that people from all parts of the (The pictures on this page are taken from country call on Sim for the same reason the Millers' moving we had come. When I explained that picture record of I had planned this visit for a long time, their trip.) he was pleased and went directly into the story of a ride he took in the cab of a locomotive with one John Luther ("Casey") Jones in the early morning Right: Mr. Miller of Apr. 30, 1900. places his wreath of Engineer Jones and Sim Webb arrived Montana evergreen on the grave of Casey in Memphis about 10 P. M. on the night Jones. of Apr. 29, 1900, pulling an Illinois Central local passenger train northbound Sim slid down the grab irons until he listed for Mrs. Casey lones. A clear from Canton, Miss" a distance of 250 touched the ground. Releasing his musical voice answered, which I figured miles. They were met by the crew dis­ grip, he rolled like a ball into uncon­ must be that of Mrs. Jones' young grand­ patcher who told Casey that the regular sciousness. The great Casey, like a cap­ daughter. I asked, "Is this the residence engineer assigned to the Cannon Ball tain on his ship, stayed on his engine, of Mrs. Casey Jones?", and she replied, Express was ill. This mail train was run­ doing everything possible to brake his "You're talking to Mrs. Casey Jones." ning one hour late on its southbound run train. With his hand on the whistle When I told her my name, occupation to New Orleans. Casey said, ''I'll double cord, his train plowed into the rear end and mission to Jackson, she told me that back." of the standing freight. The caboose and J. D. Wallace, a local trainman and Casey and Sim hurried to the beanery, three cars fouling the main line were friend of mine, had spoken to her about ate and went straight to the station. The demolished. The cars and contents were our coming and said she would be engine, No. 382, was serviced and cou­ thrown to the four winds. The engine pleased to see us any time. pled onto the train. And so it was that remained upright, but its exterior acces­ Mr. Wallace came for us at our hotel Casey Jones "climbed into the cab with sories were stri pped and she came to rest the following morning and we went to the orders in his hand." Just before the in a carload of lumber. The cab was 147 Union St., where we were met at the

4 The Milwaukee Road Magazine door by .Mrs. Casey Jones. She invited u~ to her rooms and told us a long and interesting story of a strapping young man six feet four inches tall who came to Jackson to work for the G.M. & O. He took his meals at the Brady board. ing house where Janie, a 16 year old daughter, waited on tables. Here John Luther Jones from Caycee, Ky., became Casey Jones. And Casey fell in love with Janie, married her and raised a family of three daughters. Mrs. Jones told us again of the wreck on the Illinois Central which cost the life of a devoted husband and father. Before we left Mrs. Jones told us of being invited to Chicago by a broadcast· ing company to appear on a radio pro. gram. She was taken to the stage of the large studio auditorium and interviewed by the master of ceremonies, after which the orchestra played "Casey Jones" and a young lady began singing the original song. The audience joined in heartily and the singing continued until they The Olympian Hiawatha, which has a leading role in "Pacific Northwest Holiday," pictured reached the lines: westbound just east of Eagle Nest Tunnel in Montana Canyon. "She said, 'Go to bed, children, and hush yo' cryin', Movie In The Making Two Men and a Horse During the recent flood emergency in 'CaTtse yotl've got another daddy on The Cover the Salt Lake Line.'; Kansas City our forces strained every re· source to keep freight and passenger THE cover of this issue shows a "truck­ Mrs. Jones said she ordered the music service moving with as little inconven. ing" operation, as the motion picture and singing stopped and announced to ience as possible to the public. For a people call it, in Montana Canyon late the audience that she wanted everyone gracious acknowledgment of this effort this past June. The picture was taken to know that when John Luther Jones we quote the following letter from H. V. during the actual filming of a scene lost his life she did not re.marry, and Glen, merchandise manager of the Mar­ for The Milwaukee Road's new color that she never intended to. No one shall Field & Company Store for Men, motion picture, "Pacific Northwest Hal. would ever sing those lines in her pres· Chicago: iday", which is expected to be ready ence, she said. "On July 10 I shipped my daughter's for release by January, 1952. mare to Kansas via The Milwaukee Road Accompanied by Mrs. Jones, we went The picture will be a 30·minute pres· and the Santa Fe. The mare is not only to Mt. Calvary Cemetery, passed down entation of travel attractions on The valuable but represents a great personal a long shady lane and were soon stand. Milwaukee Road. Like other films in attachment for all members of our fam· ing by the grave of John Luther Jones, the railroad's library, it will be available ily. She arrived in Kansas City just as marked by an appropriate monument for showings before interested groups the floods were hitting that part of the bearing· the outline of his engine, his throughout the country. country and for the next 10 days her wel· name and the dates 1864.1900, together Left to right in the cover picture: fare was completely in the hands of the with the following inscription: C. C. Dilley, advertising agent; R. A. Milwaukee and the Missouri Pacific rail· "To the memory of the locomotive Seng of Roche, Williams and Cleary roads. engineer whose name as Casey advertising agency; Harold Kite, cam­ "This letter is to commend especialiy Jones became a part of folklore and eraman; and Frank Austin of Three the work of Mr. John Cerri (chief clerk the American language. 'For I'm Forks, Mont., section foreman. to division freight agent, Chicago) and going to run her till she leaves the Mr. Melzer (R. E. Melzer, freight serv· r.1il or make it 011 time with the ice inspector, Chicago), both of whom JOllthbollnd mail.' This memorial took every possible step to keep us in­ aected in 1947 to perpetllate the mocking birds singing in a nearby tree formed as to the welfare and where· .'egend of American railroading and the bells of a church tolling in the abouts of our horse. I think it is are· ;;'ld the man whose name became distance. Our wreath qore this inscrip. markable tribute to the attitude of your i:J' J')'lIIh()l of daring and romance­tion: "In memory of a brave engineer, organization that these men co.ntinued to C"se)' lonel'." Casey Jones, we deposit this wreath of follow up one horse in the middle of all Montana evergreens as a symbol of life the devastation confronting your opera. There in the solitude of Mt. Calvary everlasting. Walter and Mildred Miller, tions in the Kansas City area. This note Cemetery we laid our wreath at the B. of R.T. No. 834 and LAB. of R.T. is to express my personal appreciation graye of the great Casey, with the No. 554, Alberton, M9nt." for their service."

.;'ugust, 1951 5 A WRENCH FELL So What!

by G. Courtney Chapman

Did yotl ever wonder what the professors think your chances are of going accident-free, or of being injured? Have yotl ever considered what bearing safety theory may have on the job at hand? Here are some interesting an-rwers given by a man who knows both sides of the subject.-Editor.

"HEY! Look at that wrench falling You may still hesitate and say, "Well, wrench), 300 occurrences will .find no off that ladder" the chances that someone would be un­ one injured; 29 will result in minor "So what," you say, "nobody was derneath the wrench are pretty slim." injuries; and one will result in a major near it, and no one was hurt." This may be true. In fact several stu. injury, perhaps permanently disabling Yes, that is an observation often dies have been made to determine how or even fatal to some individuaL In made, but there is a story behind that many times we can expect to be lucky other words, a person's chances of being wrench left by some careless worker. enough to be out of the way of the injured are one in 11. Another thing to A story that it is hoped will prove just wrench. Several different incidents were remember is that the injuries may come how dangerous an accident of this type checked, such as operating a power saw in anyone of the 330 series. can be. with no guard, and taking chances crosS­ This may be applied directly to your The wrench might have fallen off in ing the street. In each, one aspect of- the work. It could be boxes falling off a the middle of the night when no one was incident remained constant-for in­ stack piled too high, or perhaps contin­ around, and no one would have ever stance, the falling wrench. If you will ued failure to secure runboards, or even known the difference. Or perhaps it recall, in the three examples just given neglecting to grasp objects firmly before might have fallen off when some'one was the act of the falling wrench was the lifting. walking by, missing him but giving him same in each case. What, exactly, is an accident? In a scare. There is another possibility that These are the conclusions that were Heinrich's book, Industrial Accident someone might have been directly un­ finally reached: Prevention, he defines an accident as "an derneath the wrench and been hit on the Out of every 330 accidents, or acci. unplanned or uncontrolled event in head. Such a blow could be fataL dent situations (such as the falling which the action or reaction of a person,

6 The Milwaukee Road Magazine • About the Author look over the object for protrusions and - -'1j .. slivers. G. Courtney Chapman, author of the Now, I want to ask, how marry of accompanying article, is a former Mil­ these things do you do? First of all, waukee Road employe, the son of an II when you take a stance, the most firm employe, and a senior at the University will probably be one in which you just of Illinois, where he is working toward stand naturally. Of course, you wouldn't stand in slippery oil or water. As for a degree in mechanical engineering. .I,~I looking for slivers, you do this in just "A Wrench Fell ... So What!" is based a second as you glance over the box, on a term paper which he recently pre­ without giving it too much extra thought. pared in connection w;th a course in Yet, the important thing is that you do 0;1 it, conscio~sly or not. It is the same industrial safety at the university. thing in crossing the street. You look Mr. Chapman worked as a Mobilift j . , both ways automatically'. So, you see, operator at the Union Street freight things come naturally. Actually, it takes house in Chicago during his summer only five seconds of your time to think about safety on any job. This is a small vacations in 1949, 1950, and for a time II··.. price, indeed, to pay for the safety of ~ earlier this summer. His mother, Mrs. an arm or leg and the elimination of Ella May Chapman, was employed in perhaps weeks qf pain and suffering in the agent's office at Union Street as a a hospital. comptometer operator in 1916 and 1917. To continue one step further, I would like to compare safety with insurance. Commenting on the article, Mr. Chap­ Let me ask, "Why do you buy insurance man said, "The ideas and principles ap­ on your car?" It's not because you hope ply to any group of people, of course, to have an accident, but because it is but you can guess which group I had quite. possible that somewhere along the way someone else may get careless in mind as I wrote it. The men I worked and run into you, or that you might be with at Union Street, of course." the victim of the' two per cent of un­ preventable accidents. I know no one with collision insurance who, ahead of time, hopes to use it. It is the same with safety, in that no one ever expects to have a wrench or box drop on him, object, substance, or radiation results in comes angry (excitable), and leaves his but, as compared to the cost of insurance, personal injury." job for a while. Even after repeated the price of not being injured is just Later investigations found that 98 per warOlngs about leaving tools lying the small bit of time required to ob­ cent are of a preventable type; and that around, he leaves the wrench (reckless­ serve and check and then decide which two per of all accidents are unprevent­ ness) balanced on top of the ladder (un­ way is the safe way. able. This means that somewhere along safe act), and it falls off (accident), The whole success of any safety pro. the line of events leading to some per­ striking a passerby (injury). In this gram depends entirely upon you, and sonal injury something was done wrong case all the factors are present and it is up to this point the safety engineers have by someone, or an unsafe condition exist· very obvious that the removal of anyone done everything that they possibly can. ed. of these factors would break the se­ From here on the whole program is in More investigations were made to quence and the injury would not have your lap. It is up to you to make sure reveal the things that would lead to an occurred. It is just that simple-the that everything is safe and secu~e-to accident. It was fourid that there are removal of anyone factor. protect your own hide, as well as the four factors involved in an injury: Safety is not a job for the other fel. other fellow's. Remember, if you don't low. Safety is something of which value your life and limb enough to be 1. Social envi"onmel1t, such as everyone must be conscious all the time. inherited recklessness. cautious, who else is going to do it for To some people safety comes as second you? 2. Fault of a pe'rson, such as vio­ nature, and it is possible that they are These few principles pointed out here lellt tempe,', excitability, etc. not aware of taking precautionary meas­ apply everywhere-at work, while driv­ 3. Unsafe act or mechanical haz­ ures. For instance, a set of rules has ing, or at home. Safety isn't a thing that ard, such as unguarded machines. been made for a person lifting a box. is put on in the morning with your 4. The accident, such as the Jall­ This is all very interesting, but it is work clothes and taken off at night when ing wrench and, finally, the inj1l1')', probable that a worker selected at ran­ you go home. Safety is something of itself. dom would have never seen these rules. which you must be conscious during aU Yet, without a doubt, he follows these your working hours. Anyone or all of these factors may rules very closely. They state that he You alone, as an individual, are the be present before the injury occurs. should have a firm footing, a firm grip, center of every safety program. A safety For example, take a man whose day a straight back, lift with his legs, and program's success depends entirely upon hasn't been going too well. He be- before grasping the object he should you and your actions.

August, 1951 7 I Chicago's famous skyscraper skyline looking north across Grant Park. What'll you have ... baseball, con­ certs, a bit of night life? Chicago and Milwaukee offer everything for your BIC CITY Vacation by V. L. Hitzfeld and T. G. Austin

PEAKING of vacations, either this resorts have been popular for centuries offer rogue, croguet, horseshoes and 600 S. year's or next, there's a great deal merely because they offered a place to free tennis COurts. And golf? Chicago to be said for the large metropolitan bathe. Well, Chicago has 22 miles of is the mid.continent golfing capital. areas, They cater to all tastes and at wide sandy beaches on a marvelous fresh For those who prefer spectator sports prices from budget to de luxe. More· water lake. there is a wide choice. For instance, over, big city attractions are not limited Parks? There are 135 of them, rang. throughout the summer there is thor· to the summer holiday season but can be ing from a" few acres to the sguare miles oughbred racing at such famous tracks enjoyed the year round. of Lincoln and Jackson Parks on the as Arlington Park and Washington Park. The Chicago-Milwaukee area, at the lake shore. All are beautifully land· There is also harness racing at tracks eastern terminus of The Milwaukee scaped, bright with flowers and shaded lighted for night operation. Midget Road, is the hub of big city vacations by fine old trees. Some of them have car and stock car races take care of the in the Midwest. Only 75 minutes apart lagoons where you can row a boat, or gas buggy fans. by Hiawatha speedliner and serviced by harbors where you can watch hundreds If baseball is your dish, remember many other fine trains, these cities at· of pleasure craft. Others have huge can· that Chicago is the home city of the big tract thousands of holiday seekers. Let's servatories containing flowers and plants league Cubs and White Sox. And if you consider some of their attractions. f rom all over the world. Lincoln Park have never seen girl's baseball, you may As for Chicago, you can get any group has a world famous zoo and Brookfield want to have a look-the pIay is sur. of local residents together for· an hour zoo is the largest in the nation. The prisingly fast and sharp. and there's sure to be complaining about latter's 133 acres include 22 exhibition If your tastes are artistic or intellec. the weather. And yet, to mdlions of halls and buildings containing more tual, you can spend weeks following that people in the South, Midwest and the than 2,000 wild animals. Most of them bent. The Art Institute is a treasure great plains states, Lake Michigan are shown in their natural habitats, sef)· house of priceless paintings and sculp. breezes are one of the attractions that arated from the public only by wide ture. At the Milseum of Natural His· make the city a popular vacation spot. moats. Wonderful for animal photog. tory you can trace the whole stor.)' of From the shores of the Black Sea to raphy! mankind. The Museum of Science and the south coast of England, European If you want a little exercise, the parks Industry is more fun than a shooting

·8 The Milwaukee Road Magazine Garfield Park Conser­ vatory in Chicago is the world's largest under one roof. The chrysan­ themum show attracts almost a million visi­ tors.

Watching the animals put on the feed bag is a real show in itself. This is lunch time at the penguin pool in [;allery and has scores of "do it your­ Lincoln Park Zoo, Chi­ self" exhibits. The Shedd Aquarium, cago. houses thousands of fascinating fish and tht Adler Planetarium offers a com­ fortable look at the romance and mystery of the heavens. Maybe you like to sleep in the morn­ ing and have fun at night. In that case, after sundown you have a choice of any­ thing from Chicagoland jazz to Brahms and Beethoven or the legitimate theater. Symphony concerts are free four nights a week in Grant Park on the lake front. Or you can get a nightclub tan in dozens of places, ranging from the small and intimate to the big, boisterous floor shows with famous name bands. Shopping in Chicago's famous Loop and on Michigan Avenue is free-if you stick to the windows. You can tour the "Pit," largest grain trading floor in the world. You can visit the stock yards, the fabulous Merchandise Mart, radio and television studios-much of this en­ tertainment is free. Inexpensive bus The man in the barber chair wanted to see a telecast during his trips will take you to Chinatown, historic big city vacation. He was a guest from the audience at one of the Don McNeill TV shows. the Breakfast Club program from Chicago. landm~rks, the parks and wonderful views of the skyscraper skyline. Boat trips 'provide an opportunity to see the magnificent skyline from the lake. If anyone asks you to suggest a good spot for a vacation, tell them Chicago. here via The Milwaukee Road. : ' You might even suggest that they come Milwaukee is internationally recog­ nized for its· industrial prowess and the products that flow from its mills and factories. But it has another side, an­ other character which is rapidly gaining recognition, and that is the one most evident to the visitor. There is none of the "George Wash­ ington Slept Here" aspect to Milwaukee, no time-hallowed battlefields or home-

Concerts in air cooled T. G. Austin (left), general agent pas­ comfort at the famous senger department, Milwaukee, and Emil Blatz Temple of V. L. Hitzfeld, general agent pas­ Mus ic in Washington senger department, Chi c ago, co­ Park are a treat for Mil­ authors of "Big City Vacation." waukee visitors. Augusi,1951 9 steads of early America greats. Its charm I, more vital, for Milwaukee is part of the great Middle West where history dates back little more than 100 years and 'where cities and towns are still flexing their muscles and working toward the achievements that bring world renown. The visitor will find in this Wiscon. SIn metropolis a variety of attractions to make his stay memorable. Milwaukee is a city of parks and parkways, im­ maculately maintained and superbly equipped, with facilities for all outdoor sports, winter as well as summer. Wash­ ington Park has one of the nation's finest zoos and a natural outdoor amphitheater which is the scene of summer concerts featuring topnotch stage and radio per. sonalities and a concert orchestra. Flow.

The Milwaukee City Hall, a fine example of typical Milwaukee architecture. In the background can be seen one of the city's brewery districts.

er shows practically the year round at­ way from the foot of East Mason Street tract thousands of visitors to the con­ to Lake Drive is a sight which never servatory and sunken gardens at Mitchell fails to please. The colorful setting of Big city shops offer the' visitor Park, and the rose gardens at Whitnall rare merchandise from every the Milwaukee Yacht Club and the corner of the earth. Scene in Park are the delight of Milwaukeeans spick-and-span filtration plant impress the gift court of Marshall and visitors alike. everyone who takes this delightful drive. Field & Company, Chicago. No Milwaukeean ever fails to drive From Lincoln Memorial Bridge the his guests along Lincoln Memorial Park­ visitor can enjoy a clear view of Mil­ way, for here is as lovely a scene as wilJ waukee harbor, Maitland Field-MiL be found anywhere. The wooded bluffs waukee's downtown airport-and the An aerial view of Milwaukee's business district, showing the above and the blue of Lake Michigan docks where foreign and domestic ships river which plays such an im­ along the beautifully landscaped park­ take aboard American products and un­ portant role in its commerce. load cargo destined for Midwestern cities. Lake Michigan is Milwaukee's play­ ground. Almost all of the shoreline is heavily wooded and excellent sandy beaches are easily accessible. Within an hour's drive of the city are 163 inland lakes where fishing, swimming and boat­ ing are at their best. Adults and children alike will find pleasant and educational diversion at the Public Museum where a magnificent collection of more than 630,000 speci­ mens of historical and scientific curios are displayed. The collection of Indian handicraft is the largest in the world. Housed in the same building is the . public library which has some 150,000 volumes. The Milwaukee Art Institute

10 ThE> Milwaukee Road Magazine ..

Scholarship Winner Announced

GARY E. PURDY of 40212 South Main, Aberdeen, S.D., was selected to be the first recipient of the J. T. Gillick Scholarship according. to an announcement made Aug. 9 by Carl Kuehnert, secre: tary.' UOIverslty Scholarship ~ommittee, Northwestern University, chaJrman of the commltt~e whICh Judged the qualifications of candi­ dates. The 17-year.old WlOner of the award is the dependent stepson of Russell O. Chambers,. Milwaukee Road pumper and water tester at Aberdeen. Gary was graduated from the Central High School in Aberdeen on May 31, 1951, ranking ninth in a graduating class of 247, and third among the 107 boys in the class. At the time this issue of the Maga­ The continental atmosphere of many Milwaukee restaurants. ZlOe went to press he had not announced which university he proposed transports the visitor into another to enter. era. Mader's Restaurant is known re~uests f~r throughout the Midwest for fine A total of. 145 application blanks were received by German food. the scholarship committee.. Flfty.fo~r of those to whom application blanks were sent actually made applIcatIOn to be considered as candi. is the scene of traveling exhibits, special dates for the award. art shows and educational lectures, while More I'nformatl'on abo u t th e sc h 0 Iars h"Ip WlOner WI'11 appear in the Layton Art GalJery offers exhibits of later issues. paintings, sculpture and objects of art. A drive through the thriving indus· trial area will give the visitor a glimpse of the city's numerOus manufacturing plants. Many welcome the opportunity H. G. Crow city motor carriers of all sorts. Official to show visitors their facilities. At the reports of all common carriers, as well as Herman G. Crow, formerly employed in city's famous breweries, for instance, contract carriers and private· c~rriers en. there is a standing invitation on all the engineering department 'and known by many Milwaukee Road people; died gaged in intercity service on the high. week days except Saturday to tour the ways, show that they performed 93,653,­ plant and sample the specialty of the of a heart seizure in St. Joseph, Mich., on June 9. . 000,000 ton-miles of service in 1949 house. compared with Class I railway traffi~ This custom, accepted by Milwau. Mr. Crow was first associated with the Road in 1912 when he was employed to totaling 534,000,000,000. ton-miles keeans as a matter of course, is a Estimated figures for 1950 are 115000 : unique experience for most visitors. In. assist in the construction of a new section c~r;ie;s of track between Minneapolis and Aber­ 000,000 ton-miles for motor deed, to really know Milwaukee you against 596,000,000,000 ton.miles for must stay long enough to enjoy its hos­ deen, S. D. He left the railroad for a time, returning in 1916 to serve in vari. the railroads. pitality, for the people are friendly and Thus, on the basis of ton-miles of eager to make. a visitor feel at home. ous engineering positions in the field be­ fore leaving the railroad on Dec. 31, freight service performed, the Class I The hotels are known for comfort and railroads in 1949-50 handled more than the restaurants for superlative cuisine, 1928, to become city manager of St. Jo­ seph, Mich. He held that position until five times as much intercity traffic as much of it in the manner of the famous was handled by the motor carriers. European hostelries. As New Orleans his death, meanwhile achieving a nation. is unchallenged for French cookery, so al reputation for his ability as an admin­ Milwaukee is known the nation over as istrator and city officiaL Praise. from India the home of the rathskeller, where Ger· A cosmopolitan traveler en route to his man food is served in' an authentic old Correcting a home in Bombay, India, stopped long world setting. Misleading Statement enough to express his satisfaction with This old world atmosphere is one of Widespread publicity has recently been Milwaukee Road service, especially as it the city's charms, a sort of "abroad at given to a statement emanating from a concerned Walter L. Miller, passenger home" vacation thrill. It's a combina­ prominent highway user's organization to agent at Seattle who during the summer tion to be heartily recommended to any· the effect that motor trucks carry 75 per travel s~ason has been our passenger rep. interested in a big city vacation. o?e cent of the nation's tonnage. The basis resentatlve at Gallatin Gateway, Mont. for such a statement cannot be ascer­ ."1 had the pleasure of riding over your A Russian widower, after spending a number tained, but it is believed to refer to raIlroad from Seattle to Chicago," wrote 0/ years in ·France, returned to Russia. A' freight handled regardless of distance, N. B. Jasani, "and I may say it was pleas­ cautious man, he left his son and his five-yea,.­ ant. During my visit to the Yellow old daughter Ann, promising to advise them including local deliveries, along with in. later whether to follow him. Soon after the tercity transportation. Stone Park I had the pleasure of meeting JOn:received this leller from his fath'er: One thing is certain: The statement your representative, namely Mr. Miller. . :)t is ~.o·ndetful to be back in Russia. I am is highly misleading either with regard He is such a fine fellow. He was very enibying life very much. Come 01Jer as soon to common-carrier transportation gr ~ith helpful and obliging. I must congratu­ .as you can-but, of course, not until after late you in having such Al man." Ann'J wedding." ,.:c---cPathfinder regard to ton-miles handled by.inter­ August, 1951 11 ; Keeping Track of Freight Cars'

VERY freight train is an advertise­ ployes 'who concern themselves in one E ment. Flashing before the eye way or another with car handling. 'scores of railroad names and trademarks [At this point Mr. McPherson de­ different from the one on the locomo­ scribed and showed pictures of the tive, it tells a fascinating story of a vast various types of freight cars.} industry whose many independent, pri­

vately-owned companies work together Closed Box Car in an operation which is the model and .~o, The most important is the closed box envy of the entire world. car, which is classified according to the The public takes it for granted with. condition o( the roof, walls, doors and out knowing how it works. Even many floor by a car department employe who railroad people, unless they happen to tacks a littk card on the outside of the be directly concerned with freight car car. For example, let's say there are distribution and accounting, check it off W. R. McPherson, assistant to general some box cars released at Fowler Street in their minds as another of the com­ superintendent of transportation team track. The best car with the few­ plex but smooth-operating systems est deficiencies would be classified "A P which combine to make up their in­ waukee box car and become a little and would be sent up to the malters dustry. homesick. You wondered just how the for loading of malt, or up to Minne­ The complete story is not quickly told, car got there. That is why keeping sota for flour loading. The next best but an interesting review of the major track of freight cars is fl.n important would be carded "B" and would be sent aspects of car distribution methods, job on railroads, considering that there out to the Dakotas for bulk grain load­ particHlarly as they are worked out on are approximately two million owned ing. Those in the poorest condition are The Milwaukee Road, was given at a by U. S. lines, of which 58,001 are carded as rough freight cars and might recent luncheon meeting of the Civitan owned by The Milwaukee Road. Of the be sent over to Armour to load hides. Club of Milwaukee by W. R. McPher­ 58,001 Milwaukee cars, 30,000 are us­ son, assistant to genera! superintendent. ually on other railroads, spread from Open Top Gondola of transportation. The following are one end of the country to the other. The next most important car is an extracts from his address: To trace and handle the accounting open top gondola with a solid bottom. for freight and passenger cars on our This is used for coal, sand, gravel, iron U. S. Lines Own railroad reguires the full time of 150 ore and scrap and also for the loading Two Million Freight Cars employes in our auditor of eguipment of pipe such as the A. O. Smith people On your travels to New York, Flor­ accounts office, more commonly known manufacture and load as high as 150 ida, California or other far away places, as the general car record office, to say cars a day. Incidentally, this is a car no doubt you may have seen a Mil- nothing of the thousands.·,of other em- that people sometimes mistake for a

Staff of the auditor of equipment accounts office, Chicago, where all of the records pertaining to cars are kept. These men and women ride herd on an am-azing volume of information vital to the operation of the railroad.

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"dump car." They clean out their yard or warehouse, dumping their debris in when we are not looking' The open hopper car is used for prac­ tically the same commodities, with the exception of pipe, and has a drop bot­ tom, eliminating the clam-shelling of shipments. Flat Cars and Refrigerators As you will note, flat cars have a deck over the underframe and are used for big machinery, farm tractors, army trucks, trailers, boats, and similar items. Refrigerators are insulated closed cars with ice bunkers used for handling meat and other perishables and, especi­ ally, for beer brewed right here in Mil­ waukee. These cars are usually sup­ plied by private car lines,' namely the Union Refrigerator Transit Lines up on Marie Sullivan, Eileen Joyce and Alice Franzak (left to right) sort junction tags in the auditor Green Bay Road here in Milwaukee and of equipment accounts office. The tags are sent to other railroads as a record of the where· the Dairy Shippers Dispatch in Chi- abouts of their own cars. . .

movement of all cars, both loaded and copy for their permanent record and empty, between stations, receipts and then mail two copies to their respective deliveries by their own line, as well as general car record offices, where they the .interchange of their own cars made are recorded. Then the delivering line, by other railroads. For example, let us which would be ours in this case, cuts up take a Milwaukee box car that leaves one sheet of the reports in strips and here for New York. It is recorded from mails the strips to car owners, whether Milwaukee to Chicago,. delivery to the railroad or private. These strips have Nickel Plate, interchanged Nickel Plate all the necessary information which en· to the DL&W. Then let us suppose abies the owner to know that his cars the car is reloaded at New York for are on the C&NW, either at Racine or California and is interchanged by six some other seaport on that line different railroads. Eight months later In addition to all the bookkeeping and it is finally returned to us empty at recording that is handled by mail, our Omaha. Each interchange transaction auditor of equipment accounts has a would be recorded and we would know service bureau which, by means of wire on whose rails the car was located all reports, keeps' track of loads moving the time it was away frbm home. on our line. This is called the manifest D. B. Ramsay, assistant auditor of equip­ system. On departure of trains from 'ment accounts, and Lorraine Dodovich, with one Two Basic Reports Tell the Story large stations or terminals, the report of the IBM tabulating machines recently in­ These records tell the story of every­ shows car initials and number, originat­ stalled to simplify and streamline many opera­ tions in connection with keeping car records body's cars and are obtained from just ing point, consignee, destination and and computing per diem costs and charges. two basic reports that are uniform on all routing, and thereafter that car is cov­ railroads. The first is a wheel report ered only by a symbol number and is cago. These are the two that are under made by conductors for each train move· carried through to destination or deliv­ contract to supply cars for our line. ment. It shows car owner's initials, ery to connecting line. number, contents, where taken from and For example, let's take a car of beer Tanks and Covered Hoppers where left. from Milwaukee to Portland, Ore., that Tanks are used for handling gas, oil, The second report is the daily inter­ would be carried as Symbol MI.1525, acids, and similar substances. change report that is made at each junc­ because it is the 1525th shipment from Covered hoppers, just as the name tion point to show deliveries of all cars Milwaukee. Wire passing reports are implies, have hatches on the top and from one railroad to another. For ex· made from LaCrosse, St. Paul, Minne. openings on the bottom. These cars ample, let us say the junction point apolis, Montevideo, Aberdeen, Mar­ were originally built for the handling would be Racine, where The Milwaukee marth, Miles City, Harlowton and Av· of bulk cement but are now used for a Road would deliver 15 cars to the ery, and also when it is delivered to number of other commodities and are C&NW. The report is made up in sets the Union Pacific at Marengo, Wash. becoming more popular each ye~r, due of six copies, each showing owner's ini· Copies of the manifest report are also to time and money saved in loading and tials, number, whether loaded or empty, mailed to traffic officers on and off our unloading. and the actual time of delivery. Eac\1 line. This enables them to inform con. All railroads have a general car rec­ copy is signed by local agents of both the signees of the movement of their ship­ ord office to maintain records of the Milwaukee and C&NW, who keep one ments.

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cars. One shipper wants a car with wide doors, another wants a longer car, and still another a car with high inside di­ mensions. All in all, it requires con­ siderable figuring and sometimes in­ volves the cross-haul of empty equip­ ment. Canadian-owned cars that move into this country must, according to custom regulations, be returned to that coun­ try, and if any of the cars are misused, the line responsible for the misuse is liable to prosecution and subject to fine. As a rule there are two Canadian box cars in the United States to one U.S. box car in Canada, due to the heavy movement of paper and lumber products from the North'. So far as other equip­ ment is concerned, it is usually the other way around. Very few Mexican.owned freight cars come into this country, and if they do they are returned promptly. The A.A.R. The transportation department office, Chicago, where the' distribution of both controls the movement of all U.S. cars freight and passenger cars is controlled. to Mexico, and only by their permission to shippers are any cars allowed to go Settlement for use of railroad.owned present the refrigerator rate is three cents beyond our border. freight cars is on what is known as a per mile, either loaded or empty, and per diem basis, the current rate being tank cars 2,2 cents per mile. A.A.R.Advised of $1.75 per car per day, and that pay­ Entirely aside from recording of the Car Supply ment is made for each day a foreign movement of cars and the manifest sys. Twice a month we are required to car is in possession of a railroad, re­ tern, we have a bigger headache, and make a check of all cars, either enroute gardless of whether it is moving or not. that is the matter of having the right or on hand, and report to the A.A.R" A foreign car is not one from another cars at the right place at the right time. showing the class and making separa­ country but a car that is owned by an· This is a problem principally because tion between our cars and foreign cars. other line. of car shortages which occur during These figures are used by the A,A,R" peak periods of car loadings. This, of which controls the distribution of cars Strive to Minimize course, keeps us in hot water trying between railroads over the country duro . Per Diem Costs to make an even distribution and avoid ing emergencies and does a good job of Because of 'the thousands of cars on any claims of discrimination. guiding cars to different parts of the the railroads, it is their goal to dispose So far as car distribution on our line

country where there are serious short­ of loads for connections and empties is concerned, it starts off with the loc~l ages, even though quite often it results for home movement, at connections by agent, who makes a daily wire report in our. moving as many as 100 empty 11 :59 P,M. in order to save on the to the chief dispatcher, telling how many enormous per diem expense, For ex­ box, coal cars, flats, etc., are needed for box cars a day from Chicago to St. ample, we usually have about 30,000 the next 24 hours, the total number of Paul for the Northern Pacific, paying foreign cars on our line, which means each class of car on hand empty, cars per diem while on Our line, as well as we payout about $52,000 a day to the on hand to unload, as well as cars that the expense of hauling. owners of those cars. This expense were loaded during the previous 24. So far as the movement of traffic on works' both ways, of course, as each hour period. This information is used by western lines, such as ours, is con· railroad has to render a monthly per the chief dispatcher in distributing cars . cerned, the predominant trend is east. diem report showing the amount due. between stations on his division. A bound, mostly to the big eastern cities. let's say the Milwaukee owes the CB&Q summary of each division is made up There was only .one real exception in $20,000 for their cars on our line, and by the transportation department which, the past 30 years, and that was a six. the CB&Q owes us $30,000 for our cars likewise, needs this information for the month period during the last war when on their line. The settlement is made proper distribution of cars between vari. we were moving defense and war rna· for the difference of $10, 000, instead ous divisions. In addition to cars needed terials west for the Asiatic front. of . each company exchanging the full for immediate loading, the transporta­ The A.A,R. car loading figures com· amount involved. tion department. makes arrangements to piled from reports received by railroads Recording of privately.owned cars, accummulate cars in' advance to protect which consist mostly of tanks and re­ seasonal movements, such as fruits, veg­ are important to shippers, industry, frigerators, is handled in the same man· etables, grain and heavy stock move· stock brokers, insurance companies and ner, except that mileage, instead of per ments. the railroads themselves, who use the diem, is allowed to the owners, and the There are many complications, as you figures as a barometer of their particular settlement is made once each month. At might imagine, in the distribution of business.

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HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS BY TELEPHONE partment, says the writer. These officials, he states, have pulled out all stops in their battle to cut costs and improvl ~ervice., Automatic tape recording mao chines for reducing inventory paper work, meal reservation systems, experi­ ments with frozen, ready-to-serve din. ners, single entry, "pot luck" meals, in· IT Will TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO when receiving a call ... CET THIS INFORMATION. IF YOII vestments in huge terminal kitchens for WOIILP RATHER NOT WAIT, I'LL experimental purposes and advance !EXPLAIN WAITS BE CLAP TO CAll YOII BACK. preparation of dining car meals, con. When you leave your desk to get in­ tinental breakfasts, and many other ex· formation, tell your caller how long periments by the dining car managers you'll be gone and offer to call him are reported by Mr. Hubbard in "Din­ back. If he waits, make some intro­ ing Car Blues", in the September issue ductory remark to get his attention when of Trains. you return-then give him the informa. tion he desires. Fluoroscope Unmasks Laggard Hens The behavior of many animals is still a mystery to man, but if science continues to probe their private lives at the present rate, it won't be for long. We direct the attention of medical and poultry journals to a recent experi. when receiving a call ... ment of Dr. W. E. Nawrocki, Milwau· kee Road surgeon at Cle Elum, Wash., liT IS WELL TO IDENTIFY for the past 12 years. He had a flock of YOURSELF nine Rhode Island red hens. Some were good layers, some were not, and how to ldentify yourself and your firm or de. spot the prolific producers was the partment when answering. problem. After several nights of wres· Examples: "Mr. Brown" or "This is Mr. t1ing with the puzzle, it occurred to him Brown." "Bates Brothers, this is Mr. that if a fluoroscope will detect gall. Smith." "Shipping Department, Mr. O'Brien." stones in humans, why not eggs in hens? Forthwith he went to work with his fluoroscope and the laggards were de. tected. The producers were assured of -from How to Make Friends by Telephone, a home, the others are marked for chick­ published by the Illinois Bell Telephone Co. en dinners. To the best of Doctor Nawrocki's knowledge, this test has never been used before. He feels he should be credited with the discovery. Name of Dan Healey Returns to Limelight

The good old days of railroading, when luxe bill of fare that he died of over. Milwa'ukee Road dining cars featured a eating. 12·course dinner for one dollar, with The article also gives The Milwaukee seconds at no extra cost, and famed Mil. Road credit. for the invention of the waukee Road Steward. Dan Healey non.spillable coffee cup. passed out after·dinner cordials and ci. The article, written by railroad writer gars "on the house", are a feature of Freeman S. Hubbard, tells of the prog. the September issue of Trains magazine, ress made by the nation's railroads in published by the Kalmbach Publishing attempting to reach the "mirage" of Company of Milwaukee. profitable dining car operation. Dining lnan article entitled "Dining Car car department managers have demon. Blues", Trains recalls that these lush strated themselves to be long on in. days of railroad dining were a prime genuity when it comes to dealing with factor in the early demise of fabulous the many problems that beset the oper. "It was the only way 1 could get gourmet Diamond Jim Brady who so ator of such a huge and difficult organ. him away from our television set." gorged himself with the railroads' de ization as a present.day dining car de.

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P. A. Larson, since 1945 traveling freight agent with headquarters in St. Louis, is appointed general agent in Atlanta, Ga., succeeding E. C. Derr. Mr. Larson started with the railroad in Chicago in 1927 and was city freight agent there from 1938 to 1945. M. E. McCarrell of Seattle is appoint. ed traveling freight and passenger agent v.ith headquarters in Atlanta. Starting W. A. Murphy E. C. Derr in Chicago in 1946, he was later em­ J. F. Conlin E. E. White ployed in the traffic offices in Indian. apolis and Atlanta. In April, 1948 he Traffic Department Effective Aug. 1, 1951: was appointed city freight agent in Effective July 16, 1951: Seattle, and since August, 1950 has been 1. P. Freeman is appointed general W. A. Murphy is appointed assistant chief clerk in the general freight agent's agent, San Francisco, Calif., succeeding freight traffic manager with office at Chi­ office there. F. C. Fairbairn, who retired after 45 cago, Ill. Mr. Murphy started with the A. Berry, city years of service. Mr. Freeman was first Milwaukee in the ffeight traffic depart­ J. freight agent in employed by The Milwaukee Road in ment in the Chicago general offices in Chicago since No· 1924 as traveling freight and passenger 1908, and following successive promo­ vember, 1945, is agent in San Francisco, where he had tions was advanced to chief clerk to the appointed traveling been employed during the previous eight assistant freight traffic manager in 1925. I freight agent with years by the Southern Pacific. . In 1935 he was appointed general agent headquarters in in Denver, Colo., and in 1938 was trans­ Cleveland, Ohio. W. V. Dilworth, who has been city ferred to Detroit, Mich., as general He started in the freight agent in San Francisco since agent. Since 1942 Mr. Murphy has been law department in 1946, succeeds Mr. Freeman as traveling general southwestern agent with head­ 1936, served as sec- freight agent. He was first employed in quarters in Kansas City, Mo. A. J. Berry retary to vice pres­ Philadelphia in 1927, and has since E. C. Derr, who has been general ident-traffic, beginning in 1938, and be­ served in Washington, D. c., where he agent with headquarters in Atlanta, Ga., came assistant chief clerk in the freight was appointed city freight agent in 1942. since April, 1948, is appointed general 'traffic manager's office in November, southwestern agent in Kansas City, Mo. 1944. He started with the railroad in Kansas City in 1934, held several positions at Effective July 1, 1951: that point, transferred to Atlanta in J. F. Conlin is appointed general 1941, and from 1941 to 1948 was travel­ agent at Madison, Wis. Entering service ing freight and passenger agent with in Sept., 1912, in the Madison freight . headquarters in Winston Salem, N. C. office, he served as assistant cashier, cashier and rate clerk. He was made assistant freight agent in 1934 and freight agent in 1936, serving in that capacity until his appointment as general agent. E. E; White is appointed general agent L. P. Freeman W. V. Dilworth at Portland, Ore., succeeding F. A. Swanson, who is retiring after 43 years David P. Davies, J r., is appointed city with the railroad. He has been general freight agent in San Francisco. He has agent at Portland since Oct. 1, 1935. been chief clerk in the Road's traffic Mr. White began his railroad service as department there since Mar. 26 of this a call boy at Bensenville roundhouse in W. B. Tigerman P. A. Larson year, and was with the Southern Pacific 1924, and transferred to the traffic de­ for the previous five years. W. B. Tigerman, who has been chief partment as a clerk in the general agent's clerk in the Kansas City freight traffic office in Chicago in April, 1942. He was R. L. Audas is appointed traveling department, an employe of the Road promoted to city freight agent there in freight agent with headquarters at St. since 1923, is appointed assistant to the January, 1945, and in February, 1947, Louis, Mo. He started with the railroad general southwestern agent, with head­ was appointed traveling freight agent in Perry, Ia., in 1940, was later chief quarters in Kansas City. at Cleveland, Ohio. clerk in the division freight and passen­

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Store Department berg, who has entered military service. Effective Aug. 1, 1951: Mr. Keil began his service with the Milwaukee as an electrician at the shops H. A. Unmacht is appointed district in Milwaukee in 1911, and continued in storekeeper, Lines West, with headquar. that capacity until October, 1934, when ters in 'Tacoma. Starting in the store he was appointed electrical foreman at department in Dubuque, la., in 1919, he Milwaukee shops. Since Mar. 1, 1950 was appointed storekeeper at the Du. he has been assistant to superintendent buque shops in 1924. He has since been of motive power. general foreman of the reclaiming plant and general foreman of the car depart. Railroads and No Other D. P. Davies, Jr. R. L. Audas ment there. Since May 1 of this year he has been assistant district storekeeper The railroads of the United States are ger agent's office in Dubuque, and since in Chicago. The position of assistant the only agencies of transportation 1948 has been city freight agent in district storekeeper with headquarters in which: Omaha. Chicago is abolished. 1. Employ trained agricultural experts R. D. Kieson is appointed city freight to help increase the income and agent with headquarters in Omaha. His improve the living standards of service with the railroad began in May, farmers. 1943 as station helper in Fu-lda, Minn. 2. Maintain industrial departments He transferred to East Moline, Ill., in for the purpose of locating new August, 1944, and since September, industries and assisting established 1947 has been traffic representative in industires on their lines. Davenport, la. 3. Pay hundreds of millions of dollars A. W. Sabey is annually into federal, state, county appointed city and city treasuries for the general f reig h tagen t at expenses of government, including Chicago. He started H. A. Unmacht E. W. Keil the costs of maintaining the mili. with the Road in tary establishment, paying interest Mechanical Department the local freight on the public debt, supporting the office in Chicago in Effective July 16, 1951: veterans' program, and maintain· 1918 and has been E. W. KeiJ is appointed assistant mas· ing fire and police protection, in the freigh t traffic ter mechanic of the Rocky Mountain courts, schools, hospitals, prisons, department since Division with headquarters at Deer reformatories and other public in. A. W. Sabey 1936. Lodge, Mont., succeeding A. W. Hallen. stitutions. how ore we doing?

JUNE SIX MONTHS 1951 1950 1951 1950

RECEIVED FROM CUSTOMERS for hauling freight, passengers, mail, etc . $21,538,753 $20,719,920 $127,176,463 $1-1·1,525,745

PAID OUT IN WAGES 11,275,144 9,870,807 66,735,751 57,387,438 PER DOLLAR RECEIVED (CENTS) .. (52.3) (47.6) (52.5) (51.5) Payroll taxes on account of Railroad Retirement Act and Railroad Unemployment insurance . 649,185 599,448 3,899,383 3,481,705 PER DOLLAR RECEIVED (CENTS) . (3.0) (2.9) (3.1) (3.1) . ,. .w. ALL OTHER PAYMENTS for operating expenses, taxes, rents and interest .... 9,649,623 8,752,115 55,455,457 50,345,564 PER DOLLAR RECEIVED (CENTS) . (44.8) (42.2) (43.61 (45.1)

NET LOSS 35,199

NET INCOME 1,497,550 1,085,872 311,038

August, 1951 17 If I t t ~ hODlP dvpart,nent

She Models Ceramics, Too

THERE is, it seems, no limit to the at the kitchen table after the children number of hobbies which Mrs. had gone to bed, was a bride with a Howard 1. Guzzle, wife of the equip. "soup bowl" gown. Encouraged by the ment maintainer at Manilla, la., can take result of the experiment, she next made in stride. Mrs. Guzzle, who has a local a high-stepping drum majorette, using reputation as a designer of clothes and as her model a picture of the shapely hooked rugs, a musician and a singer of majorette of the Manilla High School. professional ability, recently discovered The likeness was all that could be de­ that she also has a talent for modeling sired, and Mrs. Guzzle was off on an­ in clay. other hobby. . Since then she has made other figures, some of the most attractive being a hula dancer in a feather costume (Betty Mrs. Guzzle's first attempt at clay Grable was the inspiration) and a hoop­ modeling, the hoop-skirted bride. skirted ballerina. Her tools' are a paring knife and a toothpick. The first figures were taken to a ceramics shop in Omaha signs hooked rugs and reproduces Ma. -a 90-mile drive-for firing, but she sonic and Eastern Star emblems. She has now rents a kiln and experiments with a fine contralto voice for which there is glazes at home. a steady demand at church and enter­ Mrs. Guzzle did not realize how far tainment programs-she supplies her she had progressed with her hobby until own accompaniment-and in addition, some figures she submitted for the third she is a good photographer I annual Iowa Artists Show were turned Mr. Guzzle is an interested observer down with the explanation that they and critic of his wife's hobbies. He has were of a commercial type for which been with the Road for 18 years, having there was no contest in the show, but started in the car department at Cedar "My husband, is always interested in my that in their field they would be classified Rapids. His father was also a car de­ hobbies". The framed placques in the back· partment employe, who retired with 35 ground are examples of the Eastern Star and as postgraduate work. Masonic emblems which Mrs. Guzzle works in This opinion probably surprised no years of service. colored yarns. one but herself, for Mrs. Guzzle has aI, The fun of working with ceramics has ways been active in some form of creative pushed Mrs. Guzzle's other hobbies into Several years ago Mrs. Guzzle took up design. Working without patterns, she the background for the moment. ''I'm the hobby of figurine painting, but she makes most of the family's clothes, just bursting with new ideas", she says. never attempted anything original until which means shirts for her husband, The new hobby is paying off in another her mother, on a visit from California, dresses for herself and daughter Janet, way, too, for with recognition of her left with her a quantity of clay and clay 12, and cowboy outfits for the boys, new-found talent have come orders for paints. Her first figure, which she made Dick, 13, and Danny, 2. She also de. custom made work.

Plant Gladiolus for Late Summer Color

The gardener who wants a good return bulbs, but sizes two and three and even recommends that you dust them with five for his money should consider gladiolus, smaller do very well for the home gar­ per cent DDT. Store at temperatures since they give an exciting show of late dener. You usually do not want four­ kept in the high thirties, if possible, summer color as well as wonderful re­ foot stems in your vases. until planting next year. Tiny bulbs or turns in bulbs year after. You can choose Plants can be dug for cleaning and cormlets of expensive varieties are best between dainty miniatures for corsages storing when their foliage begins to turn kept in closed jars or cans of dry ex­ and four-foot stalks with flowers up to yellow. With late-planted bulbs, lift panded mica. eight inches across. them when frost threatens. Cut off the Gladiolus are so showy that the end of An article in the August issue of Bet- ' tops one to three inches above the top your supply may seem like a disaster. To. ter Homes & Gardens magazine suggests of the bulb. Next, spread your bulbs in avoid this, space your plantings two you select gladiolus bulbs from named an airy, frost-free spot for about three weeks apart. Gladiolus require weJJ­ collections. Hobbyists intent on winning weeks. worked soil in full sunlight. Do not awards at shows buy only Number 1 . Before storing the bulbs, the article handle the bulbs roughly. Space them

18 The Milwaukee Road Magazine four to six inches apart. Cover the bulbs three inches deep if your soil is medium­ Galley Housekeeping and to-heavy clay loam. Increase this depth to five inches if you are planting in a Chicken Pot Pie light, sandy loam soil. See that they get the equivalent of a one-inch rain each week. This is especially necessary after the fourth leaf forms. Cut the flowers in early morning. and leave at least four leaves uncut if you want a good bulb to develop next year. Time for a Chimney Checkup Don't wait for the leaves to fall be­ fore you check your chimney. If you . spot those crumbling mortar joints and cracked caps in time, you can fix them yourself. And a chimney kept in good repair may never need rebuilding. A chimney is liable to wear both in­ side and out. It's subjected to the forces of alternate heating and cooling, the destructive gases of combustion, the rav­ ages of weather. No wonder, then, that mortar crumbles and bricks get loose. Take time to inspect your chimney at close range. Start checking at the cap. Steward John Mlderski and Chef Brawley Guy being interviewed by Lois Keren and Mary It may be cracked, or there may be an Ann Chamberlain of the Green Bay (Wis.) Gazette. open joint between crack and extending flue.' Both let water into brickwork be­ Even at the family leyel and with all meat from carcass, keeping white and low. White stains on bricks below usu­ equipment at hand, the preparation of dark meat separate. ally mean that the cap is not watertight. three meals a day is bound to take up a Cut chicken in about I-inch squares, Should you find a loose brick, remove good part of the average housewife's dice a few carrots that were cooked with it carefully. Chip off the old mortar and time. How, then, does a railroad chef chicken, add button onions, peas, mush­ soak brick in water. Th~n use enough turn out those feathery breakfast hot rooms (canned) and a small piece of mortar to ooze out when the brick is cakes on order, the a la carte luncheons salt pork (previously cooked). Place pressed back in place: and the full course dinners, and for sev­ these ingredients in individual casseroles eral hundred people, all in the narrow and pour over a thin sauce made from confines of a dining car galley? broth in which chicken and vegetables These and related questions which in­ were cooked. Cover casseroles with your trigue many people were the subject of, favorite pie crust and bake in oven until a recent radio broadcast at Green Bay, crust is done. Wis., when two young women reporters for the Green Bay Gazette interviewed Chicken Sauce Steward John Miderski and Chef Braw­ Use butter melted in sauce pot, adding ley Guyon station WJPG. The Milwau­ enough white flour to absorb butter and kee Road men obliged by reviewing the let cook from 5 to 10 minutes, stirring order of dining car housekeeping and constantly to prevent scorching. Add further revealed the secrets of their trade clear chicken broth and make sauce to by furnishing the recipe for chicken pot medium thin consistency. Season with pic as it is prepared for Milwaukee Road celery, salt and pepper. I)alrons. The recipe, as given here, will m:ike 6 individual pies. . Cop: "How did yotl knock this pedestrian down?" Chicken Pot Pie "Milwaukee Road" Motorist: "1 didn't. I jtlst pulled tip to him, stopped the Car to wait for him to pass, and 5 lb. fowl he fainted." BUTTERFLY BORDER. The newest crochet 1 lb. carrots idea for decorating household linens, handker­ chiefs and fashion accessories is the butterfly Y:2 lb. onions Two explorers met in the heart of the Afri­ motif worked in brilliant color. In this pat­ 1 lb. celery can jtlngle. "I'm here", declared one, "to tern, yellow butterflies edged with china blue salt and pepper commune with nature, to contemplate the border a pale blue organdy runner. A single etemal velities and to widen my horizon. butterfly is appliqued to each end of the run­ Place fowl in pot, adding other ingre­ ner. A direction leaflet for making the border dients, and cook till bird is tender. Re­ And you sil'?" "1", sighed the second explorer, "came may be had wi thour charge by sending a post move fowl and carrots, place in cold card to The Milwaukee Road Magazine, Room because my young daughter has begun piano 356 Union Station, Chicago 6, IlL water to keep a nice color. Now remove lessons." . 1\:jlgusl, 1951 .. r

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The following employes'dpplications for retirement were recorded during- June and July, 1951

June, 1951 DUBUQUE & ILLINOIS DIVISION PEARSON, EMIL E. Sec. Laborer Storm Lake, Iowa CHICAGO TERMINALS CRANDALL, EARL H. SCHOON, EGGIE E. Agent Roselle, Ill. Sec. Laborer. . Monricello, Iowa COUSINS, FRED H. MORITZ, ALVIN P. SMITH, HENRY C. Switchman . Chicago, Ill. Loco. Engineer...... Otrumwa, Iowa Janitor ...... Omaha, Neb. DAVIS, JOHN C. NEIGHBORS, MARK L. Porter . Chicago, Ill. Sec. Laborer...... Elgin, Ill. IOWA & DAKOTA DIVISION FISHERKELLER, FRANK ). POGUE, JOHN L. Boilermaker . . Bensenville, Ill. Operator Orrumwa, Iowa ASHLEY, EDWARD A. KALAS, JAMES SACK, JOHN T. Clerk . Cancon, S. D. Trucker Chicago, Ill. Conducror ...... Savanna, Ill. GIRARD, LOUIS G. KOLINSKI, MICHAEL Sec. Laborer. Vermillion, S. D. REED, ROY C. Machinist Chicago, Ill. HASTINGS & DAKOTA DIVISION KOWALCZUK, THEODORE Conductor . .. Sioux Ciry, Iowa Cook ...... Chicago, Ill. NESTOR, GEORGE C. ROSE, VINCENT G. MEENAN, WILLIAM Stockyard Laborer Aberdeen, S. D. Fireman . Spencer, Iowa Srevedore . Chicago, Ill. IOWA & SOUTHERN MINNESOTA DIVISION POLEMERES, GUST A. IDAHO DIVISION Ex. Gang Laborer Chicago, Ill. ANDERSON, PETER ). CRAVENS, JACOB A. Conductor . Austin, Minn. COAST DIVISION Janitor ...... Spokane, Wash. FREDERICK, ELMER KINGSBORO, MARK ). EARLY, BENJAMIN F. Sec. Laborer. . ... Sherwin, Idaho Agent-Operator .... Plymouth, Iowa LEE, WILLIAM Sec. Laborer...... Rosalia, Wash. PETERSON, WAINO M. HOTCHKISS, HENRY Special Officer... . .Spokane, Wash. ConduCtor Northfield, Minn. Conductor...... Tacoma, Wash. SI\TYDER, PETER, WERTH, OTTO H. McGAHAN, ROBERT C. Ex. Gang Laborer .. Spokane, Wash. Secrion Foreman...... Zumbrora, Minn. Sec. Laborer...... Tacoma, Wash. LA CROSSE & RIVER DIVISION RODERICK, PAUL IOWA DIVISION Ex. Gang Foreman Rosalia, Wash. DOEPKE, FRED L. STEUBY, RAY BROWN, EVERETT C. Sec. Laborer" Warerloo, Wis. Sec. Laborer Tacoma, Wash. Sec. Laborer...... Springville, Iowa DOUGLAS, LOUIS H. Trucker ...... Eau Claire, Wis. EHLENFELT, LAWRENCE L. Sec. Laborer...... Weaver, Minn. GROESCHNER, HENRY A. Sec. Laborer...... La Crosse, Wis. MECKES, CARL F. Swirchman ... Water[own, Wis. ROST, BENJAMIN H. Loco. Engineer. . .. La Crosse, Wis. RYHLICK, FRANK M. Mach. Helper... . Wausau, Wis. SWEET, ALFRED L. Laborer Tomah, Wis. WINDT, ADOLPH E. Sec. Laborer...... Red Wing, Minn.

MADISON DIVISION ANDERSON, OLE Sec. Laborer...... Grarior, Wis. COOTS, CLARE W. Sec. Laborer...... Beloir, Wis. GORDINIER, FREMONT F. Crossing Watchman...... Boscobel, Wis. GRAY, SAMUEL Sec. Laborer...... Oglesby, Ill. JENSEN, PAUL H. Laborer ...... Madison, Wis. How Well Do You Know Your Railroad? LORBERTER, GEORGE A. Loco. Engineer...... Milwaukee, Wis. This should be one of the most easily identified scenes on the railroad, ZIGER, MIKE as it is a main line point visited yearly by thousands of people. If you Sec. Laborer Madison, Wis. can imagine yourself at the far end of the view, looking toward the front of the picture, it will seem more familiar. MILWAUKEE DIVISION For the answer turn to page 42. AYLWARD, WALTER C.

20 The Milwaukee Road Magazine Sparta Women's Club Honors Railroad Couple

.. -_.------...... ,..~...,.--,,~------dressed as a gypsy, circulated through bridegroom, was costumed in railroad the crowd selling her wares. However, overalls and carried a railroad lantern. the big events of the evening were the Member's children, also 10 costume, Gay Nineties style parade and the mock formed the processional. wedding. Among the outstanding cos­ Mr. and Mrs. Shutter, the honored tumes shown were an 1880 dress worn couple, have lived in Sparta for the past by Mrs. Alva Day, and a blouse, skirt .37 years. They .have three daughters, and dress hat many years old worn by two grandchildren and three great­ Mrs. Jess Cross; also, the old fashioned grandchildren. Mr. Shutter entered the bathing suit modeled by Mrs. Dean service of the Road Oct'. 8, 1898, and has Habel and an umbrella 100 years old served as assistant trainmaster, yardmas­ carried by Miss Saunders. ter and conductor. He retired Feb. 27, The attendants at the mock wedding 1950. Among his prized possessions is also wore the garb of the Nineties. Mrs. a letter from Army headquarters in Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shutter George Kiefer officiated at the ceremony Washington, D. C, commending his (La Crosse Tribune photo.) and Mrs. Koss and Mrs. Peter Hensgen work as yardmaster during World War were the principals. The latter, as the I in connection with troop movements. N old time style show, a mock wed­ A ding ceremony and ago Ide n wedding observance were some of the There were many attendants at the mock wedding, even a doll buggy holding twins. features which enlivened the annual pic­ nic held by Sparta, Wis., chapter of The Milwaukee Road Women's Club for members' families on July 12. The affair attracted a great deal of attention local­ ly, since it was held on the lawn of the depot in full view of passersby. The costumes worn by the picnickers were a tribute to Mr. and Mrs. Charles . Shutter, the honored guests, who were married Jan. 1, 1902, and to Mr. Shut­ ter's retirement after 50 years of railroad service. The couple was presented with a purse of money. Under the supervision of Mrs. Leo Belke, chapter president, and a commit­ tee, about 60 people were served a cafe­ teria supper. There was a fishpond for the children and Mrs. Harry Koss,

Cusrodian Solon Mills, Ill. McELWAIN, LEE C. Conducror. Miles Cicy, Mom. DRABINOWICZ, KAZIMIERZ Stationary Engineer .... Deer Lodge, Mom. Ex. Gang Laborer. Momence, 111. STRONG, CHARLES R. TWIN CITY TERMINALS JINKINS, ROY. 1. Asst. Engineer... . . Bune, Mont. Sec. Laborer. .Park Siding, Mich. CLEMENT, PETER MANEY, GEORGE F. TERRE HAUTE DIVISION Sec. Laborer. . .. Minneapolis, Minn. Warehouse Foreman ... Fond du Lac, Wis. LARSEN, NED E. JACKSON, ELMER Machine Operawr. .Minneapolis, Minn. MILWAUKEE TERMINALS & SHOPS Sec. Laborer. . Delmar, Ill. SILSETH, KNUTE A. McDONALD JOE C. General Foreman .. So. Minneapolis, Minn. GRAFENAUER, VALENTINE Laborer...... W. Clinton, Ind. SUNDIN, LEO F. Carpenter .. . Milwaukee, Wis. PIPHER, HOMER Ex. Gang Laborer .... Minneapolis, Minn. KAPKE, ARTHUR G. Crossing Watchman .....Terre Haute, Ind. WARMUTH, VALENTINE Conclucror Milwaukee, Wis. ROOD, HARRY A. Loco. Carpemer...... Minneapolis, Minn. MADDEN, RICHARD V. Crane Operator. . . . .W. Climon, Ind. Laborer...... Milwaukee, Wis. THOMPSON, JOHN J. TRANS-MISSOURI DIVISION July, 1951 Clerk...... Milwaukee, Wis. CHICAGO GENERAL OFFICES ANDERSON, OSCAR A. ROCKY MOUNTAIN DIVISION Ex. Gang laborer...... Mcintosh, S. D. FLECK, FRED H. DENSON, FARNHAM 1. Ass!. Eng; neer .Chicago. 111. DRAKE, JAMES A. Foreman...... Miles Ciry, Mom. KEARNES, JAMES E. Loco. Engineer Deer Lodge, Mont. RAWLINGS, JOHN J. Asst. Bureau Head .Chicago, Ill.

August, 1951 21 L. Auchampaugh to Supervise SLOAN, JOHN CLIFTON, ESTLE S. Ex. Gang Laborer .Itasca, Ill. Swirchman . Milwaukee, Wis. Fullerton Avenue Building SWINGLEY, CHARLES LAMBERT, ADELARD J . Leo Au c ham· Box Packer .. . . Savanna, Ill. O.re Dock Laborer Escanaba, Mich. paugh, assistant HASTINGS & DAKOTA DIVISION SCHRADER, JOHN A. Cusrodian . Rush Lake, Wis. DERRICK, CLAUDE G. engineer in the SCHROEDER. EDWARD F. Laborer . ,Milbank, S. D, office of the au­ Crossingman ...... Rockford, III. ditor of capital HARNOIS, WILLIAM A. Sec. Laborer . . . . . , . Bath, S. D. MILWAUKEE TERMINALS & SHOPS expenditures, was Y AGGY, LUTHER M. GLAUB, FRANK M. made sup e r i n. Coal Heaver Brisrol, S. D. Laborer .. Milwaukee, Wis. tendent of the IDAHO DIVISION HOSTERMAN, RAY . Laborer Milwaukee, Wis. Fullerton Avenue CORBETT, MICHAEL ]. KINNE, HIRAM E. Ex. Gang Laborer Plummer, Idaho office building in Janitor . Milwaukee, Wis. HILL, CLIFFORD D. Chicago July 16. ROMDENNE, WILLIAM L. Auchampaugh Yard Clerk .... Clarkia, Idaho He succeeds the Loco. Fireman Milwaukee, Wis. LARSEN, FRANK A. SMOLINSKI, FRANK P. late M. K. Darnell. Loco. Engineer Spokane, Wash. Checker .. Milwaukee, Wis. Mr. Auchampaugh has been with the PUGH, RUFUS SUDAR, JOSEPH Mach. Helper " ... Orhello, Wash. Road since 1911, starting in Seattle. He Laborer ...... Milwaukee, Wis. was employed on maintenance and dam­ WHITE, CHARLES W. OFF LINE & MISCELLANEOUS age surveys, maritime installations and Loco. Engineer Spokane, Wash. LUTZ, WILLIAM E. IOWA DIVISION construction at Tacoma Terminals, also Disr. Pass. Agenr Philadelphia, Pa. AKERS, EARL R. location work and surveys for the Bever· ROCKY MOUNTAIN DIVISION ly-Hanford line, until 1917 when he left Train Direcror ., .. ,... .. Manilla, Iowa BARR, JOHN A. HAYS, JAMES W. the railroad for a brief period of service Secrion Laborer , Jamaica, Iowa Secrion Laborer .. Drummond, Monr. with the Michigan State Highway as as­ KUYKENDALL, JOHN W. KING, LOUIS F. sistant chief draftsman. Returning in Loco. Fireman Marion, Iowa Laborer ...... Grear Falls, Monr. SPENCER, MARK E. 1918, he became a special cost analyst LUNDT, JOHN B. Seerion Laborer ... Gillett Grove, Iowa Agt.·Teleg. . Srraw, Mont. and in 1922 transferred to the AFE TERRE HAUTE DIVISION IOWA & DAKOTA DIVISION bureau, where he has since been em­ BALLARD, WILLIAM C. , ELTON, GEORGE H . . ployed. Carman Helper .....Terre Haure, Ind. Agenr·Operator . . Canron, S. D. COLLOM, MOSES A. LEUTENGGER, JACOB Secrion Laborer Danna, Ind. Sec. Laborer . Belvidere, S. D. CURRIE, CLIFFORD J. . MARBLE, DELOS R. MASON, GEORGE C. Conducror .....Terre Haute, Ind. Yd. Clerk & Baggageman . ,Spencer, Iowa Poner . .. '. Chicago, Ill. GRANDSTAFF, MELVIN H. RADER, J. PAUL SAVIDIS, PERICLES G. Loco. Engineer...... Terre Haute, Ind. Secrion Foreman .. Clear Lake, Iowa Office Engineer ..... Chicago, Ill. HINES, DANIEL SANQUIST, LAWRENCE A. , SeCtion Laborer Fairhorn, Ill. CHICAGO TERMINALS Agenr Opr. Inwood, Iowa

McCALLUM, JAMES S. CHRISTOPULOS, JOHN IOWA & SOUTHERN MINNESOTA DIVISION Ex. Gang Laborer ..... ~ Terre Haute, Ind. Secrion Laborer . Bensenville, Ill. ABERLE, FRED C. TRANS· MISSOURI DIVISION HANLEY, JOHN F. SeCtion Laborer , ... Flandreau, S, D. HAMRE, NELS Ex. Gang Laborer ...... Chicago, Ill. ANGUS, FRANK C. Secrion Foreman . Miles Ciry, Monr. KONZ, PETER J. Groundman ... Madison, S. D. JAHN, WILLIAM F. Janitor .. , ... Bensenville, Ill. BLACKMORE, SYLVAN R. Carman ...... Miles Ciry, Monr. SKAWINSKI, FELIX Agenr Hunrley, Minn. LINDSAY, MARK Trucker Chicago, Ill. CLOSS, MORSE N. Train Baggageman Mobridge, S. D. COAST DIVISION Ex. Gang laborer . Fairmonr, Minn. TRAFTON, LESLIE E. Loco. Engineer . . . . Miles Ciry, Mont. SHOOK, NANCY A. LA CROSSE & RIVER DIVISION Coach Cleaner ...Tacoma, Wash. BECKER, MAX G. TWIN CITY TERMINALS Extra Gang Laborer ... Hasrings, Minn. BENSON, JOHN G. DUBUQUE & ILLINOIS DIVISION HAVEY, JOHN Car Inspecror ... Minneapolis, Minn. BRECKLER, LOUIS Clerk : Red Wing, Minn. FAWCETT, WILLIAM Laborer . .. Marquerre, Iowa JAEGER, ARTHUR Gen. Foreman Minneapolis, Minn. CEWE, ELMER L. Secrion Laborer Necedah, Wis. NEESE, ALVAH G. Crossingman ' .Easr Moline, Ill. KEHOE, PETER R. Roundhouse Foreman .. Minneapolis, Minn. COLLINS, THOMAS Flagman Ponage, \,{!is. ROARTY, DANIEL E. Car Inspecror .... Savanna, Ill. OPEL, JULIUS A. Clerk ...... St. Paul, Minn. DIAL, CHARLES H. Machinisr ... .Tomah, Wis. SCHMEIDEL, HUGO C. Machinist Helper Otrumwa, Iowa SERUM, SEVER Ex. Gang Laborer .... Minneapolis, Minn. FIELDS, RAYMOND D. Ex. Gang Laborer ... Winona, Minn. Agenr ' Savanna, Ill. MADISON DIVISION Tbe nervous little man, standing wearily by tbe door at tbe station, glanced buniedly at LINEHAN, JOHN A. TAYLOR, HENRY Ciry Frr. & Pass. Agt. ... Davenpon, Iowa his watcb, grabbed bis bag and "usbed out to Conductor ...... Madison, Wis. tbe station platform. LUKE, RENWICK J. TUCKER, EDWIN W. Crossing Flagman Dubuque, Iowa Agent ..'..... Eagle, Wis. The elJect on tbe other t"avelers was all tbat MEYER, FRANK I. could be desired. They also picked up their Currer ...... Dubuque, Iowa MILWAUKEE DIVISION luggage and burried out tbe door. MOTTET, JOHN R. BEYER, ANNA Sbortly afterward tbe little man ret umed, Loco. Engineer Onumwa, Iowa Trucker .•.. . Oshkosh, Wis. picked out tbe best seat in tbe station, and SIMPSON, CARL A. BEYERS, EMIL A. sat down to wait tor tbe train, which was Loco. Engineer Orrumwa, Iowa loco. Fireman .. . Chicago, Ill. not due tor 30 minutes., .. 22 The Milwaukee Road Magazine about people ot the railroad

Murphy spent rwo weeks with her sister in FREIGHT AUDITOR'S OFFICE Milwaukee Shops Des Moines. Dolores Spechr and family J. A. Strohmeyer, Correspondent went ro Twin Lakes for two weeks. CAR DEPARTMENT-OFFICE AND SHOP Elaine Benzinger, waybill filing bureau, SUPERINTENDENT Dorothy and Ray Wons are the proud parents of a son, Richard Raymond, born has a beauriful 'diamond engagemem ring Vincent O. Freihoefer, Correspondent July 6. she received recemly from Clifford Jacobson. Charles Stahl, formerly employed in this The shops building program is now in rhe office and rerired for several years, died July process of building 250 covered hoppers. AUDITOR OF STATION ACCOUNTS 20. Funeral services were ar Sr. Eulalia's George 1. Wood, Jr., former carman ap­ AND OVERCHARGE CLAIMS Church, Maywood. prentice here and also former correspondent Lucille Forster, Correspondent Vacations: Sherman Arp, rare revising for rhe Magazine, paid us a visit in July. He We are happy ro report rhar Mr. Linden, bureau, ar Glacier National Park and at­ is now car foreman ar Sioux Falls. Another assisraQr ASA&O/CC, and Frank E. Green, tended Frontier Days at Cheyenne on return visiror was Dick Bauck, former carman ap­ claim investigaror, are back with us afrer rrip. Sayde Domek, accounting machine prentice who is now wirh the Rock Island as being absem due ro illness. bureau, our good helper with irems for rhe general. foreman of rhe coach shop. We welcome Emmerr McCauley, tariff file Magazine, reporred having a good time General Foreman E. H. Poenisch returned clerk, back to our rare bureau after an abo boaring and fishing ar Saginaw Bay, Mich. to his posirion in July, after being off due sence of over a year. George Maley, review bureau, wirh his fam­ ro an operation. Violer Jensen is rhe !aresr member added ily, vacationed in sourhern California near James Rieger returned ro his job as elec­ ro our cemral starion accounting division. San Diego-rhey dodged rhe flood area to trician helper on July 30 afrer serving as a Caroline Mackreth has returned from her ger there. Fred Miller, review bureau, says PFC ar Camp Atterbury, Ind. European tour and reports an enjoyable he had a fine vacarion wirh his family in Mosr of rhe employes spent rheir vaca­ tions this year carching up on home work. Some of the more fortunate ones, like Weld­ ers Clarence Krause and John'Sowle, rried their Juck ar fishing bur rhey gor a little' wer when rheir boar tipped over one night at Lake Denoon. George Malon, laborer in the somh crane, spent his vacarion at home as he became ill. He is still ill ar rhis wriring. Thomas Nedin, carman, rerired on July 16 afrer serving 43 years. with rhe Road. Symparhy is extended ro rhe families of rhe following who passed away during July: Anton Kinder, rerired upholsrerer, died July 10; John Gruetzmacher, rerired carpenter, died July 14; and Emil Schroeder, retired carpenter, died July 21.

Chicago General Offices OFFICE OF AUDITOR OF PASSENGER ACCOUNTS Bill Tidd, Correspondent J. A. BALDERSON RETIRES. Banquet scene in Chicago on July 31 when J A. Balderson, Dottie May has raken a month's furlough assistant valuation engineer, was honored by his associates on the occasion of his retirement. due to ill health. At the speakers' table, from left: W. P. Heuel, assistant comptroller; J. H. Schnaitman, Clyde Stanley is convalescing very nicely auditor of capital expenditures; Mrs. Balderson; Mr. Balderson; G. G. Macina, assistant audi­ and expecrs to be back to work around Ocr. 1. tor joint facility accounts. Mr. Balderson entered Milwaukee Road service in 1911 shortly Dolores Konieczny is on a furlough be­ after graduating from the University of Nebraska with a civil engineer's degree. He started cause of an operarion. as a draftsman and was successively employed as assistant engineer and AFE engineer when, . Bob Zahnen has been kepr busy larely in 1942, he was appointed assistant auditor of investment accounts. He had been assistant building a garage for his new Plymourh. valuation engineer since 1947. (Photo by G. H. Lowrie, assistant engineer, auditor of capital Vacarion Nores: Dolores Check and Marg expendi tures.) Yonan Went on a shopping spree in New York Ciry and enjoyed every penny of it. Ev Gunnell rook a rrip ro Vancouver and then down rhe west coast ro Los Angeles. Due ro rhe flood condirions, she had ro fly back from experience in seeing how rhe orher half of Chicago and Maywood. Herb Miller, review Los Angeles. Hank Korerke and family went rbe world lives. bureau, wirh his family got away from rhe to Onronagon. The Tiedjes rook a rrip around Harold Grove,' rate bureau, is a parient ar crowded ciries ar Jasper and Glacier Parks, Lake Michigan. Bob Rinaldi wem to Toronto. Ravenswood Hospiral at rhis writing. Mr. Rainier and Mt. Hood, traveling in a Leah Aaron spent a week in Tulsa, Okla. Sympathy is extended to George Tovey, hired car; also enjoyed a day ar Seartle wirh The Gavins and Hackels drove ro California bureau head, on rhe dearh of his wife July Emil Nielsen who was employed In the rate and stopped at rhe Kelleys' on rhe way. 18. revising bureau here some years ago. Herb Bessie Whire roured rhe Smokies. Mary and Reports from Henry Kraebber and Art is showing off a Jor of camera pictures he Maury Disrad motored ro Minnesota and rhe LaRue are rhar fishing is mighry good ar took on rhe [fip. Gram Miller, review bu­ Dakotas. Agnes McGrarh spent a week ar Noque Bay Lake, Wis. This was further con­ reau, was in western Canada and west coaSt Egg Harbor, Wis. Ken Srone rook a rrip firmed by George Aff (retired), who paid U.S. poi'nts. Al Gerke, interline bureau, with through sourhern Illinois and Iowa. Srella us·a visit recemly. Oscar Olson, rells of a fine rime at Town­

August, 1951 23 AUDITOR OF EXPENDITURE'S OFFICE Norbert R. Zurkowski is the new instru­ Betty Melnikoff, Correspondent mentman recently transferred to Mr. Chris­ tianson's office from Aberdeen, S. D. He is The stork left boys at the following homes: a graduate of Marquette University in Mil­ Hilery Wisniewski, of the paymaster's office; waukee. Patricia Johann, formerly of the typing bur­ Ralph D. Claborn, assistant engineer, was eau; and Marge Stromski, formerly of Mr. taken to Evanston Hospital with virus pneu­ Sowle's office. monia on July 24 and was still hospitalized Marilyn Morreale, of the typing ,bureau, as this went to press. and Joe Kazovich, our office boy, left the Road recently. FREIGHT CLAI M DEPARTM ENT We welcomed back Mike Schlee to the Palmer G. Lykken, Correspondent paymaster's office after being discharged from the Army. Sgt. Robert A. Schlueter, stationed at Tom Rajski of the machine room left the Camp Stewart, Ga., has his hands full Road recently to join our armed forces. teaching rookies the ropes in temperatures Jimmy Kearnes, of the bill and voucher over the 100 mark, according to recent let­ bureau, retired July 11. He had been with ters. the Road for 33 years. Angie Goodcase dropped in recently for Marcella Wewetzer, formerly of the pay­ a visit with het infant son Allen James. roll bureau, paid a visit to the office with her Vincent Hunt, retired veteran, has been son July 26. traveling across' the country and little notes MATRIMONIAL EVENT. Mr. and Mrs. Chris dropped here and [here along his route have Siragusa leaving Our Lady of the Angels ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT been very welcome in the office, Church in Chicago following their marriage on Anthony Falk and Pat Terrace were mar­ June 23. The bride was Laura Quartana, steno­ Bruce J. Mitchell, Correspondent ried July 21. They honeymooned in Wis­ clerk in the office of assistant to vice presi­ E. E, Burch, bridge engineer, underwent consin. . dent-personnel. Miss Dorothy Bauer of the surgery at Hazel Crest General Hospital, Bill and Helen Thomas were blessed with same office was one of her attendants. Harvey, Ill., on July 11. He is getting along a baby boy weighing eight pounds one fine. ounce, born July 28. We extend sympathy to Dwight E. Patton, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Larson and fam­ instrumentman in Mr. Christianson's office, ily have moJed into their new home, send, Wis. whose father passed away at State Center, la., Leonard Palla and Eloise have a new Donald Schueller, interline messenger who July 3. apartment. enlisted in the Navy Jan. 9, paid us a brief K. L. Clark, recently promoted to principal J. J. Liewald, AFCA, is the owner of a visit on July 25. He is now at Jacksonville, assistant engineer, is in charge of construction new 88 Oldsmobile. Fla. . of the hump retarder yard at Milwaukee and We welcome Marvin Jensen, David Noreen Joseph Chisesi, rate revising bureau, told will have his headquarters there unti I the and Walter Flinn into the Milwaukee family. us of observing his 25th wedding anniver­ completion of the project. Wayne Helwig, Jerome Pascoe and Cath­ sary on July 24. A celebration will be held Clyde Christian, instrumentman in Mr· erine Masterson have left to assume posi­ later, due to the fact that his son Frank is Christianson's office, spent part of his vaca­ tions outside the railroad. now with the armed forces in Korea-there tion at his former home in Jackson, Mich. Kenneth French has returned to work after are tWO Other sons, Joseph Jr., in rhe in­ Clyde COntends that [he penitentiary ar Jack­ a recent illness. s.urance business, and Robert, in school. Mrs. son is the largeSt and finest in the world. Recent promOtions included Ed Knapp, Chisesi is tbe former Irene Gauchier who He speaks only as a tourist, nor as a guest. Jim Ebeling, Jack Walsh and Lloyd Rugen. mer Joe when she was employed here. Dwight E. Patton, or "Pat", as he is be[[er known, is being transferred to [he Formula fa" failure: Try to please everybody. OFFICE OF AUDITOR OF EQUIPMENT division engineer's office at Aberdeen, S. D. -Herbert Bayard Swope ACCOUNTS Harry M. Trickett, Correspondent A bridal shower was given on June 21 for Jean Barucca whose marriage to Deno Fenili was an event of June 23; also, Sylvia Sc:dlak was similarly honored on July 5 and married to Vincent Rocchetri on July 7. Louise Sherden is convalescing ar home following surgery. Dororhy Ortman and Louise Shellenberger are borh at home on account of their morhers' illness. Sympathy was extended to Gloria Fabish in the loss of her mOther on July 22. GMargarer Sa under, suffering from an over­ dose of sunshipe, was hospiralized for several days. Elsie Graening enjoyed her recent vacarion wirh a trip to Seattle, Wash. Stephanie Stecki went to Canada for three days. Our new office boy is Robert Head.

Adlllt-A man who has stopped growing at both ends but not in the middle, Highbrow'-A person who enjoys a thing un· AU REVOIR. A get-together at Austin, Minn., July 13 in honor of Trainmaster R. R. til it becomes popular, Brown (standing third from right) who was leaving the I&SM Division to assume the posi­ Budget--A method of worrying before you tion of assistant superintendent of the Milwaukee Terminals. W. EO. Tritchler, retired chief Jpend instead of afterwards, carpenter, is seated at the head of the table and R. C. Docds, retired superintendent, is SucceJJ-Making more money to meet obli­ seated second from the left; H. J. Swank, I&SM Division editor of the Magazine, seated gations you wouldn't have if you didn't have at extreme right. Trainmaster Brown was presented with a "lifetime" pen and pencil set. JO much money. (Photo by Switchman J. L. Ness, Austin, Minn.) 24 The Milwaukee Road Magazine EDUCATION BY RAIL. The just-graduated members of the Hector grades make an annual trip via Milwaukee Road to Montevideo, Minn. (MinnJ High School senior class are shown with luggage and pur­ The seniors finance their week-long tour out of funds raised through­ chases as they prepare to board the Morning Hiawatha in Chicago on out their four high school years by means of candy sales,pancake dinners, luncheons and other money-raising projects. The four individ­ their return from a rail trip to Washington, D. C, and New York uals standing at the right are, left to righ t: Mrs. Edi th Aronson, of City. This junket has become traditional in the railroad-minded city of the high school faculty; 5 E. Pilson, traveling passenger agent, Min­ Hector, where every school child, first grader to high school senior, neapolis; Clayton Torbert, president of the senior class;. and A. P. has taken a train trip at some time as a class project The lower . Bergee, superintendent of schools in Hector.

site for the 1952 Hiawatha bowling tourna· summers between terms at St. Thomas Acad­ I & S M Division ment which will be held at the Plamor Alleys. emy and College. Steve is a furloughed H. J. Swank, Division Editor E. E. Fowler, LaCrescent, Minn., will be switchman in the terminal. Superintendent's Office, Austin tournament chai rman. The broad smile on the face of Assistant A letter received from Al Seeman, train It has been quite some time since this re­ Engineer Everett Jordan these days was dispatcher who retired on account of dis­ porrer has received any news items from the caused by the arrival of seven and a half· ability and now resides in Riverside, Calif., folks on the line. Please jot (hem down and pound Stephen Dale Jordan on July 17. This states he gardens the year around and has send them in ro help make this column more makes three boys in a row for the Jordan some mammoth gladiolas. He said he looked interesting. family. Everett confides that he is after a for some Minnesota "rails" at the annual basketball team. picnic at Vicroria, but was disJppointed in A wrist watch was presented ro Train­ not locating any. However, he enjoys keep­ Twin City Terminals master W. T. Hjorth with the best wishes of the Twin City Terminal gang on the occasion ing in touch with local happenings through MINNEAPOLIS PASSENGER STATION the Magazine. of his transfer to Marion, la. He was aheady Sympathy is extended to C. R. Anderson. J. J. Taylor, Division Editor on the job, having left early to acquaint General Superintendent's Office agent at Farmingron, on account of the himself with his new assignment, so the death of his son Roy, former station helper At an informal gathering in Superintendent watch was left with Mrs. Hjorth to forward at Farmingron, who passed away June 30. W. E. Swingle's office the afternoon of July to him. Sympathy is also extended 10 Mrs. Kvas­ 13, officers and employes of the division pre­ A welcome to Trainmaster R. H. Bourgerie nicka, custodian at Pratt, Minn.. whose hus­ sented him with a set of matched luggage, a who replaces Mr. Hjonh on the day shift;' band Joseph F., retil:ed section laborer, passed pen and pencil set and a billfold in connec­ also to Trainmaster W. F. Platrenberger and away July 1. tion with his transfer to the Terre Haute family. Mr. Plattenberger will hold fonh at Charles M. Olson, swing operaror at Division. Also, Mrs. Swingle received a Sr. Paul yard on the night shift. Northfield, has been appointed train dis­ ladies' billfold. General Superintendent Bag­ We also welcome our new superintendent, patcher on the L&R Division. He will work nell made the presentation and extended the G. F. Wilson, wbo hails from Bensenville. at LaCrosse and Newport. good wishes of the entire Terminal to Mr. Superintendent and Mrs. Rowley vacationed Swingle in his new assignment. Mr. Swingle MINNEAPOLIS LOCAL FREIGHT AND TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT in July in Canada, British Columbia and expressed his thanks, not only for the reo Seattle. Also on vacation was Ray Hoffmann, membrances, but for the whole-hearted coop­ G. V. Stevens, Correspondent Agent~s chief carpenter's clerk, Austin, who journeyed eration given him while in the Twin City Office to northern Minnesota to get in a bit of fish· Terminal. Katherine Beringer, whom we reponed as ing. He was relieved by Bernadine Cochlin. Captain of Police E. F. Conway, Minne· having left for Washington, D. C, to lake a Nick Mally's extra gang finished laying the apolis, has a good reason ro be proud of his six-week training course prior to entering 85·pound rail between Mason Ciry and Austin military family. Lt. Edward Conway, U.S.A.F., diplomatic service, has written that she will on July 3. is Stationed at the Naval Air Station, Olathe, be stationed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.­ Because of clerks' positions at LeCenter and Kans., Pvt. Patrick Conway, U.S.A.F., is at A letter was received recently from Joe Flandreau being discontinued, H. J. Knopf, San Antonio, Tex., and Corp. Steve Conway Spain after his arrival in Korea. Sounded LeCenter, has displaced O. M. Blow, trucker is with the 47th Division at Camp Rucker, like he preferred the States. at Mankato. Mr. Blow in turn displaced E. Ala. Captain Conway's sons are well known A new employe at the local freight is Bill H. Baumgartner, trucker at Faribault. to Twin City Terminal employes in the track, Benson, car record clerk, who comes from LaCrosse, Wis., has been splected as th~ car and B&B departments, where they worked South Minneapolis yards.

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.. I by small rornadoes". Few Twin Cities citizens realized the dam­ age that was taking place until Saturday 3 ff/ af; morning when they awoke to find trees up­ '50 rooted, roofs torn away, windows broken, no e1ecrricity and practically no rransporration.

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'- , , Trees were lying across yards, Streets and ­ ~ } .. houses and many automobiles were nothing but pieces of smashed metal after huge trees were rossed over them by the 100-mile-an­ hour wind. Tree roots rose through side­ walks and rore up beaurifully-tended lawns. The clean-up job and resroration of power and communication were accomplished re­ markably fast, thanks to the utility men who worked many hours without rest and ro those who cleared the streets. General Agent and Mrs. R. A. Butns were in Ponland, Ore., on their vacation, and from the repons they received, they were almost prepared. to find their home leveled, along with the rest of St. Paul. However, they were relieved to find that their loss amounted to one tree, which fell into the srreet. What Mother Nature has done this year, she has done thoroughly. We've had record­ rrwow.' Hole in one.''' breaking snows, consequent floods ancJ now the biggest wind in many years and the worst storm in our history.

ST. PAUL FREIGHT HOUSE and Peck did some fishing and reported good Allen C. Rothmund, Correspondent luck. Sibley St. Freight House Sympathy is offered ro Anthony J. Eull, helper at car shop, in the loss of his mother, H & D Division- I wish ro express my thanks and ap­ age 89, who passed a""'ay July 23. preciation for the kindness shown by so EAST END GUSt Larson, retired car foreman who was many Milwaukee Road employes during the a veteran of the Road's pioneering years in Martha Moehring, Correspondent month's illness of my mother and after her Minnesota, died June 13 in St. Andrew's . Asst. Superintendent's Office, Montevideo death. Also for ihe beautiful floral offer­ Among Our vacationing forces at this writ­ Hospital at the age of 94. He is survived by ings. ing are Chief Dispatcher Wayne Smith, who's his son Herbert W. Mr. Larson was a Anna Frances Rothmund was born at At­ visiting the home folks at Geddes, S. D., with member of a large pioneer family, born in a lantic, Mich., April 20, 1865 and passed his family. Train Direcror Pat Maloney and small Wisconsin rown across from Red Wing, away J\Jly 18, 1951. his wife and daughter are rouring Wiscon­ Minn. When he arrived in Minneapolis as My: brother Irvine of the roundhouse, St. sin, visiting the Dells and then up ro Iron a young man it was a busrling lumber rown Paul, and my sister, Mrs. Raymond Andreen, Mountain, Mich., and across to the north of some 30,000, boasting wooden sidewalks a former employe of this office, also wish ro shore. Jap Wik is holding forth in the and kerosene' oil street lamps. He entered express their thanks and appreciation. dispatcher's office and An Klucas in the the employ of the Road in 1882 as an oiler May I ask your forgiveness for the absence yard office during their absence. in the light repair yard and in 1885 was of further notes in this issue' With the steel gang and distributing gang promoted ro car inspecror. In 1896 he was moving off the division, we are again seeing made foreman of the 1ight repair yard and in Assistant Superintendent J. W. Wolf and SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS CAR DEPT. 1913 became general car foreman at Minne­ Roadmaster LeVere Natzel around the of­ AND COACH YARD apolis. He retired July I, 1937 without ever fice. having suffered even the slightest injury Oriole M. Smythe, Correspondent Anron Berge, retired conductor, passecJ District General Car Supervisor's Office during his 55 years of service. away recently at the Montevideo Hospital. Mr. Larson maintained a residence at 3301 General Foreman William E. Fawcett, lo­ Conductor Marnel Golie and his wife spent 16th Avenue for over half a century. Fol­ comOtive department, retired July I, having an enjoyable vacation in and around Joliet, lowing the death of Mrs. Larson, his garden been in service since 1915. Sr. Louis and Pana, III. They visited with became the center of his interest and for Clerk Emily Hiddlesron sustained injury friends they met on a vacation rrip west a years he was a familiar figure ro passersby when struck by an auto whi Ie crossing the couple of years ago. The fact that they were as he worked among his flowers. He had a street july 3. also railroaders cemented the friendship. strong affection for the railroad, and up to Mr. and Mrs. John R. Hoffman are parents Conducror Walt Lewis, still confined to the time of his last illness, when his health of a nine-pound boy born June 24. John is a Norrhwestern Hospital, is making a slow bm permitted an automobile ride, the place' he clerk at the coach yard. sure recovery. chose to visit was invariably "the shops." Congratulations to K. Fitzhenry who mar­ Firemen Norman. Ronning and \'Qalt Gal­ He is mourned as one of the last pioneers. ried and rook a hon7Ymoon the week of brecht are in the Railway Operating Battal­ July 16. ion at Fon Eustis, Va. Their C.O. is Le. Mr.and Mrs. Richard Anderson arid Mr. ST. PAUL TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT R. Flowers of the River Division, formerly and Mrs. Henning Falk vacationed recenrly in in engine service. Denver, Colo., which included a rrip ro the Brooksie Burk, Correspondent Conducror Dan Ryan and Mrs. Ryan have clo General Agent top of Me. Evans, 14,620 feet high, the high­ returned from Camp Rucker, Ala., where est mountain peak accessible by auro in North Friday, July 20, 1951, will always be re­ they visited their son Bob who will be head­ America. membered here as the night of the big wind. ing overseas shordy. Clerk Einar Hauger vacationed in Minne­ The weather experts are having trouble de­ Fred Kunze, of the car forces at Monte­ apoJis and sawall the ball games, fining the terrific storm we had. They say its video, is a happy man since his son Herb Chief Inspecror James C. Weatherall vis­ scope was roo narrow for a hurricane and returned from Korea. Outside of a scar over ited grandchildren at San Antonio during his roo wide for a rornado, and they've JUSt his right eye where he was wounded, Herb recent vacation. Foremen'Erickson, Manser about setded on a "heavy srorm, surrounded looks as well as always.

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August, 1951 27 The marriage of Miss Dorothy Dustin, Engineer Frank Lar~cn retired from serv­ daughter of Carman Wyman Dustin, to Rus­ ice recemly. He was honored with a fare­ sell Raymond took place in Sr. Mary's Cath­ well pany at Beverly where he has been olic Church at Wausau on July 21. A recep­ on the helper service. tion at the bride's home in Schofield followed . The Othello Women's Club chapter closed the ceremony and a wedding dinner was later the season with a busy schedule, A potluck served to 115 guests at the Club Normandie dinner and parry in honor of Mrs. F. H. at Eau Claire Dens. Wilson's 85th birthday was held at the Me. and Mrs. Walter Lewandoski spent June meeting. Later a Silver Tea was given their recent vacation visiting their daughter with a book review by Mrs. Harry Daven­ and son-in-law in Memphis, Tenn. port of Spokane. Then on June 18 a luncheon Miss Phyllis Hazelwood, daughter of Mr. was served to honor Mrs. C. C. Steed, pres­ and Mrs. Earl Hazelwood, who received a idem general, Milwaukee; Miss Etta Lind­ scholarship upon graduating in June from the skog, secretary general, Chicago; Mrs. G. H. Wausau Senior High School, has also been Hill, general director, Lines West; Mrs. W. awarded a scbolarship from Wisconsin State R. Dolan, recording secretary general, Chi­ College, Stevens Point, which she will enter cago; and Mrs. James O'Dore, wife of Super­ this faJI. intendent O'Dore. Malden Chapter hon­ ored rhese members on June 19 with a MIDDLE &- WEST luncheon. About 25 members attended. Conductor George Battleson of Malden R. F. Huger, Correspondent Idaho Division and Violet Paulson of Thief River Falls, Operator, Aberdeen Mrs. Ruth White, Correspondent Minn., were married June 20 in the Minne­ Agent H. J. Walth and wife headed Cali­ Superintendent's Office, Spokane sota city and took a trip to Chicago. Mrs, Battleson is employed in the Sao Line traffic fornia way for their vacation, He was re­ Vacation season has hit the Idaho Division. department and will join her husband later lieved by K. W. Behl. From Othello we have a repon of the Wil­ to make their home in Malden. Sympathy is extended to J. S. Keenan and liam Oppligers driving ra California for a Mrs. Mark Buergel, wife of conductor, was family in the recent loss of Mrs. Keenan. visit with Grandma Oppliger. Bob Warner taken to a hospital recently but we hear she Chief Dispatcher Mathis and family spent acted as PFI man during Bill's absence. • part of their vacation in southern Illinois, is getting along nicely. Mr. and Mrs. Clark Bogardus went into visiting with his son. Mrs. Earl Anderson, Malden, had the mis­ Canada, renewing old acquaintanceships and Agent E. C. Weatherly, Java, motored fonune to damage her car recently while visiting places familiar 30 years ago in Al­ through the Rocky Moumains during his va­ on the way to Williams Lake to join Mr. berta and Saskatchewan; Roundhouse Fore­ cation. He was relieved by E. Mutschelknaus. Anderson who was doing some fishing. man and Mrs. Davidson fished and visited Operaror R. D. Cornell, Aberdeen, left re­ Luckily she escaped serious injury. up and down the coast; the Tilsons drove to cemly for service with Uncle Sam. Ivfachinist Orlie Melhuish and his mother Chicago and visited relatives en route-I. U.· Dispatcher 1. E. Larson and wife, Aber­ of Othello spent their recent vacation in Stewart acted as night roundhouse foreman; deen, are on rheir vacation at rhis writing, Malden. Car Foreman C. E. Hallead and Mrs. Hal­ Seatrle bound first, expeCting to be gone lead are in their summer home at Rocky Cora and Frank Guthridge motored to about a month. Being relieved by W. 1. Point at this writing. Yellowstone Park recently, stopping at Vir­ Mayer. ginia City, Mont., rhe Lewis and Clark caves, Engineer and Mrs. Earl Berkey toured Dispatcher F. 1. Harvey and family re­ then on to' Jackson Hole, Wyo.. and points turned recently from their vacation which tbe state of Washington, took in the capitol, Maryhill Museum along the Columbia River took tbem to Seatrle and Portland; relieved r-',­ by R, K. Nystrom. Chief Clerk J. ]. Seiler, and circled the peninsula; Conductor and engineering office, has also returned from his Mrs. C. R. Morisette Went to Yellowstone vacation. Park and Clem also visited his mother on R. F. Huger was the successful bidder for rhe coast-young Clem is workIng in the relief position No. 10, vice Ronnie Cornell roundhouse this summer; Engineer Mittel­ who has entered military service. stadt made a trip to Canada, to Banff and Car Foreman H. J. Morse and wife visited Lake Louise. in Los Angeles and surrounding terrirory R. D. Tennyhill spent a 3D-day furlough at Othello. during tbeir vacation. . Agent Laher, Bonilla, is on vacation at this Terna Mayeda, son of Stationary Fireman writing, spending some time in Denver. He G. Mayeda, is home from Camp Carson is being relieved by G. H. Behl. at this writing. Jerry Nentl has been appoimed trainmaster Wade]. Stevenson has returned to work as machinist helper foJJowing his discharge ar Aberdeen. Trainmaster Reidl has left for his new position as trainmaster at Portage. at FI. Bliss, Tex., on June G. He says Army Your attemion is called to the portrait life is OK, but he prefers ro do his traveling as a rai I fan. hanging in Chief Dispatcher Mathis' office, Ralph Cole has transferred ro the car de­ the sketching being done by Baggageman Gaile Hansen. partment. His former position with the PFI is being filled by Jack Mayeda. Special Officer Ira Horne has tentative La Crosse & River plans for making his borne at Caldwell, Idaho, again' after Jul}' 31. BEAR FACTS. -Ever see a bear about the size Division Boilermaker James Casey has been off of a cocker spaniel) People at Avery, Idaho, can see one any time they have a mind to; in . THIRD DISTRICT duty for three months due to illness, but hopes to return soon. fact, one of their everyday forms of amusement M. G. Conklin, Correspondent Car Insp&tor Frank Schumacher has been is watching a pint-size bruin perform for Assistant Superintendent's Office, Wausau having trouble wirh his knee and expects to passengers on the Columbian when the train Engineer Russell Crandall is vacationing in enter a Tacoma hospital for treatment. The stops there. The cub was captured by George Yellowstone Park, Los Angeles and other marriage of the Schumachers' daughter Donna Murray, signal maintainer, and Frank Lashall, western points at this writing. He wiJJ finish and Sgt. Win Heidelberg was set for Aug. night yard inspector, after its mother had been his trip sightseeing in Mexico. 4. Their home will be at Pasco. killed in an accident and Lashall is its self­ Mr. and Mrs. Cadden have returned from Engineer George Marusick is back in appointed trainer. This is a picture of last an aura trip to Duluth and other northern ring service at Cle Elum following some time year's bear business-Special Officer Utley Minnesora points. out on account of ill health. stalking a bear to get a good camera shot.

28 The Milwaukee Road Magazine • in southern Idaho. Chief Dispatcher F. B. Beal is being re­ lieved by Tony Bruneau while he takes some time off. Switchtender Ted Novotny and wife re­ turned recently from a train trip to Cali­ fornia. Ted had to corne back to Washing­ ton to do his fishing. The annual picnic put on jointly by the Women's Club and Service Club of Spokane was held July 15 at Mission Park. The Mal­ den railroaders who came up to help make it a success included Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Burns, Mrs. Sumner, Mrs. Carver and Mr. Lane. Mrs. A. E. Morris announces that her son Donald E. Brock was married to Betty Elms of St. Maries, Idaho, July 24 at the Four Square Church in St. Maries. Donald is em­ ployed by the car departm~nt under Foreman E. H. Shook. Leo H. Kemp and Janice Driessen were married in Wallace recently. Mr. Kemp is an electrician at the Avery roundhouse and Mrs. Kemp is relief operator at Avery depot. One of the Potlatch boys, W. H. Perkins, who resides in a trailer house near the Utley LILLIPUTIAN PRIZE POWER. It took George Barnes, a member of the MetropOlitan home, shot and killed a marauding bear re­ Model Railroad Club of Los Angeles, the best part of a year to build this 21-foot replica cently. The animal had· been overturning of the Olympian Hiawatha. Constructed on a scale of one quarter of an inch to the garbage cans and frightening folks in East foot, it consists of 10 cars and head end power, with the interior of all equipment Avery for some time. On one of its forays finished like its prototype. At the Pacific Coast regional convention of the National it slapped Utley's springer spaniel Tobey. Model Railroad Association last winter, the Tip Top Grill car was judged to be the best The old dog was stove up for a week after­ of its class. Mr. Barnes is a native Montanan and rides the Road's famous speedliner wards. frequently on visits to his home state. The picture below shows him operating his model R. W. Johncke, day lead carman, is on train on the Metropolitan club's layout, which has 2,000 feet of simulated desert country, vacation at this writing. Ralph is going after mountain grades and seashore routes. some big fish in Michigan-as title holder for long size fish on the St. Joe, he wants to conquer other fields. He caught one here that measured over 24 inches. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Morris spent two weeks vacationing in Minnesota and North Dakota recently. Al put on a few pounds­ he said it wasn't the water. Terre Haute Division TERRE HAUTE DISTRICT T. 1. Colwell, Correspondent Superintendent's Office, Terre Haute During July we lost Trainmaster William Plattenberger, who was transferred to St. Paul on July 6, and Superintendent A. J. Farnham, who was transferred to Madison, Wis., on July 19. Both of them made a great many friends, both on and off the railroad, while they were located here. The office em­ ployes held a brief farewell party in the office of Trainmaster Plattenberger on July 6, at which time they presented him with some luggage. A farewell parry was given in hon­ or of Superintendent Farnham at Bohannon's in Terre Haute on July 18, at which about Lamberr D. Keating, of our engineering ifornia and a son in military service in 50 officers, supervisors and employes were in department, has been promoted from captain Spokane; Mrs. A. Ross Taylor, of Sarasota, attendance. He was given a set of matched to major in the Organized Reserve Corps. Fla., who is visiting her daughter, Mrs. golf clubs, shoes, balls, etc. C. P. Cassidy, "Skip" is a member 'of the 5317th O.R.C. Katherine Caldwell, of Terre Haute-Mrs. DF&PA, presided as toastmaster. On the station complement unit. Taylor is the widow of conductor and Mrs. same evening Mrs. Farnham and their twO A few of those vacationing are: Mr. and Caldwell is a former clerk of the engineer­ daughters were honored at a party given Mrs. Joe Robertson, of the engineering de­ ing department; Miss Naomi Criss, clerk in by a group of Milwaukee Road women at partment, to Texas; Mr. and Mrs. Ed L. the B&B department, with her parents to the Elks Country Club. Hollis, traffic department, visiting their son Spooner Lake, Wis.; Conductor and Mrs. CondUCtor "Cliff" Currie retired on June in military service at Fort Custer; Chief Dis· Frank Emhart [Q Seattle, Los Angeles and ,2, after serving the Road for about 40 years. patcher and Mrs. Jack Wright, driving to New Orleans. I Mrs. Maxine Cundiff, formerly employed Florida in their new Packard; Yard Clerk Fred Lake, retired enl5ineer of San Benito as clerk at the Terre Haute freight house, and Mrs. Henry Crow [Q Niagara Falls; Tex., writes us that h... celebrated his 70th is acting as relief clerk in the Rea building Conductor and Mrs. Bernard Dennison visit­ birthday While on a very pleasam trip to offices while some of the regular employes ing parents in Freeport, Me.; Conductor and Spokane, Wiliow Lake, Landon Lake, Mr. are taking their vacations. Mrs. Wren Stu Itz visiting a daughter in Cal­ Ranier, etc. ,AUgust, 1951 29 I· j

MUSKEGO YARD Grace M. Johnson, Correspondent Office of General Superintendent Chief Clerk Fred Ladwig is looking resled after a vacalion al home lhis year. Texas lravel is for winter, Fred says. "Bulch" Esser, in the car record office, is looking well tanned after a northern Wis­ consin vacalion, and Ihere is a Jot w lan on BUlch. Joe Spende, anolher vacalion viclim so to speak, did a litde house painring w gel his tan. He is also learning to poach eggs wilh a prize egg poacher he won al a picnic. Mrs. Hatlie Mickelson vacationed at Wau­ beno, Wis., with her niece. Car Record Clerk Lesler Roelhe is having a vacalion of anOlher son. He had lhe mis­ fortune of falling an,d breaking his right arm -perhaps we should say "wrile" arm-and will be unable to work for several weeks. He says he could learn to wrile wilh his lefl AFTER 65 HOBBY. Les Wood, retired Milwaukee Road car inspector of Ottumwa, la., hand, bur doesn't think il wo",ld be legible now has plenty of time to work on his hobby of making miniature railroad cars and lO olhers in the amoum of lime he would have to learn. recently finished this model railway complete with depot. The model system, set up in the garden of his home, has attracted considerable attention from passersby this summer. G. A. Brown is slill on lhe sick list bUI is Wood is shown here with the lantern he carried during 30 years of service. (Ottumwa making a sleady improvemem. Friends of the "Deacon" who would like ro call on him Courier photo.) will find him at 1329 West Kilbourn, which is his new residence. Telegraph Operaror E. A. Brock planned his vacalion [fip in Augusl for a wur lhrough WEST CLINTON AREA the Ozarks. Milwaukee Terminals A baby shower was given by Miss Mary Earl H. Lehman, Correspondent c/o Yardmaster, West Clinton CHESTNUT ST., NORTH MILWAUKEE & Jane Mahlberg al her home, 822 W. Capitol NORTH AVENUE Drive, for Mrs. N. W. Soergel on July 25. "Larry Gene" is lhe name of the baby A large group of Mrs. Soergel's friends al­ boy born w Conducror and Mrs. Carl Rich­ Dick Steuer, Correspondent lended and a pleasant evening was enjoyed Chestnut Street Station ards recemly. by all. Mrs. George Hall, wife of machinist, had Thal large blue-white diamond ring Mary lhe misfonune 19 fall and fracture her leg Slarcevic, cashier al Nonh Milwaukee, is recemly while on vacalion in Arkansas. wearing lhese days was pur on lhe right fin­ FOWLER STREET STATION Conductor and Mrs. Osie Hadden were ger by Sleve Graczkowski. The happy Pearl Freund, Correspondenl fishing in Wisconsin recemly. couple have sel Sept. 8 as their wedding day. Clyde Blake, relired conducror, and Mrs. Hugo "Red" Gastel, who does quile a lor Our long lisl of vacalion vagabonds includes Blake, now of Newburgh, Ind., visited Con­ of walking in Pabst yard, wem a liltle roo George Dielrich who was in the Kansas Cily ductor and Mrs. Homer McBride recendy. far the olher day, JUSl 40 feel, w be exaCl, for area during lhe heighl of the Hood. His stay J. H. McDonall, relired engineer, and Mrs. he was tagged by one of Milwaukee's finesl lhere was brief. McDonall of Climon were gueSlS of J. B. for jaywalking-of all lhings! Jack Klima headed Straight for lhe family "Skid" Nelson, retired .conductor, and Mrs. Agent Herb Ruck, North Milwaukee, re­ COllage in Iowa, which is rops on Jack's list Nelson. cently wok a mowring vacalion lhrough Wis­ of inleresls. A [fip was taken' also 10 the Herman KUlch, relired conducwr, and Mrs. consin, ending in the vicinily of Rice Lake. Grand Canyon and it seems lhe ride along KUlch are preparing ro move to Hor Springs, On his return he compleled lhe moving of lhe lrail by mule was more enjoyable lO Mrs. Ark. his household furnishings to his new year­ Klima than ro Jack who considered the going Now lhal T. H. Hehman, retired engineer, around home at Okauchee Lake. a liltle precarious. has finished his new double garage, his A [fip ro the big cily of New York was Ted Wojlasiak spent a busy lWO weeks on friends say he uses il for a library-he reads the highlighl of lhe Frank Lahm family va­ the farm al Amigo, building and repairing, the morning paper OUl lhere every day. cation. Olher vacalionisls included George and returned with pictures ro prove it. He Brakeman Harry "Bo" Earl has a new Henning, freighl car inspector, who blamed was quile pleased with lhe success of his mowr for his boat. So it will be roo bad heavy rains for his poor luck at Little Green Iree raising, started a couple of years ago. for lhe big fish along lhe banks of lhe Lake. Yard Clerk Gaslel enjoyed much bel­ Myra Bivins lOured the northern peninsula Wabash. ter luck al Linle Lake Germain-he· has of Michigan, going ro its farthesl poim. Crane Operator F. P. "Hap" Huneger, of the office skeplics talking lhough, because George Richter was noncomminal on lhe Milbank, S. D., was here in July doing work he ate lhe evidence. Ed Eckhan finally caughl vacation subjecI, bur we're sure lhat lirtle for lhe engineering department. a beauliful northern pike big enough ro grand-daughler Linda plovided many pleasanr Our new snperimendem, W. E. Swingle, m'ounl-nalurally, lhere was quite a swry hours. made his inilial visil to Wesl Climon on connected ro the calch. Rate Clerk Bruno Casey Maciolek look his family to Sl. Louis July 17. Kowalski spem a few days al Clinron, Ind. for a shon Slay. The Stanley Manins, using Chaltanooga, Minnie Walrers regislered at a resort near Tenn., as lheir headquarters, motored Sturgeon Bay for fun and rest. Tbe young man was ratber sby, and after lhrough lhe Soulh in lheir Packard. Barney Nowicki and daughlers Nancy, 17, sbe bad tbrown bel' anlls around him and Mrs. Mary McCormick has been assigned and Loretla, 16, departed for Minoqua lO lry kissed bim for bringing bel' a bouquet of to lhe OS&D desk at Fowler Slreet. Her lheir luck at fishIng. Barney says il was for flowers, be jumped up and grabbed bis bat. former posilion of general clerk at Chesrn.ut liger muskie, but then, others have lried. "Ob, don't go", she implored, "1 didn't mean Streel has nOl been assigned al lhis writing. They will also lOur through lhe Wisconsin to offend you." Miss Carol Keller was assigned ro lhe rale Dells. "I'm not offended", he "eplied, "I'm going posilion at North Milwaukee. The new yard Fred Lewis, assislanr agem, covered a lot for more flowers." clerk in Blalz yard is Don Hornberger. of old lerrilOry in Wisconsin and Iowa that

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brought back pleasant memories, to be pul1ed out by a tractor; Assistant Super­ Bill Spredeman tried lishing in the ,Wolf D & I Division intendent and Mrs. F. G. McGinn made a flying trip to Washington, D. C, where Mr. River, but the water was too high and he E, Stevens, Division Editor returned home to round out the vacation Superintendent's Office, Savanna McGinn attended to railroad affairs and they with work around the house, visited some historic spots around the Capitol Mrs, Michael ]. Kurth, wife of assistant Pat Smith, daughter of Night Chief Dis­ city and in New York before returning home; foreman house 7, underwent surgery July 11 patcher C B, Smith, Savanna, is a life guard Chief Clerk's Steno Jerry Griswold and wife at St. Michael's Hospital and again on July at the newly opened swimming pool at spent their vacation at the home of Mrs. 20, She is reponed to be in line condition, Savanna, Pat, who recently completed her Griswold's parents near StOrm Lake, la.; As­ Mike, who Starred his vacation July 28, will lirst year at Shimer Col1ege, has a Red Cross sistant Roundhouse Foreman and Mrs, Albert undertake the job of nursing Mrs, K, back to life-saving certilicate and served one summer Lahey visited the 1. H. Rabun family in health, as assistant life guard at Perry, la, Miles City; Signal Supervisor and Mrs. W. H. John McGucken, retired trucker of freight We overlooked mentioning the return to Stevens and family visited in Excelsior house 7, passed away July 16, He is sur­ work of Chief Dispatcher 1. Calloway, Springs and viewed the results of the flood vived by two sisters, both nuns, and a Savanna, who spent some time in Wesley in the Kansas City territOry. brother, an ordained priest. Memorial Hospital during June following an Herman Lorenz, retired Ii'rst distriCt engi­ Clem Vail, outbound rate clerk, and wife operation, We also were glad to see Road­ neer, passed away at his home in Savanna on Catherine celebrated their 25th wedding an­ master A, E. Kemp of Marquette who has July 4 after a brief il1ness. Mr. Lorenz began niversary July 14. been away from his territory for some time his railroad service as a locomotive lireman Last employe on the messenger desk is on account of illness. on Dec. 13, 1903, was promoted to a loco­ Barbara Jankowski, student of the sophomore That big smile on Conductor Paul Turner, motive engineer on July 30, 1908, and re­ class at St, Mary's Academy, Prairie du Chien, Elgin, is the result of a new heir in the tired July 1, 1943. Surviving are his widow, family, Michael Eugene having arrived in the a sister and a brother. Masonic services were home of his son Bill on July 3, held at Savanna, with burial in the Savanna Again in 1950 the ,'ai/'-oads smashed all pre­ Vacationers: Dispatcher and Mrs. Z. G. cemetery. ' vious records in the .,umber of tOilS of f,'eight Reiff, Savanna, spent their recent vacation George Speck, Rockford, Ill., brother of ca1'1'ied il1 Ihe average Irail1 , The a'I'erage visiting their daughter Beatrice and family in Engineer Elmer]. Speck and uncle of Brake­ f,'eight tmin load lasl year was 1,224 tons, Ohio; Chief Timekeeper and Mrs. C. H. man ~dward Speck, J r., of Savanna, passed compared with 1,138 tons ill 1949 and 849 Plattenberger and daughter traveled to Ne­ away In the municipal sanatorium in Rockiord Ions in 1940, braska and got intO mud so deep they had on July 17. For 10 years he was employed

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as clerk at BensenviJle. Surviving are his father, two brothers and three sisters. .Duri ng a severe electrical storm in the early morning hours of July 21, Seceion Foreman A. R. Noel of La Crescent, Minn., working over his territory from La Crescent to Reno, discovered very serious track and bridge washouts between Reno and Browns­ ville. With the members of his crew he Ragged Banana Extra 451 with 17 cars. The train was stOpped at the approach to bridge K-646 which had been washed out. There is no question that he averted a serious acci­ dent and he was accordingly cited for special commendation. Walking along the main track at McGreg­ or, la., recently, Conductor Harry Gray, Mar­ quette, espied a derailed car on No. 167 pass­ ing by, He lost no time in signaling the crew and the train was brought to an imme­ diate Stop. I t was discovered that one of the wheels was minus half a Range. His alertness, even though off duty, rated a commendation fOf averting additional damage.

THIRD DISTRICT KANSAS CITY FLOOD INSPECTION. Milwaukee Road represe"tatives investigate thEo Charles Henry, sheet metal worker for the damage to the Harry S. Truman Bridge at Kansas City following the r€cent disastrous flood Joint Agency at Kansas City, passed away on in that area. From left: Agent O. 1. Lambertson, Kansas City; R. J. Arensdorf, secretary July 28 following an illness of man.y months; to vice president-operations; W. G. Powrie, chi€f engineer; Superintendent E. W. Kiesele, also, the father of Billy and O. W. Austin, DGI Division; and Roadmaster H. E. Schoech, Ottumwa, la. The bridge, which is over Joint Agency switchmen, in Kansas City on half a mile long and cost in excess of $2,250,000, is owned jointly by The Milwaukee Road July 5. and the Rock Island lines. It has been in operation since 1945. (Photo by W. K. Peterson, traveling auditor,) QUAD-CITIES AREA Tom Lonergan, Correspondent Yard Office, Nahant "Teddy" Bettcher who retired in 1949 after Yardmaster Bill Kelsey and family in north­ 40 years of service as car inspector in Nahant ern Iowa and southern Wisconsin; Mr. and' We welcomed to Davenport terminal our yard. Mrs. Walter Dehning and family visiting in new trainmaSter, G. J. Barry. Mr. Barry is A successful safety meeting was held in the Riverside, Calif., where they enjoyed seeing now comfortably established with his family Nahant yard office in July by Superintendent Byron Hansen, retired engineer, who is in in their new home on Iowa Street. Kiesele and Safety Engineer ]. A. Ogden. excellent heal th and likes California. Mrs. George Harper, wife of section man The, subjects discussed were accident and at Nahant yard, passed away recently. Death claim prevention, with particular emphasis was sudden. She was buried in Fairfield, la. placed on the rule that teamwork is essential Milwaukee Division Two long-time employes died in July, to safety. Accidents experienced over the FIRST DISTRICT AND SUPERINTENDENT'S namely Roy Woodward who retired in 1936 years have proved this to be a fact. "When OFFICE after having been associated with the Road working with one or more fellow employes J. E. Boeshaar, Correspondent as a section hand for many years, and Theo. in doing a job on the railroad", Superintend­ Superintendent's Office, Milwaukee ent Kiesele said, "rhere should be a complete E. ]. Miller, retired engineer, was injured understanding of the moves co be made in recently in a fall while working about his home but has recovered sufficiently to attend Specialties order that mishaps may be prevented." Among those enjoying ehe deligheful vaca­ the encampment of the SpaniSh-American DELICACIES FOR THE TABLE tion weather at this writing are the follow­ War veterans at Grand Rapids, Mich. Frozen Foods, Cheese, Poul­ ing: Storekeeper Joe Boyle and family, fish­ Miss Elenore Francey of the superintend­ try, Game, Fruits and ing in Minnesota; George Volrath, round­ ent's office has been on a motor tOur of ehe Vegetables house machinise, wieh his family, at camp on Ease, stopping ae some of ehe larger cieies. the Mississi ppi near Davenpore; Yardmaster Recently married are the former Marian E. A. AARON & BROS. Earl Wells, along wirh Mrs. Wells and Beth of the signal department and Marian CHICAGO, ILLINOIS daughter Debbie, visiting in Missouri; rhe Les Evans of the division engineer's office. Crouses vacationing in the nOrth woods; Stuart ]. Blauw, son of Agent J. ]. Blauw

ALLEYDALE MINE is locQ,ted a few miles north of Terre Haute on the C. M. ST. T P. and P. Railroad, the billing point being West Clinton • Third Vein Coal in Indiana has long been known as a powerful, high.grade fuel, but one that con· tained a .certain amount of free impurities. • An immense washing and dry.cleaning plant at TALLEYDALE removes these impurities. • With sizes to meet every need, this pure, high-grade coal is making a grand reputation for itself wherever it goes. WALTER BLEDSOE & COMPANY

32 The Milwaukee Road Magazine • of Avalon, recently received his degree at Central College, Pella, la., where he majored Chicago Terminals in biology and philosophy. He plans to enter GALEWOOD Western Theological Seminary at Holland, Mich., in September. Norma Gunderson, Correspondent Time ,Is" Our Business R. H. Jensen, formerly of the Chicago Sympathy is extended to Herman Hanson, general oJfices, has been appointed train­ route clerk, whose wife passed away July 6; CHAS. H. BERN master on the Thi rd District and has taken also to Jack Connolly, transit rate clerk, up his new duties with headquarters at whose mother passed away on the same date. Union Station Bldg. Chicago, Illinois Milwaukee. Mae and John Graney spent their recent Engineer Al Scholl of Libertyville died vacation in Yellowstone Park. July 22 while on his vacation. He was Rate Clerk Harry Brown has been in and MILTON J. HEEGN buried at Milwaukee. ' out of SI. Luke's Hospital recently, but from 29 E. Madison Street Chicago, Illinois Recent vacationers among the agents were all reports is doing nicely. G. R. AntOnnen of Libertyville; c: C. Ruthe Sympathy is extended to Marge Klein, re­ of Somers; M. J. Gould of Lake who traveled lief card record clerk, whose mOther passed H. HAMMERSMITH through the East; and J. J. Blauw of Avalon away July 15. who toured from the Midwest through the Hattie Blackman, extra bill clerk at Gale­ 332 W. Wisconsin Ave. Dakotas. wood received a beautiful diamond wedding Milwaukee, Wis. Assistant Superintendent R. 1. Hicks came band' from her husband as a birthday gift back from the north woods wid'! a supply of July 29. stories and a good coat of suntan. As usual, , Checker Joseph Zielinski and wife are the Official Watch Inspectors the big ones gOt away. parents of Thomas Allen born July'4. for Tom Piovesan, check clerk, is recuperating SECOND DISTRICT at home after a recent operation. John Szarniec, checker, has been home for M. B. Herman, Correspondent some time due to illness. li)he MILWAUKEE ROAD Ass!. Superintendent's Office, Green Bay Check Clerk Emil Vanderheyden and fam­ Specialists in railroad watches, fine We extend sympathy to Orval Hansen, of ily vacationed in California during July. jewelry and personal gift items. the store department, on the death of his Foreman Charles Garry and family went to father and to Charles Walczyk, of the car Boston, Mass., on their recent vacation. department, whose mother passed away re­ Understand that Check Clerk Sam 'Bartosik Always at Your Service cently. had to swim most of his way to Mexico City Assistant Superintendent J. T. Hayes has while on his vacation been promoted to superintendent at Miles Leon Christensen is the father of a brand City, Mont. new baby girl, Billie Rae, born at Sl. Eliz­ F. T. Buechler, retired superintendent, abeth's Hospital June 30; weighing nine called at the office after having traveled to pounds four ounces. CARTER BLATCHFORD, INC. the coast, Seattle to California. He is plan­ ning another trip in the near future. 80 E. JACKSON BLVD. Engineer Bill Aylward who was seriously BENSENVILLE CHICAGO ill in the hospital dropped in onus re­ Dorothy Lee Camp, Correspondent cently, looking fine and wanting to go to work. Special Officer Joe Siber passed away June Pat O'Brien, one of our young switchmen 28 after an illness of several months. He stationed in the Army camp in Georgia, came leaves his wife, a daughter and a son. He in the office and announced that he was had been with the Road about 12 years. RAIL JOINTS Engineer Alfred Scholl, 52, passed away at home on an important mission-on July 14 Reformed and heat treated he was married. Rondout July 22 after. 33 years with the railroad. Al had been on the Rondout job, M. T. Sevedge has been assigned as the to meet specifications for new assistant superintendent on this division. the Healy Tun, the Morton Grove patrol and We are glad ro see Martin Hansen, our on passenger runs off and on for many years. new bars. bridge foreman, out of the hospital and look­ Conducror Howard Benham and wife just ing so well after his accident. Nels Strem, retired boiler maker, has re­ turned from a two-month visit with relatives in Sweden 'and Denmark. He reports that conditions over there are fine, except that he could not get good coffee. Dispatcher P. Maierle has returned from vacationing in the Copper Country. Switch­ man Ole Peterson and Bill Rahn, lieutenant of police, have also been vacationing. D. P. LaRoux has retired at Crystal Falls. A. E. Anrtilla, who was agent at Sagola, has UNION REFRICERATOR TRANSIT LINES been assigned to take his place at Crystal Falls. 4106 N. Cre_en Bay Ave., Engineir Theo Hansen has returned from a wonder trip thro~gh the Canadian Rockies. Milwaukee 11, Wisconsin He said when he got off at Medicine Hal. with straw hat and light clothes, that it was snowing and he felt not only cold but at­ tracted some attention as he emerged from the train.

Since 1921. the capacity of the average rail­ road-owned freigbt (a,. haJ inc1'eased 10 tons -from 42.5 10 52.6 tons.

August, 1951 33 missed the terrible July wind and rain storms UNION STREET in Minnesota while on a fishing trip. Howard Under all ",DclltlOIUI and at all times. Florence La Monica, Correspondent

took colored movies of the destruction caused

T-Z PrOduct. ~YlI anueel1ed .emee. by the wind and flood waters. Learned recently that Hank Schind~lga's C&M Division Conductor Herb Poner and daughter fell downstairs and will be'· laid T·Z "Clingtite" Dust Cuard Plugs wife celebrated their 25th wedding anniver­ up for some time with an injured foot,' MW Journal Box Lids sary July 26. Tony Brizzolara, stower at House 5, passed T·Z Tender Hose Couplers Pablo Moreno, Bensenville ice house, and away July 21 and was interred at Mt. Carmel T.Z Smoke Preventer Nonles his family are enjoying a vacation trip cemetery. T·Z Boiler Washout Plugs around the Great Lakes at this writing. William RobertS, assistant notice clerk, cel­ T-Z Blow-off Valve Mufflers Lr. Donald J. McCarthy, of the special ebrated the marriage of his daughter Betty police force, and his bride of June 13 honey­ Ann to Arthur Vernon Blanchard Jr. in the T·Z ProducU. &I .tandard eqgJpment. mooned in Eau Claire, Wis. West Abington Methodist Church, Abing­ are dail)' provln. their merit. Sgr. Raymond H. Peter, of 4717 West tOn, Mass., July 4. The ceremony was fol­ T-Z Railway Equipment Co. Anhington St., Chicago, should be home on lowed by a lovely reception. The young leave after two and a half years overseas. couple took a wedding trip to Tallahassee, S So. Michigan Avenue Ray, a Chicago Terminals switchman, has Fla. The groom will return to his Army Chicago, Illinois been cited for distinguished service. duties and Betty will remain at TaJlahassee Walter Pommerening, 32, C&M Division for a visit. brakeman of Oshkosh, Wis., passed away in Sid Roth, retired timekeeper, is around July after an accident. these partS for a visit. Since his retirement "Uncle" Harry Miller, retired switchman he makes his home in Tucson, Ariz. However,

THE of 420 West 9th St., Long Beach, Calif., whenever he gets to Chicago he never fails to dropped in for a chat between trains re­ come in to see his old friends.

cently. He was on the way from Philadelphia to his home. He looked 10 years younger ~~SYSTEM than the day he retired. Coast Division Jack Ratiff, retired switch tender, surprised his friends here with a visit in July. Jack Harry W. Anderson, Division Editor RAILROAD Conway, switch tender on leave of absence Superintendent's Office, Tacoma because of illness, also stuck his head in to WATER TREATMENT say hello, as did Johnny Baker, retired phone It is said that old soldiers n eve r die, director of Galewood. Chemicals • Equipment but retired engineers Blowdown Systems Johnny Jones, C&M Division brakeman, don't either -they Laboratory Analyses had super luck recently--he hooked a big just do other thiiJgs, Testing Kits • Field Service nonhern! His wife has had to replace all the sometimes useful, as Research • Surveys buttons on his fishing shirr. is illustrated by the Mrs. Herb Duga, wife of night chief clerk, accompanying pic­ ture of William E. is still ill at this writing. W. E. Jones NATIONAL ALUMINATE Jones, retired 10co-· CORP. Vacations were enjoyed in July by "Willy" Sullivan, Len Phillips, Clyde Richards and motive engineer who is now living in Puy­ 6216 We.t 66th PIl.ce • Chicago 38. IlIInol. Marshall Merriman, all clerks at Bensenvill.e allup, Wash. He is doing a good job as a yards. member of the Puyallup city reserve poLice A farewell dinner was held at the Ranger force. recently in honor of Assistant Superintendent Harry Gunther, locomotive engineer, is Still Greater George Wilson, now superintendent at Min­ spOrting around in a new Cadillac. . neapolis. As a gesture of friendship he was .We extend a welcome to our new super­ PROTECTION presented with a set of matched luggage and intendent, Jerry T. Hansen, who was trans­ a waller. Many who could nOt attend the ferred to the coast from Miles City, rerlac­ for CARS and LADING dinner due to working hours were represented ing A. O. Thor, who has been transferred in the gift from his fellow employes. to Spokane. CARDWELL WESTINGHOUSE Our wishes for a speedy recovery from his A stag party was held at the "Top 0 the FRICTION DRAFT GEARS recent operation to Ec!die Rauchenecker, Ocean" resort in honor of Superintendent to absorb hori:ontal .hocks former clerk and son of Phone Director A. O. Thor, before leaving Tacoma to take CARDWELL FRICTION BOLSTER George Rauchenecker of Galewood. Eddie over the duties of superintendent at Spokane. SPRINGS will be unable to walk for some time, so The day before he left the Coast Division employes presented him with a camera as a to ab80rb vertical and lateral .hoeks letters and cards will help to pass the time. Address will be given on requesr. remembrance. August 23 will be another happy anniver­ Lee G. Connell is the new member of the CARDWELL WESTINCHOUSE• CO. CHICACO sary for your correspondent and husband Joe engineering force at Tacoma. He hails from CANADIAN CARDWELL CO•• LTD. -15 years. Joe's gift to me is a lovely Anchorage, Alaska. MONTREAL matched set of jewelry-brooch, necklace, Florence McMahan, of the engineer's of­ earrings and braceler. fice, is enjoying her vacation at this writing.

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34 The Milwaukee Road Magazine :~ ____I enjoyable trip but missed the big league ball games, due to the Detroit team playing away More Men Wear from home and. bad weather in Chicago. WORK CLOTHES BEARING Miss lone WiUiamson is a new employe in the OS&D section, taking the place of A Lee LABEL Be[[y Rasmussen during her vacation. Than any other Among local freight employes who vaca­ Brand tioned in July were Myrtle Kruse of the cashier's office who, with her husband, visited New York City and Washington, D.C.; Wa­ terfront Checker George Bahl, who made a nip to Vancou'ver and Jasper Park; WilJa Lindsey, timekeeper, at Albion, Mich.; Bob Parsons, interchange clerk, who vacationed nround Seattle; Messenger Carl Wohlers and family, on a motor trip through Yellowstone Park; and Betty Hertz, janitress, who went [() Vancouver. Freight office donors to the Blood Bank in July were Mildred Fetters, Maurene McDon­ ald, Bob Parsons, Ray Fink and Reginald Morris.

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FUSEES at Twin Lakes, Idaho. Caught a lot of fish sisted Montague. Mother and babies are ~nd also brought back some Idaho sunburn. doing very well, bur she has since deserted Fill the Bill Locomotive Engineer Lou McDonough her benefactors and moved back co che swirch Safe Dependable Efficient spent rhe lirst half of July raking it easy. shanty. No place like home, says Minnie. He made several moror [[ips around rhe We are glad ro repOrt that this sration has LAKESIDE RAILWAY Puget Sound coumry, and gar bener ac­ increased its LCL on an average of 50 tons FUSEE COMPANY quainted wich che Pacific Northwest. per momh since che firsr of rhe year and Beloit, Wisconsin also shows a subsramial increase in freighr TACOMA forwarded and received. Our passenger sta­ cion also shows a large increase. Our co­ R. A. GrummeJ, Correspondent Agent, Tacoma workers haven'r been overlooking passenger and freighr tips even while off duty. Some­ The Chamber of Commerce reports thar one got a rip one night recently while play­ over 2,500,000 people will visic our state this ing canasra, EDWARD KEOGH year and a large number will come ro make the rrip ro Rainier National Park. Some 2,000 PRINTING COMPANY a day are visiring Grand Coulee Dam and ocher places of interesr. Among our visirors Madison Division Printers and were a group of high school boys from W, W. Blethen, Correspondent Brooklyn called the Rolling Stones who were Superintendent's Office; Madison Planographers at the Moumain July 26 and 27. To those of you who have ro do with securing pas­ On July 16 Superintendent F. R. Doud 732-738 W. Van Buren St. senger business, if you need any literature ro became assistant general superimendent with

help in your sales, drop me a note. headquarters at Madison, Wis, Far~ham, Phone: Franklin 0925 What has happened ro the pensioners who A. J. of Terre Haute, Ind., was used to call on us regularly' Perhaps they appoimed as superimendent of che Madison Chicago. Illinois are roo absorbed in their hobbies? Where is Tom Corbett? Understand he bought a PROMPT AND EFFICIENT SERVICE new home on North Prospect for his wife and daughter. How about Alex Gail" Also O. H. Gutrormson, our former chief yard clerk, and George Weiland, Herb Cooper and Jack Beals-haven'c heard from Beals since he waved goodbye on 791 several years ago. Someone should get the bloodhounds MAUMEE on these gentlemen. INDIANA Like to gec a report on Disparchers Riley Beals and Jim Beason, Tacoma's only base­ WASHED AND DRY DEDUSTED ball fans lefr. How abour Mosher, rhe in­ surance man, Chalk, the philanrhropisr, and Wilrrour, the bowler' Also wondering if Roy Cleveland is Still captain on his yachr. Bill Jones, I undersrand, was in the ticker office recently. Walcer Hubbard, who has a suir for every day in the week, drops in oc­ casionally and we are always glad ro see him. Wish E. P. Allen wQuld srop in once in a while, GOLDEN MEMORIES. A family album pose of We are glad ro report that W. M. Eshel­ Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Holcomb of JaneSVille, man is back on the job after several months' Wis, celebrating 50 years of partnership on illness. July 15. Mr. Holcomb is a conductor on the

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36 The Milwaukee Road Magazine Thomas Conlin, son of Freight Agent Conlin of Madison, was home on furlough from Ft. Worden, Wash. BUCKEYE Agent E. W. Tucker of Eagle, Wis., re­ CAST STEEl PRODUCTS tired July 1, closing a railroad service of 50 years, 47 of which were with the Milwaukee FOR RAILROADS Road. Truck Side Frames Corp. Donald ]. McCann, son of Yard­ master Leo P. McCann of Madison, arrived Truck Bolsters in the United States early in July after spend­ Couplet·s ing more than 18 months in Korea. Chief Dispatcher's Clerk Frank Lemanski Yokes and Draft Castings and Mrs. Lemanski are vacationing in San Miscellaneous Car Castings Francisco, Calif., at this writing. Six-and Eight-Wheel Trucks Dan Bohan, retired agent of Avoca, Wis., celebrated his 94th birthday on July 27. ---- THE ---­ Agent and Mrs. Joe Coleman of Cross Plains announce the arrival of a baby girl on BUCKEYE STEEL CASTINGS CO. July 30. COLUMBUS 7, OHIO Herman Goth, retired section laborer, passed away at his home in Middleton on July 7.

COAST DIVISION RETIREMENT. Engineer Frank Larson of Monroe, Wash., who retired Iowa Division recently from helper service at Beverly, Wash., making his last trij:. with engine E 25. Pat MIDDLE-WEST-DES MOINES McLain was his fireman. Mr, Larson was born Viola Ranes, Correspondent in Carpentersville, III., and hired out as a fire­ Asst. Superintendent's Office, Perry Complete man in the Chicago yards in 1903. He trans­ W. T. Stewart has been transferred as as­ ferred to Lines West shortly after his promo­ sistant superintendent of Chicago Terminals tion to engineer in 1909. Most of his seNice with headquarters at Bensenville, Ill. The has been between Cle Elum and Othello. Stewarts have rented an apartment at River­ side, Ill., and have moved their household Banking Service furnishings to the new location. J. D. Shea, formerly assistant superin­ Division. The Farnhams are now at home at tendent at Sioux City, is the new assistant at 2324 Kendall Avenue, apartment 5. superintendent at Perry, assuming his duties Conductor and Mrs. Clayton Holcomb of July 15. His wife and daughter Susie arrive Janesville obse~ved their 50th wedding anni­ in Perry Al.Ig. 5. versary with open house Sunday, July 15, at Robert E. Barrow, station helper at Madrid, 13 Convenient Offices the home of their son, Conductor Forrest passed away suddenly July 28. Me. Barrow Holcomb, in Janesville. The Holcombs were had been employed as engine watchman for married at Freeport, Ill. Conductor Holcomb a number of years, and when that p'osition has been employed by the Road for more was abolished a few years ago, he was given than 41 years. the position he' held at his death. He is sur­ Train Dispatcher and Mrs. Gene Bowat vived b}' his wife and two children. announce the arrival of a son, Stephen Gene, E. Dorpinghouse, steno-clerk in the on July 29. DF&PA office in Des Moines, has entered Miss Jane Hutter, daughter of Engineer military service. Ray Hutter of Madison, repeated nuptial Darrell ~nyder, young son of Yardmaster vows with Wilbur G. Paulson of Seattle, Jack Snyder, underwent an emergency appen­ Wash., in the rectory of St. Patrick's Church' dectomy recently. on June 7. The bride, given in marriage by Our sympathy to Mrs. C. E. Evitts and son her father, wore a French lace gown and a on the death of their husband and fathei:, FIRST WISCONSIN short veil. A wedding breakfast in the Chester E. (Smoke) EvittS. Smoke had been Colonial Room of the Hotel Loraine was a caller at' the roundhouse for a long time foHowed by a reception fOr ioo guests. The and it was hard for him togive up his work NATIONAL BANK newlyweds are at home in Seattle. Jane is a when he became ill. He had been on a dis­ 1951 graduate of the University of 'Wisconsin ability pension. of Milwaukee School of Education. Engineer V. Olson and wife are the grand­ Warehouse Foreman William F. Assistant parents of a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Establ ished 1853 Murphy and Mrs. Murphy celebrated their Bruce Olson. 2)th wedding anniversary with open house Don Kanealy, operator at Perry, passed on July 1 at their summer cottage, Heart's away in June. He is survived by his wife, Delight, on Lake Waubesa. children and parents-he was the son of

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Mrs. Viola Ranes, assisrant superimendent's LO~OMOTIVE: clerk, and Boilermaker William Sheers are FEED WATER BEATERS the grandparems of a daughrer, Parricia Ann, (The Locomotive Water Conditioner) born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith of Del BLOW-OFF EQUIPMENT Paso Heights, Calif. Mrs. Smirh is Mrs. COMPRESSED AIR Ranes' daughrer and Mr. Smirh is rhe son of RADIATION Mr. and Mrs. Sheers. (ALL-CaBt Directional Finned A poem by Mrs. Tom Rellihan, wife of Aluminum Elements) engineer, who writes over rhe pen name of For Interstage or Final Cooling Gernie H umer, was read recendy on the "Srarlighr Program" over broadcasring station UNIT BEATERS WHO at Des Moines. The poem, written rhree years ago, was inspired by four neigh· WILSON ENGINEERIIG borhood boys who always enjoyed being with Mrs. Rellihan when she worked in her gar­ CORPORATION den. When she had answered rheir inquiries 122 So. Michigan Ave., Chicago "Wharcha doin'?" a dozen rimes or more, she thoughr rhar would make an excellent tide for a poem, so when the garden work was complered for the day, she wrore the following: Grain Doors ' Whateha Doin? TELEVISION CAREERIST. A recent portrait of Railroad Cross Ties Whether I "ake or reap or hoe, Frances Williams Anderson of New York City, An eager urchin wants to know: beautiful songstress daughter of Agent F. C. Hardwood Lumber "Whatcba doin?" Williams, Mobridge, S. D. Mrs. Anderson, al­ ready a successful soloist with such leading Timbers If I Jhould paint or mend a wall, groups as the Boston and Pittsburgh Symphony A piping voice is sure to call: Orchestras and the New York City Opera Com­ "Whatcha doin?" pany, is now building a career in television as a featured singer on the James Melton TV

Webster Lumber Company Some days m·e plaglled by "haul' and show, the weekly broadcast sponsored by the "wby", Ford dealers of America. Wit~ her husband 2522 Como Aye.. Wesl But all are tfOubled with tbe cr)': and two-year-old son John, she recently spent a vacation with her parents in Mobridge. 51. PQU1. MUm. "Whatcha doin?" My nerves are f,·ayed, my throat worn out, From naming deeds, wbile four bo)'s shout: EAST END "IPhatcha doin?" Benjamin P. Dvorak, Correspondent FISH and OYSTERS Milwaukee Passenger Station, Cedar Rapids Supplying Hotels, Restaurants and Clubs Yet well I know, as brilliant birds, Corp. William R. Failor, son of Time Re­ Our Specialty My autumn days will heal' tbese words, visor W. E. Failor, has been pur on rhe inac­ .Phones Roosevelt 1903, all departments "Whatcha doin?" rive list and has joined his family in Marion. W. M. Walker He had been ar Rapid City, S. D. 213-215 S. Water Market Pilsen Station The average freight cal' performed 46 pel' Carl Wighrman, Jr., wife and children Cor. Racine Ave. and 14th PI. CH ICACO cent more work pel'·serviceable day in 1950 Denise and Carl, were guesrs of his parents 117m2 in 1940. while on vacarion in July. They also visired wirh Mr. and Mrs. ]. E. Lyon, parents of Mrs. Wighrman, in Des Moines. Capt. and Mrs. R. K. Horne of Ft. Worrh, Tex., and rheir daughrers Patricia and Mar­ cia visited recently in Marion wirh Mrs. Horne's parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. White­ ford. Mrs. George Barnoske, 87, a resident of Marion for 60 years, passed away ar her home on July 10. She is survived by her son George, chief clerk to Superinrendenr Beerman ar Marion. Mr. and Mrs. O. W. McBride visited in Center Line, Mich., recently with rheir son­ in-law and daughrer, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Dandareau; also wirh Mr. McBride's par­ ents in Delra, Ohio. John Wertish of Sr. Paul relieved Mr. McBride as signal main­ rainer. Agem G. W. Ireland of Wyoming suffered a stroke in lare June. Chief Dispatcher 1. S. Dove, wife and grandchildren spent a vacation in July at rheir cottage ar Ox Lake, Minn. Disparchl"r Gorman relieved as chief. W. T. Srewart has been appointed assist­ ant superintendent of the Chicago Terminals Division; 1. V. Anderson special represem-

38 The Milwaukee Road Magazine ative to vice president with headquarters in around the clock­ Chicago. J. D. Shea succeeds Mr. Stewart Trans-Missouri Division as assistant superintendent at Perry and W. T. WEST all over the Hjorth comes to Marion as trainmaster. D. B. Campbell, Correspondent W. F. Teeple, section laborer at Lost Na­ compass tion, has been granted a 60-day leave be­ Miles City went all out June 27 to 30th cause of iJiness. . inclusive for the 38th annual Miles City Roundup held at the Eastern Montana Fair­ Roadmaster J. 1. Vavra was on vacation grounds. The headliner of the parade and in July, being relieved by Roadmaster R. H. show was Gene Au try of screen and rad io. Becker. A fast moving show and rodeo which ranked Merwen Taylor and family visited in Den­ with the best for action and thrills was ver with his brother Cliff and sister Muriel. presented each night, except Saturday when Before returning home Mrs. Taylor and chil· it was played in the afternoon, and three dren also visited in Nebraska. blocks of Main Street were blocked off and W. Irvin Farrell, 81, retired conductor. given over to street carnival, rides and passed away suddenly at his home in Des dancing. The Range Riders, old time cow­ Moines July 20. Burial was in Anamosa. He boys association, held their meetings, and had lived in Marion until his retirement and there were ball games whenever events were was a cond uctor for over 50 years. H. E. Hansen was appointed to the posi­ not on at the fairgrounds. Some 50 members of the Miles City Service tion of lineman with headquarters in Marion Club turned barkers and operators at the effective July 1. Main Street bingo concession operated by the Mr. and Mrs. James Trimble are the par­ club during the roundup. The concession was ents of a girl born in July. Jimmie is yard one of the most successful on the carnival clerk at Cedar Rapids. guards the midway. Everybody had a lot of fun and the profits will go in the club kitty to help right-of-way finance the coming year's events and program. in vital Ira (Shorty) Rodgers, ticket clerk, was one of three members of the B.p.a. Elks, Miles signal service City Lodge No. 537, to attend the five-day national convention held at Chicago. Miles City Service Club was host Saturday night, July 14, at a dinner and program honoring Division Superintendent and Mrs. J. T, Hansen who were leaving for their new Best There are for all on the no assessments POSt at Tacoma. The dinner was also com­ Milwaukee Road at any time plimentary to Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Hayes, formerly of Green Bay, Wis. Mr. Hayes was appointed to the position of superintendent WINNING MUSICIANS. Joyce Spiry, daughter of the Trans-Missouri Division, succeeding of Dr. A. W. Spiry. district surgeon at Mobridge, 11'[1'. Hansen. More than 300 employes ac­ S. D., and Gerald Schutz. son of Locomotive companied by their wives or guests, attended Fireman J. R. Schutz, who recently won the the event which was held in the dining music awards presen ted annually by Mobridge room of the Elks Home. Walter Horn, train­ Chapter of The Milwaukee Road Women's master T-M west, was master of ceremonies. Club to the two most promising music stu­ The program included the appearance of dents in the local Milwaukee Road family The Mary Rose and Teresa Marie Montefusco of awards were conferred for points earned in four Peoria, III., nieces of Sam Leo, stOre depart­ years or extra c_urricular and musical activities ment, who gave an acrobatic performance. at the Mobridge High School. both being mem­ Harry Stamp, division storekeeper, and Paul bers of the band, the mixed chorus and the Bridenstine, trainmaster at Mobridge, gave a glee club. Joyce has received "superior" ratings humorous sketch. Speakers included Mr. in regional vocal contests and Jerry's specialty Hayes; C. S. Winship, division freight and is the saxophone They plan to continue their passenger agent; 1. H. Rabun, master me­ musical studies this fall, Joyce at Stephens chanic; W. E. Fuhr, division engineer; and College, Columbia, Mo, and Jerry at Northern Mark Johnson, car foreman. Also Rev. John States Teachers College, Aberdeen, S D. B. Fitz, who spoke in commendation of Mr.

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August, 1951 39 Hansen's activities in connection with the program of the local chamber of commerce, and Lou Grill of the Miles City Daily Star. Table decorations were in charge of Ann Anderson, trainmaster's clerk. Serving on the kitchen committee were Sam Leo, Pete Leo, J. D. Wagner, M. Kelm, A. Kelm, E. Winthers, D. Schell, R. Mesberg, K. Yates, J. Lackner, J. Moyes, C. Althaus, E. Wytten­ hove, H. Lathrop, T. Bankey and E. Carlson. Arnold Running, superintendent's chief clerk, acting as spokesman for the employes of the division, presented to Mr. and Mrs. Hansen parting gifts. Have you ever struck oil? Well maybe you did when you turned the wrong gadget Eliminate equipment damage on the car and gOt a squirt in the eye. Now everybody who has land in eastern Montana NEXT STOP LA CROSSE. F. E. Devlin, assistant with economical, corrosion­ or western North or South Dakota is perking superintendent of the Rocky Mountain Division, free DEARBORN cleaners up his ears and some are fattening their was feted at a dinner in Lewistown, Mont., pocketbooks as the lease hounds are taking prior to his departure for La Crosse, Wis, Free-rinsing Dearborn cleaners work lip leases right and left following the sensa­ where he waS recently appointed assistanl' in any water ... contain no abrasives tional wild cat oilweJI brought in by the superintendent of the LGR Division; shown here · .. leave equipment bright and spar­ Shell Oil Company near Richey, Mont. This with A. E. Gist, F&P agent at Great Falls (left), kling without danger of subsequent cor­ and Agent M. J. Boyd, Lewistown. The party rosion. Low cost and greater cleaning follows an oil strike made previously at included a good cross section of northern effectiveness make Dearborn cleaners Tioga, N. D. Other oil companies have an­ economical to use. nounced deep test wells to be drilled in the Montana division employes. • INTERIOR CLEANERS vicinity of Baker, Mont., and Bowman, N. D., I • ORGANIC SOLVENT TYPE CLEANERS which are on our line. If you've gOt any • HOT TANK CLEANERS land in this area, better check up l'our deeds to see if you own the mineral rights and Agent Hoesley of Lemmon, S. D., is back • EXTERIOR CLEANERS to work after a siege at Holy Rosary Hospital, '1 • ELECTRICAL PARTS CLEANERS then sit tight. You mal' be an oil magnate yet. Miles City. • SCALE REMOVER CLEANERS Second Trick Car Clerk Larry Hourigan Ask about Dearborn's Dual System, nan-streak EAST END and wife spent their recent vacation touring and sheen-producing deaners the Black Hills. Dora H. Anderson, Correspondent Please note our new aaare•• c/o Agent, Mobridge Carman Raymond Nelson is the father of a baby boy, Raymond Alex, born July 24. . DEARBORN CHEMICAL COMPANY Ira Dickey, retired engineer, has recovered Merchandise Mart Plaza • Chicago 54, Ill. Engineer Fred Oeschle and wife, accom-. from his long illness and with his wife has panied by Conductor and Mrs. W. B. McCoy, left for their home in Sacramento, Calif. recently spent a few days in the Black Hills Belated congratulations to Boilermaker and did some fishing; also took in the dog E. A. Zimmerman and Mrs. Lillian Herr on races and attended the Black Hills light opera their marriage Feb. 6-they are now settled in the new amphitheater at Rapid City. in their home on Railroad Avenue; also to J. J. Long, retired conductor now located CREOSOTED Frank Eaton, machinist at Harlowton, and at Morton, Wash., stopped off here to visit Mrs. Ethel Robertson, married on May 13. friends en route to Madison, Wis., to see a MATERIALS Storekeeper Ray Slaughter won the Ford sister. Mr. Long, still bale and hearty, oper­ car given away during the Mobridge rodeo ates an apartment building. and July 3, 4 and 5. Dispatcher Lynden Vailey is taking a Dispatcher Kenny Klovstad and wife spent three-week vacation at this ,':oriring. He is their recent vacation with his dad at Billings COAL TAR and also fishing at White Sulphur Springs. PRODUCTS We hear rumors that the fish he brought back came from his brother-in-Iaw's locker Republic Creosoting Co. at Glenham, S. D. Minneapolis . Dispatcher H. D. Teske, relief operator at Hettinger, N. D., is relieving at the dis-. patcher's office here during vacations.

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ESTABUSHED 1880 HOW TO STAY YOUNG THOUGH RETIRED. This mobile sales stand operated by Harry P. D. Carroll Trucking Co. Pratt, retired conductor, is popular with pas­ sengers on Hiawatha trains 15 and 16 who detrain for a brea ther during the service stop CHICAGO, ILLINOIS at Miles City, Mont. Fruits in season, candy, cookies and other delicacies are offered to the traveling public. 40 The Milwaukee Road Magazine busy building a new home on First Avenue Joe Kasajake, employed as roundhouse went back to the Missoula Division and his West. laborer at Avery for many years, died place here is being filled by R. E. Emerson. Samuel Gray Hunter, retired conductor, recently. Dolly Boggess is relieving Agent L. M. Matt­ passed away at Rapid City July 12 from a After many years of faithful service son of Denton who is on vacation. Lola heart a·ilment. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Herschleb Charles R. Strong, engineering department Wacker is in place of L. M. Dyer, agent at of Mobridge and Roundhouse Foreman Law­ employe, and Peter Olson, chief carpenter, Moore, also on vacation. son Johnson and wife of McLaughlin at­ retired, Mr. Strong on July 1 and ML Olson We are sorry to repOrt the sudden death tended the funeraL Mr. Hunter is survived on Apr. 1. of Engineer Ouo D. Davey on July 12, while by his wife and son Sam. First Trick Car Clerk George Hilron, wife and daughter Carol Ann are, at (his writing, spending a vaca(ion in the Black Hills and visiting George's mother at Rapid City. A group of Boy Scouts from the Milwau­ STANDARD for Rolling Stock- kee family, including Allan Atha, Dennis Bailey, George Baer and Bob Andrews, re­ cently spent a week at Big Stone Lake, Ortonville, Minn.

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August, 1951 41 .. Some of the local railroaders who have gineering school in Milwaukee. Surviving already taken their vacation are Art Keeler, besides his widow and parents are a son and Chris Mathews, S. W. Finkbiner, Sr., D. E. daughter, a brother and two sisters. Funeral Eewel, George Martin, Martin Stingle}', W, services were conducted July 21 at the R. Goldbrand, Ole Vinge, Frank Swan, Ole Riverside Methodist Church, Sioux City. Haanes, Dan Hildahl, Jr., Gus Johnson, Dana Ninety employes and their wives attended Mathews and John Miller of Moore. a dinner at the Mayfair Hotel July 14 to

Mr. and Mrs. John ]. Gamell and chil­ honor Assistant Superintendent Shea and Mrs. dren of Oakland, Calif., visited here with Shea and wish them well in their ne~ home his brother, Conductor L. A. GameJl, and his in Perry, where Mr. Shea has been trans­ father, John, section foreman at Moore. Most ferred. Superintendent E. A. Weiland, Mason of you will remember John J.-he worked City, acted as toastmaster and there were for the Road before World War II. others from man}' points. including Mitchell. Car Foreman Walter Noctor of Harlow­ Sioux Falls, Yankton and Minneapolis. R. C. ton is on vacation at this writing. He is be­ Dodds, former superintendent, and Mrs. ing relieved by H. I. Buckle}'. Dodds, from Austin, were in the party. Mrs. . Carolyn Cavanaugh and John Peccia of C. F. Willett, president of Sioux Cit}' Chap· the Harlowton car department have returned ter of the Women's Club, presented Mrs. from their vacarions. Shea with a purse, and Traveling Engineer G. C. Groves presented Mr. Shea with a diamond ring; 'also an electric roaster for I & D Division LON E LADY AGENT. Mrs Dorothy Pickering both of them from their friends on the holds the distinction of being the only woman division. Karen B. Rugee, Division Editor agent on the I&D Second District. She has been Helen Flynn has returned from an eastern Superintendent's Office, Mason City with the Road since 1945, starting as a vaca­ trip, reporting a very fine time. tion substitute and working, in turn, at Elk The Women's Club picnic held at River­ "Michael Robert" is the name of rhe new Point, S. D., Sioux City, Westover, la., Tabor, arrival at the Robert Salier home. Mrs. Salier side Park, Sioux City, on Sunday, Jul}' 15, S. D., and, since Apr. 24, at Utica, S. D. "I found the usual ball game in session while is the former Judy Hogan who is on leave like working for the railroad better than any of absence from the position of roadmaster's the women and kiddies took part in various work I have ever done", says Mrs. Pickering. games. For the general adult guessing, Mrs. clerk at Mason City. Mr. and Mrs. John P. "I think it gets in our blood." Utica's lady agent Hogan are the grandparents. Gronvold of Elk Point showed up the men has two children, Kenneth, 13, who attends the Clifton E. Oeschger, chief clerk to the by a guess of one under the exact number West Junior High School in Sioux City, and storekeeper at Mason Cit}', died suddenly of beans in a jar. Mrs. Glenn Johnson, wife Jane, 7, who goes to the Utica grade school. Jul}' 5. He had been with the Road for 26 of conductor, proved that she can kick her (Photo by Martin Honner, Yankton, S. D.) years. He is survived by his wife and daugh­ shoe plenty far, and in a second shoe kicking rer Sharon. contest Mary Robinson placed first. John Engineer Charles Barber passed away July SECOND DISTRICT Kvidahl (accidentally, he says) put a bulls­ e}'e in a bean bag, shooting over his shoul­ 7. Funeral services were held at Sanborn, Fay Ness, Correspondent la, Mr. Barber entered service in 1902 and Assl. Superintendent's Office, Sioux City der into a box while looking in a mirror-­ was in active service at the time of his death. Mrs. Jay Bailey placed first in the same con­ Sorry there were no items in the July Funeral services were held at Murdo, S.D., tesr for the women. The winning team in the issue, as your correspondent was on vacation for Wilbur Mallen, retired engineer, who traveling game consisted of Mmes. J. J. in Yellowsrone Park, Washington, Oregon, died June 5 of a heart seizure. Mr. Mallett Sweeney, H. Bourdelais, G. Johnson, C. Gron­ Jackson Hole country and all points in be­ entered service in 1919 and retired in 1945. voId and J. Baile}' and Helen Flynn and Mary tween. That is gorgeous coumry and I had E. M. Isaacson and family and Mr. and Robinson. The children's games found a a wonderful time, Mrs. Carl Anderson' have returned from vaca­ couple of all-around athletes in the Severson tion irips to the Black Hills. We regret to report the death of Alvin H. boys, Bennett and Bobb}'. Among other win­ Osthoff, chief clerk in the assistam superin­ P. H. Geelhart, assisrant division engineer, ners were Joe Gronvold, Judy and Janet tendent's office at Sioux Cit}'. Al entered the and family made a trip to Roundup, Great Johnson, Tommy and Jean Plendl, Bud Wil­ hospital on July 7 for observation and on Falls, Helena and Yellowstone Park. The}' lett, Mary Ann Kvidahl, Suzie Shea, Stevie July 8 suffered a severe heart seizure which traveled in the floating Studebaker. Nellis, Effie and Maril}'n Wiedeman and Jim he did nOt survive. Funeral services were Division Engineer F. F. Hornig and family Simonson. vacationed in Wisconsin, dividing their time held in Sioux Ciry July 10 and at Dubuque between Sparta, Wisconsin Dells, the northern July 11. We know his friends on the rail­ peninsula and Milwaukee. road are going to miss AI-he was always SANBORN-RAPID CITY ready to give of himself, both time and effort, Sophie McKillip, clerk at the Mason City Albert Gall, Correspondent to help others. He entered the service of the J. freight office, won the fur cape given away Trainmaster's Office, Mitchell by a local fur shop. With the temperature a Road as a timekeeper at Aberdeen, S. D., J. J. Curtis,. agem at Lennox, is vacation­ humid 85, she had to carry the prized pos­ in November, 1918, came to Sioux City as ing in Texas. L. L. Vogt is relieving. Also, session home in a box to be put away for division accountant in November, 1919, and Agent K. S. Lambert of Me. Vernon is vaca­ cooler weather. was appointed chief clerk to the superin­ tioning in the South, in the vicinity of Kansas W. B. Braheny, clerk in superintendent's tendent at Sioux City Feb. 10, 1926. He is City, with R. Black relieving. office, and family recentl}' visited in New survived by a sister, Miss Frances Osthoff J. Albin, Ia., and Milwaukee, Wis. of Dubuque. F. T. Gustafson, agent at Kimball, and Jay W. Bailey, time revisor at Sioux Cicy, W. A. Peterson of Sheldon are on vacation was appoimed chief clerk to assistant super­ at this writing; P. G. Este relieving at Me. intendent Aug. 1. Vernon and L. D. L}'ons at Sheldon. Walter S. Piatt, janitor at Sioux City, un­ E. D. Mayer, dispatcher at Mitchell, is the How Well Do You Know derwent an emergency appendectomy in a proud father of a baby boy, and I mean Your Railroad? Sioux City hospital in July. Understand he proud; as he had twO daughters but no sons. is recovering nicely. K. Gebhart, dispatcher at Mirchell, is va­ The picture on page 20 shows the plat­ Switchman Gerald V. Davis is the proud cationing in the Pacific Northwest. Agent L. form and station grounds at Wisconsin papa of a son born June 4. A. Sanquist of Inwood is also on vacation, Dells, Wis., as they appear to one look­ Robert E. Reinke, 28, son of Engineer with J. D. Bjorkman relieving. ing eastward from the station. The pho­ William R. Reinke, was one of 12 officers Larry Boland, TBM at Mitchell, is in the tographer is J. E. Boeshaar, Milwaukee and men killed in a plane crash in Japan hospital at Rochesrer and is getting along fine June 15. He was an eJecllician mate third at this writing. Ray Hoskins, ticket clerk at .Division correspondent employed in the class in the Navy. He had been recalled to Mitchell, also is in the hospital recovering office of superintendent, Milwaukee. acrive duty Jan. 3, while attending an en­ from injuries suffered in an auto accident. .. 42 The Milwaukee Road Magazine •

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Private First Class Melvin Brown, of Mahaffey, Pennsylvania-Medal of Honor for valor in action near Kasan, Korea, September 4, 1950. Stubbornly holding an advanced position atop a wall, Pfc. Brown stood off attacking North Koreans until all his rifle ammunition and grenades were gone. When last seen he was still fighting-with only an entrenching shovel for a weapon-rather than give up an inch of ground. Never forget the devotion of Melvin Brown! Now, this very day, you can help make safer the land be served so far "abovb and beyond the call of duty." Whoever you are, wherever you are, you can begin buying more ... and more ... and more United States Defense* Bonds. For every time you buy a bond you're helping keep solid and stable and strong the country for which Private Brown gave everything he had. And remember that strength for America can mean peace for America-so that boys like Melvin Brown may never have to fight again. . For the sake of Private Melvin Brown and all our servicemen-for your own boy-buy more United States Defense Bonds now. Defense is your job, too!

Remember that when you're buying bonds own automatically goes on earning inter­ for national defense, you're also building a est for 20 years from date of purchase in­ personal reserve of cash savings. So go to stead of 10 years as before. This means, for your company's pay office-now-and sign example, that a Bond you bought for $18.75 up to buy Defense Bonds through the Pay­ can return you not just $25 but as much as roll Savings Plan. Don't forget that now $33.33! For your country's security, and every United States Series E Bond you your own, buy U. S. Defense Bonds now!

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~'''P' The U. S. Government does not pay lor this advertisement. It is donaled by this pu.blicalion . in cooperation with the Advertising Cou.ncil and the Maguzine Publishers 0/ America as ®.. ' . a public service. Augus\' 1951 43 · TH'E MILWAUKEE ROAD MAGAZINE .' Chicago, Milwaukee. St, Paul and Pacific Railroad Co, 516 West Jackson Blvd, Chicago (6). Illinois

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