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"Mel" Anderson suffered a near- SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE tragedy when, while driving with his famlly, his automoblle caught Are FT. SCOTT, KANS. from defectlve wiring. No doubt his presence of mind, in jerking the BLANCHE BICKNELL, Reporter wiring loose, prevented serious dam- age. "Nel" sustalned a slight injury Jack Dalton, prlvate secretary to to his hand and a badly shocked Superintendent Bevans, 1s getting nervous system. He is to be congratu- along nicely at the company hospital lated upon his ability as a wire-puller. In Springfield, after his recent opera- The Sunnyland Club has organized a tion for appendlcitis. He will probably team. And If their flrst en- be able to report for duty In about counter is any indication of the team's flve weeks. Chester Fulton is sub- strength, it is a mighty good ball club. stituting for Jack while he is con- They won their flrst game played valescing. against Sugar-Creek with a score of The Frisco handled a soeclal train 21 to 9. There was some dispute as from Neodesha to ~ittsburgfor the to the final score. Sugar Creek fans accommodation of students and teach- claimed that our club in one of ers who attended the spring- - musical their men who was coaching on thlrd festival. base and in the excitement an extra Miss Blanche Bicknell and MYss Hes- run was counted. In any event our ter Roberts visited in Pittsburg, Kans. rted unchanaed. team won by a safe margin. Newton Carlton, previdenr of the wish to-extend our sympathy to Western Union Telegraph Company, r. William Zimmerman, Locust street and party, traveling in Mr. Carlton's 1-oasing flagman, in the death of his GENERAL AGENT buslness car 100, passed through the city over the Frisco, en route from Ilrlre. KANSAS CITY, MO. Oklahoma City to Kansas City. E. A. Miller, general agent, and wife 1 TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT DAVID H. TODD, Reporter attended t'he Kansas City-Chlcago ex- ' KANSAS CITY, MO. hibition ball game in Kansas City. Rodgers Illingworth, of this office, W. F. Kirk, general superintendent gi W. A. YOUNG, Reporter was married to Miss Betty Gill. May 4, of the Missouri Paciflc. Kansas Citv. at the Gordon Place Methodist Protest- and party, covering line on bridge in- 'Allen" Goble has taken up golf! ant church in Kansas City, Kans. The spection, passed through Fort Scott pa~d his nrst game. You should have happy couple went to St. Louis. Mo.. njg.ht of April 14 riding Frisco train wn his first game. He played his on thelr honeymoon. 118. round with a foursome. He la- Joe Kramer is the proud possessor The Frlsco landscape gardener, who pr:md patiently and hard, trying to of "Henry's" 1930 model, while John has charge of company parks. Is ex- wwct with the elusive pellet, and Ronne purchased an "Oldsmobile pected in ForK Scott in the next few iually his perseverance won. How- COUD~." days to superlntend the work on the l% k, once or twice he trled to cover Did you ever hear of missing a park norih of the superintendent's of- r remainlng distance by klcking the funeral? Joe Kramer has, but how flce. 1.After being informed that this about a wedding? Ask Frank Martin, The regular monthly Better Service r3s aga~nstthe rules he did not again he knows. and Accident Prevention meetlng, held 'v his bet. When the scores were We began using our last ton of coal in Fort Scott, was interesting and well & (sled and "Allen" found his score in the offlce today, since blackberry attended. M. M. Sisson, assistant gen- 1" ,as 118 as Rgainst his nearest oppon- winter is now upon us. eral manager, H. K. Hays, freight *[a 91 he thought that he had won We understand that two more of our superintendent of claim losses and v match. Imagine his chagrln when members are going to join the ranks damages, Wm. Morrill, accident pre- was told that It was the low score, of the Independent Order of Dock vention agent, all of Springfield, were .ilead of the high, that won. Jumpers. in attendance.

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JOPLIN, MO. Donald 0. Bnrrett, son of switchman \V. 0. Barrett, of 81.5 Sergesnt avenue, graduates from Senlor High school. ROGER C. FLETCHER, Reporter Leo C. Spindler, son of dispatcher W. E. Spindler of 922 Chestnut, graduates from Senior High school. He is a mem- James Bryant. firebuilder, was off ber of the R. 0. T. C. for several days the middle of April. Max Carrithers, hon of switchman His olace was filled by Ernest' Rule. Porter C.lrrithers, graduates from the R. L. Carpenter, assistant car fore- Senior High school man and piece work checker at Ruth Daun Baney, d.~ughtcr of L. S. Baney, yards, was transferred to JIen~phisto graduates from Sor'tli Junior Hlgh check piecework on the new cars at school. that point. He will probably remaill George C. Allison, so11 of engineer A. until the middle of July. His position L. Allison, graduated from the Unl- at RuCh yards is being fllled by L. 0. versity of JIissouri as a civil engineer. Foster, air man. He is employed at present by the Nis- Mr. Harrison, of the Accident Pre- souri State Highway Commissron, lo- vention department, was a visitor in cated at Westphalia. 310. Joplin for a while on May 11. Each of these students are to be Mr. I\-, Bf. Sharp, instructor rvith the congratulated and we feel sure that Oxweld Company, was a visitor on all our Frisco Family is proud of them. May 13. On April 21, James .\I. Boyd, brother The first of Mas, brought quite a of U. G. Boyd. at the rounilhouse d~etl change at' the passenger statior~. Thc suddenly in a Eroccry store at 2117 express company took over the han- Empire avenue. 3Ir. Boyd had been dling of all baggage. Mr. L. S. Baney. bllntl for about thlrty-five years. He for twenty-eight years baggage master lost his sight while working in the at Joplin, elected to take a job in the mincx at Galena, Kdns., when he went ticket office as ticket seller, displacing baclc on a shot wh~cllexploded. He D. A. Stevens, who in turn displaced was buried in Oak Hill cemetery at W. XI. Sweazey. Mr. Sweazey took the Galena. job of ticket agent at Webb City. Mrs. Josephine West, mother of Mrs. Miller Moore, third trick baggage George L. Sennor, wife of the general man, went over with the express corn- foreman at the roundhouse, dled at her pany. home in Galena, Kans., on April 25. A. C. Jones, second trick baggage Y1.s. West had been in poor health for man, took a thirry-day leave of ah- the last two years. Hcr husband, sence before he exercises his bump. \roorhees IVest, dled about a year ago. Mrs. L. S. Baney has been in Farnl- Funernl services were held in Galena. ington, New Mexico, for the pas1 month, having been called to the bed- side of an aunt. Niss Elizabeth Bethel, daughter of OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF Sam Bethel, fireman, was admitted to TERMINALS, KANSAS CITY P'reeman -hospiral. April 18, for an emergency operation. The operation was 'entirely successful and recovery' H. R. SPENCER, Reporter was so rapid, she left the hospitd in near recoca time. We are glad to state The fast talking of Che nuto sales- that she is almost completely recovered man Hnally won our boss, J. \\'. at this time. Skaggs, over to a new Dodge eight. Earl Lynch, formerly of Joplin but It was evldent for a long time that he now .of Che~ryuale.was visitin~friend* had his mlnd made 'up'vn'the Dodge. in Joplin recently. But the demonstration rides is all that Philip Conboy, retired engineer, paid held him baclc. The first day the boss a visit to the rouphouse. Just can't drove his new car down to the officc stay away from his first love"-the it rained. So he had to put in half the enmnes. night polishing it. Charles Perry, son of engineer The Frisco at Kansas City has or- with patented Charles Perry, is at Nayo hospital for ganized a ball team and have elected treatment. Charles is a licensed radio H. J. Hoke, chief clerk to the superin- Cigarette Pocket operator. employed at the local broad- tendent, as their buslness manager. casting station, WNBH. and A. .T. Finn, roadmaster, formerly of Made so you can push a si~ Miss Gladys Nelsoii, daughter of A. the Southeast league, as their field unbutton: W. Nelson, inspector, broadcast several manarer and catcher. cigarette up, without vocal numbers over the station at H. -R. Spencer, chief caller, and flap. Eleven other big featuresr Clay Center, Neb., Sunday, April 26. family spent Sunday, May. 11, in Ash your Several, of her Frisco friends received Grove. Mo.. visitine- Mr. J. R. Shockle~~also win favor. and enjoyed t'he broadcast. Miss Nel- and famil$. son is instructor of voice at the Account resignation of JTr. D. H. 12 Big Yank Feature Hastings conservatory of muslc in Swindell. BIr. Tom Kelcoe has taken Hastings. Neb. Recently her studio position .as stenographer in the super- 1. Sweat Resisting 6. St~tc was nearly wrecked by a terrific storm intendent's office. We welcome C~garette Pocket Seams. that swept Hastings. However..we are "Uncle Tom" as a member of the with button flap. 7. over-size oleased to report that Niss Nelson es- Frisco Family. 2. Bin Utility Pocket fort- caped bodily injury. Jlr. J. Hurley, switchman, and fam- w~thpenal section' 8- Fashioned Col'n Mrs. Odel, mother of Mrs. V. 31. ily drove to St. Joseph, >to., Easter, to holds can of tobacl 9. Indestcuctibb& Black, returned to her home in Fort spend the day with ffiends. co when buttoned. tons. Scott after a three weeks' visit with H. J. Hoke, chief clerk to the super- 3. All Strain Points lo-Specld Ert her daughter. intendent, ran afoul of the law the Thread Riveted. Strong ~;bnn Mr. A. L. Franklin, storekeeper, is other nirht. It seems that he over- movinc. to a new apartment at' Seven- looked tfie formality of getting a city 4. Thlck Ven- l' ~~:~;r~it''' teentfand Jackson. license for his car and got an armed tllated Arm Plts. 12. Every G,rmt May has been a busy month for escort to the nolice station. His city 5. Conforming Venti- Guaranteedtoc school children, especially so for seven lated Yoke. Satisfact~on. of the Frisco chilgren here. license number now is 64510. Traffic violations for past month. Every Big Yank is triple-stitched, thm JIiss Mary Loulge Slutter, daughter Louis Poncik. running red light; Bill of B. J. Slutter, boilermaker, graduates Walsh, no city llcense; Burkley Ben- riveted; guaranteed not to rip. Most g from High school with the honor of eson, got away by ducking into an dealers everywhere can show you thiir - being the only one of a class of twelve graduating from the Alcott school alley. Big Yank. Ask to see this sensational^^ eiahth arade to finish the high school value. Ifby chance he can't supply you,:.-' cdurse. $2.00 and we'll send you twoshirts. ws!~ Miss Virginia Crawford, daughter of .. . 0111 of the night comes dawn, will be paid to anyonec disoatcher Ross Crawford, also grad- $1000 Reward nishing. proof that the I uaies from Hiah school with honors. Out of sympa!hy comes servlce. YANK Work Shirt oqany oftheotheradvert. %fi&~irgtnla represented Joplin in the Reliance products are being made enyei solo contests, held at Springfield. Pitts- except in the Reliance sunlit factoriee,undrr I burg, Kans., and Columbia, No. She Mrs. C. 1. Forster, Funeral Home most sanitary conditions.. by- trained ws_ is a member of the Glee Club and operatives. Chorus. She was also soloist in a NO: 918-920 Brooklyn Ave. student' production cantata, "Joan of RELIANCE MANUFACTURING COMPAnl Arc," in which over two hundred stu- KANSAS CITY. MO. Benton 0336 -- 212 WEST MONROE STREET dents took part. CHICAGO, LLLlNOlS GENERAL AGENT'S OFFICE STORES DEPARTMENT TEXAS LINES I DALLAS, TEXAS SHERMAN, TEXAS IVA SEWELL.- Rnporter LOCAL FREIGHT OFFICE NEWS Miss Naoml Washburn, daughrer of FORT WORTH, TEXAS Xr. and Mrs. T. S. \?rashburn, a prom- Raining again! Seems like it will inent young violinist of this city, never stop. This weather is rough on broadcast over r:rdio ytatlon WFAA at the disposition, but so far crops have Dallas, Texas, recently. A recent issue not been damaged to ikny great extent. of this magazine contained :L plcture Vr. C. B. Rogers, register clerk, and By the time this magazine reaches of Miss Washburn. She has appeared "r. T. R. BurC claim clerk. have been its readers. another tomato season on a numher of prorsrams of the Em- ~nking over the Great White Way will be in full swina clown in t'he Jack- ployes' Club h6-re. Her father IS a rdy. We understand their wives are sonville district. our TI~fiP.P.4 Howard brakeman. #?itingrelatives in Comanche. Ham~lton is now in traininr for the L. T. Jonex, agent, hax been on the The general agent and all the clerk^ event ;rnd will be st:ltlonedUat Jack- sick list but' has returned to work now. .r rery proud of the new floor re- sonville during the entire movement. He walks with the aid of n cane, how- mntly installed In the freight office. Mr. Buchnnnn. our gcnlal SFA, was ever, as he has rheumatism. !lr. S~rnLanham, our esteemed bill seen riding down Elm street kist night N. 4. I'erkins, car clerk, Is still on '~rk,has resigned to go into business with a young lady from Highland Park the sick list, having been off for about .r himself as an indeyendent grocer. in a new multi-cylintlered Cxdillac. two months now. IVr are wishing for ll hungry Frisco employes should Buck looked at the instrument panel him a speedy recovery. I1 on him for a feed. He will he and objected to the youn~lady for by Gene Russel, apl)rentice, of Spring- weeded Mr. 1,. .\. lirown from the driving down the main drag at forty- field, 110.. paid us a visit recently. He ,rd office. five miles per hour and nhc informed was here visiting his parents. Mr R. I,. Truitt, superintcntlent of him he u;as looking at the gas gauge. Pat Stenger of Sprlngfleld, Mo., has e~ght loss and damage clalnis, held 1,ast month's family news from Fort returned home aft'er a visit wlth his i ~ucllonon all the "old Ho?~"stored iVorth advised th:rt they had :I hail parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. 1,. Stenger. the freight house on JIay I. Seems storm there that leveled houses to the 3Ir. Stcnger is machine shop foreman. 1 though he can get bigger prices for ground. Boy, what a storm. That Mr. and Mrs. Hobert Glascock and d broken castings, etc., than ally auc- beats Dallas storm three years a~oson have returned from Fort Worth meer in the U. S. A. when hail stones were only-as big 5s where they visited several days. Ho- Xr. a. A. I,auterba'h, car service :~nd footballs. bert is section stockman at thls point. r~rchinpclerk, spent Sunday, May 4. Mrs. Scotvie Russell has returned to : Hamllton visiting his family ;~nd her home in Springfield after a visit (1 friends. MECHANICAL AND STORES with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Uiss Fay White, stenographer. at- DEPARTMENT Veazey, of this city. !ided the opening of the Casino at Ye reporter and husband visited ~keWorth, Wedncsday, May 7. Thc FORT WORTH, TEXAS relatives in Fort Worth Sunday, lpers ~tatedthere were 10.000 people. Xay 11. ,11 she says from t'he automobiles 'rwking traffic, there must have heen ~'l.0~10. PARIS, TEXAS Dick Irelantl, car inspector. who lxts TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT been confined to the Harris hospital S. E. I'AL,WERTRI*:E, Reporter for snme timo is reported better. FORT WORTH, TEXAS \Vu are sorry to report that S. R. The I+Yisco employes at Paris were Polk, inspector, who hxx been sick for entertained at Hugo by the Frisco Em- CORLYNE PLEDGE, Reporter several weeks is no better. ])loyes' Club on April 26. It' was raIn- Jack D. Wacev, triple rack man, is infi very hard but did not keep the Was lnnetta Granger, daughter of attending the -air 6r:ikc association folks from attending and everyone had ~llcitingfreight agent Harry Granger. convention in Chicago. a big time. vlsiting in St Louis an the guest of L. &I.JIcAihhon. car man. att'ended R. 31. Stice is the new blll clerk. 'rr Willis 31oore. Harry says from a family reunion at Cleburne, Texas, moving here from Ardmore, 0kla.; and p letters he gets from her, she cer- -.\fa\.- .-.. 4 displacing P. H. Thomnsson who In r nly is havmg one big time. \V. -;\I. WItt's mother, from Chicago. turn displaced Slim" Dismukes. head Vr. P Crawford, agent at Brady, is is visitinn hini this week. check clerk. "rernplaling a flsh~ngtrip on the J. C. SIiller, coach carpenter, was C. S. JlcCord, operator clerk and lnpo river and we just can't wait to called to Atoka, Okla., last week ac- family are enjoying a vacation in Cali- pir that Ash tale he is sure to bring count the serious illness of a nephew. fornia. Mr. AC L. Willlams is worklna ,rk. R. B. "Fat" Leach, mnchlni~t,made the day shift durln~hla absence and .,,jss Helen Hor'rell very luckily es- a flying trip to Dallns Saturday night. B. P:. Hwks is taking Mr. \Villlams' ped being injured when her Buick No one has been able to find out what place on the night shift. nd another car had a head-on col- he.. . went for. Jack I,. North, car insgector, and

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Nr. Clarence JeKerles, machinist at porarlly vacant through the injur CENTRAL DIVISION Forr Smith, whose mother recently Mr. John Scherrey. I I dled. There were recent wedding- bell: - A brand new four-door Ford sedan Mr. G. W. Bynnm, car inspectoi is what Mr. L. W. Caviness, sheet Nuskogee, Okla., and Lo him an11 MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT metal worker at Fort Smlth, is drlvlng- wife we extend best wishes for a these sl~ringdays. happiness. FT. SMITH, ARK. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Sexton, electriclan Mr. and Mrs. C. U. Patrlck and wife, were called to Paris, Texas, daughter, Adeline, spent several r durlng the past month due to the seri- visit in^ with Mr. Patrick's brothe; IRENE TVOESTJIAN, Reporter ous Illness of Mr. Sexton's mother. ~op1in;No. No doubt, an unusual record has been On the evening of Way ISth, a; Announcement is made of the mur- established bv Mr. H. H. Tavlor. Das- Thumb mock wedding was held in riage of i,Iiss ~vaRue Green of Se- senger engineer on the Afihur -Sub auditorium of the iiew Senior F clalia, Jlo., to 1\11.. Lawrence Dyer of out of Fort Smith, running on traln~ School at Ft. Smith, and children !. Fort Smith, Ark., which took place at 703 and 710 from Fort Smlth. Ark., to different schools of Ft. Smith Siloam Springs, &k., on May 3. 111'. Parls, Texas, and return, as he has chosen to participate in this r' Lawrence Dyer 1s the son of MY. not been absent from duty or mlssecl Among those taklng part were Eu: James Dver. reneral forcman at Fort a trip since May 2, 1921. or In nlne NcKenna, son of Mr. E. T. NcKv Smith, and .3I?s. Dyer. years. Xlrs. Taylor has 41 years' serv- timekeener In this offlce. and Xrs.: Ice with the company and is now ~e'na,~-\\ihowas-one of' the usher! Mr. John Scherrey, machinlst in the planning on a several weeks' vacation. local roundhouse, was very painfully the wedding, and Buddy Grier, gr; injured when he mas knocked down bv Mr. B. F. Stoner of Fort Scott, Kans., son of Mr. G. 0. Nulph, engineer an automoblle at the corner of sixth is fllling the position of machinist at of Ft. Smith, and Mrs. Nulph, who- street and Garrison avenue, Fort Fort Smith, which was made tem- the ring bearer. Smith, several weeks ago. He has since been in the hospital and reports are that he is s~eedilyrecovering, and we trust he will soon be able to re- turn to work. Mr. J. D. Heyburn recently vlsited his son, James, at St, Mary, Kans., where he is attending St. Mary's col- lege. THE OXWELD Our sincere sympathy is extended to RAILROAD SERVICE CO. The Gideon - Anderson Co. Representing ~IASVI'ACT1'RF:RSOF THE LINDE AIR' PRODUCTS CO. Hardwood Lumber (Linde Oxygen) AND w Slack Cooperage Stock GENERAL OFFICES THE PREST-O-LITE CO., Inc. Band Saw Mills and Planing Mills (Prest-O-Lice Acetylene) GIDEON, MO. SALES OFFICE w AND DISTRIBUTING YARD: 110 Angelica Street UNION CARBIDE SALES CO. Telephone: Tyler 0011-Tyler 0012 (Union Carbide and Car Inspector's Lamps) ST. LOUIS, MO. w OXWELD ACETYLENE CO. American Handle Company (Oxweld Apparatus and Supplies and Carbic Lights) Manufacturers of w High-grade Hickory, Axe, Adze, Pick, Sledge, Hatchet. Hammer HAYNES STELLITE CO. and Railroad Tool Handles (High Abrasive Welding Rod) JONESBORO - ARKANSAS 1 w

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