Vol. XI1 MAY, 1934 No. 5 I

Looking southward across a gleaming, quiet pool toward the Gieat Dome of the Travel and Transport Building at the World's Fair in . This is the "building that a' breathes, its roof rising and falling with changes in temperature. Inside this giant structure the story of the evolution of transport is told.

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Vol. XI1 MAY, 1934 No. I II VISIT THE 1934 FAIR! The gates to the World's Fair at Chicago will swing wide to welcome Permission is given to reprint with or without credit. visitors on June 1. Those in charge in part or in full, any article appearing in this Magazine of the Fair advise that so many new features have been added that it will be of new interest to man, woman and child. If you went last year, don't fail to go again and see the things Contents of This Issue you missed, and, in addition, all the new features. Pages Effort is being made to present at- Early Life Adventures of Frisco Roadniaster tractive all-expense tour plans to all Make Colorful Story...... 3-4 persons in Frisco territory. The aid of clubs on Frisco Lines will be en- Pensacola Lures the Traveler From Far and Near, listed, and it is hoped that the Frisco by Bill Barr...... 5 will handle double the number han- Frisco ~nlplo>es'Hospital Association Statement ...... 6 dled last year through the St. Louis gateway. Friends Bleet and Honor D. L. Forsythe...... 7 There will be important changes in Kansas City Has Boy Genius...... 8 the physical layout of parts of the Exposition grounds. New and expres- Meritorious Service ...... 9 sive colors will add interest and gaiety to the architecturally original Agency Changes ...... 9 Fair buildings. Illumination will be News of ,the Frisco Clubs ...... 10 greatly enhanced, presenting new panoramas of light and color. The Important Conventions ...... 13 architectural and lighting features of The Pension Roll ...... 14 the lagoons will be improved and em- bellished. New design and decoration In Memoriam ...... 15 will add effectiveness to the important Merriment ...... 16 entrances to the grounds. There will be better transportation for the visit- News From the Mechanical Department ...... 17-19 ors, more con!forts and conveniences, Frisco Family News ...... 20-32 and new, attractive eating places on the grounds. Come to the Fair of 1934-interest your friends in the trip!

MEMBER THE FRISCO EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE n The E'risco Employes' Jlagazlne Is a monthly publicntlon devoted prlmarlly to the lnterests of the actire and retired omployes of the Frlsco Lines. It contalns stories, items of cur- rent news, personal notes about employes and (heir famllfes, arllcies dealing with rarfous phases of railroad work, poems, cartoons and notices regarding the service. Good clenr photographs Suhble for reproductlon are especially deslred, and wl11 be returned only when requested. All cartoons and drawlngs must be In black India ink. Employes are fnvlted to write artlcles for the magazine. Contrlbutfons should be type- wrllten, on one slde of the sheet only, and should be addressed to the Edltor, Frlvco Bullding, st. Louis. xo. Distributed free among Frlsco Employes. To others, prlee 16 centrr a copy; subsctipllon rate, $1.50 a year. Advertislw rate will be made known upon application. 176 W. Adams St.. Chicauo, Ill. May, 1934 Pnge 3 Early Life Adventures of Frisco Roadmaster Make Colorful Story

T WAS August 1914. W.A. Schubert Talks News flashed around the world I that Germany had declared war. of Ships and Foreign The S. S. Mercian, an English ship Countries in Brief carrying general cargo and passengers from , England to Central Re view American ports and the West Indies, had returned to Galveston and an- chored in the bay awaiting orders, its At Texas City the two, Mr. Schn- captain expecting to be sent to New bert and his friend ;McDonald, stayed Orleans to pick up a load of cotton. In in a soldier's camp for a short time, its crew of 67, were 66 Englishmen then tramped to Houston. There and one German boy, and the latter they found a railroad camp where was much concerned over the an- raliroad men were boarded. They de- nouncement. The captain of the Mer- cided to make application for a job cian told him that when the ship re- and were sent to the Southern Pacific turned to Liverpool he would probably Yards. On making out the application be made a prisoner of war. the man in charge informed Mr. Schu- Just what he was to do was the big hert that, due to his age, he would problem confronting this nineteen- have to secure a release from his year-old lad. And so he took his parents, and he told him he could troubles to a Scotchman, also a mem- not, that they were in the old country. her of the crew and they decided to But ingenius as he was, he left desest the ship while it was at the camp and returned three days anchor. later. He had changed his name to Accordingly after boat drill, these "Hargraves" and he said that he was two left their boat in the davit just 21 instead of 19. Although applying above the water where they could to the same man for a job, he "got get it easily that night. The second hy" without further questioning. mate, in charge of the late watch, was All was well, and these two were always hard to awaken, so these two eating regularly and working hard, just neglected to call him that night. when one night they overheard two in 1922, is married and ,&s two tal- They took another member of the Norwegian men telling about two boys crew in their confidence, and the three ented children, a 17-year-old daughter who deserted the S. S. Mercian, and sailed to Texas City, where the and an 11-year-old son. But let us that the authorities were looking Scotchman and the German boy dis- recount for a short time, some of the for them. Without further ado, embarked, sending the lifeboat back experiences which led up to his pres- Schubert and his friend NcDonald by their confidant. ent happy surroundings. packed their few belongings and stole And that was a w a y, bumming the beginning of their way to the eventful ca- Waco. They slept reer of w. A. in a gravel car Schubert, r o a d- outside of Waco, master of Frisco suffering s o m e- Lines on the what from cold Southwestern di- and fatigue. The vision. The trials next morning they a n d tribulations w e r e awakened which he went by the section through s o u n d gang and the sec- like an exciting tion foreman fiction story of gave them a job the adventures of on the I&GN. Mr. a boy, and are Schubert worked almost unbeliev- on the I&GN as able. section laborer, But today he section foreman looks back on it . and extra gang all as a great ex- r - f o r e m a n; also perience. He be- worked for Jake came a citizen of Hamon on th+ the United States Wichita F a 11 s, Pdnger & Ft. Worth Railroad bs BCC- sailed for Valparaiso. Chili, but never Milano and through tlle AIps was tion foreman, extra gang foreman and reached that port. They reached equally as interestfng, a! ~d he stopped roadmaster. He began his service with Cape Horn and remained there at Nilano long enough to visit the Frlsco Lines in the Ft. Worth round- weeks, due to bad weather and st~ong wonderful Cathedral wi th over 200 house and was offered a position as winds. ' The ship ran out of pro- spires, a masterpiece of architecture. frog repairer on the Southwestern di- visions alld part of the rigging was Of the Alps, he says tlhat a trip to vision in June, 1923. He worked in torn away and they lost the majority Switzerland is worth axlybody's time that capacity until January 1, 1925, of their sails. The captain decided and money. when he was promoted to roadmaster to go to Australia to gain the benefit In recalling some of his experl- on the Oklahoma sub division, which of the western winds and finally ences, Mr. Schubert said: "possibly position he now holds. reached Port Adelaide after six many have read the stories of the When Mr. Schubert's parents came months and ten days on the water. 'Sea Devil', Count Felix von Luckner, to visit him in Oklahoma City in The only ship they sighted during who so successfully harrassed the 1931, strange as it may seem, he had the time they left the Canary Island enemy shipping during the World some trouble in conversing with them and landed at Port Adelaide wan a War with his sailing vessel, The Sea In German, for it had been so long British ship which signalled them the Adler, and who tells in his books of since he had spoken it freely, or had news that King Edward VII was dead. bhe time when he sailed before the had occasion to use it. But it was a They took provisions at Port Adelaide mast as a deck boy and had to clean great reunion and family history was and sailed for Antofagasta, receiving out the pigsty on board the ship. reviewed. orders to do so whlle taking pro- "Von Luckner did not have any- Mr. Schubert was born in the State visions at Port Adelaide. thing on me. As I was the only Ger- of Silesia. Germany, the town of During his adventures at sea on the man deck boy on board the ship (the Gleiwitz, in 1895. This town is located Katy and on the three-mast full-rigger other boy being a Norwegian) on the only a few kilometers from Three Manx King and the Winifriedian, the h'orwegian three-mast bark. 'The Kaiser Corner, where the countries latter a steamship carrying general Icaty', I was assigned to clean the of Germany, Austria and Russia meet. cargo and passengers between Eng- pen of a pig some kind-hearted ship His father was a soldier in the land and Central America, he rlaited ping man had given to the captain. Kaiser's army, starting as a private almost all Central American ports I still wish I knew the name of that and ending his service on pension in and the West Pndiea, Including Pana- man. I had to clean out the pigsty 1929. He served during the war as ma; the port of Pernambuco. Brazil; first thing every morning and I Garrison Inspector of the 16th Army the beautiful clty of Montevideo, and would lie for hours thinking what I Corps of Metz, one of the strongest the famous Sugar Loaf 'Iountain, could do to the pig to get even. I fortifications in all Germany. The which is in the form of a sugar loaf remember one thing. On Wednes- father was never taken prisoner; and is located at the end of the Bay days, on a Norwegian ship, they give went to Africa during the Hottentot of Rio de Janelro; Buenos Aires, you a sweet soup consisting of bar- Rebellion; served in the Boxer Re- Argentlne and Rosalio, all beautiful ley, dried fruits, apples, apricot9 bellion in China; received two sharp- towns; Cape Town, South Africa. and prunes. This soup, cool enough shooter medals, the Iron Cross (with Port Adelaide, New Castle an d to eat, would leave the prune seed oak leaf insignia), and has been Sydney in Australia, and Valparaiso. hot inside the prune and when in the decorated in various ways. Anctofagasta, Iquiqui, Celeto Coloso. tropics sitting out on deck, the pig, W. A. Schubert was one of three He has been at the Guano Islands running loose in daytime, would come eons and at an early age entered a and has seen the Canary Islands so around grunting and I would pitch military school in Metz. The military close that everything could be dis- one of the prunes to him. After a regime and strict discipline did not tinguished. He has also cruised along few smacks he would get the hot appeal to this German son. He was the Mediterranean where he had a seed and of all the squealing that required to drill for an hour before chance to visit Genoa, the birthplace pig would do! The Old Man would his first class; then came the lunch of Columbus. At Pisa he visited the come on deck and try to find Out perlod; then class; then drill the famous cemetery called The Campo what had happened, but he never did, last hour of the day. One week at Santo, where beautiful sculpturing but what he said . . . well, that is Xmas and six weeks in the fall con- work by Italian masters may be left out. stituted all the vacation periods from found. A trip from Genoa through "Life for a deck boy is not pleasant these strenuous duties. on board ship. The ship He told his father that at sea has two watches, he was going to run away. the Port and Starboard Unllke most fathers, the watch, evenly divided, one elder Mr. Schubert took being supervised by the his son and his few be- first mate and one by tY- longings to Hamburg, Ger- second mate. The 6 many, to a sailing office watches work in shifts where he hired as a deck four hours each, with tl boy for sailing on the ship exception of the dl Katy, a three-mast bark watches, 4:00 p. m. which sailed under the 6:00 p. m. and 6:00 p. I Norwegian flag. He went to 8:00 p. m.. when em to England where the ship Ir watch works onlv t~ was stationed at that time, hours. this is to break ti and left on his first voy- age in 1910 at the age of 15 years. The ship took on coal at the port of you have the watch b S w a n s e a. \Vales, and (ATow fiir)~to Pngc 7, plcdsi May, 1934 Pensacola Lures The Traveler From Far and Near

ENSACOLA'S harbor Is one of welldirected shots fired from the By Bill Barr the best in the Western Hemi- modern fortification at Fort Pickens P sphere. The total area of could demolish them in short order; The Frisco's freight and passenger Pensacola Bay and its tributaries is their value lies in the fact that they service have opened UP a new trade about 125 square miles. link Pensacola with the distant past. ai ea ; it furnishes excellent service The entrance to the harbor is about Pensacola is a city of wide, shaded to the west and soulhwest. seven miles southwest of the city. streets, parks and beautiful homes. Steamships, owned by 25 different It is approximately 1,000 feet wide The larger portion of tbe residential foreign lines, call at Pensacola. One and a depth of 32 feet at mean low section is located upon one of several trans-Atlantic line Is owned by local tide is maintained. The main ship hills. These hills not only add beauty interests. Several coastwise lines channel, in the harbor is 500 feet to the landscape, but provide excel- handle traffic to and from other Gulf wide and 32 feet deep. lent drainage. Cozst ports. Pensacola Bay is completely land- Pensacola has a large trade area. Pensacola has several miles of locked. Santa Rosa Island and Some idea of the business conducted waterfront. Modern wharves pro- Peninsula shield the harbor from the here may be had from the following vide niore than ample docking facil- ope2 Gulf. The Island is about 55 ities and can handle any type of ship miles long and is from one-quarter afloat. to one-half mile wide. Pensacola is rapidly becoming an When you come to Pensacola, important resort and tourist center. In addition to the Bay there are come prepared to see a dream Unexcelled beaches, a beautiful casino, n u m e r o u s tributaries. Included realized-to live in a wonderous a mild climate, excellent fishing and among them are: Bayou Grande, land-seeing, doing, drinking in hunting, hospitable people and rea- Bayou Chico and Bayou Teuar. Four new exhilarating experiences sonable living costs attract thousands fresh water streams empty into the every day in a land that destiny each year. More than 75.000 tourists Bay or its tributaries. It is, there- long ago decreed should become visited the city during 1933. fore, evident that fishing, both fresh the Enchantress of the World- and salt water, is excellent. Hun- Florida1 dreds of species are caught in the Thousands of veterans of vicinity. There is no fishing sea- Frisco Lines throughout its nine- SPEED SHOWN IN BUILDING son; they bite the year 'round. state territory are at this time BALLAST DECKS The first mention of Pensacola Bay anticipating their convention in The question arose recently as to Pensacola. Those who attended dates 'back to 1516 and even then, how fast a crew could build ballast more than 400 years ago, discoverers the convention there last year, are returning with eagerness, decks. S. J. Frazier, superintendent were enthusiastic a'bout the excellent and those who did not, are plan- at Yale, reports an exceptionally fine natural harbor and the land-of-plenty ning their first visit with great piece of work handled by D. W. which surrounded it. anticipation. Hughes, foreman, and twelve men. The first settlement on Pensacola These men started to build bridge In the story on this page, one Bay was made in 1559. This was will find much data about Pensa- C-625.5 on the Birmingham Sub. The several years before the founding of cola which is intensely interest- bridge had 100 bents, 1,366 feet long, St. Augustine and thus entitles ing. It was compiled and writ- over Slpsey River, and had a maxi- Pensacola to the claim of being the ten by Bill Barr and holds the mcm height of 17 feet. This was a first settlement in the United States. interest of all who anticipate job where the gang had to build bal- Romance, adventure and hardships; a trip to this splendid port of last deck on existing piling, maklng Frisco Lines at any future date. each have had a part in making Pen- it necessary to cut the piling and sacola's history. crib under it. The gang built the Much of the historrcal interest, in bridge in 53 days, 5,708 man hours, at and &out the city, centers around the figures: Pensacola oxported last year a net cost of $2,764.89 labor charge, ancient fcirts San Carlos and Bar- more than 158,000 tons of lumber; which made an average cost per foot rancas. These old forts, with their over 104,000 bales of cotton, this has of approximately $2.02. dismal dungeons, underground pas- increased from less than 10,000 bales Not only was the bridge built, but sages and crumbling walls hearken in 1927, while exports of coal and coke the gang cleaned up everythlng back to the beginning of American totaled more than 32,000 tons for the around the bridge, in other words. history. Almost three centuries have year. Imports included: fertilizer, made it a complete job. The second- passed since the original construc- 25,000 tons; petroleum products, 84,- hand material was loaded out on cars, tion of San Carlos. 000 tons and large quantities of creo- etc., and to make the job perfect. there was not the slightest personal The old forts have recently been sote. injury. mfde much more accessible; a new Two trunk line railroads serve road, whlch passes in front of San Pensacola, the Frisco and the L&N. Carlos, has just been completed. They render fast, dependable service These two forts are visited by thou- to and from inland points. The WORK UP SOME sands each year and they are destined Frisco entered Pensacola during re- PARTIES TO THE CHICAGO cent years and has built three large to become more important as the WORLD'S FAIR years go by. These old landmarks docks which have greatly increased have no military value today. A few the shipping facilities of the harbor. Poge 6

ARE YOU IECLUDED IN THIS? A great number of Frisco employes, Frisco Employes' Hospital Association Rerel~t~nrld L)l~bi~rxcn~ent~nltcr Dee-ember 31, 1033, through March 31, 10.9. in response to requests, are making special efforts in the handling of for- Balance brought forward fronl December 31, 1933...... $31.329.73 eign equipment, and their efforts in RECEIPTS : this direction have resulted in not From assessments on members...... $41.658.20 only improved performance of equip- " interest on securities in Treasury...... 2,365.42 donation by Trustees. St. L.-S. F. Rp. Co.. Dbtr ...... 162.51 ment, but reduced per diem payments. " sundry accounts collectible...... 456.70 44.542.83 which is quite a factor. " proceeds of $10,000 St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. Co. 5% Equipt. Trust Certlflcates, Series AA. matured A number of cases of outstanding Se~t.1, 1933. paid >,larch 14, 1934 ...... $10,000.00 1n.000.00 merit are quoted below. Are you in- cluded in this list? We feel sure that $85.872.54 there are other cases of splendid han- DISBURSEMENTS : For payrolls ...... q21.8n9.70 dling which are not being reported " profassional, ordinary and emergency services..~...... 8,269.15 at this time. Won't you let us know " labor, mnterial and supplies...... 2.414.13 about these cases which deserve com- " provisions ...... 3.799.48 " drugs ...... d...... 4.451.88 mendation ? " light, water. ire. gas. fuel and telephones...... 2.105.37 MP 52068, containing a shipment of " all othcr expenses...... 1.659.85 $46.509.5.5 mules from St. Louis, arrived Caruth- Balance March 31. 1934. P. M.. at: ersville, Mo., 8 a. m., February 7, 1934; First National Bank. St. Louis. Mo ...... 39.363.01 car unloaded and the empty moved $85.872.56 out of Caruthersvills 9:10 a. m., same * Subjcct to $571.08 of pay-drafts and vouchers outstanding at close of business date, for home, being at Caruthersville %lurch 31. 1934. only 1 hour 10 minutes. MKT 76358, loaded with salt for THE ASSOCIATION OWNS : Brownwood, Texas, received Ft. Par Value St. Louis-San Franrisco Railway Company Equipment Trust 6% Gold Worth from the hl-K-T at 4:30 p. m., Notes, Series 71-D (matured January 15, 1934) unpaid...... $ 5.000.00 March 8th; moved to Brownwood on Knnsas City. Memphis and Birmin~hamR. R. Co. General Mortgage 4% Bonds (matured March 1. 1934) unpaid ...... 7.000.00 Train 35. departing ll:25 p. m.. March Knnsas City. Nemphls and Birmingham Railroad Company 5% 8th, arriving Brownwood 7:50 a. m., Assented Income Bonds (matured March 1, 1934) unpaid ...... 35,000.00 the 9th. The car was made empty Chosapexke and Railwny Company 41ho/, Equipment Trust Certlflcates. Series of 1930 (mature , 1934) ...... 8.000.00 and moved out of Brownwood in Train , St. Paul Rr Sault Ste. Marie Ry. Co. 6% Secured Notes 34 at 6:17 p. m., March 9th, and was (mature Aue. 1, 1934) ...... 1.500.00 St. Louis-San Francisco Rallaav Company Equipment delivered to the owners at , Trust 6% Gold Notes, Series jl-c (mature Jan. 18, 1935) 10,000,00 8: 30 p. m., March 9th. Senboard Alr Line Ry. 5Ho/, Rerelvers' Certlflcates of Indebtedness. Serlrs "BB" (First Series due February 1, 1935) ...... 6.000.00 At 7:00 a. m., March 7th. a repre- City of Tulsa. Okla.. 4jl,o/, Street Improvement Bonds sentative of a certain large construc- of 1927 (mature Aug. 1, 1935) ...... 18.000.00 The XTew York, Chlcngo and St. Louis Railroad Co. Equipment Trust tion company called at the home of of 1924 5% Gold Certlflcates. Srriea L (mature March 1. 1936) ...... S.000.00 Agent Doggett at Granby, Mo.. and in- Consolidated Electric R- Gas Co. Five-year 6% Secured Gold Notes quired if a flat car could be spotted (mature Aug. 1. 1937) ...... 5.000.00 The Chicago, Rock Island and F~ciflcRailway Co. Equipment Trust for a rush shipment of grading ma- of 1923 5% Serlal Trust Certlflcates. Series L (mature June 1. 1938) .... 2.000.00 chinery. Agent Doggett got busy and 1:. S. 3% % Treasury Bonds (mature June 15. 1940-1943) ...... 55.000.00 U. S. First Libcrty Loan (Converted) 4%0/, Bonds had an empty flat car placed on local (mature June 15. 1947) ...... 15.000.00 train 441, out of AIonett, and same was Certiflcates of Denosit for St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. Co. Prior Lien Mortgage 4% Bonds. Series A (mature July 1. 1950) ...... 19,000.00 spotted at Granby for loading at 11:30 Certiflcates of Drnosit for St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. Co. Prlor Lien a. m. The loading of the car was Mortgage .is Gold Bonds. Series B (mature July 1, 1950) ...... 11.000.00 completed at 3:00 p. m. that date, and American Telephone k Telegr%ph Thirty-flve Year 5% Gold Debenture Bonds (mature Feb. 1. 1965) ...... 5,000.00 the car moved out of Granby on local Certlflcstes of Deposit for St. Louis-San Fianclsco Ry. Co. Consol. train 440 that afternoon and was Mortgage 4 Ihvo Gold Bonds. Serles A (mature March 1, 1978) ...... 25,000.00 Commonwealth Edison Company First Mortgage 4% Gold Bonds. spotted for unloading at Everton, Mo., \ Series F (mature March 1. 1931) 10.000.00 at 9:00 a. m., the next day, hlarch 8th. Pennsvlvania Power C Light Com~anyFirst Mortgage 435% Goid Bonds (mature April 1. 1981) ...... 4.000.00 only 26 hours after, the car was or- New York Central Rd. Co.. Refunding and Improvement Mortgage dered until ready to unload at Ever- 4%~GOI~ Bonds. Series A (mature Oct. 1. 2013) ...... 5.000.00 ton. (As at clone March 31, 1934) ...... $249,500.00 PRR 124754, theatre seats, billed St. Louis, Xlo.. April 2. 1934. L. 0. WILLIAMS, Grand Rapids, hlich., March 27th, to Treasurer. Inca Theatre at Okmulgee, Okln., arrived at Okmulgee in Train 531 at 3:15 p. m., March 30th, placed fnr ROSE RESI\'ICK TO ST. LOUIS She is to be highly praised for effi- unloading on arrival, unloaded, aud cient work done in the New York of- Rose Resnick, former assistant gen- fice, and she is now planning big the empty moved out in Train 530 for era1 eastern agent for Frisco Lines in St. Louis, leaving Okmulgee 6:25 p. m., grams in her new work, which she has New York City, returned to St. Louis undertaken with a great deal en- March 30th, being at Okmulgee only on April 1 to accept the position of 3 hours 10 minutes. thusiasm. passenger representative, with head- Big Four 41202 arrived at Grandin. quarters at St. Louis. No., at 8:30 a. m., April 5th, loaded with mill run feed from Salina, Kan.; It will be her special duty and WATCHFUL WAITING placed to unload at 8:30 a, nl., re- pleasure to cooperate with women's Cttston~er:'.'Yorir dog secnts very ford leased 12:OO noon, same date, and the clubs and women in the home, in of watchirlg yotc cut hair." empty was forwarded in direction of business and the professions, as a Barbrr: "It isn't that. Sonrctin~cs I home at 3:25 p. m., same date. service representatil-e. snib off a piece of the customer's ear." Page 7

He was made road foreman of engines Birmingham Employee A Real Booster November, 1915, and inspector .of trains and stations December 1, 1916. He returned to the position of road foreman of engines April 1, 1938, on the Southern division, and was made general road foreman of equipment on July 16. 1923. Mr. JIann spoke of the fact that throughout Mr. Forsythe's career he had not had one demerit mark placed against his record. Mr. Mann stated that Mr. Forsythe exemplified the fin- est there is to be found anlong rail- road employes, and that it was his opinion that the locomotive engineer's job was the cream of the service. He spoke of the loyalty of one's children as the greatest tribute to parents. Mr. Nann presented Mr. and Mrs. Forsythe with traveling bags, which he said he hoped would be used to make a long contemplated visit to the Frisco crrrplogcs throrryhort! the systerrr let no opportlority slip by to solicit daughter in Palestine. Mr. and Mrs. 6rrslircss for Pr-isco Lirres, arrd co~~grattilatio~~sfor the nrorrth yo to N. J. Greerr. Forsythe responded with a short casltier at the local freight office, Birirrirtghairt, for a sple~tdidbit of work zchich brorrgltt cor;rtrrcrrdatio~rto hir~tselfand tltc Magic City Club of Birnrittglm~rt.Ala. speech of appreciation of the gather- Whett Mr. Grecrr ptrrchased his irew "Clrr-ysler", J. F. Oats, onmer of the 1. F. ing of their friends and of the gifts. Oats .llotor Corrrpariy, gave krrrr routirry order orz a trairzload of arrtorr106ilcs. Frisco Musical numbers on the program err~Ployes appreciate the splertdid busirress giver1 to therrt by autorrrobile concerrrs consisted of selections by the Elks' tlrroughout the cotortry, and it is belic'~*cdthat railroad ct~rployes are ar~tong the quartette, musical numbers by the largest patrorts of autorrrobilc cortcerrts. Alabama darkies, and a solo by 34r. Greeu is skoww in the accorttpartyir~gpicture (at the left) z~itltB. IV. Orr, salesntarz of the J. I;. Oats Motor Contpan;. of Birnrir~gha~rr,distributors of the James Cook. The Jesse Smith or- Clrrysler and Plyrrror~tha~rtorirobiles. chestra furnished music during the meal, and Rev. Lewis M. Hale pro- nounced the benediction. FRIENDS MEET AND HONOR RIr. Forsythe, and immediately follow- ing the dinner James K. Cook, former D. L. FORSYTHE Frisco employe, led the guests in EARLY LIFE ADVENTURES OF PPROXIMATELY 200 persons group singing. FRISCO ROADMASTER attended the retirement dinner Mr. Gamble introduced the follow- (Cor~tirrrred from Page 4) extended to D. L. Forsythe, ing members of the official staff, who road foreman of equipment. upon the acknowledged the introduction with a low, the rest period. On his watch completion of his forty-seven years' bow: F. H. Shaffer, F. G. Lister, G. below, the deck boy has to go service with Frisco Lines. The din- W. Moore, M. M. Sisson, J. H. Dog- to the galley (kitchen) and get the ner was served at the Frisco Eating grell, J. L. Harvey, R. B. Spencer. food for the othqer sailors. After- House at Springfield, Mo., and the W. G. Hall, W. B. Berry, and W. C. wards he has to clean the dishes guests were most efficiently served Reeves. Mrs. J. C. Dubuque read a and clean up the forecastle (room by the staff, under the direction of letter from Nina Mildred Fried, daugh- where sailors live) and then what Oscar Hall. ter of Mr. and Mrs. Forsythe, ad- time he has left is his rest period. The program was just the proper dressed to Mr. Forsythe, and congrat- This is not bad in fair weather, but length, filled with beautiful tributes ulating him upon his successful many times I have tried to balance to the honored guest, interspersed career. Mrs. Herbert Miller presented a few pans and dishes on one arm with versions by his friends of amus- Mrs. Forsythe with a basket of flow- and in one hand, the other hand hold- ing incidents in his career. Seated ers from the G. I. A,, Primrose Divi- ing on to a life line to keep froln beside him at the speaker's table sion. being swept off deck by a heavy sea were his wife and son, Mrs. Forsythe The address of the evening was that fills the deck in bad weather from time to time. The eyes would and D. L. Forsythe, Jr. A second son, made by Judge E. P. Mann, who re- be fixed on the sea to watch for a Jesse Paul Forsythe, resides in New viewed Mr. Forsythe's service in de- York City, and a daughter, Nina Mil- chance to dodge one of the 'seas tail, stating that he was employed coming over', the landlubber would dred Fried, is now serving as a mis- November 20, 1887, as a fireman on sionary in Syria, Palestine and Jeru- call them 'waves'. The galley on most the KCFS&M. He was promoted to salem. sailing ships is located midship or the position of engineer, February 20, just ahead of the afterdeck. The program began with an invoca- lS'89, and to road foreman of engines "The deck boy has also to perform tion by Rev. P. 0. Freeman. During on July 8, 1906. On August 1, 1911, all duties that the older men perform the dinner, R. G. Gamble, master and must learn these things and, if mechanic from Memphis, Tenn., who he was made assistant master me- necessary, tlhey are beaten into him. served as toastmaster, read letters chanic of the Ozark division, and was and telegrams of congratulations to made master mechanic July 15. 1913. (l\Tow turrr to Pap 8, please) Page 8

VETS TO PENSACOLA Kansas City Has Boy Genius Plans are practically completed for one of the best meetings the Frisco HEIRE are many talented chil- a program at Ft. Scott, Kans., and Veterans' Association members have dren of Frisco employes and haa appeared before various church ever enjoyed. The place will be TKansas City now comes forward organizations of Kansas City. A rare Pensacola. Fla.; the dates, -16. and claims to have a young genius privilege was accorded him when he Several interesting numbers have in Orb Benjamin Stoner, Jr. He is was asked to appear as a guest reader been added to the program and the an accomplished reader, dancer and with N. DeRubertis' Orchestral Train- largest crowd ever to attend one of singer, and is featured on the radio ing School program at Ararat Temple. these meetings, is expected. and at some of Kansas City's most This annual mid-winter concert was Below is the schedule of events. prominent entertainments. attended by noted musicians, and he was showered with congratula,tions. Mny 13th. 1934 Orb Stoner, Jr., is eight years of - Groups from SprlngAeIcl and system age, the son of 0. El. Mr. N. DeRubertis and St Louls group will arrive is a world known in JIemghls cvenlng ol Nay 13th. Stoner. roundhouse Will leave by SPECIAL TRAIN for foreman and Mre. conductor and com- Pensacola that same evening, Stoner. He made May 1:th. poser. mny l?ih. 1934 his first publlc ap Those who hear 8:00 a. m.-Specla1 train will arrive pearance at the age his broadcasts mis- Pensacola. Register and breakfast. of four at the take him for mtich 10:OO a. m.-Meeting Frlsco Yeter- Soldiers' Home in older than he is. ans' Association. SO 12 :00 Noon-Lunchcon anywhere. Leavenworth, Kans. clear is his prono un- 2:30 p. m.-Bus to Casino for Swim- He began his study ciation and so Hre11 rninr. Ashins and aames. 7:30 p. m.-~ish'~anqu:t at casino. of tap and acrobatic \ tempered Ie his 9:OO p. m.-SQCXHE DAXCE AT dancing and song volce. He bro ad- CASINO. BIny 15th. I!l34 expression in 1931, casts each Saturclay 9:00 a. m.-Meeting Forty Y e a r under the instruc- mornfng on t he Club (OId Timers). tion of Marie Kelly. Kansas City Kiddl!es' 9 :30 a. m.-Sightseeing Wil, to Ft. ,-, -. - Barrancas and Naval He later studied un- Revue program, o' ver Alr Station and Harbor. 12:OO Xoon-Luncheon, anywhere. der Alma Price station W. H. B. 1:00 D. m.-Boat trills until 6:00 Schurrnier, where he H i s instructr p. m. feels that this young 7:00 P. m.-F i s h Bancluee Sa n and his little part- Carlos Hotel. ner, S h i r 1y Am boy has a most suc- Xnr 10th. 1034 C o u g b 1i n, were cessful stage career ESTIRE DAY OPES FOR FISHIKG AND SWIJIMISG. BUSSES WILL much in demand for waiting for him BE AVAILABLE TO TARE double nunlbers and She says, "Orb has VETERANS TO AKD FROM CASINO. were featured at a natural ability, 5:30 p. m.-Board train for home. stage shows and I Icombined with pbys- J. L. McCormack, secretary of the over the radio. His ORB B. STOSER. JR. ical, personal and assoclation, at the direction of the first feature song m e n t a 1 qualinca- president, "Uncle" Billy Morrill, will with the Schurmier Chorus was Phil tions. He also has a strong desire have a letter in the hands of each Baxter's "Whistles", which he also to learn, and practices diligently to veteran employe with more detailed used as his first song over the air. follow instructions. Nothing is of accounts of the trip before this maga- In 1933 he began his studies under greater importance than constant prac- zine reaches its readers. Mr. MC- Katherine Burrows Jones and was tice, and no other art demands so Cormack requests that any questioi~s featured in the First Annual Toytown strict attention in this respect as pertaining to the meeting which are Revue and Children's Fashion Show dancing. If he continues to sacrifice not clearly answered in the letter years of patient study at the altar of at Kansas City. He furnished pro- which each veteran is to receive, be a Art, which is a jealous Goddess, he directed to him in care of the Frisco gram at Christmas at the Kansas will follow in the footsteps of others Building, Springfield. Mo. City Helping Hand Institute, also ap- from the Dorothy Perkins Studio who pearing before the members of the have inspired admiration, not only in Interdenominational Home. He gave their own home town, but elsewhere." ENGINEERS TO HOLD MEET Plans are now being made for the Southeastern Union meeting of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers EARLY LIFE ADVENTURES OF except its sails to propel it, it milst Organization and the G. I. A., to be FRISCO ROADBIASTEK set its sails at an angle so it ( held in Birmingham, Ala., June 12-15, sail in zigzag line, first one dlr inclusive. (Co~ctbizredfrom Page 7) tion, then the other, thereby gain: The Tutwiler Hotel has been desig- He has to stand lookout and wheel, headway in the direction the a1 nated as headquarters, and registra- or in other words, he has to learn to wants to travel. When sailing th tion will start on Monday, June 11. steer the ship by handling the wheel. you cannot sail by compass, but m, Business meetings of both organiza- I remember well the first time I took watch the sails and if a mistake tions will take up practically the en- the wheel. We were near the Canary made by coming too close to I tire the, with a Grand Ball scheduled Islands and the second mate had wind, the ship will turn all the a for Wednesday night, June 13th; a shown me most of the morning how around and all sails will have ta banquet on Thursday, June 14th. and to steer the ship. We were sailing re-braced before you can prom an all-day trip to Muscle Shoals with 'by the wind', and by that is meant again. This is exactly what happer an old fashioned Southern barbecue that the wind was blowing from the to me as soon as the second m: dinner served to the guests. There direction the ship wished to travel. left me! The Old Man came on de is a sight-seeing trip also planned. and as a sailing vessel has nothing (1\'07n hrm lo Page 16, pkasc) ROSES FOR THE LIVING By I. H. SNYDER, Ardmorr, Okla. I AGENCY CHANGES Recently an elderly lady purchased I a ticket at Madill, Oklahoma, for KANSAS CITY TERMINAL The following permanent agents Frisco Junction and boarded the west February 27-John A. Anderson, were installed at the stations which bound passenger train for her destina- follow their names: yard clerk, discovered a broken rail tion, Joe Pierce, veteran of the old John Paul Jones, Kansas City Union in main line at Rosedale and reported "link and pin" days, happened to be Depot, baggage agent, March 6; James same promptly. His record was conductor on the run that day and, C. Smalley, Pomona, Mo., March 13; credited with five merit marks. although he is not very loquacious, lie Harry D. Edwards, Elgin, Okla., knows every citizen along the right- CENTRAL DIVISION March 17; Fred A. McClaren, Schul- of-way of the Frisco between Ardmore, ter, Okla., March 17; Bert P. Melton, March-W. E. Chamberlain, gen- Oklahoma, and Hope. Ark. eral clerk at Muskogee, discovered a Holland, Yo., March 19; Homer W. negro coming out of the warehouse When the conductor collected the AIcFarland, Success, Ark., March 19; and a case of coffee on the warehouse lady's ticket he noted she had a large Henry 31. Bader, Winona. Mo., March steps. He held the negro until police bundle, he also knew that her home 20; Arthur C. Marsh, Spring Hill, arrived and arrested him for at- was about a mile east of the junction. Kans., March 21; Eugene D. Osborn, tempted theft. A letter of com- but within a stone's throw of the Mannford, Okla., March 21; George mendation was placed on his per- right-of-way. 0. Poulson, Hillsdale, Kans., March sonal record file. If Joe Pierce hadn't been the kind 22nd; Elbert E. Penfield, Lucien, of a conductor Joe Pierce is, he could Okla., March 22; Rhoda L. Carruthers, SOUTHERN DIVISION have collected the ticket, carried his White Oak, Okla., March 24; George March 21-L. B. Keasler. Homer passenger to destination and forgot W. Hicks, Kewanee, Mo., March 26; Fowler, R. V. Newell, Major Rhodes about it. Ira N. Harris, Rudy, Ark., March 27; and G. W. Barwick were with engine But that is not Joe Pierce's way of Joe D. Boyd, Bucoda, Mo., March 27; 987, night of March 21, and discovered doing business. He said nothing to Ora L. Jenkins, Lake City, Ark., a fire about 1:45 a. m., March 22, the passenger about his intentions, March 29; Elbert E. Penfield, Drum- on the west approach to the Missis- but when nearing the lady's residence mond, Okla., March 29; Isham L. sippi River bridge. They stopped and approached her seat, took the large Proffer, Canalou, Mo., March 31; John extinguished the fire with squirt hose, bundle in his hands, said to her: T. Howell, Hunter, Okla., March 311; notifying the bridge watchman to "Lady, you just keep your seat until Charles F. Stauffer, Pettigrew, Ark., keep a loolzout for further trouble. we come to a full stop and yon will March 31. Their prompt action in discovering be home in a jiffy," at the same timc and putting out this fire, no doubt, giving the proper air signal to the The following were installed tem- saved damage to the bridge and the engineer. porary agents at the stations which record of each man was credited with When the car stopped it's step was follow their names: ten merit marks. within one hundred feet of the lady's Thomas J. Lasater, Wlite Oak, SOUTHWEETERN DIVISION home; she had no idea she was to Okla., March 14; Harry S. Miller, be accommodated in such a manner, Columbus, Kans., JIarch 16; Omer E. March 26-General Brown, brake- and was profuse in her thanks to the Riggins, Springdale, Ark., March 19 ; man, West Tulsa, Okla., while on old "Cavalier of the Rail". train 430, March 26, noticed SWLX James G. Haughton, Guin, Ala., March 8009, car of gasoline leaking. The It is such little gestures as the 23; Thomas J. Lasater, Foyil, Okla., cap had come off coil pipe valve, and above that makes for a better feeling JIarch 24; Carl L. Davidson, Stroud, he tightened it. For his close ob- between railroads and the public, and Okla., JIarch 26; James E. Sandlin, incidentally, it is causing marked in- servation which no doubt prevented Foreman, Ark., March 26; Glen L. crease in rail passenger traffic in loss of contents of this car, his per- Henson, Leflore, Okla., March 26; these days of busses and other motor sonal record was credited with five Ivan T. Burdick, Lucien, Okla., March merit marks. transportation. Railroaders have always been un- 2s; George E. Mills, Campbell, Mo., justly maligned and called "crabs" March 29; Homer J. Houghland. CLUB DANCE A SUCCESS when the Lord knows they have Garnett, Okla., March 29. Six hundred and fifty persons were enough to make them so. A survey present at the dance sponsored by of the systems of the nation will re- veal that more big hearted men are the St. Louis Men's Club at the Cen- Edna Markowski and Margaret tury Boat Club on the night of April employed by railroads in every de- Leahy, members of the St. Louis 7. WiUh returns on the tickets not partment than in any other calling in Girlsp Club, are responsible for yet complete, the club has added ap- the country; men who step out of so me business secured for proximately $135.00 to its treasury. their way to assist a fellow creature Frisco Lines through their per- Fifteen attendance prizes, in one in time of distress and resent com- sonal solicitation. dollar bills, were distributed to mendation for what they deem plain Miss Markowski secured rout- ing on car SF 15980, keg beer holders of the lucky numbers, and duty. Adolph Kuepfert, accordionist, enter- consigned by the Wagner Brew- If a census of rail men could be ing Company of Granite City, tained at the tables during inter- made, it would be found that more of Ill., routed Frisco to Birming- nlission and between dance numbers. ham, SAL to Miami, Fla. These dances sponsored by the the. Joe Pierce type are on the pay rolls than the class who falsely be- Miss Leahy secured two cars Men's Club always prove successful, of tobacco, SF 162875 and SF and this one, the first under the lieve they are above answering a civil 162524, St: Louis to San Fran- sponsorship of the new officers, was question, or treating the public with cisco, forwarded on March 28. up to its usual ,high standard. common courtesy. Page 10 ~MPt0YES'~WM

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Frisco Girls' Club ing present, Mr. English devoted a It is expected that the ne? Springfield, Mo. part of ,his time to the theme of meeting will be in the natur Members of the Frisco Girls' Club "Safety". at the same time calling business meeting, at which tim of Springfleld, Mo., are busy working the attention of the public to the de- will be discussed for the ' on the melodrama, "Gold in the Hills" sirability of Frisco passenger service Jubilee" meeting to be held at -or "The Dead Sister's Secret", from this standpoint, pointing out to tain Grove within the next which is to be sponsored by the club them that under the safety prograin three months. of the Frisco, passengers were safer and presented at Clara Thompson Northwest Arkansas Fri Hall, Drury College, Tuesday, April on our passenger trains than in their 17, 1934. Rehearsals have begun un- own homes. The major part of his Employes' Club, der the direction of Ralph Nibler, and address was given to a discussion of Fayetteville, Ark. Glen Stambach is arranging the the railroad's difficulties in competi- The third meeting of the Northwest musical score. tion with unregulated and subsidized Arkansas Frisco Employes' Club was This is a high-class play, the setting forms of transportation, pointing out held at Fayetteville, Thursday eve- of which is in the "Gay Nineties". the enormous amount of money levied ning, March 15th, with fifty-four mem- It promises to be one of the best ever against the railroads in the form of bers present. put on in Springfield. All of the cast taxes, the huge amounts expended by This was the most enthusiastic is not complete, but the following reason of ICC regulation to promote meeting yet held, and members are Frisco girls will take part: Hazel safety; other forms of transportation, to be commended for the spirit and Baker, Ethel Copeland, Bertie Sutton, being practically free from this sort pep shown in this meeting, which was Irene Schaller, M a m i e Bradley, of regulation, were in a position to all strictly business. Beatrice Arnold, Ila Cook, Marjorie publish and charge rates that were Discussions were open and talks Reishaw, Helen Yates, Hazel Clark, ruinous to railroads, and which they were made by various members, in- Dorothea Hyde, Selma Hoffman, Eula could not possibly meet under exist- cluding S. L. McCartney, C. 0. Mc- Stratton and Pearl Fain. ing conditions. He called the atten- Cain, E. L. Collette, J. W. Stanberry, They expect a good attendance and tion of his audience to the vast rail- 0. L. Young and many others. Mr. everything points that way. The road mileage which was being aban- McCartney, agent for the express sale of tickets opened March 10th doned because of these conditions, re- company, and chairman of the pub- with the selection of six peppy cap- sulting in loss of taxation, destroy- licity committee, secured favorable tains, each to have a team of twenty ing the earning power of a vast num- front page inention in the Fayetteville girls under her-the team selling the ber of employes with loss to the vari- daily, also press notice in the Ft. most tickets to be tendered a party ous communities of the purchasing Smith newspaper. or some sort of entertainment, by the power of these dismissed employes. An advertisement was read, which losing teams. Chairman of the ticket He expressed a belief that eventually appeared in the Winslow American, committee is Miss Daze1 Lewis, with our government would recognize these weekly newspaper, pllblished at Wins- the following captains: Jack Fitz- conditions and take the necessary low, which was inserted and pald for john, Mildred Lebolt, Eunice Hager- steps to correct them, but expressed by J. A. Winn, agent, Winslow, ex- man, Mary Prophet, Selma Hoffman, a doubt that all railroads would sur- plaining various services offered by and May Mutz. vive until such legislation could be the Frisco, and a discussion of rail- enacted. roads in comparison with other Ozark Frisco Entployes' Club L. D. Higgins, general agent Rail- means of transportation. The Ozark Frisco Employes' Club way Express Agency, Springfield, It was voted to send a bouquet of held its regular monthly meeting in spoke briefly of the history of the es- flowers to I. J. Russell, agent, Spring- the high school building at Fordland. press business tracing its growth from dale, one of the members, who is Friday evening, i\I?rch 16th, as in- the "carpet bag" stage to its present seriously ill, also a remembrance to vited guests of the Parent Teachers' day organization, covering 213,000 Eugene Sharp, engine foreman, who Association of Fordland. iniles of railroads, 14,000 miles of air is confined in the St. Louis hospital Preceding the open meeting held line, with over 9,000 trucks in serv- with a broken leg. with the public in the high school ice, en~ploying 75,000 persons. He Topics for discussion, which were auditorium, the ladies of the associa- spoke briefly of the present day serv- assigned at the last meeting were tion served dinner to thirty-five of- ice rendered by this agency, calling given by the following members: R. ficials, guests and members. Due to attention to reduced rates, fast sched- K. Stoneberger, Key Browning, W. E. the wide publicity given this meet- ules, etc., making its use very attrac- Lark, C. H. Garrison, and 0. L. ing by Agent W. A. Bouley, the audi- tive to present day business reqnire- Young. These talks were very inter- torium was fllled and standing space inentu. esting, and many points "hit tlie spot" was at a premium. A short program Officials and guests present were, in which caused generous applaiIse. consisting of selections by the Girls' addition to Mr. English and Mr. Hig- The ladies, not to be outdone, had Hlgh School Glee Clnb of Fordland gins, C. B. Callaham, assistant super- a very pleasant surprise at tha? end of and a short address of welcome by intendent; E. D. Chaudet, traveling the meeting, serving sandwiclhes and Mayor Von Rump of Rogersville, pre- freight and passenger agent; T. W. coffee, which was all nnexpecl ;ed, and ceded the address of W. L. English Blaine, division roadmaster; F. H. appreciated all the more. Entl:lusiasm who was the principal speaker of the Peck, route agent Railway Express "cropped out" all around. Instead evening. Agency, and W. W. Black, depot agent of hearing hints that one fc ?It obli- A number of school children be- Railway Express Agency, Springfleld. gated to attend, it seemed to be the Page 11

,--2ral opinion that everyone had a ceivers of freight at the Frisco sta- the local freight office, with twenty- good time. tion waiting room. five members present. It was decided to hold the April Those in attendance included 22 J. H. Brewer, extra clerk, reported meeting at Prairie Grove, third Thurs- members, five Northern division em- that he had secured passengers from day in April, which is the 19th. and an ployes, agents from Miami and Foyil. Hoxie to Memphis and return, after even larger crowd is expected to at- 21 business and professional men of trip had been planned by bus; J. F. tend. Afton and the following members of Wright, rate clerk, secured shipment Springfield Men's Club the Frisco official family: F. H. of household goods from Memphis to Shaffer, general manager; 0. T. Hall, Fayetteville, Ark; D. E. Creeden, dis- The Springfield Men's Club spon- superintendent dining car service; C. position clerk, reported nine cars of sored another big St. Patrick's Fes. T. Mason, superintendent; H. W. Hale, coal moving via Frisco Lines which tival at the Bhrine Mosque, Spring- assistant superintendent, and Herbert was new business. field, Mo., on the night of March 17, Matthewson, secretary to F. H. Shaf- H. H. Smith reported talking to a and it is estimated that approximate- fer. patron who purchased tickets and ly 5,000 persons were in attendance. shipped his automobile, Fort Myers, This number included many of the Fla., to Memphis as baggage. The Springfield merchants and their fam- The Kansas City Sunnyland car left Fort Nyers March 2 and was . ilies and quite a number of visitors Club, while emphasizing many delivered to him the afternoon of from the various towns within a 75 splendld entertainments f o r March 5, arriving on train 124 that mile radius of Springfleld. both employes an d patrons morning. The patron was so pleased Before the dancing, a program of alike, has not, in any manner, with the shipment and service that he interest was presented which in- neglected to carry on a program stated had he known of it on the go- cluded: organ selections, Mrs. G. L. of solicitation. . . ing trip, he would have shipped his Davis at the organ; concert, Spring- The report for the month of car to Florida via train instead of field Boy Scout Band of 100 pieces March, as issued by J. R. Caul- driving. under the direction of Professor R. ter, traffic manager, shows 134 Gordon Robertson, cashier, reported Ritchie Robertson; exhibition drill. tips reported; 300 carloads, 87 LCL shipments and 9 passen- having secured shipment of a trunk, High School Girl Drum Corps; musical gers actually secured. Those and promise of shipment of house- selections, Elks' Quartette; exhibition on the roll of honor, respon- hold goods from a man who came in- drill, Shepherdess G u a r d, White sible for this business include: to the office seeking information as Shrine, and special dance numbers A. H. Bray, E. W. Cunningham, to rates. presented by Miss Louise Reynolds Tom Kehoe, A. J. Westerman, The club reports receiving a letter and pupils, which consisted of the H. L. Herman, E. C. Lindeman, following numbers: "The Shamrocks", J. J. Fitzgerald, L. W. Ponclk, F. of commendation on the splendid work of its members from S. S. Butler, "Tap Dance", "Musical Comedy Dance" H. Fenner, Ethel M. Martin and and "Neopolitan Nights". C. C. Lacy, from the transpor- general traffic manager. tation department; D a v i d Amplifiers were installed so that Fitchie and Ira Jones from the Birmingham, Ala. the various announcements and music mechanical department, and A. At a n~eetingheld at Boyd's Cafe. could be heard throughout the vast J. Finn from the maintenance East Thomas, Ala., April 3, called for Shrine 13uilding. In addition to the of way department. the purpose of re-organizing the enterlalnment listed above, there were Birmingham Club and electing of- a number of games through the cor- ficers, in line with talk made by ridors and a carnival spirit prevailed. F. G. Marsh, postmaster, of Afton, Martha Moore on her recent visit to The dance music from 9:00 until officially welcomed the members and Birmingham, the following officers midnight was furnished by Glenn guests and G. S. Fowler of the Afton were elected: E. E. Walsh, local Stambach's ten piece orchestra and Club made the response. agent, president; J. H. Johnson, rec- from 9:00 until 10:OO p. m. the music W. H. Shedlebar, agent, made a re- ord clerk, treasurer; Launa &I. Chew, was broadcast over station aGBX and port of business secured at the Afton secretary to traffic manager, secre- -announcements were made that the station, the report indicating a good tary. music was coming from the Frisco increase for the first 16 days of March Following the suggestion made by party for friends and patrons of the as coinpared with the entire month Miss Moore it was decided that for Frisco at the Shrine Mosque. of March, 1933. the best interests of the club and in Under the leadersh!p of J. E. Potts, F. H. Shaffer gave those present order that each department be repre- president of the club, its members some figures relative to maintenance sented, a vice-president from each was are doing some spleiidid work, both and taxes, which were both informa- elected. They include: S. B. Girrard, in the way of a soliciting and adver- .tive and startling. His address was representing car department; J. W. tising program. It is doubted if any enjoyed by all present and the club Drake, roundhouse; L. E. Crump, other single attraction has ever at- hopes to have him with them again enginemen, yard and road; W. W. tracted the crowd which these parties, in the near future. Lane, yard and road trainmen; W. B. sponsored by the Springfield Men's Each of the other officials addressed RIcCaffrey, clerical force; W. W. Club, have attracted in Springfield. the club and its guests, extending Wade, trafPic department; A. D. Bar- With this one past they are plan- their appreciation for the pa.tronage field, maintenance of way; Mrs. 0. L. ning something else, both for the en- and cooperation given by the mer- Allen, claim, legal and special agents; tertainment of the employes and the chants to Frisco Lines. J. W. James, accounting department; enjoyment of the patrons of Frisco C. H. Baker, of Baker's Cafe, served G. E. Westbrook, store department, Lines. the group with refreshments at the close of the meeting. and R.' H. Webster, operators. Afton, Okla. C. J. Thompson, chief clerk to su- The Afton, bkla., Club had a num- Memphis, Tenn. perintendent of terminals, was elected ber at official visitors at its meeting Members of the Greater Traffic a permanent member of the official on March 16, which was held jointly Committee of the Memphis Club held body of the club, to sit in all meetings with club members, shippers and re- their March meeting on the 21st in in an advisory capacity. Pngc 12

A vote of thanks was extended to men have been very active in club Ft. Worth, Texas E. T. Boyd for the delicious luncheon work. Members and friends of the Fr served, and a meeting of all members The president was asked to appoint En~ployes'Club of Ft. Worth, Texda, is planned for a future date. a committee to look into the feasi- enjoyed a bridge and forty-two tourna- bility of having a division picnic some ment at the Elks Club, Saturday eve- St. Louis Men's Club time in the near future. XIessrs. S. ning, March 31. Prizes in bridge The monthly luncheon of the St. Kelton, H. E. Gabriel and ;\I. L. Craw- were awarded to Mesdames. C. J. Louis Men's Club was held in the ford were appointed to serve on this Stephenson, J. E. Steele and W. J. Ivory Room of the New Hotel Jeffer- committee. Granger; Messrs. G. L. Oliver, T. E. son on Thursday, March 22. While C. H. Garrison, roundhouse fore- Bliss and Norman Day. In forty-two, partaking of an inviting menu, music man at Fayette Junction, presented Mrs. W. W. Wilson and R. L. Truitt and other entertainment was provided the feature entertainment of the eve- had the high scores. The door prize through The Missourians, a seven- ning. He is a clever magician and was won by Mrs. T. E. Bliss. piece orchestra, under the able leader- greatly in demand. As a special feature of entertain- ship of Raleigh Beatty of the traffic ment, Louise Hudson, of the Hudson department, which were well received. Monett, Mo. The regular meeting of the Frisco School of Dancing. presented many Hon. Charles M. Hay, city coun- of her talented pupils. R. L. Truitt Employes' Club of Monett, Mo., was selor, was the guest speaker. He showed quite a bit of talent as an held on April 3 with a splendid at- presented a most interesting address auctioneer in disposing of a basket tendance of its members. on the subject, "National Recovery", of fruit at Chinese Auction. C. J. which was to the point and greatly Reports showing a large increase Stephenson finally outbid all contest- enjoyed by all present. in both freight and passenger busi- ants and received the fruit. ness were reported, and the employes Members of the club wish to ex- Cape Girardeau, Mo. discussed the details of a contest be- press appreciation to the following Fourteen members and two visitors ing sponsored by the club. This con- firms for their co-operation and gifts were present at the meeting of the test is in two divisions; a prize of which contributed to the success of Frisco Employes Club, held at the $5.00 will be given to the high school the tournament: Martha Washington passenger station at Cape Girardeau, student of Barry and Lawrence Candy Co., Transportation C i g a r Mo., on March 21. The meeting was counties who submits the best essay Stand, Bergman Produce Co., Her- in charge of G. G. Moeder, president, of not over 500 words on the subject, man's Food Store, J. W. Nichols and was the first one held for some "What Ship and Travel by Rail Neans Cleaners, N. C. Hall Jewelry Co., time. to My Community". A prize of $2.00 Leonard Brothers, Universal 3Iills will be given the pupil in elementary Those present voted to have regu- and the Ft. Korth Macaroni Co. lar meetings each month on the first schools of Barry and Lawrence Wednesday. Very little detail busi- counties who submits the best poster. Colored Club of Okmulgee, Okla. ness was transacted, although a gen- using for his or her subject, "Ship Members of the Colored Club of eral discussion of the truck and bus and Travel by Rail." The essay and Okmulgee, Okla., held a meeting on situation and solicitation of freight poster will both be reproduced in the the night of i\Iarch 21. The meeting and passenger business was discused F'risco Employes' Magazine. was opened with prayer. E. G. Gil- by all present. Frisco Girls' Club of more reported having secured a pas- Ft. Smith, Ark. St. Louis, Mo. senger, Okmulgee to Ft. Worth. Nrs. Mottie Hinds led the discus- Seventy-one members of the Frisco Eighty-seven members were pres- sion regarding the program and ban- En~ployes' Club of Ft. Smith, Ark., ent at the April 3 meeting of the quet which was planned for April 4. were present at the April 2nd meet- Frisco Girls' Club of St. Louis, Mo. Three visitors were present, which ing, held in the general office build- The meeting was held in the Tea included John King, from the Ameri- ing. Room at Stix-Baer & Fuller D. G. Co.. can Legion, who made a report on a a portion of the tea room having been President George Hinnant reported convention to be held in Oklahoma screened off for the affair. having received ten tips on carload City in September, 1934. shipments, three on LCL shipments, Ray C. Schroeder, who over station and one ticket for a to WIL, St. Louis, is known to the radio Dallas. These tips were all turned audience as "Judge Fixit", was the The March 14 meeting of the mem- over to the passenger department for guest of honor. Following the lunch- bers of the Colored Club of Okmulgee, handling. Three truck law violations eon, he was introduced by Col. Frank Okla., was well attended and a splen- were also reported, and all three, it Eschen, who also introduces him on did report of business was made. was learned, had resulted in fines. his morning and evening program Murray Hill, president, reported Short talks were made by Messrs. over the radio. "Judge Fixit", who having .secured one passenger, Tulsa NcCain, Gabriel, Stoneberger, Craw- broadcasts on the City Service pro- to Columbus, Ohio, and return, and ford, Kelton, Presson, Williams, gram, read from his voluminous files, one passenger, Okmulgee to Tulsa was Davenport and Young, all of which letters which had come to him from secured by E. G. Gilmore. were along the lines of solicitation citizens, pertaining to all subjects. The Frisco Southern Band provided and business. An increase in busi- He advised the girls that at one time the entertainment feature of the eve- ness from the Ft. Smith station was when his program was conducting a ning, and the club presented each reported and the crop outlook for this contest, he received approximately member of the band with a Frisco season was reported as better than 1,300 letters in one day. His address pin. it has been for a number of years. was most interesting and entertain- Motion was made and unanimously ing. Colored Club of Hugo, Okla. carried that the clulb address let- H. C. James, advertising manager A Colored Club of Hugo, Okla., was ters to Messrs. Leitzell and Collette. of Frisco Lines, was also a guest at organized on the night of March 12, who are at this time confined to the the luncheon and acknowledged an with 44 persons in attendance. The hospital due to illness. These gentle- introduction from the speaker's table. organization plans of the club were May, 1934 Page 13

Business secured by members of this club was repol-ted, which showed 1934-Important Conventions -1 935 each and every one of them on the job. Belozu is a list of important conventiorrs which will be held drtrirrg 1934 Mr. Thomas, president of the club has atrd 1935. a pledge from the Ministers' Alliance The traflic departvwttt will welcome atry information that nright be of as- that they will do everything in their sistarrce h secwriltg travel to these rneetil~gs. Arty cort~rrzrcnicatiorrin cotzrrection power to aid him in securing addi- therewith, should be addressed to I. 147. ~Vours~,general passerrger agerrt, St. tional business for Frisco Lines. Louis, IMO. Members of this club are showing 1934 MEETINGS much interest, and good results from Northern Baptist Convention...... Rochester, N. Y ...... -28 their solicitation efforts are already C. M. E. Church, Quadrennial evident. Conference ...... St. Louis, Mo...... -22 Natural Gasoline Assn. of America ...... Tulsa, Okla...... -11 International Petroleum Exposition ...... Tulsa, Okla...... -19 MEETINGS NOT REPORTED Klwanis International ...... Toronto, Ont...... June A crowded magazine this month Nat'l High School Band Tournament.... Des Moines, la...... -June 2 prohibits detailed accounts of the club United Confederate Vets Reunion...... Chattanooga, Tenn...... June 3-8 meetings held at Joplin, Mo., on April American Institute of Banking...... Washington. D. C...... June 11-14 5; Hayti. Mo., on March 21; Wichita, Kans., on AprIl 12; meetings of the American Medical Association ...... , Ohio ...... June 11-15 auxiliaries at Tulsa and Kansas City, U. S. Junior Chamber of Commerce.... Miami, Fla...... June both held on April 2, and a meeting National Retail Credit Association.... Memphis, Tenn...... June 19-22 of the Colored Club of St. Louis and Rotary International ...... Detroit, Mich...... June 25-29 the Colored Club of Okmulgee, held National Education Association...... Washington, D. C...... June 30-July 6 on April 6 and April 4, respectively. B. Y. P. U. of America...... Pittsburgh, Pa...... July 4-8 A great deal of business was re- Lions Clubs International ...... Grand Rapids, Mich...... July 17-20 ported as having been discussed at International Walther League ...... Omaha, Nebr...... July 15-19 these nleetings and interest and en- Civitan International...... Toronto, Ont...... June thusiasm for coming affairs was much M. 0. V. P. E. R. (Grotto) ...... Atlantic City...... June 26-28 in evidence. Shrine (A. A. 0. N. M. S.) ...... Minneapolis, Minn...... June 19-21 ~ni~htsTemplar Gr. Encampment.... San Francisco, Calif...... July 7-13 B. P. 0. E. (Elks) Grand Lodge...... Kansas City, Mo...... July 15-20 ARTHUR STOEHR DIES United Spanish War Veterans...... Pittsburgh, Pa...... August 19-23 Employes of the general office of Nat'l Baptist Convention (Col.) Frisco Lines were shocked when they Unincorporated ...... Muskogee, Okla...... Sept. 5-10 learned, on April 18. of the death of- Nat'l Baptist Convention (Col.) Col. Arthur Stoehr, employe of the ac- Incorporated ...... Oklahoma City, Okla...... Sept. 6 counting department. Colonel Stoehr American Legion ...... MiFla...... Oct. 22-25 had been confined to the hospital only three days before his death, 4merican Bankers Assn Washington, D. C October 22-25 ...... which was due to kidney trouble. 4merican Petroleum Institute...... Dallas, Texas ...... Nov. 12-15 He was 54 years of age, born May Southern Medical Association ...... Dallas, Texas...... November 28, 1880, and began his service with 1935 MEETINGS Frisco Lines on , 1904, as a clerk in the accounting depart- ihrine Directors Association...... St. Louis, MO...... March 6-8 ment where he remained throughout Kiwanls International ...... San Antonio, Tex...... May his entire service. Jnited Spanish War Vets ...... San Antonio, Tex. He was honored on numerous oc- casions; was secretary of the Bond Issue Committee which sponsored outlined by H. E. Gabriel, assistant be quite a conference in Muskogee the $87,000,000 municipal bond issue superintendent, and the members pro- this year and that there would be a of 1923; was an Honorary Colonel on ceeded immediately to elect officers. large crowd from the Hugo territory. the staff of Governor Caulfield and The following were elected to serve The rail rate which is cheaper than former head of the P. T. A., of Cleve- for the year: Henry Thomas, presi- the bus rate was stressed, and Mr. land School. He served for a number of dent; Wheeler Goree, first vice-presi- Gabriel promised to take care of the years as secretary, then president of dent; Clarence Wren, second vice- passengers with necessary equipment. the Tenth Ward Inlprovement Asso- president; James Denman, secretary, Henry Thomas thanked the mem- ciation of St. Louis, and in the last and Willie Burnell, assistant secre- bers for having elected him as presi- year was a member of the local tary and treasurer. dent, and urged that they support the NRA Conlnlittee and made radio The club members voted that club to the fullest extent. It was talks on NRA matters. He also money for entertainments, etc., could voted to have monthly meetings, and served as secretary of the Frisco best be secured by having regular the regular meeting night was desig- Men's Club for a number of years. club dues, and the sum of 10c a nated as the second Tuesday in each He is surviyed by his widow, Mrs. month was voted to be paid as dues Mary Stoeh~,a daughter, Bernice, and month. by each member. a son, Russell; also by his mother, Interesting and impressive talks Twelve new members were added Mrs. Antonia Stoehr, two brothers were made by three ministers present to the club roster at the second meet- and a sister. ' Funeral services were at the first meeting. Rev. Torents ing of the Frisco Employes' Colored held on Saturday, April 21, at the mentioned the fact that there would Club of Hugo, Okla., held on April 3. Southern Funeral Home, St. Louis. 11 QJ (1 THE PENSION ROLI

FRANCIS TIPTON WATSON 'I'en Frisco Lii!cs veteran ernploycs, Chaffee durii

FRANCIS TIPTON WATSON, con- zuith cornbined sevvicc of 294 gears arid September N, UWU, 11 c UUU~-PSU ductor, Southwestern division, was one nrortth, were placed oft the Perrsioit Ollinna Ingham, of Circleville, Ohio, retired from active service, February Roll at n rrrectirtg of the Bonrd of Pert- and to them were born two sons. 28, 1934, due to his having reached siorrs, Ireid d4arcW 21. 1934, at the St. Mrs. Stubblefield and one son are de- the age limit. He was born Febru- Lollis General Oflicc. ceased. Mr. Stubblefield resides in ary 18, 1864, at Springfield, Mo., and Chaffee. Continuous service of 31 educated in the schools of Springfield, years and four months entitles him also the Morrisville Institute and to a pension allowance of $66.30 a Drury College. He entered Frisco and at Carrollton, 111. He served the month, effective from March 1, 1934. service as a brakeman on November C&A and Big Four railroads before 8, 1889, running between Springfield coming with Frisco Lines as train SAM BOSTIC and Monett. He later served as dispatcher on November 11, 1902, at SAM BOSTIC (colored), porter, gen- freight conductor and was eral office building, Spring- m a d e passenger conductor field, Mo., was retired from July 28, 1875. He was trans- active service February 22. ferred to the Eastern division, 1934, due to his having then back to the Southwestern reached the age limit. He division , 1896, and was was born February 22. 1864, serving as freight conductor at Van Buren, Ark., and began during his last days of service. his service with Frisco Lines On February 9, 1894, he mar- in February, 1901, as messen- ried Annabelle J o n e s, of ger and mail handler at Springfield, Mo., and to them Springfield, Mo. He worked was born one son. Mr. and in that capacity and as por- Mrs. Watson reside in Spring ter, janitor and stationary field, Mo. Continuous service boiler fireman until his re- of 44 years and 2 months en- tirement, all at Springfleld, titles him to a pension allow- Mo. In 1886 he married mag- ance of $84.30 a month, effec- gie Deen of Van Buren, Ark., and to them were born two tive from March 1, 1934. I I ! children. Mrs. Bostic and EDWARD A DEAN the two children are deceased. EDWARD A. DEAN, yard Mr. Bostic resides on Sum- engineer, Kansas City, was re- mit Avenue, Springfield. Con- tired from active service, tinuous service of 31 years February 28, 1934, due to bis entitles him to a penslon al- having reached the age limit. lowance of $25.30 a month, He was born February 25, effective from March 1, 1934. 1864, at LaSalle, Ill., and his first railroad service was with the WILLIAM DOTTS ~ockIsland. He came with Frisco WILLIAM DOTTS, section foreman, LInes about June, 1897, as engineer Buhler, Kans., was retired from active in the Kansas City yards, where he service on February 28, 1934, due to remained during his entire service. his having reached the age limit. He In 1886 he marrikd Mary Elizabeth was born February 7, 1,864, near McGuire, of Ottawa, Kans.. and to Princeville, Peoria County, Ill., and them were born twin boys and a educated in the schools near his home. daughter. Mrs. Dean is deceased, and He served as section laborer and extra Mr. Dean lives in Kansas City, Mo. foreman on the QMtP Rai~lroad at Continuous service of 36 years and 2 g with months entitles him to a pension al- The photos above are of veterans Cra'Yfordville~ Mo.l 'Omin FriSco Lines as section fore1nan May lowance of t60.50 a month, placed on the Pcnsiorc Roll d~rrillg the nlortth of March. Reading frorrr left to 1, 1888. at the station now kmown as from March 1. rGkt (top row): F. T. Watson, E. A. Matheson, Kans. He was n:lade sec- Dealt, Ji'. H. Stubblefield. (Ccrrter row) : tion foreman August 15, 1s$88, flrst MILTON HENRY STUBBLEFlELD Wifliarrl Doffs, G. 114. Schwetrd. 0. I!!. serving at Matheson, Kaln., then MILTON HENRY STUBBLEFIELD, Ha"s0". (Botto'*r row)-' llf- TitOrilp- moving to Frederick, Kans., as sec- train dispatcher, Chaffee, Mo., was re- E. E' tion foreman where he remarined for tired from active service, February two years. He was transft?rred to 28, 1934, due to his having reached Buhler, Kan., as section la1 mrer on the age limit. He was born Febru- Cape Girardeau, iM0. He served as April 2, 1909, where be rema~lned un- ary 17, 1864, at Centralia, Ill., and train dispatcher and as chief train ti1 his retirement. He marricsd Addie ducated in the schools near his home dispatcher at Cape Girardeau and Canfield on February 23. 1889, at Pnge 15

Hutchinson, Kans., and to them were 3 months entitles him to a pension tired, March 31, 1924. His pension born three daughters and two sons. allowance of $47.85 a month, effective allowance was $36.86 a month and Mr. and Mrs. Dotts reside at Buhler, from March 1. 1934. during his lifetime he was paid a Kans. Continuous service of 29 years total of $4,601.40. and 11 months entitles him to a pen- MARION MAY THOMPSON sion allowance of $32.35 a month, ef- MARIOhT MAY THOXPSON, cross- JAMES LEE BASHAM fective from March 1. 1934. ing flagman, Sapulpa, was retired JAMES LEE BXSHXM, pensioned from active service October 30, 1933, passenger conductor, died at his home GEORGE MARTIN SCHWEND due to total disability. He mas born at Valley Park, Mo., on March 19. He GEORGE NARTIN SCHWEND, en- May 12, 1868, at Fredric, Iowa, and was born in Marries County, Mo., June gineer, Southern division, was re- educated in the schools near his home. 2, 1869, and entered the service of tired from active service February 28, He began his railroad service about Frisco Lines, November 7, 1887, as a 1934, due to his having reached the August 15, 1909, as track man at brakeman out of Springfield, i\Io. He age limit. He was born February 26, Chandler, Okla., for Frisco Lines. He spent his entire service on the East- 1864, at Montgomery, Ala., and served also served in the B&B department ern division and was retired , several railroads before coming with at Sapulpa, his last service being as 1931, due to total disability. His pen- Frisco Lines on January 8, 1907, as crossing flagman in the latter city. sion allowance was $90.35 a month engineer out of Birmingham, Ala. He On November 27, 1894, he married and during his lifetime he was paid served on the Southern division dur- Addie E. Frall, of Fredric, Iowa. Mr. a total of $2,952.70. ing his entire service. In 1911 he and Mrs. Thompson reside in Sapulpa, married Pearl McCain. They reside Okla. Continuous service of 23 years in Birmingham, Ala. Continuous serv- and 2 months entitles him to a pension RICHARD JAMES FITZGERALD ice of 27 years and two months en- allowance of $24.60 a month, effective RICHARD JAMES FITZGERA.LD, titles him to a pension allowance of from March 1, 1934. switchman, Sherman Yards, died In $54.65 a month, effective from March the Frisco Hospital, St. Louis, 1, 1934. EDWARD EUGENE CRAIG March 29, 1934, and interment was at EDWARD EUGENE CRAIG, pen- Carthage, Mo., April 2. He was born CLARENCE ELMER HOUSEHOLDER sioned section foreman of Pittsburg, January 18, 1872, in Ashtabula, Ohlo. Mr. Fitzgerald began railroadihg at C L A R E N C E ELMER HOUSE- Kans., was retired from active service the age of seventeen and worked for HOLDER, agent-operator, Cordova, February 19, 1934, due to his having many roads cluring his lifetime. I3e Ala., was retired from active service reached the age limit. He was born began working in the yards at Sher- February 28, 1934, due to his having February 19, 1864, near Lebanon, Mo., man, Texas, in 1927, having previ- reached the age limit. He was born and attended the schools near his ously worked for the Frisco at Sa- February 22, 1664, at Pittsburgh, Pa., home. He served several railroads pulpa. He was married at Cheyenne, and educated in the schools near before coming with the KCFS&BI Wellsville, Ohio, and served the Mil- Wyoming, October 7, 1900, to Mary Railroad at Norwood in November, L. Hirst, who survives him. He is waukee, Great Northern, Santa Fe, 1890, in the capacity of laborer in the G&GW and JLC&E, before coming also survived by one brother and two extra gang. He served as section sisters. with Frisco Lines as agent-operator foreman, and extra gang foreman at in November, 1903, at Sargent, No. various points on the line, ending his He served at several stations, bllt all service at Pittsburg, Kans. On De- WILLIAM OTWAY McLEAN on the Southern division and was cember 3, 1883, he married Martha WILLIAM OTWAY McLEAN. pen- agent at Cordova, Ala., when retired. Ann Riley, of Lebanon, hIo. The first sioned agent, Tupelo, Miss., died at On March 31, 1896, he married Cora Mrs. Craig is deceased and on March his home on April 11. He was born Carrol of Wakarusa, Kans., and to 15, 1932, Mr. Craig married Jennie October 6, 1851, near Greensboro, N. them were born three daughters and Peinell of Lamar, Mo. There were C., and was employed as agent at five sons. Mr. and Mrs. Householder four daughters and one son born of Tupelo, Miss., from March 1, 1889, to reside at Cordova, Ala. Continuous the first marriage. Mr. and Mrs. January 6, 1922, when he was retired service of 25 years and 6 months en- Craig reside in Pittsbnrg. Kans. due to his having reached the age titles him to a pension allowance of Continuous service of 21 years and limit. His pension allowance was $46.30 a month, effective from March 5 months entitles him to a pension $45.35 a month and during his lifetime 1, 1934. allowance of $24.45 a month, effective he was paid a total of $6,949.65. from March 1, 1934. OSCAR LAWRENCE HANSON OSCAR LAWRENCE HANSON, A WORD FROM PENSACOLA switchman, Wichita, Kans.. was re- "I'd like for all my fellow employes tired from active service June 3, 1933, on the Frisco to know that in Pensa- due to total disability. He was born cola waters there remain as fine fish November 20, 1880, at Wichita, Kans., as ever were caught anywhere. Tell CHARLES EDWARD JONES and educated in the schools of that 'em I said so. I've gotten my share city. He served the Rock Island, Mis- CHARLES EDWARD JONES, pen- of them and I'm still fishing." souri Pacific and Santa Fe before sioned clerk of Kansas City, Mo., died This statement comes from J. A. coming with Frisco Lines as a switch- at his home on April 8. He was born, Murray, retired engineer of Frisco man on February 14, 1909, at Wichita, March 18, 1854, in Little Rock, Ark., Lines, who is looking forward to Kans. He was promoted to yard con- and entered the service of Frisco meeting his old buddies at the re- ductor in June, 1909. On November Lines as laborer in the Kansas City union in May. 20, 1905, he married Lela Blades, of station in August, 1892, working in A snapshot, which accompanied the Wichita and to them were born two various capacities at the Kansas City note, shows veteran Murray with a daughters and one son. Mr. and Mrs. station until June, 1918, when he be- huge fish in'either hand. He's ready Hanson reside in Wichita, Kans. came clerk in joint livestock office and waiting to show the veterans Continuous service of 24 years and in which capacity he worked until re- where the big fish bite the best. Page 16

EARLY LTFE ADVENTURES OF FRISCO ROADMASTER MERRIMENT (Co?~ti~rrrcdfro~ir Page 8) as soon as he heard the sails fly back Just About Oh, Yeah? and flap against the rigging and after "How long has your hired man First She: "I don't intend to be looking up, without saying anything been working for you." inquired married until I'm thirty." he gave me a kick I will always re- Farmer Bentover. Second She: "I don't intend to be member. He then called all hands on "Abo~~ttwo hours," replied Farnier thirty until I'm married." deck to brace the yards and between Fumblegate. swearing at the men for not moving "Why I thought he had been here fast enough and at me, things mere longer than that." pretty hot. After he got throngh he KEPT IN came to me and after boxing my ears "He has. He's been here two "Why were you kept in after school lie told me he would teach me how to months!' today ?" steer. This was close to noon and the "The teacher told us to write an es- tropical sun was coming down hard. Good Pay say on Ithe result of laziness', and 1 I had on only a pair of pants and a During an intense love scene in the turned in a blank sheet of paper." sleeveless undershirt, the customary movies, when the hero was doing his clothing for a two-hour shift at the stuff, wifie nudged hubby and said: wheel in hot weather. I was kept at "Why is it that you never make love Another-? the wheel the balance of the day. to me like that?" "You say McTavish is building a even on my watch below, and when I "Say," he replied, "do you know the house?" was relieved at 8:00 p. m. my back salary that guy gets for doing that?" "Yes, and yesterday he phoned to was a solid blister. I did not sleep the Masonic Temple and asked for a that night and tl~oughtscame to me couple of Free Masons!" , of the good home I had left. "The old Yankee sailor who was A BAD MISTAKE "So your son left college on account assigned to teach me rope work, if THE PRICE I did not get the knot tied right after of poor eyesight?" "What would I have to give you he had only shown me how once, "Yes, he mistook the dean of for just one kiss?" would beat me. However he broke women for a co-ed." "Chloroform!" his arm and while I used to hate him, I went to see him while he was ill and we became fast friends. bV0UI.D YOU SELL? THE EhTD "That first trip on the 'Katy' was An Arrrericarr oir a zisit to Lorrdorr A colored mir was wrested after my hardest. Hard luck seemed to zucrtt to the Zoo. Approacltiirg orre of gozcririirent agcitts Itad discozered a still follow the ship, either calm, when we the keepers, Ire said to Irirrr: "Say, keep- on his prerr~iscs and was brorrght before could do nothing but drift and the o., I wartt you to take me riglrt alorr~ a Unitcd Statcs Co~rrri~issioirer. Old Man would walk up and down on to jow Iwad 111a11 SO that I car1 talk "What do you plead?" asked thc conr- deck and whistle for a fair wind, or brrsi;ress zirith 1ri;rt." srissioirer. storms, when we lived in oil skins The official eyed hiirr srrspiciorrly. for days. We laid at Cape Horn, "I plead grriltg arrd zcraiz~esthe hearin'," "lVhat sort of brrsiitess do yorr wnrrt to the crrlprit said. fighting against cold and wet and discirss?" Ire askcd. storms, without getting an inch fur- "CVlrat do yoti wmrr 'zuaiztc the hear- "Wcll, it$ like tlris", c.rjlai~led the ing' "? asked the corrrirrissioirer. ther west nearer our destination- Anrericarr, "lbc takcit quite a fatzcy to getting either too far south and having "I rrrcarts I don't warrt to Irear no ttto' this 171 exltibit, and I zcarlt to btry jorrr aborrt it." to dodge icebergs, or getting too far Zoo for nrj. kids." north until we could hear breakers "~votlri;rgtioi~ry iiz that lirre", airswered and see the outline of Cape Horn, Spring at Last and the Old Man would turn around the keepo. tersely-"brrt we nright brry again and go south. We reached the yorrr kids for orrr Zoo. "Well, spring is here at last." 56 Meridian, which -is too far south "How do you know?" for a sailing vessel, and we lost all "McTavish just threw away his grets upon returning to their native Christmas tree." our good canvas and most of our up- country. But when they were ready per rigging. We all cheered when to board the boat for their return trip, we were called on deck to brace the about 100 Indians in native dress also WHAT? ship and go to Australia. We had boarded the boat, and the Schubert's not been out of our oilskins for days wish to view the early American "Do you see the young man stand- and some of us were breaking out in settler, at close hand, was gratified. ing next to the flivver with golf big sores." When Mr. Schubert is in town he pants on?" The two brothers are now in Ger- is cornered by his young son aud "I see the man, but I don't see the many, one serving a railroad in daughter who beg him to tell them flivver with golf pants on." clerical capacity and the younger runs more of his adventures at sea, but a restaurant. The family reside in it is only upon few occasions that he the beautiful village of Tubingen. discusses his early life. It is doubt- While the elder Mr. Schubert and his ful, however, if there are many men "Lips that torrc11 z&c sltall never wife were visiting their son in Okla- who have had such a colorful and in- toz~clt ?rriirc", declared the fair co-ed. homa City they failed to see any teresting life, as the subject of this And after she gradzratcd slrc totcght Indians, and 'this was one of their re- story. sclrool for years aud years arrd years. May, 1934 Pnge 17

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pital. We wish them both a speedy DIVISION CHAIRMAN recovery. DITTISIOX CHAIRMAN AT CHAITEE C. P. Wileman and F. D. Cloudus, AT SHERMAN car man, spent last weck in Gadsen. John McSheeley, boilermaker and A. T. Frock, car man, has moved his B. B. Walter, triple valve test rack family here from Chaffee, 310. wblder for Frisco Lines at Chaffee, J. Mr. Tillery, car inspector, and fam- man for Frisco Lines at Sherman, Mo., serves as division chairman of ily motored to Columbus, Miss., to Texas, has served the Frisco Associ- visit his sister, who was sick. On the River divi- returning, his car turned over but no ation of Metal sion, represent- one was in~ured. Crafts and Car ing the Frisco Dan Cosbep, machinist, is sporting Department Em- Association o f a new Willys-Knight sedan. ployes in the ca- Metal Crafts and pacity of division Car Department chairman for Employes. H e YALE ROUNDHOUSE eight years. has sewed in MEMPHIS, TENN. He was horn in that capacity Meridian, Niss., P. W. LASDERS, Rey)orter since Decemtber, August 14, 1875, 1925, and was a Harry Stewart, back shop machinist. and moved to charter member has returned to work after belng off Bremond, Texas, of the local at several weeks account of a broken arni in 1,879, and be- and leg, which he received in an auto- Chaffee. He mobile accident. gan his railroad served as boiler- We regret to report the death of Mrs. career some H. E. Nartin, wife of Engineer Nartin. m a lr e r commit- a. JICSHEELEY Mrs. Martin's car skidded on the ice years later with B, B. DTALTER teeman and chair- as she was crossing the Frisco Bridge. the H&TC R. R. man of the shop committee until his and she fell 36 feet over the bridge in Sherman. He then served the and was killed instantly. We estend election to division chairman. our sympathy to Mr. Martin and fnm- Southern Pacific, coming with Frisco He came with Frisco Lines as a il~. Lines in May, 1905, as car inspector, Mrs. P. W. Landers, wlfe of Machin- boilermaker at Chaffee, August 26. ist Landers, has returned home after and was later transferred to the air 1918, and worked until July, 1922. being conflned to Methodist Hospital brake department, where he is now He served the Pennsylvania Railroad for several weekx. Mrs. Monroe Stewart, wife of Monroe employed. He joined the Association at Terre Haute. Ind., as boiler fore- Stewart. tool room attendant. has man, but returned to Frisco Lines been conflned to her home for several in 1923 and was elected Division February 12, 1923, at Chaffee. days, account of illnesh. Chairman in 1926. The infant son of C. E. Moore, conch In 1909 he married Betty Stanley, He was born at Stoddard County, yard palnter, has been ill with whoop- Mo., February 26. 1894. He married ing cough, but glad to say he is much of Sl~ern~an,and to them was born Minnie Davis, danghter of a well- improved now. one daughter. She graduated from Floyd Huff, nlght engine Inspector, known Southeast Missouri farmer, has a 60-day leave of absence and Is Sherman High School in 1929, re- and to them were born eight chil- visiting friends and relatives iu Springfield, No. ceived her Bachelor of Arts Degree dren, five of them living. Mrs. C. C. Hall, wife of Nachinist from Austin College in Sherman Hall. has been confined in St. Joseph's with the class of '33, is now married Hospital. and holds a position in the auditing department of the Northern Texas LOCAL NO. 18-BIRMINGHAM, ALA. LOCAL NO. 19-MEMPHIS, TENN. Telephone Company at Sherman, Tex. L. L. CLIxTOS, Reporter C. D. RILEY. Reporter

Local No. 18 extends syml~atliv to J. 1'. Ware. assistant general car R. E. and W. V. Sanford in the re- foreman, better known as "Jack". was cent death of their father, J. E. San- recently elected director of the 11. A. JEFFERSON AVE. COACH YARDS ford, who died March 26. A. (Xemphis Association of Amateur Grndy Watson, joint sup~lyman, is Basehnll). Mr. Ware is well known in ST. LOUIS, MO. ill. We wish him a speedy recoverv. the amateur hasebilll rircles of Nem- W. L. Vinyiird, car man, had the phis and is fully competent of hnn- ,miufortune of having his wheels and rlling this position. He mar; selected JOHS W. HOLDRES, Reporter tires stolen from his car recently. from a group of several cnp~blemen. Mrs. S. U. Garrard, wife of shop in- and is to he congratulated. Clarence L. Smith and wife spent the spector, is on an estended visit to P. W. Pape, 'nr repnirer, is improv- week-end wit'h relatives in Springfield. friends and relatives in Texas and ing after having his collar bone broken. Otho L. Harvey spent the week-end California. Her many friends In We hope to have him with us again in Springfield with his wife. Otho has B~rminghamwish her a very pleasant soon. a late model Dodge coupe. t~ip. John Primrose has been absent from J. V. Robbe, J. W. Drake. T. V. Poser We are very sorry to report T. S. and Don Conby, all machinists, went Dorris, car oiler, ix in the hospital at work account of illness. \\re hope he fishing at Wahnchee Creek in Chllton St. Louis. IVe wish him a very speedy will be back on the job soon. County. One fish was caught by J. W. Our synll~i~thvis extended to Floyd recovery. Earnhart and family in the death of Drake. Here's to better luck next J. C. JIcXamara, electrician, has just time- - -.. - . his sisrer in Springfield. P. H. Poole, engine supply man is returned from Sprinafield. after attend- Ted Whitehead, wife and daughter, under treatment in St. Louis h?spltnl. ing a meeting of the board of the made a flying trip to Springfield, the IVillie Doubleman. machinist, 1s also Frisco Metal Craft Association. 0. S. ::let of March, in the new Graham- under treatment in the St. Louis hos- Jrarshall also attended the meeting. Paige. Ted said he mnde the trip in Page 18

three hours and flfty minutes. We un- derstand there are too many curves to New Mine Served by Frisco open the car up, but that was fair time for 239 miles, and better luck nest time. Robert Johnson was with us in place or Otho Harvey. Glad To have you, Rob. Frank Whalen was off one day on account of the alarm forgetting- - to ring. Fred Hencken was off several days, duc to illness. We have air cooled diners in our three crack trains, Meteor, Texas Spe- cial and the Bluebonnet. This should prove a boon to train travel.

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J. C. WOODS. Reporter Mrs. S. H. Dean has been visiting relatives at West Plains, >l!ssouri. C. L. Brothers has recently purchased a new Plymouth automobile, and Mrs. I. Mch'alr has Durchased a new Chevro- let coupe. Mrs. E. F. Maggi spent a couple of weeks visitlng- relatives at Rogers, Arkansaa. John Roberts, who went to New Mexico for his health is reported to be bedfast Mrs. G. C. Martin is suffering ?2om a severe case of stomach trouble, and Mrs. W. A. Lantz is taking treatments in a tuberculosis sanitarium at Tale- hanl. George Stmpson is giving the Frisco The photograph nbovc shozcs grorritds arrd buildings near a new mine recerrtly buildings In Ada a new coat of paint. operred oir Frisco tracks ot Bonorrsa, Ark., operaled ns !Ire Itrdcr-State Con1 Colrrpany. D. L. Pcildcrgrass of Ft. Siiritlz is presided, arid IV. J. Pcrtdcrgrass of Ft. Slnith is vicc-prcsidmt. This rrtirre has a capacity of loadixg twer~tycars a day, and LOCAL No. 2 produces serni-arttltracite sri~okclesscoal, of excellertt quality for dorrrestic WEST LOCOMOTIVE SHOPS furnace use, producirtg practically $10 s~rro1:c and no ash. SPRINGFIELD, MO.

VIRGIL B. SNITH, Reporter tion for appendicitis, made a rapid re- his aged mother who is said to be covery and returned to work on March seriously ill, at thls writing. Mrs. Mrs. W. F. Lawson was operated on 22, having been off the job 29 days. Lampkin, wlfe of Roy, is also conflned tor soitre March 15th in the Sr. John's Fred Zentner, engineer, formerly of to bed, having been sick for some rlme. Hospital and she is getting along Joplin, but now running out of hlonett, Jim Burton, third class machinist of nicely. was a visitor here on March 26th. the back shop is off on the sick list. H. R. Seaman has been appointed Business at the roundhouse has sure Burton lives in Xarion. erectlng foreman, which position was "picked up" for the month of -4pril Our world renowned King Fish, Blg formerly held by W. T. McParland, who as four or flve hydrost'atic tests come Amos Johnson, is also ill at this wrlt- died recently. Mr. Seaman was form- due along with other things. Because ing. We wlsh all our slck member8 a erly general foreman at West Shops of this sudden spurt the shop force speedy recovery. and was transferred to >lonett'. has been increased temporarily. H. R. There has been organlzed among At Elkins, machinist, is building a Jones, boilermaker, has been put on some of our members an organizallon boat, getting ready for the fishing sea- days to assist his brother, G. R. Jones. known as The Christian Workers and son. A1 is one of our best fishermen. with the flood of boiler work. J. B. Boosters Club. They are doing good Mrs. Albert Pearson, wlfe of machin- Slutter filled the night job of Mr. Jones. work, and have already made a name ist, was operated on in the Springfie!d C. L. Padgett, machinist of Ft. Scott, for themselves among t'he various Rantist HosDital. Narc11 26th. and 1s has been put on clays to help with churches of the cltu. now- oh the -road to recovery; the machinist's work. Xessrs. Jones Should you go north, east, south or Freddy Oteman, tinner apprentice, and Padgett went to work on the new west. Is back on the job again after being schedule on April 9th. off 111 for two weeks, also Bob iUans- The service the Frisco gives is the field returned to work after being off Engine 1260, of Baxter, Is in the best. two weeks. shop for removal of jacket and lag- Mr. and Mrs. Carl Davis announce ging, and hydrostatic test. the bfrrh of an 8-pound son at Burge Hospital, April 4th. Mr. Davis is ma- COACH YARD-KANSAS CITY, MO. chinist at West Sho~s. Ed ~ckermanretuimed to work April LOCAL NO. 19-B-MEMPHIS, TENN. 3rd after being operated on in the J. J. SULLIVAN, Reporter Frlsco hos~italat St. Louls. Ed says ALVIS H. THOMAS, Reporter s the hospital there is certainly a won- Dave Spealman returned to his home derful institution and he has nothing April 13th, after a six weeks' sojourn at .but Drake for the personnel of the Bro. Jim Warllck, second class ma- St. Margaret's Hospital. Dave Is con- ' hospiial. chinist and one of our oldest employes valesclng nicely and expects to be back L. V. Drivers and Tom Wooldrige, in point of service at the Yale Shop. on the job In a few weeks. machinists, spent Sunday fishing in has recently been discharged from the hospltal, but is yet confined to his James Edwards and his family BrOUP ' Pomme de Terre. It is reported that bowling team won the City Minor t'hey burned 20 gallons of gas, a palr home. League Championship in the seaso'n just of shoes was worn out by each of Let us concentrate our minds fully closed. them and they paid out $1.00 for medi- on our jobs during work hours, and by so doing it will enable us to work Chas. 3Ieise. dining car stewa'rd. Is cine when they got back just to catch again runnlng on the Kansas City-Flor- a few minnows. This is( the report of safely, and assist in keeping down any everal Tom Hassler. possible accidents. ida Special out of here. after s Thomas and Mrs. Nary Bell recently months speh on a run Out of St. Louis. made a flve-day visit to Birmingham. Homer Roller Is gettlng accustnmecl .-...-- thelr former home before comlng to to working In the dayllght apaln, after JOPLIN, MO. Memphis. Bell Is night' counter man spending two weeks with the night force. of the store room, he and hls wife while Curtis Kincaide was absent, ROGER C. FLETCHER, Reporter has been residing here since his trans- to an attack. of flu. fer from the Alabama >Ietropolis. James Edwards became a grandfather Mr. Carey Grieb, air man at Ruth Rov Lampkin, .Are builder, had to agaln when a little lady arrived a the Yards, who had an emergency opera- malt6 a hurried trip to the bedslde of home of Blll Edwards on Aprll 12.

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Lit'tie Jacqueline Anne Clayman also LOCOMOTIVE DEPARTMENT left April 4th for California, to live I EASTERN DIVISION I there, and that doesn't make it so MONETT, MO. good, esl>eciillly for the Lyons House- hold. Grandpa Lyons says it's nwful dreary without her. but that will give MARGUERITE FROSSARD, Reporter MAINTENANCE OF WAY DEPT. him a good excuse to take a trif to California. J. E. Crossland, car man, and JIrs. TOWER GROVE, MO. We were honored with a visit from Crossland departed on March 23 for Bess Strench-Davis last week. Some Wickenburg. Arizona, upon receiving of you will recall the fact that Bess word of the serious Illness of their JACOB KREWSOS. Reporter was the flrst woman record clerk ever son-in-law. General B. Stockton, form- employed by the Frisco cav account- erly an employe of the car department Wm. Kostedt passed away JIarch ant's offlce. Bess's life sounds like one at this terminal. They returned n few 21st. Mr. Rostedt was one of our best of those interesting capsule romances: days aKo, bringing Mr. Stockton with crossing watchmen. He had cared for in 1909 she decided to take a gay vaca- them, and we are sorrv to learn his the Kirkwood crossinq for 14 years tion and with Anna and Rose Keifer. condition is unimproved.' and not a single accid>nt occurrerl at of this office, started on a tour of Our heart'felt condolences are ten- this crossing during all1 these years. Europe. On the way over she met a dered to Carl R. Lemin~,car lnspec- Mr. Rutledge and all the division will handsome chap. Roland Davis, and they tor. and family, who were bereaved of greatly miss his friendship and faitii- had a delightful crossing. The next their six-year-old daughter, Wanda Lee, ful servlce. He leaves a wife and S June they were married and Bess went on April 4, after a short illness. The children, all married. to live in that lovely old plnce of child first suffered an attack of C. L. Tate spent Monday night', April Norgantown, W. Va., where Mr. Davis measles, and later developed double 2, vlslllng frlends at Sullivan, No. was and is employed as a professor pneumonia. Mr. and Mrs. Riley Salsman and son. in the university there. It was good What on flrst sight appeared to be Alfred, made an auto trip to Richland. to see Mrs. Davis again and we know a serious accidenr occurred the early Mo.. April 14, to make a two-dn. visit. she must be one of the most popular morning of April 16, with Lloyd faculty wives on the campus. Nimmo, locomotive inspector, enacting the leading role In some manner which has not been fullv develoned OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT as yet Lloyd plunged iinespectddlg into thk cinder pit, in face of an ap- TRANSPORTATION MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT proaching engine. and it was flrst thought he had sustained an injury to SPRINGFIELD, MO. hls back. However, the report now EULA STRATTOS. P.eporter reaches us from the hospital at Spring- HAZEL CLARK, Reporter field that Drobablv the worst result 4pril was a gap month for most of was some hcerations and bruises. us: and while it did have a Friday the 13th in it, It was no jinx for us, for Friends of 2. B. Claypool will be that was the day C. H. Baltzell intro- glad Co know he is well on the road duced his guest, the famous 3Iax Baer to recoverv from the recent attack of Into the ways of running a railroad as pneumonia' which he suffered. well as to the charmlng young women August Prugper has made good his FREIGHT OFFICE who help to run that railroad. promise to let us know how he is en- MONETT, MO. Then, too. April tile 17th was a big joying his Mediterranean cruise and day for evervbodr . . . that was the has written from Istanbul, Turkey day the Fris'co dirls' Club presented (formerly Constantinogle), Tripoli, and PEARL E. LEWIS, Reporter "Gold in Them Thar Hills". and in- Rome. to the effect that he Is thrilled cidentally an orchid goes to every em- with the sights and enjoying every minute of the trlp. He has also sent After an absence of some time I am ploye in this department for their pleased to renew my acquaintance wlth splendid support and two orchids to 3 photograph of himself, mounted non- chalantlv on a camel, taken at the l'risco friends through the family Bertie Sut'ton, Mamie Bradley. Irene news of our magazine. Schaller and Xessrs. Bernard and ~yramidk ~iroldLudwigs for their very capable This denartment welcomes back to The news-stand at the passenger sta- performance in the play. its ranks,- rank A. Beyer. in the ca- tion has been reogened by C. C. Gim- Another orchid goes to Raymond pacity of traveling shop inspector. bie who is very ably looking after Moses, who has gained an enviable Mr. Beyer Is well known on the Frisco. the needs of our traveling public and place in the Wally Stoeffler's Broad- having served as roundhowe foreman the stand adds much to the appearance casting Orchestra. Those of you who at ZIonett for two years, in addition of our station. "listen in'' know what I 'mean . . . that to service at other points on the road. E. B. Spain, general yardmaster, and orchestra will make Broadway before He left the Frisco, ADril 1, 1929, to act family are now domiciled in their new long. as secretary and chief engineer of the home recently purchased on Frisco Also in April we had two gay noon- Reqnolds Mfg. Company of this city. Avenue. It Is already reported that dav luncheons: One was compliment$ry In'c~mrnentin~on his return to serv- Mr. Spain is having a very bad influ- to' Luna Wilder aud those aCtendlng ice. Frank said that for generntions ence on his neighbor, E. B. Strain. were Cuma Melton, Elizabeth Owen. members of his family have been rail- ticket cashier, in taking h~mtrout' Ruth Owen. Zeiia Shawley, Irene Schai- rondera and he could testify to the fishing and getting him interested in ler, Irene Boren. Thelma Smith. Edith truth of the old axiom, "Once a rail- a "fly rod". Widemeyer, Amy Cummings, Helen roader, always a railroader", and that And just while we are on the subject Heflln, Lela Pride and Minnie Bowers. he was more than glad to be back after of fishing, and believe a few fish stories The other affalr was in honor of an absence of flve years. would be In order right at this rime. Muriel Isemlnger and those enjoying We are also glad to have Xiller H. considering it has been about a year the spread were: Mildred Truman. I.!lliott' back in the department. Mr. since this opportunity has presented Bertha Sutherland, Natalie AIayer. Elliott is employed in the clt'afting itself; Richard 1\Iills, chief clerk, has Mary Dearing, Mary Prophet, Emma room. won the tltle of "Champion Goggle Granade, Elva Fulton, NeCa Mooney, l'ncle Charlie Baltzell introduced Eye Catcher" for the past' season. quite R distinguished visitor the other having 226 (believe it or not) to his Lilllan Brooks, Lena Solomon, Anna credit for the entire season, and, of Helbig and Vera Melton; Mrs. Frank clay In the person of Max Baer, course, this required quite n few night Hasler and Xr. Elmer Jarratt were spe- challenger for the heavymeght charn- cial guests. trips to the river bank. ion ship. After meetlng Max Baer per- Ray Guinney, yard clerk, is beF,om- Theda Pyland and Leln Pride both sonally, it is easy to understand why enjoyed gay week-ends In Kansas City ing quite proficient in the art of fly" visiting relatives and friends, and he was called "Ladies' Man" in Holly- making and it is quite interesting to Dorothy Lindquist, daughter of ollr wood. Quite a few feminine members see jubt how he transforms those old Norman Lindquist, left for a gay vaca- of the Friseo family were thr~lled by rooster feathers in such fancy allur- tion in Callfornia. his smile and friendliness. ing flies. Nonett High School BIusic Depart- ment, which is composed of a number of Frisco employes' sons and daught'eru, came home from a district contest at Nevada. Mo., bringing seven of the eight "loving cups" offered in the com- petition contests.

TYm. Duncan, section foreman at Xonett', has the distinction of being a high-powered "business solicitor". Short time ago a lady from Rogers, .4rk., on her way to Fort Riley, Kansas, stopped off in Monett to visit relatives: she was making the trip by hus and Mr. Duncan being a wide- awake booster. Lot in touch with her and told of the advantages of traveling by rail. She was 2.5 years old and had never been on a railroad train. A ticket was purchased, routed Springfield to Kansas City-UP to destination. -4 letter receivecl Prom her stated she would never ride a bus again where train service was avail- able. that she had had a wonder- ful trip with splendid connec- tions. Her sister. 18 years of age, who also has never had the pleasure of a journey by rail, has become so enthusiastic over her sister's experience she is plan- ning a trip in the near future. Mr. Duncan is to be congratu- lated on securing- this business.

A. BI. Trimble. cashier. is busv with hlssbrinfi. garden~ngor rather u.e es- pect he is assisting Mrs. Trlmhle. In- stead of dcvotin~thcir c~~tircspace to onions, lettuce and potatoes, iheir lawn of two lots is a veritable flower garden, with blooming flowers from early spring until frost, and containing some very rare varieties. The rose garden contains one hundred and twentv bushes. ~ha'rlesTV. Johnson, retired conduc- tor, who had just passed his 80th birth- day, passed away April 17th. BIr. Johnson had been in failing health for some months due to a fall, but was apparently feeling as well as usual the morning of his death and his passing was qulte sudden. Funeral services and interment will be at Monett. The strawberry season in the Ozarks will soon he in full swing. and from present indications the prospects are bright for a good yield. If you are HEN a friend of mine lent me and my pipe. We both fall pretty fond of "strawberry short cake" just try making it with the "genuine Ozark Wmyfirst pipeful of Union hard for good old Kentucky brand", nuf sea. Leader, I had no idea it cost but Burley . . . and I never tasted GENERAL STOREKEEPER'S 1Of a tin. If I had known that. . . smoother Burley than Union OFFICE-SPRINGFIELD, MO. maybe I'd have been chary of it Leader. I smoke it regularly, not DOROTHEA HYDE, Reporter . . . for I'm pretty hard-boiled alone because it's a big value, and fussy about tobacco. The Journal BOX Servicing Corpora- but because it's a grand smoke. tion with headquarters at Indian- apolis, Indiana, have installed in the That first pipeful won me . . . (Good for cigarettes, too.) North Shops a journal box packing reclaiming plant, which is to reclalm Q P. Larillard Co.. lnc. journal packing for the entire system. E. A. Baron and E. A. Mayabb of this office entered the XIissouri State Bowling Tournament with the Frisco Railway Meteor team, bowling at St. Louis Agrll 14 and 15. The team failed to make any prize winning scores; UNION LEADER however. thev re~ortedhaving - a verv enjoyable trip. - Talk about trouble, John Bass has been having plenty with his poultry lately, being forced to get up early in the morning to take them off the roost and go out at night and set them on because of their beina so faC One of the old hens jumped from the roost and crippled herself so badly John had to am~utateher head and cremate her in 'the stove. After experiencing all this John got plenty dlsgusted so he just yanked the overweight ones up and sold them. Would like to suggest that John put his chickens on a very light diet. OVERCHARGE-CLAIM REViSlN DEPARTMENT-ST. LOUIS, Mt

JOE KOEHLER and HAROLD DOE1 Reporters The dance at the Centurv on the 7th proved to be the best attended of all. and those who went reported a splen- did evenlng. If this affair continues In pol~ularity, we'll soon have to use - -.. .- - - -.. - - - the new auditorium. formerly employe6 .'.--E. ~iehle's Mrs. Dell postponed her trip Since Chris Goebel has been wearing office. and made It after the new car8 his derby and that new topcoat we Much sympathy Is extended to the were installed and reports a wondered whatever became of Abe famlly of James L, Morton who passed Kabibble. in the funnies. away In Oklahoma City A r11 13. GO- most pleasant trip, Kansas No news last month and did we hear ing to hls room after bar% Mr. Mor- City to Tulsa and return. about it! It shows that the magazine ton struck a match and the escaping It pays to advertin-1 is belns read. gas exploded, resultlng in his death. HoraFe Clermont mas all enthused He was a cousin of Madge JIorton of when he was given the honor OP being Mr. Slsson's office. the flrst to try out the new Ediphohe. Funeral services were held at Ash "High Pockets" says he likes the llttle Grove. April 17 for Mrs. Bell Van- fortable he did not' eve] !n bell that warns hlm when to put in diver Sisk, who' died in Kansas City he went home for lunct a comma or paragraph, or corrects hls at the home of a daughter, Mrs. C. E. English. What's that, Scollay, you say Mitchell. Mrs. Sisk was a former resi- Sorry to hear that Mrs. 8V. r. uuatln it sounds llke an alarm clock? dent of SpringReld and the mother of had her collar bone broken one Sunday Andy Roach is moving up the ladder Ft. mornins recently In an automobile quite rapidly and has now transferred John Sisk, storekeeper at Scott. accident. She was taking a taxi to to the agents accounts. No wonder church when the accident occurred. the big smile, ummm-huh. Mrs. Gurtln Is the mother of Charles Due to the transfer of the passenger Gustln who formerly worked In stores department to the 13th floor, a merger department. And Charles 1s the proud is contemplated among the reporters- DIVISION STOREKEEPER'S owner of a new Chevrolet. more dope in the next issue. OFFICE-SPRINGFIELD, MO. Bob Price says "only a Democrallc Herbie Henrscher is moving out on ndminlstration could transfer the sol1 Jlagnolla somewhere nearby Dum- of one state into another". On April meyer's. Art, we hear. is memorizins- PEARL A. FAIS. Reporter 11th we had plenty of Kansas dust that new song "Love Pour Neighbor". - and sand in the air. In tact. if 11 got A new kind of fish story. Paul Into your eye, it felt more like a Brendel recentlv purchased a can of .. Pr?ct!callr every Saturday and Sun- boulder from the Yellowstone National oysters and when leaving the street - ng March the Ozark people had Park. car realized that he left them on the rain, snclW or sleet, and sometimes all seat. He Immediately went to his three. 1ibout the middle of March we Poor Cook has his hands full these days. If he Isn't hoeing green onions, garage and wlth his trusty Chevrolet had hea viest snow of the season and floor chased the car to the end of the llne in plnce s it' drlfted waist deep. That he is walking. the with hls babv. and recovered said oysters. No, sir; morning it took L. H. McGulre untll Branch water is gettlng terribly they didn't get away on him. 9:30 to 6:et to worlc. He had ploughed warm on the farm mr L. H. bIcOuire. Overheard here and there: through one huge drift and the next The boys suggest that he drlH for a H. W. (Hard Work) Doerr: "Let's one he tilt --- a llttle harder. since It was well. It is also t~ld- on L. H. that he see your tongue". 0. E. (One Error) the larger drift, but COU~~II?make it. brings a lunch for a harvest hand. Hiens: "Period, iaragraph"; P. L. B.: He had to be dug out and pulled out never less than Rve big ham sand- "Oh, Mr. Nettleshlp? Yes, sir; yes, by a n elghbor farmer and his falth- wiches. half a cream ~ieand half a sir"; J. G. Schepflin: "You are a man fu~tearr I. cake. '1n case you ddubt our word, of function": J. F. L. : "The most conl- Loren Loveless got In a hurry to just,,take a look some noon hour at ponent part". come to8 work one morning recently. the table he spreads". After several hours' Work he dia- But never doubt hut that Sam Gas- MILL STREET PASSENGER covered he stlll had on hts house ton likes to eat, too. Ask him for all slippers, but the feeling was so com- detailed informntlon concerning the big STATION-SPRINGFIELD, MO. feed- - he attended at Ash Grove recently. - A. 31. Click dressed up on "Xarch W. S. WOOD, Reporter 17th" to attend the Frlsco Glrls' Club - play. "Gold in the Hills", only to be Bob Holman, who is now working informed by his wife that the tickets for the Union Paciflc at Tulsa, dropped said "April 17th". In the meantime he in to visit us for a few minutes on Treat Yourself to lost his tickets and then had a hard Easter Sundav. time getting ready for April 17th. W. van's; general agent, Denver. attended the recent traffic meeting at A NEW KROMER CREATION SiwingReld. When he visits Spring- field he always calls on each of the AUDITOR-REVENUES DEPT. ticket-office boys to recall old times and chat for a while. We are never able, it seems, to pre- E. L. KOHRING, Re~orter pare these notes for the magaslne without introducing Hank Munday. Hank has foot trouble again. He says The Frisco Men's Club dance. held that he has had a package or popular April 7th at the Century Boat Club, corn remedy for more than a month was amln. a huge success. without showing any improvement. ---we nave rreu- .- J. --nlckmeyerK on the Maybe he carried it in the wrong slck list at the Prlsco hospltal at this pocket. A BLUE POLKA DOT CAP time, and he has c)ur sincere good It is generally conceded tJat fhe wishes for a speedy recovery. banquet for D. L. (Uncle nee) Attrntllre -comfortable - all washable - non- was the bent ever held for : blndlng-lnating. Roomy. Gives pour halr The Frlaco Glrls' a] Frisco employe. We hope needed breathing Space. Clubs held a mixed Cloubles at Rogers Recreation Alleys, on April 12th, with years of retirement will be Do not accept imiletions. Be sure the cap YOU 40 participants in Ithe Kames. The for Uncle Dee as hls years 5up in Ear Sfarked with the Eromer trade revenue nccounting bowlers were have been profltable for the mark In the lnulde. among the flrst to take the prizes. Ask your dealer for the new Kromer PolKa Dot Not so much mone!y, but ~~IcIltyof PASSENGER TRAFFIC I or write us, givlng his name. Should you or- fun. ST. LOU IS, der direcl, be sure lo slate slae. A lucky break for Andy Roach that MO, Other colors : Plain Black. Blue wllh W?llt~ he was "servrng" on jury the Rrst day Stripe, Express or Hickory or Brown wllh of the baseball seasor1. NO wonder the S. Mr. CHILTON, Re~0l Black Stripe, or Whlte. Also Baseball caps: Cardinals won. Black. Blue, Red. Green, Cream or Cream with H. C. James was somewlrs Black Stripe. Deepest sympathy to the famlly of who passed away Friday morning, April 13. wh 45c Each. Postane Paid Col. Arthur Stoehr, by an auto as ,he was cross11 on April 1Bth after only a few days highway intent upon boardlni confinement In the Frisco hospltal. car. hlr. James will pro KROMER CAPCO. However. Mr. Stoehr'!s health had been "skittish" of Friday rhe 131 430 N. Watsr Streat Mllwauksa, Wir. failing for the past year. future.

LAVA SOAP helps Steve HOH I RIVER DIVISION to PERFECT SAFETY RECORD I HAYTI, MO. Lava gets grime fast .. . kills germs JlAI APPLING.- Reporter Engineer Welker has been using his helps prevent infections ?Pare time building a boat for the fish- ing season. Engineer Jack Teaster and friends of Hayti were on Wolf Bayou last A LAVA SOAP MOVIE WITH REqL PEOPLE week and they all report some fine fishing. Actora: E. N. Kennon, Foreman, Radnor Shops, L&N R. R. Otis Powell has returned from the Stephen Holt, Boilermaker Foreman, Radnor Shops, LbN R. R. hospital where he has been confined for some time. Xlr. Powell is now re- cuperating and regaining his health. Engineer Myers returned from hos- I S€E ON KHE BOARD,BILL.WHWE YOU An0 lOOK AT TNIVI UTTLE CUT ON YOUR pital last week feeling much better. WRCAEW RRVE BEEN COMMENDEDFORR KNUCKLE. SEE THE GRIME YOU'VE LEFT Jim is a great hunter and fisherman PERFECT SAFElY RECORD. PRETTY LDCKY. INTt\ERt? LRVA SOAP WOULD WVE GOTTEN as well ax an enaineer. and he has nri some mighty fine iointer pups which he is mighty proud of and is showing them off to his many friends. Miss Ora Icelly, daughter of Brake- man V. R. Kelly. who has been at- tending Central College at Fayet:e, 3Iissouri. snent EasKer with her Dar- ents. First triclc Operator C. A. Job and wife spent Easter Sunday with friends and relatives at Chalfee. He was re- lieved by Operator Wimberly. The Frisco Rand boys are making big preparations to be present at the Memphis Cotton Carnival. Nay 18-17- 18 and 19, at which time they will demonstrate their stuff. . . Come down and hear them play. The Frlsco Band boys have the backing of the Hayti Frisco Club.

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IXEZ LAIL, Reporter After being away from the office for thirteen weeks, I can truthfully say I'm glad to be back. Surely am glad people hare only one appendix to iose. Nrs. J. S. McMillan. wife of Superin- tendent J. S. iUcJIillan, has fully re- covered from a recent operation and is aeain- able to be out. J. T. Pearson, section foreman, is confined to the Frisco Hospital in St. Louis. However, we understand he is getting along nicely and will soon be able to return home. Mr. and Mrs. John Gravoldi and daught'er Joe Ellen, of Herrin. Ill., have been the house guests of JIrs. Gra- voldi's parents. Conductor and Mrs. Harrv Koaers. 0uf sympathy is extended to the family of Agent W. T. Malone, of Sikeston, 1\10, Mr. Malone passed away at the Frisco Hospital in St. Louis on April 12th. He was returning from a meeting in Springfield when he became ill and died within a few hours. When you put Lava Soap to work on Lava is 5 to 10 times as effective as Ben Fowler. car foreman, who has a pair of grimy hands, you're going carbolic acid. been receiving treatment in the Frisco Hospital in St. Louis, has returned to be another dyed-in-the-woolLava You might think that this amazing home, and his health is much improved. fan. You, too, will cheer when you see soap would be pretty expensive. As a how Lava gets even ground-in grease matter of fact Lava coats not a penny in less than a minute. more than ordinary toilet soaps-yet POCAHONTAS, ARK. lasts 3 times as long. Get Lava In case you wonder how any soap F. 31. CARLOCK. Reporter can be so tough on dirt and yet so today. gentle to yourskin, here's how Lava Due to recent heavy rainfall Black River and Current River have been out works. First, its thick, creamy lather TAKES THE of banks, flooding the lowlands in this gets the surface dirt. Then its fine, DIRT territory. Some trouble was experi- . . . enced by Pittsburgh Des Moines Steel powdery pumice gets the ground-in PROTECTS Co., contractors who are constructing dirt. Glycerine-used in most expen- large highway bridge across Black THE SKIN River here, account of work at this sive hand lotions-and other soothing particular time, making it necessary oils in Lava protect the skin and help to maintain temporal-y trestle work heal up little nicks and scratches. across the river. which the- hidl- water threatened to destroy. And Lava kills germs. Tests show Section Foreman R. >I. Edwards sus- that against most common bacteria tained a painfu! injury recently when a tie fell on hls foot. No time was lost, however, and injury is healing nicely. ad to report another month er suddenly. Mr. Malont entered the - ness, our earnings show an service or' the Frisco Januilry 1, 1903, nose doubling that of last as agent at Morley. Mo., arid ha& been I NORTHERN DIVISION 1 have some new buslness agent at Sikevton since 1909. Quite way In the form of a large a number of the Chatiee employes at- f tlght barrel staves being tended the funeral at Siltenton, Sun- Louisville. KY.,for flnish- day, April 15t11, a rpeclal train having carload. moved thls date. been run from Chaffee lo Sikeston and OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT ice of-new busin&& Is cyi return to accommodate them. Our FORT SCOTT, KANS. a large ~uantltyof which sympathy is exrended both of these is now oeinu stored on varda for later families. BLANCHE BICKNELL, Reporter shipment by rall. "Johnny" Johnson has been dlsplaced Wc extend our deepest sympathy to ns second trick operator In the tele- the bereaved families of Mrs. Frank rranh office at Chaffee bv H. R. Barks W. 0. Jones, former helper at Bax- Morgan, wife of dispatcher at Chaffee. and- is now spending moit of his time ter, has moved his famlly to XTemphls, T. C. Clayton. agent. Campbell, and W. riding trains account protecting extra Tenn. Mr. Jones was recently retired T. 3Ialone. agent Slkeston. who have board. account age limlt. passed away sinc; our last writing. "Tillle" Friend. of Kansas City, .4ccount no bids received from em- G. B. Homan. who was agent at Blg- spent the Eaeter holidays visiting her loye yes coming under clerks' agree- gers, was recently dlsplaced by Calvin parents at Oran, and sister, Mrs. John nient. Fred Sweep was assigned to Powell who hall previously been div- Metz, at Chaffee. position of helper at Parsons. Kans. placed at Lake City. -4nna Golden, OK St. Louis. visited Stanley McQultty has returned to his Mr. and Mrs. Dean Underwood. and regular position of clerk at Plrtsburg. Dr. and Slrv. Cordrey at ChafEee re- Kansas. For the past several months cently. Mr. McQuitty has been worklns on RIVER DIVISION Alvin Klage~.cashier mi Chartee, Is temporary ventllatlon clerk position at SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE sporting a new Old~mobllethese bays. Fort Scott. Mr. Earl Hamfn who has E. F. Washburn, crossing flagman been working- at ,Pittsbur~tem~orarilv CHAFFEE, MO. at Gravois road crossing, was struck has returneci to position -of mfscellan-- and Instantly killed by an autoist eous clerk Joplin. ELIZABETH GRIESHABER, Reporter whila on duty midnight of April 12th. H. &I. Ferguson relieved L. J. Timber- Mr. Washburn was formerlv sectlon lake one night at the freight oRlce. foreman at Marston. MO. account Mr. Tlmberlaka working as Those of the Chaffee office who had yard clerk in place of Herman Clark. occasion to talk with Cape Girardeau Marvln Darling worked lone day this frelght office over the composite phone month as yardmaster, Mr. Wood, regu- the mornlng of April 9th were mighty WORK UP SOME glad to again hear the cheery voice lar vardmaster. being- off account sick- of Inez Lail. after an absence of more ness. than two months account illness. PARTIES TO THE CHICAGO Ra Rienbolr has been asslgned to This otiice regrets to report the positron of helper at Severy. Kans. death of two River division agents this WORLD'S FAIR H. hI. Ferguson is worklng as helper month. T. C. Clayton, agent at Camp- temporarily at Lamar, pending bulletin bell, Yo., passed away at the Poplar asslsnrnent. Bluff hospital Aprll 9th after an ill- ness of several weeks. Mr. Clayton - - had been In service of the Frisco as agent at Campbell since January 19. FRISCO OFFICIAL 1914. AMBULANCE E. P. BURMAN, Jeweler W. T. Malone, agent-yardmaster at 326 E. Commercial St. Slkeston, assed away at the Frisco PHONE PHONE hospital. Et. Louis, April 12th. Mr. 742 SPRINGFIELD, MO. Malone, while attendlng a meeting at Springfield had a slight heart attack ALMA Frisco Watch Inspector for and declde'd to stop at the St'. Louis hospital on his return home for medical LOHMEYER FUNERALHOME 25 Years attention, where he passed away rath- Springfield. Mo.

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FAMll ank B. Smith Laundry Co. - spRIn Conductor H. H. Garner is spending several days in Toronto, Canada, as delegate for the 0. R. C. convention. Miss Helen Roberts and Mr. W. Gordon Wright, of Winters, Texas. were married at 10 o'clock, Sunday morning, April 8, at the home of the bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Wright will be at home in Haskell, Texas. where Mr. Wright is in the petroleum marketing bus~neus. Mrs. Wright is a former I+isco employe, having Rir-Conditioned Trains worked for 2% years, entering the service as stenographer in the division accountant's office at Fort Scott, and later transferred to Springfield. She also worked a few weeks as typist in TODAYSRAILROAD WATCH needs every advantage the St. Louis office. I modern science can give it. For transportation is marching forward. TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT Men and equipment must keep apace. FT. SCOTT, KANS. ALICE HOGAN, Reporter ILLINOIS is one watch that has kept step Hillsdale station was reopened as a telegraph station March 19th. The with progress. It is designed to solve today's former anent. Mr. G. Poulson, went back to Hillshale as agent. ' -- and tomorrow's -- railroad timepiece prob- Mrs. W. I. Iiipp, wife of our first rrick dismtcher, is im~roving- from lem. Yet behind every ILLINOIS watch is an illness. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Hubbart re- tradition steeped in accomplishment - a record turned March 22nd from Decatur. Ill.. where thev s~enta week with their of honest service for sixty-four years. son and hk wife. 31. W. Sullivan, second trick dis- patcher, was off duty March 30th and 31st, when he and Mrs. Sullivan visited Let your jeweler or time inspector show you the new BUNN in Topeka. J. F. Lee came up from Miami, Okla.. and worked in the dis- S P E C I A L *Elinvar railroad models. They resist magnetism. natcher's office. The Lees went They have hairsprings which will not rust. They are immune to Easter here with relatives. serious errors caused by temperature changes. And they alone OFFICE OF GENERAL AGENT KANSAS CITY, MO. have the famous 60 hour I LL I N 0 IS mainspring. Available with 21 or 23 jewels. MARK CASSIDY, Reporter The bill clerks got together the night of March 22 and staged a stag party at Lacy's. Bill Walsh and ~Mack Write for a free booklet explaining the advantages of an Elinvar- Fink attended. and Bill showed areat gustatorial capacity by eating air the equipped watch. Address Dept. R. Illinois Watch, Lancaster, shrimp. Prosperity Note-Fenton Benson and Pennsylvania. Mabel Lunquist were married Satur- day, March 24. Mabel was formerly employed in this office as comptometer operator and tvplst. Benson has re- ceived so much' advice, both good and bad, that if he uses it, he wlll be cele- brating his golden weddlnp before it is all cone. %& received a rousing reception at the office the following Monday mornina. but A1 Westerman comnlained iid~iiiktedto know, "who got mar- ried? Ale or Benson?" Most of the rice intended for Benson landed on Al. All jokes aside, the whole office wishes the newlyweds all the good luck they need. and all the joys they deserve. And another Prosperity Note-Craig Lacv tiring of the old Chevrolet, has dixiirded it, and blossomed forth in a new Plymouth. (That salesman cer- tainly is a persistent fellow, isn't he, Lacy?) Herm Wilson says 1 write too much about him, but generally he is good copy. Herm, being caught in an economy wave, decided to grease and oil his car. Next day Herm showed up at the off ice all doubled. up and bent over like the "before" picture in a patent medicine ad. In spite of the snickers in the otrice, the lame back ~traightenedout in a couple of days, and Herm had the last laugh, after all. Lacy inspected the Kansas City jail the morning of April 6. He received a special invitation from a traffic cop, which he could not refuse to accept. Upon proving to the skeptical cops the license plates on the car he was driving were OK, he was released, and sent nn. -. his wav reioicin~. ~el~m\~ilsoL and- Elmer Lindeman attended a Olap in which Chet Combs was starring. They went chleny to razz, but stayed to praise and applaud. A GREAT WATCH SINCE 1870 Thev ndnlit'tcd later that the play. and 1 AMERICAN Chet, were pretty good. Page 27

OFFICE SUPERINTENDENT being seriously ill in St'. Louis hos- TERMINALS pital, returned to his home, March 25th. Easy to See Why Hillions Have Switched to where he is still convalescilla. How- KANSAS CITY, MO. ever, we hope to see him completely recovered and back on the job real soon. TOM KEHOR, Reportel G. A. Davis, general yardmaster, and his father-in-law, C. R. Cooper, re- We want to extend sincere sympathy turned March 26, from a two-day fish- to the family of James R. Canada. en- ing trip at the Lake of Che Ozarks. gineer, who passed away >larch 19, at As concrete proof of his ability as a Research Hospital, after a lingering fisherman, his picture was in the Sun- illness. After his long service with day issue of the Kansas City Star, the Frisco, he will be sadly missed by showing the string of fish he caught. his manv friends abd assocTatos. which included Jack Salmon, bass and George Kirk, retired conductor, paid crapple, 30 fish in all. It is quite us a visit on April 12. He t'old us he probable that in the future, fish stories had just arrived from Boone. la., the Mr. Davis tells will be believed as au- old homestead, where he had been thentic tales. visiting the past seven months. We were glad to see him in the best of spirits and looking fine. Mrs. J. P. Goforth, wife of assistant WICHITA, KANSAS yardmast'er, and Mrs. H. IV. Douglas, - wife of switchman, spent the week of April 7th visiting: in Osawatomie, LOTA L. WILLIAMS, Reporter Kans. Miss Lola Brown, daughter of Jesse Methinks that not a few Sunday F. Brown, switchman, spent a pleasant fishing trips were postponed because of week-end, ;\larch 15 and 16, in Fort the cold, cloudy weather. Frank W. Scott, Kans. Archer, chief clerk, planned to open the season with a big catch, but caught Elmer Carl~on, night roundhouse only one fish and nearly froze to death foreman, was taken seriously ill while doing that. Some of the roundhouse on duty at 5:OO a. m.. March 19th. and employes tried fishing a little early- died at St. Mary's Hospital two hours Eugene Freeze, Albert Teal and Paul later. Mr. Carlson was well liked by Bartlett', roundhouse employes, going all of his associates and his absence to Yebra, Mlssouri, on the Lake of the Ozarks, but failed to catch any fish will be felt very much. May we also and got caught in a terrific snow extend our deepest sympathy to his storm on their rcturn trip. family. Rody Tierney, machinist: and Mrs. J. A. Ryan, switchman, reported in Tlernev visited Mr. Tierney's brother the March issue of the magazine as at ~atalina Island. California, in March, where they enjoyed the warm climate very much and the many sight- seeing trips, but were a bit dis. appointed in not experiencing any "quakes"! Glad to report that E. C. Hadler, week for Lawrence. Kansas, for a few FIRST NATIONAL boilermaker. 1s recovering from re- days visit. He plans to stop over at cent illness and expects to be back &lonett and Springfield on his return on the job before long. trip for a little fishing on the White BANK in Wichita C. E. Armstrong, roadmaster, is River. Mr. Haberthier is justly proud quite ill at his home and as soon as of his fine tulips and cont'enda he has he is able wlll be taken to the Frisco the flnest garden in town, which is hospital in St. Louis. J. C. Knowles ready for cultivation before most WICHITA. KANSAS is actlng roadmast'er. gardens are planted. Sympathy of friends and employes Our office is quite cl~eerytoday with here is extended Ray 13. Tanquary, a snrig of cherry blossoms-Ed Immele, agent, Wichita Heights. and Mrs. soliciting freight agent, sacrificing a Tanquary, who mourn the death of cherry pie to provide the blossoms. their daughter, Helen Maurine, wife of The roundhouse employes are very RESOURCES Vernon T. Hiller. who died in a local proud of some improvements they have hospital on ;\larch 25. made and the following was con- tributed by E. W. Weyl, chairman $20,000,000.00 Along came a few warm days and local No. 16, F. A. ofi\l.c. &c.D.E.: the lure of fishing streams in the "Well, folks, it is about time we were Ozarks was irresistible-Andy Haber- letting you know what has been going rhier, retired warehouse man, left last on in the way oP improvements at t'he

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OKMULCEE, OKLAHOMA We appreciate your account. 1 The Central P 'ational Bank Capital and Surplus $350,000.00 and naturally the more work will be the squad at the usual spring STILL MAKING GOOD TIME accomplished and in a more efficient ing call. DESPITE THE EXCESS manner. The stationary boiler room, A substantial Increase in traffic was machine shop, oil house and boiler shop enjoyed through thls point 6n March BAGGAGE have been improved 100%. Fire haz- over a year ago. The Sew Fords ards have been practically eliminated. should be finding a ready lnnr ket as causes for accidents -have been greatly evidenced by the volume of trattic reduced. I could go on and on eulo- from their Kansas City plant 1ocatcd ~izin~on the vast difference of our on the Fr~sco. The greater part moves present roundhouse and that of yester- Frisco. year, but lime and npace will not per- mit. So with congratulations to hIr. JIorgan on the results of his earnest eft'orts to make this x better place to work in to the interest of tile Frisco, we invite you to "come up and see us sometime." The Frisco will onerate special train leaving Wichita about 7:50 a. m., Nay 4. with about 200 or 250 members of the band and patrol of the \Vichita MidIan Shrine who will attend the Silver Anniversary celebration of Mirza Temple at PitLsburg, Kansas. They Frlsco rOundhouse through the in- will return via, special service the same genulLy and master mind of B. G. day. E. N. Walker, retired Frisco en- Morgan, one of the most efficient fore- gineer. and C. S. Underwood, division men on the Frisco. Our roundhouse freight agent, who are both Shrine has been transformed to a most ul, to members, plan to accompany the spe- dare ediflce. The outside resembles cial to Pittsburg. They have asked just any of the many roundhouses, but CORNER PHARMACY I that conductors who are members of when one gets a peek inside what a the Shrine be assigned this trip. difference! Instead of the old style WE APPRECIATE YOUR wooden benches, lockers, wrench racks PATRONAGE and various other unsightly flre haz- ards, which at one time seemed to be MAINTENANCE OF WAY DEPT. 3 necessary part of the roundhouse FT. SCOTT, KANS. Phone 43 MONETT, MO. equipment, have all been replaced b.1, modern equlpmznt. One sees a clean, well ventilated interior with spacious GLADYS ROTH, Reporter Iron work benches around each roof support beam, which are at the front B. k B. Carpenter T. R. Hair, in and between each stall. These benches Foreman Jones' gang was off few days were made from old waste materlal first uart of A~rilaccount sickness. Monett Steam Laundry and nre equipped with a No. 1 steel Glad io report hi. is now back to work. vice, and at the end of the benches are El. & B. Carpenyer H. \V. Kahmann, In Monett, Mo. large spacious drawers, kept in orderly Foreman Jones gang. was off few eondltion for service. Electric lights days recently account

TEXAS LINES DON ANDERSOX. Reporter from Sherman were W. G. Hall, master I I mechanic; W. A. Morgan, car foreman; W. A. Moraan. car foreman. accom- panied by M~S.Morgan and daughter. S. C. Cole and Harry Harrison, en- MECHANICAL AND STORES DEPT. Marjorie, spent the week-end of March gineers. 17-18, at Jermyn, visiting thelr other Pdttison L. Stenger, electrlcian ap- FT. WORTH, TEX. daughter, Helen, the 18th being Helen's prentice, completed hls time on April birthday. They reported a very en- 16. Know of anyone needing a good E. A. .PADGETT, Reporter joyable trip. first-class electrician, now. Sorry to report the death of R. L. "Rob" Clinton, fireman. who passed Sam Ware, truckmnn, has been oft' away quite suddenly on March 29, in FORT WORTH, TEXAS about three weeks, on account of a the Wilson N. Jones Hos~italat Sher- severe injury to a Anger, susrained in man. CORYLYXE PLEDGE, Reporter an accident. Section Foreman W. C. Bowman was I. L. Fooshee, son of J. H. (Slim) off account illness during the first Sorry to report at this writing MISS Fooshee, car carpenter, and employed week of April. Glad to report he is back on the job as tall as ever. Helen Horrell is suffering with a frac- in the stores department at this point tured foot resulting from a fall at her several years ago, has been trans- Nachinist A. L. 0'H:rnlon and Mrs. O'Hanlon were called to St. I~uis.April home recently. ferred from the Port Arthur plant ro 7, account death of his grandmother. Certainls are some lucky people in the Cincinnati refinery of the Ciulf Re- On March 6. R. J. Fltzgerald, switch- this otiice-referring to none other finery Company, as assistant chief en- man, was taken to the St. Louis hos- than Elmer H. Jordan who won the gineer. Congratulations to another one pital. where he died on March 2'9. He Electric Crosley Refrigerator given b? of our boys who has made good. was buried at Carthage. Missonri, and We are glad to have R. W. (Bob) we are advised Mrs. Fitzgerald expects Courtney, electrician, back with us to move to Carthage in the near future. again after three weeks in Harris Hos- to be with her sister who lives at that pital, due tu a relapse from a tonsil point. The residence of Geo. L. Wertz, ma- operation. His place was very ably chinist, was completely destroyed b,y filled by P. L. Stenger, the smiling boy fire on the night of April 2. One of hls from Sherman, and everyone knows sons. Paul, was awakened by smoke Pat is a good guy to have around. and roused the family barely in rime to CULVERTS Miss Sybil Ferguson, daughter of J. escape before the roof fell in. TRI-STATE CULVERT MFC. CO. R. Ferguson, engine inspector, carno Among those attending the banquet Memohls. Tenn. up from BelVon, Texas, where she is for LTncle Dee Forsythe at Springfield I teaching in the high school, to spend

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Leonnrd Bros., for the nearest guess of home from an extended vacation ilr Flor- W. A. Drago, trainmasrer. St. Louis. number or beans In a container at ida. They are both looking flne after was a recent visitor to East Thomas. their store. Mr. Jordan's guess was smiling at Florida sunshine. Mr. Drago was formerly general yard- 6,219 and the number of beans was W. T. (Texas) Craig. rip track car fi 2x9 master at Birmingham. and his many -,---. repair man. met with a serious accident friends were glad to see him again. The Frisco had a very attractive recently. From the last reports. Texas float In the parade for dedication of was doing nicely and we hope he will Sincere sympathy is extended to Mrs. Belknap Street overpass on the 12th continue to improve. T. P. Kelley, and family. in the death of thls month. E. L. Collette, division engineer, has of Mr. Kelley, who was an engineer becn very ill. We are glad to say that Mr. Collette is on the road to recovery V. P. & G. S. OFFICE-FT. WORTH nnd we hope to see him back on the job shortly. MARY BESS SMITH, Reporter D. L. Forsythe, retired, made a visit to Muskogee and Fort Srnith this week. We all feel very keenly the loss of vlsiting relatives and old friends. Dee rhomas Jordan, 61, veteran railroad has a big welcome on the Central divi- onductor with the Frisco, who suf- sion and we want to see him often. ered a heart attack while on his A message has just been received 311- iherman-Ft. Worth run and died in vising that H. C. Rotherum. conductor larris Hospital, March 4, 1934. The on this division, passed away at 10:SO prisco Railroad lost a good friend and a. m.. April 18. in the Frlsco Hospital oyal employe in his pausing. at St. Louis. We wish to extend our The activities of the Frisco Em- heartfelt sympathy to Mrs. Rotherum and oloyes' Club are in full swing and from family. the- plans mapped out by- our new We had a very enjoyable visit with president. Marshall Evans, if we all 1:ncle Charley Raltzell this week. Also get in line and pull together, we should have a record year. The various 0. T. Hall. superintendent of Dinina Car groups and committees have been ap- Service. u-ho spent the day in Ft. Smith. pointed and will start functioning Remember, forethorr~ht is forewarned immediately. Looks like a big sear -PREVENT ACCIDEKTS ahead. and looks like our president is just t'he man for the job. John Brannon of our auditor's of- flce has been looking mighty proud and beaming lately, and reason enough- I SOUTHERN DIVISION I conzratulations. John. on your be in^ the'broud parent of a'charming young daughter. We're sincerely glad Mrs. Elmer J~rdanis recovering so splendidly rrom BIRMINGHAM TERMINALS the burns she sustained several months - ago as the result of her stove ex- NELLIE 3IcGOWEN. Reporter ploding. Mr. Jord~nreport's she is do- - ng flne. Smart pipplr", and is Mr. Jordan a go-getter on this traffic and Miss Elfredia Thompson, daughter of passenger solicitation job? He really Chief Clerk C. J. Thompson and Mrs. gives the rest of us some inspiration Thompson, and Mr. Ambrose Ames, to get out and work, too. were married on March 17th at St. Clements Catholic Church in Wood- lawn. After a wedding trig to Atlanta and other points, Nr. and Mrs. Ames I CENTRAL DIVISION I will reside with the groom's parents in Woodlawn. \ ..--%MEN'S COURSE Mrs. C. 31. Chance, operator, is con- SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE flned to the employes' hospital at St. FT. SMITH, ARK. Louis. THEInternational Correspondence Schools, Sympathy is extended to J. B. Tyler, already nationally recognized for its in- EARL E. DODD, Rcporter roadmaster, and family In the death struction in courses of special value to rail- of his son who was killed in an auto- road men, has created a Signal Men's Course Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Daniels, pen- mobile accident in Norfolk, Va., rc- in re>ponse to a great demand for it. sioned engineer, and wife h:lve returnrd ccntly. It h3s just been prepared by experts and contains the very latest information. No similar instruction covering the subject is available anywhere else. Kow it's possible to master signaling in a single course of study! Signal maintainers, through study of this cqurse, can prepare themselves for advance- ment to assistant signal supervisor ... signal supervisor ...assistant superinten- dent of signals ...superintendent of sig- nalr ... assistant signal engineer ... signal engineer ! U'rile for complete in/ormation today. Etn~loyeesof this rood will receive a Special Diseownt

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