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Timken-Equipped Cars may be seen on The Olympian and on The Pioneer Limited,crack flyers of the Chicago, Mil- waukee 86 St. Paul Railroad. thrust and shock, as well as lubrication, starting and delays. prevented on draft and running gear. Hotbox hazards are gone. Closure is perfect. Lubricant lasts for months. Axles get no moving contact at all, for motion is con- fined entirely to the tapered, POSITIVELY ALIGNED ROLLS and hardened, ground, Timken -steel The most nearly permanent en- , durance and lowest operating cost vg are assured with a minimum of maintenance. THE TIMKEN ROLLER BEARING CO. CANTON, OHIO The 60 Hour 6 Posit SANGAM SPECIAI America's Finest Railroad Watc 23 Jqwel, 16 Size I~Kfilled green, white or yellow gold - - - - 9 90-00 14K solid green, white or yellow gold - - Section of the Fordsun Plane of the Ford Motor CompQny, Fordson, Mich. On Time By Henry Ford A set of dies costing a quarter of a million dollars is not an unusual thing in industry today. The material used often amounts to less than a thousand dollars. The cost of the dies lies in the man-hours expended on their design and manu- The 60 Hour 6 PI facture. Their value lies in the number of man- hours which they ultimately save. New BUI A man's life may be expressed in man-hours. SPECIA That which he accomplishes in them is his life Arnerica'e Master Railroad ' work. He who devises a method whereby this a I Jewel, 16 Size IOKfilled yellow gold - - product, man's life work, is enlarged, has per- I~Kfilled green or white gold formed the equivalent of lengthening the span of life -no mean accomplishment. I call that man wise who measures his time accurately-and doles ft out sparingly. 1 call that man lazy who is content to waste his life killing time-till the results of his idleness lead 60 Hour 6 Posi him to destruction. Railyoad Wad I American Watches Made by Americans Under Ideal Working Condi~.~,.., JNOIS WATCH COMPANY dHbhEslwivclv &* SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS Page 2 R. F. CARR, Memphis W. E. LOWRY, Hickory Flat, Miss. President Vice-Pres. and General Manapsr SPECIALIZING IN RAILROAD BUILDING MATERIAL Strong as Ever for the "Frisco" GENERAL OFFICES Phone, Main 2312 P. 0. Box 1032 MEMPHIS, TENN. Hussey-Hobbs Tie Company RAILROAD CROSS TIES AND SWITCH TIES POLES-PILING ST. LOUIS, MO. ROGERS, ARK. HOUSTON, TEXAS ------- La EmPuckett, Inca AMORY, MISS. .; .; HARDWOOD YELLOW Lumber "WE HELP MAKE THE FRISCO SAFE" 1 The Mount Vernon . Car Manufacturin'g Co. :. Just completed, New Repair Shop, 500' x 150'. Capacity: Fully equipped with 10,000 Freight Cars; Cranes, Electric 150,000 Wheels; Heaters, etc., enabling 20,000 tons Forgings us to work in all kinds of weather. BUILDERS OF FREIGHT CARS HATTIESBURG PHILADELPHIA BIRMINGHAM NEW YORK ALBANY. CA. ST. LOUIS CHICAGO THE HOME LUMBER CO. INCORPORATED NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA J. R. PRATT W. J. ROEHL PRESIDENT 1948 RAILWAYEXCHANGE BLDG. W. W. BRADLEY ST. LOUIS REPRESENTATIVE TREAS.-OENL. MGR. WE SPECIALIZE IN RAILROAD AND CAR MATERIAL Page 5 - THE FRISCO EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE ROOM 743 FRISCO BUILDING :: ST. LOUIS WM. L. HUGCINS. Jr.. Editor MARTHA C. MOORE. Aslodate Edflor WM. McMILLAN. Adwerllslng Manager H. A. PICKENS, Ass!. Ed.-Frlaco Mechanic J. J. KAPLAN, Adoertlalng Sollcllor VOL. IV JULY, 1927 No. 10 Permission is given to reprint. with or without credit, in part or in full, any article appearing in this Magazine Contents of This Issue PACES Frontispiece ........................................................................................................................................... 4 Fifteen Hundred Veterans in Fifth Annual Reiinion at Springfield, 3,Iissouri........................ 6-13 Delightful Ozark Resorts Are Calling Frisco Vacationists ................................................... 14-15 Southern Division Wins Accident Prevention Cup for Transportation Department.......................................................................................................... 16 Further Reduction in Rough Handling Made for First Five Months, 1927................................................................................................................ if Fifteen Hundred Frisco Employes Join in Sherma~i-Ft.Worth Meet ..................................... 18 Strawberry Movement for 1927 Totals 1,950 Cars.............................................................................. 19 News of the Frisco Clubs ......................................................................................................................20-21 Its "Lindbergh, Alabama" NOW.............................................................................................................. 22 G. L. Oliver and Chas. Thornburn to New Positions ....................................................................... 23 Section Foreman Conway Makes Remarkable Record ........................................................................ 24 J. W. Skaggs Promoted ............................ ... ...............................................................................................25 Sidelights on Veterans' Reunion ..........................................................................................................26-27 (By Ckarlcne Willard end Marie Arrrold) For Meritorious Service.......................... i ................................................................................................ 28 Frisco's "Ask hlle Another" ............. ...................................................................................................... 31 Yore Good Fuel Records ........................................................................................................................32-33 Homemakers' Page ................................................................................................................................ 34-3j The Pension Roll ........................................................................................................................................36 Flashes of Merriment .................................................................................................................................37 The Twilight Hour................................................................................................................................ 38-39 Pastime .....................................................................................................................................................40-41 Commendation From Our Loyal Patrons............................................................................................ 41 Editorials ........................... .. ...................................................................................................................45 The Frisco Mechanic................................................................................................................................ 46-51 Frisco Family Ne\vs ......................... ....................................................................................................52-84 THE FRISCO EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE 1 The Frisco Employes' Magazine Is a monthly publication devoted primarily to the interests of the more than 30,000 active and retired employes of the Frisco Lines. It contains stories items of current news, personal notes about employes and their families, articles dealing with various bhases of railroad work, poems, cartoons and notices regarding the service. Good clear photographs suitable for repro- duction are especially desired, and wlll be returned only when requested. All cartoons and drawings must be in black India drawing Ink. Employes are invited to write articles for the magazine. Contributions should be typewritten, on one side of the sheet only, and should be addressed to the Editor. Frisco Bullding, St. Louis, No. Distributed free among Frisco employes. To others, pfice 15 cents a copy; subscriptlon rate $1.50 a year. Advertising rates wlll be made known upon application. - Fifteen Hundred Frisco Veterans Hold Fiftl Annual Reunion June 6-7 at Springfield, Mo. Loyal WorJZers Many Years in Seruice Attend Gigantic Barbecue and Fielr Day-Dan. Hartman Chosen President (Veteratd Panoranta Photograph on Pages 42-43) Y .the time the last of the manv trains from north. eran's reunion-~robablv the most im~ortantannu sot~th,east and west had slowed to a gentle stop business-social event on this railroad-was under wa B in front of the Frisco Lines station at Spring- At 9:30 a. m., J. L. McCormack, secretary of tl field, Mo., on the morning of June 6 and landed their association, announced that street cars were waiting passengers to the platform, 1,500 men and women, front of the hotel to convey the happy crowd to DI all more than twenty years "young" in the service of ling Park, the scene of the day's activities. The ve this railroad, had tumbled laughingly from those trains erans and their wives piled out, eager for the sight ( and were ready for the "day of days" in the year 1927 their new picnic grounds. "Come on, Bill, the er -the occasion of the fifth annual reunion of the gineer's waitin' fer the signal", and "Couple u Frisco System Veteran Employes' Association. there, you two, let's pull out o' here, so ther Old man "Jupe" Pluvius, who has spoiled so won't be no delay on the 87 report", wer many outing days this season, was frowning some of the remarks as they hustled and jostit most threateningly on the beaming veterans, their way out of the lobby. but the overcast sky whicl~"Jupe" was mean Last year it was found that Sequiota