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W. F. Corkery, chairman, called the was the marriage of Mr. Frisco and meeting to order. The next meeting IS FRISCO DERBY WINNER Miss Pensacola. At this writing the was set for , I I names of the participants could not be secured, but the young bridal cou- Madill, Okla. 7 ple had for attendants, nine girls rep- Suggestions regarding obtaining , resenting the nine states through more business for the Frisco, were which the Frisco runs. made by members of the Frisco Em- / The Dramatic Club of the Girls' ployes' Club of Madill, Okla., at the Club ended its first season with a meeting held June 15. Nine persons dinner at the Mayfair Hotel on the were present. The meeting was in- evening of June 21. teresting, according to 0. F. Nowlin, About 15 members and guests were agent-yardmaster, and president of the present. club. The boat ride, the second annual one The club voted to change the busi- to be planned and given by the Girls' ness meeting dates m from the second Club of St. Louis is scheduled for the and the fourth Fridays to second night of July 11. Tickets have been Fridays. printed and distributed for sale, and Fort Smith, Ark. the affair is expected to be as suc- Approximately 8,000 people attended cessful as the one given in 1927. the recent race meet in Tulsa on Various traffic solicitation matters The Golf, Swimming and Horseback "FRISCO DAY," and saw Mrs. Wm. were discussed June 12, by members Riding Clubs are progressing nicely D, Moore, daughter of Mr. E. N. of the Greater Traffic Committee of and the girls are evincing much in- Brown, chairman of the Board, New the Frisco Employes' Club of Fort terest in the summer activities. The Yorlr City, place the wreath on "Irish Smith, Ark. Hiking Club hiked to the picnic Pat," the winner of the Frisco Derby. Nine local shipments were obtained grounds in Forest Park on the night by L. W. Blakely, claim clerk, one pas- Mrs. Moore has just recently moved of June 12, despite inclement weather. senger was obtained by E. W. Smith, from New York City to Tulsa, where They took refuge in the open alr pa- chief clerk to the superintendent. she will make her future home. .The vilion and enjoyed a hot picnic lunch. three passengers were obtained for photograph shows Mrs. Moore and the Miss Evelyn Keissling was chairman the Frisco by C. P. Hensley, clerk in winner, directly following the race. of the hike. the division accountant's office, tell cars of potatoes were obtained by Ben range entertainments and programs Singleton, conductor, and two cars of The Frisco Girls' Club of ChatPee, for the organization. motor trucks were obtained by Miss 1;lanned many outdoor activities for Pauline Smreker, steno-clerk. Ladies' Club of Tulsa the month of June, such as hikes, The nest business meeting was The Frisco Ladies' Club of Tulsa picnics and outdoor parties, but due scheduled to be held . gave its regula18 monlhly luncheon at to the extremely rainy season, prac- Brown-Dunkin Tea Room, Wednesday, tically all the affairs had to be post- Tulsa and Sapulpa, Okla. June 13. poned. The Frisco Employes' Clubs of Tulsa Following the luncheon, which was As soon as the inclement weather Is and Sapulpa, held a joint picnic at a delightful affair, a business meet- over, actlvities of the club will be Crystal City Park, between Tulsa and ing was held and many interesting resumed. Sapulpa, June 15. A basket supper, topics were discussed. patronage of amusement devices of CarJetoni Okla. A swimming party and picnic din- Four Frisco employes and eight. the park and a dance were the princi- ner is planned for July 10, the affair pal events of the picnic. farmers, all of Carleton, Okla., at- to be held at Mohawk Park. tended a traffic solicitation meeting The miuiature train created much held in the waiting room of the Frisco interest, due mostly to the fact that station at Carleton, June 13. J. B. the engine is labeled "Frisco." The contact girls, of the Frisco Girls' Club of St. Louis, met in the Edwards, section foreman, presided. Kansas City, Mo. assembly room, St, Louis, on June 13, Mr. Edwnrds opened the meeting A re-organization luncheon of the for a nomination and election of offi- and said to the farmers that if they Ladies' Auxiliary to the Sunnyland cers for the term 1928-1929. The girls would bring their wheat, cream and Club was held at Nance's Cafe, corner voted unaninlously to re-elect the pres- other products to Carleton the Frisco 12th and Nain Streets, Kansas City, ent officers, as well as retaining the would take care of them. . on May 29. The chief purpose of the present chairman of the various com- Jess Harkness, one of the farmers. Ausiliary is to assist the Sunnyland mittees. said that he would give the Frisco his Club of Kansas City in all its enter- The June luncheon, held on June 25, wheat and that if there should not be prises. The members voted to have was in the nature of an anniversary a carload he would join the other a luncheon at least once a month. party. A huge birthday cake, lit with farmers and get enough for a carload. The following officers were elected one candle was on display at the All present made short talks. for a period of six months: Mrs. C. speakers table, and toward the close Those who attended, besides Mr. E. Finnegan, president; Mr. J. T. of the meeting was cut, and distrib- Edwards and Mr. Harkness, were: J. O'Brien, vice-president; Miss Kather- uted to the girls. B. AIoore, Noel Price and Willis Web- ine .Welch, secretary, and Mrs. J. G. B. Perkins, auditor, and G. R. ber, section laborers; John Lowen. Burch, social chairman. Woods, of the Seventh Street Sta- Aha Kimbol, A. Setelburger, Joseph Mrs. Burch appointed the Misses tion, both of St. Louis, were honor Harkness, Walter Nagler, Harry Hag- Marion Shaw, Marjorie Craig and guests and each made a short ad- ler and William Hagler, farmers. Mr. Frances Ladeski, of the Kansas City dress to the girls. Edwards said he would try to have offices, on a social committee to ar- One of the features of the program another meeting in about two weeks. Page 20

Delicious Strawberries for 2,000,000 Persons in This Frisco Train

NOUGH strawberries to provide tons of coal from Fort Scott to Kan- Sherer, brakemen, all of Fort Scott. a dish each for 2,169,600 persons sas City, making the fuel performance The train was handled from Fort ' E were contained in the Frisco of ninety-three pounds per 1.000 gross Scott to Kansas City By George Kirk, Lines "Strawberry Special" train of ton miles. conductor; A. Cobb, brakeman; 0. R. Adams, brakeman; A. W. Branstetter. seventy-one Merchants Despatch re- Cars of strawberries in the train engineer; Ira Dillinger. fireman, all of frigerator cars pictured above at Fort were billed to Minneapolis; Concordia, Kansas City. L. B. Clary, assistant Scott, Kans., May 26, enroute from lians.; Milwaukee; Aurora, Ill.; Ot- superintendent of the Nerthern divi- Monett, Mo., the Frisco strawberry tumwa, Iowa; Fargo, N. D.; Denver; sion, Fort Scott, and G. A. Ermatinger, concentration point, to Kansas City, Rock Island, Ill.; Clinton, Iowa; Chi- road foremen of equipment, Kansas Mo., for distribution to other lines. cago; Utica, N. Y.; , and Kan- City, 310.. accompanied the train from This was the longest train of straw- sas City. Besides the seventy-one Fort Scott to Kansas City. The train berries the Frisco had ever handled. cars of strawberries there, were in the left Fort Scott at 12:07 p. m., arriv- The seventy-one cars of strawber- train one car of bananas and two cars ing at Kansas City at 3:40 p. m. ries. contained the total of 30,175 of hogs. In the photograph, Engineer Bran- crates, or 723,200 quart boxes, an av- The train was handled into Fort stetter and Fireman Dillinger are in erage of 425 crates to each car. Scott by Carlos Wagoner, conductor; the cab and on the ground, in front of The gross ton miles of the train G. E. Vale, engineer; Bill Brewer, fire- the engine are Mr. Clary and Mr. Er- were 292.050 and it consumed fourteen man, and Roy Reece and Frank matinger.

PROMPT RELIEF ACTION fireman. W. J. Loveall, agent, 0. L. from Snyder to the North Fork River. Hadden, operator, G. J. Leak, bridge "I believe our enlployes should be A call for help reached the Frisco inspector, Bob Howard, yard clerk. commended for action taken in this offices at Snyder, Okla., after a severe and several other Frisco employes matter," writes D. L. Estes; president tornado had struck the towns of Blair accompanied the special. of the Oklahoma City Frisco Club, and Headrick, Okla., on Saturday, The Western Construction Com- "and it was a fine thing for Mr. Hill June 18. pany's camp, at the North Fork River, to authorize the movement of this re- A relief train was immediately or- was completely demolished, four mem- lief train." ganized and movement authorized by bers of the Wheeler family residing E. L. Hill, assistant superintendent. in the camp were seriously injured, Mr. J. E. Henderson, general agent The volunteer crew consisted of M. and two of them later died. They for Frisco Lines at Detroit, Mich., was Chesnut, conductor; G. E. Anderson were all taken to Snyder for medical recently elected president of the De- and J. A. Dillon, brakemen; B. G. treatment. Not a farm house was left troit Traffic Club's Bowling League Binkley, engineer, and H. Peterson, standing in the eight miles of land for the years 1928-1929. July, 1928 Page 21

Passenger Trains 97.4% On Time During May RISCO Lines operated 5,805 pas- sued by the office of General Manager River divisions were tied lor first senger trains during May, 1928, of Shaffer, Springfield, Mo. This com- place, with the percentage of 99.5 per Fwhich 5,656, or 97.4 per cent main- pares with 94.6 per cent for &lay. 1927, cent, and other divisions were strong tained their schedules or made up and 96.6 per cent for May, 1926. contenders for first place. time, states the monthly report is- For May, 1928, the Western and the The report:

Total Trains Maintained Per Cent Trains Total Schedule or Made Maintained Schedule or Standing of Trains t3permted UP Time Made Up Time Divislons DIVISION May May May May May May May May May May May 1927 1926 1928 1927 1926 1928 1927 1926 1928 1927 1926

Western ...... 216 213 217 215 209 214 99.5 98.1 98.6 1 1 2 River ...... 1052 848 826 1047 813 817 99.5 95.9 98.7 1 4 1 Northern ...... 1333 1333 1487 1313 1288 1462 98.5 96.6 98.3 2 2 3 Central ...... 620 620 680 605 588 668 97.6 94.8 98.2 3 5 4 Southwestern ...... 910 869 868 S86 836 838 97.4 96.2 96.5 4 3 5 Southern ...... SO6 837 836 780 787 797 96.8 94.0 95.3 5 6 6 Eastern ...... 620 651 796 566 555 719 91.3 85.3 90.3 6 7 7 Total Operated...... 5557 5371 5710 5412 5076 5515 97.4 94.5 96.6 Texas Lines...... 248 248 186 244 238 181 98.3 96.0 97.3 Total for System...... 5S05 5619 5896 6656 5314 5696 97.4 94.6 96.6

REUNlON SIDELlGHTS MORE OZARK BERRIES J. J. Gruei~inger.Sheet Metal Work- er Foreman, slarted in the department (Coittbrurd Frorn Page 10) in which he now is foreman on Sep- Sh!-No, Mrs. Dickey doesn't object tember 9. 1881! to telling-62. S. E. Baer, recently pensioned A. R. W. L. Lane (new vice-preside~~t)and A. Clerk. Springfield, who worked his J. E. Woodward were the judges in 29 years on the same desk, enjoyed the danoing contests, making good de- the entire reunion. cisions as to winners. Another 51 year service man was D. L. Forsythe, as chief of police, B. F. McEuen, Tool Room. St. Louis. was cock of the walk at the park Monday, according to the decorations Johr. Weckerly, pensioned engineer he wore, but sad to relate. while this of 31 years service, of Newburg, officer of the law was doing his best brought his daughter as guest, and re- to enforce it, somebody made a bet newed old acquaintances made at past that he could be relieved of his pock- reunions. etbook. I-Ie missed it soon after- wards, and had no idea where it had lf'ho said thc Frisco didn't hard straw- Section Foremen were well repre- disappeared until it was returned to Dcrrirs drtrirrg tlre 1928 seasorr? The him late in the evening. The veterans sented with long service men: E. J. accor~~poi~yingpictrrrr, ttrkerr by Mr. Fred Ward, Barnhart, Mo., 23 years, J. N. have asked for a competent officer for .IInrrett, towerrrrarr, l

Freight Car Damage Decreases 2.6%, But Amount Increases HE number of freight cars dam- office of car accountant, Springfield, handled, as compared with the cor- aged on Frisco Lines during the Mo., June 7, 1928. responding period in 1927. T For the 1928 five-month period first Ave months of 1928 de- The report shows that during the Western division had a perfect score, creased 2.6 per cent but the amount of first five months of 1928 there was an no cars damaged. Among the ter- damage increased 54.1 per cent, as increase of 3.7 in the number of cars minals Springfield held first place, compared with the corresponding per- handled per car damaged and that having damaged only three cars, and iod last year, according to the com- there was an increase of 52.23 per the damage having totaled only $135. parative monthly report issued by the cent in the amount of damage per car The report:

PER CENT STANDING DAMAGED DIVISION DIVISION NUMBER CARS AMOUNT DAMAGE NUMBER CARS HANDLED TO TOTAL 0 R OR DAMAGED HANDLED TERMINAL TERMINAL 1928 1927 1926 1928 1927 1926 1928 . 1927 1926 1928 1927 1926 1928 1927 1926

Sprinzfield...... 3 Tulsa...... 18 Birmlnscham ...... 17 Memphis...... 44 St.I~uis 41

Kansas City...... 46 ------. a Total...... 169 $11,514.70 2,016,284 1.93.i.884 2.140.914 DIVIYIOSS Western...... SOulhwestern .... 15 Southern...... 21 Central...... 13 Eastern...... 31 Rlver...... 20 Northern...... 55 61 33 3;409.60 1.919.00 739.00 416;112 403:646 449;527 ;0132 10151 i00-73 7 6 ------A - - Totnl...... I:,: 130 200 $11,733.00 $ 5,130.00 $ 5,380.53 1,982,116 2,030,329 2,157,142 ,0078 .0064 .0093 ------A Texan Lines...... - 15 2 12 1,087.00 75.00 183.00 61,719 52.813 G2,418 .0243 .0038 ,0192 TotalSystem..... 339 348 595 $20,835.00 $13,524.50 $20.078.23

RAPID BRIDGE BUILDING Former Frisco Engineer D riaes Again The construction of the Warrior River bridge at Demopolis, according to Col. F. G. Jonah, chief engineer for Frisco Lines, was one of the fastest records of important bridge construc- tion oil record to date in the United States. A second interesting feature about the building of the bridge was the fact that the structure was built be- fore the rails reached it. The steel was fabricated at Birmingham and floated to the bridge site on barges. According to Col. Jonah the bill for the construction of the bridge was in- troduced in Congrew on December 13, 1926, and the act was approved by the President on January 21, 1927. Appli- cation for approval of the plans was made to the Wilr Department on February 9, and a hearing on the ap- plication was held March 15. The plans were approved March 25, and contract for the foundations let with the \V. Horace Williams Company on May 9. The foundations were finished The ltiddies who visit the Crystal burton-Abbott Company of Tulsa, is a on September 24, and contract for the City Park at Tulsa get a real thrill former Frisco engineer. Standing on steel work was let to the Virginia when they ride behind a miniature en- right side the engine read- Bridge & Iron Company on September gin% decorated and painted to repre- ing from left to right are, hIessrs. 28. 4 contract for erection was let to sent the big oil burners that connect C. Culter, soliciting freight agent; 0. the Kansas City Bridge Company on Tulsa with the east, west and south. September 28, and the first shipment A group of Frisco oRiciaIs L. Young, superintendent terminals; F. of steel by barge was received on De- the park and the accompany- EI. Shaffer, general manager; 0. H. cember 5. The first lift span operated jne ~icturemas taken ~~ithMr. F. R. Reid, conlmercial agent; Mr. Freder- on May 3, 1928, and on May 8, the ~Glliburtonseated in the cab. Mr. ick, park manager, and J. E. Payne, first engine was run over the bridge. Halliburton, president of the Halli- passenger agent. Jzdy, lYZB Page 23

Forty Carloads of Cattle From Texas Recall Old Days

I,cft: Tkc forty-car train of cczttlc, first of a 200-COT~rcuve- JIin'rllc: The cattle waiting to Dc loaded irito stock cars. mer~t,lcnvi~tg Mercwy, Tcras, vin Frisco Lir~rs. Xiqirt: .lir. G. R. IVhitc, of Brarly, Tcr., owwr of tI~cIicrd.

HEN forty car loads of two or forty car loads of the cattle, which west, is owner of the Bank of Brady, and three years' old steers was part of a 200-carload movement, and yearly handles and ships from 600 W were loaded at Mercury, Tex., owned by Mr. G. R. White, of Brady, l?OOO car loads steers his April 29, for shipment to Vine Creek, Tes., and shipped to Mr. Fred Bowen, in nlcCulloughp 'Iason7 Kerr* Pecos and other counties in southwest Kan., it was reininiscent of the old of Vine Creek, Kan. The cattle were Texas. days when long-horned cattle mere handled via Frisro Lines from Mer- The cattle were dri,,en up to the driven from the Panhandle district to cury to Ft. Worth. The cattle were chute by cowboys by M~. Red Fork, where the Frisco would loaded thirty-three to a car. ' White and the loading into the cars load them, 16 to a car. Mr. White is one of the largest was taken care of by the Frisco sec- The large picture shows 1,421 head, cattle breeders in the entire South- tion men.

Mc31uriqan, Wm. J., brakeman, Dora, Employes in Frisco Hospital Ma. HE following list contains the Deese, 0.. B&R helper, Tasskee, Mo. Mnrston. E., switching foreman, Fayetteville, Ark. names and occupations of pa- Farmer, J. 0.. section foreman, Ar- T tients confined in the Frisco Em- cadia, Kan. 31cGil1, J., B&B carpenter, Spring- field, 1\10. ployes' Hospital in St. Louis as of Frenida, P., laborer, Depew, Okla. June 13. They will be glad to hear Pack, V. L., piece work checker, Feldott, H. S., pensioned, Clinton, Kansas City, Kan. from thelr friends: 310. Phelps, E. L., car foreman, Okla- Allen, B., yard clerk, Hayti, 310. Freeman, J. C.. X-flagman. Tupelo, homa City, Okla. Anchors, F. D., painter, Memphis, Miss, Purcell, C., laborer, Enid, Okla. Tenn. Gibbons, H. O., 2C air man, Kansas Rosback, 0.. pensioned. Hugo, Okla. Blue, R., section laborer, Leeds, City, Mo. Roth, G., engineer, Chaffee, Mo. Wo. Gomez, 5.. engine inspector, W. Roberts, Z., engineer, Thayer, Mo. Boone, Wm., engineer, Enid, Okla. Tulsa, Okla. Stratton, R. H., boilermaker, St. Broadstreet, F. H., agent and yard- Hopper, T. F., hostler, Birmingham, Louis, MO. master, Snyder, Okla. Ala. Souder, Mr. T., clerk, Birmingham, Christianson, S., pensioned, Kansas Horroclrs, J., switchman, Wichita, Ala. City, Mo. Kan. Smith, R. W., track laborer, Chick- Cmne, J., store trucker, Ft. Scott, Hammer, P. N., engineer, Ft. Scott, asha. Okla. Kan. Kan. Scholze, F. W., 3 C. machinist, Ft. Cambron, S. E., pensioned, St. Louis, Jones. D. H., brakeman, Snyder, Smith, Ark. 310. Oirla. Spencer, Miss Sadie, operator, St. Cochran, C. D., special officer, St. Keith, A. H., pumper, Neelys Land- Louis, 310. Louis, MO. ing, Mo. Spratley. Wm., lineman, Oklahoma Craig, C. A., wire chief. Springfield, Kenney, W. H., brakeman, Monett, City, Okla. Mo. Mo. Sasser, Edw., car oiler, W. Tulsa, Cooper, R. L., section laborer, Big Kennedy, C. .T., sheet metal worker, Okla. Hill, Kan. Birmingham, Ala. Thompson, ,L. E., B&B carpenter, Coody, E. P., car inspector, Harvard, Knox, N. G.. engineer, Hugo, Olrla. Birmingham, Ala. Ark. Ketchum, F. J., foreman, steel Tapscott, C. S., clerk, St. Louis, Mo. Cordell, Wm. J., Jr., 2C sheet metal bridge, Potosi, Mo. Wissbaum, C. J., machinist, New- worker, Ft. Smith, Ark. Lightfoot, Wm.. B&B carpenter. burg, iU0. Cheek, J. M., engineer, Sapulpa, Hugo, Okla. Woods, R., B&B carpenter, Went- Okla. Lane, R. W., piece work checker, worth, Mo. Clay, 0.. brakeman, Birmingham, Memphis, Tenn. Workman, J., Jr., lineman, Wichita, Ala. McEwen, L., section laborer, Ham- Kan. Dexter, M., agent, Merrian, Kan. den, Okla. Wilson, H., fireman. Newburg, Mo.