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Vol. XI11 MAY, 1935 No. 5

COTTON CARNIVAL TO BE STAGED AT MEMPHIS

The city of Memphls, Tenn., explects Permission is given to reprint with or without credit, to entertain 250,000 visitors durinl: its -. . ~ ~~ in part or in full, any article appearing ill this Magazine. annual Cotton Carnival and National Cotton Show to be held from May 6-11 inclusive. Transportation systems serving Memphis have reported un- usual interest in the event among Contents of This Issue residents of neighboring states. Offi- cials of the Frisco, one of the prin- cipal railroads entering Memphis, ex- Pages pect to bring thousands of visitors i from Florida, Alabama. Missouri, Okla- A Supreme Court Decision on Elimination homa, Kansas and other states served of Highway Crossings ...... 3 by that road. Western Roads Engage in National Covering every phase of the indus- Advertising Campaign ...... 4 try. the National Cotton Show will be The Itineraat Potato Peddler ...... 5 participated in by leading cotton Here and There...... 6 users of the nation and will be co- ordinated with National Cotton Week. The Honor Roll ...... 7-8 Attractive exhibits illustrating new The Crop Outlook ...... 8 uses tor cotton will be among the 1935-Conventions-1936 ...... 9 featnres of the sixday show. 10 Under the general theme of "The The First $100 Club Member ...... Dreams of King Cotton," the Cotton In Appreciatfon ...... 11 CarnivaI will feature a "Miss Dixie" Frisco Employes' Hospital Association Report ...... 12 beauty contest, a gala parade, a Month's Qutstandlng Solicitation Report 13 faslilon show presented by memlbers ...... of the Junior Leagne and a score of In Memoriam ...... 14 other diverse attractions. Among the Agency Changes ...... 14 events which have been scheduled for Meri'torions Service ...... 15 children will be the "Children's .. Court," in which 300 youngsters will News From the Mechanical Deparhment ...... 17-22 participate and during which the chil- Frisco Family News ...... 22-32 dren will crown their own King and Queen.

MEMBER THE FRISCO EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE A The Frlsco EhpIoyes' Magazlne 1s a monthly puhllcatlon devoted prlmarlly lo the Interests of the active and retired employes of the Frisco Lines. It contnlns storles. Items of current news, personal notes about employes and thelr families, artlcies deallng with various phases of rallroad work, poems, cartoons and notlces regarding the servlce. Good clear photographs sultable Pot reproductloo are especially deslred, and will be returnod only when requested. A11 cartoons and drawlngs must be In black Indta ink. Employes are Invlted to wrlte artlcles for the magazine. Contrlbutlons should be type- written, on one slde of the sheet only, and should be addressed to the Edltor. Frisco Build- Inp, St. Louls, hio. Dlstrlbnted Free amon! .Frlsco Employes. To others, prlce 15 'cents 6 copy; subscripttOn rate, $1.50 n pear rate will be mnde known upon appllcatlon. 176 W. Adam St., Chicago, I!!. May, 1935 Page 3 A Supreme Court Decision on Elimination of Highway Crossings

All Frisco einployes ore greatly in- tion from dangers incident to motor Taxes Paid by Truck fcresfed in fhe featnrc of elirninafion of transportation. and Bus Insufficient highzoay crossings aid from fhc stand- " 'Prior to the establishment of the point of the railroad, !he qwesfion of the Federal-aid system, Tennessee hlgh- to Pay Their Share division of cost that aftaches fherefo. ways were built under the direction of Even Highway The liniied States Sirpreme Court 091 of the county courts and paid for out Maintenance March 4 handed down a decisioia to fhe of funds raised locally by taxation or eflect that !he NC&STL Railmay would otherwise. They served, in the main, not Be required to pay one-half !he cost local traffic. The long-distance traffic "'The new highway, paralleling of eliminafing a stale Itighway grade was served aImost wholly by the rail- lines of the railway and intended for crossing, as they had been ordered to do. roads and the water lines. Under rapid movlng motor vehicles, will, those conditions the occasion for through competition for both freight A rmwspaper account of fhar decision separation of grades was mainly the and passenger traffic, seriously de- roNains some inforntafiors ~elnfiveto danger incident to rail operations, and crease rail traffic and deplete the rail- changed condifiow and anrotrrzt spent by the promotion of safety was then the way's revenue and net earnings. the railways for nmintenance of its tracks main purpose of grade separation. Practically all vehicles moving upon nnd farcs, as conlpared with siwilar ex- Then, it was reasonable to impose up- It will directly or indirectly compete peim of the trucks and brrssrs, which it on the railroad, a large part of the cost for traffic with the rallway. Busses - is felt will be of considerable interest fo of eliminating grade crossings, and the will operate over the new highway in *. Frisco employes, and definitely refutes imposition was rarely a hardship. For regular .scheduled movements in the the statenlent freq~reirfly heard, that the need for eliminating existing same way as passenger trains. Trucks, trucks and hsses aTe paying their fair crossings. and the need of new high- some of them 70 feet in length and share of tares. ways free from grade crossings, arose many weighing with a load as much A considerable portion of the ?$nus- usually from the growth of the com- as 50,000 pounds, operated by com- paper account in qtrestion is quoted be- munity in which the grade separa- mon carriers, by contract carrier and lozu : tion was made; this growth was main- by private concerns, will compete for the most profitable classes of freight. "The majority opinion of more than ly the result of the transportation fa- The competition besides reducing the 5,000 words was a ch,aracteristic ex- cilities offered thru the railroad; the volume of traffic will compel reduc- position of Justice Brandeis. An- separation of grade crossings was a tion of rates.' notated by nnmerous footnotes, it re- normal incident of the growth of rail viewed in detail the changed status of operations; and as the highways were No Direct Truck Contribution the railroads and the growth of na- then feeders of rail traffic, the com- "Although the busses and trucks tional and state highway systems con- munity's growth and every improve- would be benefited by the grade elim- structed with generous grants from ment of highway facilities benefited ination, the opinion said, they would the Federal Government. The gist of the railroad. 1-n irnm~lrlm fvnm rnnkinw anv direct the opinion was that by compelling the railroads to pay balf the cost of , 'that grade crossing eliminations, Tennes- to be see was in fact making the railroad ennes- pay for benefits that would accrue to sy be its competitors, namely trucks and d that busses. others .-.. *---.- "..- -- "-- conrrlaure as taxpayers to LuaL fund. Railroad Now Requires Protection railroads. Separation of grades serves But while nearly 28 per cent of the " 'Federal - aid highways,' Justice to intensify the motor competition and gross revenue of the railway is re- Brandeis said, 'are designed so that to further deplete rail traffic. The quired annually to pay the state and motor vehicles may move thereon at avoidance thereby made possibIe of local taxes and the cost of maintain- a speed commonly much greater than traffic interruptions incident to cross ing the roadway acquired and con- that of railroad trains. The main pur- ing at grade are now of far greater structed at its own expense, the state pose of grade separation therefore is importance to the highway users than comn~ercialmotor carriers, which are now the furtherance of uninterrupted, it is to the railroad crossed. For the supplied by the state with the road- .. . rapid movement by motor velllcles. rail operations are few; those of mo- way on which they move, pay in state In this respect grade separation is a tor vehicles very numerous.' and local taxes not more than 7 per desirable engineering feature com- "The opinion said that the grade cent of their gross revenues. parable to removal of grades and crossing at issue was at present pro- "'The taxes laid upon truck and curves, to widening the highway, to tected by the most modern electrical bus owners are clearly insufficient to strengthening and draining it, to device and that from 1921 to 1931 pay their fair share even of the cost shortening distance, to setting up there were on1.y two accidents and and maintenance of the highways guard rails and to bridging streams. those were settled for $50. which serve them. Motor vehicle The railroad bas ceased to be the "After pointing out that Tennessee taxes of all kinds, ad valorem, privi- prime instrument of danger and the contemplated buildir ~g a new highway lege, license plates and others will main cause of accidents. It is the through Lexington, the opinion con- not pay lor one-hail of the annual ex- railroad which now requires protec- tinued: (Now tirrrr lo Page 13, please) Western Roads Engage In National Advertising Campaign

ESTERN railroads, for the the traveling public, mostly, tor regu- Employes Are first time in their history, are lar day to day travel. In eastern Urged to Help Make engaged in a cooperative, na- newspapers and those on the Pacific tional advertising and publicity cam- Coast more of the appeal is devoted Campaign A Success paign on a big scale. Some local, co- to attracting tourist trafflc. operative advertising has been en- All of the advertising copy has been gaged in in the past by some of the especially designed and is both power- Is to the Interest of every railway man lines with reference to reduced fares, ful and appealing. The newspaper and woman, as well as every western vacation fares, etc., but this present copy has been planned of such size as railroad to do everything possible to campaign is the first, big, broad, na- to dominate the page in the papers in make the campaign a success. tional effort of this kind. which it appears. The Frlsco Magazine is happy to Newspapers throughout the west are Air conditioning is the dominant have this opportunity to pass this in- the basis of the campaign. Unques- theme throughout the entire campaign, formation along to all Frisco men and tionably every railroad employe al- together with all that it means lo the women, and to earnestly solicit their ready has seen some of these adver. traveling public in added comfort enthusiastic cooperabion and support. tisements. Every newspaper in every and convenience. The healthful bene- city of 20,000 or over, west of a line flts and restful comfort of air-condi- drawn north and south through Chl- tioning is forcibly brought out time THE VETS' REUNION cago and New Orleans, is on the list and again throughout the campaign. Definite dates Lor the big Frisco and as many additional papers in The fact that all these benefits to- Veterans Reunion have not as yet cities under 20,000 population have gether with the millions of dollars the been set, but advice comes from the been added to the list as the appro- railroads have expended in order to office of J. L. McCormack that the priation would permit. air-condit$on their trains are offered reunion will probably be held in June Especially designed copy also ie to the public at no increase in rates of this year. Approxin~ately 630 members have appearing in principal eastern news- -in fact at the lowest rates that have papers in key cities, especially where been in effect in years - also is enrolled which includes renewals and those papers maintain travel and re- stressed throughout all of the cam- several employes who have just sort sections. paign. Of course, other features of rounded out 20 years' service. The Four national weekly magazines are train travel, such as clean, quiet, safe goal has been set for 1,000 members this year. being used, including Colliers, The and dependable service of railroads, Saturday Evening Post, Literary Di- are forcibly featured. Likewise from questionnaires sent gest and Time. Three full pages are In addition to all of the foregoing, to the members, It was fonnd that the greater majority prefer Springfield, being used each In the Digest and in special appeals are being broadcast to Mo., as the meeting point. Time, the last one in each magazine everybady in allied industries to en- to be in four colors. Three advertise- list their cooperation and support, and Arrangements will be completed within a short time and full and com- ments are ,being used each In Colliers special appeals have been addressed and The Saturday Evening Post. The through full-page advertisements in plete data will be sent to all members of the association and plans will also first two advertisements in these railway men's publicatioi~s, enlisting be carried in the li'risco Magazine. magazines will be full-page, black the support of every railway employe and white, and the last ad in each of in making this campaign a success. these papers will be a double page in Also, a limited number of business RAILROADS ARE PRAISED four colors. These 12 ads in the four publications, such as Nations Busi- In Li'berty Magazine, issue of April magazines will .be staggered over a ness, United States Weekly, Forbes 27, pae:e 17. William Harridge, presi- period of eight weeks. ~agazine,The Business Week, Wall dent of the American Baseball League, Spot radio announcements are belng Street Journal, etc., have been added refers in glowing terms to travel of used in a supplemental way in approxi- to the list for limited schedules of the the lbal:1 teams via rail. mately 30 western cities where super- COPY. He states. that not once in his power stations in key cities have been The air-conditioning campaign it- memor,y has a ballplayer been hurt ..n:1rno,l nnnirlr.n+ Un nlr,. selected. Electpica1 transcriptlons are self, because of the money that was in a A,AA,V,U a,,zucu~. ALG nmu utilized in order to obtain train effects. expended for completely air - con- stresses the fact that no scheduled some music and a very exciting and ditioning passenger train cars, has re- games were ever missed because of dramatic presentation of the commer- sulted in additional employment of a railroad delay and that he has fonnd cial copy or announcement. thousands of railway workers. Also, representatives of various railroads In additlon to the foregoing, a expedited schedules throughout the willing at all times to hold trains limited list of farm magazines, with west have resulted in additional ern- fifteen or twenty minutes when their enormous circulation, also will ployment for thousands of other wor k- necessary. be used, one piece of copy appearing ers in improving the track, strength- Mr. Harridge feel[s that in view of in this list in May and another piece ening bridges, etc. such excellent service ball teams in June. As this advertising campaign suc- would be ungratefu1 were they to The campaign Is designed prlmariIy ceeds, and passenger traffic of the switch to other fonms of transporta- to Increase passenger traffic revenues. western railroads is increased, addi- tion, when such perfect service has In middle and central western terri- tional employment for other railway #been given them by the railroad sys- tory the ~rimaryappeal is to interest workers will result, ana it, therefore, tems of America. May, 1935 Page 5

The Itinerant Potato Peddkr A. No, I tag 'em ungraded and take 'em field run to get- by- the Michigan- state inspectors. Besides I haul at N AN address before the Potata Di- tlon of the Bureatt of Agricultural night a lot. The inspectors don't vision of the American Fruit and Economics, the National Safety Coun- bother me SO much at night. I Vegetable Shippers Association, in cils, State and National Farm Organ- Q. I SUDpOSe you sell the potatoes convention in Chicago on January 17, izations, the Federal Code Authorities as field run or ungraded? 1935, Clark Drury. Chairman. Trucking both in the For Hire Truck Industry Committee, A. F. & V. S. A., and with and the Fruit and Vegetable Industry, A. No, not always, I change the the Albert Miller & Company, carlot pr~hibiting~theevasion of code re- tags before I sell 'em. potato distributors of Chicago, said quirements by Itinerant Truck Ped- Q. What do you take on the back ". . . the truck is an economic de- dlers. haul? velopment in the field of transporta- Mr. Drury quoted the following bona A. Anythhg I can get. tion. It is here to stay. But I sub- flde report of an actual conversation Q. W what rate? mit that it is not here to stay on any with a Michigan truck peddler, the A. At anything I can get-a tew unethicat, uneconomic or unregulated questions being asked by himself: dollars lor gas and dl helps. basis. . I also want to menti011 the . . Q. No, I can't sell you potatoes Q. Do you try to get the market fact that It 1s not only potatoes that for the potatoes at the point where are handled by itinerants. The entire at that price, but I'll tell you what you sell? fruit and vegetable industry is affected I'll do with you. You answer some -the coal industry is feeling the pres- questions for me and I'll tell you A. I find out what the regular mar sure-so is the elevator (grain) in- where you can buy potatoes at a ket is supposed to be and sell mine dustry. Perhaps the relatively new point where carlot shippers have for a dime less. 'For Hire' truck industry itself is as been forced out by truck peddlers Q. That hurts the market, doesn't seriously affected as any other. . . . and where the truckers are buying at it, and breaks down the prlce to In Minnesota this season, truck ped- less than the market. growers? dlers will handle at least 75% of the A. OK, shoot. A. Yeah, but I'm worrying about comnlercial potato tonnage. In Wis- Q. How long have you been In the me, not about the market or the consin at least 30% of the commercial truck peddling game? grower. potato movement. The commercial A. About two months. Q. Haw about the consumer, the crops of potatoes In Indiana, Ohio. Q. What did you pay for your truck? Kellow who buys the potatoes for eat- A. Twenty-five dollars down, $15 a Illinois and Pennsylvania are now ing purposes? month. She's a one-ton truck. almost entirely handled by Cmck. A. Well, they get cheap stuff and I The volume of truck peddling in all Q. How are the brakes? A. Not so hot. guess they think they're buying some- 48 potato producing states from Maine thing for nothing. to Alabama and From Washington to Q. Suppose you were coming down New York Is enormous. . . . In this a hill with a load and a passenger Q. Well, now. just a couple more connection, it is interesting to note car crossing in front of you made it questions. How about the commls- that during extremely cold spells when necessary for you to stop within say, sion men at the markets where you truck peddling is forced to a minlmum 75 feet, could you stog your truck? sell, the receivers? by reason of very low temperatures A. No, I told you the brakes weren't A. Well, they all say they don't like and perilous condition of roads, termi- so ,hot. truckers, but some of them buy Prom nal markets immediately react lo Q. If you put a couple of people in me just the same. higher levels and prices to growers in the hospital, seriously injured, could Q. How about city ordinances, do producing sections advance. . . . There you pay their bllls? you have to pay any license fees in is no orderly process to truck ped- A. No, I can't afford to carry any the towns where you sell? dling, no withholding of supplies from insurance. A. No, I don't pay no fees. I either glutted terminal markets. Weather Q. I suppose you work pretty long take orders or say I'm a farmer; that permitting, the truck peddler keeps a hours ? gets me by all right. - conbinuous over-supply rolling into the A. 1'11 say so. Yesterday I drove Q. How much do you make a week market, forcing lower levels and pro- nine hours at one stretch with a few net for yourself on this truck ped- gressively lower prices to producers. minutes out for a hamburger and cof- dling business? . . . Every large pro'duce market in fee. Not so much. There's too many the country is passing through periods A. Q. Don't yo11 get sleepy driving? In It. There's hundreds in it right of demoralizing prices, due to unregu- A. Yeah, lots of times. around here. After I pay for my lated motor truck transportation. Q. What kind of bags do you use -__ _-_I .*I - 4. . gas anu OII ana.. a nelper..- ana. .uuy a Theso neriods------~-~ occur with such irregu-- to put the potatoes in? tire now and then, I make $15 to $18 larity that they have practically A. I bought some second-hand bags per week. forced the old law of supply and de- a couple of weeks ago that I'm still mand out of the picture." using. Q. Well, that's all I wanted to know. - - ...... - Now you go up the line t-, Mr. Urury dlreCtS artelmon LO rne Q. They must be pretty rotten and dirty by now? Michigan, the price to the growers up fact that the matter should be called *...~- 2- ...... forcibly to the attention of the For A. Yeah, they a "me less be- Hlre Truck Industry with a view to right now. have pulled corrective Natlonal and State Legis- Q. When you no estab. lation; the matter should be brought what'll you do? to the attention of State Departments A. Buy some nu of Agriculture and the Federal Depart- ones some place I ment of Agriculture with a view to weeks. pend some corrective legislation for the protec- Q. Do you grad tion of the grower, also to the atten- S. No. l? r money? Page 6 PFRwE;i

HERE AND THERE War On Crows Ho - - - Hum! There's the first fly! . . . Some doc- tor says there is no such malady as spring fever! Maybe he's got some- thing else, but I'VE got spring fever. . . . C. B. Michelson, perishable freight agent, celebrated his Silver Anniver- sary, with Mrs. Michelson, by going through a second marriage, and his gift to her was a lovely diamond ring. . . . Mr. Michelson also celebrated his 30th anniversary with the Frisco on May l! . . . J. E. Springer, division freight and passenger agent at Joplin was elected president of the Joplin Rotary Club at their April meeting. He has been active in club work twenty years, is a native Kansan and has been with the Frisco Lines for 35 years. . . . Congratulations! . . . J. L. Skaggs, agent at Norwood, Mo., was recently transferred to the gen- eral agent's office at Minneapolis, Minn., as chief clerk . . . his friends Biological surveys from Washington of the Izaak WaIton League at Enid, wish him the best of luck! V. 0. show that the common black crow Oklahoma, cooperated in the plans for Ballew, agent at Guin, Ala., recently feeds on meat, grain and eggs, and the kill. Bombs made of dynamite staged a big get-together with the 90% of his diet consists of these three surrounded by four pounds of shot merchants and townspeople, and ap- edibles. Only 3% of his diet is made were hung in the trees and wired to proximately 300 employes and their up of bugs and food which might bene- a battery. Fifty-two sticks of dyna- guests were present . . . employes fit the farmer. mite were used and the cost of the came from Amory and as far as And so members of the Izaak Walton shot was $40.00. Birmingham . . . more about this in League in conjunction with the State Just at twilight one evening as the the June issue. . . . With 1,301 men G a m e Department of Oklahoma crows came to rest for the night, the on the payroll, employment in the planned a real campaign to extermi- bombs were exploded, killing 7,000 at three Springfield, Mo., shops of the nate as many crows as possible. one time, T\hose who were present Frisco is at the highest level since In the winter they are found in and watched the crows come to their 1930, according to H. L. Worman, countless thousands in the States oP resting place, say that for two hours chief operating officer. The line is Oklahoma, part of Arkansas, Southern they streamed in, the sky a mass of rushing to completion its air-condi- Illinois, Texas and Kansas. The latter black bodies. tioning program and by June 15, all part of spring they make their way to first-class chair cars, coaches and Minnesota and Canada where they Mr. Worthington advises that the sleeping cars of the Frisco will be nest and reproduce. State Game Department and the Izaak air conditioned. Of the 1,301 men em- Accordingly 111 January of 1935 a Walton League were responsible for ployed in the Springfield shops, 261 group of men, members of the Izaak the death of 100,000 crows this year are working in the coach shop, where Walton League and men from the throughout central Oklahoma, using air-conditioning equipment is being in- State Game Department of Oklahoma, ten shots in the kill. stalled and revolutionary improve- located a point just nine miles from Raids like the above will be staged ments are being made In the construc- Enid, Okla.. where 115,000 crows con- again in the fall and winter of 1935 tion of coaches. More than 150 em- gregated each night in what was and will no doubt prove very success- ployes have been added in this shop known as Black Jack Forest. ful. The largest kill made in Okla- alone during the past sixty days. . . . Bob Worthington, brakeman for homa was at EI Reno, where 16,000 Hurray! Happy days are here again! Prisco Lines, and secretary-treasurer were kiHed at one time. Roy Maring of the Kansas City Traffic office was transferred to the office of J. E. Payne at Tulsa as chief CUPS AWARDED A REAL CONPLIMENT clerk . . . again, congratulations, and The River division won the Trans- Ed Staples, formerly of the Frisco Conductor G. W. Creagh and D. M. portation Department Cup for the first Magazine and Publicity Department, Stubbs, brakeman, of Memphis, were quarter of 1935 with a clear record. now serves the St. Louis Cardinals as commended by S. J. Frazier, superin- Not an employe on that division lost tendent, who advised that Train- Publicity Manager. more than three days out of ten, due to injury. master Weaver of the L&N railroad, The men under the supervislon L. rode FrIsco tra in 104 to Memphis and YOU ARE WRONG! J. Leysaht , of the reclamaltion p,]ant, was highly com plimentary of the man- Henpeck (who has just overheard Springfield,, won the Mech,anical De- ner in which t hese two handled the his wife scolding the maid): "You partment C this 1 :up.. -. The - men. - ..at ?Iant passengers. conling as it does from an and I both seem to be in the same have been ac cne root 01 ,me list Fnr -a urnfortunate position, Mary." year and a half and are jubilant over employe of another line, Mr. Frazier Maid: "Not likely! I'm giving her winning the cun for the first quarter was anxious that Messrs. Creagh and a week's notice tomorrow." of 1935. Stubbs be advised of the matter. Page 7

LUCIOUS ANDERSON, colored sec- J. A. MOBS, asslstant cashier,. Okla- D. L. WILSON, of Baldwin, Ark., tion laborer secured a passenger, Wil- homa City, was instrumental in secur- was instrumental in selling a ticket to son to Memphis and one passenger, ing Frisco routing on carload of Foa- Bakerfield, Calif., via rail. He was Wilson to Blytheville on March 25. mite for Oklahoma City via St. Louis, extended appreciation for his efforts These colored passengers were figur- and C. T. Mason expressed his ap- by 0. L. Young, superintendent. ing on riding bhe bus, but due to solic- preciation of his efforts. itation on the part of Mr. Anderson, used the Frisco. C. C. ATTEBERRY, o'ief clerk to GERALD HORNUNG, chief yard agent, Oklahoma City, secured Frisco clerk, Oklahoma City secured a car- BOB WARD, section foreman at routing on shipment of wire rope and load of furniture, moving Oklahoma Pittsburg, Kans., learned that a man was advised that other shipments will City to Los Angeles, which had been living near him contemplated a trip follow via Frisco Lines. C. T. Mason lined up to move via another line. to Cheyenne, Wyo., and intended to wrote him in appreciation of his ef- C. T. MaSon, superintendent, com- use another railroad into Kansas City. forts. mended him for his solicitation efforts. Mr. Ward made arrangements Ior his son to drive him to Girard, where he R. S. BLANKS, messenger, Okla- caught Frisco train No. 112 for Kan- homa City, was commended by C. T. T. I. SIMPSON, paint foreman, Cen- sas City. Mason for securing a shipment of tral division during the week of April poles, Chickasha to Lawton, which 1 contacted four merchants at Tuska- E. A. McKNIGHT, warehouse fore- business was secured throua his homa, Okla., soliciting their business. man, F.t. Smith, noticed three ship- solicitation. He also solicited and se- One of them promised him a shipment ments on a truck then at the ware- cured a car of oil from Sand Springs of dour, another a car of flour and house at Ft. Smith and handling with to Oklahoma City. feed, the third. a shipment of articles bhe consignors, secured the future weighing over 100 pounds, also roof- routings via Frisco Lines. FRED MURPHY, seotion foreman, ing from Ft. Smith, and the fourth Luther, Okla., secured two passengers. merchant promi,sed to receive meat FATE TAYLOR, section foreman, Luther, Okla., to Oklahoma City, traln shipments regularly by rail. A fifth Cache, QkIa., secured a passenger, No. 6, March 17, and C. T. Mason merchant In Tuskahoma has been re- Cache to Omaha via Frisco to Kansas thanked him for his interest in solicit- ceiving cabbage, onion and tomato City and was sent a letter of thanks ing this business for Frisco Lines. plants by truck, but promised Mr. for his efforts by C. T. Mason. Simpson to send via express in the future, as well as giving to Frisco B. J. FITZGERALD, conductor, MRS. J. B. SOUTHERS, wife of Lines a portion of their freight haul. Texas Lines, while on his train at conductor, Oklahoma City, secured a This is splendid work on the part of Bradp, Texas., was approached hy G. round trip fare from Kansas City to Mr. Simpson, who has a fine oppor- C. Kirk, rnerchanlt of Brady, who made Oklahoma City. At the time of solic- tunity to make these contacts as he inquiry as to train schedules ,via an- itation of &Irs. Southers, the passen- moves from town to town in the per- other railroad to Chicago. Mr. FLtz- ger had planned to make the trip by formance of his work. gerald explained the service via Frisco bus. C. T. Mason expressed his per- Lines and was instrumental in the sonal appreciation for the interest purchase by Mr. Kirk of two tickets, shown by Mrs. Southers. H. BLEVINS, section laborer at Ft. Worth to Ohicago, Ill. Avoca, Ark., secured a passenger, G. L. PRESSON, Ft. Smith, fur- Avoca, Ark., to Dallas, Tex., on April nished the traffic department with a W. H. SHEDLEBAR, agent at Af- 1. He was thanked for his effort,s by 0. tip on some LCL shipments received ton, Okla., is to be commended for his L. Young, superintendent. by a Ft. Smith concern, some from a alertness in securing the following considerable distance. llhis firm was business: he secured a permanent contacted and promised all future routing order Iron] an automobile re- JOHN F. NEAL, ticket agent, Cape ! shipments via Frisco freight. pair shop which had had tires and Glrardeau, secured two round-trip repair parts shipped by truck; divert- tickets to New York; one round-trip ed a shipment of drugs to Frisco W. E S T E S, cashier, Muskogee, ticket to Chicago; one round-trip Lines that was lined up for truck haul ticket to St. Petersburg, Fla., and one Okla., handled with a firm in Mus- and received promise that all future kogee relative to two cars of feed, round-trip ticket to San Antonio. orders would be sent Frisco direct; These parties were all figuring other moving from Kansas City to Musko- located party making weekly round routes and forms of transportation. gee, and the cars were secured by trip, Afton to Pryor, Okla., using bus Frisco Lines. 0. L. Young thanked instead of Frisco train and arranged Mr. Estes for his interest. with M-K-T at Muskogee to stop No. 7 weekly at Pryor and has now se- GERALD HORNUNG. chief yard F. P, UTTEN, of Ft. Smith, solic- cured the business of four men who clerk, is receiving plenty of commen- ited and secured a first-class passen- will take advantage of this privilege; dation for a, splendid piece of work ger from Ft. Smith to Pittsburgh, Pa., contacted party making ,trip to Tulsa performed recently. He contacted a and was written a letter of apprecia- via bus and arranged to secure all refinery about a bill of lading cover. tion by 0. L. Young. future trips Fjisco. ing a car of oil and, in the course of the conversation, was advlsed that which resulted in the sale of a ticket, sation in whlch the party was asking this party was selling ten cars of oil Ft. Smith to Dallas, Tex. rates on trucking some household to an oil company in Kansas. Mr. Mr. McCain also wrote FRANK goods, Winslow to Pittsburg, Kans. She immediately asked him why he Hornung asked for the business, if REID, engineer, Ft. Smith, thanking the cars were sold, but the gentleman did not ship the goods via Frisco. him for a traffic tip which resulted in advised him that he djd not figure the Mr. Winn was not at that time on Frisco could compete with the rate selling ticket, Ft. Smith to Memphis, duty but she got in touch with him via another route. Mr. Hornung, also one to Birmingham. with the result that the matter was handled and the goods moved via the however, ascertained the rate and C. H. DAVENPORT, cashier, Fort Frisco. Miss Winn is only 15 years when the deal was consummated, se- Smith, sent in a tip on movement of age, and is a real Frisco booster. cured the ten cars of oil, the first be- of 257 bales of cotton, Ft. Smith to ing shipped March 16. R. C. Canady She was commended for her splendid Hogansville, Ga. Through this tip, work by 0. L. Young, superintendent. says, "thSs Is the way to do It", and C. 0. McCain, D. F. & P. A., was en- C. T. Mason, superintendent, wrote abled to secure intermediate haul, Mr. Hornung a letter of appreciation. and he expressed his appreciation to W. L. PIPKIN, car service clerk at Mr. Davenport for the tip. THE CROP OUTLOOK Oklahoma City. effected a change in 0. L. PRESSON was commended The first car of strawberries over delivery of eight carloads of automo- by 0. L. Young for his efforts in se- Frisco Lines moved from Amory. biles at Oklahoma City, allowing curing the routing on a car of aato- Miss., to St. Louis on April 17, and Frisco to retain waybills, saving mobiles into Ft. Smith. Mr. Young ten or twelve cars are anticipated $30.00 Frisco Lines approximately a stated that he was satisfied his efforts from that point this year, and per- car; C. C. ATTDBERRY, chief clerk, had to do, to a very large measure, haps three or four Prom Nettleton and freight office, secured change in rout- in securing the routing of this car. Winfield, Ala. Unfavorable growing ing on two cars of perishable freight, weather with cool nights bas retarded ' giving the Frisco the haul from Kan- CARL SCHMIDT, rate clerk, Fort the movement to some extent, and the sas City; J. A. MOW, assistant cash- Smith, secured movement on car of Ozark berry crop is extremely light ier, secured one car of Poamlte lrom fertilizer from Ft. Smith to Marland, due to serious injury to plant beds by New York to Oklahoma City, through Okla. He was highly commended by the drouth last year, in fact the crop earnest solicitation efforts; DAVE 0. L. Young, superintendent, as the will, no doubt, be the smallest since ESTES, operator, secured two passen- business was highly competitive. the indllstry was established. Prin- gers; FRED P. MURPHY, section cipal shipping points will be Mans- foreman, Luther, secured two passen- E. A. McKNIGHT, warehouse fore- field, Van Buren, Farmlington, Fayette- gers, and RILEY SIMS, section la- man, Ft. Smith, secured two ship- ville, Springdale and Rogers, Ark., borer, Luther, secured three passen- ments of merchandke, one for Hen- also Exeter, hlonett, hgan and Re- gers. derson, Tex., and another for Long- public, ~Mo., with an estimate of about view, Tex., totaling 3,831 pounds. 0. 250 cars to be hauled out by rail. G. H. HORNUNG, president of the L. Young commended him for hls While the crop is light this year. Frisco Cluh at Oklahoma City, also alertness. the growers are renewing their coin- secured one car of scrap iron from W. L. PIPKIN, car clerk, Oklahoma mercial beds and have shipped in Pennsylvania, also two cars to Kan- City. recently secured routing on a millions of berry plants from Tennes- sas City via Frisco Lines. car of automobiles billed to OkIa- see and Kentucky for renewal pur- 0. THOMPSON, switchman; J. W. homa City, also received routing on poses and the industry will come back THOMAS, conductor, and H. 3. TAY- two additional cars billed to the same to its own in another year. LOR, operator, all secured passengers firm. C. T. Mason commended him Potatoes are making good progress for hIs interest. to be credited to business secured by in -Arkansas. ------, r)klnhnma------and- -Alahama. ------, the Neodesha, Ran., club. Total rev- J. D. KEITH, cashier, Henryetta, w 11 ere the commerciaI acreage is enue from these three passengers Okla., secured 29 routing orders, located. Latest informatron justifies estimate of 438 cars of Irish pota- amounted to $46.90. turned in tips on 8 car loads of freight, an 4 LCL shipments an8 one passenger. toe,s from the Pensacola territory, noin.r.1 ahinnins atatinna hnina Rar. ADA NIGH, clerk - stenographer, Revenue was secured on the tips and pri ..,. ,,-. -... ., lll.V YU .,.. ...- --. Neodesha, secured B shipment of rugs E. K. Rikard, president of the Frisco rineau I'ark, Fla., Atmore and Alice- Prom Wichita, two shipments of fur- Employes' Club of Okmulgee, Okla., ville, A1 a. Complete &timates have niture from Kansas City, as well as a feels that this record is one of out- not as 2yet been. made. . -. in.. Arkansas. . shipment of paint from Kansas City. standing merit. and Oklanoma, out inalcatlons polnr She also secured an order from a fur- to about the same mtmber of cars as niture company to route all future W. L. PIPKIN, car clerk at Okla- last year. shipments via Frisco Lines. Mi= homa City, was recently instrumental Radishes are now being shipped Nigh also secured a car of sand, Wich- in securing for unloading on Frisco from Marked Tree, Manilla and Wil- ita to Fredonia, Xan. Lines, three cars containing lumber, son Junction, Ark., with prices excep- steel and automobiles which originally F. tionally good. Monette, Ark., will L. HAMM, JR., cashier, Neode- were routed to unload on another rail- start shipping this commodity the first sha, turned in a tip on a carload of way. These three cars brought in- week in May and Frisco Lines should feed, which was solicited and secured, creased revenue to Frisco Lines of handle about 35 Ci with credit for the movement going approximately $20.00 to $30.00 a car. to Mr. Hamm. Mr. Pipkin was extended thanks by Grapes, apples and other fruits and C. T. Mason, superintendent. berries give promise of a very good ORVILLE LOYD, yard clerk, Ft. crop this year, as the moisture con- Smith, received a letter of appreci- VIVIAN WININ, daughter of J. A. dition has greatly improved through- ation from C. 0.McCain, D. I?. & P. A., Winn, agent at Winslow, Ark., re- out the territory where fruits and thanking him for a passenger tip cently overheard a telephone conver. berries are producei Page 9

A REAL BOOSTER 1935 - Important Contlentions - 1936 0. El. Ledbetter, of the West Side Below is a list of important conventions which will br held during 1935 Grocery Company of Fayetteville, Ark., and 19.36. is a real booster for rail service and The fraffic department will welcome any information that might be of as- service via Frisco Lines in and out sistance in sccwring travel to these meetings. Any communication in connection of Fayetteville. therewith should be addressed to 1. W. Nourse.. .Passenqer traffic nmnager.-. St. Louis. Mo. He recently stated In a letter that, American Petroleum Institute looking from a business standpoint, he (Mid-Year Mtg.) ...... Tulsa, Okla...... M.ay 14-18 would rather get merchandise by Southern Baptist Convention...... Memphis, Tenn...... May 16-29 freight than truck, as the trucks do not pay the taxes paid by the rail- Kiwanis International San Antonio, Tex...... May 19-23 ...... roads; that if it were not Lor the rail- Cooperative Club International Cincinnati, Ohio May 19-26 ...... roads, the devaluation of property U. S. Wholesale Grocers' Assn...... Memphis, Tenn...... May 21-23 would be cut half in two; that he Northern Baptist Convention...... Cola. Springs, Coto...... June 20 bought seed potatoes early that had Shrine (A. A. 0. N. M. S.) ...... Washington, D. C...... June 9-15 been shipped by freight, but after re- National 011 Fields Workers...... Tulsa, Okla...... June ceipt, the trucks came along and sold Amerlcan lnrtitute of Banking...... Omaha, Neb...... June 10-14 to other merchants cheaper than he U. 8. Junkr Chamber of Commerce ....Columbus, 0...... June 26-29 could replace his, so it was necessary Optimist International ...... St. Louis, Mo...... June 17-19 for him to sell below cost, thereby damaging the fixed price; that the Rotary International ...... MXCD. F...... June 17-21 trucks would not guarantee the safety M. 0. V. P. E. R. (Grotto) K~~)xvlIeTenn June 18-20 ...... the railroads do and that sometime National Educational A86n ...... Denver, Cola...... June 30-July 6 ago a shipment of coffee came from B. P. 0. E. (Elks) Grand Lodge...... Columbus 0...... July 14 McAlester by truck. It was some five Veterans 4f Forelgn Wars...... New Orleans, La...... August days getting to Fayetteville and when Knights of Khorassan (D. 0. K. K.) .... Toronto, Ont...... Augult it arrived the cans had been upside Lions' Clubs international ...... Mexlco D. F...... down and the coffee was loose in the Boy Scouts Silver Jubilee...... Washington, 0. C...... August boxes, mixed with excelsior packing. National Baptist Conventlon, Mr. Ledbetter states that had he got- Inc., [Colored) ...... New Ybrk. N. 'Y...... September ten this shipment by rail, he could Natlonal Baptist Convention, have secured damage or replacement., Unlnc. (Colored) ...... Warhrngon D. C ...... September United Confederate Veterans' Reunion ...... Amarillo, Icx...... Sept. 3-6 ONE FAMILY-15 TICKETS National Exchanne Clubs...... Dallas, Tex., ...... :..... Beptember United Spanlsh War Veterans...... San Antonio. Tex...... Sept. 15-19 Folks stood aro~rndand looked ... 1. 0. 0. F. Sovereign Grand Lodge...... Atlantic City, N. J...... Sept. 16-22 the brakeman was busy helping them American Legion ...... St. Louis, Mo...... Sept. 23-27 on ...and when they got into the American College Osteopathic coach on Frisco 709, out of Monett Burgeons ...... Wchta, Kan...... October for Fayetteville, they took up a quar- American Bankens' Assoclation...... New Orleans, La...... Nov. 11 ter of the seating space! Southern Medlcal Assoclatlon...... St. Louis, Mo...... Nov. 19-22 What, for goodness sake? American Petroleum Institute...... ,los Angeles, Calif...... Nov. 11-14 Why, a family of SIXTHEN PER- 1936 MEETINGS SONS. Fifteen tickets were present- Shrine Directors' Assn...... Tulsa, Okla...... March ed to the conductor on 709, and there International Petroleum was only one child in the family with- Exposition and Congress ...... Tulsa, Okla...... May out a ticket. Ages ranged from twen- Rotary International...... Atlantic City...... June 22-26 ty years to flve years and they came a 11 the way from Santa Rosa, Calif. A REAL INDUSTRY APPOINTED TO BOARD They got into Monett when the pas- 8enger station was crowded and it --L-PI ,:I-- XT.. in I.-> L--- 2.. The Tulsa Stockyards, located about Fred D. Cross, soliciting freight and luonau llna LWU. IW nau uc;c;rl -..-xu11 lu seven miles from the City of Tulsa, passenger agent for Frisco Lines at two sections! It would have done Okla., has done a splendid business Birmingham. Ala., who has been Close- Mussolini's heart good to have seen its Tile first car ly identified wit11 the Birmingham -. Traffic and Transportation Club and that family, bright and cheerful look- of stock was shipped this 'Iant who has held several responsible corn- ing! They certainly were helping to 1935, in February, and since then 5,- mittee places in the past two or three sponsor the "'Eacl~ to the Rail" move- 067 439 11.- head of cattle. calves, years. was recently elected a member ment. 633 'logs '?OS1 horses and mu'es of the board of that organization, pull- 'Ub ""..la LUG ....1u UIa..U"* in Birmingham and a member of the yards. of votes cast on the entirc2 ticket. club for the past two years. Lee Clinton serves the stockyards 31. E. Walsh, local agen~t at Birm- The election of these men to the as presldent: J. W. Binding, vice- ingham, was also elected as; a member board of the Birmingham Traffic and president; C. F. Tingley, treasurer, of the board, which was a n honor in Transportation Club gives the Frisco and P. C. Hawkins, secretary-manager. view of the fact that he ha13 only been Lines splendid representation. Page 10

THE FIRST $100 CLUB MEMBER REPORT OF BUSINESS SECURED BY FRISCO EMPLOYES' A letter was acldressed to all club CLUBS-FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL, 1935 presidents on April 10, asking them to start a $100.00 club within thelr C;~rlondn Pass. LCl, organization. An employe will be con- Okmulgee, Okla. (March-April)...... 40 sidered a member of this club after Xeodesha, Kan., Club and he or she obtains $100.00 worth of Auxiliary (April) ...... 30 business for the Frisco that would Hugo, Okla., Colored Club otherwise not have been secured, had (March) ...... - it not been for their persona! solicita- Oklahoma City (Narch)...... 15 tion. Ft. Smith Club and Auxiliary ( March-April) ...... I6 THE FIRST MEMBER OF THIS Springfield men's and Girls' CLUB IS PEARL LEWIS, secretary to Club (February) ...... 2 S the C. J. Kunz, agent at Monett. And Kansas City Club (February)...... " here is her report of her solicitation Ok~nulgeeColored Clnb, activities: Tips for March ...... - Tips for April ...... - "Upon receipt of your circular out- Ft. Worth, Tex., Haing the new $100 club I determined Tips for March ...... *19 to become a member as soon as possi- Pensacola, Fla. (March)...... 33 ble. Started out by interviewing the Madill, Okla. 'march) ...... 15 manager of one of our wholesale Wichita, Kan. (April) ...... 17 houses, toId him I was loolii~lg for Total reported for February, - some new business and thought he lMarch and April ...... 204 could help me-started on the sugar (*Tips reported not Included in totals. These totals represent business and it has all practlcallp actual business secured.) been nioving by truck. He said he

was about to close a contract for 600 Q bags of sugar, but he had it scheduled to move by truck as he could have 200 bags delivered at a time and the KEISER, ARK. business and the Keiser Supply Com- truck rate was much cheaper. I asked pany started to enlarge their store him to give us consideration by rail George Hicks, agent at Keiser, building this rnornin,g (March 20) add- if he could. Later in another Arkansas, feels that the progress of ing about 12 feet on the back of the interview he said he would handle any town along Frisco Lines means building. with the broker in Kansas City by more business for the Frisco, and the "We have at present three cotton long dlstance. About an hour after- report which he recently sent to J. S. ward he called and said. 'I gave you NcMillan, superintendent at Chaffee, gins, 10 grocery stores, one dry goods that car of sugar'. Mo., bears out the fact that the de- store, one drug store, a bank, a post "Called on a friend in the furniture pression is fast disa~pearing. and office, good grade school and high May, 1935 Page 11

IN APPRECIATION

To W. L. Huggins, Jr., Kansas City, From Edward L. Sclineider, Kansas To Martha Moore, Editor, Frisco Mo., from Gus D. Welch, president, City, Mo.: Magazine, from R. T. Baldwin, Frigid Insured Investors, Kansas City, Mo.: 'lo?jepspoint of view dining car stewn?:d, train condztcto?' ing Mianil Febl'wa?'y 24, and that ar- of our satisfaction in the service which and Pullnmi cowductor were very rangements had been made, reseving we rece.ve from Frisco transportation. kind in offeril~gto be of any service. center dra7oing room and compart- "Orw I"rlgidaire stock comes to us I wish to complinient you. on the es- ment for our occupancy. mninly in cnr lots from our factory prit de colps which is quite notice- "I wish to thank jjou for the cour- in Dayton, Ohio. We have always had able 01%tke Frisco Li.ues." teous ti.eatnrent of your representa- prompt a?ud sotisfactory service on tive, as we11 as the train crew, and same. Two weeks ago we had a ship- ment which came through i?a three cigai;n thank you for havi,ng helped days, but lnst week we had such sud- ninke the trip very enjoyable." den service that we believe it consti- To E. E. Carter, agent, Springfield, tutes news. Lnst Saturday night, the Mo., froni A. P. James, of A. P. James Zdrd, we wrote a letter to our dis- tributor plac4~g an order for a car- & son, auto~natic heat company, of From B. W. IVIcCluer, of the Mc- load of Frigidaires. This letter wm Springfield, Mo.: received in Wichitn, Kana., by oar dis- Cluer-Wilbur Underwriting Company tributor on Mo?uZay morning the tSth. 'Beck, of the Southern Tulsa and taken to the St. John's St. Loth that night and ,would be Rablwav, and 11.e also extended to us Hospital, where she gave birth to here the following ntorn~?r(l. Thia nrnny courtesies rmd msisted US would mean that we conld not pos- wherever he couM 21ossibly do so. I twins: sess snme before Monday morming, nnr w~.itin.q you this letter to let you "I take tkis means of thanking the 7)u.t for your kindly offer to come in know that me appreciate the many Frisco people for the kind msistance pc-ison to your office Sunday morning courtesies extended to us alo?&g the rendered nte by the employes on No. 9, and deliver sonte to us, thw enabling lines of the Prisco anfl also the South- the 2nd ad 3rd (March), from St. us to provide for the actual comfort ern Rai1toa.y. Louis to Tulsa, especially Conductors of our c?istomer, wlio had been vo'y "P. S.-I am sorry f did not get Tofit Carrigan from St. Loui* to Mo- greatly inconvenienced by the delay. tke nnnre of the nian nt Jacksonville, nett and W. A. Mills from Jfonett to Nay wc again expi-ess to you our who hnndlcd my car for ?)re on my Tulaa. The?) were so kind and con- real appreciation for the sp1;ndid retw-?I, as I would like to have hint siderate and assisted tne in every way courtes?) and service shown us. know I appwciated his courtesies." possible. And also I appreciate the quick service rendered by Mr. Fin- negan at Tulsa Station. ['And I must not on& Dr. Fred The following letters were received To R. L. Holt, agent, Valliant, Okla., Woodson wlio was so prompt in caring by W. L. Huggins,. Jr., Traffic Man- for Mrs. Benge nnd piloting rs to St. from J. R. Clark, secretary-treasurer, John's Hospztal and seeing thnt she ager ~t Kansas City. from patrons of Valliant Wholesale Grocer Company: was well cared for there. the Kansas City-Florida Special: "1 must sa?r that the Prisco Cont- From Mrs. Wolff, Jr., of Kansas "We toish to thank you aad your panu is very fortuwnte in lraving such qood conipciay for the aeroplane serv- men as these for entployes. I sha;! City. Mr. Wolff, Jr.. is president of ;tie you Rave just g wen us on a car long remember their acts of kindness. the Wolff Packing Company: of flow from Ardmore Milling Com- pany. Ardntore, Okla. '

storms and droutb. Their stock had died of suffocation, and Mr. Sook ad- vised that the dust was banked fully six feet in some places on his iarm. The oldest child in the family was 17 and the youngest a baby in arms. When discovered at Neodesha, Kans., it was their intention to bum their way to Springfield, Mo., alld they were in the act of getting into a box car as they were without food and money. Their plight was made known to the newly organized Frisco Employes' Club and the members of the Ladies' Auxiliary, who provided a place for them for the night, gave them food The "first graders", pictured above, from the EIgCr, Okla., school, and took up a collection among the took their first trair~ride via Frisco Lines, Fletcher to Elgin, Okla., employes which amounted to $16.20. the trip sponsored by H. D. Edwards, agent. They fmrchased their The nine were placed on a Frisco mm tickets and eirjoyed the ride so mrck that A. G. Roscrrberry, train for Springfleld, Mo., where they the condmtor, avd W. G. Paford, brake~nart,had dificulty in getting said they would be met by friends them to leave the train at Elgin. Mrs. P. A. Becker, tencher, nt~d who lived only a short distance from Brakc~imqr Paffoi-d are shown to the /eft of the group. Springfleld. This is indeed an outstanding bit of work, performed by two clubs just re- FRISCO GIRL TO cently organized, and the gratitude MONTH'S OUTSTANDING expressed by the members of the Sook WASHINGTON family more than repaid those who SOLICITATION REPORT had contributed to their welfare. Mfss Ava Walker, daughter of 0.G. Club presldents were advised Walker, third trick operator at Colum- a short time ago that the most FINE REDUCTION IN bus, Kansas, recently accepted an ap- outstanding blt of solicitation ACCIDENTS pointment as stenographer in the would be given a special place in Great headway has been made in Treasury Department at Washington, the Frlsco Employes Magazine, the accident prevention department and the honor8 for this month go I). C. during the last few montbs, and C. H. She graduated from the Cherokee to ERNEST EIDSON, section laborer of Jones, Okla., who Baltzell, director, has been untiring in County Community High School at works under the supervlslon of hie efforts to make a real showing for Golumtbw, Kansas, in the spring of W. A. Schubert, roadmaster. Frisco Lines. 1930 and later attended the Joplin Train 431, westbound freight, Mr. Baltzell reports that a reduc- Business College of Law and Com- was at Jones, Okla, on April 9, tion of 26% in December was made merce during whEch time she passed and while train was standing, in the accidents reportable to the I. C. the Civil Service Examination. three hoboes got off in front of C., 59% during January. a 66% reduc- Her many friends will be pleased Mr. Eidson's home whlch is lo. tion In February and a 48% reduction to know of her appointment and feel cated on right-of-way and asked in March. Likewise the Frisco Rail- for a drink of water. Eidson that she will be successful in her new road has not had to report one single work. gave them a drink of water and proceeded to tell them that if fatal accident to an employe so far he were riding a train he would during the year of 1935 and the Frisco prefer to ride a passenger traln is one of two railroads in n group of SUPREME COURT DECISION instead of a freight. Presently ten which lead the list, which has this a woman hobo got off the traln (Contimed from Page 3) clear record. and was apparently with the According to a report from the As- penditure in Tennessee for hfghways. party of three men. sociation of American Railroads, their The balance is being paid In part by After stessing the danger of group figures show the Frisco in travel, such as the four had general property taxes, In part by Group "A" with 30 million man hours borrowing and in part by the Federal chosen, and also stressing the comfort, safety and speed of or more. In December Frisco Lines !Government. Of the ad valorem taxes passenger service, Mr. Eidson stood at twenty-sixth place in reports paid by the railway'to the state and succeeded In selling the four, of accidents to employes, in January the polltical divisions thereof, about coach tickets, Jones to Okla- the fine records of the Frisco brought 20 per cent is allocated directly to homa City. it up to fourteenth place and in Feb- roads, some of which are no longer While the distance was only ruary to tenth place. feeders to Its traffic, but serve as 16.4 miles, the fact that Mr. Eid- The report is most enconraging and highways for the traffic taken by its son had the Interests of both all efforts are being made to main- competitors. The relative pro rata safety and the Frisco sollcitation tain this record and make even a bet- tax burden laid upon common carriers program so much at heart, that he made the effort to sell tickets ter one; however, Mr. Baltzell gives by motor vehicle is alleged to be one- to these men and the one wo- the credit, first to the untiring super- fourth of that laid upon railroads.'" man, who presumably were vision, and second to the men who traveling via the hobo route be- realize, as never before, that accident cause of lack ef money, makes prevention work is for their own per- the bit of sollcitation even more PRETTY SURE! sonal safety. outstanding. The teamwork and cooperation be- "You're sure one bottle will cure a \ween the men and supervision has, cold?" L. H. Sook. wife and seven children, 'without any question of doubt, been Assistant-"It must, sir-nobody's were forced ' to leave their home at t he main factor in the securing of ever come back for a second." Los Animas, Colo., account heavy dust t hese splendid results. Pnge 14

OKLAHOMA SCHOOL CHILDREN VISIT SHOPS IN MEMORIAM Another group of children learned how the interfor of a train looks from Marion May Thompson, pensioned crossing flagman, died March viewing It first hand, thanks to GeraId 21. His pension allowance was $24.60, and during his lifetime he was paid a total of $344.40. Hornung, president of the Oklahoma Edwin Franklin Gregory, pensioned telegrapher-clerk, died on City Club, and his small five-year-old March 16. His pension all~wancewas $27.05 a month and during son. hls lifetime he was *paid a total of $405.75. Margaret Kllne, teacher of the kin- Thomas Hamilton Curry, pensioned mill man, died March 23. Hls dergarten cI-ass where the young Mr. pension allowance was $43.60 a month and during his llfetime he was Hornung attends school, expressed a paid a total of $6,471.70. James William Du,gan, pensioned chief of welghlng bureau, dled on March 22. His pension allowance was $54.30 a month and during his lifetime he was paid a total of $2,353.05. Wil llam Friar McKinney, pensioned agent-operator, died on March 18. His pension allowance was $34.20 a month and during his life- time he was paid a total of $2,842.20. Simon Colmar, pensioned coach cleaner, dled on April 11. His pension allowance was $20.40 a month and during his lifetime he was paid a total of $3,978.00. Frank Guy Faulkner, pensioned supertntendent, died on April 22. His pension allowance was $64.95 a month and during his lifetime he was paid a total of $9,372.90.

desire that the class go somewhere where they could see some trains and SCHOOL CHILDREN INSPECT freight equipment, and "Junior" Horn- TRAIN I AGENCY CHANGES I ung spoke up and told her they should come down to the Frisco yards where One hundred and ninety-eight school children of Ft. Smith, Ark., were his daddy worked, if they wanted to The follodng permanent agents see some trains. taken for an inspection trip through were installed at the stations which Frisco equipment and Pullman cars When he told "daddy" about it, the follow their names: at the Ft. Smith, Ark., station by L. Clarence P. Barron, Neelys, Mo., elder Mr. Hornung contacted the A. Tidwell of Frisco Lines and L. L. teacher, and 29 children, accompanied February 5; Ira L. Yarbrough, Pawnee, Buckley of the Pullman Company. Okla., February 6; Wm. C. Hyde, We- by five mothers and Margaret KIein, This inspection trip was made on the teacher, made a complete trip tumka, Okla., March 7; Geo. W. White. March 1, and the children were ao Foreman, Ark., February 18; Roy D. through the Frisco coach yard at Okla- companied by six teachers, all from Newman, Haworth, Okla., February homa City where tlhey were shown the the Belle Grove School. Out of the 18; Harry W. Settles, Durant, Okla., different types of passenger equip- entire group, only two of them had ment, then to the repair tracks where February 21; Clarence N. Ellison, ever had the privilege of being inside Btroud, Okla., February 28; Elbert they were shown all types of freight equipment and a caboose. The group a sleeping car and one of the teachers Noel Boyer, Hunter, Mo., March 1; told Mr. Buckley that that was her then inspected engine 4154 and each Stephen J. Hubbell, Buhler, Kans., first inspection of a sleeping car. March 4; Roy L. McCellum, Blue, boy and girl was allowed to get in the Okla., March 16; Charles T. Boyer, cab and see the engine from the point All questions were answered, and a of vantage of both englneer's and fire- lower and upper, and a section were Hunter, Mo., March 15. man's side. They were also shown the made up so that the children might The following were installed tem- water tank, turntable and part of the see the arrangement for sleeping ac- porary agents at the stations which roundhouse. Train 409's equipment commodations. follow their names : Wade M. McClure, Ft. Towson, and engine was in the yard ready to This 'trip proved to be a splendid bit Okla., February IS; Harry D. Bentley, go to bhe Union Station and the party of advertisang for both Frisco Lines Wetumka, Okla., February 26; Clyde i was allowed to ride from the coach and the Pullman Company, and is an M. Goodin, Myrtle, Miss, February 28; yard to the Union Station on a real idea that can be followed at other Elbert Noel Boyer, Hunter, March 1; train. points. Franklin C. Morris, West Fork, Ark., It was the first time 15 of the chil- March 14; James M. Johnson, Popular dren had ever been on a passenger going on a trip, they would surely tell Bluff, Mo., March 18; Ralph E. Cole, train. At the station the party was them to ride the Frisco. Cold Springs, Okla., March 18. &town through the new lounge car on This is a most worthwhile and in- the Frisco Meteor. teresting way of advertising Frisco The pa~tywas escorted through the Lines to the younger generation, and DR. H. B. DAVIS HONORED shops and on the inspection tour by the young Mr. Hornung is to be com- Dr. H. B. Davis, who serves on the J. Moore, car foreman; B. W. Swain, plimented for suggesting to his teach- staff of the Frisco Hospital Associa- roundhouse foreman, and E. H. er that his Ilittle schoolmates visit tion as :1 doctor at Kansas City, Mo., Jordan, from J. G. Weaver's office. Frisco shops and equipment. Gerald was rece:ntly elected president of the Two small descriptive circulars were Hornung, senfor, receives commenda- Kansas CXty Society of Ophthalmology given to each child concerning Frisco tion as well for arranging for the and Otollaryngology. Other officers service from Oklahoma City and trip. were Dr. Homer Beal, first vice-presi- - .- . Fh.isco representatives were assured Let's have more or these inspecuon. aenr;.,- ur. C. S. Trim,ble, second vice- by the teacher and others that if they tours and keep "Frisco Lines" ever president; Dr. Byron Black, secretary, ever took a trip or knew of anvone before the younger generation! and Dr. J. S. Knight, treasurer. -- RIVER DIVISION EASTERN DIVISION I MERITORIOUS SERVICE I February 21-C. B. Perry, section February 8-5. HaigIer, check clerk, foreman, McBride. Mo., was commend- 7th Street Station. St. Louis, noticed ed for discovering brake beam down an underweight on shipment and had SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION on two cars moving in train 832, Feb- the shipment reweighed, increasing ruary 16. Train was flagged and crew March 7-5. B. Robinson, agent, the weight approximately 3,000 Bryant, Okla., when extra 4160 passed made repairs. pounds, thereby increasing the rev- his station, noticed brake beam down Ed Hipes, track walker at Festus, enue to the company. His record in train. He notified the operator at Mo., was commended for his alertness was credited with five nierit marks. Henryetta by long distance in order in discovering broken rail at MP T- that the condition might be corrected. 37 plus 30 poles, flagging train 834, February 14-P. Milikelson, condnc- His record was credited with five thereby preventing derailment. tor, discovered broken arch bar in merit marks. March 10-J. R. Johnson, conduc- train 38, February 11, on which he March 12-5. G. Sawyer, brakeman, tor; L. L. Butler, engineer; W. R. was conductor, while passing over Oklahoma City, discovered broken Jones and Wni. Spencer, brakemen, west switch at Leasbnrg. His record bolster RI 186609, coal car in train and H. L. Houseman, fireman, had was credited with ten merit marks. 448, Maroh 15, and saw that car was their records credited with ten merit Mr. Mikkelson aIso had his record held over until it could be repaired. marks each for interest shown in re- credited with 10 merit marks for dis- He was commended for his alertness placing broken rail at MP T-37, plus covering broken arch bar on car in by C. T. Mason, and his record was thirty poles. The broken rail was re- credited with five merit marks. ~ortedby Ed Hi~es,track waIker and his train, No. 38, on February 18, at April 8.-R. S. Lucas, brakeman, these gentlemen being the crew on Sullivan, Mo. Sherman, Texas, on Extra 4151 North 834 backed to Crystal City, secured February 21-Arthur G. Knapp, out of Sherman had WnVX 146 on rail and assisted section men in plac- check cIerk, 7th Street Station, no- which car Mr. Lucas discovered a ing track in condition to use. ticed an underweight shipment of broken arch bar. His record was March 9-Lee Story, fireman, train credited with five merit marks. iron, had shipment reweighed, in- 805, discovered box car on fire on creasing weight approxiinateIy 1,100 April 7.-C. M. McRoberts, cmduc- passing track, Grassy Bayou. Train pounds, thereby increasing the rev- tor, and H. A. Rooney, brakeman, of was stopped and crew consisting of Oklahoma City on train 431 discovered L. E. Rice, conductor; Sam Frissell, enue to the company. M. 31. Sisson broken rail MP 673-17 when caboose engineer; Lee Story, fireman, and credited his record with five merit passed over same. They stopped Walter Jones, porter, extinguished marks, and aIso gave him five merit train and arranged with section fore- fire in this car, saving at least five marks on March 13 for discovering an man Lor repairs. The record of each additional cars from being destroyed. underweight shipment of empty man was credited with five merit The record of each man was credited drums, reweighing shipment and in- marks. with ten merit marks. creasing the weight 2,100 pounds. March 1-N. R. Grace, conductor, March 13-T. H. Ancell, brakeman, March 2-J. E. Voyles, brakeman and W. 0. Dodd, brakeman on Extra of Chaffee, was commended for inter- discovered car with broken arch 4154, south, Texas Fast Freight out est shown when he discovered Elgin of Francis, morning of March 1, found bicycle on flat car, train 834, unload- bar in train 2/38 at Marshfield, Mo. a brake beam down on NATX 1901 ing the bicycle at Hayti and leaving His record was credited with ten and repaired same while the car in- in charge of the agent. merit nlarks. spector was repairing another car in March 21-R. S. Edwards, engineer, March 8-Willis Key, section fore- the same train, which saved consid- and D. I. HeItibrand, fireman, were man, St. James, was commended erable delay. The record of each commended for their action in han- account noticing hot box on train No. man was credited with five merit dling situation when stoker failed, marks each. 38, passing him on March 4. The engine 4029, at MP T-110, bringing train was stopped and, on examina- train into Chaffee withont delay. This SOUTHERN DlVlSlON tion, car was found to have a broken train was handled special in order to H'erman H. Snow, brakeman, get rush car of Fords to Memphis at arch bar. Thayer, Mo., while riding in the tank earliest possible time. March 9-Dan Manes, section fore- cupola, noticed fire coming from train man, Grandview, Mo., was commend- as car SHPX 11246 passed over the CENTRAL DIVISION ed for his activities in securing cash north switch at West Plains. He March 7-A fire was discovered at fore ticket from Springfield to Grand- stopped the train and car was set the Hugo Milling Company's Plant, Ft. view. out. Mr. Frazier expressed his ap- Smith, on March 7, at 6:45 p. m. The preciation of his alertness and placed March 9-C. A. Bogue, section iore- switch eng,ine was not on duty, but the letter on his personal record file. the following men assisted in manning man, Oakland, Mo., was commended March 11-Ed. Ferrell, brakeman, an engine and pulled the cars away for placing traffic department in Thayer, while crew was inspecting from the mill, not onIy preventing any touch with shipper of a car of fer- train 135 at Cedar Gap, found TIDX damage to the cars and their con- tilizer. 1053, load of company oil, with bot- tents, but at the same time making April 2-R. E. Stricker, brakeman, tom arch bar broken and top bar the couplings and movement over Kewburg, Mo., discovered a piece of bent, journal box partly turned over. crossings safely. The crew: J. E. broken flange off east pair of wheels Car was set out for repairs, and a Simpson, switchman, C. M. Sasser, letter of appreciation for alertness cashier, and Glen McDaniel, trucker, on car TIDX 810, Extra 37 east at on the part of Mr. Ferrell was placed were given five merit marks each on Stanton. His record was credited on his personal record file. their personal records by 0.L. Young. with ten merit marks. Page 16

FINE HANDLING GIVEN PIPE Clinton, SHIPMENT W,E. Urk, agent at Prairie Grove, Ark., is exceptionally proud of the handling given water pipe, shipped N Frisco Lines Frisco, Birmingham to Prairie Grove. "B Ark. The pipe was used in the in- located the stallation of the Prairie Grove Water 0 of the World." Works at that station and the plant is of baby chicks in t at this time about completed and ready it is difficult for thc with their handlinj to be turned over to the city. The water works plant is modern in every such a business is 1 way and water to supply the needs many Frisco fa mi lie^ of its existence. Ye comes f,rom a fine spring in the center that located on what of as only another Drancn or tne supervision rarmers malntain me Dest Frisco, things fairly hum with actlvity possible flocks in order to receive the during the two really busy days of premium on eggs for hatching each week known ,to those who handle purposes. them as Baby Chick Days. Baby chicks are loaded in baggage On Monday and Thursday of each cars and spaced according to govern- meek two extra baggage cars are ment specifications to insure each box called into service for the handling of sufficient air space to allow baby baby chicks alone. This, in addition chicks fresh air in order to avold get- to the regular equipment, carried in ting overheated due to crowding. The trains No. 20 and 21. largest shipments are made by U. S. At the present time loading activi- mail and this portion is loaded in a ties begin each Monday at about 9:45 separate car while express shipments a. m. and continue until 1:30 p. m.. at are loaded in regular equipment. This whfch time calculations show that arrangement is carried out during the of the city flowing to an underground from 140,000 to 175,000 baby chicks early part of the season, but during reservoir nearby, then pumped into hare been started on their voyage to the peak of the movement, a separate the tower. new homes scattered throughout the car is used for both mail and express The record made in the matter of entire United States, and in some in- and in this case it is necessary to claims is one point which Mr. Lark stances to Old Mexico. run steam trains to take care of the calls particular attention to. Only movement. It is not hard, therefore, one claim was presented which was Thk performance Is repeated on to see that the Baby Chick Capital of for a broken flre plug cap which Thursday and Saturday, only not in the World is quite an asset to the amounted to less than $3.00. such large quantities as the two Frisco as all shipments are moved The contractor, J. F. fiullens, of earlier days of the week, but with such out by rail, and incidentally the Pine Bluff. Ark., is a former railroad regularity that most every day has Frisco handles 98 per cent of all the man, having served in the bridge and become more or less baby chick day movement. building departments of several rail- in Clinton. The dose of each week, Inasmuch as one of the leading roads in the past years and is a friend therefore reveals that approximately hatchery men secured information of the railroads and gave the Frisco 450,000 baby chicks have left Clinton, from one of the Frisco agricultural all the business possible. Mo., via Frisco Lines. This process cars while it was stationed here, and is repeated each week with the result has created such an enormous busi- at the end of each month approxi- ness in such a short time, speaks well mately 1,800,000 baby chicks have IMPROVEMENTS for the source of rinformation which gone to new homes. was secured in the beginning. The The Frisco Railway will use ap- With so much baby chick movement hatchery business was started after proximately 20,000 cars of ballast this it Is therefore natural for one to ask the World War, which is, in reality, year in further improvement of its the source, whfch is easily explained only a short time in which to have roadbed, according to H. L. Worman, when you are informed that three bnilt the Baby Chick Capital of the chief operating officer of the Frisco. leading hatcheries maintain 67 incu- World. Chat, which is used by the Frisco as its standard type of ballast, will be secured from the districts adjacent to One of the outstanding projects Worman pointed out. "is one of curr- Joplin and Webb City, Mo., Picher, provided ia the budget of the Frisco ature through the hills and a maxi- Okla., and Galena, Kan. Chat fs the Railway for 1935-in the interest of imum of one per cent j:rade. Nor- crushed rock discarded at mines after both safety and modernization-will mally, throughout the ye;xr, we oper- the Iead and zinc are extracted. be the installation of automatic block ate seven regular trains in each di- "More than 3.700 cars of ballast," signals on its lines between Memphis, rection over this etretch every z4-. Mr. Worman continned, "will be re- Tenn., and New Albany, Miss., a dis- hours. During Ih e summer months, tance of approximateIy 76 miles. quired in connection with the laying however, many sf)eclal passenger or of 75 miles of new rail during the When the work gets under way, it excursion trains are operated. It is year. Chat, obtained from the mining will provide eight months' employ- districts, has been fonnd the most sat- ment for 50 men, according to H. L. to provide improved service by expe- isfactory. as it retards the growth of Worman of St. LouIs, chief operating diting traffic; with increased safety, vegetation and affords a good drain- officer of the Frisco. that this major installation is being age." he railroad in this territory." Mr. undertaken." May, 1935

from the Mechanical Department

LADIES' AUXILIARY OF LOCAL M. J. Robbins of Mountain View Is MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT visiting with her son. Mr. C. W. Reb- SHERMAN, TEXAS No. 2-SPRINGFIELD WEST SHOP bins and wife of Pierce City. IV. E. Fountain is doing general re- MRS. FOSTER NAPIER, Reporter air work at Wheatland: 0. V. Smitlh D. R. ANDERSON, Rworter is doing general repair work in the Ladles' Auxiliary of Local No. 2 met vicinity of Depeut. E. F. blaggl is F. E. Beck. general foreman of our at the Pythian Castle on March 20, plawing the false 'work under bridge Jermyn shop was a welcome visitor at 1935. Several new members were pres- E6050, preparing for a highway under- Sherman on March 26. This was ,Mr. ent and Mr. Warren made a talk whidh pass between Madill and Durant; W. Beck's first visit to our Sherman facil- was very Interesting. Refreshments C. Lantz is repairing the roundhouse ities. We hope he will flnd time to were served by the local. at Okmulgee; Virgil Leak is doing come -over again soon. Nr. and Mrs. L. A. Herberger are general repair work at Falrland; C. C. Jordan dhief clerk, 1s back on the parents of a nine and - one-half George Simpson is painting at Stroud; the job again Lnd the office is runnlng pound son. They named him Charles S. H. Dean had charge of Maggi's gang normal once more. Elmer. They also have two other sons. while E. F. was on hls recent trip to Pat Stenger, formerly eleotrfclan ap- Mrs. Charley Bridges and their Miohlgan. prenttce here, ,but who is n,ow out of daughter. Darlene. have the flu. Hope his his Lime and working at the West they will be well soon. Coach Shop, Springfield, announces the The quilting party of the Ladies' birth of a son on April 3. Congratula- Auxiliary of Local No. 2 was held at E SIDELIGHTS tinne---**-. the home of Mrs. Price on West High Engineer R. L. Whltus is recovering Street. from an attack of pneumonia. Glad to EWOOD, Reporter report he 1s up and around home at thls writing. 8. & B. DEPARTMENT Jack Prattler, son or W. H. Prather Ross E. Davis, electrician, and Benj. machinist, is looking forward to a trib SPRINGFIELD, MO. H. Stover, machinist, have returned to Washington. D. C., next August, as from Eldomdo, Kans., where they at- one of the delegates from Sherman ARTHUR BUNCH, Reporter tended field trials for bird dogs. Mr. Boy Scouts. Understand he will be Davis as usual got in on the prlzes. the delegate from the Sea Scouts. Jack Bob Riley was recently on the sick his puppy, Glnger Kelly, nephew of is also assistant scoutmaster of the llst and had to be absent from h~shis famous Jane Kelly, carried off North Park Troup, recently organized. work a few days. third prize in a fleld of almost 200 Congratulations are in order for Mr. Ji.m Carter and pang have com- entries from four different states. and Mrs. Don Howard, Jr.. who were pleted their bridge work in the Everett Com'pton, cinder pit man, Is married since our last issue. Mrs. SpringReld Termlnal and have t'aken at present visiting in Sunny California. Howard is the former Miss Ruth to the road again, going t,o Aurora He will (be gone about two weeks. Lalondi. of Denison, and Mr. Howard and vicinity. ' E, E. "Epp" MoCauley, rnacihinist, at is the son of machinist D. E. and Mrs. Bud Jones has been off duty with a the passenger station, 1s driving around Howard, of Sherman. throat ailmen!, in flashy style now with that new Willie A. Greer, machinist, has been Clyde Cunnmgham and gang have Rockne sedan he has purchased during forced to return to the St. muis hos- started a big job in Monett, Missouri, the past month. pital for further treatment. We hope building a double 3 x 6 culvert 120 ft. Jesse Rust, maohlnlst on the day he wlll be back In the tool room soon. long, near the roundhouse. It will take shift has traded his farm for a three- At thls writing T. AX.Tolbert is off several weeks to complete the job. acre track near the nort~hside Of this account illness. Understand he is do- Delmar Paohl. son of Max Pachl. B. city; it is a well improved place and ing nicely and will not be absent long. & B. mason. is attending art school at Mr. Rust also has purchased a new Watch your step! Eddie Green has Kansas City, Missouri. Delmar's home Oldsmobile sedan to go along with the a new Chevrolet! is in Springfield. place-a kind of a new deal all around. CharIes Wallace and gang are dolng A. R. '<.Toe" Kays has returned to some building repairing at Mansfield, work after a month's absence due to Missouri, and vicinity. illness of both himself and Mrs. Kays. WATER SERVICE DEPARTMENT ROY Smith Is back at work in the Mrs. Kays had to undergo an operation SPRINQFIELD, MO. Springfield Terminal after working at a local hospital. but has fully re- three years on rhe road with Nease's covered at this time. gang. Oharles Dummit, grease cup man. Ebb Nease and .gang are rebuilding nhird shift recently made a week's bridges on t,he High Line near Wishart. visit at Oklahoma, and while there was Henry Potter and W,m. Philllps were Missouri. so unfortunate as to get caught in one both on the sick llst during the past The turntable at the north eh0p.s In of the big dust storms that has been month. Springfield Is being renewed with creo- harrassing.- that Dart of the country Pierce Hereford is vacatloning in sote ties and decking, also a new paint recently. OsceoIa, Mo., catching up on his fishing. job. The work is belng done by J. A Homer IP. Bromley, machinist, first Fishing at Osceola reminds us that .Jones and gang. . class in the air Fang, is the proud Jack Gannon and A. G. Deniham owner of a new Oldsmobile sedan. of the stores department made a trip Floyd Dl. Peters, machinist on duty to Osceola recently and by leaving at Qhe passenger station also has a "Jake" Altridge at home so we were 6.81 6. REPORT new car, having selected a 1935 not occupied with watching him to SOUTHWEST DIVISION Chevrolet sedan. keep him from falling in the lake, we Wm. D. Pinkerton, cellar packer, Is were able to brlng home a nice string putting the finishing touches on a new of giant crappie. J. C. WOODS. Reporter roomy garage at his home at 2222 Albert England and famlly also made Summit Ave. We are expeoting: to see a trip to Osceola the last dav of the ST. D. Gibbs was dismissed from the ,him with a new car in it soon. open -game fish season. ~rul~.Osceola Frisco Hospital sometime ago and is "on the Frisco" is a fisherman's mecca. now reported able to be working again. Geo. Cole Iboilermaker, has had hls Mart White is off on a sixty-day hands full 'the past several days ac- The flshlng season over, bhe "boys" coumt of Mrs. Cole being stricken with have turned their attent'ion to baseball leave of absence; Virgil Leake and a. nnd gardening. wife spent Q week visitina his folks severe attack of tonsilitis while their in Tulsa; C. IV. Robbins has re- three children were stricken with t'he Just received the tragic news of the turned to work after spending some measles. Georg evidently has been a death of Donald Sumner. 13-vear-old time in the hospital in St. Louis; our good nurse as they are all ,getting son of Mr. and Mrs. ~ohn'Sumher.due old friend McCon has returned to his along nicely 'at this time. to the accidental discharge of a small home in Okmulgee after an extensive Sam Eagleburger, engine watdher, calibre rifle while returnin~with his visit with his brother In California. has purahased the property a€ 1931 N. father and young~companio~nfrom an Welcome home again! pick~wickAve., wher~he -ill m=ka hie outing near Strafford. The accident or- E. I". Maggi visited Flint, Michigan, home.>... -. curred on Hiahwav 66 near Strafford. recently, bringing back a new Olds- George Vaughn, ci nder pit man, is the Donald nia; an ~xceptionallybrlght mobile. Mrs. Mag~ivisited relatives in proud d,addy of a n ice proud boy who lad, cheerrul and courteous at all times. T1l;--'s. returninrc wit~h her husband has been named H;Lrry Junior. Botsh He is survived, beside the parent!. by drove home. mother and son are doing fine. a younger brother and sister. The Page 18

sincere sympathy of each member of trom a vlslt to Kansas City, where they ditional air conditioned coaches placed the department is extendea to the be- vislted their dau~hter,Mrs. Brown. in service out of this yard. Four of reaved. They report a very nice trip. these were placed in service between Donald Sumner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kansas City and Memphis on trains Johnson Sumner, died April 14 in Burpe 111-103 and 104-118. and the-~-. -.-flfth- nnn- .. - LOCAL No. 17 hospital fr0.m gunshot wounds. He was was assigned as the smoking car on riding in the back seat of his father's trains 105-106 :between ICansas City and WEST TULSA, OKLA. car when he saw a bird and asked his Birmingham. Several more cars are to father to stop the car, saying that he follow as the air conditioning program H. C. PRICE, Reporter wanted to shoot it. -4s he picked up continues, and in addition, the regular- the gun, ir accidently went off, hitting ly assbgned ,Pullman sleeping cars w9h1ch Clvde Fike. third Class machinist. is him in the .mouth. Mr. Sumner is a are now in the Pullman shops having back to work after three days' illness. pbpeflitter in the water service depart- air conditioning equipment installed, W. R. Cline. machinist, is in St. Louis ment. are expected to be returned to service. hospital with- an injured arm. %he rip track boys are jublliant over M. L. Lonigan, electrician, and Sam an arrangement which has been made Blankenship. boilermaker, are drlvinfi whereby half of the force gets every new Plvmouths and thev were shi~~ed- - other Sunday off. Up to the present LOCAL NO. 32-NEWBURG, MO. via ~rikco. time the entire force has ,been working Paul Conbin, third class machinist, every Sunday. E. F. FULLER, Reporter and wife were called to Thayer, Mo., In the passing of Joseph Cook, 86- - on account of the illness of his sister. year-old resident of Dogwood, Mo.. that Mr. and Mrs. Louis DeShurley and M. L. Guinney master mechanic chief community lost one of its real pioneer son, Jackie, visited friends in St. Louis. clerk, and ~hailieaNIrFever, electrical settlers. He came there from Indiana Roy Brown of Kansas City spent foreman, attended the bowling tourna- In 1883, homesteading and i,m,proving the week-end with his family. ment in Oklahoma Clty, Sunday, the the farm where he has lived ever since. Mrs. (3. C. Scott and son, Robert, of 14Ch. He is survived by his wife, who is 87, Springfield visited friends in Neu%urg. D. Wortman, engineer, has been OR and four children, two girls and two Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Ward Mr. and for the past two weeks on account of boys, fourteen grandchildren, seventeen Mrs. Frank, and Mr. and krs. Ivan illness. great grandchi!dren and one great- Fuller a.ttended St. Patrick's ball at H. A. Harrison. car oiler, and Gus great grand chlld. Lnun Cook. of the the Nissouri School Of Mines, Rolla, Allred, switch-engfneer, are in the St. store room department, is one of the Mo.. Xlarch 1.5. Louis hospital at this writing. sons. Mr. and .31rs. R. L. Painter were St. Claud ,Johnson. machinist. nnd wife Patrick (Pat) Collins, 83, former Louis shoppers recently. have- returned from Alton. ho., where Springfleldian, who had $en visiting Mrs. IT. F. Fuller celebrated her birth- they attended the funeral of their here died March 11th while asleep. day with her parents, J. W. Vinson. grandfather. He came here to visit Mrs. Anna Springfield, Mo.. April 3. John Stroud, engineer, wife and son. Ragan of 529 W. Scott street, they Mr..% Sam Garman visited relatives in Paul, are visiting in Washington, D. being old rime friends. He was Aurora, Mo, C., and South Carolina. an old tlme Frisco employe, hav- Mr. Hnrvy Green spent a few days Fellx Bowes, machinist, and, .wife ing helped in much of the ConstrUc- in Butterfield, Mo., on business. have been spending a few days vlslting t'ion of the road from Pacific to Vineta. Mrs. Frank Weight was a Spring- relattves In Ada, Okla. later working in the north car yards. field shopper recently. Since his retirement, he had made his XIr. and Mrs. S. M. BIontgomery at- home with a daughter. Mrs. Mary tended the flower show at the Arena Rossler of Cushing Okla. in St. Louis. BACK SHOP NEWS We have all hekrd the expression, Mrs. Jack Hill and daughter, Gail, "He lost his shirt." Well, Anthony visit'ed relatiol~sin Tulsa, Okla. ALEX WATT and CLAUD CAMPBELL, Barron, sheet metal app~entice, did S. E. Fellows and Mr. deLong were just that literally. As some one broke patients in the Frisco hospital In St. Reporters into his home Sunday night. ~pril14. Louis. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Seboldt. Sr., Mr. and stole all of his shirts, together and Mrs. Otto Horn and daughter are with some jewelry. visiting wlth W. H. Seboldt; oxweld Otto Phelphs Is off sick wlth the flu LOCAL No. &ENID, OKLA. plant attendant. They motored here at this writing. from Fults. Ill., which 1,s their home. FRANK HARKEY, Reporter The visitors are (.Bill's) parents and sister and brother-ln-law. Chas. L. Carver nnd famlly motored James Burrell, blacksmith helper, has LOCAL No. 24 down in Texas the past month t'o visit returned to work after an absence of relatives and friends and reported a flve weeks. He had pneumonia. RAYMOND P. DEES, Reporter nice trlp; tlhat IS, saying nothing about Melvin Rench, tool dresser, had a a Ilttle sand he drove through. very painful accident recently. A Katherine, daughter of J. V. Adam& Herbert Foley, son of W. J. Foley, scale trom an air hammer struck him is visiting her parents at this tlme. general foreman, spent a few days here in the side of his eye, embedding it- Katherine Is a student at M. S. C. W., with his parents. Herbert is nt'tending self in back of the eye. (Mel) will n0.t roIumbus, Miss. Wooster College at Wooster Ohio. lose the sight of the eye but will lose Regret to report the fllnesa of Mrs. G. W. Maddox Is back bn the j& a considerable length of time. G. H Threllfall. wife of nl~ht- round- again. having been absent on account Vance Panuska tripped and fell, house foreman. of the flu, Elmer Davis filled hls va- breaking a couple of r~bs. He lost Mrs. R F. Dees, wife of plpefltter, cancy wh~lehe was off. three weeks work but is now at work has had as house guest, her sister, Mrs. John L. Pritohett has also been off again. Orlando Harmon, of Jackson, Mich. with the flu but is now back on the job Fred Bbbzlne, machlnlst. Is also the Mrs. H. H. Johnson, wife of triple again. vicrim of an accident. He broke his renairman. is on the sick li1st at this J. F. Ferguson, car foreman, is sport- arm when a car jack which he was rimel Ing a new Ford V-8 coupe. It's a nice using slipped. illachlnist J. H. Branam is at St. looking car. J. k. Phelps, car, carpen,ter on the Louis hos~ital.the third time for him. Brakeman It. L. Williams, who was rip track, whose wife is in Burge hos- Mrs. ~ynerd;mother of water service Injured by a hilt-and-run driver while pital recovering from an operation re- man, Claud Kynerd, is visiting her [tag~inga crossing for his traln, Is im- ports that she is doing fine and will daughter in Flor~da. proving some. be able to be moved home within a Carman J. L. Haney is on the sick Mr. Williams was doing hls bIt tn week. list. make the railway crossing a SAFE Martin Huff, bollermaker helper, and The small son of Kelly Powell, who CROSSING and in so doin,g almost lost wlfe were called to St. Louis recently was bitten by a stray dog. is taklng his life bv a reckless hit-and-run to attend the funeral of their son's treatments. driver. father-in-law, C. A. Rlchason. You who have not seen an Oklahoma Li:t.tle Katherine Myers, 3-year-old dust storm are missine something. Be- daughter of Lawrence Myers, who was lieve we can compete-lirith any of our severely burned when her clothing neighboring states. The visibility was caught fire from the stove, March 3, is zero and many stories were l~ringtold much improved at this writing. J. J. SULLIVAN, Reporter about the dust storm. One of the shop Ted Barnetr has returned fram St. boys told of missing his p*t pnlrle Louis where he visited his brother, Otto Nolte, who for a number of dog, that he had caught in tl~eround- Coy who has been in the hospital. He years was storekeeper for the Pullman house some time ago, but hter fouhd rephr-t:s hls brather much improved. Company at this yard. collavsed while it digging his hole about trn feet above ,. being able to leave the hospital. at work in the Argentine coach yard of old mother earth and through the sana. Bill Hart, boilermalcer helper, has the Santa Fe railroad on March 28 and Anuther offered this one. .\ friend of purchased a new home at 1923 N. Jef- died in an ambulance en route to a his living on a ranch clo5i. by Enid ferson. He moved into it recently. hospital.' hmad tied his horse, to a tree before rhe Coy Long, painter, has been laid up Richard McKee. who underwent an dust storm hit thls l?cality -and whlle-- -- with the rhe~mat~smfor several days. emergency operation for appendicitis at this friend h$d gc)ne ror an nour or so Geor e Kent, machinist apprentice. Providence hospital on March 19, Is now and returned he found h1.s horse hang- is contned to .the h~spitalfor treat- recuperating at home and is expected ing from the trec? and about ten feet ment at this writing. to soon be back on the job again. off t%e ground. M any others were told. Mr. and Mrs. Al. Ball have returned The past month has seen five ad- but no one woul?i believe them. May, 1935 Page 19

Martin Fuller. son of H. H. Fuller, LOCAL No. 19-MEMPHIS, TENN. RECLAMATION PLANT spent the week-end with his parents the past' mon-th. Martin is attending SPRINGFIELD, MO. the Oklahoma University at Norman. C. H. FULLER, Reporter Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Puller were paid T. 0. CHAPMAN, Reporter a short .visit by their son, Wayne, and Had occasion to visit in the train - his famlly April 14. Wayne is a resi- yards with one of tlhe oar insgect'ors dent of Kingfisher Okla., and has a and it was impossi~bleto pass up the James Burt has had a small crew of verv responsible pdsittion with one of car inspectors' qu.arrters, which I am acetylene cutters and scrap ~0rkerSat the-big flour mllls at that place. sure are among the neatest and best the switch tracks, near the West Shop Our re-organization meeting of the the past month, clearing up some ma! Frisco Traffic Club, held April 5, 7:3U kept build,ings on the railrond. Ma- terial of all kinds is neatly placed in terial for salvage. p. m. in Uhe passenger depot, was a Our sympathy is extended to James huge success. The attendance regis- separate bins and the bins are iwbeled. There is a rack built for triple valves Camp and relatives, in the death of tered wes 118. Some of the Frisco his father, George Crtml,, which oc- bovs came from Okeene. Drummond. and it is about as neat and tidy as any pl.ace could be kept for the purpose curred at his home in Springfleld, the La-mont, Covington, and ' many other for which it is intended. lratter part of Maroli. outside points to meet wlth us. We f. are gla& #to have them any time. A This brought my attentlon to the Our superintendent, L. Leysaht, Is point art which I asked quite a few a memiber of the "Champion" pinochle variety of talks were heard. Miss club of t3pringfield. He has been hav- Martha Moore, especi,ally, gave some questions with reference to inspecation, etc., and I learned from some of my ing a score somewhat below average interesting thoughts. Then, there was questions .that one of our' inspeotore. for some tlme past, and his friends are her reading, "The Rooster and the now elated to know that his luck has Little Black Hen" to climax her talk. 0. S. Marshall, in the nast sixty bays has caught somebhing like 12 or 14 turned, and he 'has katelv ranked one Miss Moore's lidttie readinlg ju~tadded of the highest scores of-any member fuel to the flames, as we s.ometimes broken arch bars. as well as some 4 or 5 cracked wheels which. in mv of the clu'b. say, and our Western division orators During the later ,part of Ma.rch, were not to be ou,tdone. Mr. Fisher opin~on.certainly speaks meli for thk told us about the "Old Grey M,pre," also inspect~onforce in the Mom~phisTerm- Charley Mullen w,as sent to the Rrisco inal, and particularly Mr. Marshall. All Hospital at St. Louis for trea:tmen,t. mentioned s0mebhin.g about strut~ting We have (been informed that .he under- our stuff." He did not say, but it is of the other men are performing their dutles well, too, as Lche past perform- went an operat~onthere. and just re- believed there was a turkey gobler cently has been releascd so he could mixed up in the deal somewhere. Mr. ance of haudlinc inbound and outbound trains speaks cell for all. convalesce at home in Springfleld. We Rudd gave us some excellent pointers There is a mighty nice program In understand he is reooverin~satisfac- on "team work" in his story o.f the torily and hope his improv'ment con- Ox and the Jackass. Conductor Bert effect in the steel car vard. Thev are workiug quite a few men and are turn- tinues rapldly. Irwin won the abtendance prize, a lawn We know that 4he Frisco has manv chair. Soliciting of business for the ing out about 4 cars a Bay, which are receiving general repairs. ,men in thelr employmenr w,ho are re= Fr,isco will n.ot be so tough for Mr. sourceful, and have genius of most Irwin. Two more meetings of the clusb Also had conversation with Messrs. Lutz and Wmare and they advised that every -trade and talent. As definite will be held and durin,g these meet- proof of this statement we have work- ings the re-organizing of rhe clu,b will there was some miabtv good work be- be completed and plans perfected for ing turned off of - thk -~egair track, ing among us. Alfred Lahman, a labor- the solicimtation of business for t'he which makes us all feel mighty ,good, er, who has made his own shoes and Drisco. We are expecting a larger at- nnd do hone bhat the aood work will wears them tvi.th satisfied conlfort. tendance at our next meetlng. keep up akd our prog%ms will con- They are unique in material and con- tinue. struction. They are ,also proven to be We are mlahtv elad to (have A. 0. very durable. It' is probable that shoe Proctor back %t woi-k after being con- m.aking may :become a "hobby" with fined to the hospital in 'St. Louis. and him, as he has h,ad severill fellow em- we hope his good health will con(tinue. pboyes ask him regarding the possi- LOCAL NO. 19-&MEMPHIS, TENN. 41so glad to see C. W. Klm~brouph bility of having him to make them a back on the job after being off accoullt pair. There has nassed from our midst a ALVIS H. THOMAS, Reporter illness. We feel that the depression Is really veteran whok we all regret to see go; over since we have now received all Louis A. Cordz, machinist helper, who Calllng your attentlon to our re- of our 10% wage deduction back, and died in the Frisco Hoxnital at St. Louis. organized TraPe'ic Club. WiUh a mem- we're all hopin~gthat it will be many April first, after a short illness. ~e bership of over 40, we have Ilned up a year before our pay will be cut again. was buried in M,nple Park Cemetery in with tlhe traffic office and have given Mexsrs. H. D. Warren and I-loward Springfleld, beside his wife ,and sons. programs boosting the Frisco railroad Pickens have spent considerable time He was of Danish decent, having been and appealing to the public to use our at Yale recenltlv in connection will1 bhe born in Rintgstedt, Denmark, and came road for transportation. Further re- hew organizatibn ,and from L'he interest to -4~mericawhen 'he was ten years of ports of the activities of the club will being shown believe Tale will be 100%. age. He worked at St. Johns, Nova be given in later reports. The follom- E.-F. Tuck seemed to have the jitters Scotia, for awhile and later at Norfolk, ing are t~heofficers: Bro. V. A. Smjth. about the mlddle of April and on in- Va. When he was still a young man president; Mrs. Virginia Wade, vice- he became engaged in the lumber in- cluirinrr learned that Mrs. Tuck and dustry in Mississippi with 'his brother, president; Bro. J. 1. Whitalter, secre- ~kippfwerevisiting relatives in Texas. tary; Mrs. Martin, treasurer. Alvis H. kater moving to ,soukhern Missouri. 31~s.M. L. Shick was a renresenta- There they engaged in the same in- Thomas. chairman traffic committee. tive from one of the local* Eastern Bro. ~aivey,manager. dustry 111 Shannon and Douglas Mrs. Florence Elexander, wife of Star Chapters at a Convention in Nash- Counties. They were so engaged when Lummle Elexander engine packer, was ville recently. the Gulf R. R. was built from Spring- called to h'atchez: Mis.s., due to the Seems like old times to have Messrs. field .to Memphis. He had many varied dearth of her mother. We extend our J. ?I. Haley and "Red" Huff with us experiences, and shipped lumber to sympathy to the family during their agaln. 'Johnnie was off recovering S~rinEfiddand Other markets bv ox bereavemenst. from an operation and "Red" on ac- t&m< .before the railroads came.- 4s Bro. John Wesley. coach oiler, re- count of his hand. Hone both are fullv ti:me developed, he and his brother cently made a trip to Westpoint, Miss., recovered. nurchased a small locomotive and mil- to visit his sick brother. Brother Wes- H. E. Moore is still off account ill- way logging cars, and operated them ley ts vice-president of our local. ness. Hurry up and get well and come over several miles of road which they We extend our well wis'hes for a back, Moore. built into the Ozarks timber country speedy recovery for Rev. Fred Webster, It was recently necessary for Henry from 'the main line. dMr. Cordz was t,hi.rd class machinist, who at this T,hrelfall ,to spend some time in Amory the engineer, and he never forgot the writing 1s confined at home wiith ill- where the was called accountt illness of experience acquired on this job, as he ness, also his wife and mother-4x1-law. his mother. We wish fmor her a speedy was the mechanic. as well as the en- Frank Nevels, third class boiler- recovery. glneer. The engine was fired with maker, npgiht, made a hurried trip to Certainly glad J. J. Drashbman made wood in those days he sald. Ohicago to the bedside of his sick son, a trip to the St. Louis hospital and re- He was employed at the rectamation w,ho is critionlly ill in a hospital. turned without having an operation. pbant for the past eleven years. Pall In our campaign for a safety first He says being there a week w'as plenty. hearers from the reclamation plant record, all the boys have unanimously T. C. Shaw returned to the St. Louis were: William Read. John Carnahan. agreed to we'ar safety shoes. Of course hospital for a check-up and re~portsthe Bar1 Goudh, ~alcomsl;Doran, r ree em an Big George Erlnnards of the car de- doctors advise 'he is getting along fine. Wasson and Arthur Stewart; partment, who sports k number 13 shoe, Did you notlce the broad smile Wm. had to hlave a pair special made to ac- A. Lewis has been wearing recently? oommodate those enoPmou,s feet. It's because the is "grandpa". A daugh- MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT Prevent4ng accident is os aerlj good ter, named Beverly Jean, w,as born on work, February 27th to Mr. and Mrs. 1%'. D. THAYER, MO. It serves to keep many from getting R,ay. Mrs. Ray will be remembered as Iurt ; AIiss Florence Lewis. F. M. mPEEBLES, Reporter So do your bet when you read this L. J. Orman made a trIp to Virginia uerse. recen!tly, due to the serious illness of Mrs. E. E. Bateman, wife of con- prevent -ac c i d e n t a and practice .hds mother-in-law. Hope she is well ductor, is visiting in Springfleld. SAFBTY FIRST. on the road to recovery by this tiine. Pleased to announce that The Camp- bell Motor Co. has had another carload MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT Mrs. A. C. Potter spent the day re- of Plymouths and Dodges shipped 'by KANSAS CITY, MO. cently with Mrs. Maude Edgmgton, who tlhe Frisco R. R. had the misfortune of losing her hus- Rodney Wilcon and wi,fe of Memphis band, John Edgington, sand machine are now visiting home folks. WILIARD C. ABEHCROMEIE, Reporter operator in north Frisco car yards, at Mrs. Harry Wolff, wife of conductor. hls home. March 20. had .the misfortune eo ,be hit by an Consratulations to Clifford JIcGowen. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Hereford spent automobile near her home, breakln'g who was married the latter part of Eastcr with relatives in Osceola. one of her limbs, and was taken to the 3Iareh. This should bring- on the Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Potter and family hospital at Memplhis. cigars. spent Easter with relatives in Elkland. Mrs. C. Jones, wife of car inspector Claude Horning and wife recently had Missouri. and Mrs. Frank Carter, wife of brake- som: good luck fishing at Lxke of the The Frisco Ladlcs' Bluebonnet Sewing Ozarks. Club met at the home of Mrs. Earshel man, are now visiting In Memp11i.s. Wyiie McCready and Bill Walsh also McCauley and spent a pleasant day piec- H. Miller, pard clerk, and wife are report fioocl luck on the big lake and for ing quilt blocks for the hostcss, and with now ,at Pensacola. proof tbrought back a picture. individual sewing. The hostess was pre- Bill Mar'tln, brakeman. .and Zack Richard Eckart was operated on April sented with lovely tea towels. A covered Roberts. fireman, are now sportlng: 4 Lor acute av~endicitis. He is recover- dish luncheon was servcd at noon in new Chevrolets. ing rapidly and expects to be baclc to cafeteria style. The next meeting will Mike Powell, son of Wm. Phillips, work about May 15. be at the home of Mrs. Gelsheimer. roundhouse foreman, who 'has lbeen Henry Hichardson is baclc to work Mrs. Warren visited recently with Mrs. visiting at home, has now returned to after being off for sane time on account Edgington. Georgia Teck College ad Birmingham. of illness. We are glad to report Mrs. G. F. AI- Miss Glenda Haynes, wife of fireman, Clarence Ehni. Art ThomDson and Joe ward Is gaining back her health after an is now visiting at Memphls. Hammons are the proud owners of new operation. HOD^ she will soon be able Fords. It seems that the night gang to attend our meetings again. We miss Miss Carlyn Sk~ggs,daughter of ha,? roundhouse clerk, is visiting at Mem- is Ford minded. -.--. Some people have all the luck. BiH Mrs. Claude Dickens, who has been phis. Blessman walks off with an electric very sick is some better and able to at- Mrs. H. E. Crass. wife of fireman, is ironer. which was first ~rizeat a mer- tend part of the meetings. visiting at Kansas City. chants' drawing recently. Mrs. Edgington spent the day recently Miss Daisy Mitchell, daughter or Among those on thc sick list ate Roy with Mrs. Burl Hough. hostler Is now at Pensacola. Walls. Ed. Rina and Nich Vidovich. The ladies had a very interesting dis- Mrs. Vlc Huddleston, wife of engi- WC' were all- shocked and gricved to cussion at their meeting April 15 on the neer is now in Kansas City. learn of the sudden death of Cornellus subject of "Stores Which Ship by Frisco Miss Oma Huddleston, d'ilughter of .E. Holly. night tankman. Our sincere and Those Which Ship by Truck". engineer, who 1s attending Central Col- sympathy goes out to Mrs. Holly and lege at Fayette, Mo., is now visiting family. hmome folks. Artie Berry is very proud to make the Wm. Marsh train dispatcher Is v1sl.t- statement that $he bought a new accor- LOCAL NO. 3-SPRINGFIELD. MO. ing at Memphis. dion for his daughter. We have heard - Mrs. Wm. Spander, wlfe or engineer. the young lady play on a number of JAalES L. CANP, Reporter is now in Memphis. occasions and can testify to the fact that Miss Oatherine Schrata, daughter of she is quite an artist with the instru- Attendance at meetings of thls local car inspeotor, is now visiting at Poca- ment. has been very Poor. In fact, there honras. Ark. Our sympathy to Chas. Knox and fam- has not been enough present at the Mw. Riley Fry, wife or machinist, ily whose mandmother died recently at past few meetings to afford a properly was struck ~bvli~htening when she ~irsons.Kan. conducted meeting. If employees at started to turi the radio off, she hav- G. C. Gulleg. wife of boilermaker at thls polnt wish to see ,this local con- ing been confined to her bed since. Favetteville. Ark.. was a visitor at the tinue, it will be necessary that each hohe of JO~~ammons recently. and every one of you give your local Wesley Ehni and wife recently re- your financial and moral support, Let turned from New York where they spent us all get .togebher and make Local several weeks visiting friends and en- No. 13 what it should be. M ECHANlCAL DEPARTMENT joying the sights. But all was not fun Donald Bellars, scrap yard I&borer, OKLAHOMA CITY, on the trip as Wesley missed the train arrived for work one m.orning recently at Cincinnati when he got off to grab a with his face all smiles and unable to bite to eat. Wesley's wife was on the get his hat in place. It seems that a FRANCIS N. JONES. train and had the tickets and it looked tiny new arrival .at .his house had like a long walk for Wesley to Kansas something to do with It. It's a boy, his City, but the ticket agent had pity on name is Val Barry, weight seven John Seal Is In the St. him and wired ahead to the tram that pounds, and he arrlved March 30. recovering from an automb,.., ,,,.,,.... he missed and his ticket was held until DonaId report's that Mrs. Sellars and John's many friends wish hfm a speedy he could catch up on another train. the (boy are dolng nicely. Congratula- recovery and hope to see him baclc on Frisco Sunnylancl Club amateur show tions. the job soon. and dance at Drexel Hall. Mrs. 0. B. We are very pleased ta report that Miss Patsy Quinn, daughter of Machin- Stoner had charge of the show and after J. E. Potts, foreman, scrap yard, has ist A. J. Quinn, will leave thc first of the entetainment a dance was held and returned to work after a month's ab- May for a three-weeks' trip to CIeveland, a good time enjoyed by all present. sence due to illness. Ohio and Washington. D. C. She will Two more oumerx of new Fords are It is hoped that in the near ,fulure be &~om~~aniedby her grandparents. Geo. Stroble and Claude Coffey. we will have some baseball reports to Mr. and BIrs. J. $1. Sayles, of Denison. make, as ilt is being endeavored ,to or- Texas. ganize two soft ball teams at this shop FRISCO LADIES* AUXILIARY No. 1 t,o play in the Frisco League now be- Jess Moore, car foreman, was operated ing organized in Springfield, How- on for appendicitis. April 12. It was SPRINGFIELD, MO. ever here are some sidelights on the an acute attack and he was rushed to potenvial players. the hospital and operated on at once. We MAUDE RDGINGTON. Reporter Paul O'Brien probably will be ma.n- are glad to report that he is rapidly re- oger of one team, and with O'Brien for covering. Frisco Ladias' Auxiliary No. 1 met in a name, who can say that be will ever Wm. TemDle. of the store department. :agle's Hall April 15 and held their reg- forfeit a game. has been off for several d ays, due to U lar meeting. A large crowd was pres- R. Vanhorn will make a good flrst illness. e nt. Mrs. Jitm Loser was very busy em- sacker. because a 'ball coming in his Engineer Lou Prultt has returned to roldering tea towels while the rest of directlon is bound )to be raked in by work alter a long illness. tll he ladies looked on and were busy with those long arms. . t'he business of the meeting. Aftcr the When Roy VahIdl~lismacks thet ball Vernie Rrown visited with r~lar~usdrzu nieeting a social hour was spent and re- it really goes places. relatives in Sapulna. April 7. freshments of pie and coffee were served Ivan Thomas has made some out- Nr. and Mrs. C. B. Louzader have re- to the husbands and families. standing plays as shortstop in practice turned from a week's visit with relatives Mrs. Chas. Beck made a trip to St. p16ay. in Newburg. Louis Lo visit her daughter-.in-law. Mrs. Floyd Yates will make a good um- Dick Rronnon has been off for several Ralnh Beck. pire lf he can ever strengthen his days, clue ,to the death of his brother. Mrs. Erna Barclay and two children voice and hlx eyes. Clifford Bobzien was called to Spring- have returned from St. T,oiii~, where she H. I3 Brown proved that he is not Aeld. April 14, clue to his father hav~ng visited her two sisters. Mrs. York and just a has-been by h.is fielding on our been seriously injured. Nrs. Spoerl. practice field. Two new members joined the Auxiliary J. W. Adams showed us that he can Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Espelin and daugh- at this meeting. Mrs. Cates, wife of Ca- still smack 'em out when he gets up ter. Viv~inia, were called to Springfield borer Cates at the roundhouse and Mrs. to bat. the early part of April, account of the Hurd, wife o'l Inspector Hurd at the trah The writer wishes at ,this time to death OF Mrs. Espelin's father. Mr. D. B. sards. If all the men of Local No. 1 thank Local No. 3 for their kind ex- Stockton. Mr. Stockton was 91 years old. would bring their wives out and have pression of sym.pathy and the beautiful We have had our share of the dust them join the Auxiliary, what a wander- floral offering at the time of death of storms and it looks as though it is only ful time all would have. There would his fatmher, George W. Camp of this the beginning. be many pleasant evenings for all. city. May, 2935 Pnge 21

ATTEND EVERY MEETING OF treasurer of the west shops division of Mr. and 3lrs. Leo Herbenger an- YOUR LOCAL. the newly folrmed Frisco soft ball as- nounce the birth of a nine and one soclafiion whmich is to participate in the quarter pound son, March 21st. Mr. activities of the Sgringfleld Amateur Hepbenger is a boilermaker helper. Soft Rall Association. Local No. 2 will Fishing in this vicinity has been LOCAL No. &ST. LOUIS, MO. be represented by four teams. Games good the last' month as evidenced by - will lbe played at Grant Beach Park. the following: Alfred Elkins, machinist, r,;,,.,..,, clrn,r,.. mnnhin:~+.Pl"rnnna rn.,,,r+c ,nnd,n" ."Pipht'3'3n "O"n,q Cat-

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Morton's place. We've all heard our grandl~arentssav to illant notatoes in the dark of the mo6n; hoivever, we know one man who still is a strong ,believer in that. Homer Weber believes it so strongly he stayed out in the rain all one Saturday after- noon to get his planted. The follow- ing Monday was April Pool's Day and Homer got the biggest fooling of all. He was sick in bed and had to take cantor oil. And as for a bountltul supply of potatoes, well, who knows? Lee Buffington has been assigned a position in Mr. Harvey's office. He formerly worked at Xewburg and we are a11 glad to have him back with the Frisco again. Miss ,Jacque Fitzjohn and a party of friends motored tro Jop;in the 3rd and attended the Nelson Eddy Concert. Mrs. Charley 411an spent several days of the l)ast month visiting her children, Mr. and iMrs. A. T. Thorsoll of Ft. Smith. George Wood went to Ransas City the 3rd and just rested the whole dap through. He didn't even take tlme off to eat his office mas deeply del?ressed by the death of Mrs. Elsie Gustln, wife Of our yardmaster, W. P. "Butch" Gustin, the 30th. Mrs. Gustin had been ill two months and died following an opera- tion. We all exrend our sincere sym- pathy to the Gustin family. Ed Baron hasn't been able ,to figure out what it's all about, but he is just two show tickets ahead. He has just received word from the Lee Shoe Com- panv that he is sixth prize winner for a slogan sent in. It sure is news to Ed for he did not send in a slogall.

OFFICE OF GENERAL MANAGER ORVILLE COBLE, Reporter

J. 31. "Mike" Connolly ,was stricken with a heart attack mh~lein church ,:,m-- I Sunday morning: Am11 14. He was 'p 3g,-%'%J$&59" A. A rushed to the ~;.iscoh,osl)ital for at- tention. We hove by the time Chis is Milwaukee Carman asks whether dirty-hands champions printed that he 1s well on the road to recovery )but at this wrlting his con- know that Lava Soap cleans grimy faces, too. dition is quite critical. p. A. Mofeitt spent a week's vacation this month in his own back yard. Miss Willigan also welcomed the va- "Month after month," writes An- no time and is so easy on the skin." cation list. drew Russo, carman on the C. M. * * * St. P. & P., "I see where somebody Thank you, Mr. Russo. We'd got- T LOCOMOTIVE DEPT. is arguing about who gets the dirti- ten so wrapped up in learning who ZITE FROSS.\RD, Rel~orter est hands in the world-and who had the world's dirtiest hands that gets them clean fastest. And do you we forgot to remind the readers to r,ilst, ~,,~~liththere appeared in our - column an item concerning the illness know, in most cases, their faces are wash grimy, work-stained faces with of Mrs. C. F. Davidson, wife of car just as dirty as their hands. foreman. We related that she had been Lava, too. Lava is the only soap quite seriously ill with pneumonia, bur that can get real dirty-dirt off fast at that time was well on the road to HE PUTS THEM WISE recovery. Now, alas, we must write . . . and vet T.RVR ic ac safe fnr vnilr the sad conclusion to that artlcle, tell- ing how complications arose as n re- sult of che l~neumonia,climaxed by Mrs. Davidson's gassing away on March 25. Our heartfelt sympathies are ten-

dered-~ the~ familv In their sorrowful be- reavement. ick, The construction work on our new heavy Iather and fine powdery pu- auton~obile~arking grounds, back Of mice team together to get any kind of &e roundhoke is prr$gressing' .rapirlly. This is quite i gigantfc project. in- grime in a jiffy. And Lava's glycerine volving the filling in of canyons and -used in most expensive hand-lotions nrrovos with tons of heavy boulders, erec?ing dams, tunnelling new water- -protects the skin, keeps it from ways-all in an effort to prevent those chapping, helps heal up little nicks destructive cataracts fPom rushing and cuts. down the slopes and carrying the good earth right from beneath the wheels Lava works well in any water-hot nf our automobiles. Fred Lake, boiler or cold, hard or soft. It costs no more foreman, is the conCractor and engi- neer, and he feels he wi~ll11)e qualified than ordinary soaps-lasts much to submit bids on ail major proie,cts ionger. Most grocery stores have of civil engineering after coml)letlnp this job. Lava. Get yourself a couple of bars And to eaual the magnificence of the Gamble Product today. new ~arkingground. Sam Plck, ma- chinist. has purch~sed for himself a new 1035 Dodge-the zenith of beauty and proficiency! TAKES THE DIRT . . . PROTECTS THE SKIN Page 24

AQENT'S OFFICE-MONETT, MO. of illness. OFFICE OF DIVISION AND STORES Mrs. Troy Hlldenbrand, of Pecullar, has recovered from a verv serious ill- ACCOUNTANT-SPRINGFIELD, MO. PEARL 1C. LEWIS, Reporter ness. Little Francis Holder Is qulte ill wlth IL.4 COOK. Reporter the flu. She is tlhe daughter of Mr. and BIr. and Mrs. Fred Kunz of Sprlng- Henry Kelpe spent Sunday. March 3.1 field were guests of their son. C. J. Mrs. T. B. Holder. Mr. Holder Is a brakeman. In Cape Girardeau with homefolk. ~ii Kunz, and faimlly and also visited rela- father is recovering nicely from a tives In Joplin and Fort Scott, lians., We wish to extend our congra.tu4a- serious operation. this month. Mr. Fred Kunz has been tions to 311.. and Mrs. C. W. Hall of Mrs. Broe Mitchell is again "up and a member of the Frlsco Family for Colum~bla,1Mo. Mrs. Hall Is the dauah- about" after being confined to rhe many years and is well known all over ter of Dr. and Mrs. W. S. Walker. Dr. house with scarlet fever. the Eastern division. Wlhisle on the re- Walker is our Brisco doctor~~ - at Clinton. Rov Love. brother of Mlss Ina Love. tired list, he is still aotive in working Fred Hinderlx, warehouse foreman, @f this office surprised her with a visit for the best interests of the li'risco. spent the week-end with his family. recently. A cousin from Shell City, Mackie Nott, small grandson of W. who lives at Niangua. 310.. also saent the week-end with Ina L. Mayfleld, has quite an ear for music and' attended the music convention and "Grandad" has just about decided Mrs. J. H. Burgess of Carl Junctlon Is visiting friends and relatives here. which was held here. t'o get hlm a banjo. Our slncere sympathy 1s extended to C. J. Kunz. W. L. Mayfield, Richard Mr. and Mrs. L. Crotty are vacation- Mr. and Mrs. John Sumner In the loss Mills, A. M. Trimble and J B. lden ing In Texas and Louisiana hfr. Crorty of their son, Donald, on April 14. Don- composed a party of Frisco Boosters is a retired engineer. ald accidentlv shot himself in the head. from Monett who attended the Frisco never recoverinrr consciousness. Mr. Employes' Meeting in Fayetteville, Su~nnerIs employed in the water serv- March 26. ice department. Miss Dolores Vaughan, daughter of F. L. & D. CLAlM DEPARTMENT Audie Biggers has fallen In love all Operator Vaughan, was the winner of SPRINQFIELD, MO. over again with Memphis after spend- an $80.00 prize given at the Gillloz ing Sunday there and motoring over the theater recenrly. Dad didnnt have to beautiful new scendc drive which fol- rive his consent for an "Easter Bon- DAZEL LEWIS, Reporter lows the river around town. net" this year. Spealclng of Ifemphis-we understand Joe Shockley acted a8 cashier one thast conpratulatiens are in order for day this month in the absence of lIlss Katherine Hurt expects to spend F. H. Shannahan, who was married on Cashier Trimible who. accompanied by Easter with her mother at Greenfield. April 18. We wish he and his bride Mrs. Trimlble, attended the St. LOUIS MO. much happiness. Greater Flower Show. !@he Trimbles Miss Ethel Hindman of Kansas City are both lovers of flowers and their is visiting her mother and sisters. lawn is a mass of colorful blossoms G. T. Blankenship visited in Dallas. from early spring to fall. Texas. over the week-end. -4orial 7. He MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT Ray Gu~nneywas off duty about ten reporied it' sunny in the.sunny south, days this month on accoun,t of illness. whlle we had snow all day. He also SPRINGFIELD, MO. We are glad to report his return to Informs us that his valuable bird dog, work and are sure his health is again which was stolen from his garage some HAZEL CLARK, Reporter normal1 as he is on his full lunch ra- time ap. has been found. - tion of six sandwiches and a dozen G. C. Roog recently spent a day in h bananas. St. Louts in connection with his new Frisco Soft Ball League has been Charles Kunz, Jr. has taken op golf- duties in the accounting department. organized in Spring~fleld as a unit of ing and we are sure Monett will have the Springfleld Amateur Soft Ball Asso- a "prize wlnner" thls season in the Oh! me, Oh! gee, Oh! rot, ciation. The association is comprised District Cklf Tournaments. Says Pursley we can Pop; of five leagues and play will start yay Mh. and Mrs. W. L. MayfieId enler- This weather's not so hot, 13. Elasborate arrangements are belng tained as guests Sunday. April 14. Mr. I've always sniffles got. made for the ogening g>ame,Whiob will and Mrs. W. L. Heath of St. Louis and be played under the flood lights of one Agent Kunr and famiIv. Always win$, dust, snow, rain, of the cit'y parlrs. Mayor Durst Is ex- MTS. Tom ~ennemaiand daughter. No sunsaine, gives me paln; pected to be present to throw out the Carolyn, have gone to Birmingham, Only thing seem to gain, first ball and the Boy Scouts' band to Ala., for a vislt with relatives. Pull my beezer again. furnlsh music for the ocoasion. There Joe Shockley and A1 Chidister are In is also to be a number of prizes ' a class to themselves slnce returning Vile dope have to guzzle. awarded. .a The Frisco League is made up of from trip to Roaring river, each dis- Inhale salve, breath muzzles; eight teams, four from the West loco- playing a string of t~routwhlch num- Only way solve puzzle. motive and coach shops, one from the bered and weighed the "limit." Just honk on my snozzle. North shorm, two from the redama- -C. E. Martin. tion plant; and one from the general office building. J. E. Potts has been CLINTON AND OSCEOLA SUB-DIVISION MRS. A. W. LIFFEE. Reporter The First National Bank We are sorry to hear of the serious FIRST NATIONAL BANK illness of Jack Ambrose in Pensacola. Fla He is the grandson of Mr. and and Trust Company OF BIRMINGHAM, ALA. Mrs. D. B. Ambrose. Mr. Ambrose is a retired engineer. Mrs. Ambrose is also Oklahoma City, Okla. sufferinn from a. sprained ankle. FRISCO DEPOSITORY C. S. Kline is bac to work after being off several wee& on the account

FIRST NATII You Will Find the BANK in Wichita Security National Bank SAVINGS AND TRUST CO. WICHITA, KANSAS MEMBER FEDERAL R ESERVE SYSTEM A CONVENIENT BANK

Founded in 1876 "BANK WITH SECURITY" 34 Years Under Present Eighth Street. Batwean Olive and Locust Manag1ement ST. LOUIS, MO. May, 1935

elected gresident of the league, with Easter week-end vlsltlng the newly- the following vice-presidents: Ed De- weds, Mr. and ~Mrs. S. C. Roberts (nee Clew, representing West shops; Jas. Margaret Maste~s),in Champaign, Ill. Loser, representing the Morth shops; The bride really can cook. myself about R. 0. Vahldick, representing the rec1,a- A joint birthday Party was given mation plant, and Jas. Burns, repre- Irene Sohaller, Vem Melton Zella senting the general office bullding. Shawley and Helen Hawkins '(almost Mabelle Campbell has recently re- quintuplets) by the clerks in this office turned from Los Angeles, where she at the Harvey House with twenty st- was called on account of the serious tending. PIPE SMOKING" illness of her sister, Mrs. Smith Lee. A vote of praise goes to Pearl Hut- Mrs. Lee was formerly lMiss Lena ton for the splendld work she did on Campbell of this city and we regret a Good-Luck Scrap Book for Ola thar her condition is Ltlll crltiaal. Barnes. who is still away from the LeRoy Dysart's young daughter, office account illness and as this goes Itosemary Ann, has been qulte ill but to press Muriel ~semingerand Vera is now well on the way to recovery. AIe1,ton are also away account illness. Sympathy was extended to F. If. We wish for them a speedy recovery. Ferbranche when he displayed badly blistered hands, as we assumed the spring weather had made him over-en- TELEGRAPH NOTES thusiastic in garden making; but the sympathy was immediately wlthdrawn EASTERN DIVISION when he explained the blisters were -- caused from pulling taffy, especially HELEN FELLO\Vf3, Reporter since no samples of said taffy were in evidence. E. R. Haymes, agent, Rolla, who had Speaking of spring and gardens, we the mlsfortune to break his arm la have two rose enthusiasts in the de- March, will soon be able to resume partment, namely Flo Blevans and Ida duty, we are happy to report. He is Blood. The office was gene~ouslysup- being relleved by I?- E. Jones, regular plied wlth roses last year from tlieir 'third trick operator, who in turn Is gardens and we are glad to know that being relieved by D. A. Atkins. they have each added a number of vari- W. M. Leek, agent, Dlxon, 1s also on ties this year. 3lillle Alcorn also has tthe slck list. He 1s being relieved by a beautiful rose garden with a total P. L. Moore. of about fifty plants. L. J. Porterfield Is workinp as agent Helen Yates is becoming qulte an at Mar~onville while the job Is on expert at contract. Not only has she butletin. been winner In quite a few friendly The new spring swltch was Installed games recently, but she ,has also been at Sleeper and effective Aprll 15 the playing in the Duplicate Contract telegraph office is closed from 8300 a. Tou,rnamen*s which are held here m. to 4:00 p. m. P. M. Jones, who has weekly, and which we understand been working this trick, bumped E. J. bring out a num.ber of the best players. Barnett on second, who in turn bumped C. F. Brockman on thlrd. Brockman bumped D. Cowan thlrd at Lebanon. who in turn bumbed H. W. Bunsel- meyer, third triclc Cuba. Bunselmeyer OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT took the extra board, bumping your .=rh.-. TRANSPORTATIION humble correspondent ..a. " -,.-"-0 -.--I--""nn- "w TUnTJGHT I couId save money ing as relief agent a.t Steelville. EULA STRATTON, Reporter J. W. Leedom, reg1liar agen,t Steel- 1 b; loking cheap tobacco. I was - ville, has been off thrc?e weeks, accoont The latter part of March brought us Illness, ,and will be oPP for some time an'd I soon found it out. Now a lot of sorrow; March 15 Pearl Townes yet. Gland to report, though, that ,he I smoke 3Cdgeworth always. A pipe- was called to Indianapolis, Ind., account is improving right a long and should the death of her brother, Horace A. be "good as new" arhen he resumes f~1lasts 1much longer and my pipe Comstock. March 22 we were all dutv. shocked to learn of the going of J. W. say. Joe, Shep, JS, andflotof the smokingccxts me less than it did with Dugan, who had served as chief of bhe other old "third~trickers, remember ^"":*__ C^.. " those fast burners. And with good old weiahinp bureau, this department, up Charlie RobePts' prop,,.,,^^ lur argu- untG ahout five vears arrowhen he was mentation? Well for once in hls llfe Edgeworth I enjoy my pipe! So it's ret~red. on ~aich28 %laud Mills hur- he was unable to' argue, or even talk ried to Tulsa to be with her bmeher, with ease. A few days back he under- Edgeworth for me from now on. There Roy L. MllJs, of the Phillips Oil Com- went a tonsi~lectomy. What a grand pany there. Mr. Mills had only recent- opportunity to out-talk and out-arzue never was a better smoke. I like its ly moved to Tulsa, so hls body was re- th%t guy - was mlssed, because -we rich tobacco flavor and it is always mild. turned to Svrln~fieldfor burial. Our couldn't get in to tlhe hospital to see hearts go out in sympathy to tlhe be- him. Sefiously, though, Charlie, we do "They tell me that reaved of Che above loved ones. sympathize wlth you, and are trusting Wwrd has -been received that Roy you will soon have forgotten all that in the shops of one Jernilgan, formerly em~ployed in this agony. and wlll be back to normal railroad where office. has been made assistant general again, arguing pro and con on most 2,000 manager of the Wichita Falls & South- any suable& that comes up for dis- men are employed, ern at Wichita Falls, Texas. Conmats cussion. Roy! there are 1,144 pipe M A, Walker, of thrs department, and Giles Walker. of the refriaeration de- WITH THE DINING CAR EMPLOYES smokers, and 1,123 partmend, areqon the job when it comes of them smoke Edge- to talking people into traveling via E. B. WILKINS, Reporter rall. Mrs. A. A. Lang was leaving worth. Get a 156 Sprlngfield to joln her husband, Oapt. John Lewis and Ransom Durr are Lang stationed in APmy Headquarters now in char,ge of the cafe cars between tin and give it a trial. at Fhrt Des Moines, Iowa. Mrs. Lang St. Louis and Memphis. was going by bus, wlhen the Walkers Bro. Frank Hadden. one of our That ought to mean Changed her mind for her and she en- younger chefs, has been Ill. something to you, -ioved - a train-ride all the way. We are glad to see Bro. Hayes get Vacations are in order and are we on tmhe regular ~ayroil. He is our idea Mr. Pipe Smoker!" enjoying them! Wallie Welch, chief of a regular gentleman and brother. typist, enjoyed a week of April spring- Mrs. Brady Hodge, wife of Brady Edgeworth is made time and Savina Fellin spent a most Hodge, one of our most p guaranteed by delightful week in Marshfield, Mo., with has been verv ill. We her aged mother. While visiting there, know th,at she-Is improvin 3 & Bro. Go., Savina's three brothers of Gilles~le.Ill.. surprised her by also paying their nond, Virginia. mother a v~sit. It was like Old Home AUDITOR-REVENUE Week and what fun they had! Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Collins motored ST. LOUIS, M( to St. Lou13 the. last week-end in March and "took in" the flower show E. L KOHRING and JOE at the arena. From the vivid descrip- Reporters tions of all the beauty they saw, we, too. feel as though we had been there. Congratulations .to Oscar E. Heins on Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Masters spent bhe arrival of baby Rose Mary, March "More Smoking Hours Per Tin" Page 26

31. This cauglrt most of us off guard fun. Mese ducks--next tlme fellows use A covered dish supper will be served and for a while we were not sure it a broom. on Thursday evening, April 18, by the was so, being that Oscar spran,g the In looklng over our mster. see where Frlsco Ladies' Olab when a joint em- news on the Arst of April, butt it's a we have a Horn to blow, a Horner ro ployes club meeting 1s held of the fact. Si~mult.aneously,bhe pay cut was blow it, a Carr to dnive, a Taylor to Men's Club and the Ladles' Club. We fully restored at the same tlme, so the fimt us, a Doerr to open, one of tlhe are hopeful of a nice crowd. young lady will probably take care of Jones boys, a, slab of Bacon (and plenty Regret to advise as yet we have not the increase (plus). of eggs). sausage of the Metz variety, enjoyed any pre-easter weather. We We regret the passing of our good a Rohlfing to pass the "Buck," a Fair- have had several very severe dust frlend John Costigan, employed in the hild for an office (boy, Wells to dig. storms and are hoping they will nor agents accounts department. He had Pipes to smoke, a Eohn to pick, a Faw- repeast as they are very unpleasant. not been very well of late but worked cet't to turn on, a Winther to Freesa Joe Kelly and family are planning up until the day of his death. Burial through, a Goose to cook, a Mueller to on spending Easter with their parents took place in Montreal, his old home mill for us Woods Po get lost In, corn in St. Louis. town. on the ~06b.a Roach to step on, and Ed Galennie, who departed for Cleve- a couple of WeIss guys. Qui.te a col- band recenltly, evidently decided he was lection. finally settled on a steady job and re- TRAFFIC MANAGER'S OFFICE turned for a few days to take unto himself a wife, a Miss Armstrong, sis- OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. ter to Henry who formerly worked at rhe office. 6ongratulations. A joint luncheon was to have been W. C. HAMILTON, Reporter held on the 24th at the Statler, the first in a long tlme. Now we find that Larry KneePler is also a singer-what TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT-TULSA Glad to report J. L. Scales, chief the boy canlt do-ow star reporter and clerk, has fully recovered from recent firsr rate drummer from Collinsville. illness and back to work. Oarsman Ike and 2 qt. Horner will MARGERY A. O'BRtEN, Reporter This office extends sincere sympathy engage in a rowing contest in the near to Mr. and Mrs. Bell in the death of future-wa&oh fior dates. Tulsa confidence in its future su- Mrs. Bell's aunt, Mrs. Tapp, of Lincoln, Well, the bowling season is about In premacy will be demonst.rated on Mon- Ark. wlth Bill Rlegel and his Texas Limiteds R. 0. Hopkins, formerly assistant day, Aprll 22, at the Coliseum and all reneml agent. was appointed division running away wiUh first place honors. through the week through elaborate -1. Funny thing, this was the only team bool'h exhibitions in which nearly one passenger-agent ~pril Congratula- repre~entin~ga rra!n that does not tions, Bob! hundred com.mercial and industrial We handled Altus, Okl~ahoma,Xunlci- exist. firms will give publicity to their varied That dou4~le-headeron the 12th had pal Band consisting of 75 people from lines. A~ltusto Enid, April 3. Chas. Hinsey us woozy after four hours of bowling. A blt of good news at this time is Jack Tremayne says maybe he didn't accompanied. the addition of Ralph Maring to the Miss Virginla Estes, daughter of op- get such a hat score, but he had lots traffic department at Tulsa-Mr. Mar- erator, Union Station, spent' her spring of fun ing coming to us from our Kansas City vacation visitlng home folks. Too' bad but we reporters hate to office. Mr. and Mrs. Maring are taking admit irt-those pesky Milenders took a house located at 707 South Knoxville. Frisco handled special train to ac- us for three in a row. What did we commodate Chicago White Sox and Mrs. Maring is quite busy getting Pittdburgh Pirates April 8 to Tulsa and ever do to them to deserve it? things arranged, having just moved in. The thrill .that comes once (or first) returnlna Oklahoma City April 9. El- Sorry to have to report to our many mer .Torsan accompanieci. in a lifetime. E. V. A.'s 602 score, friends that Mrs. P. F. A,tkinson, wife enough to keep him In smiles for a of P. I?. Atkinson of city passenger de- month. Incirlental'y. hln "General Man- partment, is confined to the Morning- a~or"is his stl'on~estcompetitor. side hospital. Mrs. Atkinson is dolna Remem,ber the dance on May 4. nicely and we hope to see her released Caution! Don't forget and drive down from the hospital very shortly. Mr. to the Century-int's going to be held Atkinson says it never rains but what this time at the Knights of Columbus it pou,rs-their baby has contracted the hall In Phe center of town. Be seeing measles, but aside from this he hasn't MA1 LING LIST! you! any troubles. I Watch my Ford go by! That's what While speaklng of Mr. Atkinson, Elmer McCormiclc has to say after ( Pave the way to more *ale# with mctud don't want to overlook mentioning h.is namu and addrases of Live prapecm. making a dent in the bank roll for recent fine aooointment as division oas- one of those new streamliners. senger ~ agent- in charge of passenger Get them from the original compiler8 We know now how Art SCoessel m.atters at Tulsa. We congratulate of basic list information-p to datc howled his 607 total. He went over to Phil on his promo,tion. He is a fireless accurat-ranteed. che alleys right after work and used worker and well deserving of this rec- I the big ball on the duck pins. 600 ognition. I Tell u about your bushets. Well help Duck eh. Art? Shortv Schaffnit. being vou find the ~~~~~~to. No ob- 6~ ?ijei10u.s nature. -topped A6t.s 607 I A ligation for &nsuitatioa rervice. total the next week by getting 627 ducks rolling ahead of tlme. Some STANDARD BRAKE SHOE & FOUNDRY CO. 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KROMER CAP COMPANY Sales Dept., 1509 Phlltawer Bldg., TVILSA, OKLA. 430 N. Water St. Milwaukee. Wis. I. .office a few days account of illness of her mother. RIVER DIVISION Car Checker Jim Chronlster and wife LEE JELT DENIM of Chaffee, visited with the family of - I Fireman Vick Sigler last week. Frisco surgeon. Dr. Llmbaugh, and DEFEATS CAPE GIRARDEAU wife motored to Memphis last week on business. Engineer Will Walker has returned WWrNG d W08\46! INEZ ~41~;Reporter to work after an operation in the Brisco hospital at St. Louis some time Mrs. J. M. Shy, wife of Brakeman ago. Shy. of St. Louis, spent several days A birthday joke .on Conductor Stroude. in Cape Girardeau visiting Mrs. Geo. Two school teachers who are in the McB,ride. habit of riding his train each week- Miss Lottie Vogt, aunt of Yard,maeter end, to and from home, on this trip, Moeder, who underwent a major opera- somehow knowing it was his birthday, tion several weeks ago, is improving one of them complained of a severe ra~idlv-- . and will soon be able to 'be out headache, and Stroude being a good again. scout and sympathetic, offered her some Mrs. Chas. Klzer, wlfe of brakeman of his lunch coffee, and handed her Kizer, spent several days in St. Louis 'his thermos bottle, and pouring out with her father, Wm. Luckman. Mr. some found it to be only warm water, Luckman agent zt Kewanee, has been and then making a further examina- confined 'to the hospitR1 for the past tion of the lunch, found a piece of several months. hard bread, In one napkin, and a lump Mrs. Don Parr, wife of switchman of coal in another napkin. 1ma.gine Parr. snent several days In St. Louis his embarassment! RAILROADER'S ANNUAL vlsiting friends. TIME AND RECORD J. F. Neal, ticket agent, is wearing a very broad grin these days account I I of the arrival of a son at the home of NORTHERN DIVISION GET paid for a11 the time you work-use the his son, Gene Neal, of Lockhart, Texas. famous Lee time and record book for rail- I roaders-a dozen handy features. Just wr~te your name and address on margin of this page SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT andmail to us for the handy book.also sample FORT SCOTT, KANS. of Jelt Denim, and your Lee dealer's name. J. A. CHRONISTER. Reporter THE Ha D. LEE MERC- CO.9 De~t-E-71 BLANCHE BIOKNELL. Re0orter KensemClty Mo. Selfne Ken. Trenton N J South Mrs. CIarence Barron has been 111 Bend. ~nd.,kinnkr~oll~~ln~-,Sen ~r;nb&Cel. at her home in Chaffee. Mrs. Jack Dalton, wife of secretary, Mr. and Mrs. Bred Dierssen had as spent a few days in Mernphis visiting guests last week Mrs. I. Ritchey of relatives. Gypsy No. Switchman A. D. West has returned Lee OVERALLS ~rs:J. R. Magner left last week for UNION-ALLS SHIRTS -:PANTS PLI\Y-SUITS from a visit in Paris, Mo. -*. ----. - - Harrison, Ark., to visit her sister, Mrs. T. W. Hope Jr., son ot. -1.- w. tiope, C. G. Emerson. switchman, ha's gone to San Diego, Cal., R. N. Brasher, Sr., of Haytl vlsited to visit his brother who is sick. Mr. and Mrs. V. E. Hopkins here one Bralte.man W. T. C1,ogston and wife. day last week. brakeman Arthur Lane and wife, and Miss Jaunita Morgan entertained the brakeman F. E. McGlohn and wife, are P. W. Wilson, former city passenger Yoiing Women's Tuesday Bridge Club planning on attending the Trainmen's agent, has [been promoted to division at her home last Tuesday evening. Convention in Cleveland in May. passenger agent at Kansas City. Con- Mr. and Mrs. C. 0. Slaughter visited Dorsie Smith relieved Earl Hamm in gratulations, Perry, your 137% inorease Mm. Slaughter's parents and Mr. and the freight office one day this month. during the Arst week of your new job Mrs. R. E. Stewart motored to Spring- Frank McCann, assistant sunrintend- shows they really know how to pick field to visit Mrs. Stewart's mother, ent's clerk, laid. off a recent Sunday, 'em. who is 111 there. Miss Teresa Rayless substituting for Soliciting Frelght Agent Bill Deveney W. H. (Pap) Adarms returned to him. was a bit "taken in" on R Sweepstakes Chaffee Thursday from Thayer, where Extra clerk C. C. Blevins relieved J. ticket he recently purchased. Head- he was called by the illness and death H. Owens, car clerk, Fredonia, a few lines next morning proclaimed the tick- of his wife two weeks before. dam thls month. Also relleved ticket ets counterfi~t and the Kansas Citv Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Abernathy had as clekk F. B. Fergus, Carthage, for a few agency ralded. Guess Bill won't g& guests Mr. and Mrs. D. Fisher and Mrs. days. that new car this spring. a T ti.i=her of Poplar Bluff and Mrs. Yard.mmter M. J. DeBoben and wife Another promotion came to Roy E. 's grandmother of Greenville. have returned from a visit in Denver. Maring who left April 3 to be chief Brakeman J. T. Cawlfield and family clerk in the traffic manager's office at are vislting friends and relatives in Tulsa. The Kansas Citv office will miss Dewev, Okla his efforts, for Roy was one of. our HAYTI, M0. rakem man E. G. Lloyd and wife have mosC "live" workers. returned from Cleveland. Ohio. J. APPLING. Reporter Ed Knox, file clerk, was off several If a man came up ,to you on the golf days this month account sickness. course and said, "Go over one more ouse foreman. Fred Larson, Jack Young, trucker, spent a recent fence, lady, and you'll be able to ride went to St. Louis first of Sunday in Joplin and Springfield. with the hounds." would you play business. General Agent E. 4. Miller and wife again ? er Leavill ind wire of Poplar have gone to Washington, D. C. Mr. A new representative in the passen- re been visiting in Hayti, and Miller is representina the local Cham- ger department and bill of lading clerk to business. ber of Commerce at the National Cham- in the traffic department is Richnrd J. d Mrs. John Schumacker of ber of Commerce conventtion in Wash- Knoll, who comes here from the St. ent Sunday with our local ington. Louis office. Richard Is taklng over r. and Mrs. F. X. Schumacher. his new duties like an old hand. You rilkes, agent at Caruthersville, can reach him through Uncle Sam at ieated mayor of Hayti, in the 5527 Park. clry elac~ionApril 2. TAAFFlC DEPARTMENT Kansas Cbty railroads suffered a Miss Pearl W~ilkes,daughter 0.f John KANSAS CITY, MO. areat loss in the passing of Julian Wilkes. who is em~ployedby the Ark.- Nance, general freight agent of the 110. Power Co., was absent from. the MAJSL~A~CL1- NLLC~UL.~),neporrer Union Pacific, on April 6. Mr. Kance had many friends on the Frisco. The "Kansas City Blues" agaln used Johnny Sachen has taken the burden our luxurious Florida Special on their of the poor working girls on his return move from training cam.p at shoulders and is selling tickets to a I CLASSIFIED ADS I Mobile. This ought to put the boys benefit dance. But beware, it is just in A-1 condition for the blg opening another racket. . . Johnny 1s making ClassiBed advertlsing under thla hendlng will ga.me April 16. Another speclal train money on the side by bett~ngthe pur- be charged lor at the rate of 5 cents Der word consisted of 180 CCC workers en route chaser he won't draw a tlcket over wit11 a minlmum of 75 cenls. Cash must ac- from Mourutainburg and West Fork, 20 cents. This may prove more profit- coninn nv co~w. Ark.. to Bismarck, N. D. Then, too, we able than bowling. enjoyed a second move during rhis sea- Operator Jarrett and hls family are FOR RENT--Small hotel and restaurant. son for the Kansas City Philharmonic feeling very much rtt home in Kansas partly furnished. Splendid opportunity Orchestra, this ti,me to Springfield, Mo.. City with the recent invasion of Kansas for 5% beer tavern. Located on Front and return. dust. At least their young son seems Street, Newburg. Mo. Rent reasonable For Sale-One set of @If clubs. Ap quite in favor of their move from Write Mrs. Louise L Smith, Roila, Mo. ply Frank R. Newman1. Buhler, Kans., as is evidenced by the following letter he wrote for his Frisco who passed away during: latter part of friends. March.Mrs. A. N, Matthews, wife of water Kansas Citu. Mo.. Anril 13, 1935. Dear Frisco ~an~tl~:'' - servlce foreman is in Bell Memorial COMPARE f was really flattered when Mlsa hospital a't ~ans'asClty and is reported Ifaroaret Nichols mked me to write nW in a serlous conditlon. "suc~es8" storu. It really bn't auch a Jess Atkinson water service repair- lawe story im ~eality,but to me it w a man, who has bAen working at Kansas great stride toward my life ambitdo*. City for some time, is now back ar When father wm agent at BuhZer, Kaw., Fort Scott account having been cut off I thought manv times just how far away at Kan'sas City. 8%3 60-HOUR BUNN opportunity was. Needless to say, op- Margaret and Rodell, daughter and portunity, that (a the ktnd of oppor- son of Geo. W. 'Scott, rnalntenance tunity that I was looking for, was not clerk, spent' their Easter vacation at to be found there. To the tune of "I Fort Scobt visiting their father and Was Lucky" the tracer clerk job came other relatives. They are attending SPECWl ELINVAR open in the Kansas City Commercial Of- school in St. Louis. fice and father manacled to get it. Soon after rue adved in '~ansaaCity, I be- gan cdtting around for the opportunity I had been looking for so long, and that OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT was a c?-ack at radio. Station WHB, Kanans City, Mo., cotr- TERMINALS-KANSAS CITY, MO. ducts a prograna call& the WHB Frolic and it's sole purpose ia to dwcover new TOM KEHOE, Reporter and better 1-aclio talent and cheer up the sick and shut ins. Mr. Charles Lee gave With the inauguration on April 5 of we an audition and there it is in a nut the new Texas Fast Freight Schedule, shell. I got on. I do owe a very Eawe the Frisco takes an,other great step uota, of thanks, OT I might sag several forward in meeting present-day com- o~ch~dsto Mrs. John Parry for the won- petition and ever increasing demand derful help she has niven me with my for fast and dependable service. After songs. Of course all it nteans to ms is this new service has been given wide the experience but that is just the thing Publicity and advertisement among 1 am looking fo? WHB 3s a great station shippers and patrons, and with the co- and has a swell staff. 2 hope yo74 E48ten operation of every employe concerned to us just lots, If any of you have friends in putting the new train over the road OT relatives or anvone who is sick and and maintaining rigldly its announced shut in and you would like to have us schedule, i,t should not be long befwre sing or play a number for them, just drop pis new Frisco service becomes the Charles Lee, at station WHB, a card talk of the town," and of inesti~mable telling him about it and he to111 be glad value to all concerned. to arrange a number for you. Perhaps in the spring a young man's Your:?, fancy mag lightly turn .to thoughts of HARRY JARRBTT, JR. love, however, there is no dou.bt about Solici,tor John Sachen went with the it, every man. young, old. and in be- Kansas Clty, Kansas, bowlers (0 tween, just naturally thlnk of lltne THINKfor a moment on this: does Springfleld. Mo., week-end of April 6. else ibeside the great Amerlcan sport Note: General Agent Newman has once Spring has ushered in the base- your present railroad watch actually decided to keep his golf clubs. He will ball season. On their arrlvnl the Blues meet today's high-speed require- try .it again. looked fit as a fiddle and ready for anythlng, so with a 11-ttle coo~eration ments? Many railroad men have asked from the weather man in dell~eringa themselves that question recently - nice day for the openlng day gme on and then retired their watches in Tuesday, April 16, victory for the home MAINTENANCE OF WAY DEPT. team is "in the.?ag." At any rate it favor of a new modern 60-hour will be an eaclttng and interesting FT. SCOTT, KANS. game wlth the group of dlstlnguished BUNN SPECIAL ELINVAR. officials scheduled to help officially GLADYS ROTH, Reporter open the 1935 season. Judge Henry F. W'hy? Because Ellnvar reduces the McElroy will occupy the box, and Don McCombs, the mayor of Kansas City, dangerous effects of modern watch Well, we are surely in hopes that ICans., will do his best to catch the hazards. Magnetism, moisture and the dust storms are over. Bridge in- fast-breaking curves. E. C. Hecker, extremetemperaturechanges.Because spection was delayed on this division mayor of North Kansas City, will um- as the dust was so bad that it' was pire the prelimlnaries, while De Wolf that famous 60-hour hairspring pro- necessary an several occasions to post- Hopper, star of the stage and radio vides that extra margin of safety. And pone further inspection untll the storm will run the ,bases, ,provided ,he is luck; was over. enough to solve pitcher McElroy's de- finally because ILLINOIS has a repu- E. r;.. Johnson has been asstaned to livery. The Kansas City Terminal will tation for precision which dates back poslti~n of sectlon foreman, -section be represented by t,he Iollowin~g em- to 1870. It has always been good. L-11, Quapaw. Okla. ployes: Rich O'Connor, M. J. Flanigan R. Andrefts was asslgned to John- Berkeley Benneson, Frank ~paulding' Stop in at your jeweler's and compare son's vacancy on section L-13 at Miami. D. B. Cronin, et al, Mr. Onconnor oc: your watch with this watch. Write Concrere gang No. 8, M. Abbiatti. cu~yinghis favwire seat in a box di- foreman has been increased and R. T. rectly hehind first base. direct for a free boqklet describing ~olland,'E.W. Graham, C* ugene Younts Here's a new one heard recently Eiinvar. Address Dept. R, Illinois and Roy Pennington are now working around the terminal. Wm. Shore; Watch. Lancaster, Pa. in this gang. switchman, with a suburrban home in Mrs. M. F. Holmes, wife of section Avondale. Mo.. called at the office in foreman on section F-9, at Columbus. the early be a%le Steve Melkon. BLB carpenter, is run- to return to work. ning Graham ,McNamee a close second We wish to extend our sincere sym- in broadcastin'g his praises for beau- pathy to Blanche Blcknell, steno- tiful California. its scenery, sunshine, grapher in the superintendent's office, flowers etc.. etc., since his return on and Will Blcknell, switchman at Fort April l'from a two months' sojourn in Scott and Art Blcknell engineer at that fair state, hobnobbing with the ~ittsburg,in the loss of'their mother. movie stars and social elite: I May, 1935 Page 29

Misfortune struck twice recently In Mr. Sheley had been trained as nothing the family of Ralph Blank yard clerk. short of a cook mess sergeant. Mrs. Blank and son. ~lllie,'were called R. W. Claxron, switchman, and wife to Jefferson City account the serious are enjoying a belated honeymoon trip injury of Mrs. Blank's sister in an au- in the Northwest, visiting Mrs. Clax- tomobhle accident, March 23, and on ton's brother, Mr. J. Farrel in Seattle. April 14 Mr. Blank's father, William This is a trip that we hear'was prom- A. Blank ,gassed away at his home in ised some four years ago. nliller County Mo. Deepest sympathy Mrs. Lawrence Buckner, daughter-in- is extended ,td Mr. Blank and family. law of Lehman Buckner, enmglneer. with We were pleased to have as our visi- Miss Cooper, daughter of Wm. L. tor March 21. Jas. G. Sanderson. re.tired Cooper, were In an automobile accident conductor. Mr. Sanderson seemkd to be at 38th and Penn, April 13. Mrs. Buck- in the (best of health and spirits and ner, the driver of the car, received enjoying his well earned vacation. Mr. rather serious injuries, breaking her Sanderson was pensioned July 21, 1934. arm in two places, and is now in the Spring, the season of youth and ro- St. Luke's hospital. mance, is Che ideal time for young Mrs. A. W. Matthews, wlfe of water lovers to join hands and begin the long service foreman, Ft. Scott, underwen~t ton. Make a point-for. journey through life together. Opening a very serious operation at Eel1 Me- point comparison right this always busy wedding season we morial hospital, April 16. and at the on your dealer's counter. report the IbeautiKul wedding of Miss present time is quite critically ill. Elizabeth J a c k s o n, daughter o f Fish tales of every description are Feel the extra hcaty. unbelicv- Stephen A. Jackson, engineer, and now in order, and Bill Walsh, lead ably tough, more durable denim Charles Hoadley, who is connected with yard clerk, 19th St. and Wiley Mc- That assures morc months ol the St. Luke's hospital here which took Credy, stationary englneer, me And are extra wcnr. Then note, alter pkace the evening of ~~rii17. After no amateurs In the art. After enjoy- repeated washings, how Crown their honeymoon trip. Mr. and Mrs. ing a fishing trip at Allendale Lake re- Hoadley will make kheir home in cently they report a record catch, even Kansas City. We want to extend our going so far as displaying a string of congratulations and best wishes for thirty fish, all glant crappies, by pho- every happiness. tograph. The fish weighed from two Congratulatlons are also In order for to six pounds each, according to Bill. Miss Louise Budhner, daughter of Leh- and the picture did much to bear him man Buchner, engineer, and Joseph out in his statement. Bill announces Gross, who were married April 21. Mr. he is an authority on catohing flsh and Gross Is connected with the Continental will >be glad to organize a class in this Oil Co. in K'ansas City. This happy all important subject ror interested en- young couple also have our best wishes thusiasts. for a long and prosperous llfe together. Ed Sexton, section foreman, I<. C.. left 4pril 8 dor .a trip to Millard. Ky.. MASTER MECHANIC'S OFFICE to visit hls sister whm he had not CROWN seen for forty years. We are sure Mr. KANSAS CITY, MO. Sexton enjoyed this reunion, - A. J. Finn, and wlfe. journeyed to St f#RUNK OVERALLS Louis April 1 to attend a party cele- LEOTA FRIEND, Reporter brating the 60 years service mark of his father, Wm. Finn, with the St. Louis Tuesday, April 16, the official open- Public Service Co. as roadmaster. We ing of baseball in Kansas City. While It certainly is good to see a friendly should Iike to join Mr. Finn in con- we hiled to send a representatlve to race from home. unexpectedly. Just the gratulating his .father on this splendid Muel$bach field. iud~inrrfrom t,he con- other day W. B. Thompson of Chaffee, mark of service. versation at the noon-hour we aren't No.. yalked into our office to say We were glad to see Jack Kaylor, lacking in enthusiasm. "hello. Mr. Thompson at one time team track clerk, back on the jab April Notice an item in the traPfic depart- was connected with the Frisco in 7 after a (three weeks Illness with a ment, with reference to city freight Kansas City. and while mfaking a busi- bad case of flu. agent Sachen a bowling specialist- ness trip !to this city recently came Ed Sheley, switchman, presented a due to an oversight we failed to men- down to the shop to renew acquaint- very militaristic and finlshed demon- tion thar we have one of those (#bowl- enances. We understand that M. H. stration April 5, when he gave Instruc- ing specialists) in our office. Bill Ed- Stublblefleld was also in Kansas City tions in the !Manual of Arms before a wards of Uhis department also plcked at the same llme, but he sort of 'high- group of Boy Scouts. Those who wit- up some cash 'by winning in the City hatted' us for fairer parts of the city. nessed this demonstration were sure Bowling Tournament at Kansas City. When Pauline Hoffman arrived at Kans. We rather believe Bill should the office the other,rlay carrying a sort be classed Extra-Special. of "Sample 'Satchel a "Telescope," and We were informed that Louise, over-night bag, or'what have you-we daughter of Engineer L. A. Bucltner, immediately became suspicious that is to be .married April 20, and we're Pauline had decided to start traveling wishing the young lady much, much for Doro.thy Perkins or some other happiness. equal1 y famous Cosmetic House, but And just thls week we heard of a alas, belleve it or not. Pauline carrres man who played the role of a fire- her lunch in this bag. It isn't that fighting fireman, and he received as she has such an enoamous appetite, but c

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FAMILY WET WASH I Frank B. Smith Laundry Co. - ,,. I / I I\ THE ELEPHANT was all the same family, a big man. a favored with several cars each day and small lady and flfteen children. thar we all appreciate this business and hope comin' to R-Can-Saw to make thar this will continue to grow to where we home. Onc young chap about 14 says, mill have to run Valliant turns again. "LOOKEY. Ma, thar is a swell depot. pavccl streets, even Taxis. Betcha we are golng to like it here." Welcome, folks. lots of votes for somebody, and they set- tled outside of town a few miles. SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE Brakeman Bob Stone has gone into FT. SMITH, ARK. the watch making game. Bob got hls start by dropping his watch on the depot floor and he now has enougl~materiat for EARL E. DODD, Reporter several watches. D. G. Lehn, president of the North Ar- kansas Employes' Club, is willing and One of our B&B foremen has reached does admit the club has a flne president. the honored age of three score and ten. This happened on March 4, 1935. and We all agree with you. Grant. its occasion was celebrated on March Mrs. G. C. Gully has been in Kansas 22 bv B&B Foremen J. E. Bradley. who City for a few weeks. She is now back had %ne of those appetizing meLls on home. States she had a flne visit and his boarding outfit for which he has did not know there were so many lights recelved just renown. Nr. Bradley In thc whole world. Mrs. Gully is also demonstrated that he is a good pro- on a soup diet. Something about this vider, and his son. Raymond, demon- country that soon makes people start a strated Vhat he knows how to bake SOUP diet. pastry, for the delicious pies served Machinist Robert Martin Brown is the were the product of his own hand, and champion cigar smoker. Martin has been Mr. Bradley's cook, Mrs. Fred Burris, in Fayette Junction for two years and demonstrated that she is a worthy rep- has slnolrexl the same cigar every day resentative of .the culinary art; all of he has been here and I am proud to which in a few words means that Mrs. state he has never burned his cigar hold- Burris Is a good cook and tl~at'all who er. Looks like the cigar will last a cou- ple months longer. Martin is a man of attended had a good feed. few words (at home) and another thing This occasion was further celebrated about the Browns. they have the best by the presentation to Mr. Bradley of looking baby and her name Is Marie Joe. various birthday remembrances among BSLB Foreman John Bradley Is still which was a IoveIy lounge chair and having birthdays. John has just turned loot-stool which was the gift of the number 70. There was a little party members of all B&R and palnt gangs. and the gang rave hfm a swell easy chair It Is the wish of all that Mr. Bradley and as Ane'a meal as anyone ever side may spend many happy hours of re- EN YEARS AGO the elephant caught swlped. Present. besides his regular men. Rection in this comfortable chair and were Mr. and hfm Collette. from Fort he has asked that all participating re- Ta whiff of that old pipe, and his trunk Smith, Mrs. Chas. Stratton. Mr. and Mrs. ceive his slncere *thanks for their Ralph Tapp. 1Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Garri- thoughtfulness. was sore for weeks. Today the first sniff son. The erening was a most enjoyable But we cannot forget the dinner and brought it all back and turned a peace- one. so back to it' again. It was attended Brakeman Albert Peel has been doing by Mrs. C. A. Stratton. Mr. and Mrs. loving zoo-pet into a vengeful rogue. his stuff around here for s couple of Ralph Tapp, Nr. and ~Mrs. C. H. Gar- tripn on O&CC local. account other men rison, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Collette and Two easy steps will make buddies out having in their miles. the various members of Mr. Bradley's Switchman Lee Poorer has been off B&B gan,g. After dinner Mr. Garrison of this pair.First--a through pipecleaning. several days, sick. regaled the party with his very en- Carlton Gully. 14-year-old son of joyable tricks of magic that all ad- Second-a tin of mild, fragrant Sir Walter George, has been settinc the pace here mire and none can fathom. for the fishermen. Carlton goes out on A11 report a very pleasant and enjoy- Raleigh Smoking Tobacco. This friendly Saturday and he has been brinains the able tlme and join with 1Mr. Bmdley's meat back with him. A Pour-pounder is friends in wishing hlm many happy re- blend of Kentucky Burleys is a pal to enough for me, Carlton. turns of the occaslon and many, many every living creature. Smokers and non- more of them. All the Central divlslon regret the smokers like its aroma. Well-aged and transfer of our finger print specialist. HUGO, OKLA. He will always be remembered here as cool-burning, Sir Walter has raised pipe- the man who identified the desperado, BURL WIm, Rewrter Ford Bradshaw. We refer to our smoking to the nth degree of joy.Try a tin. special agent, Arthur Adams, who was transferred to Birmlngham, Ala. At Brows & Willirmroe Tobacco CatPoration March 24 there was a meeting for the same time we desire tn welcome all employes and ditl the agents from our new special agent, one of our home Louisville, Kentucky. Dcp. K-55 far and near come to ton'n! (Lunch town boys. 1Mr. Byers. was served.) After lunch, talks of In- terest were made and then open for dis- Geo. Hlnnant of the frelgllt house .. . . FREE cussion. Sonhe very interesting points force was on the sick list but is now BOOKLET were brought out and am su1.e we all back on the job. gained much from the meeting. B&B Foreman McDonald has been tells bow to make March mas a bad old month as far as unloading derrick rock with the "big your pipe taste weather Is concerned. but a good old hook" just south of Fort' Smith and better, meter, month as far as business Is concerned. at Lancaster. The rock needed because Write for a copy. We had a good business most all month of high water and for the prevention and if we can just beat that this month. of future washou~ts. I am sure everybody will be pleased with B&B Foreman Bradley is making re- their etforts. pairs to Maple street viaduct in Fay- Fishing fever seems to be running etteville pending the construction of a rather high, but, as usual, most of the new viaduct which is proposed as a blp ones got away, but when one is Federal project. caught and docs not get away, we all Cards have been received recently an- hear about that. Fishing seems to be nouncing the marriage of Zoe Ann pretty good this year, so far. Let's iMahan and Willis W. HolIoway oL Los hope ~t will continue throughout the sea- Angeles, Calif. Miss Mahan is the son. daughter of former general foreman April 12 was club meeting night for B&B, C. L. Mahan. Hugo. A good meeting it was. too. Good Paris, Texas, papers recently carried talks by Miss Moore. Messrs. Young and announcement of the establishment of a McGuire. Dr. Harris and others. But large pottery plant in that city, The the next meeting night is golng to be one North Star of Texas. Our industrial of the nights out. Going to have a hoof com,m.issioner, Mr. Austin, is endeavor- shaking affair and for those who do not ing to locate them on our rails. We care to dance, they may play cards. It's t~usthe will be successful. going to be a party, so watch for the Twenty members of the Frisco Em- date and don't overlook a 'thing like this. ployes' duxlliary motored to Fayette- Lumber business from the TOkE is ville on April 12 upon a special in- good anti seems to be growing. 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the accounting department. has been con- General Agent W. H. C,row's mother GO TO flned to her home for the past two weeks passed away March 24. He and his account of illness. fa'mily have our deepest sympathy in HlGH The many friends of Special Officer their great loss. Fred H. McDuff, Jr., were indeed sorry Sy,mPathy is extended to Calvin Shell, SCHOOL to hear of his sudden death on March 29, operator at Atmore, in the loss of his account being shot by H. T. Mulligan, mother, who passed away late in March. special officer. Fred was the son of F. Mrs. A. L Ennis, wife of Brakeman H. McDuff, Sr., sheriff of Jefferson Ennis, who has been seriously ill for County. Fred, Jr., was very popular the past month Is no\v improving. among his fellow employes. who extend Mrs. J. H. Perkins and two daughters. their sincere sympathy to the bereaved family of Operator Perkins here, are family. Besides his widow, a small son visiting with Mrs. Perkins' sister at and daughter, he Is survived by his Castleberry, Ala. father, mother and several brothers and sisters. IN BEDROOM SLIPPERS! Carlos May, hostler he!per, and Mrs. receiving YOU d May are congratulations on the LOCAL FREIGHT OFFICE Ir feel the need a high dsehoal education- arrival of a babv son at their home. regard!as of your aze- you an acquire it in the We are very -glad to welcome A. F. MEMPHIS, TENN. privacy of your own home after your day's work is Adams. of Ft. Smith, to Birinfngham done. Mail this coupon for information about our Terminals. Mr. Adams was recently ap- modern and widely recognized high school course. )minted special agent at Birmingham. VIRGINIA GRIFFIN. Reporter Tlrourands of adults are studying it every night1 succeedins C. T. Bunch. Those who have recently purchased The J. B. Wrlghts, after many sug- new auto~nobiles in Birmingham termi- gestions, finally named their daughter nals are: Dan Rleckley, conductor a Norma Lee. Dodge sedan ; J. L. Godsey, timelteeber, B. C. Scruggs, bill clerk, was off Exolainfullysbout your coursein thasubjcet -kadX: n Terraplane; J. B. McLane, yardmaster, March 19, 20 and 21 account of an in- 0 HlGH SCHOOL SUBJECT8 a Dodge sedan: A. M. Dow, car foreman. jured hand. 0 DidPower 0 Radio a Ford V-8 coupe; R. L. Weir, switch- N. R. Walker, clerk, returned March 0 Roadmaaten 0 Locomotive Finman man, a Dodge scdan. -4 number of others 22 after having worked temgorarily at 17 Section Work 0 Air Drd:~. are contem~latlna the ourchase of new Tupelo for several weeks. Bridge Ensinsering 0 Rounlhouae Work KI Office Ern~lou- 0 I\fsehinint and 'I'mlmshcr automobiles- In the near future. H. H. Smith vislted with friends in KI >Iechenienl Drawing 0 Uoilarrnakinn Mrs. F. M. Packarrl. wife of chief West Kemcphis for a few hours. Narch !3 Iacomotiva Enginednm7 Tiosrnlth and l'ip6~t.z~ clerk to aeent. Is vlsitinrr relatives in 22, for the first time since he was R. R. Fi.mnlmcn KI Gar Inrpcclar. -. 0 Cw-Electria WsWi Diesel Ewinae . Memphis. transferred to Memphis as agent. J. E. Clark. switchman. wmcs called to Mrs. A. R. Th,orn, wife of traveling Sheffield recently account of the death auditor, had an emergency operation of a relative. March 31 and glad to report she is A. P. Carden. clerk, and wire. are in recovering nlcelp, belng able to leave Griffin. Ga.. where they were called ac- the hospiltal April 16. count of illness of Mrs. Carden's father. Traveling Auditors Briggs, Gerdel R. A. I-Cilpatrick, clerk, is confined to and Johnston started check of the the Frisco Hospital in St. Louis. account statlon April 1. of illness. Mrs. J. T. Carrigan, wife of clerk E. M. Dlck. switchman. is also conflned was called to Little Rock, Ark., ~prli Friscb Employes' Auxlllary and there In the ~riscoHospital. 12, account illness of her father. spend a very enjoyable day. After Mrs. B. C. Johnson, wife of revising the exhilarating ride over the Boston clerk and Miss Marie Stewart, extra mountains they were treated to a very PBX' operator, visited in BlythevllIe welcome luncheon served in the dining TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT April 11. room of the First Chrlstian church. The afternoon was spent at the home of MEMPHIS, TENN. Mrs. Key Browning where several ENGINEERING, BRIDGE AND readings were given) and appropriate railroad games were Played. All voted KATE MASSIE. Reporter BUILDING, WATER SERVICE a wonderful time. Will we go back? DEPARTMENTS-YALE, TENN. Don't ask us if you don't want to Memphls boasts of a brand new specips see us. of African monkey. "Nimbo" is the only J. J. Ford, former sectlon foreman. one of his kind in the world. Born re- CREATIE SICKLES, Reporter now crossing watchman stated that In cently at the Zoo, the rare monk is the March, 1892, he received his .first pay son of a drill baboon,,,"Mommie". and a check at the rate of $1.10 per day. blue-faced n~andrill. mush". The un- R.aad,master Honey and famlly mo- Lieut. W. L. Young of the U. S. S. nsual romance of the two monkeys dates tored to Corinth, Miss., Sunday, April Tuscallosa came to Fort Smith recently back three gears ago when Mrs. Mush 14. to visit their son Quelin, who is from Norfolk via Fort Short. Lieut. died. Mr. and Mrs. Nush were the only worklng at that place. - Young is the son-in-law of H. E. blue-faced mandrills at the zoo. and low Foreman Emmett Campbell Is spend- Gabriel, assistant superintendent. flnances prevented the purchase of an- lng a few days vislting home folks at Dispatcher Kelton savs if all the other. The romance developed between Dixr-.. people would show the earnestness in 3lommi and Xush. nnd for th~first time w ...... a...... co-operation that a bald headed man In history the two different species mat- Ing in Yale yards making some im- and a fly swatter does, this depression ed, according to N. J. Melrov. zoo super- portant track changes around the track would soon be knocked out. intendent. Nimbo Is Mornmie's flrat born. scales. Steel gang completed the lay- Loddie McChristian was recently and she is plenty proud of the thriving ing of the new 112-pound rail on Road- assigned foreman of section Y-10, Ft. babe. master Madison's territory and has Gibson, Okla.. taking charge April 10. moved north to flni-h --JIn1rin.r ---L of the D. L. Wilson, section foreman. Bald- The Traffic Club of Memphis, discon- new rail on Roadmarster Blaine's ter- win, Ark. is off ill ~4thflu. Mr. Wll- tinued the regular weekly luncheons for 1'1 tory. son is be& relieved by relief foreman the summer. with a luncheon April 29. C. M. SCott says it feels mighty good Nelson. honorina the ladies. There were many to have so much bandage off his hand. We are very sorry to hear of the nice nrizen. During the latter part of March. Mr. death of the mother of section fore- With a fairly bad dust storm hitting Scott fell at his home, fracturing a man. Austin Payton, and wish to say 11s recently. we were far more sympa- bone in his right hand. for the entire Central division that Mr. thetic toward those who have suffered in Billie Mae has a tooth. Thls llttle Payton has our deepest sympathy. other parts of thc country. miss happened to be the s~nalldaughter Roadmaster J. \V. Stansberry recent- XIr. and Mrs. W. H. Crow and family. of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Pryor. Ig completed laying one and one-half of Pensacola, Fla., were called to We are very sorry to learn of the mlles of 70 and 75 pound rail, replacing Memphis the early part of the month death of Dispatcher Goldsmith's Lather GO-pound rall. account thc death of Mr. Crow's mother. at Spottsville, Ky.. on April 16, and Our sincere sympathy- ~ is extended to the sincere svm~athv is extended the family. family In their lois. There was a showing of the new Safetv Ffrst Shoes at Yale on April 3. I SOUTHERN DIVISION 1 PENSACOLA, FLORIDA ~heseshoes were demonstrated to - track, roundliouse and shop employes. GERTRUDE BAZZELL, Reporter An Immense crowd witnessed the rr:~nd o~eninrrof the new Riverside BtRMINGHAM TERMINALS - fhve. Gempfis. March 25. - Several - Thle Britlsh vessel, H. 31, S. Pork, Frisco representatives were present. NEI,I,IE M [cGOWEW, Reporter of tlle American and West Indies Fleet Prisco engine 1526, together wlth an dock ed at Frisco wharf March 18, I. C. engine and a Missouri Paciflc en- H. I. Collins. yard clerk, has returned comi ng here from Vera c&. After a gine articimpated in the parade on track from a visit wit h relatlves in Georgia. visit of three clays here they Sailed Lo adjacent to the Drive from Jeffer Mabel Cunnir~ghain, stenographer in Bernluda. ANDERSON-PRICHARD OIL CORP. INTERURBAN CHATT CO. REFINERS OF Shippers of Road Chatt Lumber Yard Chatt INDUSTRIAL NAPHTHAS Chatt Ballast OKLAHOMACITY, OKLA. 124 East First St. PITTSBURG, KANSAS

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