19 Every Idea Starts Small

VOLUME 44 NUMBER 12 MARCH 1957 I T IS interesting to wonder how many men in all of the centuries before Benjamin Franklin's time had seen light­ ning and done nothing about it. It would be even more interesting to know exactly how Franklin came by his theories about that mysterious force ... not the big idea as we have come to think of it, but the first faint glimmer of a notion. That is something we will never know. As a matter of A. C. Dupuis fact, even the person having an idea is often put to it to Manager recall exactly where it all began. The important thing, of Marc Green Marie Hotton course, is not how the idea comes into being but rather Editur Assistant to Editor that someone's mind is open to receive it when circum­ stances and conditions combine in such a way as to make PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT the idea "happen". UNION STATION-CHICAGO Advanced training 111 science and eng1l1eenng may be necessary to an idea's full development, but anybody can The Milwaukee Rood Magazine is pub• lished for active and retired employes of have them, and everybody does, whether he realizes it or The Milwaukee Rood, to whom it is dis• tributed free. It is available to others not. It is merely a matter of keeping one's mind open and at IDe per single copy or S1.00 per year. alert to the fact that nothing is perfect, that everything is subject to improvement and eventually will be improved. Only a few weeks ago I learned of a typical example of productive "brainstorming", of useful idea work in our IN THIS ISSUE own car shop in Milwaukee.

Every Idea Starts Small \XIe were repairing some steel-framed gondolas. One of By President J. P_ Kiley------2 the men, passing by one of those car skeletons with its

Comments From Our Customers- - - - 3 wooden sides stripped oft, stOpped and took a closer look. "Wouldn't it be better for certain types of loading if we Quiz------3 left it that way?", he asked himself. The idea was passed on,

A Safe Day in the Freight House--- 4 and everyone became intrigued by its possibilities.

Green Board Ahead------9 Someone else decided that the solid floor should be ripped out and a grating installed, thus creating a car which snow Some Thoughts About Your Later Years------10 .. and debris would fall right out of ... a kind 'of self­ cleaning car. Appointments· ------13 As a result of this original thinking on the job, several C. F. Dahnke to Head Milwaukee old wooden gondolas have already been rebuilt in that way Traffic Club in 1957------13 and are being used by a shipper of pipe who had com­ A. A. Horton------14 plained of the snow and debris which his employes some­ times had to remove from cars before loading them. He has W. M. Thurber------15 been very pleased with these "peek-a-boo" cars, as he calls Retirements ------16 them.

All Around the House------18 Every idea starts small, but in today's business climate it may grow to tremendous size. I am certain that all of us About People of the Railroad------23 on The Milwaukee Road will find our work more interest­ ing and more rewarding if we try to keep that fact con­ stantly in mind. OUT OF HIS WALLET...! COMMENTS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS

"The most agreeable j'ecompeme which we can receive for things which we have done is to see them known, to have them applauded with praises l~hich honor liS." -Moliere

LOOKING FORWARD TO fast, the dinnerware, the covers on the ANOTHER TRIP sou p bowIs, and the new I ype of coffee cup wi th the non-spillable rim, and all " ... 1 have just returned from a this in addition to excellent food at a long trip over your line, traveling from reasonable price Minneapolis to Tacoma and return. As "I assure you that 1 am looking for­ 1 sat and gazed at the beauty of the ward to taking the Milwaukee again." scenery, 1 thought of the great creator of it all. Surely He was mindful of our Glenn S. Baker every need before He ever created Manager man ... Western Division of CIBA "My thoughts went back to those Pharmaceutical Products Inc. who made it possible for me to make Scm Fl'anci!co, Calif. such a wonderful trip. First the sur­ (Amwers on page 27) veyors who surveyed the track . . . then those who had a part in the work 1. What is the minimum number of of laying the track, the vast amount of passengers to whom a party ticket ties and rails it took, and the amount ST. PAUL YARD, FORWARD MOVE will be sold-two, five or ten? of money to do all this. Add to this (To A. R. B,odin, fity freight agent, the equipment 1 was enjoying, plus the MinneapoIi!) 2. Is a ladder track a yard track from efforts of all the employes to make it which a series of tracks branch, or comfortable for me. I was indeed very "Our president, Larry Venard, my one of several tracks which grateful for all that had been done to two sons and I all thoroughly enjoyed branches from a main track? make such a trip possible ... seeing your new automatic switching fa­ " ... Though there are other modern cility eSt. Paul Yard]. As you know, 3. What IS the published mileage ways of travel, to me none excels the we had some difficulty in working out rate allowance to be paid for the Milwaukee's crack train to the Pacific a time to do it, and the date we selected use of privately owned tank cars Northwest for scenery and comfort. 1 presented quite a few problems, but the operated on the railroads of the look forward to making another such time was very well spent. United State&--2c, 3c or 4c per trip again." "~'e want to congratulate The Mil­ J mile? Mrs. Grace E. Whitener waukee Road on this forward looking Baxter Springs, Kans. move. We can now well understand 4. Is an interlocking semaphore with your desire to publicize a new facility an arm that moves up and down a of this kind, and We hope it will be a fixed signal or a movable signal? very rewarding move for your road." 5. Is a lead track a track leading from BEST IN 20 YEARS C. A. Pratt a freight yard to a main line track Vice President or a track leading into a locomotive "1 have just returned from a business W utern Mine"al Products Co. repair shop? trip to New York, and it was my good .WiW1E«PO/iJ.. Minn. 6. Is a GCA a general claim agent, a fortune to have had a Milwaukee dining car service compar­ diesel-electric or steam locomo­ usual courtesy of one of your trainmen, able to that which 1 experienced on this Ml'.· D. Hockenberry. ~rhat a public tive? trip. The food was delectable; the service relations job he does for you! Everyone 9. Is the inside height of a boxcar and courtesy of the waiters and the is made to feel at home by Mr. Hocken­ usual1y greater than its inside dining car steward, Mr. Paul Jones, was berry, and his manner is far above the width? something 1 have not encountered for usual. 1 purposely asked him his name, many years ... so 1 could write this note." 10. Does the same mileage rate allow­ "A few things which particularly im­ ance apply to all types of private pressed me were the demitasse which T. E. Adamsol/ Jr. freight and express cars? was served upon being seated for break· E"al/ston, Ill. 3 . 9th of a serIes . ..

A SAFE DAY IN THE FREIGHT HOUSE

he railroad freight house, where once the agent strained at T the barrels of flour and the buckets of axle grease, has long since joined the rest of the industry in a spectacular march of progress. Today the array of commodities out on the freight house platform reflects the growing complexity of modern living and the miracles of Twentieth Century manufacturing genius. The railroads and the railway supply industry, in turn, have done their utmost to meet the changing needs of shippers. The re­ sult has been a number of marked changes in freight house methods. On the Milwaukee Road the most complete change from the methods of earlier years is to be found at the Galewood J.c.l. freight transfer station on the west side of Chicago, where hun­ dreds of tons of freight are handled daily, most of it by means of an overhead conveyor system. This station and the seven freight houses in the downtown section of Chicago provide the most complete cross-section of freight house methods to be found anywhere on the railroad. A tour of the various Chicago freight houses will find vir­ tually every type of freight handling equipment in use. In addition to the tremendously efficient conveyor system at Gale. wood there are-to mention a few-forklift trucks for carrying and stacking palletized loads, and small tractors for towing platform trucks; electric transporters for handling skid loads of freight; and the conventional two-wheel and four-wheel trucks which are still more efficient than anything else for han­ dling certain types of freight under given conditions. Because of the types of commodities to be handled, the extent to which any given type of equipment is used varies from house to house. Perhaps the greatest similarity among all freight houses on Agent B. M. Smith, in charge of the railroad is in their emphasis on the subject of safety. the seven downtown freight hous­ es in Chicago, alongside the safety In 1956 there were 13 reportable injuries among freight board in House No.3 which shows house employes throughout the system-exactly half the num­ no reportable injuries in 1956 and ber in 1952. In the seven downtown Chicago houses the only one lost-time injury. Actual­ number of yearly reportable injuries has gone from eight in ly, not only House No.3 employ­ 1952 to three in 1955 and none in 1956. es, but all of the men working in the dow n tow n houses went The pictures on these pages show some of the precautions through last year without h'aving which make for another safe day in the freight house. a single reportable injury. 4 The Milwaukee Road Magazine Safety is a first consideration for employes at the big Galewood I.c.1. transfer station in Chicago, where merchandise is transferred from car to car, as well as to and from truck trailers, by means of a continuous overhead conveyor system. Employes crossing through the line of platform trucks are careful to adjust their pace to that of the line and then cross through at an angle, as demonstrated here by Stower Roy Preis. SIGNS OF SAFETY ...

Left: Edward Schroeder, foreman at House No.3, Chicago, places enginemen of its presence. The derail prevents the accidental move· the red metal sign which warns engine crews to stop clear of cars in ment of cars against the portable bridge at the east end of the station. which men are working. Right: Caller John Xaverius hangs a warning sign at the' end of Center: Having attached a port>able derail to a track at the east a truck trailer which has been placed for unloading at the Galewood end of the Galewood freight house, Mechanic Andrew Vincent sets freight house platform. This precaution is taken to prevent the mov­ the red target in place in the derail mechanism to warn trainmen and ing of a trailer while men are working in it. '

March, 1957 5 HANDLING MERCHANDISE ...

Safety meetings are held often at all of the freight houses as another precaution against personal injuries. E. G. Kiesele, superintendent of safety, is shown con­ ducting such a meeting with the men in House No. I, Chicago. Standing at the extreme right is Agent B. M. Smith, while at Mr. Kiesele's right are Assistant Superintendents of Safety G. M. Dempsey and A. W. Shea.

CAR DOOR SAFETY ...

..... Experience has taug ht station forces that car doors can be thresholds to troub Ie if not properly opened and closed. Left: Caller Leland Decker at Galewood sta­ tion keeps his body in the clear as he opens a car door, thus avoiding the possibility of injury from package freight which might fall through the opening. Left, below: Check Clerks Harold Dode and Walter Kocan at House No.3 keep their hands in the clear as they close a car door. They also place their feet securely to avoid slipping. Top: Checker Daniel Johnson, operating an electric transporter to move a skid load into a car in House No. I, the so-called candy house, pushes the handle forward to stop it momentarily at the door, thus avoiding the risk of striking workmen inside the car. Center: Stowers Nick Daros, Louis Buchan­ an and Joseph Nolan (left to right) observe safe practices in loading a Seattle-bound re­ frigerator car with 50,000 pounds of candy. Lower picture: At Kinzie Street freight house Checker Lowell Behnke places cartons securely on a four-wheel truck. Careful stack­ ing on trucks lessens the danger of personal injury and damage to freight as a result of packages slipping off. 6 The Milwaukee Road Magazine r

Agent A. E. Ward (seated at left be­ low) and Assistant Agent F. R. Lewis keep safety uppermost in the minds of station employes by discussing it every day over the public address .sys­ tem. At right, with safety manuals in hand, a group of workmen listen to Mr. Ward's remarks. Left to right: Foreman Charles Garry, Caller Law­ rence Fryxell, Checker Charles Brown, Trucker Tony Mrczynski, Tow Motor Operator John Cwieka and Checker Emil VanderHeyden.

AT GALEWOOD ...

A SAFE DAY IN

THE FREIGHT HOUSE ... cont'd

Below: Even though Callers Peter Salach (left) and Peter Litz use a crane for handling shipments such as this at Galewood station, they take the precaution of wearing gloves to protect their hands from rough and sharp edges. Safety shoes are also recommended for freight house work. Right: Stower Rocco LaGrano exercises caution in taking the mast of a platform truck from the conveyor at Galewood. Since the upper section of the mast telescopes into the lower section, he is careful to keep his hand clear of the point where the sections come together.

March, 1957 7 Dividend Declared on Series A Preferred Stock

AT THE monthly meeting of the board of directors in Chicago on Feb. 21, a dividend of $5.00 per share on the Series A preferred stock of the com­ pany was declared out of the 1956 earnings, payable at the rate of $1.25 per share on Mar. 28, June 27, Sept. 26 and Nov. 27, 1957, to holders of record at the close of business on Mar. 8, June 7, Sept. 6 and Nov. 8, 1957, respec­ tively. The board also approved the payment of contingent interest at the full rate of 4Y:2 per cent per annum on the general I mortgage income bonds, Series A and B, and contingent interest on the Terre ­ Haute bonds at the full rate of 1Y:2 per cent per annum on Apr. 1, 1957, and the equal semiannual installments of interest at the rate of 5 per cent per annum on the income debentures, Series A, on Mar. 15, 1957 and Sept. 15, 1957. It was further announced that con­ sideration would be given at the meeting of the board of directors to be held Mar. 21 to a dividend on the common stock of the company.

Top: Wise employes· wear eye protection when removing nails, blocking or banding from cars. Blocker Chester Zmarlinski at Galewood station shows how. Above, left: What The Railroads Do Check Clerk Frank Frontzak at House No.3 inserts bolts in therunboard between In Thirty Minutes cars to prevent its shifting. The board is also nailed to the floor of the car. Above. EVERY 30 minutes of every day and right: Blocker Oscar Hanson at House No.3 takes the precaution of wearing goggles night, an average of between 500 and as he blocks reels of cable. 600 freight and passenger trains start on their runs somewhere in the United A SAFE DAY IN THE FREIGHT HOUSE ... cont'd States, and an equal number pull into terminals, their runs completed. The Below, left: A microlever, shown being used by Stower Frank Palevich at Galewood passenger trains in this brief period pro­ station, enables one man to place a runboard between cars safely. He is careful to duce transportation equivalent to carry­ keep his body clear of the handle of the lever dolly. Below, right: Injuries to men ing 1,628,000 persons one mile, and, in and damage to freight can often be avoided by breaking down a load so that it is level or nearly so. Standing on a solid wooden crate, Mobilift Operator William addition, handle about 80 per cent of Minihan levels a load at House No.3. all non-local United States mail, plus large quantities of baggage and express. Freight trains provide transportation equivalent to hauling a ton of freight more than 35,500,000 miles-about 1,420 times around the earth. While performing their essential transportation service, railroads in the same 30 minutes will pour into the bloodstream of the nation's economy more than $285,000 in wages to their employees, $76,000 for improvements to plant and equipment, $93,000 in pur­ chases of fuel, materials and supplies, and more than $62,000 in taxes to na­ tional, state and local governments. In such figures-repeated 48 times every day, 365 days a year-is found a measure of the real worth to America of its entirely self-supporting, tax-paying railroads. 8 The Milwaukee Road Magazine Green Board Ahead ...

The article reprinted here from a recent issue of Youth magazine was sub. mitted to that publication by President J. P. Kiley at the invitation of its editor. It contains some important reminders for the young man or woman faced with the choice of a cat·eer.

BEING a railroad man I may be preju­ "Those signals not only indicate dICed, but it seems to me there is one what lies ahead on the track.... experience which every American should but stand as symbols of what lies ahead for the railroads themselves." have during a lifetime. Let me describe it briefly. You are on a train in the mountains and it is night. Your train is winding its way along the narrow shelf on which along the track. In the distance you pick themselves, as would some of the prob. the track is laid. Except for the faint up the next one, its light showing faint. lems involved in setting up a railroad's click of the wheels over the rails, all is ly green. "Green board ahead!" the en· centralized traffic control and communi­ quiet back in the Pullman car as you ginemen say. It grows more brilliant, cations systems. prepare for a good night's sleep. You and then, as the locomotive reaches it, But does the challenge to the techni. turn off the light and raise the blind for the signal light flashes red, a warning to cian end there? Hardly! Railroading is a last look out the window. There before any following trains. an industry devoted to public service, you is a fascinating spectacle. Those signals, which must operate working always in terms of movement Far up ahead the locomotive head­ without fail, day and night, winter and and weather-all kinds of weather­ light is playing a game of light and shad. summer, not only indicate what lies and its problems are as varied as the ow on the rugged terrain through which ahead on the track, but as examples of public's needs. you are traveling. Heading into a curve the technological progress which has If trains are not to be delayed, diesel the beam of light strikes a colorful rock. taken place in this industry within recent fuel oil must flow freely from storage Then the light is lost in the black void years, they also stand as symbols of what tanks in the Dakotas in the dead of win­ of a canyon. And now, once more, it lies ahead for the railroads themselves ter. A job for chemists. A manufacturer swings back to light the green tips of fir and for those of us who go into railroad. produces a new pad for feeding oil to trees reaching up to track level at the ing as a career. the freight car journals, but will it take next curve. A good many people think of rail. the weight and the miles, and operate I maintain that everyone should have roaders as either conductors, locomotive properly both at 100 degrees above and an experience of this nature. Not just engineers, firemen, switchmen or agents. 30 below zero? A job for the test de· because it is thrilling in itself, but more Actually, there are more different kinds partment! importantly because it is a practical les­ of jobs in railroading than in most other I would not want to give the impres­ son in the history of our country's industries-probably because railroading sion that railroading offers a career for growth and the part the railroad indus­ i~ several kinds of business rolled into every young man and woman. It doesn't. try played in its development. one. Its opportunities are broad but, like those As you lie there in the stillness of In addition to the important jobs just of most industries, they are right for your berth you can picture in your mind's named, there are at least 100 trades and some and not for others. eye the pioneers who first explored this professions represented in the ranks of Whether a person has in mind a job country, searching for a passage through railroad employes. There are doctors, as a locomotive engineer, a private sec­ these mountainous peaks. And then you lawyers, chemists, engineers, architects, retary, a dining car chef, or a specia1i.st can seethe engineers who surveyed, and salesmen, plumbers, electricians, plas. in electronics, railroading calls both for blasted, and laid a steel highway for terers, carpenters, machinists, and many skill and for a straight.thinking respon­ our country's expanding commerce. others. Women, too, find useful, satisfy­ sible turn of mind in keeping with the In this imaginary setting you can all ing careers in our industry. role of the railroads as our country's but hear the iron horse with its drivers The average young student of elec­ largest and most dependable carrier. pounding the mountain grades and tronics or mechanical engineering would, The railroads today have changed so straining at every bolt to fulfill its mis· I believe, be fascinated by the intricacies extensively, in ",ays both evident and un­ sion. Then, once more, you return to of even the most ordinary of today's seen, that they are virtually a new in­ the present and feel secure in the effort­ automatic freight car classification yards. dustry. Their future is limitless. less power of the giant diesel.electric As for the largest and most modern of As the men in the locomotive cab locomotive up ahead. these installations, I believe they would would say, it's a "green board ahead" Now and again you notice the signals be a challenge even to the professors for the railroads of America. March, 1957 9 SOME THOUGHTS ABOU

Early Planning Is the Key to Economic Security, Health gineered for safety-everything that promotes the comfort and health of old­ and Happiness During Those Years After Retirement er people is being utilized. If problems still remain, then, they are those of ad­ justing to the emotional, physical and financial hurdles which all of us will URlNG the years when America was Never before in history, either, has face in late maturity. D being won from the wilderness, and the prospect been so good for enjoying Most people do not face up to the . even within the memory of many people the blessings of a long life. Sound en­ problems of their later years until the still living, long life was hardly a thing gineers and optical experts are con­ time is ripe for retirement. They can­ to be expected. It came as a kind of stantly inventing new and more efficient not imagine themselves out of the rou­ bonus, and to relatively few. At the aids to hearing and seeing for oldsters. tine of business. Then comes the eve­ turn of the century, for instance, only A machine has been perfected to mag­ ning of tribute, the testimonials, anec­ about 4 per cent of Americans were nify the printed page five times. A pub­ dotes and best wishes, and the presen­ over 65. Since that time, however, while lisher prints "books for tired eyes"­ tation of a gift. During the celebration the total population of our country has large type editions of classics and cur­ the guest of honor is beset by contra­ doubled, our older population has in­ rent literature. Hearing aids can now dictory emotions, and for the next few creased four times. By 1970 it is esti­ be obtained that are almost invisible. days he may be slightly dazed. To many mated that this figure will reach 16 mil. Houses with few steps to climb, kitch­ people who have spent their productive lion persons. en layouts that save work, bathrooms en· years in the business world, no job is 70 The Milwaukee Road Magazine • The charts used in connection with this article were provided by the Twentieth RELATIVE GROWTH OF OVER 65 POPULATION Century Fund, 330 West 42nd Street, New York 36, N. Y. Most of the facts were taken from a study entitled "Eco­ nomic Needs of Older Pecple" by John SINCE 1900 J. Corson and John W. McConnell, re­ cently completed by the Twentieth Century Fund, and frem "When You TOTAL POPULATION Grow Older" by George Lawton and Maxwell S. Stewart, a pamphlet pub­ INCREASED 2TIMES lished by the Public Affairs Committee Inc, 22 East 38th Street, New York 16, N. Y. Copies of the latter may be purchased at 20 cents each. Anoth=r helpful guide to p20ple planning fcr SINCE 1900 their later years is "Retirement-A New Way of Life" by Dr. Eugene Friedmann OLDER POPULATION of the University of Wisconsin staff. The booklet is available by mail from Bookstore, University of Wisconsin Ex­ INCREASED 4TIMES tension Division, Madisen 6, Wis.; 50 cents, payable by check •

so hard as that of an onlooker at do­ and systematically. As birthdays mount, As avocational outlets he should be able mestic routine. Old age,' even the "ear­ we tend to approach a new idea with to do things of an art, craft, or scien­ ly years of old age", demands of them fear, resentment or antagonism, but tific nature, even if t!Jey involve only qualities with which they are poorly what makes an idea new is its unfamil­ being handy around the house or gar­ endowed. They have no compensating iarity to us. From 40 on, then, we must den. skill to fill the void caused by jobless­ keep in fighting trim our ability to han­ In addition to bringing personal sat­ ness and are uneasy at being idle. dle an unfamiliar idea or skill with which isfaction, an avocation can also bring in What situations in old age, what to replace those in our own field when money. For instance, a retired execu­ problems of adjustment can we prepare speed and endurance begin to decline. tive who learned metalcraft for the fun for? Old people, in order to be healthy, A realistic program for preventing a of it, discovered its money-making pos­ physically and mentally, need to be ac­ psychological letdown must enable a sibilities and started a small business. A tive, and activity is best if it is a definite man to do something in which he can woman of 78 runs a shirt "hospital" vocation or an interest pursued seriously take pride and continue to feel useful. which she started 30 years ago. It fur-

YOUR LATER YEARS r------­

VEN with all the things tha.t are being done, and that your present work which represents a potential oppor­ E will be done, to make life more comforta ble for tunity in y01ll' "after 60" period. older people, no one is relieved of the responsibility of providing for his own needs to as great a degree as • Set up an adequate savings program, regularly allot­ possible. Railroad employes meet this responsibility, at ting a certain portion of your ellrnings to United States least in part, through their Railroad Retirement pay­ bonds, saving's or sound investments. "Don't spend it ments, and the railroad companies help them by match­ nil" is a good motto whether you're 19 01' 49. ing those payments dollar for dollar. Many have put • Keep you r installment buying down to a reasonable aside something for their later years through home own­ figure as you mature. When one has not yet attained ership, insurance, a savings account or investments. full earni.ng power, installment buying is often wel­ Experts in this field are generally agreed that to comed because one cannot pay outright for all the things avoid the hazard of a dependent old age, a person should needed in a new home. As one grows older, it is desir­ set up a program in his produetive years. Their sug­ able not to burden your future earnings too heavily. gestions include the following points: • Learn your Railroad Retirement Benefits (and Social • Development of skills. Muscles may not hold up Security benefits if employed after retirement.) Make after the age of 60, but skills acquired in earlier years sure you understand them perfectly so that you won't will help to g'et ,md hold a job. Study some skill in miss benefits to which you are entitled.

~------~ March, 1957 11 man who has been physically active may I ANNUAL INCOME OF POPULATION OVER 65 find that he can continue to be so into j his seventies, while one who has spent most of his business career at a desk 15~o $2000 OR MORE may find that even mild exercise is too much. A balanced diet, important at ~o 11 BETWEEN $1000 &$2000 any age, is particularly so for oldsters. Many older people refuse to eat nour­ ishing foods, either because they find them hard to chew, or because they just don't like them. As a result, they not only have a monotonous diet, but may also suffer from a vitamin deficiency. Strangely enough, as people grow older and less active, many suffer from 36~o NO INCOME OF THEIR OWN fatigue and point to it as the reason for a lack of accomplishment. If the con. dition is constant, an examination by a physician will reveal if illness or disease The average retired railroad man or woman enjoys a greJ.ter degree of is responsible. It may be that the cure financial security than the average over·65 American. For details see con­ is not a medical compound, but the need cluding paragraphs of article, on page 16. to straighten out inner conflicts and fears. Vitamin B complex is helpful to a person suffering from a definite phys­ ical deficiency, but it cannot resolve nishes her with a good living, especially ill more frequently as they get into their emotional upsets. since her husband passed on. Another sixties and seventies, "many enjoy excel­ Old age can be dismal if each person woman of 85 specializes in hooked rugs lent health. They just have to work a has to face it friendless and alone. But of ufilisual design that bring a good little harder to keep healthy than when it can be relatively rich when older peo­ poce. they were younger. ple band together to help each other. It is an achievement to make a re­ Certain diseases, however, such as An advantage now open to people over tirement activity commercially profitable, diabetes, arthritis, cancer, and diseases 65 are the clubs in various parts of the but when that happens a person still of the heart and blood vessels, are more country which have" been formed by re­ needs interests that provide pleasure and common at an advanced age than in tired persons to promote fellowship and relaxation. A retirement plan is like a youth. Since many of them do not cause share mutual problems. Some cities have suit of clothes or a hat: it must meet pain until serious damage has been done, also set up counseling services to give physical and financial requirements, but regular medical examinations are ad­ advice and encouragement on planning most of all it must suit the personality visable after 40. Such examinations for the future. of the individual. should be designed not only to detect Money problems in old age are unde­ In later years, good health is all-im­ disease, but to find out how healthy a niably serious. However, financial se­ portant. Many people imagine that ill. person really is. curity does not ;,guarantee that a person ness and aches and pains are a neces­ How much work or exercise an older will live happily in his old age. With sary part of getting old, but this is not person can safely do depends a great or without a pension, though, most old. necessarily true. While most people are deal on previous habits. For instance, a er people must learn to live on consid­ erably less than they did during their working lifetime. For a man or woman who regards money as an end in itself, this represents a major adjustment, MAIN SOURCES OF INCOME FOR PERSONS 65 AND OVER particularly for those who have been accustomed to "keeping up with the Joneses" and can no longer do so. But ~ SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS, ETC. once they have rid themselves of such ideas, most older people find that there are many little luxuries they can get ~ AT WORK OR WIVES OF WORKERS along without. Another advantage now enjoyed by our senior citizens is an increase in eco­ ~ PUBLIC ASSISTANCE nomic security during the last few dec­ ades. While it is a recognized fact that ~ at 65 there is a marked increase in un­ SAVINGS, INSURANCE, ETC, employment, our national output is in. creasing faster than the over-65 popula. IN HOMES, HOSPITALS, ETC. tion. Added up, it means that the pro­ nF. _, :.-® ductive effort that goes to support older (Continued on page 16) 72 The Milwaukee Road Magazine o APPOINTMENTS •

Engineering Department Effective Mar. 1, 1957: W. G. Powrie, chief engineer, has been granted a leave of absence for reasons of health. During his absence V. E. Glosup will serve as acting chief engineer.

Traffic Department Effective Mar. 1, 1957: R. K. Hurlbut is appointed gen. eral agent at Mad· j ison, Wis., fol. , lowing the retire- . I ment of J. F. Can. lin. Mr. Hurlbut is a native of Richland Center, \ . Wis., who started ~'_' R. K. Hurlbut with the Road in Madison in 1934. Key officers of The Milwaukee Traffic Club who were elected at a meeting in the Elks Club on Feb. 5. From left: D. G. Ploetz, traffic manager of the Harnischfeger Cor· He has been district passenger agent poration, first vice president; C. F. Dahnke, general passenger agent, The Milwaukee there since 1947. Road, president; K. B. Brandt, traffic manager, Kearney &. Trecker Corporation, sec­ G. A. Henkens is appointed district retary-treasurer; R. W. Brushe, traffic manager, Pressed Steel Tank Company, third vice freight and passenger agent at Omaha, president; and H. A. Jahnke, sales representative, Motor Transport Company, third Neb. Mr. Henkens started his service vice president. with the Road in the Omaha traffic de­ partment in 1923 and transferred to the general offices in Chicago three years later. In 1948 he returned to Omaha C. F. Dahnke to Head where he has since been general agent passenger department. Milwaukee Traffic Club in 1957 H. J. McCauley is appointed city ticket agent in Minneapolis, following AT A meeting of The Milwaukee Traffic Mr. Dahnke is a native of Wisconsin the retirement of J. A. Oslie. Mr. Mc· Club on Feb. 5, C. F. Dahnke, general who started with the Road as a telegra. Cauley, a native of Decorah, Ia., has passenger agent of The Milwaukee Road pher at Boscobel in 1915 and was later been with the Road in the Twin Cities at Milwaukee, was elected president for ticket agent at Richland Center and for 30 years. Since 1950 he has been ac­ 1957. He succeeds G. C. Loeser, assist· Madison. He was city passenger agent countant in the Minneapolis station ant general traffic manager of the Jos. at Madison from 1929 until 1939 when ticket office. Schlitz Brewing Company. Mr. Dahnke he went to Milwaukee as general pas. had previously served the club as a direc­ senger agent. He was appointed assist­ Store Department tor and as third, second and first vice ant general passenger agent there in Effective Mar. 1, 1957: president. In the latter position he is 1946 and promoted to general passenger being succeeded by D. G. Ploetz, traffic agent last May. He is a former presi. The headquarters of H. A. Unmacht, manager of the Harnischfeger Corpora. dent of the Wisconsin Passenger Club district timekeeper, will be at Milwau­ tion. and an honorary life member of the kee Shops, Wis. R. B. Birchard, Milwaukee Road gen­ American Association of Railroad ticket W.· Goudy is appointed district store­ eral agent in Milwaukee, was elected to Agents. keeper, Lines West, with headquarters the club's board of directors. Others Milwaukee is the home city of Mr. at Tacoma, following the transfer of named to the board were G. C. Brewer Birchard who entered service there in H. A. Unmacht. Mr. Goudy, who en­ Jr., assistant general traffic manager of 1922. He has held various positions in tered service at Green Bay in 1919, has the A. O. Smith Corporation; J. J. Ir­ the traffic department there and in Ma­ been assistant maintenance of way store­ landi, traffic manager, the Krause Mill­ son City, and was also assistant general keeper at Tomah and most recently di. ing Company; W. H. Schulze, manager, agent in Chicago before being appointed vision storekeeper at Deer Lodge. Motor Cargo Company; W. K. Corner, general agent at Milwaukee in 1953. 1. E. Bacon is appointed division manager, Consolidated Forwarding storekeeper, Rocky Mountain Division, Company; and R. H. Gustafson, general with headquarters at Deer Lodge, suc­ agent, the Chicago Great Western Rail­ Horse powe1' was much safer when ceeding W. Goudy. way. only horses had it. March, 1957 13 of air reservoirs, f1angers and other sal­ vageable equipment from four wooden box f1anger cars. The fire apparently smoldered undetected for a considerable time. Employes in that section of the roundhouse left about 3: 30 p.m., ap­ proximately two hours before the fire was discovered. Twenty.five employes in the south part of the structure got out safely. No one was injured.

A. A. Horton

ADELBERT A. HORTON', whose 63 years as a Milwaukee Road station agent are believed to be an industry record for men employed in that capacity, died on Feb. 14 at Fairmont, Minn. He had been stationed at Fairmont 54 years be­ fore retiring on Mar. 31, 1948. Death at 88 followed an operation for a broken hip. He was the father of 1. B. Horton of Glenview, Ill., commissioner of the Road's agricultural and mineral de­ velopment department. Mr. Horton was the youngest son in a pioneer family which moved from New York state to Minnesota in 1861 and settled near Rochester. An older The average $4,SOO-a-year man must work 2 hours and 26 min­ brother started working for the Mil­ utes of his eight-hour day to pay for his taxes, according to the waukee when the line was extended Tax Foundation. As the clock shows, more time is spent working through the Dakotas, and "Bert", then for taxes than for food and other items. about 15, learned telegraphy "hanging around the station." Soon he was filling relief jobs, and in 1885 became agent at Kinbrae, Minn. He was there two years and at Edgerton, Minn., another .--... Spectacular Blaze Claims six before beginning his long service at Fairmont. When he retired" he out­ "Old No.1" Rou·ndhoule t Milwaukee ranked by 13 years the next employe on A LANDMARK familiar to several gen­ The structure and equipment were the seniority list of the former I&SM erations of Milwaukee Road employes covered by insurance which will provide Division. and citizens of Milwaukee was largely partial recovery of the loss. During his long residence in Fair­ destroyed on the night of Feb. 28 when The fire appears to have resulted from mont, Minn., Me. Horton had served "Old No.1" roundhouse near the en· the use of cutting torches in the removal in many civic offices, including city trince to the shop area became the victim of a five-alarm fire. The structure, generally referred to as the "road house" or "passenger house" during the days of steam operation, has been used prin. NOTICE-Voting Members of cipally for storage of diesel units in The Milwaukee Road Women's Club recent years. The Joss, estimated at approximately DISTRICT conventions and get.together luncheons will be held as follows: $399,000, included the complete destruc­ tion of one diesel switch engine, as well Sioux City, la Hotel Sheraton-Martin April 25 as damage to six other diesel units, an Milwaukee, Wis Hotel Schroeder May 3·4 electric locomotive truck frame, and other Minneapolis, Minn. . Hotel Nicollet May 8 pieces of equipment of lesser value. Tacoma, Wash. . Hotel Winthrop May 23 Twenty.one stalls in the north, or newer, All voting members are invited to attend the business sessions as end of the building were destroyed, well as the get-together luncheons. For details and reservations consult while the older part, constructed around local chapter presidents. 1878, was largely spared. 14 The Milwaukee Road Magazine alderman, president of the Kiwanis Club and for 25 years as president of the library board. In 1932 he was the recipient of a 25·year service emblem from the ORT and in 1951 of a 65.year button from the Veteran Employes' As­ sociation of The Milwaukee Road, of which he was a charter member. Funeral services were held in Fairmont. In ad. dition to his son, Mr. Horton is survived by the latter's two daughters, Katharine and Mary Ann. w. M. Thurber

WILLIAM MACK THURBER, retired as­ sistant superintendent of the D&I Second District, passed away Feb. 1 in Dubuque. Funeral services were held there under the auspices of Masonic Part of the large crowd of Coast-to-Coast Stores owners, their wives and children and guests as they boarded the Milwaukee Road special train in Minneapolis for the trip to Lodge No. 125, with members of the the new plant in St. Louis Park. Retired Employes Club of Dubuque forming an honorary escort. Mr. Thurber came from a pioneer Milwaukee Road family whose services Coast-to-Coast Stores Opening predated the Civil War. His grandfather Features Train Ride for Guests was an agent for the old Milwaukee­ Mississippi Railroad at Muscoda, Wis., a THE MILWAUKEE ROAD was privileged from the Milwaukee Road depot to an job in which he was succeeded by his to play a featured role in the formal interior rail court inside the warehouse. son and later his grandson. Two other dedication on Feb. 10 of the huge $3,­ The court, large enough to accommodate grandsons were with the Road-R. 1. 000,000 offices and warehouse of Coast­ eight freight cars at a time, was ideal for Thurber who later became a newspaper to-Coast Central Organization, Inc., in receiving the six-coach train. publisher at Richland Center, Wis., and St. Louis Park, Minn., a suburb of Min­ The new one-story warehouse and of­ the late N. P. Thurber, at one time neapolis. The occasion, combining the fice building is considered to be the assistant superintendent of the Milwau­ dedication of the new structure with the largest of its type in the Upper Midwest, kee Division. Mr. Thurber's mother was firm's annual meeting, was attended by covering a total area of 410,000 square one of the Road's first woman tele& approximately 1,500 persons, including feet. It will house hard lines merchan. raphers, whose 25 years of service owners and their wives and children dise in automotive, hardware, house­ brought the family to~al to 241 years. representatives of thaforganization's 645 wares, sporting goods, electrical, home His own service started in 1898 as a independently owned stores in 17 Upper appliances, plumbing and heating, home telegrapher on the old Prairie du Chien Midwestern and Northwestern states furnishings, toy and paint departments. Division. Later he was an assistant dis­ and other guests. As a convenience th~ The new warehouse is air conditioned patcher, chief dispatcher and traiTh. Coast-to-Coast organization a r ra n ge d and features a "towveyor", an under-the­ master, and from 1918 to 1931 superin­ with the Milwaukee for the opera­ floor traveling chain 1,260 feet in length tendent of the old Dubuque, the I&D, which circles a large area, carrying tow the La Crosse and the Illinois Divisions. tion of a "Coast-to-Coast Special Ex­ He had also served as assistant press" to carry guests from downtown line trucks loaded with incoming mer­ superintendent at Davenport and La Minneapolis to the plant in St. Louis chandise to the proper area for stocking. Crosse before retiring at Dubuque on Park. The train made four runs at two­ The plant also includes a sign processing hour intervals, starting at 8: 30 in the shop which will print a million signs Jan. 1,1947. morning, taking the passengers directly each year for use in Coast-to-Coast stores.

FORGET YESTERDAY Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and some absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day: begin it well and serenely with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old n::msense. This day is all that is good and fair. It is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on yesterdays. -Rolph Waldo Emerson Architect's drawing of the new offices and warehouse of Coast-to-Coast Central Organiza­ tion, Inc. March, 1957 15 · Your Later Years (Continued from page 12) people is likely to become a smaller per­ centage of our total output, and that in retirements \\\.~~ the future we can take better care of ------~ ­ them because we can better afford to. The average railroad man or woman during February 1957 ._-~~- now in the "golden years of retirement" enj oys a greater degree of financial se­ curity than the maj ority . of over-65 Americans. As of D2c. 31, 1956, ap­ General Offices-Chicago and GRAHAM, EUGENE ]. proximately 326,908 were receiving Ex. Gang Laborer. . . .Elbe, Wash. Seattle-Including System LORAN, FRANK M. monthly benefits from the Railroad Re­ Employes B & B Foreman...... Tacoma, Wash. tirement Board. The average benefit was MAYLES, RALPH R. ANDERSON, ADOLPH E. Clerk Tacoma, Wash. $112.44 per month, or $1,349.28 per Cook , _ Chicago, Ill. year. In addition, more than one.third BELL, ERNEST J. Dubuque & Illinois Division Waiter _.. Chicago, Ill. of all retired railroad men had wives CARROW, WALTER J. ARCHER, ALVA E. who received an additional spouse's Clerk Chicago, 111. B. M. Helper . .Ottumwa, Ia. benefit payment averaging $48.14 per HARDEN, ANDREW M. BLOSS, JOSEPH N. Porter ...... Chicago, Ill. Clerk .Chillicothe, Mo. month, or $577.68 for the year. MISCHKE, JOHN R. DAVIS, EARL In other words, the families of more Clerk . _ Chicago, Ill. Sec. Laborer . .. Braymer, Mo. NUMMERDOR, CLARENCE GLAB, FRED than a third of all retired railroad em­ Gen. Su pt. T ransp_ . __ .. _. __ Chicago, Ill. Bridgeman ... Dubuque, Ia. ployes had an average yearly income RICHARDS, EDWARD S. LEONARDO, SAM from Railroad Retirement of about Steward _ _.. _ .Chicago, Ill. Turntable Opec. .Savanna, Ill. TATE, JAMES THEMAS, SAM S. $1,927, to say nothing of the income Waiter. _. _. _. _..... __ ...Chicago, Ill. Lampman Savanna, Ill. which the retired employe is privileged VAN SCHOYEK, ADELINE WAYSON, WILLIAM B. to earn in addition to his Railroad Re­ Clerk .. __ _ _Chicago, Ill. Loco. Engr. .Davenport, Ia. WILSON, WILLIAM R. tirement benefits. Except for those draw­ Chicago Terminals R. H. Foreman Ottumwa, Ia. ing a disability annuity and who are BEYER, HEIUVfAN A. Hastings & Dakota Division under 65 years of age, there is no limit Loco. Engr. _.. : Chicago, Ill. placed on the earnings of retired rail­ CHADDERON, FARRELL 1. ENGELHART, SEBASTIAN P. Carman _ Aberdeen, S.D. road people. Machinist . .. Chicago, Ill. CUNDIFF, HOLBERT A. MARTIN, WALTER E. All of us, if we live long enough, will Mach. Helper Bensenville, Ill. Loco. Engr. Ortonville, Minn. eventually arrive at old age, and as long DEMETRO, JOHN MYERS, CLYDE 1. Loco. Fireman Andover, S.D. as we live some kind of problem must Stower . _. . . .. Chicago, Ill. DI VALL, ROBERT G. STEVENS, CLARENCE F. be met. Retirement is not a period of Yardmaster Bensenville, Ill. Loco. Fireman Aberdeen, S.D. DOMBKOWSKI, PETER WILLIAMS, FRANK contemplation, but of self-realization. A Loco. Engr. .,. . .Aberdeen, S.D. whole new world can be opened by un­ Trucker Chicago, Ill. HYMAN, IKE derstanding that it is an approach to a Fire Cleaner Bensenville, Ill. Idaho Division new life rather than a departure from JOHNSON, BERT A. CASEBEER, EDWARD J Clerk Bensenville, III. the old. Loco Engr...... Spokane, Wash. KAWA, FRANK CLARK, JOSEPH C. Carman Chicago, III. Loco. Engr. .Spokane, Wash. KULIEKE, SAMUEL G. DULIK, LOUIS ]. Loco. Engr. Chicago, Ill. Loco. Engr...... Spokane, Wash. KWIETNIEWSKI, TONY B. KRONMEIER, WILLIAM R. Carman Bensenville, Ill. Loco. Engr...... Spokane, Wash. Dil. CAIlEFUL P~ESC~IBES TH€ CURE LEPIPAS, GEORGE V. LINEHAN, JOSEPH H. Track Laborer Bensenville, Ill. Conductor . .Spokane, Wash. MAGAFAS, JOHN P. . SCANLAN, JOHN A. Sec. Laborer Chicago, Ill. Loco. Engr Spokane, Wash. MALLY, NICK SHAW, ROY S. Ex. Gang Roadmaster ..... , .Chicago, Ill. Loco. Engc. Spokane, Wash. McGRAW, CLEBER C. VAN DUERSEN, AUGUST C. Pipefitter Bensenville, Ill. Loco. Fireman Cle Elum, Wash. METCALF, MARGARET C. WOHLK, ALMA Tel. Opec. , Galewood, Ill. B & B Cook " Othello, Wash. O'ROURKE, FRANK ]. Bridge Tender Chicago, Ill. Iowa Division RAINES, MAX H. Crossing Watchman Chicago, Ill. AIRHART, ARTHUR V. RONSCHKE, HARRY E. W. H. Foreman Perry, Ia. Mach. Helper Chicago, Ill. CAMPBELL, MELVIN R. Sec. Laborer Springville, Ia. SPLITT, JOSEPH Switchman , Chicago, Ill. JACKSON, ROBERT H. Sec. Laborer ...... Panora, Ia. WOLEK, VINCENT Carman Galewood, Ill. LEE, EDWIN C. Sec. Foreman ...... Maxwell, Ia. Coast Division LUTZE, FLOYD G. Loco. Engr...... Perry, Ia. BROSTROM, OSCAR YEPSEN, FRANK ]. B & B Carpenter Seattle, Wash. Sec. Laborer . Fonda, Ia. 16 The Milwaukee Road Magazine Iowa. Minnesota & Dakota Division BOHR, PETER ]. FIRST CARLOAD TO A' NEW PLANT Sec. Laborer .... , , .... Mitchel!, S.D. CASEY, JOHN W. Switchman . Madison, S.D. DARR, MATHEW D. Yardmaster Austin, Minn. HANSON, CHRIS O. Loco. Engr. Austin, Minn. HEYMAN, CORNELIUS Sec. Laborer Hull, Ia. KEARNEY, FRANK S. Custodian Dolton S.D. LASLEY, JAMES E. ' Agent Fairmont Minn. MOHS, GUS O. ' Loco. Engr. Austin, Minn. OTTERNESS, HENRY O. Agent...... LeRoy Minn. PETERSON, LEE ' Sec. Foreman Kadoka, Minn. SCHMITT, NICK H. Sec. Laborer Mt. Vernon, S.D. J La Crosse & River Division BEAVER, WILLIAM R. Conductor Milwaukee, Wis. BLACKWOOD, JOHN C. Leadman . . . .. Tomah, Wis. DAVIS, JOHN Sec. Laborer...... Necedah, Wis. KULLBERG, AUGUST Sec. Laborer Bangor Wis McCAIGUE, GEORGE F. ,. Trainman Milwaukee Wis Koston Studio photo OMUNDSON, CASPER H. ,. Conductor Red Wing, Minn. ROEKEN, WILLIAM A. IT WAS an overcast day when the pho­ spotting of seven cars at a time. Loco. Engr. Milwaukee, Wis. tographer happened around, but the un­ Before moving into this modern Madison Division loading of the first carload of lumber warehouse the company conducted its received in a brand new plant on Mil. business from a facility on the Belt Rail­ ALLEMANG, CASH M. waukee Road trackage seemed to call for Loco. Engr. Madison, Wis. way of Chicago at Cicero and Grand MARSH, OTTO C. a picture anyway. The J. Lentin Lumber Avenues, where storage space was not Car Repairer...... Janesville, Wis. Company of Chicago, which has been in MUTTER, ADAM available to it. Sec. Foreman Whitewater, Wis. the wholesale lumber business for 38 years, recently opened this new ware­ The wide driveway shown permits di. Milwaukee Division house at Franklin Park, Illinois. It has rect loading into delivery trucks out of CARPENTER, MARY E. a floor area of 16,000 square feet, with cars, when desired, as well as free move· Stenographer Milwaukee, Wis. FRIESS, ARTHUR J. a track capacity that will permit the ment of vehicles. Agent-Oper. Saukville, Wis. INGLIS, ANDREW G. Conductor Milwaukee, Wis. JOACHIM, WILLIAM E. Hostler Helper Green Bay, Wis. WUBBELS, JACOB ]. MITSCHKE, JACOB . Trans-Missouri Division Loco. Engr. Milwaukee, Wis. Carpenter Milwaukee, Wis. MURPHY, HAROLD E. BURNS, THOMAS J. Milwaukee Terminals & Shops Switchman Milwaukee, Wis. Ex. Gang Laborer Miles City, Mont. OLSEN, ORVILLE N. . JOHNSON, MARCUS L. BERGQUIST, OSCAR S. Lineman No. Milwaukee, Wis. Genl. Car Foreman .....Miles City, Mont. Machinist Milwaukee, Wis. PRESS, AMANDA E. BISHOP, FRANK Ticket Sorter Milwaukee, Wis. Twin City Terminals Sec. Laborer Milwaukee, Wis. RETZLAFF, WILLIAM F. DETTEN, DOMINIC Mach. Helper ,Milwaukee, Wis. BOWKER, MERVIN S. Mach. Helper Milwaukee, Wis. SCHMITZ, JAMES E. Clerk Minneapolis, Minn. EIMERMAN, HENRY P. Switchman Milwaukee, Wis. CHRIST, TONY Helper Milwaukee, Wis. SMITH, IVY Sec. Laborer Minneapolis, Minn. ERN, ERWIN E. Sec. Laborer ,Milwaukee, Wis. DICKINSON, ORAL L. Carman ; Milwaukee, Wis. WEGNER, WALTER F. Sec. Laborer Minneapolis, Minn. FALCH, WALTER B. Pump Repairer Milwaukee, Wis. Hammer Opel' Milwaukee, Wis. GAYE, EARL F. WILSON, WALTER E. Crossingman Minneapolis, Minn. HILT, GUSTAVE P. Chf. Train Caller. Milwaukee, Wis. Air Brakeman Milwaukee, Wis. GRULKOWSKI, HARRY F. JENDUSA, FRANK P. Terre Haute Division Mail Sorter St. Paul, Minn. Inspector Milwaukee, Wis. KNOKE, EDWARD R. JOHNSON, EDWARD A. BEVINGTON, EDWARD W. Car Distributor Minneapolis, Minn. Trucker Milwaukee, Wis. Dispatcher Terre Haute, Ind. NEE, HARRY J. KOMPOSCH, THOMAS CLAWSON, OSCAR L. Clerk Minneapolis, Minn. Welder Milwaukee, Wis. Asst. Supt. Terre Haute, Ind. KUFALK, EDNA E. ERNHART, MANUEL F. OSLIE, JESSE A. Compo Oper Milwaukee, Wis. Conductor Terre Haute, Ind. City Ticket Agt Minneapolis, Minn. METZEN, ARTHUR F. , STEWART, GLEN VARLAJ.'\l'D, AMOS ]. Clerk Milwaukee, Wis. B & B Carpenter Terre Haute, Ind. Sec. Laborer Morristown, S.D. March, 7957 77 -,-- . ~"~

friends and relatives watching from the sidelines, children were given a chance to whack at it with a stick. Eventually it broke and there was a joyous scramble for falling goodies. The pinata shown here is made of Dennison flameproof crepe paper gath­ ered over cardboard strips stapled to­ gether to form a circle. It can be sus­ pended in a doorway, and children will be enchanted when they pull a ribbon and a present pops out. HOW TO MAKE: Cut 6 cardboard strips 1~ x 26 inches long. Reinforce four with # 15 wire, taping it down with cellophane tape. Staple the strips together at top and bottom to form a circular frame. Draw pink crepe paper around the frame, pleat slightly at the bottom, and tape to the frame. There will now be about 4 inches of the frame showing at the top. Measuring up about 5 inches from the bottom, make slits all around the pinata for ribbons to be drawn through. Wrap a favor for each child and tie on a length of ribbon. Place the favors inside the bunny and draw a ribbon through each slit. Use a 5··inch wide strip of pink crepe paper to cover the top of the pinata, pleat slightly at the top and tape FOR AN EASTER SURPRISE to the frame. Trim with loops of rib. bon and artificial flowers.

FEATURES: Cut ears 12 inches long by 3 inches at widest part, from pink -MAKE A PINATA gummed paper. Cut two pieces for each ear, paste back to back and attach to the pinata with tape. Eyes are semicircles of white gummed pap(!r, centers are To CHILDREN, the best part of spring is The pinata originated in latin Ameri­ black gummed paper circles, with a pie Easter-chocolate rabbits, baby chicks, can countries as part of the Christmas shaped wedge cut out. Cut a large an­ egg hunts and hidden baskets. For a festivities. In its original form it was chor shape from black gummed paper to surprise this Easter season, make them a a painted earthenware jar called an olla, form the nose and mouth, and use nar· pinata. The idea is new in this country, decorated to resemble a bird or animal row black gummed strips for whiskers. and children will love the story. This is or some gaudy creature, and filled with The bow tie can be made of blue or how it started: sweets and hung in a doorway. With yellow gummed paper or ribbon. 18 The Milwaukee Road Magazine De Luxe Muffins, Good for Farrlily Meals

RICH and nutty in flavor and hot from time to prepare. Here it is, good for the oven, a new muffin currently being lifting everyday meals from the realm of introduced on Milwaukee Road diners is the ordinary: guaranteed to add interest to even the most humdrum meals. Travelers on the De Luxe Muffins Afternoon Hiawatha, the City of San 1 cup sifted enriched flour Francisco and the City of Denver have 1/2 tsp. sal t 3 tbsps. baking powder endorsed them enthusiastically. The rec­ 1/4 cup brown sugar ipe is an old one in the family of M. P. Y4 cup shortening Ayars, superintendent of the sleeping 1 cup Pettijohns cereal (uncooked) and dining car department and, like 1 egg, beaten many family style recipes, takes little 1 cup milk Sift together flour, salt and baking powder. Stir in brown sugar. Cut in shortening ul)til mixture resembles corn meal. Add Pettijohns Aboard the Dome Diner of the City of Port­ cereal and blend thoroughly. Add beaten egg land, Superintendent M. P. Ayars of the sleep­ and milk, stirring only until moistened. Fill ing and dining car department (right) dis­ greased muffin cups 2/3 full. Bake in a hot cusses with Dining Car Inspector H. H. Ruble (425°P.) oven about 20 minutes. the merits of the new De Luxe Muffins. Mr. NUT MUFFINS: Add Y2 cup chopped nut­ Ruble originated a popular stuffed pork meats with Pettijohns. tenderloin dinner entree which will be featured RAISIN MUFFINS: Add Y2 cup raisins with next month. Pettijohns.

------KOULITCH - a traditional Easter bread

TALL and reminiscent of mosque towers, Koulitch is an example of the fine cook­ ing of imperial Russia. This traditional Easter cake is yeast-raised, frosted pink and sprinkled with nuts. Served at a tea with pretty candied fruits, it will provide food for conversation as well as good eating.

Koulitch % cup milk 1 tbsp. sugar Y2 tsp. salt 4 cups sifted enriched flour 1/4 cup warm water 1 pkg. or cake yeast Y2 cup soft butter 1/2 cup sugar 2 eggs crumble in yeast, stir until dissolved. Add to greased I-pound can, like an empty baked Yz cup raisins batter in the bowl. Cover and let rise in a bean or fruit can. Each can should be about 2 tbsps. chopped citron warm place until double in bulk, about 45 half full. Cover with a cloth and let rise in 2 tbsps. grated orange peel minutes. a warm place until dough doubles in bulk. 1 tsp. grated lemon peel Cream butter and Y2 cup sugar. Beat eggs, Brush tops with beaten egg, sprinkle lightly 2 tbs·ps. nne bread crumbs set aside 1 tbsp. to brush the dough later, and with bread crumbs. Place cans on a cookie blend the rest with the creamed mixture. Stir sheet and bake at 400 0 P. for 15 minutes. Re­ Scald milk. Add 1 tbsp. sugar and Y2 tsp. in remaining Bour, raisins, citron, orange and duce heat to 350° and bake 35 to 40 minutes salt. Pour into a large mixing bowl and stir lemon peel. Combine with the yeast mixture, longer. Remove from cans and coolon wire in 1 cup sifted flour. Measure water into a turn. out on a floured board, and knead until racks. Decorate with confectioners' sugar small bowl (warm, not hot, for active dry elastic. Divide into 4 equal parts and round icing tinted pink and sprinkle with chopped yeast, lukewarm for compressed). Sprinkle or each into a ball. Place each ball in a well- nuts. March, 1957 19 New Food Ideas for Lent

HERE'S good news for homemakers who (scallops, shrimp, oysters); cut in small pieces have tried every Lenten dish and are still and saute in 3 tbsps. butter for about 3 min­ looking for something new. These rec­ utes. Note: For variety, use celery soup instead of ipes make superb use of fish and have the mushroom and, if you like, omit one or all extraordinary appetite appeal. of these: the onion, the lemon juice, the peas. • First, the different meal-in-a--casserole • that you can make in minutes. Serve it French chefs have ways with fish that with crisp green salad, a favorite dessert we could well copy. This recipe was de­ and a beverage. Veloped by a French chef, but adapted to use in American kitchens. Ship 'N Shore Casserole Ship 'N Shore Casserole Filets Duglere 1 can condensed cream of mushroom soup (Fish Fillets with Tomato Glaze) 1Y4 cups water or milk Y4 cup finely chopped onion 1 lb. frozen fish fillets 1 tsp. lemon juice 2 tbsps. butter Filets Dug lere 1,4 tsp. salt 1 medium onion, chopped (Fish Fillets with Tomato Glaze) dash of pepper 1 clove gaelic, minced 1% cups (5 oz. pkg.) pre-cooked rice 1 No.2 can tomatoes sea foods* Y4 cup lemon juice 1 box frozen peas, thawed 1 tbsp. minced parsley Y2 cup grated Cheddar cheese 1 tbsp. flour paprika Y4 tsp. oregano 2 tbsps. heavy cream Mix soup, water, onion, lemon juice, salt and pepper in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, Let fillets thaw, and cut in serving-size stirring occasionally. Pour about half the pieces. Melt 1 tbsp. butter in a skillet; add mixture into a greased 1%-quart casserole. onion and gaelic. Place fish on top, and cover Then in layers add the precooked rice (right with tomatoes, lemon juice, oregano and pars­ from the box), sea food and peas. Add re­ ley. Bring to a boil; lower heat; cover and cook maining soup, top with cheese, sprinkle with 10-15 minutes. Remove to chafing dish to paprika. Cover. Bake in a 375°P. oven 20 keep warm. Cream remaining butter with minutes. Serves 4 or 5. flour and stir into sauce. Cook, stirring oc­ *Use any of these sea foods: A can of salmon, casionally for about 5 minutes. Blend in tuna, crab, lobster, shrimp or minced clams. cream. Garnish with parsley. Makes 4 serv­ Or use % pound of any fresh or frozen fish ings.

Before You Fa II Down

on Your Spring Cleaning

FALLS are the nation's No. 2 accident Never climb on b.oxes or unsteady chairs. killer, second only to traffic accidents. Sitting on a window sash to wash out­ Last year they killed 20,000 persons, and side windows is foolhardy. Don't stag­ more than half occurred in homes! Ac. ger downstairs with loads of bedding or cording to the National Safety Council, objects that are too heavy or that ob. most could have been prevented. struct your view. Homemakers can do a lot this year to Keep your cleaning tools picked up reduce the alarming toll, first, by making and safely out of the way. By all means, around the house, but forget or put off sure they are not numbered among the don't make an obstacle course out of the removing. This year step up the clean­ victims of spring cleaning accidents, and stairs. If you spill anything, wipe it up ing routine by having a paper and pencil second, by using this time for a closeup immediately. handy. List the hazards as you come inspection of hazards around the bouse. To protect the rest of the family the across them, and then consult the man of Here's how to protect yourself: To year round, housecleaning time is an the house on a definite plan to eliminate reach high places, use a kitchen step opportunity to make a note of all the them before some member of the family stool or a stepladder in good repair. hazards you see from time to time pays the penalty for your neglect. 20 The Milwaukee Road Magazine When Junior Must Stay in Bed

JUNIOR is confined to bed with a sore throat. You dose him, as the doctor has prescribed, and now are faced with the problem of keeping him busy and con­ tent. A good starting point is his favorite hobby. This is the day to get his stamp album or matchbook collection pasted up to date; also to assort the pictures he's been hoarding of baseball players, cow­ boys, autos and planes. Is the patient artistic? Coloring books and crayons never lose their appeal. Girls can make bracelets and necklaces by stringing buttons, or different shapes of macaroni colored with food dyes. Pipe cleaners are excellent for small sculptors to bend into cute animals. Pictures of animals clipped from maga.­ CROCHET GLAMOUR FOR MISS AND zines and mounted on cardboard make a MRS. These crochet designs are relaxing projects that work up quickly. The pretty lively bedside zoo. serVing tray mat is for the hostess who en­ A child's model autos, locomotives tertains frequently. In fresh white, the and toy soldiers are good company in dainty floral pattern of cotton motifs is characteristic of gracious hospitality. The bed. Thanks to a child's imagination, pert cloche crocheted in mercerized cottOn the folds in bed covers become plains or intertwined with silver strands is a fashion. mountains for trains, airfields for planes, able spring choice for the young miss. hilly terrain for military maneuvers. Crocheted red cherries with green leaves You can improvise an ideal enclosed dangle from its side and from the accom­ panying junior-size drawstring bag. Direc­ auto raceway from a grocery carton by tion leaflets for both-FILIGREE TRAY cutting down its sides to a height of two MAT and YOUNG MISS CLOCHE AND or three inches. BAG-are avai lable to our readers free of charge. Write to The Milwaukee Road Does your child love boats? If you MagaZine, Room 356 Union Station, Chi­ can trust him with a little water, mag­ cago 6, III. netically power€d ships are fun. Set a shallow glass or aluminum pie plate (iron or steel won't do) on a chair be­ side the bed, pouring in one inch of Ways to Easier Living chlordane spray will do the trick. Use water. Now take a wooden kitchen carbon tetrachloride, available at drug­ match and float it on the water, with stores, to kill hornets or yellow jackets. Here's a tip on a quick refrigerator de­ two straight pins sluck through so that Soak a wad of cotton in the chemical and frosting method. Use an inexpensive in­ the head and about one-eighth of an plug up the nests. Then knock the pests frared lamp. If you have a bridge-type inch of pin show above the water as into a bag and burn them. lamp, you can screw the infrared lamp smoke stacks. The rest of each pin is into the socket and train the lamp on the below water and helps to steady the Mothproof wool socks, booties, mittens craft. Now the ship is ready for power, open refrigerator. and scarves by putting them in glass jars. They are protected from moths, which is provided by a toy magnet. By When building or modernizing a drive­ yet you can see what you have inside holding the magnet about an inch away way, make it at least eight feet wide and without exposing them. from the boat, the skipper can move it provide a lO-foot level portion in front forward, turn it or reverse. of the garage. Before buying a carpet, test its resili­ Sound can keep a sick child amused, Avoid snagged curtains by covering the ence. Put carpet samples under the legs too. The glass wind-harps sold in Ori­ end of the curtain rod before threading of a chair overnight. Then see if the ental novelty shops, hung at a sick-room it on a curtain. Use the finger of an old indentation disappears when the chair is window, will tinkle in the lightest glove or transparent tape for an "end" moved away. breeze. One last hint: Have everything cover. --toys, paper, crayons, favorite doll­ For those small hard-to-reach darning all within easy reach. A basket tied to If you have to kill wasps this summer, spots, use a marble as a darning egg. the edge of the bed makes a good toy spray at night while they are in their Try one in a glove finger which needs caddy. nests. Soaking the nests with a DDT or mending. (Better Homes & Gardens) March, 7957 27 Annual Report for 1956 THE MILWAUKEE ROAD WOMEN'S CLUB an account of the activities and membership of local chapters for the year ended Dec. 31, 1956

WELFARE AND GOOD CHEER ACTIVITIES I MEMBERSHIP

Spent for Earned on Chapter Welfare Value of Famili'es Good Cheer Ways and and Good Donations Given Aid Calls Messages Means Voting Contributing Total Cheer At No Cost and Cheer Made Sent Activities Dec. 31, 1956 Dec.31,1956 Dec. 31, 1956

Aberdeen, S. D. $ 308.09 - 63 55 168 $ 217.02 178 202 380 Alberton, Mont. 26.75 - 78 50 72 - 95 87 182 Austin, Minn. 57.43 $ 106.75 50 214 247 14.00 117 108 225 Avery, Ida. 64.29 - 20 21 86 30.20 47 113 160 Beloit, Wis. 106.90 - 26 14 21 103.33 100 112 212 Bensenville, III. 435.63 - 64 500 1,060 117.69 168 344 512 Black HillslRapid City) 131.46 - 54 124 31 8.98 82 98 180 Butte, Mont. 63.85 - 13 13 4 28.61 57 67 124 Channing, Mich. 84.19 - 66 17 40 50.35 90 69 159 Chicago- Fullerton Ave. 206.17 - 94 157 382 443.90 386 537 923 Chicago-Union Station 62.03 - 25 50 30 - 233 725 958 I Council Bluffs, la. 128.59 - 34 156 98 29.80 63 84 147 Davenport, la. 18.12 - 18 12 8 - 70 118 188 Deer Lodge, Mont. 89.91 15.00 39 85 44 - 73 117 190 I Des Moines, la. 18.17 - 15 113 46 - 47 43 90 Dubuque, la. 31.88 - 48 61 48 31.48 90 114 204 Green Bay, Wis. 104.19 - 45 89 40 21.97 114 130 244 Harlowton, Mont. 183.63 - 59 42 45 72.91 115 86 201 Iron Mountain, Mich. 80.81 - 101 42 43 28.62 74 96 170 Janesville, Wis. 358.76 32.50 337 136 107 125.97 214 254 468 Kansas City, Mo. 35.00 - 256 271 34 - 90 133 223 La Crosse, Wis. 199.37 58.20 220 286 388 32.16 157 284 441 Lewistown, Mont. 91.88 142 125 82 35.65 90 105 195 Madison, S. D. 85.79 - 72 51 16 - 43 38 81 Madison, Wis. 141.41 - 110 178 112 54.77 118 94 212 Malden, Wash. 39.26 - 8 7 34 10.19 71 85 156 Marion, la. 32.28 - 86 47 90 34.25 126 109 235 Marmarth, N. D. 23.22 - 9 21 43 19.90 25 30 55 Marquette, Ia. 114.90 - 59 63 36 30.45 128 100 228 Mason City, la. 53.61 - 4 4 24 31.70 85 80 165 Merrill, Wis. 15.59 - 10 31 21 11.50 34 21 55 Milbank, S. D. 61.41 13.00 13 9 76 18.48 43 71 114 Miles City, Mont. 608.63 723.00 255 928 149 159.63 220 215 435 Milwaukee, Wis. 147.89 - 19 22 83 139.58 252 895 1,147 Minneapolis, Minn. 193.71 7.20 114 104 113 78.47 170 615 785 Mitchell, S. D. 93.22 8.00 72 65 43 20.89 122 142 264 Mobridge, S. D. 450.62 - 68 85 82 - 156 179 335 Montevideo, Minn. 11.90 - 5 33 27 14.39 77 68 145 New Lisbon, Wis. 201.43 - 214 117 103 70.23 94 82 176 Othello, Wash. 59.70 - 50 72 44 14.51 26 59 85 Ottumwa, la. 171.31 - 63 33 148 30.50 192 265 457 Perry, la. 164.76 100.39 55 37 63 22.52 210 176 386 Portage, Wis. 48.42 - 56 65 48 24.79 105 86 191 St. Maries, Ida. 14.53 - 43 89 33 - 57 70 127 St. Paul, Minn. 119.90 - 12 23 58 63.59 120 344 464 Sanborn, la. 111.90 - 33 23 19 16.18 64 57 121 Savanna, III. 120.99 - 285 142 139 146.47 170 277 447 Seattle, Wash. 126.18 4.80 69 59 115 48.54 186 202 388 Sioux City, la. 121.73 5.00 241 129 121 - 215 199 414 Sioux Falls, S. D. 146.58 - 29 212 151 81.06 56 95 151 Sparta, Wis. 65.06 26.00 27 39 35 23.63 38 60 98 Spokane, Wash. 84.29 4.50 85 180 60 3.25 129 116 245 Tacoma, Wash. 324.26 10.82 141 556 374 285.13 178 314 492 Terre Haute, Ind. 71.35 8.35 73 134 52 - 108 89 197 Three Forks, Mont. 10.00 - - - 40 - 51 45 96 Tomah, Wis. 163.05 1.00 139 60 118 134.65 204 194 398 Wausau, Wis. 107.89 20.00 62 110 88 44.00 100 119 219 West Clinton, Ind. 79.58 30.21 36 131 48 15.60 50 89 139 Yankton, S. D. 54.84 .65 22 45 26 26.75 55 60 115 --­ -­ -­ -­ -­ -­ -­ Total ...... $7,328.29 $1,175.37 4,506 6,537 5,956 $3,068.24 6,828 9,766 16,594

Amount donated to local chapters by general governing board ...... $4,449.15 Total Increase ....' ...... " ,- .... .193

22 I The Milwaukee Road Magazine ~oul=peopl__e,--o__l=the railroa_

the Milwaukce and 35 with t4~ EJ&E at Lafayette, Ind. Off Line Offices Hammond, Ind. Charlie recently re­ William F. Exceen, a Gold Pass engi­ PH ILADELPH IA turned from South America and for the neer who had 59 years of railroad service At the annual present is living in Savanna. ,,-hen he retired in 1952, died of a heart election of officers Assistant Time Revisor Esther Nast seizure at his home in Lawton, Mich., on of the Philadel­ and her husband, Switchmall L. L. Nast, Jan. 22. He was 78 on his last birthday. phia Passenger ,-acationed ill California last month. nIl'. Exceen was born in Lawton and got Association, E. Yard Clerk William Schreincr, now a his first job at the aae of 13 calTvino ' ~eaman Mich~ Paul Schilling, recruit, graduated from Great oil for switch Jamps ;n the W'est Mil waukee Road Lakes Naval Training Station on Feb. gan railroad. Later he became a fin'man, 23 and returned to Savanna for a 14-day district passeng'er and at 19 was promoted to engiueer. He ag'ent, was electt'd leave before reporting to Norman, Okla. joined the Milwaukee in 1900 and movl'd Engineer J. Keiller of Savanna was president. He had to Ottumwa, living there until he re­ in Jane Lamb Hospital in Clinton last just completed a tired. For the last 20 years of his service E. P. Schilling month. tel1l1 as first vice he wus on runs between Davenport and president. Mr..Schilling· has been with Retired Switchman and Mrs. E. J. Kansas City. After his retirement Mr. vYaterman of Mountainview, Calif.; who the Roa.d since 1936, starting his service Exceen returned to Lawton where he lJave been spending the winter with Mrs. in Chicago. He was city passenger agent became one of the largest independent in Cleveland before transferring to Phil­ "Yaterman's parents in Savanna, cele­ fnit growers in the area. He is sur­ brated their 37th wedding anniversary adelphia as district passenger agent in vived by two daughters) Mrs. Herbert 1951. The Philadelphia Passenger As­ lJere last month. Schmidt and Mrs. Paul McCarville, both R. E. Duhigg' succeeds Mr. Kinney as sociation is composed of about 400 mem­ of jIilwaukee, seven grandchildren and chief clerk at Savanna, and Clifford bers of the travel fraternity in the Phil­ one great-grandchild. Burial was in adelphia area. Meetings are held the Nordwell becomes assistant chief clerk. Lawton. Lane O'Rourke took over the chief time first Monday of each month at the Syl­ George IV. Phillips former yardmaster vania Hotel. revisor job, Lucille Dickman took over at Savanna, passed away in the Savanna Lane's work as chief carpenter's clerk, City Hospital Jan. 20, following a long D &. I Division and M. Podolski assumed the office mes­ illness. Surviving are his widow, half­ senger work. sister and brother and two daughters. E. Stevens, Division Editor N. E. Davis of Ottumwa, a machinist Funeral services and burial were in Superintendent's Office, Savanna in the locomotive department, received Savanna. Mr. Phillips started railroad­ Nels Schmidt, a vet.eran reporter for his Silver Pass last month. ing in 1911 as a switchman and served the Times-Journal at Savanna and Division Master Mechanic Henderson as yardmaster for a number of years brother of Conductor B. W. Schmidt, became a grandfather with the birth of before he left the service in 1944. Machinist Olaf Schmidt and Retired a son to his daughter, Mrs. Clare Rogers, No, we didn't forget about the box of Switchman J ens Schmidt, passed away at Mt. Carroll last month. Dispatcher candy the girls in the superintendent's in the city hospital in Savanna Feb. 25, Z. G. Reiff, while not a new grandpa, is office got from "The Boys in Blue" at following a brief illness. Surviving are beaming over the arrival of his first Christmas time. Didn't get any Magazine three sisters in addition to the three gTandson at the home of his daughter notes in during January, though, so it brothers. Beatrice. And Conductor Milburn Lynn got a little late. Anyway, we did enjoy Joe Eberhardt, retired mechanical de­ of Elgin about burst the buttons off his it very much and many thanks to Con­ partment employe, Savanna, died in the blue vest when Devid Scott Lynn arrived r1uctors Bcrnie W. Schmidt, O. Koser city hospital Feb. 7. Surviving are his at the home of his son Milburn Keith in and R. Muntz. widow and two sisters. Mr. Eberhardt had been employed in the mechanical department for nearly 50 years and when he retired on Aug. 4, 1938, was chief locomotive painter. Funeral services D&I FETES C. E. KIN­ were held in St. John's Catholic Church, NEY. At a retirement with burial in Dubuque. dinner in honor of C. E. We have just learned that Joseph H. Kinney, chief clerk to Skelton, who was employcd in the en­ superintendent of the D&I Division which was gineering department in Savanna dur­ held last month in the ing 1927-1928, passed away last Aug. 24 Elks Club at Clinton, la, of injuries received in an auto accident. the honored guest is His wife and daughter were also in­ shown accepting the con­ jured. Mrs. Skelton is now able to get gratulations of scme of about without crutches and daug'hter his 75 friends and co­ Gerry was confined to the home until workers who were pres­ February. ent; at his right, D&I Charlie Brooks, whom many old-timers Superintendent A. O. Thor. Mr. Kinney, who will remember as a call boy at the Sa­ retired recently after 50 vanna roundhouse some 40 years ago, years of s~rvice, was retired the latter part of 1956 after 40 chief clerk at Savanna years of railroad service, five years with for 26 years March, 1957 23 I ------_._-'~--- I , here's hoyv vve're doing

JANUARY 1957 I 1956 • I RECEIVED FROM CUSTOMERS for hauling freight, passengers, mail, etc . $19,955,613 $19,365,891

PAID OUT IN WAGES 10,557,762 10,699,538 PER DOLLAR RECEIVED kents) . (52.9) (55.2) Payroll taxes on account of Railroad Retirement Act and Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act . 709,458 704,063 PER DOLLAR RECEIVED kents) . (3.6) (3.6) I ALL OTHER PAYMENTS , 9,400,243 9,310,200 for operating expenses, taxes, rents and interest . PER DOLLAR RECEIVED kents) . (47.1) (48.1)

NET LOSS . $711,850 $1,347,910

REVENUE CARS LOADED AND RECEIVED FROM CONNECTIONS: Number of cars , . 108,074 111,502 I Decrease 1957 under 1956 . -3,428

"Gib" Jensen, section foreman at Scho­ tal Feb. 25. Engineer P. J. Vessell, who L &. R Division field, retired Feb. 28 after 46 years in also had surgery there, is recuperating THIRD DISTRICT the track department. He entered service at home in :Mitchell. as a laborer and was later promoted to Mrs. John O'Neill, mother of Pipe M. G. Conklin, Correspondent foreman of the old Gleason logging line, Fitter Joe O'Neill of Mitchell and widow Assistant Superintendent's Office, Wausau now abandoned. Gib will have time now of Engineer John O'Neill of Sioux City, W. F. Krause, 76, who retired as an to enjoy more leisurely his hobbies of passed away in Sioux City Feb. 3. engineer in 1945 after 48 years of serv­ fishing' and hunting. He and Mrs. Jensen L. B. Long, agent at Marion Junc­ ice, passed away suddenly Feb. 2 in his are considering returning to Gleason for tion since 1940, passed away at his home home at Wausau. Funeral services were their retirement. Feb. 15 after a long illness. He was the conducted by the pastor of St. Paul's Another track department employe to brother of Agent L. L. Long of Mitchell. Evangelical Church. Mr. Krause had retire is Fred W. Runo, section laborer Agent L. L. Long and wife spent their been a Mason since 1902 and a 32nd at Babcock for many years. recent vacation in Phoenix, Ariz., and degree Mason since 1910. He was also a Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Jonas had an en­ California. "Ted" says Arizona is the life member of the Eagles Aerie at Wau­ joyable vacation making a trip to Nor­ place for him when he retires. sau and of Tripoli Shrine Temple. Sur­ man, Okla., to visit their son Ronald who L. D. Lyons relieved Agent Long at vivors are two sons, William F. Jr. and was recently transferred to the naval sta­ Mitchell until Feb. 27; then to Marion Lawrence, and a daughter Wilma, all of tion there. Conductor and Mrs. Raoul Junction. E. D. Mayer relieved Mr. Wausau. Bertrand spent their vacation in Texas. Lyons at Marion. Mrs. Nick Semmelhack, wife of retired R. J. Graen, agent at St. Olaf, 111.., has agent, passed away Feb. 25 in Murrieta, been assigned to the agency at Parker, Calif., of a heart attack. She and Mr. 1M&. D Division S. D. Dean Goetsch, machinist apprentice, Semmelhack had spent the pasl' several SANBORN-RAPID CITY winters in California. Buriai was at was presented with a beautiful trophy Elsinore, Calif. Immediate survivor be­ FJorence Paullin, Correspondent last month at a banquet given in Mitchell sides her husband is a daughter, Mrs Roundhouse Clerk, Mitchell for the Golden Glovers. Dean coached Bert Yonko of Phoenix, Ariz. It's a son for Mr. and Mrs. Robert the Mitchell team to a tie with SiouX" The Tomahawk, Wis., daily paper Harges of Des Moines, and a grandson Falls. Both teams are members of th carried the following item: "Fifty years for Engineer Fred Harges of Mitchell. South Dakota Association of Golden ago-Feb. 1, 1907: George Streeter At this writing, Machinist Helper Glove Boxers. Dean has won many deci passed the railroad fireman's examina­ Charles Coury is in St. Joseph's Hospi­ sions in Golden Glove boxing himself. tion at Milwaukee and Wausau this tal in Mitchell after surgery, and getting week. George is 'head man' on the en­ along fine. Retired Blacksmith Gilbert Tongue Twister: A group of words tha gineers' senority list at present." Lunder underwent surgery at the hospi­ get your tang all tonguled up. 24 The Milwaukee Road Magazin MASON CITY AREA office recently after being off on account moved from the second floor of the Contributed by Sophia P. McKillip of illness for two months. freight house to the west end waiting William Flynn, conductor on Sioux 11 room of the passenger depot at 220 N. A. M. Choate, agent at Nora Springs, and 22 who became ill at Marquette some High St. LCL merchandise will continue became ill suddenly in early February weeks ago, is recovering nicely at home to be handled at the freight house at and has since been confined to St. Joseph in Mason City. 1013 Pleasant St. Mercy Hospital in Mason City. Fred Carl Miller, 81, retired conduc­ Sympathy was extended to Edwin J. E. Peck has been appointed oper­ tor, died Feb. 2. Mr. Miller started work­ Lueck, cashier, on the death of his father, ator at Charles City and has moved his ing in 1912 and retired in 1947. He is William C. Lueck. The senior Mr. Lueck, family there. survived by his wife, two daughters and a retired CNW employe, made his home The station at Luana was closed Feb. two sons. with his son. 15 and business is now being handled at H. G. Gerling, for some years night Willard T. Allen, engine watchman, Monona. E. L. Pommer last worked as operator at Charles City, Ia., has been passed away suddenly. He was a veteran relief agent at Luana. appointed agent there. of World War II, and had served in the It is nice to see the heavier grain load­ European Theater. ing at stations both east and west of Madison Division J. M. Brown, retired Janesville agent, Mason City. The box cars have been FIRST DISTRICT says he is awaiting the arrival of spring kept full. and especially the golf season. Mr. R. J. Graen, for some years agent at J. W. Loften, Correspondent Brown, who retired last October, expects Yard Office, Janesville, Wis. St. Olaf, Ia., was appointed agent at to have plenty of spare time this summer Parker, S. D., following the retirement Employes in the freight office at to enjoy the outdoors. of W. A. Peterson. Janesville are getting back to normal Conductor V. A. Brantmeyer and Tele­ Conductor W. H. Colloton visited the after their moving job. The office was graph Operator Leo F. Thatcher, both

~ .------Mil""aukee -- c Road Carloadings ------.---, FEBRUARY 1957 compared with FEBRUARY 1956 % of total revenue loading of these commodities NUMBER OF CARLOADS obtained from INCREASED commodities FEBRUARY INCREASE In February 1957 over February 1956 shown 1957 1956 1957 over 1956 % of increase 9.5% Grain and Soy Beans; ...... 7,840 6,583 + 1,257 + 19.1% 6.7 Iron and Steel ...... 6,908 6,269 + 639 + 10.2 3.7 Oil and Gasoline ...... 4,840 4,785 + 55 + 1.1 3.2 Automobiles and Parts ...... 3,075 2,518 + 557 + 22.1 3.0 Agri. Imp!., Machinery & Parts ...... 2,423 1,449 + 974 + 67.2 2.5 Forwarder Traffic ...... 2,608 2,058 + 550 + 26.7 28.6% 27,694 23,662 + 4,032 + 17.0% loading of these commodities DECREASED FEBRUARY DECREASE In February 1957 under February 1956 1957 1956 1957 under 1956 % of decrease 11.8 Forest Prod. (Excl. Logs & Pulpwood) ... 7,269 8,029 - 760 - 9.5% 8.3 Coal and Coke ...... 11,892 13,274 - 1,382 - 10.4 3.2 Meat & Packing House Prod ...... 3,488 4,375 - 887 - 20.3 2.3 . Merchandise ...... 5,713 7,506 - 1,793 - 23.9 2.3 All Other Prod. of Agri...... 1,730 2,297 - 567 - 24.7 2.2 Fruits & Vegetables (Fresh) ...... 1,977 2,420 - 443 - 18.3 2.0 Grove" Sand & Stone ...... 2,530 2,823 - 293 - 10.4 7.9 Grain Products ...... 3,986 4,761 - 775 - 16.3 7.9 All Other Prod. of Mines ...... 1,115 1,675 - 560 - 33.4 7.9 Liquors, Molt ...... 1,938 2,063 - 125 - 6.1 7.7 All Other Animals & Prod ...... 962 1,483 - 521 - 35.1 7.7 Logs and Pulpwood ...... 3,865 4,616 - 751 - 16.3 7.3 Livestock ...... 1,171 1,956 - 785 - 40.1 .9 Cement, Lime, Plaster & Stucco ...... 841 909 - 68 - 7.5 28.0 All Other Mfgs. & Miscellaneous ...... 22,826 25,580 - 2,754 - 10.8 77.4% 71,303 83,767 -12,464 -14.9% 100.0% Total Loadings and Net DECREASE 98,997 107,429 - 8,432 - 7.8%

March, 7957 25 I of Madison, were presented last month Ken Cwiklis has returned to work as with Silver Passes. a switchman after being released from First District employes who wish to military service. report news items should forward them Train Clerk Everett Callahan passed to this correspondent at Janesville. away Feb. 21 after a long illness. He ,I had a service date of Sept. 16, 1916 and SECOND DISTRICT II had spent the greater part of his service A notice has just reached us that as train clerk, and some years as assist­ Henry E. Peters of Freeport, Ill., a re­ ant chief clerk. He is survivcd by his tired chief yard clerk, passed away in a widow in Milwaukee. Freeport hospital last Dec. 28. Death was due to a cerebral hemorrhage. He UNION DEPOT was 72 years of age. Surviving him are his wife Elsie; an adopted daughter, Mrs. Marion Steckbauer has returned :Mrs. Evylin Kraft, and two grand­ HALF A CENTURY OF SERVICE. Raymond to the division eng'inepl"s office after a daug'hters of Bellwood, Ill.; two sisters McGrath of the Fowler Street station force in leaye of absence. Clara Sieg and Emma Zjerk; and a Milwaukee, who recently reached his 50th year J cnnice Myers has been appointed brother, Ernst, of Chicago. Funeral of Milwaukee Road S2rvice, shows his Gold secretary to Genel'al Agent Birchard of ~ervices were conducted in Freeport, Ill., Pass to Agent L. E. Martin. Co-workers pre­ the traffic department. Russell PeteTs011, with burial in Concordia Cemetery, Chi­ sented him with an anniversary gift. Mr. Mc­ who comes from the Milwaukee Division cago. Grath is on the messenger desk, but has put in offices, has been appointed to her former most of his service as a yard clerk. position of sccrebry to Divis:on Freight Agent Hagendol'll. Milwaukee Terminals City Freight Agent Harvey Mr'­ MUSKEGO YARD [; UNION STATION Elhanon and Doreen KO!'.h were manied hpl' de:ik at the yard after several months' at Bethany Evangelical Chmch in :\Iil­ Grace M. Johnson, Correspondent I'ecuperation from surgery. Switchtender waukee on Feb. 23. Office of General Superintendent Jim Hawkey has retul'lled to the job MUSKEGO YARD after an absence of three years. FOWLER STREET STATION Switchman Tom Barrett is vacation­ Your correspondent having just re­ Pearl Freund, Correspondent turned at this writing from a week's ing in Mexico at this writing, Acapulco, vacation in White Sulphur Springs, to be specific, skin diving being one of Births in the news a1'e those of J\ial'k W. Va., and New York City, was happy his accomplishments. Stephen Koplien, whose mother, Bever­ to find that our Muskego reporter, Vir­ Switchman Harry Balcerek passed ll, formerly worked in the claim depart­ ginia McCarthy, had been busy news­ away suddenly on Feb. 27. He had been ment and whose father, Lester., is a trav­ gathering as usual, in spite of the fact with the Road since Apr. 21, 1945. eling agent for the C&O. The Koplicns that her young daughter Kathy had suf­ Many Muskego Yard people attended now live in Grecn Bay. Sharing the fered a concussion in a skating accident. the dinner and dance given recently by spotlight is your correspondent's new In addition, Kathy was convalescing the Milwaukee Road Credit Union at grandson, Eric James, born Feb. 6 to from scarlet fever. Stanton's Hall on Bluemound Road. daughteT Virginia and Conrad Heinzel­ Switchman Jimmy Schmitz retired on Danny Jaekel and his wife were among mann. Feb. 1; George Stallman, Northern Divi­ the lucky ones to receive door prizes. John Krohn is back on the job after sion conductor, on Mar. 1; Frank Blaine, Reports of the good time enjoyed by all a long siege of illness. Patrick :t\onis, C&M conductor, on Feb. 26; and Switch­ included Ray McCann's outstanding check clerk in House 7, is also back after men Harold Murphy and Arvid Baake, tenor rendition of "When Irish Eyes recuperating from an injury incurred in because of disability, on Feb. 1. Switch­ Are Smiling" and a few encores. his home last September. man Sigvardt Mathisen, whose retire­ ment was effective Feb. 27, was pre­ ~ented at a get-together with a beautiful PAN-AMERICAN ALLI­ pin of his fraternal order. ANCE. An exciting oc­ Mr. and Mrs. Frank Silkey are in line casion in the home of for congratulations on the bilth of a Milwaukee Terminals son, Brien Edward, on Feb. 7; Mr. and Switchman Jerome Mrs. Louis Mane for a boy, Anthony Schwartz shows him with Lee, born Feb. 23. sons Kenneth and Jerry Caller Larry La Rue's son Larry Jr., lending questionable as­ who has worked for the Road as a yard sistance to Mrs. Schwartz who is packing for the clerk at various times, was seriously in­ family's recent trip to jured in an auto accident on Feb. 21. attend the wedding of At this writing, however, he is reported Jerry and Miss Olga Val­ to be getting along well. court of Caguas, Puerto Sympathy was extended to Yardmas­ Rico. Their marriage in ter John Dwyer and to Ray Stachowiak that ci ty followed a on the recent loss of infants in their two-year courtship while families; also to Switchman Aubrey Miss Valcourt was a stu­ Wiley on the loss of his mother Feb. 5. dent at Mount Mary College in Milwaukee At this writing Switchman John How­ and Jerry, an extra board ard is confined to his home .by illness switchman. was attend­ and Switchtender Caswell Garber is con­ ing Marquette Universi­ valescing at home after surgery. ty. Jerry is currently fin­ Mrs. F{attie Mickelson has retul'l1ed to ishing a course in mark9t',g and adv2rtising at Marqu2tte (Brookfield News photo) 26 The Milwaukee Road Magazine Check Clerk Ellller Soule retired the latter part of January, having been with the Road since Dec. 31, 1945. He will celebrate his 78th birthday in April. His plans include moving to Phoenix, Ariz., where his son now makes his home. William Mills, chief clerk at the C&O Maple Street dock for many years, passed away recently. Willard Kinast has again chosen Acapulco for a vacation spot. Donald Mohr, yard clerk at North Milwaukee, has resigned to join the Mil­ waukee fire department. Mrs. Mohr, Ollie to us, is a clerk in the IBM de­ partment. The West Allis Cancer Society has g'ained an asset in Cathy Consolazione, bill clerk, who is donating' her time to handle the current drive. Wedding bells rang on Feb. 23 for Geraldine Fourchette, car messenger, RETIRES FROM MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT. Ernest Buchholtz, district general car and Robert Neuman, an apprentice at foreman with headquarters at Bensenville Yard, being presented with a retirement gift at Allis Chalmers. They were married at a dinner in his honor in Chicago Feb. 21. From left: J. A. Deppe, retired superintendent St. John's Cathedral rectory and spent of car department, Milwaukee Shcps; Mr. Buchholtz; C. E. Barrett, superintendent of the Milwaukee Shops car department; and J. Hansen, assistant superintendent of the their honeymoon in the bride's home car department. Mr. Buchholtz started with the Road as a water boy on the section at town of Chippewa Falls. Nahant, la, and entered the car department there in 1912. Except for two brief periods Tom Vail, son of Clem Vail, carload in Minneapolis, he has been stationed in the Chicago area since 1927. He is retiring at 63 rate clerk, is on furlough from the Air because of Mrs. Buchholtz' health and moving to Davenport where they have relatives. Force and assisting with the car mes­ The Buchholtzes have twin daughters and three sons-Ernest Jr. and Merle, who have 37 senger runs. He expects to be released years of service between them, are assistant foremen in the Chicago car department. from service in June.

Chicago Terminals GALEWOOD ]<'rances Mason, good cheer chairman us next sailing o'er the great North Sea, of Fullerton Avenue Chapter, had the seeking a new and distant kingdom, Norma Gunderson, Correspondent experience while visiting employes at where yet unknown was he, in "Land­ StoweI' Joe Lewitska is home at this Wesley Memorial Hospital on Feb. 11 Sighting" by Grieg. In China the sound "\Titing, clue to a heart condition. of meeting George Liberace of the fa­ of "Chop Sticks" attracted attention, in Earl Secondi, assemblyman, is now a mous entertaining team. Liberace, who Cuba the beat of the waltz and rhumba benedict. His wedding day was Feb. 23. was convalescing from injuries he suf­ set everyone to dancing', and in Mexico, Frank Lucas, checker with 51 year's of fered in a holdup last month, gave like gay caballeros, all donned colorful service, and John Klos, assemblyman Frances his autograph. sombreros. Returning then to a gTand with 30 years of service, retired Feb. 28. and glorious homecoming, within sight They were presented with purses by fel­ of the Statue of Liberty we welcomed all low employes. Chicago General Offices to our land of opportunity with "Give Assistant Agent R. E. Chalifoux re­ CHORAL CLUB NEWS Me Your Tired Your Poor" and to ex­ turned Feb. 21 from Dunnellon, Fla., press the gay times we love, the lively feeling fine after his recent illness. Hat­ Theresa Glasl, Correspondent music of "South Pacific". Continuing, tie Blackman, bill clerk, has returned Throug'h the medium of music, our from Miami Beach, tanned by the Flori­ club conducted a large group from the da sun. Bethlehem Evangelical Church on a Luwana Burkey, bill clerk, returned globe circling concert tour the evening to work Feb, 1 after a leave of absence, of Feb. 21. Starting with "Let There Be and Marian Felt, miscellaneous clerk, on Music" as a musical salutation before QU IZ answers Feb. 25 after a 90-day leave. Clarence leaving the States, we first presented a H enderson, assistant demurrage clerk sacred repertoire consisting of "Lauda 1. Two passengers. who was off for several weeks because of Anima", "Bless Thou the Lord", and 2. A yard track from which a series of illness, returned Feb. 20. "The Beatitudes". Now on our way, tracks branch. It was nice to have a visit Feb. 27 "Border Ballad" took us to the frontiers 3. Four cents. from Car Record Clerk Milton Johnson, of England and Scotland which from 4. Fixed signal. who has been home for several months the 11th to the 15th century were the 5. A track leading from a freight yard due to illness. scene of constant forays and inspired to a main line tracle For the Apr. 9 meeting of Fullerton Sir Waltoo: Scott to write, "March, 6. General claim agent. Avenue Chapter of the Women's Club, March, Ettrick and Teviotdale, Why the 7. Passenger service. Ways and Means Chairman Mathilde de'il dinna ye march forward in order7 8. Steam locomotive, Nauheimer is planning a cakewalk. Any­ March, March, Eskdale and Liddesdale, 9. Yes. one who would like to donate a home­ All the Blue Bonnets are bound for the 10. No. Variation is from 6 mills for made cake for that evening will find that border". gondolas to 4.75 cents for refrig­ it is appreciated. And it. was Olaf Trygvason who took erator express cars. March, 1957 27 we sang that good old American folk song, "Country Style", the spiritual" "Lord Bring Dat Sinner Home", and a selection from the new Student Prince release, the beautiful "I'll Walk With God". This ended our travels for the evening, but before saying good-bye we enjoyed a social hour with delicious refreshments. Director Glenn J orian and wife Jean are the proud parents of Glenn James who was born Feb. 16. Lucy Martin (soprano) is very proud of a new gTand­ son who arrived last month at the home of Jim and Vivian Olson. Jim was for­ merly a member of the bass section.

UNION STATION John W. Reilly, ticket ag'ent for the Union Station, suffered a fatal heart attack in his home in Chicago on Jan. 20. Mr. Reilly, who was 62, had been ill for several months. He started his "I'VE NEVER SEEN A PAILRtAD SO PROUD employment with the station in 1910 as OF TH£J/1 TlMKfN ROLLER FREIGHT/" a ticket seller in the old station building and was promoted to ticket agent in ( Adverl;"emenl) February, 1944. Survivors include his wife, Agnes Carey Reilly, who before marriage was employed in the Milwau­ kee Road reservation bureau in the sta­ PURCHASING DEPARTMENT since 1952. The family home is in Ben­ tion; also two daughters, Mrs. Jane senville, Illinois, where Mrs. Anderson­ R. M. Nordin, Correspondent Morse and Mrs. Florence Hayes; and Elsie- rides herd over sons Stevie and lllne grandchildren. The far western group of the Pur­ Doug, and daughter Susie. Another son, chases and Stores Division of the A.A.R. Rod, and his wife live in Chicago. OPERATING DEPARTMENT met in Portland Feb. 28 to Mar. 1. The easy way to buy parts for equip­ G. C. Harder, Correspondent Charlie Jensen, our petroleum products ment is to order from the builder. When Office of Vice President-Operation buyer who is chairman of Committee 9 he is the only source of supply, there is of the division, gave a half-hour talk on no alternative, but when materials are Esther Mercurio, secretary in Mr. his committee's work and the oil situation competitive the work begins. Andy's job Downing's office, and her husband have in general. is to develop what these parts are, and moved into a new ranch home in Nor­ "MEET YOUR PURCHASING DE­ to see if they are comparable in quality ridge. P ARTMENT": With the passing of and adaptability. Also to investigate Wilbert E. Snyder has resigned after steam power into the pages of history pl'iees and maintenance of delivery 12 years of service in the mail, express, and the inception of the diesel locomo­ schedules. Working closely with the baggage and milk department to go into tive, a new era was born. With all its mechanical, stores and test departments, business for himself. As the owner of the benefits, however, it created problems for he can then ascertain 'whether or not a Ace Hardware store in Roselle, IlL, he many departments, including purchasing. company qualifies as a supplier of ma­ will be glad to take care of your garden, This brings us to C. W. Anderson, our terial for our railroad. This buying ap­ household and hardware needs. buyer of diesel parts. plies not only on locomotive parts, but Columbus Crawford, former business Andy started with the Road in No­ on all materials, making for good old car attendant, called on his operating vember, 1927. His background includes fashioned "competition". department friends to tell them how well having worked in all the clerical posi­ Andy's buying knowledge is not re­ he is enjoying his retirement. tions in our department, and as a buyer stricted to diesel material. To name a

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28 The Milwaukee Road Magazine few others, he handles freight car parts, verna Drella to Mt. Vernon, Ohio, and electrical material, bearings, copper and Elmear Martelle to Green Bay, Wis., for brass mill products, lamps and batteries. a reunion with friends she met on her His experience assures the Road having trip to Europe. the safest, most economical material On Feb. 28, Walter J. Carrow, book­ available at all times to meet work keeper, retired after 43 years of service, schedules. all in the auditor of passenger accounts' office. Mildred Newell spent a great deal of time and effort on the decorations, OFFICE OF AUDITOR OF EQUIPMENT which were beautiful, and we presented ACCOUNTS "\Vally with a parting gift of cash. Martha Streit, Correspondent Deloria Wanat of Keypunch is spend­ FREIGHT CLAIM DEPARTMENT ing her vVednesday evenings at the Yaughn Hospital, to dance and converse Palmer G. Lykken, Correspondent with the Veteran patients. She tells me Miss Anna Nasheim, head clerk in the there is a great need for girls to do this typing bureau, retired Mar. 1 after 44 type of work. Anyone interested can get years of efficient and faithful service the details from Deloria. within the :Milwaukee family. Ann WITH THE L1BERACES. Miss Marie Nixon Tony Fiore, our night messenger, re­ started as a clerk on Jan. 2, 1913 and of the auditor of expenditure's force in Chi­ cmtly lost his brother, and Josephine was promoted to head clerk on Feb. 15, cago is the pivot of this smiling trio photo­ Weinzirl her sister. 1920. She retired due to ill health, but graphed at the Palmer House last month when Laura Wojciehowski of foreign car will now have an opportunity to enjoy Liberace and his brother George were honored at a party given by friends and contributors to records and Mary Schank of carload a well earned rest. Her Milwaukee tracing arc on leaves of absence because the Chicago Heart Association fund. As kickoff friends presented her with a portable man for the 1957 fund drive, Liberace made of illness. television set and other gifts as a parting about 20 personal appearances while he was Marie Sullivan of Milwaukee car rec­ token of their best wishes. in the city. The famous entertainer and his ords became engaged to Vince Gartlan We regret to report that Dick Abrams company traveled on the City of Los Angeles on Valentine's Day. On Feb. 16, Kitty passed away Jan. 24, and Vincent Hunt, from the coast to fill a four-week night club O'Malley of Keypunch received a lovely retired veteran, on Feb. 18. engagement in Chicago diamond ring from Pat O'Hara. Jim and Anne Caldwell reported the Juanita Duvall was given a bridal '1l'rival of "Anne Marie" on Feb. 4. shower by co-workers, prior to her mar­ We understand that Fran Spurling is riage on Mar. 2 to Frank Balanoff. progressing nicely, and that Mal is back at the old stand. ester, Minn., but we are glad to report that he is coming along nicely. George OFFICE OF AUDITOR OF PASSENGER .Ma.rkell is back to work after being laid ACCOUNTS OFFICE OF FREIGHT AUDITOR up three weeks with penumonia. Bill Tidd, Correspondent Betty Chiolak, Correspondent After being with the Road for two and a half years, Richard Hoehne, machine Dolores Specht and Gertrude Walsh Sympathy was extended to Edmund are back after furloughs due to ill health. room employe, left Feb. 18 to serve in Haidys, chief clerk, on the death of his the armed forces. Clem Barber and Norienne Quinn are sister, Marie Buckley, on Feb. 21; also improving, we are glad to announce. to Tim Wood, a review clerk, on the Margaret Glowienke celebrated her death of his brother Joseph, who died H & D Division 30th anniversary with the Road Feb. 16, suddenly Feb. 18. MIDDLE AND WEST and was delug'ed with gifts and good At this writing Madeline Bingham is wishes by her friends. on an extended furlough for ill health, R. F. Huger, Correspondent Ruth and Bob Rinaldi, the Ed Rumps and Caesar Peterson is confined to Gar­ Operator, Aberdeen and Helen Normoyle spent their vaca­ field Park .Community Hospital. Ed Roundhouse Caller Gardner Merkel tions in Florida. Irene Barry went to Reidy, interline bureau head, underwent returned to work recently after a leave New Orleans for the Mardi Gras, La- an operation at the Mayo Clinic in Roch- of absence due to illness. Dispatcher

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March, 7957 29 Bert Fuller has returned, followipg a at Granite Falls. two-week leave for surgery, and Laborer Engineer Walter E. Martin of Orton­ Bill Shevlin is also back after a siege ville has received his Silver Pass. of illness. Sympathy was extended to Engineer Lyle Sweeney in the recent death of his Idaho Division wife in Minneapolis, after a long' illness. Mrs. Ruth White, Correspondent Roundhouse Laborer Pat Palmer and Office of Superintendent, Spokane wife spent their recent vacation in Chi­ cago and vicinity. Engineer Talbot of Engineer and Mrs. vVayne Ferrier of Aberdeen has returned from a visit on Malden are the parents of a gil'l, Gail the west coast with his son Dick and Lynn, born Feb. 10. She has a sister and family. brother, Connie and HalTy. C. N. Rodebert has bid in the position Retired Agent V. R. Mitchell, who has of agent at Watson, Minn. been quite ill, is recovering. The wife of Engineer Thomas Such is Retired Conductor Joe Church went to recuperating in a local hospital at this Michigan recently to attend the funeral writing, following an operation. of his brother. Dispatcher Mark Sutton has bid in HE PLANS TO TRAVEl. Retirement plans an­ Agent A. L. Schlatter of Worley has the position of dispatcher at Dubuque nounced last month by Idaho Division Conductor received a Silver Pass in recognition of and will resume work there after his Clyde Amick of Spokane consist of sailing for 45 years of service. vacation. Sweden in June-after Mrs. Amick retires from Retired Traveling Engineer and Mrs. Ag'ent L. Dudley of Redfield has been the teaching profession-and a long holiday on E. D. Jefferson are in OJ us, Fla., for the the continent. They will travel via Volksvagon. presented with a Silver Pass. winter. Mr. Amick started railroading in 1911 as a ma­ Mrs. Fred Weller, widow of retired chinist helper tor the Idaho & Washington EAST END Northern and came to the Road when that line passenger brakeman who passed away was acquired by the Milwaukee in 1916. He last summer, died just before Christmas. Martha Moehring, Correspondent has been a conductor since 1920, with most of A sister, Mrs. MargaretWeimer, sur­ Asst. Superintendent's Office, Montevideo his recent service on the Metalline Falls (POR) vives at the home. J. D. Anderson, newly promoted con­ line. Bill Easterwood, clerk in the Union ductor, has returned from a Navy cruise Station baggage room, died suddenly in Pacific waters off California's coast. Jan. 30. His body was sent to Baker, Some people just live right. Ore., for burial in the family plot. We Switchman Red Roder of the Monte­ ccntly enjoyed a family reunion. Their miss Bill-he was always there at 5 P.M. video Yard force reports with pride that daughter, Lyla Sheggeby of California, when the clerks left their railroad mail. he has a daughter, so now his seven sons spent some time with them, and their Operator H.B. Rash relieved at Coeur have a sister. son Cal, a former H&D engineer, also d' Alene, Ida. when Alice Smith was off Fireman Bruce Hudson has enlisted in returned to home port. Cal will operate on account of injury from an auto acci­ the railroad battalion. the Montevideo airport this year, giving dent. Operator G. C. Blair worked as The Herman Fandreys, who have re­ flying instructions and doing chemical agent while C. H. Coplen took part of turned from Phoenix, were so pleased spraying in this area. his vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Coplen made with that area that they bought a home Ed Hagen, former roundhouse fore­ a hurried trip to Los Angeles due to out there. Their daughter Frances has man at Milbank, died suddenly at his illness in the family. In a week they lived there for some time. home in Milwaukee. traveled some 4,000 miles by train. Section Foreman Bill Wisch of Glen­ For the second time in three months, Conductor G. R. Parker of Tacoma coe advises that he has just rounded out a section foreman has died at Granite retired recently, performing his last 40 years of service. His dad had 33 Falls. "Spine" Bagaus, it may be re­ service on the Hanford line. His employ­ years 'with the section and bridge forces called, died as the result of an automobile ment dates back to 1916 on the old Co­ and his son, H. G. Wisch, worked for 20 accident on Thanksg'iving Day, and re­ lumbia-Idaho Division. years on the section and is now foreman cently Emil Baun died suddenly in his The husband of Bernice Atkinson, at Odessa. sleep. clerk at Othello, passed away unexpect­ Engineer and Mrs. Oscar Sorby re- Joe Eliason is the new section foreman edly Feb. 6.

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30 The Milwaukee Road Magazine January and February were busy months in the retirement department, especially from the ranks of engineers on this division. Joe C. Clark and Roy Shaw started the ball rolling when they announced their desire to accept their annuities. Then E. J. Casebeer of Mal­ den came in and said "I've been trying PROMOTION ON THE WAY? out the easy life since Oct. 30 and it looks like a good deal, so I'm going to make it official," and he meant it. Said BE READY WHEN IT COMES! he had been working' since 1906 when he started with the NP. He came to Malden on Christmas Eve in 1909 and hired out The I. C. S. method prepares you fully on the Milwaukee in January and had for your next step up the ladder! worked out of that point and St. Maries until now. Another thing, Mr. Casebeer said he knows about a lot of fish that With 1. C. S. training under your belt, when the haven't bE'en caught, and that will be time comes to move up, you can move with con­ his biggest joh from now on. fidence - knowing you're fully prepared. Whatever phase of railroading you're in, there's an 1. C. S. course that can help you in your career. Every course is supervised by practical railroad men -men who know the ropes, who know your problems and how to solve them from firsthand experience. You study at home, in your spare time. Clear, easy-to-follow instructions lead you through every step. You receive personalized guidance from the E. J. Casebeer W. R. Kronmeier 1. C. S. instructor assigned to you. Send the coupon today for complete details! With a big smile, Engineer W. R. You'll be glad you did! Kronmeier said that although he was not quite 65, he thought after 40 years of service it was time for something besides work. He beg;an railroading in 1916 OIl the Idaho Division as roundhouse la­ borer, tried out as fireman in 1917, and INTERNATIONAL was promoted to engineer in 1943, the first year promotions to engineer were CORRESPONDENCE made since about 1919. The years of 1917 to 1920 were spent in the Navy during S C H 0 0 LS Box 09074C, Scranton 9, Penna. the first World War. L. J. Dnlik, No.1 on the engineer's Explain fully about your course marked X list, made Feb. 4 the ofneial date of his o Railroad Administration 0 Diesel Electric Locomotive Radio retirement and Engineer Jack Scanlon o Accounting 0 R. R. Diesel Engineer 0 Television Sr. said it was time for him, too, to join DR. R. Air Brake &Fireman 0 R. R. Apprentice Training the boys. o Blueprint Reading 0 R. R. Diesel Machinist 0 R. R. Car Repairer Lois Gene Sprinkel, daughter of Mrs. o Bridge &Bldg. Foreman 0 Electrical Engineering 0 R. R. Engineering E. M. Sprinkel of Spokane and sister DR. R. C.ar Inspector 0 Electronics 0 R. R. Rate Clerk of Ag'ent C. A. SprinkBl, Malc1en, was & Air Brake 0 Roadmaster Section Foreman married to 1st Lt. Donald Hug in Sel'an­ o Carpentry & Millwork 0 Machinist & Toolmaker 0 Supervision ton, Kans., Feb. 14. Mrs. Sprinkel at­ o Chemistry 0 Mathemat.ics &. Mechanics 0 Surveying & Mapping tended the wedding and her daughter o Civil Engineering for Engineering 0 Telephony Mabel of Tacoma was maid of honor. o Commercial 0 Mechanical Engineering 0 Traffic Management The bride is a nurse and her husband is o Construction EngineeringD Plumbing &Heating 0 Welding - Gas &Electric stationed with Headquarters, Tactical OR. R. Diesel Electrician 0 Personnel - Labor Relations 0 High School Air Command, at the Langley Air Force Base in Virginia. Name ---f.lge _ Operator Mel Bell, who has been ill Home Address _ since Dec. 27, is ag'ain in the hospital ______Zone__-.>Iale _ at this writing, but is improving. Cil)'·-- _ Driving home after a trip on the Plum­ Occupation _ __Name 0/ Railroad . ~ mer turn, Conductor William Theiss suffered a neck fracture in an auto acci­ dent in Spokane. It is no fun being in a cast, and we wish him a speedy recovery. March, 1957 31 clerical positions on Feb. 1. Luther Twin City Terminals Cadow transferred from St. Paul to a ST. PAUL FREIGHT HOUSE CANCER'S Minneapolis coach yard clerical position on the same date. Gene Voje, Correspondent Local Freight Office J. P. Shand, store department lum­ SEVEN ber man, is the proud father of a boy Darlene Airhart started with us on born Jan. 24. Carman Kenneth Fitz­ Jan. 9 as expense clerk. Before her DANGER henry is rejoicing over the arrival of a employment here she was a secretary at boy at his home on Feb. 3. radio station KSTP. Casper R.oth, retired general foreman Inez Stevens, our switching clerk, re­ SIGNALS of the store department, passed away ports that her husband Bill and his busi­ on Feb. 17 after a long illness. ness partner, Curt Benson, have taken Unusual bleeding or Julius Kalberg, retired store depart­ over management of the West Twins 1 discharge ment employe, has returned from a trip Bar and R,estaurant in West St. Paul. At A lump or thickening in with Mrs. Kalberg through Mexico, Ari­ this writing they are still remodeling 2 the breast or elsewhere zona and California. (Inez specializes on drapes), but they Severt R.eksos, retired store depart­ will have their grand opening on Mar. 8. A sore that does ment employe, is vacationing in Florida not heal The West Twins is noted as one of the 3 at this writing. best wining and dining spots in West Persistent change in R.etired Carman Andrew Espy sails St. Paul and Inez invites fellow em­ 4 bowel or bladder habits for Sweden on Mar. 27. ployes to stop for refreshments and see Persistent hoarseness Carman Clarence A. Johnson, who her artistic dancing. 5 or cough has been confined to Northwestern Hos­ Vince Miller has moved from the pital, is convalescing and showing im­ Persistent indigestion or OS&D desk to the position of window provement. difficulty in swallowing cashier. Our present OS&D clerk is 6 W. H. Lundquist, machinist in the John Dybdal. Change in a wart or mole locomotive department, was presented 7 last month with a Silver Pass.

MINNEAPOLIS LOCAL FREIGHT AND None of these symptoms neces~ TRAFFiC DEPARTMENT sorUy means that you have can.. cer but anyone of them should Milwaukee Division G. V. Stevens, Correspondent send you to your doctor! Cancer Agent's Office is usually curable when detected THIRD DISTRICT and treated early. At this writing Leda Mars is in Mt. L. W. Hultman, Correspondent Agent, Richfield, Wis. Sinai Hospital for an operation, but REMEMBER THE DANGER SIGNAl.S! hopes to be out and about shortly. FIGHT CANCER WITH A CHECKUP Jacob vVubbles, engineer on the "Old Gloria Czerpak and her husband went Line", retired Jan. 31 after more than to California last month and Vivian 48 years of service. Fireman Floyd Bratt and her husband took a trip in the SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS CAR DEPT. Walker was on his last run between opposite direction-Florida. AND COACH YARD HaTtford and North Milwaukee. Larry Johnson has a bowling compet­ On Feb. 6, 7 and 8, kindergarten itor. His wife bowled 275 last month Oriole M. Smythe, Correspondent District General Car Supervisor's Office children from the Lincoln and North and was only five pins from winning Side grade schools in Hartford made $1,000 offered by a shirt company for Clerks Einar Hauger of the shops, trips to R.ichfield on No. 30. For most that score. She had nine strikes in a and Leroy Samuelson of the coach yard, it was their first train ride and was en­ row. transferred to St. Paul repair track joyed by all, including the mothers and teachers who accompanied them. The biennial rules examination was held at Horicon Feb. 14, in the John Deer Van Brunt office. It was well at­ - 9 0 e e In addition to their well· tended, with Trainmaster Paul Briden­ *known operating savings, stein as examiner. R.efreshments were standardization of major served afterwards, with Mrs. Bridenstein General Motors loco.....otlves enable railroads components between all I1S chief hostess. General Motors locomo­ On Jan. 31, Pm\senger Conductor tives means extra savings A. G. Engles retired after 53 years of service, of which many were on the on parts and maintenance. Brandon to Markesan branch.

10 meet the _Idesl variety of SECOND DISTRICT F. F. Gotto, Correspondent

ELECTRO-MoTIVE "It won't be long- now" before the old l'oundhouse at Green Bay will disappear' DIVISION service needs _ith highest performance from the scene. All of the buildings in GENERAL MOTORS that area are being' l'emodeled and every LA GRANGE, ILLINOIS one that does not have some use will Home of the Diesel Locomotive be removed. The following chang'es were made re­ In Canada: General Motors Diesel, Ltd., cently in agents: W. J. Hetherington and grealesl economy.· London, Ontario Jr. has been appointed agent at Menasha. 32-- The Milwaukee Road Magazine BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. Carpenter work is a hobby of Waldmar Hanson, who retired in ]954 as custodian of the depot at Channing, Mich., shown here with the sign he has made for the sta­ tion grounds. His other hobby is contributing ar­ ticles to newspapers. Mr. Hanson now makes his home with his son-in­ law, Conductor Robert Whitenack.

H. J. Stib will take his place in Apple­ Rocky Mountain Division ton. L. R. Morris is now in charge at Waldo, the station vacated by H. J. EAST END Stib. Alicc Boye, who is vacationing L. C. McKinnon, Correspondent in the South at this writing, has been Locomotive Engineer, Three Forks appointed to the vacancy created by the Weare sorry to report the death of retirement of A. J. Friess at Saukville. Lewis Scofield, g'eneral chairman of the Our last report from F. T. Buechler Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, was that he was in Washington for the Lines West. He had a wide circle of inauguration of President Eisenhower. Specialties friends on every division where he DELICACIES FOR THE TABLE Alvin Lindner who retired in August, worked. Frozen Foods, Cheese, Poultry, 1951, passed away last month. He was Conductor and Mrs. Stanley Collum formerly an engineer on the Milwaukee Game, Fruits and have returned from a visit in Portland Vegetables Second District. and Seatt] e. In Seattle they visited their son, S. E. Collum, and family. Conduc­ E. A. AARON 6' BROS. CHICAGO, ILUNOIS o tor and Mrs. Spencer Heim spent a two­ FIRST DISTRICT AND SUPERINTENDENT'S week vacation in Seattle. At this writing OFFICE Engineer and Mrs. E. B. Bennett are J. E. Boeshaar, Correspondent spending a three-week vacation visiting Superintendent's Office, Milwaukee in California. Engineer and Mrs. Pa­ BUCKEYE Train Dispatcher G. L. Weis has an­ luska and family are back home after CAST STEEL PRODUCTS nounced the birth of a new daughter on spending their vacation with relatives FOR RAILROADS Feb. 11. and friends in Springfield, Ill. Engineer Conductor Al Proeber recently re­ and Mrs. Rexroat and family spent their Truck Side Frames turned to Milwaukee after a 7,OOO-mile vacation in Mexico and California. En­ Truck Bolsters motor jaunt through the southwestern gineer and Mrs. Joe Evans and family Couplers are home after spending a three-week states. Yokes and Draft Castings Myra Verket is the new secretary to vacation in California. Conductor Thomas Young is in the Miscellaneous Car Castings Chief Clerk Don Woodhouse in the Six- and Eight-Wheel Trucks superintendent's office. Billings Hospital at this writing and ac­ cording to reports is doing well. ---- THE ---­ The length of a man's life depends not A son was born to Fireman and Mrs. BUCKEYE STEEL CASTINGS CO. so mt/,Ch on the stal' undel' which he was Bill Flanigan at the Bozeman Deaconess born, as the color of the light when he hospital Jan. 25. COLUMBUS 7, OHIO crosses the street. Operator Robert Short passed out ci-

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March, 1957 33 gars for a son born Feb. 17, also at the At the February meeting of Miles City Deaconess Hospital in Bozeman. He has Chapter of the Women's Club, members MAUMEE been named "Jerry Charles" and joins a heard an interesting talk by Maj. Harley four-year-old-sister, Joyce. F. Light, whose topic was "How young INDIANA men can fulfill their military obligation." WASHED AND Mrs. J. H. Trafton, Mrs. James Certain DRY DEDUSTED Trans-Missouri Division and Mrs. Vern Jones were hostesses. WEST D. B. Campbell, Correspondent Superj·ntendent's Office, Miles City Iowa Division

Sivert Hole, 91, a c~r department em­ MIDDLE AND WEST ploye who retired in 1937, died in a Miles Ruby Eckman, Correspondent City hospital Feb. 4. His wife had passed Dispatcher's Office, Perry away just six days previously. Walter A. Martin, 82, retired water Mrs. Thelma V\Tard of Denver, daugh­ service foreman with more than 52 years ter of Retired Brakeman A. W. Smithson of service, passed away Mar. 4. Four of of Perry, has been presented with a Cer­ his sons are Milwaukee employes: E. R., tificate of Merit, the highest award given a brakeman at Miles City; R. D., Miles by the American Reel Cross for emer­ gency first aid. Mrs. ,Vard heard the Present Day City dispatcher; J. D., chief carpenter at Sioux City; and R. L., retired cries of a six-year old boy who had been SAFETY Requirements pumper. attacked by a swarm of hornets, and DEMAND the Best Mrs. V\Tilliam James, widow of con­ chased away the attackers and applied Equipment ductor, died in Seattle Feb. 15. Funeral a soluti on of baking soda to the stings services were held in Miles City. before a doctor arrived. Because the LAKESIDE Engineer Lewis Scofield passed away boy had a record of previous reaction to of a heart attack suffered at Melstone on insect bites, her prompt action is credited FUSEES Feb. 15. He was 61 at the time. He had with saving his life. Mrs. Ward had pre­ been in engine service on the Milwaukee viously earned the Red Cross standard Fill the Bill for more than 40 years and was chair­ first aid certificate. Safe Dependable Efficient man of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Henry Lohman, a long time resident of Eng'ineers, Lines West. the Dedham area and well known to west LAKESIDE RAILWAY Elmer Huff, retired Miles City insur­ Iowa division employes, died at his home FUSEE COMPANY ance man, passed away Jan. 29. He is last month. He was the father of H. G. Lohman, foreman of the Herndon sec­ Beloit, Wisconsin survived by his wife, Pearl, retired Miles City mechanical department clerk. tion. Gerald Anfinson, son of Engineer P. Anfinson, underwent a leg amputation Youngstown Steel Sides for Freight and Refrigerator Cars at the University Hospital in Iowa City Youngstown Corrugated Steel Freight Car Doors last month. Camel Roller Lift Fixtures Refrigerator Doors & Fixtures Train Dispatcher Don W. Peterson, who has been working' in Dubuque, bid Youngstown Steel Door Co. and Camel Sales Co. in a job in the Perry office which was OFFICES bulletined Feb. 1 and moved his family 332 S. i\'Iichigan Ave. Tht> Arcade 500 Fifth Ave. to Perry. Don worked here as an extra .Chicago Clevelaud New York PLANTS-Hammond, Indiana • YOul1g5town, Ohio man several years ago, after his promo­ tion to dispatcher. J ames McClellan, telegraph lineman at Perry, was in Chicago last month for a three-week training course in the main­ tenance of printer machines manufac­ tured by the Teletype Corporation. With the consolidation of the Marion and Perry superintendent's and dispatcher's forces, a number of printer machines will require servicing. James has had some experience in the work, as there is a machine in Des Moines and another UNION REFRIGERATOR TRANSIT LINES in Perry. 4206 N. GREEN BAY AVE. Capt. Harold Dorband, son-in-law of Engineer Fred Wagner, returned last Milwaukee 12, Wisconsin month with his family from England, where he has been on duty with the Air Force, for reassignment at the Omaha air base. Mr. and Mrs. Wagner visited the Dorbands last year in England and also toured the continent. Mrs. Earl Hunt, mother-in-law of Yard Clerk Gene' Brinton and sister-in­ law of Engineer Kenneth Hunt, died at the family home on a farm near 34 The Milwaukee Road Magazine with his son Frank Jr., the famous cartoonist. Burial was in Marshalltown, lao Brakeman Richard Heenan, who is on leave to serve with the Air Force, was called from Othello, "il.,T ash., re­ cently by the illness and death of Mrs. Heenan's father, Ray Contri. To be near his wife and children who remained with Mrs. Contri, Airman Heenan asked for a transfer to the Dallas Center base. Michael F. Costello, son of Engineer Merle Costello, ~I'ho is a cadet at Went­ worth Military Academy, has been placed on the dean's "special distinction" list for the first semester's work. To qualify, a student must have above average THEY STAV-FRESH! grades in all subjects and top grades TRANS-MISSOURI MARRIAGE. The happy in at least two. RAY-O-VAC COMPANY principals in this wedding ceremony performed Signalman Chad Bills and wife wel­ recently in Sacred Heart Church at Miles City, Madison 10, Wisconsin comed their first child on Feb. 13. The Mont.• are Mary M. Cos5rove and Morris E. Krausz. Mary is the stenographer to the divi­ baby, named "Shirley Marie," is a sion engineer at Miles City and Morris is a gl'anddaughter. of Freight House Fore­ Trans- Missouri Division B&B carp2nter. man Earl Bills. A daughter born in February to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Glenn is another grandchild for Conductor F. CREOSOTED L. Glenn. MATERIALS Perry last month, following a long' ill­ Since the closing of the agency at ness. Aspinwall last month, Agent B. L. Fouts and George Kelley, father of Engineers has transferred to a job in Defiance. Richard and James Kelley, died at the Mrs. Orville Balsbaugh, widow of En­ family home in Perry last month at the gineer Balsbaugh, died suddenly at her COAL TAR age of 80. He had been ill for some home in Perry on Feb. 24. She had PRODUCTS time. been ill a ~Teek. She is survived by a Retired Machinist J ohn Wagner, who son, Richard, formerly a fireman,' engi­ Republic Creosoting Co. frequently visits a nursing home in neer and trainmaster at Milwaukee (now Perry to play cribbage with the resi­ working on plans for an atomic energy Minneapolis dents, recently had a thrill when his plant with an engineering firm in De­ partner, a Mr. Guise, held a perfect troit), a daughter, four grandchildren, hand. Mr. Guise was dealt the jack her mother and a sister. LIVE IN BEAUTIFUL of diamonds and three fives and the Mrs. P. J. Ryan recently spent a few RIDGE MANOR OF FLORIDA five of diamonds was turned in the cut, weeks in Powell, Wyo., to get ac­ LARGE HOMESITES $795 UP making the 29 count. quainted with a new granddaughter. HOMES AND HOMESITES $6985 UP Roundhouse Foreman John Cline of Retired Conductor Frank Dow, who NOTHING else like it in Florida for wooded high­ land beauty, modern planning, location, value. Not Milwaukee was in Perry last month to be made his horne with the family of his a speculation, but a genuine community development. a sponsor at the christening of his niece, sister, Mrs. Edward C. Russell, passed ONners in 22 states, D.C. Liberal terms. Marcia Annette Altig, daughter of the away recently. Mr. Russell died in RIDGE MANOR COMMUNITY 0·11, contract drayman and gTanddaughter of January. Junction Routes U.S. 301-Fla. SO, Retired Freight House Foreman Claude Neida A. Elsbury, who was employed Dade City, Florida. Altig Sr. at the Perry roundhouse for several Send For Your Free Booklet. Frank King Sr., for many years the years before retiring in 1949, passed Name . Milwaukee Road watch inspector at away at his home in Perry Jan. 31. Ferguson, died last month in Arizona Engineer Floyd Lutze will have no Street , , .. " . where he had been spending the winter trouble remembering the events of Jan. City...... • . . . .. State .

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March, 7957 35 31, 1957-he completed 45 years of THE service, received his Silver Pass and made his last trip all on that date. His hobbies are gardening and photography, and now that he does not have to answer ~~YSTEM a call boy, he will have plenty of time for both. Switchmalll Stanley Welchel, who has RAILROAD been serving with the Marines, received WATF.R TREATMENT his discharge in January and resumed work at Perry. Chemlcall e Equipment Mrs. Roger Reynolds, a daughter of Blowdown Sylteml the late Harry Sanford, for many years Laboratory AnalYlel a machinist at the Perry shops, died Telting Kin e Field Service at her home in King City, Calif., last Relearch e SurveYI month. Burial was in the family plot in Perry. Her husband, two children, NATIONAIt ALUMINATE two sisters and two brothers survive. CORP. Engineer Herbert Christisen received a letter of commendation from division 6216 West 66th Place • Chicago 38, IlIInol. officials last month for reporting a broken rail in the main track which he BAITED BY BITTER ROOT BILL. W T. HeI­ noted while en route to the roundhouse. man, retired Rocky Mountain Division conduc­ The rail was replaced immediately, and tor, uphQlds his reputation as a fisherman e>~­ before any trains passed over it. traordinary with this picture of a 30-pound trout caught in Montana's Bitter Root River. Time Is Our Business Mr. Helman's sobriquet of "Bitter Root Bill" EAST END stems from his residence in the Bitter Root CHAS. H. BERN Valley. Leola Gonsales, Correspondent Union Station Bldg. Chicago, Illinois Freight Office, Cedar Rapids MILTON J. HEEGN Robert C. Goldsworthy, retired section foreman, and wife celebrated their 53rd 29 E. Madison Street Chicago, Illinois wedding anniversary Jan. 27 with a tient at St. Luke's hospital in Cedar family dinner at home in Delhi. Mr. Rapids for six weeks. H. HAMMERSMITH Goldsworthy retired in 1949. Retired Trainman John Troy, who 322 W. Wisconsin Ave. The E. L. Winks of Marion had two was in a Cedar Rapids hospital, moved sons at home on leave from military to the Ziesman Nursing Home in Cedar Milwaukee, Wis. service during January, RDSN Keith, Rapids late in January. who has been stationed at Pearl Harbor Earl L. Kindig of Cedar Rapids died Official Watch Inspectors for 16 months, and HN Lynn, who has :Web. 15, following a brief illness. He was been stationed at Portsmouth. a brother of Section Foreman H. W. for Mr. and Mrs. Joel Herbst of St. Paul Kindig, Louisa, who is on a leave be­ ~. have their second daughter, Bethine, cause of ill health. MILWAUKEE ROAD born Feb. 4. The mother is the former Glenn O. White, retired conductor, 70, Jo Ann Failor, daughter of Chief Clerk died on Feb. 8 at Sarasota, Fla., of a Specialists in railroad watches, fine W. E. Failor of Marion. heart attack. He and his wife had been jewelry and personal gift items. Joe Metela, retired receiving clerk, is vacationing in Florida for two months. in Mercy Hospital at this writing. Joe His service date with the Road was Dec. Always at Your Service Prochaska, retired janitor, is a surgical 23, 1909, as a brakeman; was promoted patient in an Iowa City hospital. Mrs. to conductor Sept. 17, 1918, and last John Cone, wife of trainman, was a pa- worked on tlle Maquoketa-DeWitt way

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36 The Milwaukee Road Magazine members who have been ill. It included Mrs. Christian Schmidt F. W. Rasmussen, long associated with the freight department in Seattle as MRS. CHRlSTIAN (EMMA A.) SCHMIDT, chief clerk to agent, who has been hos­ wife of a retired Tacoma Shops ma­ pitalized for some time. Mr. Rasmussen chinist, who was one of the organizers is now in the Firland Sanitarium, and of Tacoma Chapter of The Milwaukee expects to be there for some months. Road Women's Club, passed away Feb. Also, Harvey James Quinn, retired car 2 at the age of 83. She was known inspector, passed away Feb. 13. Ml'. affectionately as "Schmitty" to club Quinn started his railroad service in members all over the system. As a charter member of Tacoma 1912 and retired in 1951. He was born Chapter, Mrs. Schmidt was active in in Wisconsin and lived in Tacoma 45 the club for 32 years. She served one years. He was a member of the Brother­ term as president, and for more than hood of Railway Carmen. 30 years alternated as good cheer and Retirement comes smoothly to A. De­ welfare chairman. During that time Garmo, for many years chief perishable she seldom missed a weekly visit to freight inspector. Mr. DeGarmo makes hospitalized employes and shut·in regular visits to Tacoma to our claim ~INE members of the railroad family. Her prevention safety first meetings. AT ALL interest in their care had continued 'OHOE llePAI URSI even during the past two years while Stella Wadkins, who was helping out she was seriously ill. temporarily in the freight offi<,lC, is now The Schmidts had been married al· on the rate clerk position in Auburn. most 62 years. In addition to Me. "Sunshine news" was received recent­ Schmidt, survivors include a son, Lyle, ly from O. H. Guttormson, retired chief a ticket and baggage clerk at the Ta­ yard clerk, sent from Mesa, Ariz. People 60 to 80: coma depot; also a daughter and several Anne Beaumont of the cashier's office grandchildren and great-grandchildren. took a little time off recently to assist son Melvin's wife with Anne's newly adopted Tear Out This Ad grandson. The family home is in Mer­ and mail it today to find ritt, B. C. out how you can still apply freight. He retired on Oct. 30, 1954. Al Thomas, section foreman on the for a $1,000 life insurance Survivol'S are his widow; a son, Norman, Tacoma eastern branch, is hospitalized policy to help take care of of Cranford, N.J.; a sister, Mrs. Ila at this writing. final expenses without bur­ Stevenson of Los Angeles, Calif.; a Weare glad to report that G. C. dening your family. brother, Lee, of San Bernardino, Calif.; Modglin, former roadmaster and father You handle the entire and three grandchildren. Last rites and of Juanita Modglin, stenographer to transaction by mail with OLD burial \yere in Preston. trainmaster in Tacoma, is out of the AMERICAN of KANSAS hospital and much improved. CITY. No obligation. No one will call on you! Coast Division Safety First and safety last, Write today, simply giving your name, address and age. TACOMA And safety always teach, But bear in mind from time to time, Mail to Old American Ins. E. L. Crawford, Division Editor Co., 1 West 9th, Dept. L302­ c/o Agent To practice what you preach. -Boston and Maine Magazine. M, Kansas City, Mo. Ralph Moyles, balance sheet clerk in the Tacoma freight office who retired Jan. 21 and who has been ill, was visited at home on Valentine Day by a gToup of girls from the freight office. They THE brought a cake, baked by Anne Beau­ mont, and presented him with a retire­ IMPROVED ment card and a purse from his railroad friends in Seattle and Tacoma to apply FAIR on a project he has had in work for many years. Mr. Moyles expressed his RAIL ANCHOR appreciation for the token of friendship from employes with whom he has been associated for more than 40 years. He is looking' forward to getting out in his yard this spring, being very interested in gardening. Some facts about the Milwaukee Re­ tired Employes Club: Meetings alter­ nate between Tacoma and Seattle, on the second Thursday of each month. Tacoma meetings are held in the Polish Hall at 11 A.M.) with lunch at 12 :15; Seattle THE R~M.co. meetings in the Union Station. At the

Tacoma meeting on Feb. 14, which was CHICAGO. NEW YORK. DENVER. ST, LOUIS. BOSTON. ST. PAUL. WASHINGTON. SA.N 'RANCISCO •.M.UICO CITY attended by more than 120 retired em­ ployes, a report was delivered covering March, 7957 37 YES, IT'S YUL- BR-YNN£R, star of the recent JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT. "It was an unusual experience, and I learned a lot box office hits "Anastasi.a," "The Ten Command­ about the other fellew's job", says J. A. Novak, clerk at the Galewoed freight ments" and "The King and I," shown boarding station in Chicago, who had a screen test last month while on a vacation visit in No. 27 in Chicago the morning of Feb. 11 The California with his film star daughter Kim. Studio officials who saw him on the destination of the celebrated film personality movie set drafted him for a bit part in her forthcoming picture, "Jeanne Eagels". was Milwaukee where he helped celebrate Under Kim's watchful eye, he is shown here getting the Hollywood treatment from the opening of The Ten Commandments and makeup man Benny Lane. Kim Novak was presented last month with the Inter­ laid the cornerstone of Milwaukee's new town national Favorite Award as the world's most popular actress. hall, a great piece of granite in which the (Columbia Pictures photo) commandments are chiseled. He later gave a talk on crime prevention at Marquette Univer­ sity.

CONCERT AND OPERA SINGER MARIAN ANDERSON, ready to board the Olympian Hiawatha in Chicago Feb_ 25, steps to speak with Parlor Car Conductor F. W. Schaefer; at the left, Trainman R. E. Langacker and Porter W_ A. Northrip. The famous contralto, who had just given a performance in Chicago, was en route to Winnipeg on a concert tour of Canadian, west coast and southern cities which would return her to New York in April

38 The Milwaukee Road Magazine BLUE RIBBON ART. This handsomely se. able won for The lvIilwJukce Road a "First" in the Exhibit of Culinary Arts held recerltly at the Olympic Hotel in Seattle. The exhibit is designed to disp,ay te the public the cuisine and service typical cf the many fine dining facilities in t e Seattle area, and the talents of their chefs. Shewn here supervising the Road's exhibi t are, from left, 8. 'y\!. Ganz, assislant tu superintendent of the sl cplng and dining car de­ partment at Seattle, Dining Car In pee tor Edward Novak who prepared it, and Waiter A. G. W2bster In the smaller picture M,. Ganz is showing the prrze winner's gold cup to L H. Dugan, vice pre Idont and western counsel (rrght), and General Passenger Agent 0 R. Anderson, boil1 of Seattle. The meals shewn feature four separate entrees steak. fried chic.ken, prime beef and brook treut.

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