The in this RED VEST issue Campaign
= * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION WEEK A New Look at Railroading
VJHTl.lALLY eve'l'ything Ame1'icans FACT 1Ise mores by rail at some point of its formation ancl along the d'ist1'ilmtion Railroad rolling' stock owned 01' leased j'oute to consumej·s. The bed a pe'l'son as of Dec. 31, 1963 included 28,600 locomotives, 1,515,139 freight cars and Vol. 52 May-June 1964 No.2 sleep.~ in, the ala'l'm doc/,; that alvak ens llim, tlle b'reak/ast he eats, the 25,800 passenger cars. The freight conreyrmr.e he 1I8e8 to get to ·1COI'I.' car fleet, placed end to end, would all, in oue form 0'1' anotltp,j', depend form a solid train 14,348 miles long, on tl'ansp01·tation fOj' n/'ll' rn(lte1'irlls spanning the continent more than 4 and luuls basic to pTodllction. lVith times. ouf. it the1'e isn't a r.ity in the ~'nited States tlwl; lcouldn't come to a .r;rind FACT in!} pconomic halt. MARIE HOTTON N (I tional Transportation lVeek Hf'l'e are some of the things the rail (In roads do erej'Y 24 hours: Managing Editor "May 10-16 ott'el'ed oppoTtunity to '1'('111 inr7 the p/(blic of how that 'role is * Movr. about 9 tons of freight a dis played in 1964. The fol101cing high tance of one mile for every man, PUBLIC RELATIONS /il/hts (Jj'p, fj'om a "facts" bj'oc)ml'e woman and child in the United DEPARTMENT leh ieh was rlist1'ibutecl dW'ing that States. period to '[I(lssenge·rs on ow' commn * Pay nearly $14 million in wages. tel' trains 'in the Chicago (lj·ea. * Pay about $2.4 million in taxes. Union Station-Chicago * Spend ubout $6.7 million for equip FACT ment and supplies. The Milwaukee Rood Magazine is pub * ;\'1ovc more than 22 million pounds lished for active and retired employes of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul Approximate]y 20% of Olll' t.otal I\n of mail, or more than 75% of all the 6- Pacific Railroad Company, to whom nation's domestic mail. it is distributed free. It is available nual expenditures for goods and sen' to others at $1.00 per year. Retired i<.:es, 01' our Gross National Product, employes may continue to receive it without cost by 'sending their address is made either directly 01' indirectly FACT to the circulation deportment. 824 Union Station, Chicago, III. 60606 for transportation of one kind 01' lInother. In 1962 this amounted to To feed the nation, the railroads $112 billion. transport more than 150 tons of agri cultul'lll products a year, approxi contents FACT Illlllely 9 million tons of animals and animal products, and llbout 15 million Red Vest Campaign Steps Up Traffic - 4 Transp01·tntion is a heavy user of tons of foods in cans and packages. other inclustri€',,' product", (;on~uming Total shipments by railroad in these Junior Achievement Advisers Honored ------11 of the tata l ou tpu t : three catr.gories alone average nearly Rnbber 62% a ton for every "C nited States citizen. Aberdeen Division Again Wins Safety Contest ------12 Lead 50% St!'!'1 29% FACT Government by the People; Profiles of Employes Active in Civic Affairs---13 Aluminum , 23% Petroleum 50% Siner WOl'ld War II the railroaus Appointments ------15 Zinc 33% have invpsted $18.4 billion in modern Reservation Bureau Personnel Train Cement 21% ization of plant and equipment-more for New "One Call" Travel Service-IS COpppl' 19% t.han half again as much as the entire
CYBERN ETlCS-A Clue to the Thinking Among Railroads Around the World ------16 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Standard of Service in Dining Cars Rates Fourth Public Health Citation ------·------17 THE COVER
Retirements ------18 Chico.lJo to SpattIe-Tacoma. in 55¥z llOlII'S-81'lT• ice /.lICIt pj'ovides fo·1' l.hi·l'd mo·ming delin'j'Y of About People of the Railroad· ----- 20 freight thro'/!!Jllout the Puget Sound arca-is the pace being maintained he'l'e by XL Special 261 on a twisting ascent of a mountain gmde 1:n 11'1!st• e'l'n iHontana. Sow1.Cling a "Red Vest alej·t" to ow' j'oael's ne10 higllballing fj'aigllt schedllles be• tween (]hicago an(l the Pacific Northwest, a 56• man task /01'CC spent t11'O 1cceks in April selling ..~ slll:ppe1's in the Chicago rnetj'opolitan distj'ict on the merits of t'l'ain 261 and its eastbound running ~' mate, Thl/nclerhawk 262. For the St01'y of the ({tell and sell" campaign, ttwn to page 4.
r -. net income of all railroads in that period, and more than one half the Member of Milwaukee Road Family Wins total investment in all U.S. railroads today. Furthermore, it was done with Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning out increasing the total a.mount of railroad debt and securities outstand ing. The total of this new investment is expected to be close to the $20 bil lion mark by the end of 1964. FACT Statistics of tons of freight and num ber of passengers do not tell the full story of how railroads help sustain the highest standard of living in the world. They do not show how rail roads each year ... *Contribute a total of about $9.6 bil lion to the national income. *Pa.y some $886 million in taxes into federal, state and local government treasuries. A recent family portrait of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Conrad with their sons. From left are *Spend nearly $2.5 billion for fuel Paul J., the famous cartoonist, Robert Jr., Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, and James, Paul's and a host of materials, supplies identical twin, Denver, Colo. and equipment. *Pay $382 million in dividends to investors in railroad properties and THE 1964 announcement of Pulitzer first over a hot telephone wire from his $410 million in interest payments to security holders and in rents for Prize winners May 4 was the cause of son Jim, Paul's twin, who operates an property. great elation to R. H. Conrad, our re art agency in Denver. The Conrads tired district freight and passenger have an older son, Robert Jr., living in FACT agent in Mason City, Ia., and his wife. Puerto Rico, where he is the manager America's 101 Class I railroads in Cited for the top award in editorial car of Foremost Dairies. 1963 hauled about 2.4 billion tons of tooning for 1963 was their son Paul J. Paul, who is 39, saw World War II freight a total of 622 billion ton-miles of the Los Angeles Times. action with the Army in the Pacific, fol ( Continued on page 10) Paul received the $1,000 prize for lowing which he enrolled at Iowa State "his distinctive work throughout the University. Later he transferred to the entire year rather than for anyone car University of Iowa as an art major, and toon" while he was with the Denver there drew editorial cartoons for the It Happened On • Post. Before joining the Los Angeles Daily Iowan for two years. He was • The Milwaukee Road paper in February he had been a mem hired by the Denver Post shortly after ber of the Post staff since 1950. graduating. From Dr. U. S. Geiger, Company Sur "Naturally, we were delighted by the last year he received the national geon, North English, la.: Back in the news," said Mr. Conrad, who got it award for editorial cartooning of Sigma days when small town section gangs Delta Chi, national professional journal were section gangs, Clyde Henson was ism society. Of his own profession, he the foreman in our town and Noah is quoted as saying, "You have to wrap Miller was his right hand man. up the point of a drama that may have In some way Clyde and Noah ac One Christmas day Noah had a big been playing for months, or even years, dinner for his relatives, and there were quired a dog. He was a short-haired on a stage as wide as the world, and black and white dog, a little larger than many leftovers. The little brown dog ate you've got to apply the 'needle' in places average, with bones very much in evi and ate, but it was too much. He walked familiar to everyone-but in such a dence. But with eats from the' men's out to the front of the house licking his dinner pails and from the back door of chops, looked back at the pan of food, manner that even the person needled the local hotel, he soon looked better. To g'ot a faraway look in his eye, and trot has a laugh at himself." His cartoons, the men he was known as "Sport", but ted off down the street. Soon he was characterized by a unique style and in people around town referred to him as back with Sport, and "The Milwaukee cisive wit and humour, are syndicated in "The Milwaukee Dog". Dog" took care of the situation without 81 newspapers. His big pleasure in cold weather, after any trouble. With his wife Kay, a former society helping the men with their lunch, was to Noah tells it for the truth and Noah ec!itor on the Denver Post, and four lITap himself around one of the potbel is an honorable man. And neither clog children, Paul visits his parents in has ever denied it. lied stoves of those times and take his Mason City from time to time. The midday nap. But Sundays and holidays senior Mr. Conrad, who retired in 1953 were bad; no lunch pails, and the hotel (Do yMI know a true story? a humor after 40 years of service, has continued wasn't very busy. MIS anecdote? about something that to be active in many of the civic affairs Noah had a little brown dog that came happened on the railroad? Share your to work with him occasionally, and the expe?'ience with your fellow employes. with which he was identified while he two of them-the brown dog and Sport Contributions should be addressed to worked for the railroad. Currently he is -would spend the day clearing the right "Interesting Happenings" Editor, 824 traffic manager of the Mason City Cham of way of trespassers. Union Station, Chicago, Ill. 60606.) ber of Commerce. May-June, 7964 3 President William J. Quinn-wearing his red vest and tie-addresses the sales force at an indoctrination meeting held in the Union League Club in Chicago prior to the opening of the campaign. Red Vest Campaign
Task Force Alerts Chicago Shippers to Benefits of Our Ne~v XL Special and Thunderhawk Service
"THE RED VESTS ARE COMING!" Northwest late last year following the "Watch for the Man in the Red Vest!" inauguration of the service-assemble a "The Red Vests Are Here With News task force, close in on the territory, and of the Fastest Run in the West!" make it abundantly clear that no truck Alerted by these punchy placards, line or other railroad matches the run Chicago was the hub of an intensive ning time of these fast freights between sales campaign in April while a group Chicago and the North Pacific Coast. of traffic and operating officers from As a means of penetrating the hard offices throughout the country concen sell transportation market, XL Special trated for two weeks on selling shippers 261 westbound and its eastbound coun the unique services of our new transcon terpart, Thunderhawk 262, have more tinental freight trains, the XL Special than lived up to expectations. Cutting and the Thunderhawk. almost a day's time from previous sched The strategy was similar to that con ules, their value in attracting long haul ceived for the sales effort in the Pacific traffic was one of the underlying reasons The Milwaukee Road Magazine A picture posed to alert Chicago area shippers to the kick brakemen signaling their arrival are "Miss XL Special" (left) off of the Red Vest campaign shows the task force-a full and "Miss Thunderhawk" (Jan Jordan, Miss Photoflash of carload-"arriving" in a brand new LRD car. The pretty 1964, and Margo Spinker, Miss Photoflash of 1963). Steps Up Traffic
for a sharp increase in revenues during department. During the preparations, a the final quarter of 1963 which resulted series of advertisements kept shippers in a profitable showing for the year. aware of the availability of "the fastest But in the words of President Wil run in the West" and the savings pos liam J. Quinn, "We didn't put on a fast train that costs us $3 million a year to operate-just to wait for customers to come to us." At an orientation meeting for the Chicago task force he outlined the job to be done. Commenting that the campaign in the Seattle-Tacoma area A Red Vest team had produced pluses not anticipated c a I lin g at the United States Gyp both in trailer on flat car and box car sum Company re• traffic, he pointed out that revenue per ceives a cor d i a I car is continuing to run substantially r e c e p t ion from ahead of revenue a year ago, "and we're Vice President of Traffic Rhodes C. looking to you to hold the advantage." Berrey (right), In The "tell and sell" campaign-on a the center is W. D, more elaborate scale than was carried Sunter, g e n era I out at the Pacific Northwest points-re traffic manager, quired more than two months of plan and at left, P. A. L a r son, traffic ning by traffic officers, in collaboration manager H'inois with the public relations and advertising Region. May-June, 1964 -"--'-'-'._-_...__.....=-~==.=...... =_...=....==.=...-=-=-=--=.-=-===._=.._.==~=...... ='_...=;...._""".....===""' .. "'="'._""'-....""'----.... _.""'~~--...... ------
sible in inventories when freight moves at passenger train speed. In a vanguard move-on Apr. 3 and again on Apr. 10 -shippers in the Chicago metropolitan area received direct mail pieces teUing them that "The Red Vests Are Com ing". The project started rolling Apr. 4 when a party of Red Vested traffic and operating officers headed by W. D. Sunter, general traffic manager, and P. L. Cowling, assistant to president-vice pres ident general manager of The Milwau kee Motor Transportation Company, left ChiCago to ride the XL Special to Seattle and return on the Thunderhawk in order to study the operation of the trains first hand. In connection with the service, the group toured our rail, dock, barge and industrial facilities in the Seattle Tacoma terminal areas and discussed it with 200 and some shipper representa tives at a breakfast hosted by the rail road in the Seattle Space Needle. On the return trip, the performance of the Thunderhawk was clocked by newsmen En route to Seattle on the Xl Special, a "creative crew" reviews arrangements for aboard and publicized in Seattle and a sales meeting with more than 200 shippers in the Seattle area. From left are Chicago papers. W. D. Sunter, general traffic manager; P. L. Cowling, assistant to president; D. A. Keller, manager of rail-highway sales; D. M. Wiseman, traffic manager, New York Upon the arrival of the group in Chi City; and L. V. Anderson, general manager-system. cago the pace quickened. Assembled for Campaign No. 2 were 56 traffic repre sentatives from key points on the system and off line offices who rate as special ists in various types of conventional rail and piggyback traffic, including coal, Members of the Seattle task force pose with their tour directors before departing lumber and plywood, perishables, grain, for an inspection of the Seattle-Tacoma terminals facilities. metal products and export-import traf fic. Each man was dressed to the teeth in a bright red necktie and a red vest trimmed with gold buttons and braid. A rectangular emblem on the vest spelled out the message "Ship Milwaukee Road." Guidelines for the campaign and goals to shoot at were unveiled at an
SCHlDUlI OF THE Xl SPEDIAL TRAIN 110.261
Station Time Example Lv. Chicago 2 :30 PM Monday Lv. Milwaukee ..... 4:30 PM Monday Lv. Twin Cities '" .12 :15 AM Tuesday Lv. Aberdeen 7:05 AM Tuesday Ar. Spokane 11 :30 AM Wednesday Ar. Seattle """" 8:00 PM Wednesday (Anive Tacoma same evening.) SOHEDULE OF THUNDERHAWK TRAIN NO. 262
Station Time Example Lv. Seattle-Tacoma 2:00AM Monday Lv. Spokane 8 :00 AM Monday Ar. Aberdeen 11 :10 PM Tuesday Ar. Twin Cities 7:45 AM Wednesday Ar. Milwaukee. . .. 6:30 PM Wednesday Ar. Chicago 9:15 PM Wednesday
6 The Milwaukee Road Magazine indoctrination meeting the morning of Apr. 11 presided over by Mr. Sunter and Mr. Cowling. At this session the task force was organized into 28 two man teams and familiarized with indi vidual assignments. Joining in the dis cussion, an operating team composed of General Manager L. V. Anderson, Gen eral Superintendent Transportation D. P. Valentine and Superintendent Transpor tation Q. W. Torpin briefed everyone on the latest developments in the opera tional aspects of serVicing shippers they would meet. .
Stage Arrival Via Box Car Enthusiasm ran high at the meeting, sparked by words of encouragement from Mr. Quinn and, via telephone, from Vice President-Traffic W. W. Kremer. Mr. Kremer, having broken a leg a. few days before the campaign opened, was supervising activities from his hospital "office". At the Zenith Radio Corporation plant in the Road's Galewood District, our general traffic manager, W. D. Sunter (center) and Regional Traffic Manager P. A. Larson Adding a touch of glamour to the (left) pay a Red Vest call on General Traffic Manager E. C. Madden. situation, Miss Jan Jordan, Chicago land's Miss Photoflash of 1964, was crowned with an engineer's cap as "Miss XL Special", and Miss Margo Spinker, . Miss Photoflash of 1963, was officially "feathered" as "Miss Thunderhawk". Later the entire group posed for promo tional pictures showing the "arrival" of the task force in a spanking new Mil The Red Vests waukee Road box car, thus sounding the board a chartered alert that "The Red Vests Are Here". bus for a study of The campaign, which began Apr. 13, rail, dock and barge facilities in was aimed at getting not only XL Spe the Seattle-Taco cial and Thunderhawk business, but a ma terminals share of everything in which the Mil area. waukee· stands to participate. On the schedule were 2,300 calls to make on shippers in Chicago and the suburban areas and, as the Red Vests had been advised, "wherever you see smoke com ing out of a stack". For the task ahead, each man carried a special service kit containing schedules, rate data, route maps, pictures and details of various types of freight cars, and other informa tion useful in freight solicitation. Heralding the kick-off, half and quar ter page advertisements, some in color,
At a breakfast for shipper representa tives in the Seattle area held in the Space Needle, Assistant General Man ager Martin Garelick (left) and Joshua Green, western director of the railroad (right), visit with F. H. Clark, district manager of the States Steamship Com pany (left, rear), and H. V. Walker, vice president of the American Mail line. May-June, 1964 7 RE VeST SALES CAMPAIGN
72L! TEAMS or...... ,.-<0""'" APRIL 13-17 and 20-24
P. L. Cowling, assistant to president, helps "Miss Xl Special" Studying railroad and industrial locations in the Chicago adjust the sales thermometer to the target set for the cam area on Apr. 19, a Sunday, members of the Chicago task paign. In the course of the two-week sales effort, the goal force watch activities at the· one-spot car repair system in was exceeded." Bensenville Yard.
appeared in Chicago newspapers and two weeks following, signs on these the Red Vest". the Wall Street Journal, and full page trains flashed reminders of the campaign. To generate interest further, a series ads were inserted in trade magazines. In addition, the 5,000 or so Milwaukee of 18 luncheons and dinners and sev Fliers placed un the seats of all subur Road employes in the Chicago area dis eral infurmal parties were given during ban trains Apr. 13 alerted passengers to played bumper stickers on their cars the fortnight for various traffic groups, the ads in the Chicago dailies, while for alerting all to "Watch for the Man in including city shippers, lumber and ply wood dealers, importers and exporters, fresh meat and packing house shippers, coal and coke dealers, and perishable traf fic shippers and receivers. Shippers and traffic managers were invited also to in spect our new TOFC facilities at North Harvey, Ill., and to visit our Franklin Park industrial district and the TOFC and automatic retarder yard installations at Bensenville, Ill. In the meantime, the regiment of Red Vested trDOpS had swung into action and was hard at work calling attention to the speed schedules of the highballing freights and to what Mr. Kremer de fined as "the many new, economical, fast and convenient services now being offered by railroads." "I strongly feel", he said, "that the railroads are today equipped to provide a greatly improved service over that of
I~ I R. R. Brown, general superintendent of the Chicago Terminals, conducts an in spection tour of the new trailer-on-flat car facilities at North Harvey, III. 8 The Milwaukee Road Magazine
- . ~ only a few years ago. If given the op offered a better-or comparable-service, portunity, they can solve almost any a shipper will switch. It proved also shipping problem." that, for drumming up business, nothing And according to the action of a "sales beats the direct method of asking for it barometer" at campaign headquarters, in so many words. the Milwaukee appeared to have a ready At an evaluation meeting on Apr. 18 solution for the problems of many trans -the Saturday midway of the cam portation shoppers in Chicago's highly paign-the effectiveness of the direct industrialized area. Starting early in the approach was reflected in a /low of in campaign, as team partners reported the formation about new traffic lined up for results of each day's calls, a steady rise the hotshot trains and for other move began to register traffic won away from ments as well, solid commitments for rail and highway competitors, plus hot additional business, and dozens of prom clues for early call backs. ising leads with a profitable potential. The story was repeated at a meeting "Instant" Answer Service on Apr. 25 when the Red Vests con gregated at the end of the campaign to Every step of the campaign had been put the outcome on record. Touching mapped with painstaking care. For the on the highlights, typical developments "something extra" which often spells the were: a shipper now moving by truck difference in closing an order, a tele to Kansas City will consider piggyback; phone line of communication was main a San Francisco importer has promised tained with transportation and operating to use the Port of Longview, Wash. officers, to provide the sales teams with good long haul business; a food dealer "instant" solutions for service problems switched 15 trailers to the Milwaukee or to accompany them on calls. Rate and and wants information about refriger L. H. Dugan, vice president and western industrial department officers stood by ated trailers; a canned goods account counsel, dons his Red Vest to serve as also, to help with developments in those will give us more business this year; a host at the breakfast for shippers in the Seattle Space Needle Restaurant, as areas. distributor who receives 12 carloads a sisted by General Traffic Manager W. D. The impact of these tactics bore out week is looking for a new location with Sunter. the old dicta that the salesman himself trackage and favors the Milwaukee; as can easily be the deciding factor in the direct result of a sales call, a ship which way the deal swings, and that (Continued on page 10)
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What the Press Says About Our New Fa-a-st Freights .••
took off for home like a hungry fire Rockies as one of railroading's major horse. cha Ilenges. But you can put it down "This demonstrotion by the Milwaukee as certa in that the road's troffic de Road to unveil its second eve n i n g partment views the mountains as a FREIGHT OUTRUNS freight service from the Pacific North come-to-life bus'iness chart with graph AUTO TRAFFIC west to Chicago, hub of American rail lines steadily rising." lines, has been even more impressive By BOB H. HANSEN than anticipated. "It may seem slow to air-oriented folk RAILWAY AGE WEEKLY "With 10,750 horsepower of diesel up but to the business community this is a front, the Thunderhawk was on hour refreshing development. MILWAUKEE ROAD'S 'BLITZ' ahead of schedule across the Cascades "To the Milwaukee's officers and em TACTICS BOOST SALES ployes, it is not only refreshing-it's and the Bitterroots and we've been out By JOHN D. MITROS runn ing highway traffic across Mon a fountain of enthusiasm." tano and South Dakota hour after "Shippers will 'switch' - if they can hour. CHICAGO save money and get better service. "This demonstration of modernized SUN-TIMES "A 'blitz-style' courtship of shippers on roil roading, the Mil wa u k e e Rood's behalf of fast freight trains scored im Thunderhawk, completed the last leg MILWAUKEE HIGHBALLS FREIGHT portant troffic gains for the Milwaukee of its commemorative run from Seattle Rood last week - and perhaps posed Tacoma to Chicago at 8 :45 o'clock this By R. E. ULRICH some important questions for other ra'i1 evening, 30 minutes ahead of schedule. "There's no doubt about it: so les forces that need answers as the Its 'fastest run in the West' perform The Mil w auk e e Road has cut the fight for traffic gets hotter. ance has been up to one hour ahead of Northwest's rugged peaks down to size. " ... Traffic for other Milwaukee trains schedule almost throughout. "For when anyone can whack 20 haurs besides the 'XL Special' and the 'Thun "At better than a walking gait, the old plus running time from Chicago-to derhawk' began pouring in as shippers, crew stepped down as the new crew Seattle-Tacoma freight troinsGhedules confronted with' a team prepared to come aboard and there was no stop. on a day-in day-out basis he has done talk in dollars and specific service, did When the new rear-end crew, a mile just that. the arithmetic that resulted 'in switch back, come on the radio with: 'We're "Perhaps the Milwaukee's operating ing a wide variety of traffic from truck aboard, Highball: the Thunderhawk stoff looks at the Cascades and t~e to rail."
May-june, 1964 9 l Red Vest Campaign ...
per rescinded an order he was placing at the time, and the Milwaukee got 15 cars; a shipper with a warehouse serving a 500-mile radius-2,000 cars per year -is interested in TOFC service; a sugar dealer is requesting that all sugar from Washington "go Thunderhawk". The closing of the so-called "invasion of Chicago" left those who had pitched in to run it slightly footsore, but with a feeling of accomplishment. In recogni tion of objectives achieved-which in cluded topping the goal of 2,300 calls by a generous margin-Mr. Cowling, on behalf of management, presented each man with a gold "campaign ribbon" to Reporting for duty in Chicago, B. H. wear on his Red Vest. Veterans of the Desens, general agent at St. Paul, tries on his Red Vest for size. pilot campaign in the Northwest re ceived, in addition, a red "Seattle" rib bon, and "General" Sunter was issued a "unit citation" with two Bronze Stars.
Faster Service Has Meaning G. B. Hanson, assistant to freight traffic manager (left), and J. L. Phleger, assist Commenting on the benefits which ant to general traffic manager, set up had been felt even as the campaign was larger-than-life-size figures of President underway, Mr. Kremer said, "From my William J. Quinn and Vice President point of view, the success of this effort Traffic W. W. Kremer which were used in displays at various shipper functions. is evident in the sizable volume of new traffic which we have already obtained, despite the fact that many of the ship National Transportation Week pers we told our story to are men we (Continued from page 3) have been doing business with for years. -the equivalent of moving 9 tons of Obviously, our faster service between freight a mile each day for every Chicago and the Pacific Northwest has person in the United States. The aver real meaning to them. I think the many age ton of freight moved 460 miles other details of service which this cam by railroad at a cost of less thRn 1]/3 paign has given us an opportunity to cents a mile. It is noteworthy that En route to Chicago on the Thunderhawk, work out for them have also had an im this revenue figure is no more today J. M. Fortman, traffic manager Mid-East than in 1948, even though consumer portant bearing on the results. Any way Region, Detroit (left), and D. M. Wise prices in this period have risen by man, traffic manager New York City, you care to look at it, it is apparent that 30 per cent. study the campaign itinerary. this has been a successful effort." Apart from immediate returns, one ~------I of the important developments of the Notice....;.Change of Plans campaign was the number of leads hold For the Veterans' Reunion ing possibilities for future traffic. Each call was made the subject of a detailed Vice President-Operation F. G. report, and while the findings will re McGinn, the president of The quire months to evaluate and follow up, Veteran Employes' Associ the prospects for attracting additional ation of The Milwaukee Road, new business are considered most en has announced that it has been necessary to change the couraging. Said Mr. Sunter, "We know location of the Veterans' Re we have something attractive to sell, union in Minneapolis, Minn., and from all indications, we have hit on on Saturday, June 27, to the an effective way to sell it". RADISSON HOTEL, 7th STREET between NICOLLET and HENNEPIN, instead of the Leamington Hotel. All room reservations made to G.J. Edwards, district freight and pas date will be transferred to the senger agent Cedar Rapids, la. (left), Radisson Hotel. and R. L. Audas, general agent Omaha, pick up their campaign uniforms. ~------10 The Milwaukee Road Magazine Junior Achievement Advisers Honored
MILWAUKEE Roaders serving as Advis ers to the two Junior Achievement com panies sponsored by our railroad were Milwaukee Road Advisers and officers with their guests, from left: W. P. Wilkinson, feted by Chicago business men at the chief demurrage inspector; A. G. Dupuis, public relations officer (fourth); L. V. annual Future Unlimited banquet in Anderson, general manager-system; J. R. Kalasmiki, assistant agent Galewood McCormick Place May 5 which c1.imaxed (partially obscured); and W. W. Rogers, special representative of vice president finance and accounting. the JA program year. Attending as hon ored guests, they shared with 1,100 adult volunteers in the Chicago area a tribute from Governor Otto Kerner of Illinois for the inspiring leadership which had helped more than 8,000 teen age boys and girls learn the ground rules for the American free enterprise system. As a sponsoring firm, the railroad was included in the civic salute to supporters of the youth-service organization, which provides young people with the oppor tunity to learn business fundamentals through owning and operating their own miniature corporations. The banquet is the traditional occasion for conferring scholarships and leadership awards on Achievers who display outstanding ini· Representing the railroad are, from left: R. l. litka, auditor of expenditure bureau tiative in guiding their projects to suc head; Agent F. H. Joynt, Galewood (third); Machinist P. T. Panzica, Western Avenue; P. D. lencioni, auditor of freight accounts bureau head (third from right); and cess. R. F. Kratochwill, comptroller. Upon liquidating assets at the end of JA activities in May, both of our com panies paid a generous dividend. The report of Delux Decors included a cita tion as "Company of the Month" in its particular JA district, and that of the Milwescos the honor of being chosen to display and operate an "on the spot" production line at the annual JA Trade Fair. A number of their members are shown here attending the banquet as the personal guest of a Milwaukee Road Adviser or officer who has taken an ac tive interest in our JA program.
ABOVE RIGHT, from left: C. W. Capron, chief clerk signals and communications; J. G. Waldman, assistant district store keeper, Western Avenue; E. A. Berry, auditor of freight settlements bureau head; Machinist Elmer Nelson and Boifer Foreman Anthony lagowski, We s t ern Avenue.
RIGHT, reading from left: A.. J. Berry, assistant to freight traffic manager; E. G. Tyckoson, assistant industrial engineer; G. H. Kronberg, director of public rela tions and advertising (fourth); and B. F. Fuechtman, chief clerk to passenger traf fic manager (partially obscured at right). May-June, 1964 11 For the second year in a row, the President's Safe ty Trophy goes to em ployes of the Aberdeen Division. Participating in the presentation ceremony are, from left: L. V. An derson, general manager system; Acting Superin tendent J. J. Nentl; A. W. Shea, superintendent of safety; and R.. H. Love, superintendent of the Ab erdeen Division currently assigned to other duties, who shared in both the 1962 and 1963 safety performances.
Aberdeen Division Again Wins Safety Contest
THE top safety honor has again been the employes, Mr. Nentl directed atten months the contest was in progress. awarded to the Aberdeen Division. In tion to the effectiveness of the roles Additional congratulations were ex other words, the Aberdeen employes played by District Safety Engineers C. O. tended by A. W. Shea, superintendent repeated their winning performance in Post and C. C. Clinker in the creation of safety, who noted that the division's the 1962 safety contest by also estab of the winning score. As acting super casualty ratio of 3.61 bettered the rate lishing the best record on the railroad intendent, he also called on R. H. Love of 4.09 with which it had won the for 1963. The outstanding score was to accept a share of the credit. Remark contest the previous year. He com only five injuries of a reportable nature ing "What you started carried through mented, too, on the fact that the record for 1,385,960 man hours worked, or a to the end of the year," Mr. Nend of five reportable injuries in 1963 repre casualty ratio of 3.61 for the year. pointed out that Mr. Love, who is cur sented only slightly more than one per The symbol of the achievement-4e '. rently assigned to the Road's special cent of the total number of such cases President's Safety Trophy - was pre committee on freight car utilization, had in all departments over the entire rail sented to the employes by 1. V. Ander served as superintendent of the Aber road. "This is an indication of the con son, general manager-system, during an deen Division during the first eight tinuation of interest and wholehearted award luncheon held at the Sherman Hotel in Aberdeen, S. D., on Apr. 15. Marking the occasion, the presentation was witnessed by approximately 50 of 1963 STANDINGS IN THE PRESIDENT'S SAFETY TROPHY CONTEST ficers and supervisors, including a con CASUALTIES Casualty tingent from Chicago and Milwaukee, Rank Division Fatal Reportable Injuries Rate who represented the various departments 1 Aberdeen - 5 3.61 and crafts at the ceremony and at a division staff meeting held in connection 2 Rocky Mountain - 9 5.99 with it. 3· Iowa, Minnesota & Dakota 1 15 8.44 Mr. Anderson, who conveyed to the Chicago Terminals- 4 43 9.33 division the congratulations of President Terre Haute - William J. Quinn and Vice President Operation F. G. McGinn, presented the 5 La Crosse - 24 9.52 trophy to Acting Superintendent J. J. 6 Iowa - 20 11.67 Nentl with the comment that the safety 7 Milwaukee Terminals 1 59 12.01 I Ferformance for two years in a row was all the more commendable because it 8 Coast - 25 12.10 involved the second largest division on 9 Milwaukee - 27 12.33 the raiJroad-a network of 1,531 miles. I~ 10 Twin City Terminals - 27 12.64 He added that the record reflected "a spirit of cooperation and devotion to 11 Dubuque & Illinois - 31 13.10 duty in which safe working habits had Others - 21 3.25 predominated throughout each day." In accepting the trophy on behalf of SYSTEM TOTALS 2 306 9.10 12 The Milwaukee Road Magazine Scene at the award luncheon at the Sherman Hotel in Aber Milwaukee, who represented the various departments and deen, S. D., Apr. 15, showing part of the group of 50 officers crafts responsible for establishing the safety record. and supervisors, including a contingent from Chicago and support of the safety program on this way screwdriver inscribed "In apprecia visions for the safety title symbolized by division," he said. "It could only have tion of a job well done" over the signa the engraved trophy. The Rocky Moun come about through hard work on the ture of President Quinn was presented tain Division, the winner in 1959, part of each employe." to each employe. finished in second place last year, and As a memento of the occasion and a The 1963 contest was the 23rd annual the Iowa, Minnesota & Dakota Division, permanent token of recognition, a three- competition among the operating di- which won in 1956, ranked third.
Melhop found time and the incentive Government by the People; Profiles of to serve as president and secretary of the Hosmer Civic Club, treasurer of the Our Employes Active in Civic Affairs Hosmer Medical Association, alderman ALONG the main the responsibilities of local government. of the City Council, and on the board of stem of the La For railroad people are known to have the Hosmer Independent School District. Crosse Division, a habit of doing things that need doing He was also superintendent of the Parish C.E. (Pete) -heading up clubs and civic groups, Education Committee of the Lutheran Bean is well sen'ing on committees, school boards, Church, a member of the volunteer fire known as our town councils and the like - and of department, and had been president and agent at Tomah, knowing bow to get results. treasurer of the Sportsman Club as well as a pitcher and first baseman for the Wis., having held One such leader is A. D. Schweitzer, the job since whose 24 years of service at various sta ball team. 1949. But locally C. E. Bean tions in South Dakota include five years he carries addi as agent at Firesteel, 16 at Isabel, and tional weight as Tomah's new mayor. now at Lemmon, to which he transferred In a vigorous campaign for the office last winter. In the course of these moves -he assumed it Apr. 21-Agent Bean he has held civic posts such as treasurer swept all of the city's eight wards, in of the Firesteel Common School District cluding his opponent's. Prior to the elec Board, Justice of the Peace at Isabel, tion he had been president of the police president of the Isabel Boosters Club, and fire commission. and Isabel city auditor. At the state Agent Bean's participation in civic af level he was also an observer for the fairs, reBecting the current interest in the state weather bureau for several years, political weather, is a timely example of and chairman of the Dewey County A. D. Schweitzer H. W. Melhop the many ways in which off-duty activi Democratic Committee from 1954 to ties of Milwaukee Road employes form 1960. An even more seasoned veteran of a real contribution to better living in Another is H. W. (Lefty) Melhop, community service is Agent S. A. (Jer their communities. This is particularly who recently bid in the agency at Brit ry) Beck of Ortonville, Minn., a teleg true in the smaller towns where the ton, S. D., transferring from Hosmer, rapher and agent at various points in representative of the railroad frequently S. D., where he had been agent for 14 that area since 1913. like his two broth volunteers, or may be drafted, to share years. While he was at Hosmer, Agent ers who are also agents on the Aberdeen May-June, 1964 13 Division - Foster at Wheaton, Minn., committee chairman of the league of program, he has been associated with and Willard at Olivia, Minn.-Jerry has Municipalities. projects involving water conservation, paid his way, and then some, wherever In that decade Mobridge has made public relations, safety, agricultural de he has been stationed. considerable civic progress, particularly velopment, health and welfare, the pro in recreational improvements resulting posed Cannonball Dam, and many f rom the Missouri River Development. special events activities. In addition, he During Engineer Weigum's tenures of collects the town artifacts. office, the city built a new water treat These clear-cut cases of solid citizen ment plant and a fire hall, installed a new ship are only a few of many which may sewage treatment plant, and acquired a be cited all along the system. 10. sum new 49-bed hospital. He also sponsored mary, they show people shouldering their and worked for the city recreational pro responsibilities in a way that reflects gram now being carried on to provide credit on their job-the essential job of children and youth with worthwhile ac railroad transportation. tivities as a preventive measure for S. A. Beck Emil Weigum juvenile delinquency. Otto Wolff, agent at Bentley, N. D., F. G. McGinn Elected President At Ortonville, his assignment since became active in civic work, he says, be Of The Western Railway Club 1958, Jerry is a member of the board cause he felt he owed something to his F. G. MCGINN, vice president-opera of directors of the Chamber of Com home town for the neighborliness shown tion, was elected president of the West merce and of the chamber's Business to his family-Bentley is only 17 miles ern Railway Club at the monthly meet Development Committee. As his con from the homestead taken up by his ing of that organization in Chicago May tribution to improving the local economy, grandfather in 1905 on which he was 18. He had previously served as first he is active in a campaign to investigate reared. At present he is secretary of the vice president. potential business opportunities and pro Bentley Activity Club. The Western Railway Club is one of mote resources that would serve to attract This enthusiasm carries over to Elgin, the oldest railroad organizations in the new industries to the town. N. D., where the Wolffs and their four country, having been in existence with "Our Man in Mobridge" is Emil children make their home. Currently headquarters in Chicago since 1891. It Weigum, eng i nee r on the through Agent Wolff is third vice chairman of has a membership of approximately freight between that South Dakota City the local lions Club, chairman of the 2,000 including the head officials of vir and Marmarth, N. D. Engineer Weigum lions' Community Betterment Commit tually all railroads and railroad supply has spent 10 years in local government tee, and a member of the volunteer fire firms in the country. Its purpose is the service, including six years as alderman, department, the Sportsman Club and the advancement of railroad relations with two terms as mayor, and two terms as American legion Post. On the lions the general public.
GET ACQUAINTED WITH THE MEMBERS OF OUR LAW DE. opolis; W. T. Egan and G. F. Bennett, assistant solicitors, PARTMENT pictured at a staff meeting conducted by E. O. Minneapolis; M. W. Roark, general adjuster; B. E. Lutterman, Schiewe, vice president and generol counsel, at Chicago head general attorney, Seattle; J. C. Garlington and S. W. Rider Jr., I quarters May 15. Seated, from left: Rodger S. Trump, Martin solicitors in Missoula and Minneapolis, respectively; M. L. Boyd J. Purcell and Hearst R. Duncan, solicitors in Milwaukee, Kansas ston, tax commissioner; L. R. Norberg, assistant tax commis City, Mo., and Des Moines, respectively; President William J. sioner; J. N. Hughes, solicitor, Des Moines; R. W. Centen, Quinn; Carson L. Taylor, retired vice president and general assistant to general adjuster; R. F. Munsell, assistont general counsel; Dwight Compbell, solicitor, Aberdeen, S. D.; Mr. soliCitor; P. M. Hackbarth, attorney, Chicago; S. V. Lohn, Schiewe; R. K. Merrill, general solicitor; J. P. Reedy, assistant solicitor, Missoula; R. K. Johnson, assistant general attorney; general counsel-law; R. W. Spangenberg, corporate counsel; W. P. Wooden, solicitor, Indianapolis; E. J. Richardson, as R. L. Hecker, solicitor, Kansas City, Mo.; R. R. Robinson, as sistant general solicitor; H. J. Price, solicitor, Indianapolis; F. M. sistant solicitor, Milwaukee. Standing (same order): W. A. Long, assistant general solicitor; J. E. Nelson, assistant general Stewart, freight claim agent, Chicago; H. W. Kirch, assistont attorney, Seattle; and H. Randy Duncan Jr., assistant solicitor, general freight claim agent; D. R. Backstrom, attorney, Minne- Des Moines. 14 The Milwaukee Road Magazine .~. DID VOIi GEt Till APPOINTMENTS -- .. '" ORDIR?
Public Relations and Advertising Effective May 1, 1964: . L. J. Barbeau is appointed ad vertising age n t with headquarters in Chicago. Mr. B a l' b e a u, who started with the Road in 1950 in the Washington, D. C., traffic of- l. J, Barbeau fice, has served as R. J. Peters, assistant chief rate clerk (standing) and Rate Clerk H. J. Ahrens conduct traffic representa a class in rate and ticketing arrangements. The students are (from left) Delores tive there, city freight agent in Phila Aylsworth, Mary Ann Vachlon, Viola Neuschwander, Adele Lutz and Bernice Murphy. delphia, secretary to assistant general manager (operating), and as chief clerk, public relations and advertising, since Reservation Bureau Personnel Train Mar. 1, 1962. Finance and Accounting For New "One Call" Travel Service Effective Apr. 16, 1964: W. T. Barrington, assistant general IN connection with a program to pro riodically for small groups at hours con accountant, is appointed general ac vide travelers and prospective travelers sistent with their tour of duty in the countant. with an improved service, and to stim reservation bureau. IN. B. Ficht, chief accountant, is ap ulate travel by rail as well, our passenger The second phase involved discus pointed assistant general accountant. traffic department recently conducted a sions of sales techniques, uniform R. D. Carlson, systems analyst, is ap special training course for personnel of phraseology for conducting telephone pointed assistant to director of revenue the Chicago reservation bureau. conversations, methods of dealing with accounting. The new program is based on giving travel problems, and procedures for C. R. Gerami, computer technician, is callers for reservations comprehensive handling trip itineraries and sales of appointed assistant manager of data "one call service"-furnishing informa package tours. operations. tion about ticket rates, travel routes, The third phase cove~ed a guided R. L. Bell is appointed manager of v~rious types of train accommodations, tour of a "City" train, usually the City systems and procedures, a new position and soliciting orders for tickets to be reporting to the comptroller. 1\f..r. Bell of Portland-City of Denver, by reason handled as "will call" or "mail out" all was formerly assistant general auditor of the convenient time it is on track in data processing for the Western Pacific. in one operation. the Union Station. On the train, reser The training course, carried out in vation clerks had an opportunity to Operating Department three phases, began with a schooling on become thoroughly familiar with the Effective Apr. 1, 1964: rates and ticketing arrangements by R. J. appointments in the various types of D. E. Peterson, yardmaster in the Peters, assistant chief rate clerk, and Pullman accommodations, facilities avail. Twin City Terminals, is appointed as H. J. Ahrens, rate clerk, in the passen able in reserved seat coaches, and the sistant trainmaster of the Twin City ger department. Classes were held pe lounge and dining car facilities. Terminals upon the assig'nment of F. A. Deutsch to other duties. Effective Apr. 27, 1964: R. E. Beck, superintendent of trans portation, Tacoma, is appointed super intendent diesel utilization with head quarters in Chicago. Effective :May 16, 1964: D. F. Gallipo, trainmaster of the Iowa Division at Council Bluffs, is appointed trainmaster on the Il\f&D Division with headquarters at MitcheU, S. D., follow ing the death of P. M. Loftus. P. J. Rooney, yardmaster in the Mil waukee Terminals, is appointed assist ant trainmaster on the Iowa Division with headquarters at Council Bluffs. Traffic Department Effective Apr. 16, 1964: L. B. Cain, chief clerk at Mason City, H. J. Ahrens explains how to use a new rate manl!al which was compiled as an Ia., is appointed city freight and pas aid to answering calls. Reservation sJerks are (from left) Dorothy O'Kelley, Lettie senger agent, Philadelphia, Pa. Spears, Mary Kelly and Bernice /Vwr'Phy. May-June, 7964 15 Russian delegates seemed to show par CYBERNETICS-A Clue to the Thinking ticular interest in them, and also in· automatic car identification systems. Among Railroads Around the World There was much interest also in sys tems for the control of empty car dis tribution, although Mr. Kratochwill noted that papers dealing with sophisti. cated methods for implementation in this area were largely theoretical. He was particularly impressed by the great energy with which the Japanese seem to have attacked their railroading problems, even though the vigor may stem in part from necessity in the form of extremely dense operations, both freight and passenger. An example of this is their new electronic passenger reservation and accounting system. While railroads in other countries with sim ilar needs continue to study the problem, At Kennedy International Airport in New York, Comptroller R. F. Kratochwill (right) the Japanese have built and used a pro poses with several other delegates to the International Cybernetics Symposium and totype and are currently installing a their wives before departing for Paris. At the far left is C. D. Buford, vice president operations and maintenance of the Association of American Railroads, who headed full-scale system incorporating sophisti a 15-member delegation from the AAR. cated data communication and computer equipment of their own design and manufacture. WHAT can the new field of technology puters to management; (4) mathemat The difference in languages was at termed cybernetics contribute to the op ical methods and research procedurF.S times the cause of some rather amusing eration of railroads so they may be in for use in solving transport problems; translation errors, Mr. Kratochwill re the best position to meet future chal (5) . facilities for data processing and marked, due principally to the technical lenges? What patterns should be set transmission; organization of calcuhtion nature of the papers. There was a ten up for applying its principles to auto centers. dency, for example, to confuse hump mation in railroading, with special refer Papers were read in one of four yard "slopes" with those used in mathe ence to problems of worldwide scope? languages - English, French, German matics, and electronic data storage de Answers to these questions are now and Russian-and translated simulta vices with storehouses. Similarly, an being evaluated as the result of an in neously into the other three, transmis American delegate spoke at length about ternational symposium held in Paris last sion being by radio through transistor payroll procedures in response to an November at which 400 railway men, ized receivers with headphones. The ex-" English delegate's question about "time scientists, automation experts and trans tremely broad range of subjects makes keeping," only to discover that the port agents discussed plans for enlarg i,t impossible to report the proceedings Englishman had in mind the keeping of ing research in this sphere. The meeting, here, but Mr. Kratochwill ha5 provided records on train running times. which was suggested by the United Na the Magazine with a summ:iry of the tions' Economic Commission for Europe, material covered, and some of his im Methods Parallel Milwaukee's took place at the headquarters of the pressions regarding the symposium. This Union International Des Chemins de is the picture which emerges: In connection with studying foreign Fer (International Union of Railways), Starting with a simplification of tbe facilities, Me. Kratocbwill participated an organization comparable to the Asso term "cybernetics," Mr. Kratochwill in a tour of the computer center of the ciation of American Railroads, which defined it as "the comparative study of French National Railways, where he deals mainly with technical matters in the behavior of human and animal ner found an interesting parallel to the volving cooperation between countries. vous systems and the control and intra· Milwaukee Road's own data processing Demonstrating the degree of interest, communications of information-handling system-the input arrives in the form of 32 countries were represented, including devices and machines, such as com punched cards generated at 26 district all of Western and Eastern Europe, the puters." Observing that the science is offices comparable to our regional data U.S.S.R., Japan, the United States and still in its infancy, he said that in offices. Upon completion of the sym Canada. R. F. Kratochwill, the Mil practical application, all railroads ap posium he rode a French passenger train waukee Road's comptroller, was a mem peared to be moving at the same pace; between Paris and Chartres, a trip which ber of the American delegation, which there was no indication of superiority left with -him an impression of small totaled 45, including four railroad pres in a particular part of the world. size freight cars, well-groomed roadway, idents and 15 delegates from the AAR. As he saw it, the great over-all in and extensive hauling of automobiles on The work was broken down by sub terest was in computer and communica multi-level rack cars, as in the United ject into five sessions concerning auto· tions systems for the general control of States. He also traveled to London for mation on railroads: (1) problems freight operations throughout a railroad, a discussion with the financial controller associated with the control of all aspects with the American roads appearing to of the British Railways Board, from of operation; (2) control of 3!utonomous have progressed further than others in which he learned that the responsibility procedures; (3) application of com implementation of such systems. The reporting methods being developed 16 The Milwaukee Road Magazine there are basically similar to those being because there is little or no competitive personal view that much could be done implemented on our railroad. reason for the Japanese railroads, for through the exchange by mail of tech About his conclusions regarding the example, to be secretive about new de nical papers, followed by visits to other symposium, Mr. Kratochwill said, "I velopments with respect to railroads in countries where there appears to be came away with the feeling that cyber Europe or America. And it should help something of specific interest that could netics has a bright future in railroading, railroading in general if it can be made be explored in depth by persons special and that some form of international ex possible for all countries to share in ly qualified. Perhaps an international . change of ideas and information should the gain when one makes notable symposium could then be held relatively prove feasible and useful. It should progress in some particular area. infrequently for the purpose of report be particularly feasible in our industry "For the immediate future, it is my ing and coordinating such activity."
Standard of Service in Dining Cars The ceremony aboard the Afternoon Hiawatha showing the presentation of the special citation for sanitation in Rates Fourth Public Health Citation dining cars to representatives of the railroad, including employes who are AGAIN-and for the fourth year hand As in former years, the symbolic cer the backbone of the service. In front running-the standard maintained by tificate attested to the excellence of the are, left to right: W. R. Jones, super the Milwauke Road in all sanitation Milwaukee's food service, equipment intendent of the sleeping and dining car department; W. C. Gage, district aspects of its dining car service has and general sanitation in dining cars master mechanic (rearl; R. E. Novick, rated a special citation from the United on both its own lines and on trains regional program director of the States Department of Health, Education operated jointly with the Union Pacific. United States Public Health Service; and Welfare. The Grade "A" rating, the highest ob C. E. Curran, general coach yard The presentation of the fourth an tainable by transportation companies, foreman, Western Avenue; J. A. Jaku bec, assistant to vice president-oper nual award, by R. E. Novick, regional was based on federal in-service inspec ation; F. V. Bolla, public health serv program director of the United States tions of 36 dining cars, dome, lounge ice sanitation specialist; R. W. Eld Public Health Service, was the occasion and buffet cars twice during the course redge and W. R. Mclean, public for a luncheon aboard the Afternoon health officers; Waiters B. T. Dooley of the year. (rear), H. Everheart and S. H. Ed Hiawatha in the Chicago Union Station The 1963 achievement reflected the wards; and Cooks L Jerricks and on Apr. 7 at which J. A. Jakubec, as continuous efforts of employes in all George Keys. In the background are, sistant to vice president-operation, and from left: Steward W. Deacon; Dining departments responsible for the service W. R. Jones, superintendent of the Car Inspector A. J. Corbett; W. Som to maintain a strict check on features sleeping and dining car department, ac mer, assistant to superintendent sleep ing and dining car department; Din cepted it on behalf of employes respon which safeguard and contribute to pub lic health. The citation placed the Mil ing Car Inspector John Galloway and sible for the 1963 performance. A num Chief Dining Car Inspector Edward ber of regional representatives of the waukee among 13 railroads which have Novak. health service and of the railroad at been honored with "A" awards for four tended the luncheon and ceremony. consecutive years. May-June, 1964 17 ers for the mere cost of handling and Retired Employe Wins Silver Medal in shipping (Milwaukee Roaders who are interested should write to or visit Mr. International Horticulture Competition lVIurawska at 8740 Ridge Street, River Grove). Arthur L. Murawska Gardening, as practiced by Art Mu (second from left) is rawska, is a painstaking pursuit of per presented with a fection. For instance, one of his long medal for his prize time ambitions is the creation of a per winning entry in the fect yellow peony, a project which re International Horti cultural Exhibition by quires 20 years to bring to completion. Dr. Karl Leuteritz, In the pink family, new varieties he deputy German con has to his credit include the Kate Smith. sul-general in Chica the Helen Hayes and the :i\'Irs. Franklin go (right). Other out D. Roosevelt. IVith time these days to standing Chicago foJlow his own traveling schedule, he land gardeners being plans to exhibit them this summer, along honored similarly are with his famous Moonstone, at the Na L. W. Hooker, coordi tional Peony Show in Grand Forks, N.D. nator for General Mills, Inc. (left), and Flower lovers will have an opportu H. A. Fischer, a dia nity to see his latest iris creation, City mond broker. (Chica of Hamburg, at the National Iris Show go Tribune photo) in Chicago in June. As a prize winner in the international show, this plant has attracted worldwide interest among UNDER the heading of "Suburban Gar Plaines River in suburban River Grove, g'ardeners, including attention in Iron Ill. The iris section contains about 150 deners Honored," Retired Locolllotive Curtain countries. Among professional Engineer Arthur L. Murawska of Ben varieties, which he grows both as a growers he had previously won recogni senville Yard broke into the news re hobby and for the commercial trade. cently as one of three Chicagoland hy Like gardeners everywhere, he likes to tion as the originator of Juneau, a bridizers who received "cream of show" find homes for his surplus plants, and large white iris which drew the record awards for entries in the International in addition to keeping his neighbors sale price of $1,000, and which is now Horticulture Exhibition held last sum and former co-workers well supplied, being established by the owner for mer in Hamburg, Germany. At a re he offers them to other amateur grow- presentation on the commercial market. ception in the German consulate in' Chicago which honored the competition winners, he was presented with a silver medal for the creation of a large and fragrant bicolor blue iris named City of R E T R E M E N T S Hamburg. Art Murawska's success as a show exhibitor, which has been reported in this magazine from time to time, is during March-April, 1964 based on a long-range specialization program that has extended over most of General Office & System Employes Delano, G. C. ------Painter.. Tacoma, Wash. Ferderer, T. R Helper. . " his 50 years of service with the railroad. Davis, E. S. . Clerk .. Chicago, JII. Guest, K. A Fireman .. In gardening circles he is known as the Fair, A. W. . Teletype Oper... " Houck, W. M. . Auditor .. Seattle, originator of about 10 types of iris Krywka, Patricia A Stock Clerk .. Leech, Blanche H Clerk. . . " Northrip, W. A. . Porter .. Millsap, F. M.. ,Sec. Laborer .. Moses Lake, " and 15 original peonies. Rank, C. N Adv. Agent .. Woodhead, H. P.....Switchman .. Seattle, The more notable of his iris creations Rathje, V. F. . Asst. Engineer .. Robinson, L. B.. Bus. Car Attendant. . Dubuque Illinois Division include Aladdin's IVish, a sweet-scented Sherman, G. W. '" Waiter .. & type that takes precedence in gardens Skutek, S. A. Davis, G. H. . Sec. Laborer .. Ottumwa, la. Trav. Jt. Facility Examiner .. Deyo, W. T Foreman .. Marquette, " for the blind; the Princess Marg'aret, Wash·ington, H. . Waiter. Hofmaster, K. E Sec. Laborer .. Charles City, " a large planting of which may be seen Miller, D. L Switchman .. Savanna, III. Harness, L. Engineer .. Ottumwa, Ja. in the garden of the Queen Mother of Chicago Terminals Powers, M. F Frt. Conductor .. Marquette, " England; and the unique salmon-colored Anderson, C. D Switchman .. Chicago, JlI. Webber, H B&B Carpenter .. Savanna, JlI. Mary MacArthur, named for the late Di Salva, F Frt. Handler .. Galewood, " Dobbins, N. . Mechanic .. Chicago, " Iowa Division daughter of actress Helen Hayes. Earl, Wo. R. . Foreman. . " " Among his prize winning peonies, out England, L. W Yard Conductor .. Drahos, F Delivery Clerk .. Cedar Rapids, la. Gualtieri, J. I. . Sheet Metal Worker .. Easton, J. D B&B Carpenter .. Perry, " I standing varieties include the pink Huggins, Mary L Coach Cleaner .. Johnson, C. M B&B Foreman .. Milford, " Liebchen, a rare single type, and the Le Bow, B. . Foreman .. McNabb, A. W, , SWitchman .. Cedar Rapids, " Powell, S. E. . Eng. Watchman· .. Perry, " hybrid Moonstone, which won the cov Patnaude, C. E Frt. Handler .. Ruff, A. L. Car Inspector .. Bensenville, " eted gold medal of the American Peony Schawel, M. H. Fireman .. Chicago, " Iowa, Minnesota &Dakota Division I Society in 1959. In the course of a Urban, F. W Mach. Helper .. Bensenville, " Ahrnkiel, T. A~ ... Sec. Laborer .. Sioux City, Ja. lifetime of flower breeding he has do Uribe, J. G. . Sec. Laborer .. Chicago, " Brade, J. E..••.Sec. Foreman .. Mason City, " Waldron, C. M. . Switchman. . " " Dagel, D. S. . Sec. Laborer.. " " nated many plants to public and private Judstra, B Sec. Laborer .. Platte, S. D. botanical gardens in both this country Aberdeen Division Kubat, F. G Sec. Laborer .. Austin, Minn. Lick, H. A Chief Clerk .. Fairbault, " and abroad. Buhman, F. T..... Engineer .. Minneapolis, Minn. Osborn, A. . Conductor .. Sioux City, la. Since Mr. Murawska retired last Sep Dunlap, L. A•....•..... Agent. . Lakeville, " Gasell, A. J Brakeman .. Aberdeen, S. D. tember, practically all of his activities La Crosse Division have centered on the cultivation of his Coast Division Carlson, C. R Sec. Laborer .. Red Wing, Minn. ~al, H. H Conductor .. Minneapolis, " beautiful three-acre garden on the Des Berkey, Laura M...... Clerk .. Spokane, Wash. I . .,.--~~" . 'It -., -. - . Dr. Virgil Wescott At the retirement din DR. VIRGJL WESCOTT, company oculist ner in honor of C. N. ophthalmologist for the Chicago area, Rank, advertising died Apr. 28 in Chicago Wesley Me agent, are from morial Hospital at the age of 72. He left: R. W. Myles, re is survived by a son, George V. \iVescott tired chief clerk ad of Muskegon, Mich. vertising department; Doctor Wescott was graduated from Mrs. Rank; G. H. the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Kronberg, director of Los Angeles, Calif., in 1919, and spent public relations and advertising; C. C. Dil part of his internship at the old Wash ley, passenger traffic ington Boulevard Hospital in Chicago. manager Terre Haute Division surely 4 weeks in advance of name Denny, G. A. '" Sec. Laborer .. Terre Haute, Ind. moving. Please send us your Gallatin, P. F. old address as well as the Road Conductor .. address Mahalek, J. R. new, or the address label Chief Clerk & Cashier .. from you r last issue. Shisler, H. J...... Laborer .. Thank you. city state zip code Twin City Terminals Cashill, Marion. Telephone Oper... St. Paul, Minn. Frost, G. J. . Svvitchman. If /1 May-June, 7964 19 Twin City Terminals J. N. Wandell Feted at Retirement Dinner MINNEAPOLIS LOCAL FREIGHT AND TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT Bonnie Stevens, Correspondent Agent's Office J. N. Wandell (cen Congratulations to Bruce Younglove ter), retiring as dis and wife on their new "pin-up", son trict store kee per of William Lee born Apr. 2. the Middle District, Florence McCauley, retired freight of poses at the dinner fice employe, recently spent some time in in his honor with the hospital, but is now at home at 2105 (from left) E. F. Volk Selby Avenue, St. Paul. man, assistant gen The local freight and regional data of eral storekeeper; R. fices were well represented at the recent K. Baker, general Milwaukee Road bowling tournament in storekeeper; H. H. Tomah, Wis. Fifteen attended and had Melzer, assistant lots of fun, but won no prizes. chief purchasing offi Robert Burns, former yard clerk and cer; and V. E. McCoy, auto messenger, died recently in the V. A. chief purchasing offi Hospital at Minneapolis after a long ill cer. ness. Kermit (Boots) Sutton, general fore man of the freight house, suffered a slight heart attack and at this writing is in St. Barnabas Hospital. THE retirement of N. Wandell, dis That mysterious piece of red yarn ev J. the Middle District. Later he served, in eryone is sporting these days is Harold trict storekeeper of the Middle District, tUl'll, as assistant district storekeeper, Mitchan's "campaign button". He is a which was effective Apr. 1, brought :Milwaukee Shops, chief clerk to general candidate for a place on the board of together 150 of his co-workers and storekeeper, traveling storekeeper, and directors of the Minneapolis Traffic Club, friends for a dinner party at Strucel's maintenance of way storekeeper at To Supper Club in Milwaukee. He was mah, Wis. He was district storekeeper, honored for 46 years of service--45 in Milwaukee Shops, prior to being ap the purchases and stores division. pointed district storekeeper of the Mid :M1'. Wandell started with the Road dle District on Aug. 8, 1962. in 1918 as a car helper in Milwaukee lYIr. Wandell was known also as one ABOUT and upon joining the stores department of our better employe musicians. In ad the following year transferred to Miles City, Mont., where he proceeded to work dition to railroading, he was affiliated PEOPLE in various capacities. In 1925 he re with musical organizations and orches turned to the force of the general store tras in Miles City and Milwaukee, and OF THE keeper in Milwaukee and in 1937 was was secretary of the musicians' union in advanced to division storekeeper of Milwaukee for several years. revealed any wedding plans as yet . . . Coast Division Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Bowler are the par and his slogan, "String Along With SEATTLE ents of Lesly Lynn, their first, who ar Mitch", is unique. If he is elected he will rived Mar. 7. Stewart is a keypunch Laura K. Schaub, Correspondent be the first Milwaukee representative in operator . . . Harold Emel, revising many years. ASSISTANT TAX COMMISSIONER'S clerk, member of Naval Air Reserve A. W. Wareham, regional data manager OFFICE: Robert H. Norman of the tax Squadron #892 stationed at Sand Point, at Minneapolis, was on the screening com department and wife Astrid welcomed spent two weeks in Hawaii on his annual mittee to interview applicants for an little Nancy Susan on Apr. 28. Also on training cruise . . . Joyce Goldie is also Evans Scholarship at the University of the welcoming committee in the Norman wearing a diamond and the wedding was Minnesota. This award is available to household are two sisters and a brother. planned for May. golf caddies who otherwise would not be Mrs. Norman is a former employe of TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONES: Mrs. able to continue their education. both the accounting and law offices. Lucille Eaton welcomed her second M. R. Picht, regional data manager, GENERAL AGENT'S OFFICE: Assistant grandchild, Marcie Diane Eaton, on Apr. .Arberdeen, Tony Sanders and Frank De General Agent George F. Flynn reports 3. The new little cherub joins a sister Wald visited the Minneapolis regional that his son, George W., will be graduated Elise Carol. I data office recently enroute home from "Summa Cum Laude" in June when he Chicago. J. J. Komurka, regional data receives his Bachelor of Science in Mu Terre Haute Division manager at Austin, E. Barker and Guy sicology from Columbia University. Williams also stopped here briefly. Young George, who lives with his wife Frances Pettus, Correspondent Asst. Superintendent's Office, Terre Haute Matt L. Medinger, retired district safe in New York City, is also a member of ty engineer, who is a charter member of Phi Beta Kappa and has been awarded John R. Mahalek, who retired Feb. 29, Aberdeen, S.D., Lodge #1046 of the a two-year Becker Fellowship at Colum was honored at a dinner party in the Elks (initiated in 1907), was recently bia with honors of the Woodrow Wilson Elk's Club, Terre Haute, Mar. 3. In 1925 elected to a life membership. Mr. Med Fellowship. His field is "Music Composi Mr. Mahalek began his career with the inger, now 82, is still actively engaged tion" and he will continue to work for Road as a clerk. He was appointed trav in the sale of automobiles for the Grand his Ph.D. degree. eling auditor in 1929 and in 1945 he re Avenue Ford Company, St. Paul, with REGIONAL DATA OFFICE: Joan La turned to the Terre Haute Division as which he has been associated since velle, machine keypunch operator, flashed cashier in the Terre Haute freight house. shortly after he retired in 1950. a diamond solitaire Mar. 21, but has not (Continued on page 22) 20 The Milwaukee Road Magazine Wins YFW Tour of Europe As the Wisconsin win ner of a membership contest conducted by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Clarence Sydow, clerk at Wausau, was awarded a free trip to the 20th anniversary ob servance of D-Day in 45 YEARS OF SERVICE on the port of Europe. He planned to Clarence Sydow (left) is presented with the free C. R. Brousord, mochinist ot the Bensen take his wife on the trip trip to D-Day observance in Europe by Victor ville diesel house (left), were recognized (May 26-June 12), Stolze, past Wisconsin state commander of the recently with the presentation of a Silver tra vel ing wi th other VFW (right), and Warren Tessmer, commander Pass, Assistant Foreman Erwin Pursel doing winners of state con of Burns Post No. 388. (Wausau Record-Herald) the honors. Machinist Brousard started tests. They expected to with the Road in 1919 at Atkins, 10., and worked at Milwaukee Shops, Perry and visit Brussels, Batog-ne, Luxembourg, Coblenz, Frankfort, Heidelberg, Cedor Rapids, 10., before going to Bensen Munich, Innsbruck, Lucerne, Berne and Dijon. ville, where he has been employed since Mr. Sydow is a Navy veteran of World War II with a rating of 1939. radioman second class who served aboard the destroyer Glennon before it was sunk in the Normandy landings, and aboard the aircraft carrier USS 01'oatan, which did anti-sub duty and provided sea coverage, in cluding the escort for two trips of President Roosevelt to Europe. To qualify for the VFW award, he signed up more than 100 members, including new members and reinstatements. He has been post adjutant at Wausau for five years, and last year was named national aide-de camp for his membership efforts. MEMBERSHIP IN THE GOLDEN SHOE~ CLUB goes to Frederick Schroeder, ma chinist at- the Bensenville roundhouse, be ing congratulated here by A. W. Shea, superintendent of safety, and H. C. Sut. phin, general foreman of the diesel house, SILVER PASS HOLDER. R. S. Taylor, sig who is presenting his membership button. nal maintainer at Tomah, Wis. (left), is Machinist Schroeder became eligible when presented with a 45-year service pass by the binder on a diesel eng i n e truck Signal Supervisor H. W. Wellenstein. At dropped an his left foot but inflicted only right is Charles Bean, station agent at a minor bruise, due to his habitual prac Tomah. tice of wearing safety shoes. CHAMPION BOWLERS OF 1963-64 in the Eugene, Ore., Traffic Club League were these members of the team sponsored by The Milwaukee Road. From left: Monty Janes, Inter A 45-YEAR VETERAN. E. T. Brookins, national Paper Co.; Lamar Smith, Rosbaro Lumber Ca.; Harvey Bowers, Oregan Supply assistant district adjuster in Chicago Ca.; Bill Dickinson, chief clerk in the Eugene traffic office (team captain); Bill Calvin, (right), is presented with a Si Iver Pass Sawyer Machine Works; and Art Brett, district freight and passenger agent. The cham by E. O. Schiewe, vice president and gen pionship in the 12-team league was wan in a roll-off with ci C&NW team. The Milwau erQI counsel. All of his service has been kee bowlers also led the field in 1961 -62. in the claim department. May-June, 1964 21 L...._....:.._~~-----~""-'='-=~-- - _. home in Miami, Fla., Mar. 23. Interment Hiawatha Bowling Tournament Features High Scores was in Bloomington, Ind. Mr. Akin re tired in 1959 after 18 years service with WITH 45 teams won the doubles crown with a score of the Road. His widow survives. vying for top 1,362, in competition with D. Gudgel and Mrs. S. E. McR!eynolds, wife of retired conductor, died Feb. 27 at Receda, Calif. C. Harring of Terre Haute who set thp, spots, the 21st an Interment was in Forest Lawn, Holly nual H iawa tha pace with 1,328. The score of 2,067 wood Hills, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. McRey Bowling Tourna turned in by H. lVI. Gurrath was high for nolds were former residents of St. Ber ment in Tomah, All Events, and a 279 bowled by T. Rett nice, Ind., who moved to Sou the I' n ,Vis., the week end ner of St. Paul was high single game. California when Mr. McReynolds retired of Apr. 4-5 pro Hotshot players from the superintend in 1956. Her husband, two sons, two d uced some fine ent's office at Aberdeen, S. D., won the daughters, six grandchildren and 14 great demonstrations of team event with a score of 3,016, edging grandchildren survive. Ralph L. Barnhart died Apr. 26 at past a St. Paul team which scored 3,012 skill and a num- lee Hopkins Terre Haute. He was a retired locomo bel' of outstanding and one from J anesville with a gross tive engineer who had worked 41 years scores. Four totals of better than 700 total of 3,006. Individual trophies were for the Milwaukee. Interment was in pins including handicap were netted in awarded to each man on the first place Terre Haute. Mr. Barnhart was a vet the singles, the title going to Agent Lee team and to the high man in each event. eran of World War I and a member of Hopkins of Ipswich, S. D. A 170 aver On the social side, the guest players the Retired Railroad Men's Association. age player with a 60-pin handicap for and their wives were entertained at a Two nieces and two nephews survive. the three-game series, his 764 swept the dinner dance held at the Carlton Supper board. P. Towner of Minneapolis, with Club. About 450 members of the railroad H. lVI. Gurrath and J. Komberec of :iYIil family attended. Francis Zingler, ma La Crosse Division waukee, ran up totals of 742, 722 and chinist welder at Tomah Shops, served LA CROSSE AND WEST as chairman of the tournament, assisted 712 respectively. Corinne Bauer, Correspondent Approximately 300 employes partici by Machinist Harlow Fuchs, and a Jarg'e Superintendent's Office, La Crosse pated in the tournament hosted this year corps of committee workers. (Photos by Ross Nixon, by our Tomah bowlers. The team of Ray Donald Rehm) chief clerk-round Brown and Bill Kirley of Milwaukee house, car depart Carl Honel, Stores Division clerk, and ment at La Crosse, L Machinist Harlow Fuchs (left) and Ma Clyde Meyers, secretary of the City Asso was a very proud I chinist Welder Francis Zingler, tourna. ciation of the bowling league, check the son recently when I ment chairman, register the bowlers. score sheets. his mother, Mrs. Josephine Nix 0 n of 0 n t a I' i 0, was chosen 1964 Wis consin Mother of the Year. She has Mrs. Nixon two 0 the I' chil dren, Mrs. John McGlynn of St. Cloud, Minn., a graduate of the St. Francis School of Nursing, La Crosse, and Robert J., foreman for the Pre-Cour Construc tion Company in Oshkosh, eight grand children and four great grandchildren. Mrs. Nixon, who was nominated by the Ontario Homemakers Club, was chosen on the basis of her work in civic affairs. Activities with which she has been identified for many years in clude among others, the PTA, 4-H lead ership, Red Cross, USO, Heart Fund, Blood Bank, Cancer and Savings Bond drives, and youth education. She is also (Continued from page 20) Church. Interment was in Roselawn Me president of the Ontario Library Board, He later became chief clerk from which morial Park, Terre Haute. Her husband the town's chief historian and active in position he retired. On Apr. 6, John was and a daughter, Mrs. Karen Coffman of church work. In 1943 she was honored named "Man-of-the-Year" of the Notre Columbus, Ind., survive. by the University of Wisconsin for her Dame Club of Terre Haute. He has been Sherry, daughter of R. L. Warren, trick efforts to improve rural living conditions. active in organizing religious retreats in dispatcher at Terre Haute, was graduated Rudolph H. Rampson, 73, a conductor Indianapolis for men of this area, and in in April from the McConnell Airline on the LaCrosse Division at the time of former years was active in the work of School at Minneapolis, Minn. She has his retirement in 1960, died recently. He . ... the Boy Scouts. Most recently he has started work as reservationist of Lake had lived many years in Wauwatosa and served the Community Blood Bank pro Central Airlines at Indianapolis, but her interment was in Milwaukee. He is gram and is a "Big Drop"-one gallon eventual goal is to become an airline survived 'by three daughters and a son. donor-several times over. When Te hostess. Another of our retired conductors, Deum International had an active local Fireman Charles Criss died Mar. 21 Charles F. Boerger, 71, died Mar. 21. chapter Mr. Mahalek was one of the after a long illness. He is survived by He had retired in 1953 after 37 years leaders in that program. his widow, a daughter, Mrs. D. T. O'Dell service. Two sisters and a brother sur Mrs. Lyle F. Shanahan, wife of train of Hazelcrest, Ill., a son, Gerry of Terre vive. master-traveling engineer of the Terre Haute, and four grandchildren. Inter Retired Engineer John G. Wind, 80, Haute Division, died Mar. 23 after a short ment was in Shelburn, Ind. Mr. Criss died in a LaCrosse hospital Mar. 3. illness. She was a member of the Mil was a veteran of World War I and a He was a 50-year member of the B. of waukee Women's Club and president of member of the BLF&E. He had been 20 R.E. and for 20 years prior to retirement the Women's Society for Christian Serv years with the Milwaukee. in 1963 had been eng;neer 0'1 the Hia ice of the Maple Avenue Methodist Former Operator F. C. Akin died at his (Continued on page 24) 22 The Milwaukee Road Magazine composed for the occasion by Retired Traveling Engineer At the Old-timers' Annual Stag Earl Tallmadge, the old-timers' poet laureate. Among those who attended were many pioneers of the Leg'endary feats of Milwaukee Road old-timers in the Pacific coastward line who are now in their eighties. The distinction I Northwest were relived on Mal'. 26 when 101 retired em of being the oldest, at 92 years, went to Christian Schmidt, .I ployes met at the Top of the Ocean in Tacoma for their retired Tacoma Shops machinist. fourth annual stag party. The turnout bore testimony to the The party was engineered by Barry Glen, retired district popularity of 'this yearly get-together on the Coast Division, master mechanic, as chairman, and Ray Grummel, retired . The program featured a full course luncheon, posing for Tacoma agent, who was master of ceremonies, assisted by a group photograph, and an afternoon talk fest at which Earl Tallmadge, A. E. Moxness, Camp Robinson and Fay everyone was brought up to date on railroal1 people, and Borchardt. At a business session, Harry R. Morgan, retired raconteurs onttlid each other in recounting tales of the past, electrical engineer, was elected publicity chairman for the A highlight of the entertainment was the reading of a poem group's activities. Safety Gogg les Pay a Dividend Safe warking habits paid a dividend EASEMENT FOR THE CAR SHORTAGE. recently for. Carlos De Leon, section This is the first 100-ton capacity cov man in the Chicago Terminals, pic ered hopper cor of a fleet of 144 built tured here accepting a membership by Pullman-Standard on which the certificate in the Wise Owl Club Rood took delivery in April. Discussing along with the congratulations of the details of the sectional hatch cover A. W. Shea, superintendent of safe on the assembly line at the PS plant in ty (left), and Rocdmaster R, E, Butler, Pa., are (from left) Milwaukee Palmer, In this instance, he was Road Inspectors E, A, Paccagnella and D. E, Dysland, Dick Greene, manager picking frozen ballast from the base of engineering for Pullman-Standard, of a rail when a piece of rock flew and V. L. Green, the Road's assistant up and struck his safety goggles. mechanical engineer. These cars, which As it happened, the left lens broke have a special protective lining, are under the impact, but he escaped used primarily for the quick and eco scot-free-without on eye injury. nomical transportation of food mate rials. May-June, 7964 23 ...... ------""'----...-==~--~_ ...--..--::..--"----...;....,.--.,.-----'-----=---...... ~~~-----;4I Club in Wausau, plans were made for here's hOlM lNe're etol~g the spring luncheon which is to be held at Palm's Supper Club, Rothschild. Cards will be played after the buffet First Quarter lunch. Ending March 31 In the 1964 forensics program at Wau sau Neuman High School, Sally, daugh 1964 I 1963 ! ter of Conductor Robison, was one of two students who rated high in interpre RECEIVED FROM CUSTOMERS . I tive reading. for hauling .freight, passengers, mail, etc $54,892,5331 $52,388,853 PAID OUT IN WAGES 25,505,746 26,150,487 SOUTH END PER DOLLAR RECEiVED (c.ents) 46.5 49.9 J. W. Loflen, Correspondent Payroll taxes on acount of Railroad Retirement Act and Railroad Yard Office, Janesville, Wis. Unemployment Insurance Act...... 2,390,556 2,299,744 Yardmaster Ben Koch of Janesville re PER DOLLAR RECEIVED (cents) 4.4 4.4 cently shot a perfect 100 score at the off ALL OTHER PAYMENTS hand position in the Southern Wisconsin for operating expenses, taxes, rents and interest 26,225,469 26,659,849 Rifle League competition at Monroe, ,Wis. This was a "first" in the League's history PER DOLLAR RECEIVED (cents) ...... • 47.8 50.9 and Ben was surprised with a nice tro NET INCOME $770,762 phy at their annual banquet in April. Section Foreman Matthew Tortorici NET LOSS . $2,721,227 and wife celebrated their 25th wedding I anniversary Apr. 11 and 300 or more of REVENUE CARS LOADED AND RECEIVED FROM their friends and relatives joined them CONNECTIONS: I at the Labor Temple to extend good Number of cars ...... •...... 258,822 ! 257,191 wishes. The next day they left on a sec Increase 1964 over 1963 .. +1,631 ond honeymoon trip to the West Coast, stopping first at Fort Leonard Wood to visit their son James who is in the Army. Jim was second trick yard clerk in (Continued from page 22) three sons survive. Interment was in Janesville before entering military serv watha between LaCrosse and Milwaukee. the Onalaska Cemetery. ice. His widow Verana survives. Willard Meiller, formerly first trick Louis G. Schuman, a switchman with telegraph operator at Madison, trans a 37-year service record at the time of ferred recently to LaCrosse where he his retiremment, died Mar. 8 at the age is working as supervisor of crews and of 78. Burial was in LaCrosse. He is on various assignments in the chief dis survived by one sister, Mrs. Mamie patcher's office. Sturdevant of Galesville, Wis. Godfrey Mosher, 76, who retired as Retired Carman Clifton M. Staff, 81, a car cleaner after many years in the died suddenly Mar. 3. His widow and a car department at LaCrosse, died Apr. daughter Dorothy, Mrs: Reynold Raatz 28. He is survived by .two daughters, of LaCrosse, survive. Burial was at Mrs. Joseph Marco and Mrs. Vernal Dahl West Salem, Wis. of Onalaska, Wis. Interment was in Oak Mrs. Fred Van Tuyl, 80, widow of a Grove Cemetery, LaCrosse. motor car maintainer at LaCrosse died Two junior members of Milwaukee in a Des Moines hospital Mar. 18. Inter Road families who represented the Regis ment was at La Crosse. (Wis.) High School in the recent Regis Ernest Wittenberg, better known as Mondovi track meet, made the 8BO-yard Jimmie, died at LaCrosse Mar. 21. He race a railroad affair. The winner of the CELEBRATE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY. Mr. is survived by his widow, Blanche, a event was Dick Knutson, son of Agent ond Mrs. Alfred Sullivan of La Crosse, daughter and two sons. One son, Robert, R. L. Knutson of Eau Claire, and Pat Wis., observed their 50th wedding anni is a train dispatcher at LaCrosse. Gerkey, son of the former agent, the versary an Apr. 4 with a Mass held in Sympathy was extended to Agent Fred late Joe Gerkey, finished third. Dick is their home by special dispensation, and Sandman and wife at Bangor-West Salem a third year letter winner in track and an open house later in the day. They recently when their son Waldeman F. of also in wrestling, in which he won the were married on Feb. 14, 1914 at Wex Bangor and his wife were instantly killed l36-pound championship of the WCIAA ford, la" and since 1922 have lived in in a head on collision at an intersection this year. La Crasse, where Mr. Sullivan was a on Highway 16 at West Salem. roundhouse employe until 15 years ogo Milwaukee Road Employes Credit Un WISCONSIN VALLEY when he retired due to failing sight. The ion of LaCrosse had a dinner for mem couple have three children, 13 grand bers at the Commodore Night Club in M.· G. Conklin, Correspondent children and seven great grandchildren. Assistant Trainmaster's Office, Wausau La Crescent, Minn., Mar. 7. About 90 (La Crosse Tribune photo) members attended this 30th annual meet Barbara Milne became the wife of ing. Arnold Fenske in a lovely ceremony EAST END Mrs. Nick L. Weber, widow of former Apr. 12 in St. Paul's Evangelical Church,' yardmaster at LaCrosse, died Mar. 31. Wausau. A dinner followed in the church Natalie R. Brunt, Correspondent Mayme, as she was well known to many hall and a reception was held at the Assistant Superintendent's Office, Portage railroad men, is fondly remembered by White Eagle Club in the evening. The Conductor W. P. Clark celebrated his those to whom she rented rooms for bride, daughter of Conductor James 65th birthday Mar. 26 working on No. many years. She was a past president Milne, was graduated from Humbolcit In 23 as usual, Milwaukee to Watertown. of the Milwaukee Women's Club in La stitute, Minneapolis, and her husband His commuter friends presented him Crosse. Burial was in the local Catholic from Wausau Technical Institute. The with a birthday cake which Bill took cemetery. newlyweds will live in Marshfield where home to his family. Steve Lambert, 83, who retired in 1956 the groom is employed by Marshfield Retired Conductor Charles Berger died as a crossing watchman in LaCrosse, Homes, Inc. suddenly Mar. 24 at Milwaukee, his home died Apr. 17. His widow, Dora, and At the April meeting of the Women's town. 24 The Milwaukee Road Magazine of the immediate family, and held open the district contest, for which she will house from 3: 00 to 8: 00 P.M. for friends. receive $10, and her essay has been en The next week saw two birthday cele tered in state competition. Additional brations, Mrs. McGrath's Apr. 22 and Mr. honors went to Cheryl when she was se McGrath's Apr. 24. A High Mass on Apr. lected by the Quota Club of Milwaukee 25 climaxed the celebration, followed by as the Quota Award Student at her a luncheon at a sister's home. The couple school. The faculty made this selection were showered with cards, flowers, gifts based on leadership in civic activities and good wishes. and service to the community at high Sympathy was extended to Emma school level. She was honored at the Steiner, OS&D clerk, on the death of 17th Annual Quota Award Dinner May her brother Theodore, founder of a Mil 12 at Hotel Pfister along with a home waukee Jewish congregation and a re maker and a professional woman. Mrs. tired postal clerk, at Coral Gables, Fla. Lois Scott of the regional office is Theodore was born in Vienna and came Cheryl's mother. to Milwaukee in 1905. In 1923 he opened Mary Boyland of the regional office a Kosher restaurant on North 3rd Street, drove to London, Ky., near Lexington, HALF CENTURY MARK. E. L. Rowlee but later joined the staff at the post to spend her vacation with friends. (left) receives a Gold Pass for 50 years office. He was a founder of the Hungarian Though within reach of the Kentucky of service from N. R. Meyer, trainmaster congregation B'nai Israil, which merged Derby this event was not included in on the IM&D Division. Mr. Rowlee is our with two others to form Congregation her plans. agent at Spring Valley, Minn. Beth Hamedrosh Hagodel B'nai Shalom. Willard Kinast of the agency plans to Two daughters, twO sons, three sisters spend part of his vacation at the World's and four brothers survive. Fair, but being an avid theatergoer he Cheryl Habersat, a senior at Milwau hopes to get to New York in time to kee Lutheran High School, was awarded see a few shows before the season closes. Loren Hagan of Wauwatosa died Mar. a $25 savings bond as first prize by the Rosemary Fernbach is the new key 26. He retired about 10 years ago as a women's auxiliary of the VFW for her punch operator in the regional office. section foreman with a 30-year service essay entitled "The Foreign Student in George C. Ronbeck, recently a division record. America, an Opportunity for Friendship." agent and telegrapher at Northbrook, Ill., Conductor Jerry G. Shoemaker, 55, Cheryl was also one of the winners in has been assigned to supervise L.C.L. who had been ill about a year, died at his home in Portage Mar. 30. He is survived by his widow and daughters Virginia and Rebecca. Interment was in Winona, Minn. ==-c_~!:~~_~~~~~_~_ Retired Conductor John A. Grotzke, -- 65, died in the V. A. Hospital at Madison Apr. 2 after a long illness. Mr. Grotzke JANUARY-MAY 1964 compared with same period in 1963 was a member of the V.F.W. Past at % of Total NUMBER OF CARLOADS Portage which conducted graveside mili Revenue loading of these commodities tary services. His widow, a daughter obtained FIVE MONTHS INCREASE and a grandchild survive. from INCREASED Gust Oeftger, 78, retired section fore commodities 1964 % of in 1964 over 1963 1964 1963 over ]963 man with a 49 year service record, died shown increase in Divine Savior Hospital at Portage Forest Prod. (Excl. Logs & Apr. 2. A son, Edward, is employed 12.9% Pulpwood) ~ ...... 34,476 31,379 + 3,097 + 9.9% on the section at Portage. Other sur 5.6 Automobiles and Parts ..... 22,464 20,883 + 1,581 + 7.6 vivors are his widow, a daughter, four 5.5 Iron and Steel ...•••...... 21,355 20,548 + 807 + 3.9 grandchildren and five great grandchil 5.2 Coal and Coke ...... 37,709 37,618 + 91 + .2 dren. Meat and Packing House 2.9 Products ...... 13,438 13,214 224 1.7 At a very pretty double ring ceremony Agricultural Impl. Machinery + + in St. Mary's Church, Portage, on Apr. 2.5 .& Parts ...... 9,270 9,028 + 242 2.7 11, Judith, daughter of Engineer and All Other Products of + Mrs. Dwight L. Hoppe, became the bride 1.5 Agricu Iture ...... 10,246 9,420 + 826 + 8.8 of Francis J. Endres. A wedding recep 1.5 Liquors, Malt ...... 7,993 7,462 + 531 + 7.1 tion and dinner were held at the Ram Cement, Lime, Plaster and Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Endres will live .9 Stucco ...... 5,594 4,833 + 761 + 15.7 in Madison. .4 Live Stock ...... 2,635 2,573 + 62 + 2.4 All Other Mfgs. & Retired Engineer William Coughlin, 93, 30.5 Miscellaneous ...... 126,097' 120,149 + 5,948 5.0 died Apr. 27 in Divine Savior Hospital + where he had been living. He is survived 69.4% ., 291,277 277,107 +14,170 + 5.1% by several nieces and nephews. loading of these commodities FIVE MONTHS DECREASE DECREASED 1964 1963 1964 % of Milwaukee Terminals in 1964 over 1963 under ]963 decrease 14.5% Grain and Soya Beans ...... 31,488 42,969 - 11,481 - 26.7% FOWLER STREET STATION 2.4 Grain Products ...... 21,310 21,328 - 18 - .1 2.2 Oil and Gasoline ...... 12,720 13,970 - 1,250 - 8.9 Pearl Freund, Correspondent 2.1 All Other Products of Mines. 5,829 7,418 - 1,589 - 21.4 2.0 Gravel, Sand and· Stone .... 16,343 17,340 - 997 - 5.7 April was a very eventful month for All Other Animals and the Ray McGraths, now retired. Their 1.9 Products ...... 5,102 5,612 - 510 - 9.1 50th wedding anniversary was celebrated 1.6 Logs and Pulpwood ...... 17,772 17,811 - 39 - .2 Apr. 16. They started the day by at 1.6 Forwarder Traffic ...... 12,310 12,711 - 401 - 3.2 tending Mass, were then feted by friends 1.3 Fruits and Vegetables (Fresh) 7,417 7,495 - 78 - 1.0 at a luncheon, and, accompanied by two 1.0 Merchandise ...... 11,622 12,391 - 769 - 6.2 sisters, had dinner at the Continental, Capitol Drive. On Apr. 19 their two 30.6% 141,913 159,045 - 17,132 -10.8% sons gave a noon dinner for 21 members 100.0% 433,190 436,152 - 2,962 - .7% May-June, 1964 25 billing in the agency. He and his wife are WHEN YOU DRIVE both natives of Milwaukee and happy IN THE WEST, to be "home" again. They have a four year old son, Craig. STOP IN AT THE Mrs. Barbara Dominguez, a comptom SIGN OF THE 76 eter operator in the regional office, an nounced the recent arrival of daughter FOR THE FINEST Racquel. She is their second daughter. VALUES IN Two proud grandads are Ted Wojtas iak, cashier in the regional office, and PRODUCTS Casimir Maciolek, carload bill clerk in the agency. Mark Wilson was born to AND SERVICES Ted's daughter, and Casimir's daughter New Royal 76 gasoline-the Norleen (Mrs. Rudy Reynosa) presented West's most powerful premium him with Donald John on Apr. 11. Thomas J. Ogden will begin a two that gives your engine a chemical weeks training period aboard the USS tune-up while you drive. Ely operating out of Sheboygan May 31. New Super.Royal Triton-the Tom is a radioman 2/C in the U. S. Naval Reserve. When not in training, amazing purple motor oil that Tom does carload billing and attends the ACCORDING TO CUSTOM, 0 Certificote exceeds all car manufacturers' University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, eve of Recognition testifying to long ond loyol recommendations for motor oil. ning classes studying personnel manage service which is signed by President Wil ment. He is the son of Herman Ogden, Iiom J. Quinn ond presented to employes chief clerk to Acting Superintendent Fred following their retirement is bestowed here A. Barton, Milwaukee Division. on Alice Ferguson by More Green, director Carolyn Dombrowski spent part of her of publicity. Miss Ferguson's recent re vacation on a farm in Watertown and tirement os secretory to Mr. Green termi decided it was both fun and interesting. noted 20 yeors of service with the com She even enjoyed helping with the work. pony, during which she hod been employed Agent R E. Chalifoux welcomed in the possenger troffic os well os the Arm grandchild number six, Jo Crudele, public relotions deportment in Chicogo. Feb. 21. The baby's mother, Adrienne, UNION OIL COMPANY was formerly secretary to the general agent of the Alton and Southern Rail OF CALIFORNIA road in Chicago, and -before that she worked for the Milwaukee at Galewood. Chorus, the Milwaukee Symphony Or JoAnn has two older sisters and a .,.)_O_O_~o_~O_O_O_Q_~O_O_ ~ chestra, two brass bands, a mandolin . i brother, Jeanne, Jacqueline and James. ensemble, a boys' choir, and a ballet The other grandchildren are Linda and group. While preparations were going Gregory Cynowa, children of the former on for this event, the Shannons' son, I VIERLING STEEL WORKS I Diane Chalifoux who was also a Mil Harold F. of Minneapolis, was elected to i Chicago, III. I waukee employe. the executive board of the American Minnes~ta, i 0 Society of Metals of a branch o + I MUSKEGO YARD (7 UNION STATION of the National Association of Metallur gists. Harold and his wife' Shirley are I i Grace M. Johnson, Correspondent Office of General Superintendent also busy preparing their twins, Colleen BURKHARDT STEEL CO. and Michael, for the roles they are to Denver, Colo. Things have been pretty hectic in the playas flower girl and ring bearer when family of Henry F. Shannon, district gen Colonel and Mrs. A. H. Halaska's daugh I eral car foreman, of late. His wife was ter is married at Fort Lauderdale, Fla. one of the singers in "Belshazzar's Colonel Halaska is a broth~r of Mrs. FABRICATORS 'I Feast" and "Otello," operas presented at Henry Shannon. Structural Steel Buildings the Milwaukee Auditorium on Apr. 25. R H. "Riudy" Rampson of Wauwatosa, f and Bridges In the cast were several well known a conductor on the "Cannonball" com I soloists including Robert Merrill of the muter train for many years, passed away .~(."O_D_O_O_O_O_O~_(l_O~_O_I••~ Metropolitan Opera, the Bel Canto Mar. 25 at the age of 73. Services were held at St. Jude the Apostle Church and interment was in Holy Cross Cemetery. He is survived by two daughters, Sister M. Marcellette RS.M. of Chicago and Mrs. L. E. Peck of Norfolk, Va.; a son, MILWAUKEE MOST Paul J. of Lisle, Ill.; and eightgrandchil NEW MODERN dren. Miss Irene Werth, matron at the Mil COMMUTER BRAKE waukee Depot on the midnight to 8 A.M. shift, was killed by a hit-and-run mo CARS EQUIPMENT torist as she was cycling to work from 26 Valve Cobra Shoe GB Unit her home on West Pierce Street the evening of Mar. 20. She had, been em From the air supply to the friction on the wheels-WESTINGHOUSE ployed at the depot almost 20 years, dur ing which time she had ridden a bicycle AIR BRAKE COMPANY enhances its position as the leader to and from work even in the stormiest weather. Death resulted from head and in the Best In Braking! We are proud that our equipment was specified internal injuries suffered in the fatal on the new Double Deck cars for this important function accident. She is survived by two broth ers, Alfred of Milwaukee and Albert of SAFE BRAKING! Ossineke, Mich., and a sister, Mrs. Ar thur Ziese, Schiller Park, Ill. 26 The Milwaukee Road Magazine cago Technical College where he majored in structural engineering. Word has come to us that J. G. Camp , I. NLY bell, who retired this spring as assistant division engineer ofthe Milwaukee Divi sion, has taken the job of chief engineer of railroad construction for the contract ;: ROM ing firm of Walter H. Knapp of Wiscon sin, Inc., and is in charge of a railroad relocation bridge project on the Upper . EVANS ... Michigan peninsula. The project involves the relocation of portions of the C&NW, the Soo Line and the LS&I railroads in connection with the development of iron ore mining operations in the Ishpeming Negaunee area. We were sorry to learn of the death of W. M. Ludolph, retired assistant engi neer, which occurred at St. Anne's Hos RETIRING FROM THE ENGINEERING pital in Chicago May 12. He was a native DEPARTMENT, Assistant Engineer V. F. of Minneapolis who started work with Rathje (left) is congratulated by W. E. the railroad on June 5, 1916 and retired Fuhr, assistant chief engineer-signals and on Sept. 30, 1958. Surviving are his wife, communications, at a dinner in his honor Ethel; a son, Marvin; two daughters, June held by his friends on the system in the Ohlson and Wilda Lange; and five grand Cross Country Room in the Chicago Union children. Funeral and burial services Station Apr. 4. He had 44 years of service. were held in Chicago. Following the retirement dinner, he and I' Mrs. Rathje headed for their new home OFFICES OF AUDITOR OF FREIGHT in Largo, Fla. ACCOUNTS AND FREIGHT SETTLEMENTS Grace Minor, Correspondent Carol and Bill Falkowski of the esti Chicago General ·Offices mated earnings bureau announced the ... the famous ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT birth of their first child, a daughter named Cheryl Lynn, on Mar. 3 ... A J. S. Kopec, Correspondent da.ughter was borri to John Maggiore and While C. E. Mor wife on Mar. 31. She has been named "MdClM gan, superintend Julie Ann and, says her proud daddy, "If ent of work equip she had held her breath she would have ment and welding, weighed six pounds." John recently took was out in Mon a position as demurrage rev;sor in the T~~: tana recently ob station accounting bureau. s e l' v i n g our rail It was a "Happy Easter" for Pat Neitzel grinding opera of the local and interline balance bureau preventsClamage tions in that area when John Lundgren placed a beautiful he became infect diamond ring on the appropriate finger. in trapfsit ed with the spirit A June 13 wedding was planned. C. E. Morgan of the state's cen During April several educational tours Only Ev -the leader in damage tennial celebra were s c h e d u led for the purpose of free ship~ing equipment-makes the tion. This portrait shows the result of acquainting our regional data office per DF® L~~der, the DF-B one-piece six weeks of cooperation with the sonnel with some of the procedures in bulkhea'oing system, and a variety "Brothers of the Brush" movement. processing regional freight accounts. We of othe ,devices for protecting goods On Apr. 6 we welcomed Gustavo A enjoyed having with us on Apr. 17 from shiPR~(1' by rail. And only Evans pro Alrnendrales to the bridge and building Milwaukee: K. J. Wenc1, Alice Sobczak, vides railroads and shippers with department as a designer-detailer. Mr. Marg Hagberg and E. W. Heckler; from Alrnendrales was born in Barranquilla, Minneapolis: A. W. Wareham, H. J. Ber nationwide service centers-free, on Colombia, S.A., and is a graduate of Chi ringer, lVI. F. Thori; from Chicago: J. F. th ~ spot consultation by specialists in Evans, a producer of material handling de vices since 1915, also manufactures racks. hooks, pallets, hoppers, tubs, and other special .UNION SPRING & MANUFACTURING CO. material handling devices to order. Springs - Journal Box Lids Hallmark o( Quality Products Wear Plates - Pedestal Liners Spring Plates EVANS PRODUCTS COMPANY General Office and Works PtVMOUTH, MICHIGAN TRANSPORTATION New Kensington, Penna. EQUIPMENT DIVISION "E.P·' ilia trademark of Evans Products Company. May-June, }964 27 Millard, S. N. Beaubien and R. D. Schle OFFICE OF AUDITOR OF PASSENGER gel. An Apr. 24 came from Madison: ACCOUNTS D. A. Dunning, E. W. Lueck, G. F. Kad Mildred Newell, Correspondent ing; from Cedar Rapids: J. D. Feiereisen, KERITE J. L. Kelly, W. Chadima; from Sioux The marriage 0.: City: M. G. Kutz, Esther Noonan and Joan Tiedje, . L. O. Lonseth. Our visitors Apr. 27 were daughter of R C. from Austin: J. J. Komurka, E. E. Bar Tiedje, auditor " ker, G. B. Williams, and from Aberdeen: pas sen g e r ac CABLE counts, to ClliToru M. R Picht, F. W. Dewalt and A. J. For dependability in actual Sanders. M. Saupe. son oi use, no other cable matches Jack Brown was welcomed as a new Mr. and Mrs. May Kerite. We believe you will employe in the estimated earnings bu nard S a u p e 0: be impressed by the evi reau. Carrollton, IlL, dence. Write. Dave Torrenga of the local and inter took place June 13 line balance bureau left service Apr. 30 Joan Tiedje at a candleligh< THE KERITE COMPANY to enter college. s e r vic e in the Genoral Offlce-30 Church Street, New York 7, N. Y. Sympathy was extended to M. Croas Elston Avenue Methodist Church. A re SALES OFFICES: Albuquerque, Ardmore, dale, bureau head, station accounting bu ception was held immediately after the Pa., Birmingham, Boston, Chicago, Cleve reau, whose brother died Mar. 13 ... service in the church parlors. Joan and land, Denver, Glendale, Cal.. Houston, Clifford will live in Elgin, Ill. P~rtland, ~ to the family of J. T. White, overcharge Lake Wales, Fla" '"'\l''',.••• John Maloney, a lieutenant in the rail Ore., St. LOUIS, Salt 'dPO claim accountant, who died Mar. 21 ... Lake City, San to Carlos Bertolino of the interline bu road police department at .ottumwa, la., I' r Francisco, Seattle. • 1 and a former employe of this office, sU£ <) IS' CIDDJ reau on the death of his father Apr. 23 . . . and to Robert Struwe, claim in fered a slight heart attack recently. He ;,'s the KERITE insulation vestigator, whose mother passed away is improving and hopes to resume work that makes the difference April 23. shortly. In his spare time John deals in antiques and restores old furniture. AUDITOR OF CAPITAL EXPENDITURES Sophia Walker of the central comput OFFICE ing bureau has returned from a Florida vacation. While there she made her Geraldine C. Doherty, Correspondent headquarters at Boca Raton and was iI: SERVING THE AMERICAN Ronald Fraser, son of Assistant Engi touch with Stella Murphy who had un neer Jack Fraser and his wife Lilian, fortunately suffered a 'broken wrist while RAI LROADS WITH who is a stock clerk in the office of in the Boca Raton home of the RB.W.A. auditor of passenger accounts, is com Among former e m p loy e s visited by QUALITY GLASS AND pleting his military service at the Aber Sophia were Florence Wiggen, Lucille deen Proving Grounds, Maryland. Ron Shuxteau, Anne and Art Dryer. BUILDING PRODUCTS ald has a B.A. degree in mathematics There were 40 girls in attendance a FOR OVER 30 YEARS from Blackburn College and on the the fifth annual reunion dinner of the strength of this was assigned to ballistic central computing bureau, held at the research as a mathematical statistician. Normennenes Singing Society headquar CADILLAC We were all happy to see Ed Nank, 2100 S. Peoria St. ters. GLASS assistant auditor joint facility accounts, Dorothy Griffith, our "lady in waiting", Chicago, Illinois and Joe Johann, engineer accountant, CO. was recently showered with many baby back on the job after hospitalization. gifts. Phone: MOnroe 6-9800 for Best wishes for a speedy recovery go Sympathy was ext end e ,f! to Jack to Paul Isberner, joint facility examiner, Brandenburger on the death of his foster Prices and additional details who has been on sick leave for some time now. STRETCH THE WORK-LIFE OF YOUR ROLLING STOCK WITH ••• GRIFFIN ANCHOR@ Composition Tread Brake Shoes q.' Cast Steel Wheels •••• for better balance ••. ...for lower replacement cost ... longer wear •• , lower braking force required ••• tougher flange stable friction at all speeds. , • I and tread ••• lower maintenance costs only two tape sizes, per train operation mile. 50 YEARS OF SERVICE on the part of E. Kusch, bureau head of the Chicago-Fuller ton Avenue central moiling bureou (left is marked with the presentation of a Go L!7:l7rrnI27E9S ® Pass and congratulations from H. C. John qa~r~.t.r ELECTRIC QUALITY STEfl son, assistant comptroller. H is service, in the Chicago accounting center, has co GRIFFIN WHEEL COMPANY ered various positions in the freight clai 445 North Sacramento Boulevard, Chicago, illinois, 60612 auditor of station accounts and auditor Chicago • Colton· Muncie • Bensenville .' Bessemer • Tacoma passenger accounts departments. A cra , bowler, he won a cash prize in the fi ALEXANDRIA VIRGINIA SALES OFFICE a ... a. OM. Amsted annual ABC National Seniors Tournam 200 River Towers Drive IN D U S or. IE" held Apr. 11 in Skokie, III. 28 The Milwaukee Road Magazi AUDITOR OF EXPENDITURE'S OFFICE Ruth D. Brauneis, Correspondent Congratulations to J. Cortese, Marian Anzalone and Ray Bruns who recently accepted positions at the Union Station. Cupid was very busy in April . . . Sue Rothas of the keypunch section be came the bride of Lawrence J. Risso Apr. 11 at St. Mary of the Lake Church, Bailey's Harbor, Wis.... Jerry Mapes of the AFE bureau took Irma Ober dorfer as his bride on the same date. Charles J. Payne, "Cap" as he is known to many of his friends, is back on the job after a long illness. FREIGHT CLAIM DEPARTMENT Robert A. Schlueter, Correspondent Freight Claim Agent W. A. Stewart SIDE FRAMES announced that his daughter Nancy was AND BOLSTERS NEWLYWEDS MIKE AND MRS. Mc:COY married Mar. 21 to Richard C. Nelson at ASf RIDE CONTROL Originating an 6" Lump-6" X 4" Washed Egg-4" x 2" Washed Nut The Milwaukee Road Washed and Dried Treated Stokercoal 1112" X 3/8 " 3.4" x 3/8 " WASHED The Perfec:tion in Preparation and Size Capacity 3,500 Toni Dally Low Ash-High Heat Content. Porous Panc:ake Clinker-Easily Removed Sterling-Midland Coal CO.8 SO. Michigan Ave., Chicago, III. \..-- J 30 The Milwaukee Road Magazine FORT EUSTIS, VA. At the U.S. Arm y Transportation Center, J. D. Shea, general FIRST supe ri ntendent Mi 1 waukee (center), in all-steel welded structs a class during the annual two-week brake beams training period of the 5000th General Head quarters Transporta tion Railway Service. At left is W. K. Peter SOn, assistant superin tendent Chicago Ter exceed A.A.R. spec's minals: Mr. Shea is a colonel in the Reserv Greatest advance in brake beam ists and Mr. Peterson engineering - BOXWELD all is a major. steel welded beams far unit or hanger type suspension-provide Goldsmith at Milwaukee, and C. J. Cala tired section foreman and flagman, died superior strength at minimum bria has been named terminal manager at Jan. 15 in Neenah Hospital. She is weight. Integrated construction Council Bluffs survived by her husband, a daughter, eliminates need for bolts, nuts, P. J. Walsh, MMTC supervisor of safety Ella Wright of Winston-Salem, N.C., ri vets or keys for assembly of and two sons, Melvin of Chicago and and personnel,is back from a two weeks primary parts. vacation tour of England, France and George of Kohler, Wis. Italy. Pat says he and his wife now have Earl McGregor, dispatcher for MIVITC a working knowledge of several lan at Green Bay, recently announced an guages, as well as many pictures. other grandchild when a third daughter The MMTC accounting department, for was born to his son Cal and wife. ~~~AV merly located in Room 508 of the Union Station, has moved to Fullerton Avenue. FIRST DISTRICT AND SUPERINTENDENTS PRODUCTS CO. The space vacated by them has been given OFFICE 332 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago 4, Illinois over to the rail-highway sales depart J. E. Boeshaar, Correspondent ment. Superintendent's Office, Milwaukee • Engineer Earl Wirth recently returned Milwaukee Division from a Florida vacation during which he FIRST SECOND DISTRICT visited Retired Engineers Vaughn and Merrill Williams and Elmer (Stormy) Rita J. Arnhoelter, Correspondent to protect steel Office of Agent, Green Bay Lawrence. Earl reports that the three veterans are looking fit and enjoying re with glass Retired Engineer Jim Wizner recently tirement. visited friends in Milwaukee and re Tom Helms, Eastern Airlines pilot, who in domestic water heaters: ported on a couple of retired trainmen was formerly stationed in Washington, A. O. Smith Permaglas water there who would wecome a visit or let D.C., has been assigned flights O'Hare to heaters (gas or electric) last ter from other retirees. They are J. R. Orlando, Fla. Tom is the son of Al Helms, longer. assure scale and dirt free watel'. Glass lining pre 7702 Mooney of West Burleigh and John a Milwaukee Division engineer, and of vents corrosive attack regard Rawley of 3341 North Bartlett. Alma Helms, a secretary in our mail, less of local water conditions. Unhappily we have several deaths baggage and express department, Chi to rep.ort ... Retired Switchman Joseph cago. in commercial water heaters: Jacquet died Mar. 13. His wife, two Word has reached us of the death at daughters and three sons survive ... age 87 of Floyd M. Barrus, who was the Big-vol ume, high-recovery Mrs. Lawrence Olson, wife of yard fore B1Lrkay wa teI" heaters provide Milwaukee's agent at Clinton Jct. for 43 a plentiful, dependable sup man at Menominee, Mich., died recently years prior to retiring in December, 1952. ply of hot water for car wash ... Ted Findley, engineer at Menasha, Mr. Barrus, who was born in Richfield ing, station resta urants and Wis., died a short time ago . . . Mrs. Springs, N. Y., came to Wisconsin as a many other jobs. Ellsworth P. Gehrke, 81, wife of re- boy and started railroading in 1894 as a In mechanized industrial bulk storage units: For trackside storage of bulk Go first-class...go Phillips 661 materials - granular. flaky or pulverized, hygroscopic, corrosive or contaminable. edible or non-edible. Glass protected steel llnings. Me chanical bottom unloading. A. O. Smith can also engineer glass protected steel into many other prod. ucts. Write for facts now. Through research" .. a bener way ...•..•...... A.O.Smith : MILWAUKEE 1. WISCONSIN A. O. Smith INTERNATIONAL S. A., Mi Iwaukee I, Wisconsin. U. S. A. May-June, 7964 31 student telegrapher with the North West ern. He signed up with the Milwaukee in 1907 and after being appointed agent at Clinton Jet. in 1910 was active in civic and fraternal circles for many years, having served as secretary of the Com mercial Club, village clerk and clerk of the school board, and a trustee of the Presbyterian Church. Surviving are his wife, Emma; a daughter, Mrs. George Kersting, Alhambra, Calif.; and two sons, General Oflic:e: Donald G., Elm Grove, Wis., and Warner PEABODY PLAZA M., Los Angeles. ST. LOUIS 2. MO. Harold Calligan, who retired as a con ductor in 1951, died Apr. 24 following a OperatinCj AIRLINE. long illness. CHIEFTAIN Word has been received that Engineer Mines on the Clarence Scholl of Milwaukee has been selected by the unions of Japanese pri THREE GENERATIONS ON THE LINE, MILWAUKEE ROAD these members of the Von ass family of vate railroads to come to Japan June 23 for an appraisal of their union move Channing, Mich" are all actively employed. Harold Van ass, 62, who has 46 years of ment. This is done through the Railway service, is a locomotive engineer; Floyd, 41, CREOSOTED Labor Executive's Association under a State Department grant. Clarence previ who started in 1944, is roundhouse fore man at Channing, and Gary, J8, who en MATERIALS ously served in similar matters with the Labor Relations Department, Interna tered service last year, is an electrician apprentice 'in Milwaukee. tional Affairs, of Washington, D.C. and COAL TAR Chicago Terminals CALEWOOD recently released after a few days in the PRODUCTS hospital under observation. Charlene A. Grosse, Correspondent John Ewing's wife, Mary, is conva Republic Creosoting William C. Rearick, Western Avenue lescing from her recent stroke at her teamtrack clerk, is in the hospital at this sister's home. She is very grateful for Minneapolis writing, but hopes to be out soon . . . the many cards and good wishes. Phil D. Scorza, reconsigning clerk, was Mae Graney, report clerk in the office, and Ed Ciasta, an employe at the freight house, were injured recently in auto ac cidents. Mae received whiplash injuries which kept her at home for several days. At this writing, the extent of Ed's in juries are not knO\'I'll though it is thought HESS that he may have several broken ribs. Mrs. Constance LaGrano, mother of Check Clerk Rocco LaGrano and grand POOR & COMPANY mother of Gerald A. LaGrclllo, a freight Railway PI"oducts Division house employe, died recently ... John SO E. Jackson Slvd., Chicago 4, III. E. Satava suffered a stroke and died Apr. 16 ... Herman C. Stenzel passed away Apr. 29, and Lawrence A. Fryxell P. & M. PRODUCTS died Mar. 9. Sympathy was expressed to .IMPROVED FAIR Rail Anchors ,et the families of each. Emily Wilkinson of the regional data RAIL .JOINT PRODUCTS I;'" office had a harrowing experience Apr. • Rail Joints ~~ • 21. Just after leaving her bedroom a • Insulated Joints " 0 0 ------,', car smashed through the wall and came W ta rest in the front end of the room. • Compromise Joints.... 0 ~ .';~~ • Fibre ------..' '. MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT PRODUCTS f.~ • Meco Rail and Flange Lubricators ~ Still Greater ~j • Meco Rail Layers $\' • Meco Brush Cutters I ""I , t~, PROTECTION • MACK Reversible \ ~, • i(ii.!, / Switch Point Protectors ~':l' for CARS and LADING ~i~i CARDWELL WESTINGHOUSE F~ICTION DRAFT GEARS ~~ to absorb horizontal shocks CARDWELL FRICTION BOLSTER SPRINGS PEERLESS EQUIPMENT PRODUCTS J~ ~ ~ to absorb vertical and lateral shocks • D.an G •• t' • CARDWELL WESTINGHOUSE CO. CHICAGO CANADiAN CARDWELL CO., LTD. 5511 MONTREAL 32 The Milwaukee Road Magazine .,,---_._---- . --- WHATEVER YOU DO, BANK AT THE FIRST WISCONSIN Wausau Women's Club Fetes Charter Members Calling attention to its 39-year history as a social and welfare organiza tion, Wausau (Wis.) Chapter of The Milwaukee Road Women's Club feted 10 charter members at a luncheon in the Palms Supper Club May 12. Among those honored were (seated from left) Mrs. August Krueger, Miss Wisconsin's largest Mildred Conklin, Mmes. Leo Ziebel and Bert Nelson, and (standing, same bank order), Mmes. A. W. Warner, W. Del Curtis, Lillian Atkinson, Jeanette Campbell, James O'Brien and Michael Harrington. Others who could not attend the social event were Mmes. Aurora Billington and Florence Dexter, Next-door neighbor to Miss Margaret McGinley, and Mrs. Louise Nowitzke. all Milwaukee Mrs. Curtis was the first president when the chapter was organized in 1925; Mrs. Atkinson was the first vice president, and Miss Conklin and Miss McGinley were officers. At that time Mrs. Curtis was the wife of Superintendent P. H. Nee of the then Wisconsin Valley Division. Mr. Nee FIRST passed away in 1938 when he was general superintendent in Milwaukee. Mrs. Atkinson was known familiarly to readers of The Milwaukee Road WISCONSIN Magazine for many years as the Wisconsin Valley correspondent, the post now filled by Miss Conklin. (Wausau Record-Hemld photo) NATIONAL Tom Taras Jr. was graduated June 16 Retired Track Foreman Vincent Otto BANK from the Milwaukee Institute of Tech lino was released from St. Luke's-Pres nology. He is the son of Tom Taras of byterian Hospital recently after under OF MILWAUKEE the regional office. going surgery. Your correspondent is taking a ma Howard Kay, clerk at Deering Station, Member ternity leave June 1. Her replacement announced the birth of a second son, Federal Deposit will be Linda Kuehl, a graduate of Lake James Alan, Apr. 18. The Kays now have View High School, who was formerly two sons and two daughters. Insurance employed by Kleen-Stik Products as a Stanley Rebacz, cashier, welcomed a Corporation secretary. fourth granddaughter, Anita Annette, on Apr. 18. DIVISION STREET Carolyn DiCicco, Correspondent Richard J. Sweeney, foreman at House 2, died Apr. 2 in St. Anne's Hospital following surgery. Mass was said at St. Giles Church in Oak Park and interment was in Mt. Carmel Cemetery. His wife Grace, a daughter Marillen, and a son Richard Jr. survive. Richard's service with the Road began in 1936 as a time keeper, from which position he moved up to foreman in the Union Street District. Mrs. Edward Sloncen, wife of retired Mobil clerk, died in Phoenix, Ariz., Apr. 19. The Sloneens lived almost 50 years in ~ Glenview and moved to Phoenix about ® six years ago. Mrs. Sloncen is survived by her husband, five daughters, two facts to save you dollars sons, 22 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Burial services were held in Phoenix. . May-June, 1964 33 BENSENVILLE Delores Barton, Correspondent Sa mm y Rich ards, son of special Research !Jas marle-anrlkept officer Carl Rich ards and a senior at York High National First in rai/roar/speoialties School, Elmhurst, haswon 14 straight firsts in duel meet • Dependability of National's specialties has been established over ing competition in the years through a planned program of applied engineering devel~ gymnastics tum opment - backed by quality Controlled production and precision bling, first place in Sammy Richards the Western Sub testing. National's great research, development and production urban Conference facilities will continue to be dedicated to achieving even greater meet, second in the State Districts, first standards ofperformance, safety and service for America's Railroads. in tumbling at the U.S. Gymnastic Fed eration Meeting at the University of Iowa in Class A Division on Apr. 18, and is the Illinois State co-champion in tumbling. He has been offered several athletic scholarships and his present plans call for attending the State University of New Mexico at Las Cruces where he will major in physical education to the end that he may teach and coach. Sammy has worked the past three summers on the Road and hopes to do the same this year. Bernard LeBow, assistant foreman at Bensenville diesel house, brought 44 serv ice years to a close when he retired Apr. r 2. A party was held in his honor Apr. 11 at the Orchard BWlgalow in Franklin Park. District Master Mechanic E. J. Mueller presented him with a Lord Elgin I wrist watch from his co-workers. Mr. LeBow's career started in Ottumwa, la., and his work took him to Kansas City, West Clinton and Terre Haute before he came to Bensenville. Mrs. LeBow is a steno-clerk in Mr. Mueller's office and they will continue to live in Bensenville. Signal Maintainer K. E. Akert and wife are parents of a son born Apr. 7. L. B. Sandstrom was appointed to the position of signal inspector at Bensenville I May 1, replacing J. J. Kelly, transferred. Another reason for congratulations to Mr. Sandstrom was the birth of his second son, I John, May 3. Signal Maintainer L. K. West at Tower Trsn,port,"on Product. Dlvl.lon A-5 announced the birth of a daughter r------ir------. Mar. 8. I COUPLERS.YOKES.ORAFT I NATIONAL I Switchman C. M. Waldron retired Mar. GEARS. FREIGHT TRUCKS. I . NO I 13 after 44 years service. The Waldrons .JOURNAL BOXES • ROLLER I CAST. . S I have a home in Tucson, Ariz. BEARING AOAPTERS • NAT- I I ..un IONAL SPEEOLOAOER CON~ Sympathy was extended to the family COMPANY I of Switchman D. H. Rands who died Apr. L__:~~~:~~~~~~~~~~~~_J.. ~~:~~~~:.____l 11. Mr. Rands had 44 years service and was currently working at the East End A-708tA of Bensenville Yard. A St. Patrick's Day theme prevailed at J I BAXTER.WYCKOFF COMPANY formerly West Coast Wood Preserving Co. We are proud to serve "The Milwaukee Road" ] [ in supplying treated ties and structural timbers. Office: 560 Whife-Henry-Sfuarf Building, Seattle 1, Wash. Plants: Eagle Harbor and Wesf Seattle 34 The Milwaukee Road Magazine GOLD' AJND SILVER PASSES AWARDED Gold 50-Year Service Passes DwYer, Joseph P., engineer------Miwaukee, Wis. Mahler, N. C., conductor------Minneapolis, Minn. Jahn, W. C., engineer------Dubuque, Ja. Mercuri, Mike Z, sec. foreman------Elgin. JII. Kijak, Joseph, welder------~hicago, III. Nelles, F. S., agent------Scotland, S.D. YOU/RE Kusch, Edward F., bureau head------Chicago, 1II. Stamatis, T., asst. sec. foreman --Kansas City, Mo. Si Iver 45-Year Service Passes WORTH A Belles, V. J., sec. foreman------Milford, Ja. Knod.el, L E" agent------Jefferson, Ja. B[air, FloYd, sec. foreman------Des Moines, Ja. Lingren, Charles H., machinist---- Mi[waukee, Wis. FORTUNE, Brown, Marvin, rate clerk ------B~loit, Wis. Miles, C. P" train dispatcher------Tacoma, Wash. Bucknam, F. J., chief clerk-----Council Bluffs, Ja. Provot, F. J" sec. foreman------Doy[estown, Wis. Deyo, William T., foreman------Marquette. Ja. Stewart, Elmer W,. loco. engineer----· Beloit, Wis. IF ••• Hansen, Florence F., secretary- --- Green Bay, Wis. Wall, Charles A" engineer-~----Melrose Park, Jil. Johnson, F. C., asst. foreman----Cedar Rapids, Ja. Westling, P. L., conductor-----Coeur d'Alene, Jda. You are able to con tinue producing a regular income. For example, if you the Mar. 4 luncheon meeting of the Mil were held in Holy Ghost Church and are age 40 and make $500 a waukee Women's Club. Co-hostesses were burial was in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Mesdames Gerald Boeser, Ed-ward Milz, Dubuque. His widow, two daughters, month you will earn $150, Fred Reinking and Henry Lucas. Mrs. and two grandchildren survive, 000 by the time you are 65. Phillip Schneck, president, presided at John C. Brown, station agent at Harris, The big "IF" is an accident Mo., from 1914 until his retirement in the business meeting. or sickness which can take Assistant Superintendent Pulford was 1945, passed away Mar. 8, four days placed in charge of the Bensenville op before his 84th birthday, Since his re you off the payroll for eration May 11. tirement he had been living at his farm months, years, or forever. A Sympathy was expressed to Bill and near Harris with his wife, who survives Provident income replace Bob Sullivan whose mother died Apr. 25. him. He is survived also by a son, A party was held Apr. 22 at the Legion Merle P. Brown of Overland Park, Kans. ment plan will assure you Club to honor Signal Inspector John Kelly Mr. Brown started his service as the and your family the things who was transferred to Minneapolis May night man at Braymer, Mo., in 1902. you meant to have even if 1. Many of his friends and fellow em He later worked nights at Blakesburg ployes in the signals and communications and Newtown, and as agent at Titus, disability or death stops department in the Chicago Terminals and Rathbun. Gladwin, Sewal, Gault and your earning power. Terre Haute Division attended. Powersville before going to Harris. He was a charter member of the aRT, his Your Provident agent will D & I Division original number having been 44. His son be glad to tell you about was also employed on the former Kansas Eun'ice Stevens, Division Editor City Division from 1926 through 1930, these plans. Superintendent's Office, Savanna working on the extra board, Julie Novak, Write daughter of Su Aberdeen Division Railroad Division perintendent and Mrs. A. C. Novak, MIDDLE AND WEST S a van n a, was R, F, Huger, Correspondent awarded a superi Operator, Aberdeen PROVIDENT or rating in the National Federa J, J, Fleming has been appointed LIFE AND ACCIDENT tion of Music permanent agent at Groton and L. J. C I u b s ' auditions Koffler permanent agent at Lakeville- INSURANCE COMPANY held Mar. 30 in Prior Lake. The Aberdeen Division did it again! Julie Novak Des Moines, Ia. Her selection was For the second consecutive year they Chattanooga the first movement of Beethoven's "Con have won the President's Safety Award, certo in C Major" including the cadenza. first under the direction of Superintend Now a sophomore at the Savanna Com ent R, H, Love and more recently under munity High School, Julie began piano lessons at St. Agnes Academy in Kansas City, Mo., when she was six. Since then she has studied at Briar Cliff College in Sioux City, with Mrs. Joseph Elzea in Montana, and at Drake University in Des Moines.. She is now in her third P. D. Carroll Trucking Co. year of study at Clarke College in Du• buque. Julie has received a superior rat• ing each yea'r. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Retired Switcrunan Sherrod B. McCall died in the Savanna City Hospital Apr. ESTABLISHED 1880 22 after a short illness. Funeral services were held in the Hunter-Jones Memorial Performing Pick-up and Delivery Service Home and interment was in the Savanna Township Cemetery. Survivors are his for Railroads in Chicago widow, Clarabel, a son in Formosa, two grandchildren and a sister. Pool Car Distributors - Receiving and Forwarding Retired Engineer George H. Laskey died in Xavier Hospital, Dubuque, in March at the age of 87. Funeral services May-June, 7964 35 Acting Superintendent J. J. Nentl. A as "Project Liberty" and in the group tdken of appreciation was presented to were Ralph and Ray, the twin sons of En each employe, and now we're trying gineer Ralph Preston. Mr. and Mrs. Pres for a third time. ton were among the chaperones of the C. H. Anderson has resumed his agency group. at Mellette after having been off most of Everett H. Miller, former agent at the winter. Ipswich, died Mar. 13 at Lake Geneva, TIL, Carman Cyril Hanna recently an where he had lived since retirement ... nbunced the birth of a son. This brings O. J. Zimmerman, former operator at the count to three boys and two girls. Glencoe, died Mar. 7 in Red Wing ... Switchman Ray Schwan is home at Phyllis McCarthy, sister of Ruth McCar 1006 North Penn, Aberdeen, after a long thy of the superintendent's office in Aber siege in the Veteran's Hospital at Minne deen, died Apr. 2 after a long illness ... apolis. I'm sure he would enjoy hearing George Vetter, retired wire chief at Min MEET THE BECKS, from friends and co-workers. neapolis C office, passed away Mar. 31, a II agents on the Aberdeen Division, Sympathy was extended to the family and Robert Bolan, machinist helper at who have a total of or Bob Bolan, machinist's helper, who Aberdeen roundhouse, died suddenly Apr. died suddenly. 12, apparently of a coronary. 168 years of safe ty-minded service. The Road is getting a little reflected Gary Holtan and Gilbert Geiszler are The three brothers glory from the fact that the father of the new brakemen on the Aberdeen Di the quints bowls with the Friday night vision. a re, left to right: Milwaukee league. Retired Conductor Charlie Arnold re Foster, age n t at Wheaton, 44 years; cently celebrated his 90th birthday and 25 friends dropped in for coffee, cake Willard of Olivia, EAST END 51; and S. A. (Jer and conversation. Martha Moehring, Correspondent His 88th milestone was celebrated by ry) of Ortonville, 50. At left is Willard's Asst. Superintendent's Office, Montevideo son, Gordon W., agent at Linton, N. D., Retired Machinist Helper Ole Mjunes a who is a 23-year employe. A group of 34 honor students from short time ago. Roosevelt High School, Minneapolis, re Brakeman Hollis Anderson heeded the cently had a most educational and enjoy call of Uncle Sam and when last heard able trip to Chicago, Washington, D.C. from was wiping the sand out of his eyes and New York. The program was known down at Fort Polk, La. When the remodeling is finished at the Montevideo yard office, Lineman John EVERYTHING FOR Lanning will occupy a section of the op erators' room, his former quarters having been added to the trainmen's locker room. CARTER BLATCHFO,RD WELDING The trainmen now occupy all the space CORPORATION AND formerly used by the train dispatchers. CUTTING I M & D Division 901 Ridgeway Avenue TW 6-6261 @w AUSTIN-EAST END Aurora, Illinois R. D. True, Correspondent • Gas & arc welding equipment and supplies • Aircospot, Aircomatic, He - ..J' ~ is the most sincere expression we know "THANK YOU" to convey our appreciation of your friendliness and assistance the past thirty-five years. Here's Our Anniversary Special for EMPLOYEES of the MILWAUKEE ROAD With Monthly Premium deducted from paycheck-(at no extra charge) Our continued growth and increasing surplus have made it possible for us to deposit with the State Insurance Commissioner over $400,000.00 for the protection of all members and issue this special anniversary NON-CAN CELLABLE-NON-ASSESSABLE-GUARANTEED PREMIUM - coverage of $3,000.00 the principal sum payable in case of death from any cause, to named beneficiary as a MONTHLY INCOME OF $300.00 for 10 consecutive months without interest or carrying charges at our Special Anniversary Rate, according to age: Group 4 Group 3 Each dependent Group 2 Dependent Wife child under 18 Employee (maximum) (maximum) In Active Service $1,000.00 $500.00 Monthly premium for $3,000.00 Dependents of Insured Member Ages under 39 Inc. $3.75 $1.75 .50 Ages 40-59 Inc. $6.75 $2.25 Ages 60-64 Inc. $9.75 $4.25 Ages 65-69 Inc. $13.75 $6.25 (to determine age. subtract year of birth from this the present year) AGE OF APPLICANT DETERMINES RATE-NO MEMBERSHIP FEE - NO MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS SPECIAL OPTIONS 1 On leaving active service, retire- 2 Dependent wife surviving When dependent child is no long. • ment or other reasons, Insurance • the insured, may continue 3• er a dependent, the coverage may be continued without change her coverage for an addi may be continued for an addi and at same premium-mailing tional monthly premium of tional monthly pre m i u m of premium direct to Home Office twenty-five cents. twenty-five cents and the right either monthly, quarterly or In to apply for additional insurance any manner you find convenient. under age group. Offered by EMPLOYEES MUTUAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATION OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA a legal reserve life insurance association insuring more than 15,000 Milwaukee Road employees and their families r------··.··------MAIL THIS APPLICATION.. NOW TO: . . ._.._~ EMPLOYEES MUTUAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATION, 1457 GRAND AVENUE, ST. PAUL 5, MINNESOTA I hereby apply for insurance coverage as follows. (please print) My first name is ..•.••..••••••..••••••...... (Initial) ••••...... •• (Last Name) ...... ••...... ••.•••.....•••• Address •.•...•.••••...••••..•.•••••••••...•••••••••...... •.•...... •...•.•...... •....••.•...... •.•...... •. (Street and Number) (City or Town) (Zone) (State) Date .f birth ...•••..•.•••••...... ••.Age .••.••••••..Height...... • • . • • • • • . . .. Weight...... Sex...... •...... • CDccupation Social Security No Payroll No Work No .. THIS APPLICATION IS FOR A $3,000.00 LIFE INSURANCE POLICY ON MY LIFE. Amtho,unt of . mon y premIum The beneficiary is to be ...... •.•••.••..•.•...•. Relationship •••...••••••••••...... •...$..•.....•• POLICY FOR Please issue a Life Insurance policy in the amount of $1,000.00 on the life of my wife. DEPENDENT Wife's name ...... ••..•••.•...... •.• Date of birth •.•.••.•••••.•••.•.•...... WIFE } Amount of monthly premium for wife's policy $...... •.• (See rate above according to age) POLICIES FOR Please Issue Life Insurance Policy or Policies in the amount of $500.00 DEPENOI!NT each for each of my dependent children listed be lowl CHILDREN } Premium 50 cents a month for each child insured. Amount of monthly premium for policy or policies on dependent children $...... • First Name Age Birth Date I The Employees Mutual Benefit Association of St. Paul, 'l>l,nnesota, IS nereDy $ ~ I authorized te make deductions in the amount of the Total Monthly Premium TOTAL MONTHLY PREMIUM I I shown through my employer THE MILW~UK£E ROAD. I hereby certify that each I I applicant is in good health and has had no medical attention or disability of Date. . • . . . . • ...... • : : any kind the past three years, except as follows:...... I L ••• J : :: :: ::: : :: :: : ::: : : : : : : ::: ::::: : ::: : : : :::::::: ::: ::: ::: : ::: : ::: : : : ::::: : : Signature of applicant ~ May-June, 7964 37 EDWARD KEOGH PRINTING COMPANY Making his last run on the Gallatin Val Printers and iey iocal, Engineer E. V. Bennett of Three Planographers Forks, Mont., poses with his crew. From 925 W. Jackson Blvd. left: Brakeman R. C. Peccia, Conductor Phone: MOn. 6-0733 Warren Dixon, Engi neer Bennett and Chicago 7, Illinois Fireman William Pa I uska. (See Corre PROMPT AND EFFICIENT SERVICE spondent l. C. Mc Kinnon's news) YOUNG & GREENAWALT CO. Rowlee of Spring Valley, MilUl., was pre SIOUX CITY AREA Manufacturers of sented a Gold Pass by Trainmaster N. R. Sophia P. McKillip, Correspondent • Corrugated Metal Pipe Culverts. Meyer, and F. S. Nelles of Scotland, S.D., Office of DF&PA, Sioux City received his from Superintendent L. H. • Corrugated Metal Perforated Walleen. Sympathy was extented to the family Pipe. Susan, daughter of A. A. Baumgart, of Paul M. Loftus, roadmaster-trainmas agent at Alpha-Welcome, MilUl., is salu ter, Mitchell, S.D., upon his 'recent death. • Structural Plate Pipe. tatorian of her high school graduating Surviving are his wife Marjorie; a son class. She has been active in many ex Paul Jr. (Mike) of Iowa City; a daughter • Tunnel Liner Plates. tra-curricular affairs and has held sev Elyce, Mrs. W. J. Weiss of Ames, and and ALLIED PRODUCTS eral class offices. Congratulations on a eight grandchildren. There are also three fine scholastic record! Loftus brothers surviving-Retired Road 1011 E. 148th Street master Daniel W. and Joseph W., an East Chicago, Indiana extra section foreman, both of Perry, and TmfJic light: .A trick to get pedestrians Roadmaster James W. of Yankton, S.D. half-way across the st1'eet safely. One sister, Mrs. D. J. Herlehy, lives in' Elmwood Park, Ill. Requiem High Mass was said at Holy Family Catholic Church Youngstown Steel Sides for Freight and Refrigerator Cars Youngstown Corrugated Steel Freight Car Doors Camel Roller Lift Fixtures Refrigerator Doors & Fixtures Youngstown Steel Door Co. and Camel Sales Co. Wins French Cultural OFFICES Exchange Scholarship! 332 S. Michigan Ave. The Arcade Chicago Cleveland Jan et Clifford, PLANTS-Hammond, Indiana • Youngstown, Ohio daughter of Sioux City Yardman H. J. Clifford, has been awarded a scholarship for a six-week co.urse of study this sum mer in Paris, as part of the Cul- Janet Clifford tural Exchange Progr'am between France and the United States. Only five such scholarships were given to students· in this country. The awards were made· on the merits of an essay in French on "'What I Think of France". She will attend the French Alliance School, which is connected with the University of Paris, and stay in a dormitory of the University. Janet is a sophomore at Briar Cliff College in Sioux City, where she is majoring in French. She also has a brother with the Road-James Clifford, demurrage clerk in the Sioux City freight office. 38 The Milwaukee Road Magazine FOR ELECTRIC AND DIESEL-ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES: -:=:=:-~---=-===- -~- -.-= All-Cast Aluminum Directional-Finned -~ -- ~~-~. Radiation Elements for mosl efficienl heal Iransfer, as used in: COMPRESSED AIR AFTER COOLERS AIR COMPRESSOR INTERCOOLERS FUEL OIL HEATERS WILSON ENGINEERING CORPORATION 6 North Michigan Ave" Chicago 2 "W£LL NEVER-- PUFF PUFF-- CATC~ IT---THATS A "Treated Products for Life" TIM KEN BEARINC ROUER FReiGHT!" RAILROAD Cross and Switch Ties ( AdverliJemenl) PILI N G POL ES in Mitchell, S.D. and interment was in Elmwood Cemetery at Mason City, la. LUMBER Arthur Osborn, a 41 year railroad man of Sioux City, recently turned in his uni form to become a man of leisure. Mr. INDIANA WOOD PRESERVING CO, Osborn began his railroad career in Au Terre Haute gust, 1922 as a brakeman for the Great Northern. He came to the Milwaukee in Indiana July, 1927 and for the last six years had been on the Sioux City-Mitchell run. Mr. Osborn will continue to live in Sioux City, but plans to do some traveling and quite a bit of fishing. Our Specially Is John A. Nelson, 70, retired engineer Re·Refining Used Diesel Engine Oil of Mason City, Ia., died recently. When he retired in 1962 his service had covered 43 years. Surviving are his wife, four Also daughters and seven grandchildren. Robert L. Johnson, DF&PA, Sioux City, WEDDING NEWS. Cake cutting cere Suppliers of High Quality Re·Refined was elected to the board of directors of mony ot 0 porty held recently in the re the Sioux City Traffic Club at their an gional doto office at Austin, Minn., in Car Journal Oil nual dinner meeting at the Sheraton honor af the newly married Mr. and Mrs. Warrior Hotel Apr. 30. N. E. McGuire. Mrs. McGuire, the former Stella Weichselbaum, is a bill clerk in the MOTOR OILS REFINING regional data office, and "Mac" is the COMPANY Rocky Mountain Division manager of the Milwaukee Motor Trans 7601 W. 47th St. Lyons, III. WEST END portation Company at Austin. L C. McKinnon, Correspondent Locomotive Engineer, Three Forks Engineer E. V. Bennett of Three Forks BRAKE BEAMS also a recent patient in the Bozeman made his last run Mar. 29. This trip was UNIT TYPE made on the Gallatin Valley local. En Deaconess Hospital. gineer Bennett started to work as a call We are sorry to report the death POSITIVE~ TYPE boy at Harlowton, Mont., at the age of 16. of Retired Engineer Edwin W. Brasch in and From that job he moved on to boiler Seattle on Apr. 15. maker and machinist helper. In 1913 he BRAKE BEAM PARTS hired out as a fireman and worked in CASTINGS that capacity until 1943 when he was Iowa Division Standard Malleable promoted to engineer. MIDDLE AND WEST At this writing, Retired Conductor and Super.Y (Alloy) Malleable Pearlitic Ma.lleable Mrs. C. J. Niemiller of Mobridge, S. D., D. E. Lee, Correspondent Agent, Woodward, la. Alloy Cast Iron are visiting at the home of their daughter and son-in-law, the L. C. McKinnons. Retired Conductor W. R. Hanneman '4 to 500 Ibs. to meet cu,'omMS' During their stay Mr. Niemiller was a died Mar. 6 at the V. A. Hospital in Des requirement. patient in the Bozeman Deaconess Hos Moines where he had been a patient for CHICAGO MAlLEABLE CASTINGS CO. pital. several days. Burial was at Wausau, Wis. 1225 West 120th Street Chicago 43, III. Retired Conductor Thomas Young was He is survived by his wife Esther at their May-June, 7964 39 ;; BUCKEYE 34-Year Superior Service Safety Awards CAST STEEL PRODUCTS The following section and crew foremen have each been presented with a 34 A.A.R. COUPLERS year Superior Service Award card in recognition of having worked that DRAFT YOKES penod, as of Dec. 31, 1963, without a reportable injury to themselves or TRUCK FRAMES @ to any employe under their supervision: B TRUCK BOLSTERS B Bagaus, T., section foreman------Summit, S. D. Houston. J. C., section foreman----Ingomar, Mont. @ Bork, E. A., foreman------Carpenter lao CUSHION-RIDE TRUCKS Hummel, Z. 0., section foreman----Selfridge, N. D. Burris, C. W., section foreman------Westfield' la FREIGHT CAR CASTINGS Cave, Edward, ' . King, W. H., foreman------Emmetsburg, la. McClatchey, J. G.,. UNDERFRAME END CASTINGS assistant section foreman------Sumas Wash. section foreman retired ------Vermillion, S. D. SIX AND EIGHT-WHEEL TRUCKS Fielder, J. R., section foreman----Cheneyville, 111. Flom, A. G., section foreman--lron Mountain, Mich. Myers, William. foreman------Rockwell City, la. Forte, Joe, section foreman ------Everett Wash Stangl, A. G., foreman ------Portsmouth, lao THE BUCKEYE STEEL CASTINGS Glasnapp L. G., section foreman----Oshkosh, Wls: Stratton, E. W., section foreman-----Worley. Ida. Hafemelster, F. E., section foreman-- Granville, Wis. Tonsager, G. E., section foreman------Elko, Minn. COMPANY Hilt, Thomas, section foreman------Zeeland, N. D. Udell, G., gang foreman------New Lisbon, Wis. COLUMBUS 7, OHIO horne in Perry, a daughter, Betty Ebers Iowa State University at Ames on Mar. Wisconsin Bearing Go. of Hilo, Hawaii, four sisters and a 14, where he was awarded a superior rat brother. ing. 1310 So. 43rd St. MILWAUKEE, WIS. Funeral services were held at Perry Funeral services were held in Perry Branch Warehouses Mar. 14 for DOlUla Lou Dayton, 20, adopt Apr. 6 for Mrs. Margaret Emberling APPLETON, WIS. - RACINE, WIS. ed daughter of Conductor and Mrs. Lloyd Skinner, formerly the wife of Charles Santee. Miss Dayton died in Omaha, Emberling, a brakeman on the Iowa Di MARQUETTE, MICH. Neb., where she had been employed as vision who died in 1910. The family lived In Warehouse Stocks a dental technician. in Perry for a number of years, then Curtiss Klein, the son of Agent C. J. moved to Council Bluffs. Mrs. Skinner SKF Traction Motor Bearings Klein of Portsmouth and a seventh grade died in Ogden, Utah, where she had re also pupil in the Harlan, Ia., public school, cently been living. She is survived by was a candidate in Omaha at the Iowa three sons, Harry of Philadelphia, Bruce ALL TYPES OF BALL & ROLLER BEARINGS Music Teacher-Student piano audition of Ogden who worked as a caller at for Feb. 22. He was chosen to represent Perry at one time, and Howard of San RAILROAD REQUIREMENTS Southwest Iowa in the state audition at Francisco. There are also two daughters in San Francisco, Blanche Horn and Ruth Greene. Harold Hedlund, agent at Hawkeye Waucoma, died suddenly while visiting Grain Doors relatives in Des Moines. Funeral services Railroad Cross Ties were held in Slater, Ia., Apr. 9. Mr. Hed "M F" lund began work for the Milwaukee in Hardwood Lumber - 1940 and moved to Waucoma when the Timbers • Lock Nuts (3 types) • Water-tight Bolts WEBSTER LUMBE,R • Lock-tight Floor Clips Harry M. Micklethwait HARRY MARTlN M1CKLETHWAIT, 85, COMPANY • Collar Bolts a retired locomotive engineer who was well known in the Tacoma area, died CO. Feb. 6. Surviving are a niece, Mrs. 3410 University Avenue S.E. Maclean-Fogg lock Nut Coral Goodale of Five Mile Lake, Wash.; a nephew, Richard F. Frost Minneapolis 14, Minnesota CHICAGO, ILL. of Renton, Wash.; and cousins in Portsmouth, Ohio. Mr. Micklethwait was a native of Fredonia, N. Y., who signed up as an engineer at Tacoma in 1910 and was NOW! DIESEL AWD CAR SIDE REPAIRS MADE EASIER in continuous service until his retire THANKS TO AMAZING ment in 1943. A graduate of the Dana Musical Conservatory at Warren, Ohio, in his younger years he had directed METAL COVER #1007 the Ft. Leavenworth military band at A metal in pulty form applied without heat or acid. Dries within 30 minutes as hard as Ft. Leavenworth, Kans., and later metal and can be ground or sanded to a perfect dense surface for any type of paint he] ped to organize the Coast Artillery coating. No bubbling, no pin.holing,. no soak-in, Metal Cover # 1007 is ready for use or Band at Tacoma, which he directed for may be thinned to desired consistency with Metal Cover Solvent #'008. Apply to clean many years in outdoor concerts in the surface with squeegee, pUltY knife or flat clean blade in Va" layers. Allow to dry thorough. city's parks. His late wife, who was Iy between applications. For 'repairing dents, rips, seams, etc. in any kind of metal. Good a charter member of Tacoma Chapter for repairing bodies, fenders, gulters, galvanized roofs, water tanks, etc. of the railroad Women's Club, was also active in Tacoma musical circles CHICAGO RAILROAD SUPPLY COMPANY as a choral director. Mr. Micklethwait 336 So. Jefferson St. was a member of the Retired Employes Chicago 6. III., U.S. A. Club in the Seattle-Tacoma area. 40 The Milwaukee Rood Magazine ~ ---= -- .-. ~ ~------ Arriving in Tomah, Wis., for the 21 st annual Hiawatha Bowling Tournament Apr. 4-5, bowlers and their wives who detrained at the Milwaukee Road depot board a special bus provided for their transportation around the city. Approximately 300 employes competed in the week end event. For the story, please turn to page 22. (Picture by C. H. Dixon, Jr.) Permanen.t Installation requires no maintenance. agency at Bouton was closed. 1963. His wife Anita and three daughters The Iowa Division is now handling survive. ERICO PRODUCTS, INC. several bi-Ievel and tri-Ievelloads of new Conductor John Cross suffered a heart 2070 E. 61 st Place. Cleveland 3, Ohio autos on train No. 63 daily. These loads attack Apr. 28 and at this writing is in the IN CANADA, UICO INCORPORA TEO originate at Janesville and tenninate at Dallas County Hospital at Perry. 3571 O""de. St., W.", T....n'. " On,o,.. the newly constructed unloading plant W. E. Failor, chief clerk in the superin adjacent to our yards in Council Bluffs. tendent's office at Perry, is home from It's quite a sight to see as many as 20 Chicago Wesley Memorial Hospital where loads of this type all in one block travel he had surgery on his back. ing along at time freight speed! Linda Schram, a high school senior at Retired Train Dispatcher Elmer C. Wall Manilla, Ia., and granddaughter of Agent A. R. BARNES &CO. died in the Dallas County Hospital at and Mrs. Fred Harvey of Bayard, is Perry Apr. 22. Funeral services were making quite a name for herself in the held in the Brooks Funeral Chapel. El field of sports. Last year she became the mer started his railroad career at the age first Iowa girl ever to place in National PRINTERS of 15 and had over 50 years of service A.A.U. competition, coming in fifth in at the time of his retirement in May, the 100 yard dash in Dayton, Ohio. At the National Federation meet in Houston, Tex., last year she came in third in the 100 yard and second in the 220 yard. She was 100-yard dash champion of the Mid BIll N. 51. Louis Ave. west A.A.U., Central States, Junior Olym pics, District and State girls' meets, and SKOKIE, ILL. ranked sixth in the nation with her time SIGNODE SERVES THE MILWAUKEE ROAD Signode One-Piece Grain Doors. Carload Bracing Methods. Steel Strapping for Recoopering • Car Doorway Bracing and Signode Retaining Strips For latest methods and equipment, write Signode Steel Strap CELEBRATING HIS 92nd BIRTHDAY at ping Co., Dept. MR, 2600 N. Western Ave.. Chicago 47, Ill. home in South Sioux City, Neb., is D. W. Thompson, retired engineer. Mr. Thompson was in service 54 years, 46 of them as a THIS SfAL .fANS l1li lIeUItIf., 'N SH,,.,.'NG locomotive engineer, before retiring in 1946. He is still active in the First Chris tian Church in South Sioux City. May-June, 1964 41 Eagle Scout and Sponsor NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY RAILROAD WORKSHOP SESSION in the Chicago Un Railroading is the vocational goal of ion Station May 13 at which Milwaukee Road officers, headed by President William J. Richard Thayer, son of Maurice Quinn (seated, fifth from left), briefed graduate students and seniors in the School of Thayer, air brakeman on the St. Business transportation class on research and long range planning in the industry. At Paul repair track, shown here with Mr. Quinn's right is Stanley Berge, professor of tranpartation, and at his left are E. O. F. J. Kuklinski, superintendent of Schiewe, vice president and general counsel, W. D. Sunter, general traffic manager, the Twin City Terminals, at a civic L. V. Anderson, general manager-system, ond V. E. Glosup, assistant vice president luncheon held recently for about 200 operatian-chief engineer. Standing third and fourth from left, are C. E. Crippen, vice Eagle Scouts at the Leamington president finance and accounting, and D. P. Valentine, general superintendent trans Hotel in Minneapolis. Mr. Kuklinski portation, and at right is G. H. Kronberg, director of public relations and advertising. sponsored him for the luncheon, on annual affair arranged by Viking Council of the Scouts to honor boys who have attained the rank of Eagle and bring them together with men who are active in the career of their choice. Richard is a member of Troop 11 sponsored by the Hiawa tha School P.T.A., for which his fa ther is Scoutmaster. This troop cur rently holds the district trophy for Camping and Advancement. of 11.2 for the 100 yard dash, and tenth best with the time of 25.8 in the 220 yard dash. This year she campeted in the Drake relays at Des Moines and won the high school girls' 100 yard dash. With AT THE POTATO GROWERS ASSOCIATION CONVENTION in Bakersfield, Calif., a three other high school girls picked from group of Milwaukee Road traffic representatives pose with the lovely Potato Queen, the best runners af Iowa, Linda formed a Miss Cheri Slikker. Fram left are H. R. Genereau, district freight and passenger agent, team on which she ran anchor in the and George Neu, traffic manager, bo~h of San Francisco; E. W. Chesterman, assistant 440 yard relay to hand a famed Texas general freight traffic manoger, Chicago; Frank Donia, Los Angeles potato broker; and team their first defeat of the year. Linda R. G. Graham, general agent, San Francisco. comes from a Milwaukee Road family. Besides her grandfather there are proud uncles, F. L. Harvey, train dispatcher at Aberdeen, and Larry Harvey of the re lay office, Perry, also a great uncle, your correspondent. DeWayne Lewis of the Perry track forces has been on sick leave since Jan. 14. In March he entered a hospital in Des Moines for back surgery. Two teams made up af Perry "rails" entered the Milwaukee bowling tourna ALL ABO-O-ARD FOR FUNI The mInIa ment at Tomah, Wis., Apr. 4-5. One team, ture train which circles the Milwaukee made up of L. L. Harvey, Ralph Jacovich, Caunty Zoo in Milwaukee makes its first Gary Adametz, Al Whitmer of Manilla, run of the season over the one-mile route. and Russell Bently of Coon Rapids, placed During the vacation season it will operate in each event and also in the "all events". daily. The locomotive, which was donated They brought home a little cash. The to the zoo by The Milwaukee Journal, is other team was made up of Enginemen patterned after the type used in 1882 L. Huffman, Stan Stewart, Oliver Nead, when the newspaper was founded, and Kenneth Laborde Jr., and Robert Fish.' numbered for that year. (M i I w auk e e Oliver Nead was successful in placing Journal photo) and winning a share of the cash in the singles. 42 The Milwaukee Road Magazine MONTANA CENTENNIAL TRAIN PROMOTES BIG SKY COUNTRY. Re turning from the opening of the New York World's Fair, the Montano Cen tennial Train, a 25-cor rolling museum carrying priceless memorabilia of frontier days, was on display in the Chicago Union Station Apr. 29-30 and then moved over our line for display at our station in Milwaukee during a tour of Eastern and Midwest cities devoted to celebrating the 100th birth day of the Montana Territory and promoting tourist attractions of the Big Sky Country. Aboard the train, decorated circus style with colorful panels portraying the state's history, were mare than 300 Montana boosters-cow boys and cowgirls, ranchers, Indians and state officials-along with 75 horses and a collection of old time vehicles used in staging Wild West shows at the various stops. Three exhibition cars contained hundreds of rare items associated with Montana's heritage-original Russell and Remington art, a one million dollar treasure of raw gold, relics of Custer's Lost Stand, personal effects of Buffalo Bill, Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane, big game trophies, Indian arts and crafts, and features of the homestead days. Among performers with the caravan were the Dou ble M Wranglers, shown here led by lariat-swing ing Montie Montana Jr., son of the famous trick riding and roping star. Montie Jr., it may be noted, was already quite a showman when he ap peared as the chubby two-year-old cowpoke on the cover of the August, 1940 Milwaukee Road Magazine (inset). INITIATING OUR NEW AUTO UNLOADING FACILITY AT COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA., the first of 24 trucks and 60 automobiles to arrive on eight multi-level cars Apr. 4 rolls down the ad justable unloading ramp. Watching are, from left: Yard Foreman C. G. Milner, Agent H. G. Geu, General Agent R. L. Audas, Omaha, and Trainmaster D. F. Gallipo. The new service foci Iity covers about 12 acres of land at the freight yards, in an area roughly south of Eighteenth Avenue and a projection of Third Street. Engineering features included extensive drainage, grading and blacktopping, the con struction of a parking area, and the installation of equipment to handle unloading of autos and trucks from rail cars onto highway vehicles for distribution to dealers in the surrounding area. (Council Bluffs Nonpareil photo) May-June, 7964 43 THE ------..., MILWAUKEE MAGAZINE I ROAD ------....-_-1 MIIWAUKU, ST. PAUL AND PACIfiC RAILROAD 516 West Jackson Blvd.• Chicago, Winoi. 60606 RED VEST EXHIBIT at various gatherings for shipper groups held in Chicago Apr. 13-25 in connection with on intensive campaign to sell the services of our new fast freight trains, the XL Special and the Thunderhawk, featured on eight-foot enlargement of this aerial photo of our yard, industrial and trailer-an-flat cor facilities in the Bensenville-Franklin Pork area (see /IRed Vest Campaign .. . /1 starting on page 4). Shown here in a northwesterly direction are: ( 1) retouched area indicating the location of the piggyback complex being completed this sum mer; (2) the Flexi-Von strip; (3) Bensenville Yard; (4) the Franklin Pork Industrial District; (5) Clearing Industrial District (partially shown); (6) O'Hare Field.