EHP!0ES9MAGAZINE Vol. XI1 JANUARY, 1934 No. I
DEPENDABLE SERVICE, AS TIME MARCHES ON
FEATURES IN THIS ISSUE
C. W. SCHANK RETIRES AFTER A NEW CLUB IS ORGANIZED 53 YEARS 9 MONTHS' SERVICE (Pol.ge I!) (Pngeu 3-4)
PENSACOLA IS PRAISED URGES FOLLOW-UP. BY ARTHUR BRISBANE ON SAFETY EFFORTS (Page 6) (Pciye 15) AMERICAN HANDLE COMPANY Manufacturers of High-grade Hickory, Axe, Adze, GUNDLACH COAL COMPANY Pick, Sledge. Hatchet, Hammer and Railroad Tool Handles MINERS AND PRODUCERS JONESBORO - ARKANSAS OF HIGH-GRADE FUEL P. 0. Box 241 CHAS. R. LONG, JR. EDGEMONT STATION EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL. COMPANY
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WE SHIP FRlSCO ALWAYS 1 MAILING LISTS COMMONWEALTH COAL AND ICE COMPANY I Pave the wmy 80 more sa1m with nctd SAINT LOUIS I I name* and addrasem of Live pmU. WHY SOT 1:SE THE SAXE COAL THE FRISCO USES? Get them from the originml compilerr Retall Ynrd nt of basic list infornution--up to date I 2710 Brannon Avenue Phone, *pRospect 5400 I I accurat-amntoed. I I ( Tell urn about your buainu. Well help you find the prospects. No ob- I A lip.tfon for consuhation sewice.
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Vol. XI1 JANUARY, 1934 No. 1
For 365 days of 1933 a magnificent, big 1500 engine, such as is pictured Permission is given to reprint with or witllout credit. on this month's cover, has pulled ill part or in full, any article appearing in this Magazine the Texas Special into the Union Station at St. Louis. Mo. Through rain and snow, darkness and day- time, it has maintained a par excel- Contents of This Issue lent schedule, and through the next year a big 1500 locomotive will enter Pages the Union Station for 365 days, pull- C. W. Schanli Retires After 53 Pears ing its load of passengers to the 5 Months' Service...... 3-4 great City of St. Louis. January 1 starts a new year, and Pensacola Is Praised. By Arthur Brisbane...... 5 among the resolutions of the thou- sands of Frisco employes is one to Meritorious Service ...... 6 sell Frisco service to their friends, Agency Changes ...... 6 their neighbors, as they have never done in the past. The members of 111 Appreciation ...... 7 the various Frisco Clubs have ac- counted for thousands of tons of Frisco Children ...... s freight, thousands of passengers, thonsands of LCL shipments, hut News of the Frisco Clubs ...... they firmly resolve to beat ally pre- A New Cluh Is Organized ...... 11 vious record which they have made, ... during 1934. The Pension Roll ...... 13-14 Facing the new year of 1934, these employes welcon~eit with enthusiasm In Memoriam ...... 14 and as time marches on, each and every Frisco employe plans to make Kirges Follow-up On Safety Efforts...... 15 it the best year. The Merriment Page 17 They bid goodbye to a year which ...... held its hardships as well as its hap- The Frisco Mechanic...... 18-21 py moments. The "New Deal" is working out in splendid shape and Friaco Family News ...... 22-:32 the country is slowly but surely re- covering from a real depression.
MEMBER I THE FRISCO EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE The Frisco En~ployes' Magazine Is a monthly publlcntion devoted primarily to the interests of the active and retired employes of the Frisco Lines. It contains atorles, item of cur- rent news, personal notes nbout employes and their families, articles dealing mlth various phases of railro~ld work, poenls, cartoons and notices regnrdin~ the service. Good cledr photographs suitable for reproduction are especially desircd, nnd will be returned only when requested. All cartoons and dmwings must be in black India ink. Employes :we Invited to write articles for the mazazine. Contribu!ions should be type- written, on one slde of the sheet only, and should be addressed to the Editor, Frisco Building, St. Iauis. 110. ~irtributedfree among Frisco Employer To others, price I5 cents a COPY; subscription % I rate, $1.50 a year. Advertising rate will be made known upon application. C, W, Schank Retires After 53 Years and 9 Months of Service
WANTED him to quit working rolling stone gathered no moss', Is Oldest Veteran In Point on his birthday, December 5, but hence my entire service has been on of Service On Pension Roll he wouldn't do it. He's finish- the Frisco's Eastern division." ing the month out, and do you know, At that time there was a seven- I think I'll have to get one of those stall roundhouse at Pacific and the He has been in passenger service big 1500's and put it on his Xmas Frisco's mileage totaled 326 miles. between St. Louis and Newburg since tree ! " with Vinita, I. T.. the end of the line. that date. S~chwas the remark inade by Mrs. Mr. Schank started to work as a He recalls the first engine he had. C. Ifr, Schank, wife of one of the real wiper in the roundhouse. where he re- the little 277, which was called the veterans of the Frisco Railroad. Her mained for about a year and a half. consolidated type. And even though 1111sband. C. W. Schank, is the oldest Then the foreman told him he was he has been at the throttle of the man, in point of service, on the big 1500's for several years, he says. Frisco Pension Roll. On December in appreciation of that engine. "that 31, 1933, he mill have completed fif- it was a real one". ty-three years and nine months, con- But listen to this: when he got in- tinuous service with the Frisco Rail- to the roundhouse after a trip, he road, oil one division, and although had to clean his own engine and take the event is only heing planned now, care of it, and the engines in those when the January issue of this Ma- days were literally ontlined in brass. gazine is out, he will have received Of course, every engineer took par- many honors from Division 428, ticular pride in seeing that that Brotherhood of Locomotive En- hrass shone, and Mr. Schank was no gineers. When he pulls No. 10 into exception to the rule. the Union Station at St. Louis, on At that time there was no such a the morning of January 1, a group thing as an eight-hour day and So, of his friends will be there to wish after he got in off one trip he would him happiness in his years of retire- get a little sleep and go right ant on ment. A testimonial dinner will be another one. He says that Mrs. given to him, all of which he deserves Schank had great diffic~~ltyat times and will greatly and deeply appreci- ill rousing him in time to make the ate. train, for he mas so dead for sleep As he gave a short summary of his and sometinles he was dressed be- railroad experience, he reached fore he would realize that lle had to often for his handkerchief. After answer the call boy. In fact, he says pulling the throttle of a locoinotive he inade trip after trip without any since 24 years of aqe, it is no little rest. Compared to the present work- wonder that he leaves the railroad ing conditions, this seems strange in- to a life of ease, with a little mis- cleed. giving about just what he will do And then he describes the little with his time. train that he had, the passenger train BII~to get a slant on this veteran's of 7, 8 and 9 cars, and in those days long service record, which takes in going to send him on the line as a they did not figure tonnage, but fifty years of changes-fifty years of fireman. Nr. Schanic said he couldn't every car mas a "loacl". If oue car road hnilding of his own Frisco do it. However, after thinking it was loaded with merchandise ancl not Lines-fifty years of progress. over, he decided to try, but he was weighty material, that was a load. He was born in' Pacific, No., De- not so sure he could shovel twelve while the car next to it, loaded with cemher 5. 1863. His father was a or fourteen tons of coal which were bulky and heavy coal was a load, al- cooper, and after school he used to required on the trip. so. Twenty to twenty-five cars com- mork in his father's shop, and he But he did. And after working as prised a freight train. Those were proudly tells you that at the age of a fireman on the engine of a mork the days, too, of the old link and pin 12 he could complete a flour barrel train. from Pacific to St. Louis, as couplers, and bhere were no brakes, out of raw material. His father (lied the road was being conlpletecl; after except hand brakes on the cars and when he was 13, and he assuinecl the seeing the road opened on January steam brake on the engine, and the responsibility for the family. 1, 1884, he began to fire on the road, engineer had to depend entirely on The railroad, even at that time, from St. Louis to Nemburg, 11nti1 the trainmen to stop the train. was the biggest thing in Pacific, and 1387. which, Mr. Schank remarked, re- so he made application for a job ill Then came his promotion, in the cluired good judgment. the roundhouse, wiping engines. latter part of 1887, and he got a reg- For some reason he has saved all "I never did think I would ever ular assignment as freight engineer his stub books or time books since remain in the employ of a railroad on trains, St. Louis to Newhurg. 1886, and now that his pension days company," he said, "but as time went Here he remained for ten years and are here, he has been looking them on and my pronlotions came fast. I it was felt this training mas neces- over and has found that nearly every decided to stick. It began to appeal sary and after tell years had elapsed engineer who was made on the Frisco to me, and I always figured that 'a he got a regular passenger run. 11as at some time or other been his Many of them are gone. bnt attend one meeting of nbers them all distinctly. He Association and he ce. s in this book that he re- ,RAILROAD TAXES AID HIGHWAYS among other things, to he magnificent sum of 90 one of them in the futl "The public considers it fit- ' lay when he started to work An even though Mr. ! hours were from 6 a. m. un- ting and proper for the rail- ways to maintain, from their subject of this intervic DL, with one hour for lunch. in respect, and mention ied a year before he drew own funds, the rights-of-way over which they operate and Mrs. Schank, who has day, and after getting on a him through all these ob as Rreman from St. Louis the public is quite right in this railroad service. Even n regard," says the Railway Age rurg he made $2.45 a trip, not get to enjoy his hor oveling from 12 to 14 tons in a current editorial, "but early, busy days, she nroute, and it made no differ- when the railways are called time that he was at k v long he was on the road, upon, as they are, to contribute restful as it could he. aid according to the mileage. in annual taxes for highway the hour that he would nbers several occasions when purposes a sum sufficient to a hot meal awaited him. ane nas ~i the road 32 to 34 hours, and, pay for an entire year's main- rejoiced with him' when his promo- 3, after 24 hours he lost his tenance of more than 300,000 tions came, and now she Is to share miles of highways, the equity the joy of the events whlch are he would stop at the last of our taxing methods is open planned upon his retirement. to serious question. I station, before reaching his They are planning a real vacation he would be handed a mes- "Detailed figures of railroad soon, and they plan a long visit with .ardless of how long he had taxes gald fer highway purposes tbefr son and daughter and grandson. the road. The message told have recently been available They praise the officials of the he was to leave at such and for thirty-nine states." contin- Frisco, and thefr devotion to the in- Ime, and so he would grab ues the Railway 4ge. "In these terests OK the FrIsco will never cease states, highway taxes paid by b eat and start out on an- throughout the years. To this vet- el ling trip without sleep. In the railways In a year amounted eran and his wife, the entire FrSsco ~thhe made 44 days on to $41,046,732. Basing calcula- family extend best wishes for con- tions upon the actual mainte- tinued health and happiness. hear him describe the coun- nance expeaditures per mile of le time he started to work, highway in these states, this wry you back through his- sum was sufficient to pay an- GOOD CUSTOMER nual maintenance Costs upon have read. Those were the A city is much like an individual In days of the ox teams. One must 293,595 miles of hlghway. When the remainlng nine states are some respects, and should accord remember that these long ribbons of wholesome nppreciation to Its friends. considered, in which it is esti- highways were not built in those and if it in in business, to Its patrons. days. Muddy roads and forest coun- mated that the railroads pay Among the patrons and friends of try with homemade roads was the annually some $4,000,000 in Henryetta Is the Frisco Railroad. In best that could be had. And rail- highway taxes. It appears that fact our city owes its existence to the road t~avelwas "the" only travel. in the United States as a whole Frirco, for prior to the comln~of the the railroads are paying in di- rond this land was merely the Hugh Trains were plentiful to haul the gas- Henry ranch. The writer of these sengers, and Mr. Schank laughed rect taxes for highway purposes a sum. sufficient to pay annual lines rode horseback over the land when he said that in those days If where Henryetta now Is. back in the the old locomotive got to going 15 maintenance costs upon sub- nlnetles, and can remember the wild or 20 miles an hour, everybody stantially more than 300,000 picture quite clearly. thought that they would be killed. miles of highway. It should be And today the Frisco is not only In comparison with today, he says realized, in this connection, friendly, but a good customer. The that you can't go fast enough for the that a substantial amount of total payroll here, annually, reaches passengers back in your coaches. special assessment taxes has fifty thousand dollars n year. Thls is been excluded from the fore- pnid in fortnightly payments-twice But those were the days of the old each month. 4nd to this tidy sum may iron rails and the light, wooden equip- going tax figures, as have also been the vehicle licenses and be added a hundred thousand dollars ment. a year spent for Henryetta coal. This gasoline fees which the rail- Antl mow he is up to 1934. His means added wages for the rnlners of wavs pav as highway users. this fleld, and added sales for every half century of railroading has Highway taxes paid by the brought astounding changes. Steel merchant in Henryetta. And the tax railroads were sufficient to have money paid amounts to a sur~rlslng equipment, big, powerful engines, paid the entire annual cost of sum, though we do not hnve those fig- automatic couplers, air brakes, auto- ures at hand at this moment. matic traln control, splendid work- maintenance of 29,328 miles of highway in North Dakota; of In view of these Aguren It Is only ing conditions, automatic block sig- 27,774 miles of highway in Kan- fair that Henryetta buslness ~enple nals. He has seen the country grow should favor the Frisco with every sas; of 16,247 miles of highway and be built up. He has seen the dollar's worth of business porslble. long ribbons of highways stretch in Texas; of 13,875 miles in That is real reciprocity. from one coast to the otlier and he Oklahoma: 10.542 mfles in Wis- consin, and 9,054 miles in Ohio. has lived through keen competition "We have never heard of an of the railroad and its competitors. instance," concludes the Rail- Another Kind of "Mick" He is in splendid health-he is way Age , "where a h'uck, a bus The foreman looked the applicant young in years and spirit and de- or a barge has been taxed to for work up and down. serves this rest which he is now en- help maintain a railroad right- "Are you a mechanlc?" he asked. titled to. Even though he has had a of-way." "NO, fiorr," wag the answer, "oi'm a very busy life, he has not failed to. 3IcCarthy."-U. P. Magazine. 3 PRAISED HOW TO KEEP FROM !It known column- GROWIKG OLD hrough a trip to By P. D. WOODS, Condrrctor The 39 lightful city one Always drive fast out of alleys. Moran f a., served by the Always race with locomotives to senger t crossings. Engineers like it; it !breaks 1899, wl of his visit there the n~onotonyof jobs. worth a in the St. Louis Always pass the car ahead on curves The ti :ember 13, and or turns. Don't we your horn, it may between -, mission we are unnerve the other fellow and cause City, Joplin aid Galena. B. F. in of that date. him to turn out too far. Yoakum was vice-president and gen- Always demand half the road, the eral manager at that time; Bryan ,dais fine city on middle half. Insist on your rights. Snyder was general passenger agent, to establish old Always speed, it shows people you and W. T. Saunders, traveling pas- u should imagine are a person of pep, even though an senger agent. ailed into Pensa- amateur driver. There were 18 passenger trains a wla. Compared Never stop, Took or listen at rail- day in both directions, between Ga- hose of the May- road crossings, as It consumes time. lena and Joplin, Mo.; 10 between Ga- ivals. He sailed Drive confidently, jnst as though lena and Joplin to Webb City and and, wlth its 20 there were not twenty-eight million Carthage, and the same number, h. into what is cars in service. Carthage to Galena. , jnst 24 years Always lock your brakes when Single trip tickets, Galena to Joplin, overed America. skidding. It makes the job more were 10 cents; Jackson to Carthage, d on Plymouth artistic. 25 cents. Round trip tickets, Galena Forty-three years Always pass cars on hills, it shows to Carthage, good for thirty days, ' Don Tristram you have more power, and you can sold for 50 cents. lowers. turn out if you meet a car at the top. The cover of the timetable proud- In sloppy weather. drive close to ly quotes that Palace sleeping and 9th its memorial pedestrians. Dry cleanew appreciate free reclining chair cars will be found re General Jack- it. on all through trains, and that there .he transfer of Never look around when you back will be free transfer in Frisco Line d States, Pensa- up. There is never anything behind wagonettes to and from depots in der five flags, you. Carthage and Webb City. mt 17 times, not Those were the days when Joplin and vicinity was teeming with mining 3. French and lumin metal, change floating battle- activities and, apparently eveybody ! for possession. ships to obsolete targets. s "forever". rode trains ; however this schedule largest natural Last evening in Mlaml, after nine was in competition to the street car one oI the best nights and days in a Pullman car, plus lines at that time. the world, room nearly 1,000 miles by automobile, ~gshtps that will traveling up and down on the earth every day in the between the Atlantic and PaclAc and 27 MEN SERVE 1,080 YEARS along the California coasts. There Is Madge M. Morton, transportation .rbor. with five no very important news, nothing to clerk in the oflice of &I, M. Slsson, by, provides the be remembered or written down 10 superintendent of the Frisco's East- .ion and training years hence. At least there is no such ern division, was impressed with the It is a pleasure news on the surface although you can unusual length of service ot some of .ates planes, not never be sure that the big thing has the older men holding reg~llarpassen- Ian none, from not happened under your nose. ger runs, when she made out the re- to big bombing Leonardo da Vinci never mentioned, quests for their annual transporta- ient flying naval as far as this writer knows, the voy- tion for 1934. age of Columbus, although it hap- The total service of 27 passenger ere is progress, pened in his prime and Leonardo conductors and engineers working I forts, and hid- wrote a great deal. A@ the Duke of between St. Louis and Springfield It by the Spanish St. Sinon, in his famous memoirs. figures 1,080 years. Inasmuch as the lis modern fleet mentions "a certain young man named Eastern division is one of the oldest md lights on the Aronet, who calls himself 'de Vol- divisions of the system, it occurred taire'," and adds, "I only speak of him to her that this record !might be because his father was my father's higher, in point of total service, than the Florida na- notary." He might have said more any other division. square miles, in- about him if he had known that that It is true that many inctdenta of ove or live oaks certain young gentleman, with his humor pathos and even tragedy have Government 100 writings, was destined to educate the entered into the experiences of the 27 lea that it would people of France and cause E'rench men in thetr respective years of hs for United Kings and Dukes to be thrown into service. .. Little did they outer space. Some Christopher Colum- The oldest, in point of eervice. is ast century that bus of chemistry, some young writer Charles W, Schank, passenger engineer at battleships of on a country newspaper may at this on the Rolla, Sub, whose service to- live oak timbers, moment be creating the really "big tals 5.7 years. The average number ,s ot light dnra- news" of the future. or years service per man totals 40. ORDER A FRISCO PIN MERITORIOUS SERVICE I 1 How would you, Mr. Frisco em- I AGENCY CHANGES ploye, and you, Miss Frisco employe, I SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION like to have a pin to wear on your The following permanent agents coat or your dress, advertising November 20-H. \V. Taber, switch- were installed at the stations which Frisco Lines'? follow their names: man at West Tulsa, Okla., discovered Such a pin is now being made and CONS 6204 lined up in track No. 17 Calvin Powell, Keiser, Ark., No- is being offered to the employes at vember 6; Ora L. Jenkins, Biggers. as an empty, when in fact, car was a an extremely low cost. A cut of the load. He informed the Mid-Continent Arlz., November 8; Charles A. Fromm, pin accompanies Pacific, 310.. November 9; Robert 0. people and arrangements were this story. The promptly made to return the car to Marlin, Jr.. Naylor, Mo., November pin is red, with the $1-K-T. The Mid-Continent people 14; LeRoy L. Holt, Foreman, Ark., No- the words "Frisco greatly appreciated his alertness in vember 21; Calvin Powell, Hollancl, Lines" in gold this instance, and C. T. Alason, super- Mo.; Sovember 22; Bert P. Melton, lettering, and the Kewanee, Mo., November 23; Leslie intendent, commended him and cred- small border around it is also of gold. ited his record with five merit marks. E. Thon~pson,Garnett, Okla., Novem- And here are the prices: gold filled, ber 27; Franklin C. iv10r1-is, Arkinda, November 25-W. E. Wallen, bralze- 25 cents each; gold plated, 15 cents man, West Tulsa, on train with Con- Ark., November 27; Heleu Y. Fellous, each. Before placing the order, we Robertsville. No.. November 27; ductor Norman, while eugine was would like to know how many pins taliing water at Chelsea, while look- Bert P. Melton, Commerce, No., Ko- will be required. Below is a blank vember 28; Charles B. Acuff, Ste. ing over tlle train, discovered that which you may fill in and mail to The TCS 3428, gas for Kansas City, had Genevieve, Mo., December 1; Riley Frisco Employes' Magazine, 835 E. Camp, Sr., Pratt City, Ala, Decem- broken arch bar, B-end of car. He Frisco Building, St. Louis, Mo. was commended for his alertness in ber 1; Alexander E. Payer, Poplar ciiscovering this defect and his record The pins for the men will screw Bluff, No., December 4; Harry D. was credited with five merit marks. iuto the coat lapel, and the pins for Bentley, Garnett, Okla., December 5; the women will have a safety catch. December 12-A. Eheling, brake- Stephen B. Nichols, Davenport, Okla., man, Oklahoma City, Olzla.. while As soon as this Magazine reaches December 5; Floyd M. Carlock, Big- brakeman on train 448, discovered you, tear out the order and mail it gers, Ark., December 6; Wm. P. Cop- broken arch bar on ANAX 109, and direct. Club presidents might take ening, Phillipsburg, Yo., December 6; the matter up with their membership car was set out for repairs. As a re- Ora L. Jenkins, Kewanee, No., De- ward for his alertness. his personal and order the pins in lots, thereby saving the trouble of mailing separate cember 8; James 31. Johnson, Keiker, record was credited with five merit Ark.. December S; Charles L. AIurphy, marks. orders. Wear one of these pins and help to Garnett. Okla.. December 9. RIVER DIVISION advertise the good old Frisco. The following were installed tem- November 10-\IT. 11. Bates, agent, Same ...... porary agents at the stations which Xountain View, Yo., when he learned Address ...... follow their names: of derailment of engine 76 north, Talniage C. Adams, Kewanee, 110.. November 5, at MP TS-308-1.4, while Number of pins required ...... November 27; Rollin L. Scott, Arca- off duty, drove to Birch Tree, located Gold filled ...... gold plated ...... dia. Kans., Xovember 27th; Clarence section men and got them started to Style for men (No.) ...... P. rtarron, Monett, Ark., No\ember 3; derailment with little delay. His Style for women (No.) ...... record was credited with ten merit Elmer \V. Cheatham, Robertsv~lle,No., marks. Price of the pin should accompany A'ovember 3; Peter AIarilt, Yarbro, the order. Order early, so that we Ark., November 4; Forrest C. Pepple, November 13-5. W. Davis. brake- may in turn place your ord'zr for im- Yarbro, 4rk., December 1; Howard R. man, Chaffee, 310.. discovered hot box mediate delivery. under tank of engine 1034. October Barlis, Zalma, No., December 2; 1Vn1. 19, aud rendered valuable assistance L. Powell, Bassett, Ark., December 4; in packing and re-brassing box. He George E. Mills, Yarbro, Ark., Deceni- was deadheading on train 808 at the tive and moved this car of cotton out ber 9. time. His record 4ras credited with of the compress, thereby preventing fire merit marks. further damage and loss. The record November 14-D. 0. Slater, condnc- of each man was credited with 10 tor. Hayti, 310.. mas given a letter merit marks. INTERDEPENDEST , of con~mendation for his interest Railroad prosperity in the SOUTHERN DIVISION shown in malting repairs to broken main depends on national pros- knuckles on IC 401541 and ATSF November 15-\V. E. Hamilton, perity. We must remember at 127607. cars being handled in train conductor. Thayer, No., while on the same time the tremendous 4026 south, November 2. train 135, November 18, noticed some bearing the railroad system has November 23-E. F. Blomeyer. fire coming from train near MP 253, on national economy. Railroads agent, E. E. Wills, conductor, and between 3Iansfield and 3lacomb. He are one of the pillars of the eco- John Holleman, section foreman, all set the air and made an inspection nomic structure and their future of BIytherille. rendered valuable as- of train and found NATX 16745. has a great bearing on the pros- sistance when Frisco box car 128133 Ioaded with naphtha, had middle arch perity and welfare of everyone. was discovered on fire at Blytheville bar broken. top badly bent and set -PIERRE S. ds PONT. Chairnzcob compress at 12:50 a. m., October 20. car out at Macomb for repairs. A of the Rncwd, h'. I. clv Post de The car contained cotton. The above letter of commendation was placed Se?rzo~o'aR Go. named gentlemen secured a Iocomo- on his personal record file. Page 7
CRAFTS ELECT OFFICERS IN APPRECIATION Results of the elections of officers oC the Frisco Association of Metal 0 31. W. Dnnkin. general agent, Drum and Bugle Corps, State Cham- Crafts and Car Departn~entEmployes, Frisco Lines, Memphis, Tenn., pions : Locals 1 and 2, at Springfield, 310.. Tfrom Davis & Andrems Company, "3Iay I take this opportunity of and the local at Jopiin, Mo., have just expressing the attitude of myself millers and grain dealers, Memphis, and entlre Cape Girardeau drum and been announced. Tenn.: bugle corps to you and all concerned In Local No. 1, at Springfield, the (specii~l mentlotl to Harrison Will "We wish, through you, to con- and J. T. Hulehan of our city) for same ofPicers mhic!l held office in gratulate the Frisco Railway on the manner in which you took care 1933 were re-elected unanimously. the splendid service rendered on car of us on our recent tri~,to Chicago. Frisco 146589. We gave Scruggs- Mr. Will and Mr. Hulehan mere very They are: Claude Hereford, president; Robin-on & Company an order on accommodating and gave us equip- Claude Campbell, secretary. and the Lathrop-Alarshall Graln Com- ment' and service that was very flne pany, of Kansas City, for this car indeed: also, Mr. Will's presence James Loser, treasurer. Burl Hough of corn at 4 lei p. m.. Xovember 25, with us on this trip was very pleas- was re-elected Eastern division com- and ~t arrived in Alemphls November ant and appreciated - we think 26 at 3:OO 1,. m., or less than tnrenty- enough of him and his service that mitteeman. The trnstees are Ernest Inur hours after the order was we ask that on futXre mores, on Jacksou, Fenton Coleman and John given. your line, that you furnish him as "We cannot help hut xp~reciate well as your equipment." Galman. These officers were praised such splendid service, and might further st'ate that your line has al- -- for their splendid work in behalf of ways set a mark for the other rail- To F. J. Lamler, assistant general the local during 1933. roads to shoot at. 2, "(Sgd) Wrn, l?ollinael~, freight and passenger agent, from R. Officers of Local No. at Spring- ".\rst. Sec'y and Treas." J. Nolte, traffic manager of the Lam- field are: Ed. DeClew, president; mert Furniture Company, of St. Charles Coode, vice-president ; Joseph To J. T. Hulehan, general agent. Louis, Mo.: L. Gulley, treasurer. Paul Rice was Frisco Lines, Cape Girardeau, 310.. "It is not unusual to receive the named trustee, succeeding Frank Ge- hest ~)osslble service f r r) rn t'he nung. Those serving with 3Ir. Rice from The American Legion, Lonis K. I"r'~sco,but this IS to arlvi5e vou we Juden Post No. 63: have aaittn been favored with the are Allen 3Iitchell and Charles Miner. usulil. 1\11.. Bishop was re-elected secretary "Please allow me to take this op- "For details, sec your JIr Hale. port'unity to thank you and your who handled the matter, ver). very for the fifth consecutive year. The organization for the splenrlid serv- satisfactorily." ice and eauiument afforded 11s on our following craft committeemen weTe recent trig co the National American NOTE:--Mr. Solte had an LCL elected: Frank Jones, Venton Wiles, gion Convention at Chicago. Le"The etttwe trio, both ~oinc.and shipment of 2.200 pounds of furniture Charles Coocle. A1 Jacobs, Fred Huff- ~~elurning,mas a 'very pleasant one for Roger 1C. Lane, of Tulsa, Olzla., man, John Keopke, M. L. Ryan, Claud and made nosslble by the very close :itlention given evrr)- detail for our and called the Frisco on the morning Atterberry, Woodie E. Bell, Luther comfort by yourself, Mr. IVill and of December 7, asking for service to Caffey and Andy Zay. Several craft Mr. Renick, of the C&EI Railroarl. Tulsa. The shipment would be re- \Ve want to especlallg thank Mr. committeemen are yet to be elected. \Irill for making the trip with us. fused by Mr. Lane if not received The Joplin local elected L. 0. Fos- and we think so much of it that we Saturday afternoon, and advice was \x70ulrl likc to have tile sllme nr. ter, president; Jess Wilson, vice- rangement when we go t'o Miami. they wo111d not be able to make ship- president; D. A. Hubbard, secretary, Fla., nest year, with you~%elfand ment from St. Louis until Friday, the 311'. Will fu~~nishedwith the equip- and Roger Fletcher. treasurer. ment. Wc are starting now to work Sth, and the Nichols Transfer Com- on the proposit'ion, and if possible pany would need about fo~whours to will makc your linr the nffidal route from Southeast .31issouri. set op the furniture and get it in DO YOU I
+44++t NEWS OF THE FRISCO CLUBS I I
Tulsa, Okla. business meetings of the club. Mrs. clear what indebtedness might be in- 'risco Employes' Club of Tu1- Moore took the part of Jim Jones, curred. a., held its December meet- switchman, and idrs. Bell was hIartha As a result of the appointing of cer- the night of the 11th. The Jones. The play was well accepted tain clwb members at a previous meet- of the election of officers was by all present. ing to arrange for music and programs went or the evening. Fay H. G. Snyder, Jess Moore and W. A. during the week preceding Christmas, , yardmaster, succeeded J. C. Schubert, officials, were also present programs to be given in the lobby of as president. R. M. Page, at the meeting. FollomIng the busi- the Sixth Street Passenger Station, t Tulsa, was elected vice-presi- ness session, guests and members en- the following mchedule of programs nd 'IV. 0. Coy was elected joyed a dance. was worked out: ,y-treasurer. There was a The next monthly affair of the club Tuesday, Dec. 19th, 8 p, m.- ~mberpresent at the meeting will 'be held on December 21, when a Joplin Senior High School. h member pledged support to meeting for the election of officers Wednesday, Dec. 20th, 8 p. m.- rIy elected officers. will be held. S. Christian Church Choir. Thursday, Dec. Zlst, 8 p. m.- the election and business Joplin, Mo. , a floor show was presented Boy8 Chorus. Lafayette School. The regular meeting of the Frisco members and guests, consist- Friday, Dec. 22nd, 8 p. m.- Employes' Club of Joplin, Mo., was lumbers by Iiarold Boyce Eck- 1st Presbyterian Church Choir. held at the Tenth Street Freight Sta- Ing son of Mr. John Eckley, Saturday. Dec. 23rd, 3 p. m.- tion, December 6. The meeting mas 'use foreman, and Mrs. Eck- YWCA Business Women. mmfe Youngblood, the two preceded by a covered dish luncheon. Saturday. Dec. 23rd. 8 p. m.- The club members were called into Brothers and Little Jeanne 1st M. E. Church ,Choir. the business meeting at 7:45 p. m. !onnelly. Following the 8:00 p. m. program ers of the club planned a with all officers present and a goodly on Saturday, a party wlll be staged the week before Christmas, number of members and guests. by the Frisco employes and their After the reading of the minutes, 3 price of admission a can of familier In the lobby, where arrange- be donated to the poor. A some time was spent In a general dis- ments are now in progress ,by the ee was appointed to distri,bute cussion regarding various matters, and building manager, Mr. Mount and his i collected to Frisco employes particularly traffic solidtation and force to have the season's decorations special mention was made by J. E. ! unemployed and in need of and Christmas tree in readiness by the vicinity of Tulsa and West Springer, divlsion freight and pas- Monday, December 18th. senger agent, regarding the generous The nominating committee,' ap- response the Frisco was receiving in City, pointed at the Novemiber meetlng, re- Vdahoma Okla. connection with Its new nteat car ported its choice of officers as fol- ers of the Frisco Employes' schedules. lows: Roy Barcus, cashier, freight Oklahoma City held a buslness The matter of handling dub mem- station to succeed S. R. Landrum, as on the night of Novem'ber 16 bership cards for the year came up president; Len Kneeland, stenog- owlng this meeting, members for discussion and after many sugges- rapher to General Agent Douglas to sts enjoyed a dance. tions were offered it was moved and succeed A. W. Webber as secretary, Mason, assistant superintend- unanimously voted that the following and 0. G. Moult to succeed himself le a splendid talk on "Improv- plan of payment for clnb membership as treasurer. Physical Conditions of the cards be adhered to for 1934: It was moved that the rules be su- I." Members drawing $49.00 and un- spended and that the choice ot the Huggins, Jr., traffic manager, der per month, 15c per annum. nominating committee as to nominees out how each employe could be Members drawing $50.00 and un- be accepted and that same be chosen In securing business, particu- der $100.00, 25c per annum. by acclamation, which was unanimous- Iling attention to the large ap- Members drawing $100.00 and un- ly done. ion the Government has made der $125.00, 50c per annum. Ft. Worth, Texas rovements at Ft. Sill, Okla. Members drawing $125.00 and un- The Frisco Employes Club of Ft. rk will mean good tonnage for der $150.00, 75c per annum. Worth, Tex., entertained its members Wsco Lines for the next Pew months. Members drawing $150.00 and and their friends with a dance and M. W. Bell, president of the clnb, over, $1.00 per annum. bridge party at the Elks .Ch~b,De- cave a very favorable report on letters It was further decided by the club cem,ber 2. Approximately 200 persons which had been sent out to shippers that the head of each department be were in attendance. iince the last meeting. He stated that mailed enough cards to supply em- This was the first entertainment ieveral of the shippers showed their ployes under his supervision and that sponsored by the club since the sum- nterest to the extent of telephoning each employe be solicited to become mer months and it was thoroughIy en- .he office and commeuting on that a member and urged to be present at joyed by all present. Music was fur- 'orm of solicitation. all meetings possible. nished by Patrick's Orchestra. Tables Mrs. Jess Moore, wife of car fore- 0. G. Moult, chairman of the Christ- were provided for those who desired nan and Mrs. M. W. Bell staged a mas program, advised that everything to play bridge. rhort play which pointed out the im- wo~ild be in readiness at the proper Harry Granger, chairman of the lortance of the employes and mem- time and that as treasurer of the club entertainment committee w a s in lers of their families attending the there was sufficient funds on hand to charge of arrangements.
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Is baskets for the poor at Christmas A New Club Organized time. HE various Frisco Employes man, V. 0. Ballew, L. B, hIatthews, Ada Husbands, Adele Heilnian aiicl Clubs tl~rougl~outthe system will H. H. Blansett, R. D. Harris, C. W. Kate Ratchford selected the attend- . Trejoice over the birth of a baby- Hamawalcl, C. \V. Faust, Roy West and ance prizes and Katherine Noon, Mil- a new club, members of which had J. H. Spears. dred Singer and Marie Roche wel- their first meeting at Mansfield, No.. comed the girls at the cloor and on the night of November 27. Agents, The second meeting of members of wished them a very Merry Xmas. operators, section foremen, express the newly formed Ozark Club, met on At the close of the meeting, S. S. agents and all other employes between the night of November 11 at &Iountain Butler presented the Girls' Club presi- Rogersville and Cabool, 310.. met at Grove, Mo., with 24 members in at- dent with a beautiful poinsetta plant, Mansfield, where, through the efforts tendance. a gift from the members of the club. of V. 0. Ballew, agent at Korwood, The name of "The Ozark Club" was The gift was graciously presented and No., they held a banquet and formu- selected after m~~chdiscussion. The deeply appreciated. lated organization plans for the club. name covers a great deal of territory, As a finale to the splendid meeting, The first order of business after the but n majority of the members fa- the members sang "Auld Lang Syne" , banquet was the election of officers. vored this name because the terri- as they left the banquet hall, each V. 0. Ballew was elected president, J. tory covered by the club is a typical feeling that it was one of the best P. Houk, agent, Mountain Grove, vice- example of the Ozark territory. nieetiiigs of the year. president; R. D. Harris, operator, G. 31. Forrester, general agent at hIansfield, treasurer, ancl J. H. Spears, Springfield, and C. A. Redden, of the Frisco Girls' Club agent, Cedar Gap, secretary. traffic department, St. Louis, were the Sprir~gfield,Mo. S. A. Brophy, CMSTP&P engineer. a guests of honor for the evening. Members of the Frisco Girls' Club guest at the meeting, made an excel- Both explained the uew freight truck of Springfield held a cake and candy lent talk, outlining what benefits might rates that are to go into effect on sale in the lobby of the general of- be expected as a result of the organ- January 1st and both were optimistic fice building, also on the north side, ization of such a club and what bene- in that they felt the rails will have Monday, December 4. The funds fits he had observecl on his division a fair show to compete with the truclcs raised to be used for charity. A total of the CMSTP&P in North Dakota. in the future. Through the member- of $103.00 was realized from the sale. He also commended the members for ship of the club, an extensive solicita- Hazel Clark was chairman of the lheir progressiveness in forming the tion campaign is being started ancl committee at the general office builcl- club and attempting to better condi- with the new truck rates going in, the ing and Hazel Baker was in charge tions through concerted efforts. membership felt that some very fruit- of the sale at the north side. Other Some very interesting views on why ful results would be obtaiued. A vig- members of the club serving on the and how the trucks have been able to oroils campaign ig to be started two committees consistecl of Jessie divert traffic from the railroad were througl~ the schools, advising the Laub, JIatilda Hoffman. Katherine teachers of the big amount of taxes given by Eugene Slater and J. P. Hurt, Irene Schaller, Pearl Fain aud paid by the rhilroads in the various -Houk. The tariffs also came in for a Nola Rook. couuties. a great proportion of which cliscussion. goes to school funds. L. F. Livingston brought out the fact A move is being started to celebrate Through Mr. C. J. ICunz, president that hogs for serum purposes must be the 50th anniversary of the first train Employes' Club at hIonett, Missouri. accompanied by a permit \\- 11 e 11 into Mountain Grove, and members of the Junior Chamber of Cominerce at shipped by rail, but that the trucks the club are now ~)lanningto hold a Monett extended an invitation to the paid no attention to this requirement Golden Jubilee nest spring in cele- officials, ancl members of the Girls' and therefore get the business. bration of the event. This program and Men's Clubs at Springfield, to at- A number of other interesting views will bc advertised and kept before the tend a banquet in honor of the of- were presented regarding the future people continuously until the spring ficials and employes of the Frisco to of the railroad business and lhe mem- and at that time this club hopes to be held at the Park Casino, 7:00 p. m., bers set the second hionday night of sponsor one of the greatest meetings Wednesday, December 13, at Monett. each month to be the regular meeting that has ever bee11 held on the line. The Girls' Club was well repre- night of the club. The express men of Mansfield and sented, about fifteen members attend- Employes in atteklance at this or- Mountain Grove have joiued the club ing. anel a most enjoyable time was ganization meeting were: G. \IT.Wil- and are equally enthusiastic in the had by all. liams, J. P. Houk, Eugene Slater, E. work of the club, since their work is The Frisco Girls' Club of Spring- A. Snead. W. H. Rhoeles, L. F. Livings- closely allied with that of the railroad field held a Christmas party OII Tues- ton, J. J. Raby, \Ir. M. Young, J. R. employes. The club members appre- day evening, December 19, at the Thompson, C. C. Massey, J. H. Hage- ciate their loyalty and support. Y. IV. C. A. The following committee was in Yonng. She was accompanied at the the big features of the day. He charge. Marie ICidd, chairman, Flo piano by Helen filartin, of the Alissouri brought with him two assistants, Red Blevuns, Helen Heflin and Grace Pacific Railroad. Colonel Dudley. one Caps from the Union Station. who clis- Jochum. of the most famous educated dogs in lributed prizes to the girls which were Each member who attended re- the country, and his master, Geo. later returned to be put in the baskets. ceived a gift. There were refresll- Iiohan, were special guests. Colonel The big feature of the luncheon was ments and plenty of fun. Dudley gave a delightful little program the drawing of the 25 attendance and for the girls. He was introducecl by other prizes. Memphis, Term. Jack Leighton. A total of $323.00 was secured in Twenty-five'members and one visitor S a 11 t a Claus, impersonated by the Frisco Girls' Club charity funtl. were present at the Nove~nber 29th "Uncle" Charley Baltzell, was one of This cl1111 expects to pack some 135 meeting of the Greater Traffic Com- mittee of AIemphis, Tenn. The visitor Each rnenlber present rn a d e a theatres. was &I. W. Dunkin, general agent. pledge to try to get at least one pas- evening was The secretary made a report of the senger via Frisco Lines during the Frisco atto] business secured for presentation to holiday season. The elect Mr. Kurn on his birthday on Novem- was held a1 ber 10, which consisted of 6 cars, 2 Frisco Employes' Club re-elected. LCL shipments and 4 passengers. Wichita, Kans. president: Other ,business secured stnce Novem- Sixteen members were present at dent: R. 3 ber 10 was 2 cars, and 6 IXfL ship- the December 15 meeting of the E. Wooldri ments. Ten tips on future ,business Frisco Employes' Club of Wichita, Wmldridge, were reported to R. E. Buchanan's Kans. Communication was read office. from J. 31. ICurn, in which he thanked H. H. Smith commented on the re- the members for their participation ports, stating that these cases showed in the birthday gift, presented to him The Fris what the eniyloyes can do LC they will on November 10. a big Chris1 keep their eyes open. The expense, The following new business was re- Hotel on I revishg. rate and other clerks han- ported: plopes and dling waybills have an opportunity to Three cars of roofing tile, Coffey- lng to tho% observe the muting and can almost ville to Wichita, and two LCL ship- of the grea ---- F...v------daily pick up a case where the Frisco ments a month, bIemphis to Wichita, was organized. can secure a longer haul and more reported by Harry Marshall, rate Special guests included J. M. Kurn revenue. clerk. and John G. Lonsdale, J. R. Koontz, Mr. Dunkin expressed his pleasure Two cars coffee, New Orleans to E. T. Miller, E. H. Bunnell and other at being able to attend the meeting Wichita; one car cake flour, Sioux officials and executives. and said he had listened with a great Clty to Wichlta; seven care fruits Prior to the luncheon, members of deal oC interest to the proceedings on and vegetables from North West to the club were given the new Frisco the activities of the club members, Wichita and one LCL shipment, St. pin as Season's Greetings from the and thzt the traffic department would Louis to Wichita, reported by Harry Men'e Club. Sam S. Butler served run down every tip handed to them. Sigler, conductor. as toastmastm and gave a wonderful New officers to serve during 1934 talk in regard to the loyalty and re- Ladias' Auxiliary, Sunnyland Club were elected at the close of the meet- spect each member should have to- of Kansas City ing. Ralph Dinsnmre was reelected ward the new Frisco pin. He also for another term as well as A. J. presented the trustees' with one, to- The most important item of busl- Sperry, treasu'rer. Harry Grimes was gether with an honorary membership ness to be brought up at the Decem- elected vtcapresldent end E. J. Im- card in the club. ber 5 meeting of the Ladies' Auxiliary mele, secretary, The entertainment numbers con- to the Sunnyland Club of Kansas City, Motion was made that the presi- aisted of vocal selections by Madeline was the election at new officers for dent appoint a commiitee to arrange Young, also Christmas Hymns by a the comlng pear. Mrs. M. J. Sartain Tor a party to be held at the Stefi'ens double male quartette. A total of 86 , was elected president, succeeding Mrs. Hostess Room on lnstallation night attendance prizes were awarded, Geo. Highfill. Mrs. A. J. Finn was in January. Mr. Immele, Mr. Roberts which included 25 dressed turkeys. elected vice-president, Mrs. J. Ham- and Mr. Freeze were appointed. During the luncheon and at intervals, Mona, secretary, and Mrs. R. Radford, Hal Havird's ten-piece orchestra fur- treasurer. Frisco Men's Club of Springfield, nished music and their num~bers in- Mrs. W. Bullard introduced the five iMissouri cluded several trumpet and violin guests of the Allied Independent Rail- The members of the Frisco Men's solos. way Labor Organization from Cali- Club of Springfield, Mo., arranged a F. J. Lawler was present with the fornia, Minnesota, Washington and dinner and entertainment, Tuesday the following guests; Ed Rohrkasse, of Kansas. 19th, at the Frisco Dining Room in the Shell Petroleum Company; C. A. It was reported that a card of con- the passenger station. Approximate- Campbell, of the National Candy Com- dolence was sent to the family of J. ly 275 members were present. pany; E. H. Emndt, Schleslnger-Tar- L. Elllinger. Mr. Ellinger was a re- Guests at the dinner Included, H. L. rant Brokerage Co.; Alvin Franke, tired employe of the Frisco who died Worman, chief operating officer of St. Robert Gaylord Co.; E. H. Brink- recently. Louis; F. H. Shaffer, C. P. King, J. meyer, Pauly Jail Building Co., and The alternoon was spent in phphIg H. Doggrell. M. 11. Sisson, S. J. Don Hyman, Brown Shoe Company. bridge, pinochle and bunco. Refresh- Frazier, F. G. Llster, J. K. Gtbson, J. ments were served to 43 members and L. Harvey, W. S. Reeve, E. M. Carl-, guests. Hostesses for the day were: W. D. Steele, G. F. Forrester, L. J. RISE IN RAIL -'I'AXES ' - Mesdames Grace, Cummings, Miller, Leysaht, local agent Carter and local The taxes paid by tble railroads in Davis and Bennison. Surgeon F'essenden. 1692 amounted to $33,0( W),000. During Mrs. C. C. Davis won the prize for Music was furnished during the 1931 they had increased to more than having the largest number present, dinner by the Jesse Smith Orchestra. $300,000,000; and they had been in with Mrs. Bennison receiving honor- and Mrs. H. H. Webb led the mem- 1929, $100,00O,OM) more t han this. Rail- able mention. bers in group singing, assisted by road net earnings during 1890-1928 in- Glen Stanbach at the piano. The Colored Club of Birmirrgham, creased 382. per cent, but railroad "wonder" children of Springfield, taxes increased 1,220 per cent-during Alabama Welba Rose. 14, and Harold Greenburg. a period in which all t(axes increased Members of the Colored Club of 12, gave a group of solos and duets. 962 per cent. Birmingham, Ala., held a meeting on These are the children of one of -nd. GHARLE S L. RAPER, Springfield's local merchants and they Derrn or the C 11th a goodly number of mess AdminZsrr ,atl'm,'oUege Sgracuxeof Bwsi in attendance. have appeared on the stage Of local Cniveksitg. " I'd 11 THE PENSION ROLL
ROBE1OT LYONS, engineer, East- Elevcrr Frisco Liircs veteran e~n)loyes, tirement. On Mar ern divislion, was retired from active with conrbined serzice of 389 years arrd ried Hattie Jenkina, OL vu~rlr-IU, vnia. service (m October 31, 1933, due to 3 ~~rorrths,were placed orr the Pcrrsioit They reside in OklahomaCity. Contin- kg his havir reached the age limit He Roll a! o ~trecting of the Board of Pen- uons service of 60 years and 4 months was borr1 at Sunville Kelgarvin. Ker* entitles him to a pension allowance ~ioiw,Ireld Nove~nber 19. 1933, at the ry Count.Y, Ireland, and came to this of $102.00 a month, etfective Novem- St. Lonis gcrrernl office. country Ion March 2, 1882, and began ber 1, 1933. his service with Frjsco Llnea in the - - maintenamce department in April, 1882, at Angusta. Kans. He also agent November 1, 1929, again re- GEORGE FREMONT COLEMAN, worked IIn the roundhouse et Dixon, turning to road service August 6, conductor, Eastern division, was re- Mo., nnd began flrlng, Dlxon to Pa- 1931, where he remained until his re- tired from active service October 31, cific, a trhort tlme 1933. due to his later. He: was pro- h a v i n g reached moted t o freight the age limit. He engineer out of m- *- .4-.---- 7 '-4 was born October SpringfieId, M o., 18, 1863, at Pink- and later to pas- neyville, Ill., and , senger. engineer. educated in t h e On Oct.aber 13. 4 schools of O'Fal- 1887, h c? married Ion. Ill. His first Sallie 13Iwen, of work with t h e Rolla, M'o., and to Frisco was as them w ere born freight brakeman. five aons md four Springfield to daughter!8. Mr. and ' Newburg. Mo., In RIrs. Lyc ms reside May. 1887. He was in Sprin!gfield, Mo. I made a passenger Con tinuolus service brakeman, and lat- of 51 years and 8 er held the foll0~- month1s entitles ing posltlons: him to .a pension train baggageman, allowancr? of $106- freight brakeman .10 a month, effec- out or Springfield. Novem- tive fro1n freight conductor. ber 1, l!$33. and pansenger conductor. T h e CHAR1LIE CUR- 1 a t t e r promotion TI9 MI1LLS, con- came in 1903. He ductor, !3outhwestern divi- narried Ema Ostrom, of sion, w as retired from Hutchinson, ICans., Novem- service October 31, 1933, ber 23, 1884, and to them due to hris having reached were born one son and two the age limit. .He was daughters. Mr. and Mrs. born October 5, 1863, at Coleman reslde In Webster Trent, M ich., and waa .edu- Groves. Mo. Continuous cated inI the schools of service of 44 years and 3 oswego, Kans. His first months entitles him to a service with Frlsco Lines - - --- pension allowance of $88.90 was as a, brakeman on the a month, effective from old Kanraas division, June 1 November 1, 1933. 14, 1883, Pierce City to Neodesha. The bhotos above are of the veterarrs He was promoted to freight conduc- )PIIS~OI~P~during the nrontlr of Novrrrt- ALBERT D I S N E Y, engineer tor, Feb~ruary 28. 1887, and to pas- Der. Rending from left to right (top senger c:onductor January 29. 1890. South\vestern division, was retired row) : Robert LJOIIS, Charlie C. Mills, from active service May 2, 1933, due On April 21, 1902, he wa8 made train- Georyc F. Colet~tona~rd Albert Disrtey. to total disability. He is 67 yea] master. He was transferred to road (Middle row): Robcrt R. Love, William age, born in England. April service. IMay 15, 1905, and on August 1866. He came to this conntr: H. Johrrso~r,Ulysses G. Kno.r artd ~VIII. 1, 1925, was made safety supervisor. the age of three and one-half y He returned to road servke October I.. hrrc (Ro~toarrow}: Grarrl Wood, and was educated in the school 8. 1928, and to accident prevention Il'irr. C. Strowhw artd Benj. F. Young. RIexlco. Yo., and began 'his sel Pngc 14
with Frisco Lines as a fireman on total disability. He is 65 years of WILLIAM COLUMBUS ST1 the KCFS&M, out of Kansas City, age, born September 15, 1868, at HUN, engineer, Central division, was February 7, 1895. He was promoted Americus, 1\40. He was educated in retired on February 28, 1933, clue to , to engineer in 1899. He mas in the schools near his home and came his having reached the age limit. freight service several years and to Frisco Lines August 28, 1896, as a He was born in Rolla, Mo., and edu- then returned to passenger service, brakeman out of Texarkana, Ter. He cated in the schools near his home. running between Sapulpa and Ada, then served as locomotive fireman, His first position with Frisco Lines and between Tulsa, and Sherman, and was promoted to engineer on the was as an engine watchman between Tex. On November 24, 1892, he mar- Arkansas and Choctaw Railway, Fayetteville and IVinslow, when the ried Anna Heiler, of Slater, hIo., and which later became the property of line was being built, in 1882. He then to them were born one daughter and the Frisco. W$llen the Frisco ac- worked in the roundhouse at New- two sons. Mr. and Mrs. Disney re- quired this railroad, they took over burg in 1883; fired between Newburg side in Sapulpa, Okla. Contiuuous four engineers with full seniority, and St. Louis in 1887; served as en- service of 38 years and 2 months en- and 3Ir. Knox was the the senior en- gineer betwee11 Newburg and St. titles him to a pension allowance of gineer. He married Tyllye i\IcCas- Louis in 1898; between Sapulpa and $82.90 a month, effective from No- land, of Durant, Oltla., in 1901, and to Sherman as fireman and engineer in vember 1, 1933. them were born one son and one the spring of 1900. In the fall of -- daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Knox reside 1902 he went with the Kennefick ROBERT ROY LOVE, conductor, in Hugo, Okla. Continuous service Construction Company between Ok- Southern division, was retired from of 31 pears entitles him to a pension mulgee and JIuskogee then returned active service October 33., 1933, di~e alIo\vance of $57.05 a month, effec- as fireman and engiiieer between to his having reached the age limit. tive from Kovember I, 1933. Muskogee and Okmulgee in the He was born October 28, 1863. at - spring of 1903, and as yard engineer, Princeton. Ill., and was educated in WILLIAAI LEE LANE, section fore- JInskogee. since 1908. He married the schools near his home. He man, Eldorado, Okla., was retired Mrs. Lucy Bright, of St. Louis, No., served the Durlington Railroad as from active service October 31, 1933, in the fall of 1888, and to them were brakeman and freight conductor be- clue to his having reached the age born two sons. 3Ir. and Mrs. Straw- fore coming with Frisco Lines as a limit. He was born October 2. 1863. hiin reside in Muskogee. Continuous freight conductor on February 16, at Powhattan, Ark., and attended the service of 24 years and 8 months en- 1896, on the Southern division. He schools of Argyle, Tex. His first po- titles him to a pension allowance of was promoted from freight conduc- sition with Frisco Lines was as sec- $35.40 a month, effective froin No- tor. to passenger conductor, October 1, tion laborer at Hightower, Okla., vember 1, 1933. 1903. On July 28, 1892, he married Let- April 1, 1903. He was promoted to tie June Ellison, of Wahoo, Nebr., and section foreman 3Iarch 4, 1904, at El- BENJANIN FRASICLIN YOUSC, to them were born one daughter and clorado, Oltla., and has remained in agent, Williamsville, No., was re- three sons. Mr. and Mrs. Love reside that capacity and at that point during tired from active service October 31. in Amory, Miss. Continuoils service of 14, his entire service. On October 1933, due to his having reached the 37 years and 8 months entitles him to 1894, he married Lizzie Gentry, of age limit. He was born October 22, a pension allowance of $78.55 a month, Argyle, Tex., and to them were horn 1863. near Burfordville. ;\lo., and at- effective from November 1, 1933. seven sons and one daughter. Mr. tended the schools at Cape Girar- and Mrs. Lane reside in Eldorado. deaii, AIo. He worked for various WILLIAAI H E N R Y JOHNSON, Oltla. Continuous service of 30 years lines before coming with Frisco Lines brakeman. Central division, was re- and 6 months entitles him to a pen- as agent-operator at Senath, No. He tired from active service October 31, sion allowance of $32.70 a month, ef- also served as agent at various points 1933, due to his having reached the fective from Norember 1, 1933. on the line. On January 29. 1886. lie age limit. He mas born October 7, married Narcissa Helderman, and to 1863, at Huntsville, JIo., and was edu- GRANT WOOD, conductor, South- them were born four children. One cated in the schools of Macon County. western division, was retired from daughter was clerk and telegapher 310. He was employed by the A. and active service February 15, 1933, due at Senath, 310.. and a son. Raymond. 0. Ry. as a conductor between Rog- to total disability. He is 68 years died in the service of the Frisco as a ers, Ark., and Southwest City, JIo., of age, born March 7, 1865, in Eng- locomotive fireman. Mrs. Young died coming to Frisco Lines as a freight lish Town, N. J., and educated in in 1896. Nr. Young married Lou E. brakeman on the Central division, the schools near his home. He Page, of Whittington. Ill.. and to them November 20, 1900. He has served as served the Lake Erie & Western were horn three bovs and one girl. freight and passenger brakeman on Railroad as brakeman, the TP&W Two of the sons studied telegraphy at the Central division continuously. Railroad, the Big Four, the C&EI, the Delta, and each worked for the He married Sally Arthur, of Benton- Great Northern. Rock Island and Mid- Frisco between 1913 and 1917. Con- ville, Ark.. who died in 1895. He land Valley Railroads before coming tinuous service of 22 years and 9 then married Minnie Clark, who died with Frisco Lines as a freight brake- months entitles Mr. Younq to a pen- in 1909. He married Elizabeth man out of Oklahoma City. Septem- sion allowance of $29.25 a month, Brown on June 17, 1917. Mr. John- ber, 1907. He mas made freight con- effective from November 1, 1933. son has three sons and one daughter. ductor July, 1908, and passenger con- Mr. and Mrs. Johnson reside in Fay- ductor, ~dvember,192k On 3Iarch etteville, Ark. Continuo~sservice of 24, 1903, he married Rosa Lee Reed. 32 years and 11 months entitles !lim of Ft. Smith. Ark.. and to them were to a pellsion allowance of $47.50 a born tn70 sons and one daughter. Mr. month, effective from Novelnber 1, and &ITS. Wood reside in Oklahoma 1933. City. Continuous service of 25 years JOHN ASHLEY MORTON ULYSSES GRANT KNOX, engineer. and 4 months entitles him to a pen- John Ashiey Morton, pensioned loco- Central division, was retired from ac- sion allowance of $45.95 a month, motive engineer died at his home in tive service August 7, 1933, due to effective from November 1, 1933. Ft. Scott, Kans., on December 6. He Pngc 15
was born September 24, 1869, at URGES FOLLOW-UP ON which the United States has been Waseca, Minn., and entered Frisco SAFETY EFFORTS engaged; that accidents cost over service as a locomotive fireman at Ft. 90,000 two billion dollars a year. These and Scott, Kans., on Kovember 5, 1895. In the United States to 100,000 lives are claimed each year a thousand other startling facts dein- He was promoted to engiueer in 1901 onstrating the importance of safety by accidents, which are the most im- and served in that capacity until re- portant cause of fatalities to persons are still not realized by millions of tirement. His pension allowance was from five to nineteen years of age. people. $51.20 a inonth and during his life- The econon~ic loss as n result of "Every owner of a business. every time he was paid a total of $2,481.25. such fatalities totals over two billion public official, every school superin- dollars annually, TV. H. Cameron, tendent, and every other executive Managing Director, National Safety itiust also realize that the accident HENRY PITMAN experience in his group contributes Henry Pitman, pensioned pumper to this national total. The national of Farlington, Ran., died at his home totals will help in driving home the on December 19. He was born Au- JIJST IMAGINE! importance of accidents, but each plant, each city, and each school must gust 7, 1871, near Leavenworth, Icans., It will be a long time, we and entered the employ of Frisco would imagine, before 104 teach- maintain and study its own accident Lines in March, 1900, in the round- ers from New York, New Jersey records to realize tlie character of house at Ft. Scott, wiping engines. and Pennsylvania, who recently its own problem. Either from the He served as machinist helper and were stranded by a bus line riational or the local angle, the facts boilermaker helper, later eutering the while on a tour of the United about arcidenta must be the starting water service department, and in States, will look kindly toward point. that mode of transportation. 1902 was assigned the position of "In the second piace, accident rec- pumper, where he remained until his These teachers, 104 of them, ords suggest methods of control. touring in two huge busses un. Without records it is as difficult to 19etirement. His pension allowance der the management of Rev. E. was $20.70 a montl~ and during his 0. Schwitters of Bloomfield, N. adopt wise safety measures as for a lifetime he was paid a total of $1,- J., were delayed at Amarillo, doctor to prescribe for a sick per- 262.70. Tex., as the tour management son without knowing any of his symp- and drivers of the two huge toms. Records tell the plant man- busses, in which most of the ager which departments have the JOHN LEE ELLINGER group were traveling, failed to poorer records, at what time of day John Lee Ellinger, pensioned clerk settle an alleged dispute. most accidents occur, which inachines of Kansas City, Mo., died at his home The teachers maintained they are the worst offenders. which nien on December 2nd. He was born at had paid thejr assessments in have the most accidents, and innu- advance for the complete tour. Weston, No., September 16, 1865, and Although reasons were not forth- merable other details of accident ex- entered the service of Frisco Lines coming, the teachers understood perience which permit the applica- as check clerk on November 1, 1909. the drivers had refused to con- tion of specific safety measures. In at Kansas City. He worked in that tinue without additional funds. the public safety field, accumulated capacity until his retirement. His Just imagine an engineer of a accident experience helps to locate pension allowance was $23.70 a month train setting the brakes and tlie hazardous streets, tlie more ha&- and during his lifetime he was paid a coming back to the Pullmans ardous periods of the day, and the total of $945.40. and coaches and informing his unsafe drivers. passengers that he wouldn't go on until they had paid him addl- "After serving to put the safety tional fare! machinery in motion and after direct- VETERAN IS HONORED JUST IMAGINE THAT! ing its efforts, accident records com- On Novemlber 29, the elnployes of plete the picture by measuring re- sults. It is almost unthinkable that the general stores department gath- any sort of safety effort could pro- ered to give good wishes to one of Council, points out in a recent issue ceed month after month and year their fellow workers, TV. 1'. Sloan, of Kational Safety News. He says, after year without producing definite who reached the age of seventy years in part: effects. The alert industrialist or on last November 8th and was retired "Accident records bear a three- public official is as much interested as of the 29th. ' fold relationship to the safety move- in tracing the results of safety effort W. D. Price, stock clerk, voiced the ment: First, they show Why acci- as in nieasiiring the economy result- opinion of all when he stated that a dent prevention is important; sec- ing from a new machine or froin a link of friendship had been formed ond, they indicate the methods by new tvpe of street surfacing. In that woulcl never be severed. As a which greatest results can be ob- measurine results it is wise for the token of love and fellowship, Mr. Sloan ,tailled; third, they demonstrate to plant manager, the nolire chief, or was presented with a lovely rocker, what extent the expected results the school superintentlent to look not with the thought that he would go have been achieved. outs id^ his own vhere of activity to home and sit' down the remainder of see what is being accomplislied by "After twenty years of national ef- others." his life, but as a token of remem- fort it is still necessary to reiterate brance of the good old days of labor that accidents take 90,000 to 100,000 together with his friends. All his lives annually; that this death total Thorouqh friends wished him a bright and is greater lhan that from tuberculo- happy future. sis; that accidents are the most im- "Well, now I've got it in black and Mr. Sloan tells us he intends to portant cause of death in the ages white." said the old lady, after she spend much of his time with his from five to nineteen years: that au- had asked' both the colored porter father at Dixon, Mo., in Miller County. tomobiles have killed more people in and the white man for the time of who is now 94 years of age. four decades than all the wars in the New York train. DO0 C. C. C. MEN MOVED BY RAILROADS e than 580,000 Civilian Con- "A History of Transportation" men ion Carps have been trans- Froni the primitive canoes of our early explorers; from the flat I by the railroads since the first boats on which our Ohio forebears floated the fruits of their toil, ment began last spring, it was with a six.month journey to New Orleans and back, to the self-pro- nced recently by Robert Fech- pelled cargo barges which now ply our inland streams; from the Director, Emergency Conserva- crack of the mule skinner's whip on canal towpaths to the sound or Vork. gasoline engines; from our tiny coastwise sloops to our modern mer- chant marine; from our clipper ships around the Horn to the Panama 8 includes not only the men who Canal; from the forest trail and the Boston Post Road to transcon- transported from their homes to tinental super-highways, straight and smooth; from horse and stage of enrollment and thence to coach to the purring motors of straight eights and twin eixes; from s camps, but also those who Conestoga wagon and "California or bust" to the giant trucks that moved to winter locations or now are commonplace; from post rider and pony express to the air home during October. The en- mail; from tiny cars, horse drawn a century ago on thirty miles of tire task was accomplished without quivering rails, to a steam railway network that covers our nation accident. and acknowledges no superior thioughout the world; a rail network whose boast it is with the postal service, that "neither snow nor rain Expenditures for transportation up nor heat nor gloom of night stop these couriers in the swift com- to September 30 amounted to $6,260,- pletion of their appointed roundsw-that is the history of transporta- 920 for passeuger movement and $2,- tion in the United States. 652.237 for freight, making a total of -P. G. OTTERBACK, Assistaut to Ckairmnn, Western $8,813,167. Since September 30, addi- Rflil~ofr~e'Conlnlittee on Public Relntiom. tional expeuditures have been made amounting to approximately $2,000,- 000. Dxact figures showing the trans- portation figures for the past two HE BEAT DEPRESSION Mr. Bridges is receiving orders months are not yet available. which bring back the old smile to his During the first enrollnlent period. Ex-Employe Invents Game Now face, and he sees brighter days ahead 64,196 men traveled long distances be- an Market of him and the necessities and some tween corps areas, often completely Even though Herbert C. Bridges, of the luxuries for his wife and across the country; such trips were former engineer for Frisco Lines at family. handled by the Qnartermaster Corps Springfield, JIo., did find that curtail- The game will sell for 75 cents, and in Washington. Of the 64,196 men ment of force had taken his job from those who have seen it heartily com- thus transported, 6.5,130 were sent him, he set about to carry on for a mend it. Mr. Bridges has letters of from the East to the West coast. It little family, a wife and four child- commendation from the pastors of ren. He began his service with the F i r s t Cavalry Presbyterian requlred 211 trains, 1,605 sleepers and Frisco Lines on August 15. 1916, as a Church and St. John'a Episcopal 705 baggage cars to carry equipment student fireman and was made an en- Church of Springfield, as well as for the overnight trips directed by the gineel. on April 15. 1927. many favorable comments from his Quartermaster Corps. There were elr mouths to feed in Frisco friends, who are interested in In October. 52,700 men were moved the I3ridges family, and employment seeing him make a big success of his in 212 traius from the West to the in other lines being practically out of project. South and East and 43,600 in 114 the question, Mr. Bridges set his In fact, articles an8 certificate of powers of initiative to work and con- incorporation of the Springfield trains were moved from the East to ceived the idea of marketing a game, the West and Southwest. Each train Games Corporation were flled recent- embodying forty-eight cards, forty- ly and the company ha8 a capital carried an Army physician and, for four of which have a different picture stock of $2,000, wfth Herbert C. instances in -which the trip was longer with a little rhyme or jingle. The Bridges, Jesse T. Coon and Wm. B. than one day, a temporary kitchen and game has for its object to keep be- Linney, shareholders and directors. supplies. In addition to the railroad fore the players a lasting impression Mr. Bridges serves the newly formed mileage run-up, the& was considerable of habits of caution, simple rules of company as president. Besldes the transportation from station points to health and conduct, with the Ten card games of Mr. Bridges' invention. camps In trucks and buses. Commandments thrown in for good this company will handle other games measure. There are two way,s of and merchandise, and will be located playing the game, and instructions at Springfield, Mo. accompany it. GOOD BUSINESS He named the game "Safety First". And so the old axiom, "the --- -- and it is particularly adaptable to to the swift", ts again proven true, We hold no brief for the railroads, with the odds always on ingcenuity but we do believe that on their pros- youth. Then came the matter of financing. He wanted to place it on and industry, and Mr. Bridges b(as, in perity hinges most of the future his endeavor shed hope and cheer, strength and stability of the nation. the market. A newspaper of his home town encouraged him; he called upon for he has found that there are ways The railroads have for years been the to beat the ,depression. harbingers of good business to the his friends, and interested them in country as a whole and, through aiding him financially, and at this Any of his Frisco friends who r pioneering in various parts of time he is beginning to see daylight might desire the game may rlecure erica, growth and progress and and is assured that it will soon be same by addressing him at the1 com- rperity have resulted. placed on the market, and he is pany's offices, Springfield Gamer3 Cor- --From the Whter Haven (Flcr.) doubly sure that it will have a ready poration. 534 1,anders Bldg., Sprlnj? Dailw Chiel. sale. Its production now assured. field, Mo. 1 THE MERRIMENT PACE
Try It RA1.V CHECK A Lot Expected rver tried listening to a The Jewish couple took their baby Boss: "Can't you find something r eyes shut?" to the movies, where tltey were zvarited to do?" I row behind): "Have that u~t1rs.r the child was quiet, they Office Boy: "Gee, whiz; am I ex- d listening to one with would have to takc their mortey and pected to do the work and And it, hut ?" leave. too?" Half-way throtrgli thp principal jilrn the wife turrted to her husband nrrd A MASH DIET QUITE AS CAPABLE ias the hiccoughs and whispered, "Vell, vot do you tirrlz of Wife: "Of course, women are as iwn buttermilk." it? "Rotten," replied Ikey. capable as men. Why I know a girl "Yes." agreed the wife. "Pixch the of twenty-two who gets the salary of YEAYENS baby." a sales manager in a big buslness p a nrrprise visit to hrrs- The Same Opinion house.'' and clapping her hartds Women don't interest me. I pre- Husband: "I don't doubt it, my : "Crrcss who it is?" fer the company of my fellow men." dear. When did she marry him?" ....,,,..... '5top foolittg and get ort "Shake. I'm broke, too." h your work."
--A A DUMB DOR4 STORY ANCIENT HISTORY OF BRIDGE A Proven Fact ~170?rrnrr, to snlrsgirl irr drpartrrrent: Adam was the flrst to be short- 'I tell ye," said Pat, "the ould "I ztmt to look at n shrorrd." suited. Snlcsgirl: "For yoursrlf, irradnri~?" nda are the best, afther all, and Caesar took Cleopatra out. rvat'a more, I can prove it." Solomon bld on some guarded 'How can you prove it?" queens. In Future Years 'Where will ye find a new fri'nd Noah drew palrs and sat on the "Now, children," said the teacher rt has shtood by ye as long as the deck. d ones have?" who was trying to boost the sale of -En-Ar-Co National News. the class photographs, "just think how you'll enjoy looking at the photo- SHOCKING graphs when you grow up. As you "Now, let's see your pink '4 B.4D ERROR duditor: look, you'll say to yourself, 'There's 3s." Art crplorcr was spdirq at n dirr- Jennie, she's a nurse; there's Tom, Miss Filing Clerk: "Sir!" rirr giveit irf his horror before he Icft oil a jorrrrrcg to Africa. Irr rorrclrrdirig he's a judge and----" -"And there's teacher, she's his rerriirrks. Ire srrid: A SLGIIT ERROR "I tltnrrk yorr for your fiird zcLdtcs dead," came a voice from the back of 'Ah:' sold tAr doctor, looking illto rrgardirrg rrry a~elfarroil rrry dnirgcrorrs the class." eye, "i!'.~ras-v for II~Cto see tuftat's jourrrey, and I zonrrt jlorr to krrow thnt molter ~~GtlrTort. This is not vrrere- wlrcrr I arrr far frorn yorr, srrrrotr~tded THE THRIFTY SCOTCH eye irmrblc: it's arc irrfectior~ of the by ~rgly,grinrti?tg fares. I slrnl! alz~ays She: "What are all those men do- 9*6t(rsystem. There ore all kids of lltirrk of yz'orr." rr troatblr, fatty dcgcrmatiorr of the ing in a circle with their heads to- rrt, bad blood snpply. The ortb thirtg gether? Is it a football team?" car; rrconrirwrrd is-" Move On He: "No, my dear, just a bunch Policeman: "What are you stand- 'Hew, hcrc!" sltortted the patient. of Scotchmen lighting a cigarette." ing here for?" mw't if about thrre yarr looked into the Loafer: "Nothing." vr ere? That's ing glass eye, you Policeman: "Well, move on! What SIMPLE LIIYOUGH m?" if everybody was to stand in one Thr old Iicdiarc zoos ridir~g nlorrg the Oh, My boudnessl place? How would the others get rood orr iris porcy, wlcile his squaw fol- 'You remember. when you cured past ?" -- loused on foot, heavily brrrderrcd zaillr rhe~matlsm a couple of years lrrggngr. o. Doc?" asked the atl lent, "and A SCOTCH ONE "Say. Redskin, why isn't your m'fe o told me I should avoid dampness." "Did ye hear about Sandy McCul- riclinq" nsked 0 P~~Sitrgmotorist. 'Yes, that's right," repliedi the doc- loch flndin' a box of corn plasters?" "L7gh." nrrswcrd the Indian, "sltc got ., approvingly. "No, did he?" . rro pony." 'Well, I've come back to ask you "Yes-so he went and bought a pair of tight shoes" I can take a bath." Billy's mother looked at him ac- cusingly. . PrNOTHER SCOTCH JOKE HE'S OK "What have you done with all your A Iicotchman sent his fiancee a Lmry: "Is that fellow McFall all money, son?" she asked, "Your little packa!ge of flower seeds in which he right to takc on a jsltir~g trip?" bank is empty." put tllis note: "Plant there seeds TVcary: "Is he? Say, bcsidrs doirfrj "Well, mother," answered the boy, now arnd you wlll have a nice bou- flrc cookhg. Irc'li think ttp lies for tlrr "yesterday was a rainy day, so 1 spent quet 1'or yaw birthday." rvhole brotclr." It." LOCAL NO. 19-MEMPHIS, TENN: 1\11.. and Alrs. A. 1'. Rrown. of Shcr- am1 his ~il:iec is bcing flllctl by John man, hnve becn visiticg at Hirhland. No. Lconarcl from the North Yard. Jim 1I)owdg lin* bwn oSf for n few I.:lectricians \Var.rcn, of Birmingham. tla).~,taklnn n n~ncllncetl(~rl I'e.si. an
The high spots being the optimistic re- i'crrerl to Joplin ns spccial agent. Thc hosgitai for an appendix operation. She ports matlo by rlelegutes from all over last of Xo\'embcr 3Irs. Wentz presented is getting along fine at this writin=. thc: western p:.lrt of thr country. her husband with two beautiful children Here's hoping your luck changes with -twins-n boy :mtl a girl. Congratulr~- the coming of the ncm ycar -- tions and a hearty welcome to Joplin. We arc sorrsr to rer~ortthnt Jarnes I,. Our fnmily has also been keeping pace Hutton lost his brother in Iowa. Decem- SOUTH TRAIN YARDS in the nntornobiic worl~l. Listcn to this: ber 16. James was off a fex (lays to SPRINQFIELD, MO. .Jess Wilson, inspector at Sixth Strect, uttenil thc funeral. has a brand new Piyn~outhcoupe. Ray McConnell, inspector at Bnxter has n Plvmnuth sedan. Carcy (:riel, car mnn at' Ruth Yards, is waitinx ffor,'the tlellv. LOCAL NO. 8-ENID, OKLA. \\re are glild to rrport thut PaTsenger cry of the 1934 Plymouth coach, Mr. J. tlxffic is on the' incre:iue. 31nil scrvlce 1.:. Springer, general p:lssrngc'r agent, E'It.\NK I-It\FLKlW. K~yiortcr is heavy; they havc on an extra force I~nsn 193.1 Foril V-8. - to take care of the mail, bnggagc and On Sunday, November 19. I?. F. Sapp, express throu~lithe holidnys. Hello, everybody! This is not Lowell Fi yrars old, brother of Jnrnm S:ipp, en- Thomas broatlcestinq, but Kepo~,ter. Steam train is re~dacinfithe motor car incer. dicil at St. .Tohn's Hospit:~I. Mr. F'rrtnk I-Iarkcy of Loc:il No. 8, wishing during the holitlay ~ush. H:tpp had lived in .Jog!in tnnny years and werybotly of "E'risco hnd" a Happy Thc south side coach tlepartment 113s operated a Innthrr goods business. I3ul3- New Year antl a prosperous one for the just flnlwhrd another couch. inl was nt 3Iount Hopc Cemetcl,y. Blil1~1rtlSoltorc IH working cstra on the F~,iscoRailway Company. Adios. thiul trick thl~ougll the holitlay rush. Machinist Chas. I* Cayper and family .Joe Roberts is \vorliing Mr. Sortore's job motored to Canaclian. lcx., to spend Thanksgiving with hls mother. On his whllc he is ob. WEST TULSA, OKLA. return, he brought enough deer meat to Tholnos Mdonc ix working t11c job LOCAL No. 17 ~n:~tlevacant by Mr. Roherts. supply some 01 the boss with wild game. Ed. nritlwcll, machinist, went hunting J. P. Haley received a message Decem- and hrourht in n good aupply of qua11 11. C. PRICE. Reportrr ber 3 that his father had passer1 away. anrl rabbits. Immediately, J. P. left for Durnnt. Okla. C. A. C7l;irk, car insprctor. made a trw J. .\. Counts, engineer. is of[ on account His father, Mr. George R. Haley, was to his old honw place. down on White of illness. born in Tennessee. February 19, 1862; River, nnrl he brought hack with him a Mrs. Warren Gohon. wife of machinist. tlicd December 3, 193::. We extend our new radio for a Smna present for his is in St. John's Hospital with an npprn- sympathy to the beresved famllv. son. clicitis operation. l\'c wish her a speecly Paul Hocfle and wife spent ~1kmksgiv- Funeral sc~'viccs will be concluctcd in rccovery. ing with relatives in Hirgins and Ca- the Ea~tAvcnue IXintlst Church at 2 IM. Hrffener. electrician, is back to nadian. Texas. o'clock. Tucsrlay afternoon. for Williani work after-fifteen clays in thc St. Louis JHA Ko. 8 held its regular meetina I\'. Price. 82, ilfetime resident of Greenc hospital. Monday night, xovenlbrr 27, at whlch County, who died at his home north of Charle-q Primrose, machinist, and nifr time officers for the ycnr 11):{4 were Springfllrrl. A ~nrmber of one of the spcnt Thanksriving neck with home folks elected. We also hsrl a rcry distin- earliest families in Grernc County, he in Southeastern Oklahoma. guished Ruest. H. E. Burgess. our Ken- was the son of Mrs. Nancy Price, who Herbert Miller. blacksmith. anrl Paul era1 chairman, who nlntlc a wry inter- died February 28, 1928. at the age of Iillc, machinist apprcntire. spent esting talk. 102 years. Mr. Prlce Is survlwd by Thanksgivinr in Welectka, Okla. Jfaehinist R. D. \\:bite is now layinrs flvr daughters. Mrs. Charles Wrbber, Guy ICreart. bollermaker. wifc and of[ from work on account of being sick. 31rs. 31aude Iinofl. Mrs. R. 11. Drum- We hope for his speedy rccovery. daughter spent the wcrk-end with Mr. Roy Jnclison spent Thanksgiving hunt- right. 311% John Krassen. and JIiss Cor- F:vn:trt's mother 111 Denison. Tes. (lie I'rice: two uons. Horace and John G. 1\1. Gessee. ~encr:ll foreman. and ing quail, but lcilletl his limit in black- I'rice: three brothers. Harvey. J. T. and Jnp Cheek. cngineer. report some Anc birds :~rountl Amorita. Okla. Tom Price : three slsters, XIrs. .\lice c1u:til hunts for this season. Jack Foley. son of \V. J. Foley, gcn- Beckner, MIX. Helen Beckner. antl 111's. Chariis Ritzrlnft', machinist. is back to crnl forcnlan, who is attending the I:ni- Fannie McCartv : nlne randc children and work aftcr sixty days of illness. vcrslts of Olilnhonia, spcnt Thanksgiving eix great-grtrnilrhildrrn. The Rcv. Earl Henry Schroder, car inspcctol', is off Ilollrlays in Enid witl~his parents. W. French. pastor of the Enut Avenue on account of illness nt this writing. IIrs. R. B. Spencer, of Tulsa, is visit- Church, will conduct the service antl bur- \\'alter \\'llittakcr. car Illan, hag n~ovctl Inf: her (laughter, 311,s. 31. K. Cameron. ial wll bc in Bellcvlew Cemetrrv. flve into his nttw homc on East Eleventh in Eni(1. milrs north of Sp~ingfleld,under direction Plarc. Tulsa. H. H. Fuller, stationary cngineer, is of the J. W. IClingner Undertaking Co. Locnl No. 17 gave a smoker and mu- now in the St. Louis hospitnl. We hope \\-alter Weslev Mitchell. 67. retired sical entel'tninment on December 4. with he will soon be on the road to 1,ecovel.y. ~'risco~enlploye,ilietl th~smorning in his Brother Harry Stewart hollling thc C. P. CIar11. IIo(!aI So. 8, division honin on Rural Ro~ltcNo. 4, follonrinn a lucky number. winning the Cliristnias ,clialrmnn, has just ~~etul,nctlfrom Kan- brief illness. He is survivecl by his wife, san City, Mo.. where he attended a con- turkey. \-ention of railroncl shop or~nnizations. Mrs. Dorn Mltchell : thrce brothr!rs. Mar- Wib extend our dcepcst ssml~nthy to vin XIitchell, of Plen.qant Hopc, 1Floyll Chiei" Primrose, car oilcr, and family. in d. R. Pritchett spent Thanksgiving SIItchell. of Springfield, anrl Jamm the loss of their son. with his wife's folks at Cushin~,Okla. Jlitchell, of Ncbrrtska, and two sisters, Mr. and Mrs. J. 4. Earliiev motored 3Irs. Ann:) Kebert and Miss 31arsr Mitch- to T~~tesvillc.Illinois, to visit 1;is mother. ell, of Xebraslia. Funcral xervices will who fell nnd hurt hersclf the past be contluctnd in the J. IV. Klingner fun- KANSAS CITY RIP TRACK month. 1\11.. n:trkley has retu~metl antl 31rs. narkley is staying with his eral chapel ut 2 o'clock. 'l'uescliiy nfter- ...-6,. ".. noon. LEE WI\RFORD. Revolter
Happy xenr Year, and a prosperous RECLAMATION PLANT JOPLIN, MO. on(! to all. J:lnics Kissinger is the proud father SPRINGFIELD, MO. FLOGKR C. FLIDTCHER, Reporter of a scven and one-half pound baby boy. I~tlward 31, was horn Dcccmber 1. T. 0. C:HAPJI.iX. Rcportcr Lloyd II,acke); nifiht machinist at the Slotlicl' and son are doinx. flnc. roundhousr, spent a few (lays visiting Rnyn~oncl Bengston is a proucl father James Pence unfortuna.tcly clropped an his motiirr in lioonvillc, Ark., the Inst of a girl born Dccember .i. Barbara ande bar on his toes antl has been un- part of h'oven~her. .lean and mother arc doing fine. This rblc to work this month. We regret MI-. White, vice-gencral chairman of is the second child born to them. this accident. and it was the only one the system committee of the shop cmfts. Henry Butler, oiler at Nineteenth for our plant during Xovember. was a visitor at Joplin on the 22nd of Street yard. is the proud owner of a T.. J. Leysaht. our superintendent, has Xovembrr. 1933 Plymouth coupe. dismrdecl his crutches. anrl. while he still The shop crafts electecl officers for the Jack Tice, oiler. had an accident with walks wlth a limp and the assistance of year of 1934 at the Decentber meeting in his car recently. JIr. and Mrs. Tire a cane. is on the job every day, as usual. the lodge room in tl~cFrisco Ruildinq'. werc not injured seriously. Jack never John Cornahan has bern convalfscinq The following officrrs were clecterl : L. lost any time, but his car was damaged. the past month. His ailment seems to 0. Foster. chairman or president: Jess Wm. J. Racus. inspector at Roserlale. be a reneral rase of "nerves" an(l run Wilson, vice-chairman or vice-president : was off 13 days, aeeount of sickness. Bill clown condition. his physicians hare pro- D. A. Hubbard. secretary. antl Roger is bark on the job. fcelina fine. nounced. We hope his rest will be bene- Fletcher. treasurer. H. S. Green. foreman at Roseclale rip flcial and he. can return to the job fully Mr. Westerhousr. former storekeeper trark. is now sporting around in a new recovcrerl. at Joplin. was a visitor here on Decon- Dodge sedan. Hope "Pop" enjoys the James Manary was c!:+lleil back to her 10. new car as murh as he enjoyed his old work. but aftcr n Pcw days he bewme 311.. Hamm, of Fort Scott. has bunweel one. In~lisposerlwltl~ a Revrrr case of varicose Mr. Blevlns. who is holding a tcmpo- 11'. 1,. Smith. oilcr is now workinfi the vein*, and haw heen at the St. John's ran- vacancy at the freight station. sccontl trick at Roserlalr. Hospital. in the Frisco nr:uA, receivin~ The Frisco fanlily has been increased Roy Watts. inspector at Roscdale. has treatment for his ailment the paut month. in Joplin. The midclle of Noven~ber. 1\11.. had quitc a bit of hard lurk recently. \\To wish for his quick rSeturn to better Barney Wentz, of Pittsbnrp. \vas tl':ins- Roy's oldest girl had to be rusheil to the licalth. Jark. dlsmal. gIoomg looking old LOCAL NO. I-SPRINGFIELD, MO. Mmre and Ellis G~~YM, ute. which has been an old Isnd- annual turkey hunt- o )r yeam. Is being dis~nantledand J. F. WASSON, Reporter County. wn by men of the bridge and Miss Oladys Wllk.enloh ouuulng crew. Whlle it seems like los- Guy Haymes was one of the prlee giving week-end with ht ing an old friend, there co~nesa time winners at the Poultry Show. recently Mrs. Frank Short \,l~lrau rral uucta. when all thlngs must go- Anyway, we held In Springfield. Mo.. winning first Charley Rhodea, who Is very ill in will have more fresh air, Ilght, skyline prlze on Conis Bantom Pullet, and sec- Springfield. when it has vanished. ond prize on Golden Sea Bride Cockrel. Volney J. Rutherford came to vlsit us Mr. and Mrs. IU. 0. Garner, of St. several tlmes after his return from the Louis, spent Thanksgiving Day with MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT Frisco Hospital at 6t. Louis. We were Mrs. Garner's parenrs, Mr. and Mrs. W. OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. much pleased to see hlm and hear some 31. Osman. of his latest "yarns", and were expecting V. J. RutherCord, who ha* been om to have rcported him back on the Job at account Illness, Is In the Frisco hos- this writinr. but he received a severe pital at St. Louts. We wish for hlm a setback and has returncd to the hos- speedy recovery. Lee Harder attended the General pital a; St. Louis, to agaln undergo his Chas. Beck and wife vlslted thelr Convention of the Frisco Shop Crafts IS In Springfield, December 13th and 14th. fourth ooeration. We reeret hls misfor- son, Ralph, who attending the St. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Fahey spent Christ- tune, bit are still waiting for his re- Louis University. R~lphIs on the foot- mas with relatlves in Ft. Worth. turn to the ~.eclamatlonplant. ball ream and hle mother and father Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Jones spent Dave JlcCullah, hose mounter, Is a enjoyed seelng him in action-they at- Christmas with relatlves In Joplln. man of small stature, about seven or tended the game between the Wash- The Annual Chriatmas Party of Local eight months of each year, but about ington Unlverslty and St. Louls Unl- No. 15 was held In the lodge hall, De- November or December (depending on versity. cember 20th. After a clever Christ- the temperature of the weather) he We extend our sympathy to John mas program under the direction of grows In size ~ndweight. until he has Price in the dearh of his father, W. 1%'. Mrs. Jess JIoore, Santa Claus dis- the agpearance of a man of much larger Price. Mr. Price was 84 years old. tributed candy and fruit to the chil- build. Upon investipatlon as to the S. H. Smith has been off account ill- dren. cause of this pecullarity. it was found ness. Nark Mercer was on the job Vern Brown vlsited Ills mother in that hls bulky form and added weight during Mr. Smith's absence. SapuIpa. December 11th. was solely due to several extra ahlrta, E. L. Fuerst was called to St. Louis. Harvey James made a buslnese trip vest8 coats, saeatere and pairs of pants November 23rd account the death of his to Muskogee, December 10th. which he had clothed himself in, ancl his uncle, G. C. Yoos. Mrs. B. W. Swain and chlldren added height was noticeable because of Ben Billlnglev has returned to work visited with relatives in Denlson, Tex., his extra thick shoe soles, and the big after being off scveral days account on Thanksgiving. handful OK paper in~idethe top of his i1111~66. 1,ewLs Rue, Lee Harder. Grover cap. "Davle" truly helieves in clothing Goode, Paul Purcell and Roy Ayrea protectlon during the winter. MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT sl~ent Thanlcsglving hunting on Mr. Eighteen men, who have not worked at Ayres farm near Afton. Plenty of wild our plant for a "coon's age" have been THAYER, MO. hunting storles bur no evidence. called in to the plant again for service, Mr. and Mrs. W, F. Grlgga @tore- which they are glad ta render. We give F. 31. PEEBLEY, Report'er keeper and wlfe spent the Chrlstmarr below a llst of their names: Verl Ma- holldaya wlth relatlves In Springfield. ples. Roscoe Davenport. Theodore Vogel, J. Skaggs, operator, and wife, of John Sulllvan, William Miller. Malcomb Marked Tree, Ark., are now visitinc Doran. William Eastman. Charley Red- his mother. LADIES' AUXILIARY OF LOCAL dick. Edward Ellison, Fred Phillips, Mrs. C. B. Callahnn. wife of assistant No.1-F.A.M.C.&C.D.E, John Harper. Charley Becker. Fred superintendent is visitSng her daughter. Chambers, William Merz. Oscar Llncler Mrs. J. Cathcart. Earl Fitzpatrlc, Floyd Penn, and 13[arr; Ollen Lee, bhkernan, son of E. P. XHS. CLAUDE HEREPOItD. Reporter Royal. Lee, engineer, dled at Springfield, De- - cember Gth. Ollen went out on train A new writer. a new job for the 136 same day. Hla wife left Thayer writer, and a new column which we on train 106 and when she arrlverl hope to make a "news column". home she found her husband dearl. We are pleased to report Che re- LOCAL NO. 2-WEST LOCOMOTIVE Funeral services were held at Thaver election, at our annual election, of Mrs. and burial made in the local~cemet&r~.Alma White as president. SHOP-SPRINGFIELD, MO. The writer made a trip to Rowles- Other offlcers elected were, Mrs. Wm. burg, W. Va. Gootch, vice-president; Mrs. Ural At- VlROIL R. SMITH, Reporter Raymond and Clyde, sons of C. T. well, secretary; Mrs. James Logar. Lome, machlnlst, are now in Kansas treasurer; Mrs. Earnest Jackson, con- ritrr.,.-,.. ductor; Mrs. Clarence Gott, chaplin; L. V. Driver, machinist, captured :I I. IV. Hill and car inspector are now Mrs. Katherin Emberton, inner guard: large eagse on the Lake of the Ozarks, at Potts Camp, Hlrs. Mrs. Erna Barclay, outer guard, and Sundnv. December 10. After shootinc it Frank Schratz, car inspector, is now Mrs. Claude Hereford, reporter. four tlmes wlth a 12-gauge shot fin. in Jonesboro. Ark. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Gott enter- It measured 5 feet, wing tIp to win:: J. E. Haynes, fireman, wife and tained a number of Frlsco friends wlth tip. daughter, Glenda, are now at Blythe- a quall dinner In thelr home recently. Jlm Osborne, boilermaker, has been ville, Ark. All the trimminas were in evldenc~ nerlously 111 In the hospltal with pneu- C. I".. Shaver nncl wife are now on a and everybody reported a very enjoy- monia, but Is now on the road to re- trip to Ft. Worth, Texas. able evening. covery. Mrs. F. E. Bates, engineer, dnuphter The "Bluebonnet Club" (an org-anlza- Local KO. 2 iu plsnnlng a large and wife are now on a visit to Enid, t'ion within the or~anizationlmet thin Christmas ~arty,December 20th. for Okla. month with Nrs. karnest jackson in members and thelr famllier. There L. D. Criswell, machlnt~t, hnd to her home at 1007 E. Conimercial St. will be a Santts Ciaus and Chrlrtmas drive his auto to llemphls to have the About twenty ladtes brought covered tree and other entertainment. same repaired after having it wrecked dishes and spent the day. After meet- Earl Genung and wife are planning by some of his friends. ing wlth these ladies, once, one reallzes a trip to Galreston and other points in whal' they are misslng by ntaylnp Texas during the holidays. away. 4 ~oodsocial time over neeae Dewey Brankenfield and family are work nnd-a wonderful spread at the planning a trip to K. C. during the noon hour. holidavs. LOCAL NO. 32-NEWBURG, MO. The sympathy of the nuxiliary Is ex- On December 4 the GeneraA Board of tended Mrs. Otto Gelsheimer in the loss Frisco ABsociation of Metal CraCts and E. F. FULLER, Reporter of her mother whose death occurred car department employes met' in the Sorember 30th. Hotel Philllps, Kansas Cltr to sit in Mr. Len Eddleman and Thos. Stagas a convention of the ~llied'shopCraft each brought back their limit. a wild Association. 0. J, Prugger, dtvlslon turkey. WATER SERVICE DEPARTM chairman, and Mr. H. E. Burgess, gen- Miss Olady~1Vllkcnloh. who Is at- SPRINGFIELD, MO. eral chairman attended. Mr. Burgess tending Mlssourl Unlcersiiy at Colum- is a member hr the Labor Committee bla, spent a few days at home. on which he 7s to serve two years. Mrs. J. Mr. Vinson and rlnuehter. CLAUDE HEREFORD. Repar AI Elkins, machlnlst, and Art Hasler, Thelma, vlsited 3Ir. and Mrs. k. F. machinist, reported a good hunt in^ Fuller the week-end. Clycle Hamby is till on the SIC trlp, Sunday, November 26th. Sald Jack Gllck, brakeman, dled at hl* having but recently left the hc blrds sure were plentlful around Con- home. November 28. 1983. aFter nrveral His condition, however. is slow1 vvav. Mo. months of llfness.' Funeral-~ervlce; proving. and me hope for his early john Haskill Is the bullder of a large mere held at Baptist Church. Remaln~ to work. telescope, the first to be built in were laid to rest in Newburr Cemeterv. C. \IT. Msey has reentered th~ Sprlngfield. Mr. Haskill hopes to form Mrs, E. F. Fuller nnd sbn, Ronald. pita1 in St. Louls Tor treatment. n tf rlescope club here. Anyone Inter- spent' Thanksgiving In Sprin~Reld. suffered a aevere compound frnct ested should get In touch wlth Ilr. S. A. Montgomery, Frank Short. J. .T. his rlaht ankle more than a sea Has kill at' West Shops. Swift, I. E. Fuller, I. A. Ormshp. E. R, and has been laid up since. WE n~ucli i~nprovcrl. sary. The parents live ncirr \\'il1on7 many years, All whl rife vlsited friends Ryi injis, 1\10, his friends. and man) ~hoina City during in^: away. days. I.,. H. Roach, machi rife. visited In Cape LOCAL No. 5 ment shop, has been ( ~sgivingDa): past few clays on acmunt ot lllnesu. etl hla son in Ty- Weare ve1 y sorry to report the death E. R. BIcN.4BB and F. C. HENN, or Mrs. Susan Hnrwol. mother of Mrs. reatly honorer1 by Reporters Otto Gelcheimer. she passed away No- 1 as presidcnt of vem ber 30. thlrd consect~tlve Local No, 5 has had two meetings since Martin Huff, of the boller shop, 1s ake our local even the last wrltlng. At the nrst the mem- spending Christmas wit11 his son, Ray r than ever before. bers were treated to a Dutch lunch. Huff, in St. Louis. ,ins she will sure after the election of officers and other Homer Q. Harris, of the mill shop, business. At the last meeting the new- in back to work after being off for 3url Hough and the ly elected officers were installed. several months on account of illness. >onventton. Decem- We wish to extend sympathy in behslf Glad to see vou at work with us aaain. )endent Allied Shop of Local No. .5 to F. G. Dunbar. 311-8. Homer. railroads, held In J. H. Sanders and Max Hosang In their The north slde boys extend sympathy bereavement In the loss of loved ones. to the Charles Nobles and Lee Mont- on of our own shm Mr. and Mrs. E. R. XcNabb and fam- rcornerv familien In the recent death of in session at the llg spent Thanksgiving visiting home their mother who passed away Decem- folks at Fair Grove. her-,- . 7th. - - - . s of much lmport- C. 11'. Boggs and Leaford Johnson en- Claud Campbell and family were ied and much busi- teltalncd a few wiM turkeys with buck called to St. Louis on account of the shot and each brought back a turkey death of his brother-in-law. E. F. Von to hla credit. Cunden whose death occurred on No- V. V. Chapman is still confined to the vember 17th. hospltal at this writing: The force in thc car yards and the ARTMENT Ye corresoondents mar have mlrrsed blacksrnlth shops has been Increased 3IViSION rome news this the, bui we feel as If materially. There now belng approxl- - we have had n good nlibi, one that re mately three hundred and fifty men SH, Reporter were being entertained in the Frisco Hos- workinr In the yards. - pital, and the othel'. three cases of J. ~.-nfoorennd famlly motored to )n the Eastern tll- whoophg cough at home. ;Yewburg. Mo., for Thanks~ivlnl:wlth rsy the past month, At noon. on November 23. W. J. Hen- Mrs. Moore's parents, Xr. and Mrm. ldings that are no ry's orchestra furnished the boys with John Umlauf, Mrs. Moore and chlldren consist mostly of music during the noon hour. Raymond, stayed over the week-end. Mr. Moore houses and a few age twelve, made a big hit with the bow?, motored back on Sundnv Co bring- them playing the guitar. home. 'es that are being 4. J. Barclaj wae called to Elkland. system is the .old 310.. November 27th by the sudden h Shops in Spring- death of Xlrfl. Thoman Hedgepeth. She BACK SHOP NEWS wan the mother of Xrs. Barelay. rts being a little Horace Crawford an old Frlsco em- but is still pretty ALES WATT and CLAUD CAMPBELL, ploye was In the shop December 12th ne now. Reporters greeting friend% He has been out of ack at work now the servlre for about three years and LI days on account Mr. and Mrs. Charlea La Bounty are is now living on a farm near Marsh- visiting their daughter and Charles' Sls- field. Missouri. milp spent Thanks- ter in Los Angeles. Calif. They plan R. G. Ruggles, car man, whose home with relatives in to be awny about three or four weeks. Is in Sr. Louis, has been transferred Wm. (Bill) Kennedy, boilermaker, is lately to the yards here. absent from his off at tbls wrlting on amount ot an In- Gus Fluber, from Oklahoma Clty, has on account of sick- jured hand. Bill says that he cut his been transferred to the car yards here hand on a Lmttle (a milk bottle). recently. ,1- with a11 of his Our sympathy is extended to the tam- hl. L. Cage, who served hls appren- spent Thanbsglving ily of Robert Caffey, who clled recently. ticeship here and later waR transferred ~tswho nrcre celc- Mr. C'affey has becn working in the car to I'ale, is now back In Springfield on wedding anniver- clevartmcnt at north slde Springfield for his old job welding car rouglers.
NIXDORFF-KREIN MFG. CO. $1.50 and $2.00-NO UP :oa1 Co. I St. Louis, Mo. Mn~luInciure.* MANHATTAN HOTEL I STEAM ELECTRIC AXD FIREWELD Rooms With or Without TIC COAL I CHAISS, SIhTGLETREF.S, DOUBLE- Private Bath ST. LOUIS, MO. TREES. XRCK YOKES, WAGON I moss PENSACOLA, FLA.
XJFFALO BRAKE BEAM COMPANY ZAKE BEAM AND BOTTOM ROD SUPPORTS comptoineter operator in this office. I~urictl on Tlianltsxivinc. Day, anrl our Miss AIargurrite 07.Brien entertained lienrts go out to .\Ie:iry untl her loved I EASTERN DIVISION with four tables of bridge on Noven~. ones in syn11j:lthy. ber 25th. AIiss Mary Xewt'on, of this Etlrly tlurin.% the holitlt~yse:lson A1i.s. office, carri~dhome a beautiful blue IClmer .Jarrett ant1 ror.. Lex. viwitecl rela- powder jar as one of the prizes. Those tivcs in Hstesville. Ark., find Mrs. Imter PURCHASlNG DEPARTMENT who were guests from this department R. Langsford and son. lrrter Hobcrt. were: Misses Eunice Hagerman. Nary Jr.. hail a lovely vlsit in Kansa. City. ST. LOUIS, MO. Sewton. Narjorie Renxhaw and Miss J3cssie Huff journcycd to St. Josrph. Ila Cook. No.. where she cnjoycrl the holiclays with I\'. I,. HITTISR, Reporter blrs. George 1.yon and daughter. of her sistcr, anrl (Ilar:~ .~\l(lcl~fel.motored Los Angeles, have been the guests of to ~\rlc:insas to be with htv sister over Strange as it m~1ysceln, wr have only her parents, Mr. and 311"s. Thomas the holitlays. one wedding to report this issue. Out, Welch, South Iuationrrl Avenue. Mrs. Huti~ Owen spent tl~e\vcek-end yrr- Jack Holtcr:~f?took the count on Satu1.- Lyon was Niss (:athcrine Welch before reclinl: Chrlstm~svisiting iie~,sistcr in day, December 2. Wc extend congraula- her marriage. Slle was employed in K~I~SRSCity and (loivp LI bit of Christ- tioils to you. Jack, and your bride. wish- the rnn5ter mechanic's offlce at Chaffec Irma aho~ping. ing you lots of luck. llessis. Gatarrt. and also Kansas City. Jlisses Ala1-y Jessie Laub travrlc(l as Tar as AIom- JIcBride and yours tluly were unclecider1 Dailey and Leota IWend, of Kaiises phis. Tenn.. where ahc was met by her as to whether to oIl'er conpratulations or City oRice. spent Sunday with Mrs. son. Cleveland. 01 Bor
CE ICE COMPANY I m Junction, Frlsco Railway SPRISGFIELD, MO. To give Universal Service is the goal ESALE ONLY--CAR LOADS of Public Utility managers and opera- STOS, Presldent and Treasurer I tors. We are a part of the organized effort to reach that ideal. THE SPIPINGFIELD LAUNDRY CO. "TIbe Sunshine Plant" Springfield Gas and Electric Company LAUN'DRY, DRY CLEANING HAT CLEANING I Springfield Traction Company Phone 6010 085 Boonviile St. I Sprlngtleld, 310.
FAMILY WET WASH 1 Fra nk B. Smith Laundry Co. - sp,IN,FIELD, ,,. I
HENRY ADAMSON & ,OBE OIL AND REFINING CO. LEFLORE POTEAU REFINERS OF COAL & MINING COMPANIES DLIKE. KEROSENE, DISTILLATE, GAS OIL and FUEL OIL MINERS and SHIPPERS Rannary an Frlsco Llnss-BLACKWELL. OKLA. of Sales bept.. 1509 Phlltower Bldg., TULSA, OKLA. TULSA CHIEF (Bituminous) and POTEAU CHIEF (Semi-Anthr.) COALS Miner Located at NDERSON-PRICHARD OIL CORP. TULSA 'and POTEAU, OKLA. REFINERS OF WHEN IN THE MARKET FOR COAL OF ANY GRADE INDUSTRIAL NAPHTHAS Call Phbnes: Rarldence 9681-Office 46381 OKLAHOMACITY, OKLA. dR WRITE US AT TULSA, OKLA. 5320 E. 11th St. Now LAVA SOAP helps Fritz then the Shriners came to town wltn llumeroua drill teams and bands und really 1)ut pn a parade, the like* of \vhlch we aln't never seen In this neck Walsky get cleaned up fast of the woods. Sovemher 17t11, we had 76 Shrlnerr from S lin field and 94 from Tulsa for the rncfii 'feml,le Shrine Ceremonial ar . . . helps him guard against hand infections Oklahoma Clty; also the return move- ment. R. 0. Hopkins accompanied the -- -- - Sl~ringfieldparty, and Nr. Xtkinaon the Tulsa party. A LAVA SOAP MOVIE WlTl REAL PEOPLE I believe Mr. Huggins was the only I one from this office to spend Thnnks- Actors: Fritz WaWty. Engineer. C. M. St. P. % P.; givin~:Day out of town. He svent' that Elma Kvevli, Fireman, same ruad; Mrs. Walaky. day \'it11 his ~~orentsand young son in I.:mporia. \Ve participated in a very nice haul on SO carloads of Naptha from Cyril. Oklahoma to Houston, Texas, for ac- count of Anderson Prichard Oil Com- pany during Noveinher.
OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT WEST TULSA, OKLA. EDNA .\. \VOODlCX, Reporter Fritz, who has t soap, has a surl By the tinhe thin Koes to press. me he tries Elmer's mill have enterhl UpQn a new year, and tains fine, powc wish to toke this opportunity to wish teams together each and every ~ncmberof the Frihco to get the gri family prosperitj- and happiness, and that the Frisco Rnilwny. so dear to us all, will p1,onpcr throuzliout the year. Bill Rhruark. son of J. J. Hheuark. flremnn. left recently for San Diego, Calif:. where he will enter the naval trnlninz school. NOPLNO CHANCE OF Also, Amos Hulluln, son of 1.'. .\. Hal- DIRT INFECT\NG OPEN lum, switchman. has r,eturnetl to Ban Francisco. utter' swnding several days , CUTS WNEN YOU USE here vi.sitlng his parents. Amos has re- LAVA SOAP. cently completed his training at the na- val training school nt San Diego, and upon his return will bc assigned to over- seas duty. The hest of wlshcs go with these two Frisco sons. Confi'ratulations to J. 13. Self. hrake- man. who was married Sorember 29 to Miss Irene Ilick. of Okmulgce. H. F. CnndifC, suritc!lman. has gonc to St. Louis whcrc he entered the hospital scrercnrs. Lave nrqm prcvenr rn- at that point. His ninny friends hope fections because it gets even he will soon bc able to return homc. ground-in dirt. And Lava kills germs. Against most types of I' , - -- I RIVER DIVISION I
CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO. ISEZ LAIT,. Reporter This station wants to boast oC the Pact that \vc more than doubled our revelwe In November this year over November, 1932 and 1931. Claude Coker, conductor on 875-876, who underwent a majoy operation at the Prisco hospital in St. Louis recent- ly, has sufClcientls recovered to le?\;e the hofnitat and is now convalcsc~ng at his home here. Because Lava containa Our deel~esrsympathy is extended to glycerine-used in most Conductor J. 2. Tucker, whose brother. expensive hand lotions-it Henry Tucker. was accidmtally killed. actually soothes the skin. Henrv Tucker was roundhou\e foreman Lava protects your hands for Llie C&EI Railway. against chapping and helps 31~s.J. S. XcN~llnn,wiCe of Snperin- heal up any nicks or raw tendent McXIillan. went to Columbia. 110.. on December 8th, to attend a stilte spots on your hands. meeting of the Internattonal Relations Committee of the League of Women Voter.;. At this meet in^ Mrs. 3IcJfillnn was elected a dclegate'to the Satlon;rl Convcntlon to he hcld In Washington, D. C., on Januarv 26th. 1934, &I. F. Gusch, rfivision engineer, and ordinary soaps 3 to 1. Works well in any Mr. L. Buckley, hrldge Inspector, who water-hot or cold, hard or soft. Get Lava were struck by an aut'omohile while ridine on n motor car'near Kennett. from your grocer today. 3101, are reported as dolng nicely. .\rr; Ru~ch,who received only alight in- A Prmter % juries, is confined to .his home while GETS THE DIRT. . . PROTECTS THE SKIN Gamble Product Mr. Buckley, who suffered n fractured skull, is in the Prisco hosl)ltnl at' St. Louis. Page 27
Xrs. Robert \Vest, wife of Hrake- C. x. Gcwhart, yaul clerk. \\:ichitn. from the old sock. Whirt a wail was man West, of St. Loul~,visited friends \vax the successful applicant for the there, with winter and Chri.qtmas just and transacted business in Cape Girar- clcrk's position at .Toplin. SIo. This around the corner. denu recently. creates R vacancy at \\'ichitu. which job Buaineas at the Fol.d Notor Com- is now under bulletin. pany plant. on our tt7aclcs here, 1s Earl H.'Hamln has been assigned to booming again. with the new 1931 the temporary miscellaneous clerk's po- cars starting to roll out. When me sitlon nt Jol>lin. Clauclc C. Blevins ls re11 you that 54 carloads were shipped SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE working Mr. Hamm's vacancy ut Fort over our line in one clay, you can CHAFFEE, MO. Scott, pending bullotln assignment. readlly appreciate what the operation Ray Hienbolt, who has been working of the r,lant means to the Prihco. ELIZABETH GRIRSHARER, Reporter lor the lmst two weeks in Fort Scott as The dtage is being. set for the big extra. clerk nnd hclprr, hns Kone to "Sunnyland Club" shindig RC Carpen- R. I,. Cooper and wife had as their Wichita. to work several days in the ters Hall, which will he in January. wcsts, recently. Mrs. .I. A. Moran, of yard clerk vacancy. Prodigious efforts are being 11ut forth Yard Clcrk Herman Clark laid off for to make this offair one ot the best of Fort Scott. ICans. and Mrs. L. E. the club's history, and as an indication Swift and of Osceola. ten days to go huntin.-. Earl Hanun re- -11.k. lieved him. of Its scope, will say that no less than F'. 200 invitations are being sent to our Harry Cheatham, aon of Conductor Conductor H. JIcCann passed awny patrons. kt. \'. Cheatham. who Is a student in at the Frisco Fhnployes' Hospital. St. Rnte Clerlc Bowers emphasized with \Yxnhington nisl, St. Louih, Louis. on November 18, nftrr a lingering v~gcwouu xtI'olies the ugual Thanks- visltetl 111s Dartnts and Iriend~nt Chnf- illnesv of sevcral months. Mr. McCann ~ivingDay carving ceremony. He had fee recentls. had bern in service for about ttiirty- the udditionol saVisfaction of revenge, JI~H.V, E. Hopkln~.wife of operator, three yenrs. He wili be n~issetl b.y his that rc>sulted Lrom having his slumbers visited friends at Crystal City the early m;lny fricnds. rlisturbecl at four o'clock In the mor- part 01 December. Sympathy is cstentlcrl to the Allison ning by a serles of protesting "quaclts". We regret to leurn of the illness of family in the (tenth of their brother. Probably the duck had a nigllt'mare of R. C. Giesike. Jr.. formerly of this of- J. H. Allison and his wifc. who were the ,coming tragedy. fice, who underwent an emergency both lcillcd in an autnmobilc accidcnt on MISS Stew~rtis sporting a new pair operation at the Frisco hos1)ital in St. His-hway 73-E. ICovember 2 I. Mr. Alli- of eyes. and as a result is loolcin~ Louis the early part of Uerember. son hac1 bcen in tlic service of the rail- them over closely. 311'. Glesike is at the p~,esenttime em- wny for over thirty years :IS a h~'ake~nnn. Traffic M~naeerCorllter recentlv suf- ulovetl as rlmeheeuer in Sl. LOUISgcn- ('onrluctol F'. T,. Qcrlnan and wih nrc Icred un nt~ackof the flu, but i?; now kwi oKtcr. spenclin~a few \vc~?ks'v:~<.;~tion in Hous- fully recovered. B, J. Grieshaber, operator .~t\Vilso~i, ton and .\lrin~o, Tcxas. ~i~erather or Sollcltor Clover r,a?;secl i~ visiting hts mother. away Monday, December 11. at (hid- Jlrs, Hollis JlcEwing, wife of ell- \\.ell, Kansas, nCtcr an extended illness. gineel', is recovering from a short ill- \Ve extend our sympathy to the fam- ness. ily in thcir bereavement'. Mrs. J. L, Mumma and daughtel', Wr Kansas Citlans are atlll much Sharon Lynn, have returned from a TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT puff& up at the words of praise that visit wlth her ~inverin Kansas City. KANSAS CITY, MO. fell upon our earn Iron1 dlWnguished >Ira. .\lvin Klages and JII~Frank art critics. The occaaiot~ wan the JIoore recently visited Mrs. Emmett formal o~jenlnfiof the new William Bond al Bernard Hospital. St. I,ouis, ROY 13. JIARISC, T:rlwrter wl~el-e3Irs. Boll11 was receiving treat- menC Mrs. Bond has xilice roturlled to her home at Chaffee. Solicitor Snclien continues to knock the maplcn over in lhe Allied Indus- tries Rowling League. His latest ~chievelnenCwon him some cash for taking all individual honor*, with a FIRST NATIONAL NORTHERN DIVISION score of 255 and 617. He had a run of nine straight strikes, miwing the tenth by one pin. in Wichita John had need for the caeli ns his BANK a1)artment wilx recent'lp broken iuto OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT ;Ind some eighty dollars in cash taken FT. SCOTT, KANS. WICHITA, KANSAS - I%L;\WCHE EICI 1 You Will Find the THE CITIZENS BANK I Security National Bank of Springfield, 310. SAVINGS AND TRUST CO. MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM WE APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINESS A CONVENIENT BANK I "BANK WITH SECURITY'' OUR MOTTO COURTESY, FAIRNESS AND Eighth Street. Betwean Olive and Locust ST. LOUIS, MO. EFFICIENCY OKMULGEE, OKLAHOMA We appreciate your account. The Central National Bank . Capital and Surplus $350,000.00 clson Gallery of Art and then kee~them by courageously serv- eum. Sunday, December 10. ing thelr best Interests at all t'irnes- g is described by one critlc regardless of cost. providing- a service 11 of the Lincoln Memorial so efficient and sunerlor that thelr ton, and by all as excelling xatlsfnctlon is guaranteed and their ~tedto same purpose. The loyalty assured. s world re~resentatlveand J. H. Alllson, passenger brakeman. ?ded by more than one-halC and rvLCe, met with a traglc accldent le United States and none early Xovember 24, just north of Trad- icago. Be sure to visit It Ing Post. Kans.. when their car struck 13 to Kansa~C'lty. a parked truck. resulting In the Im- mediate death of Mr. Allison. who wan driving the car,. and Mr. anj 311%. W. IRAPH DEPARTMENT H. Moore, Mr. Allison's sister and her husband, also occupants of the car. r. SCOTT, KANS. JIrs. Allison was removed to a Ft. Scott ho~pltal,where she died shortly after- 1E HOGAS, Rtnorter btroke on Ice skates and It Isn't nearly ward. The Ill-fated party was on so easy ns It mi~htseem,. Its wav to Fort Scott to attend the mch. former Northern dI- We weye mlgh'ly glad to hare had a funerai of Mr. Allison's mother.-Mrs. vlslt from Miss Martha BIoore of St. :rapher, came In to see us Emllv Alllson. Funeral services were ~lleIn our clty. AlIen Is a Louis recently. held 'In Ft. Sc0l.t. Tucsdas,, November Mlss Helen Coglay, of Sherman. h an aud~ting company In 27. for all Rve memhers of the femilv. ns. Texas, spellt Thanksglvtng In Kansas he crew of traln ~0.132on *;vim: Clry wlth her rrncle, E. C. Henshaw. .y asslstanl superintendent, ber 27. conslstlng of ~onduktorS. Goff, Mrs. Lawrence Evans. remembered R ' birthday anniversary on Bralcemen TY. Cobb and R. Clark. En- 4th and was especiallv as Agnes Lynch, Is In Kansas City on glneer C, J. Anderson and Flreman an extended visit. We almost knew the h a: nift he recelved from Bennett, mlsh to extend thanks t'o of- -a box urge for Kansas City would be too of roses which grew ficials for thelr kindness In setting the great to suppress. en. Her home is in Shreve- call back on the train in order to make Kansas Citians are ver fortunate It possfble for them to attend the serv- In havin~the Willlam ~odhlllYi elson chert wlll retlre from serv- Ices of Mr. Allison and the other mern- Gallery of Art and htkins Museum t of January after torty- bera of hls famlly. opened to the publlc. These rooms and of service. most of thln We are all speculatinfi as to how F. galleries have been attracting thou- at ~rcadia, Kans. Mr. E. Morgan is ~olne: to play Santa sands of vlsitors daily slnce the open'- enjorlng very good health Claus to himself Christmas. He admits Ing. Monday, December 11. ake his home there. that he Is going to ~ivehlmself a J. N. Hawrove and wlfe. of Ft. Scott, brig, late nlght wire chlef- Christmas present!, and, while he has vlsited at the E. C. Henshaw home re- left December 16 for Wen- not tipped hls hand. we should not be cently. hh., to spend a few weeks at all surprised to see him drive up in Waller Heck and famlly vlslted reln- WILIL nta other. Mrs. Long is spend- a new 1934 Ford V-8, the day following tives in Ft. Scott and Sprhgfleld over ing this time with her parents at Santa's visit. the recent holldays. Caruthersville. Mrs. W. G. Cooper, enulneer, returned to The male memhers of our office force 31. W. Sulllvan, dlspatcher. and Mrs. work December 7, havlng been off since wore long faces several days In Decem- Sulllvan will spend Chrlstmas with November 16, conflned to the hospital. ber due to the fact the much looked thelr daughter, who Is now living In accollnt of a ~eriousaccldent, which oc- forwavd to-Stag Partv-was called OK. Covlngton, Kv. They will then go on curred near Overland Park, when a A certain chlef c1ei.k In the tram- to St. ~etersb'urg,Fla., for m short vkdt truck loaded with cattle deveIo~eda portation department says. "Whatta wlth Mrs. Sulllvans' rlster. defect3ve steerlng gear and crashed In- we care If New York dld put' a ban on P. E. PaulselI rellef telegrapher. Is to Mr. Cooper's car. +-. Cooper re- radlos in taxi cabs, that don't keep ux relieving at "F.' D." office In the Rb- ceived two fractured ribs and Revere from havlng,mdlos in prlvateIy owned sence of TV. 0. Long, working second brulsecr. Hls car was completely de- Ford couDea. trlck whlle "Pat" Parka Is working mollshed. We're kertalnly dolna thlngs In the third trlck for the change. Wish to extend sincere aympadhy to way of cleanln~up the ~remlsesaround H. 31. cloud, will do the extra work M. L. SoIlars. switchman, who wea Kansas City. tore down A counle of un- In the dls atcher's oPPlce durln~the called to St. Joseph. Ma.. December 8th. used buildlnas recently. Now that the Chrlstmrts fiolfday season. Mr. Cloud's account of the death of his sister. Also debrls has been cleared away It is our regular job is flrst trick at Neodesha, to Guv Carson, flreman, whose father suggestion thls would be an Ideal spot Kans. dled November 25th. for "Flowers that bloom In the Surlne". Mrs. L. 0. Garflner, wife of tracer J. W.Skaggs had the hanor or belnlr And now that another year I& udbn clerk, has returned from Detroit, elected President of the Superintenb- us it's golng to be a great game to where she and her mother visited her ents' Ansociatlon at a meetlnp of the lay-trylng to keep our faces always sisters. who live there. Aasoclation. held 'December 11. toward the sun for another 365 davs. OFFICE SUPERINTENDENT TERMINALS OFFICE OF MASTER MECHANIC MAINTENANCE OF WAY DEFT. KANSAS CITY, MO. KANSAS CITY, MO. - FT. SCOTT, KANS. TOM KEHOE, ReDOrter LEOTA FRIEXD and MARY DAILEY. Reporters GLADYS ROTH, Reporter Hay the Xew Pear be a very very - Happy one for a11 of our Frisco Mends Due to unusual rush of office work. Here's hoping you had a >ferry -as we look Into the Cuture. wlth and for various other reasons. we failed Christmae and we wish you a11 a very rising hopes and arnbitlons: wlth re- to appear In print In last issue, there- Happy Xew Year. newed energy mnd faith in ourselves fore Palled to wlsh you the Joys of the J. W. Waterbury Jr, son of Brldge and our railroad, we see a year crowd- Season. but-now -that Christmas is Inspector J. \v. ~iterburyspent the ed wlth success and dreams fulfllled. over and the New Year Is here, we're holidays vlsltlng relatives 1h Chicago. Let us continue during the coming hoplng your Hollday Season was the BRrB man R. A. Dennlston, wife and year, to pin ow: hopes to the shining best ever. and we're "Holdlnz the son, expect to spend part of the month llght that has gulded us safely over the Thought" that the year 1934 wlll-brlng of January visitlng relatives at Los stormy past-that' people mill remain volumes ot business to the Frlsco. Angeles, Callf., and Olympla, Washing- loyal to an Institution that Is loyal to It might be of Interest to know that ton. them-that the best way to make Q. E. Dauahertv and wlfe snent the Robert Cooper, who la attcndlng frlends, is flrst to deserve them, and Christmas Holidays wlth a brother of school In Chicago, @pent the holldays Mr. Daugherty's In Detrolt. M. J. with hls fat'her, Glenn Cooper, B&B Sartaln and wife vlslted relatives in painter on the Frlsco and his grrtnd- JIemphls. E. C. Henshaw, wife and parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Cooper. son, Carroll. vlsltecl Mr. Henshaw's S. R. Kummell, bridge watchman at Stops Falling slster In Denlson, Texas, and Ely says Ash Grove, fa off account slckness and Hair he thoroughly enjoyed Chrlstmas In the is in the hospital at Wichlta. Kansas. Mr. D. Mallory, Geer, Va., wrlles: Lone Star state.- Ye scrlbes. as per Mr. Opal Davls Is protecting Kummell's "My hair came out in patches and I wrs usual, spent the holidays with home vacancy at Ash Grove. bald in soots. I used 2 bottles af Japanese folks In Oran and Pierce City, respec- Mrs. Ernest Lewis and children, wife hair from RI!; tlvely. Lee Taylor, says, "Believe it or and family of concrete man. spent the he bald areas. Not" he spent a qulet Christmas day at holidays with relatives at Rlch Moun- counter-Irrltanl horn; with hls wife and son. As to the taln. Ark. orninc bnldness, whereabouts of the rest of our force H: S. Ingle and wife spent the holi- ~nd scalp itch. we're unable to say. for as yet t'hey days at Bolivar. 110. All druggists. haven't dlvulged the secret. Our sectlon forces and BRB e8nas 'Tis said, ice skatlng is great mnort. la HalrP'-wrlle It helps to retain your flgure, keeps up 1. 45th St.. your pep. etc.-but. take It from one buildings and rk. who Irnows. It'6 rather dlfficult to re- which are no 1 rnh the upright positlon and learn to operation of bu Jan ~rnry,1934 Puge 31 ing forward t'o the splendid re1)ort he in detail in another part of the m:tga- will make on his return. zlne. A parCicularly nice feature of the affair was it was so splendidly at- tended by the officials. 'cVe regret very much the shooting accident which occurred Thanltsg-i\ring THE WORLD V. P. & G. S. OFFICE Day, of which Frank Hubert, Jr.. mas IT TAKES 8 0 FT. WORTH, TEXAS the \.icTim. Understand Frank is im- proving and ],robably by the time this sprinter 0 p 1 m 0 V i n 9 up. You must XIARY BESS SNITH, Reporter appears in the magazine he will ha\re been ,moved home. He certainly has add to your our slncere wishes for a speedy and training all the The Frisco Rallw~yjolns the host of com1)lete recovery. We've been miss- frlends in mourning the passing 01 ina- him around here. lirnc. You can't Ben. T. Scott, who for almost 50 yearr Wish to extend our congratulatio~~s iiord to coast was enailxed In rilllroad work. Durlne ro JIr. and Mrs. R. R. Kington, of lor a single day. his caceer, Mr. Scott was connected Brownwood, who, we understand, be- wirh almost every rallroad in the state. came the proud parents of a son on You can keep From 1919 until llib; retirement in 1932. December 6th. 311'. Kington is cahhier your training he served ns jolnt cftv ticket agent for the Frisco at that qoint. rnodcrn by for the Ft. Worth & ~knrercity al~d By the rime this goes to press. spare-time study the Frisco. It was with the deepest Christma~and New Pear's will have regret, we learned of his death at his come and gone. but we want to take oi an Interna- home here on December 15t'h. Mr. this means of Bayina me sincerely hope tional Corrc- Scott was po~)uIarIyknown as "Dean everyone spent n very Merry Christmas bpondence of Tlcket Agents" and mas truly be- . and Happy New Year, and that 1934 Sc:mols Coursc. Thousands of men today attribute loved by all who were associated with will indeed be filled wirh Health. him. Happiness and Prosperity for all the their success to this study. \Vc ail1 send you infor- We were very glad to have as Frisco Family. mation - free. Mail the coupon. guests of the Texas Lines, recently. Messrs. Kurn, 1Vorman. Koontk and other executive officers, who made a trip Over the railroad. Hope they mill come oftener. Account of the drouth in the stock MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT Roarlmsscera 0 I.ornn~nli\.e Firenmu shipping territory around Menard and 0 Sccrion Work 0 Air Bmke3 Rrady, a great deal of feed has been SHERMAN, TEXAS Dridue Enrinerring Iiounrlbuuae Work Ottirs Es~~lur- 0 .\I~ehini*~and l'oolrnnkrr moving into that vicinity recently. 0 Xlerhanical Urnsing 0 Uoilrrrrmkinr working quite a hardship on the D. R. ANDERSOS. Reporter O Clwrr~iafru 0 Tionmrrh and Pi~~fittera ranchers. 0 l.montorivc Eu~inroring 0 C:nr Iz~xowton Glad to see Mr. Reed. our mail clerk. I3 H~llroldSirmdrnan 0 Gas-I MILLSAP BROS. CENTRAL BOARDING & SUPPLY COMPANY COM M ISSARY CONTRACTORS DEPARTMENT STORE, F. J. ENGLEJIAS. Presldent .rOS. Y. O'DOWD, Supt., Sprlnaeld. 1\10. DEPENDABW MERCHANDISE G. I. FITZGER.4LD. Ylce-Pres. and Sec'y GUT KRESS. Supt.. Pprlnfield, 110. CHAS. GRAY. JIanager. Sprlngflcld. No. 11. S. ESGLEJIAii, Vlce-Pres., Dallas, Tex. FAIR PRICES General Office: Rallway Exchange Bldg., USSAS CITY, 310. JIONETT, M0. I Branch Offices: ST. LOUIS, JIO., SPRIXGFIELD. 310.. FT. VORTH. TES.. DALLAS, TEX. U11- in na- lit8 ind lad ing ler, to ell. " H ERCU LES " -Red Strand- GRIDER COAL SALES AGENCY Wl RE ROPE Mine Agents Made Only by I A. Leschen li Sons Rope CO. ST. LOUIS Railroad Fuel n Specicilty 1414-18 American Trust Building BIRMINGHAM, ALA. BROOKSIDE-PRATT MINING CO. I'I ONCAN Producers of Copper-Molybdenum Iron STEAM AND DOMESTIC COAL CULVERTS Mines on Frisco, Southern and I. C. Railroads I TRI-STATE CULVERT MFG. CO. Comer Building I Memphis, Tenn. BIRMINGHAM. ALA. When you are SICK- MINES ON THE FRISCO AT CARBON HILL. ALABAMA MOSS & McCORMACK I When you are MINERS AND SHIPPERS HURT- COAL-Blacksmith, Bunker, Steam, ~omestic-COAL 1901-4 American Trust Building BIRMINGHAM. ALA. WE PAY YOU ALBERT RUSSELL T. R. SIMMONS CLEVELAND LUMBER COMPANY ' JASPER, ALABAMA Railroad Lumber - Pine and Hardwood - Two Million Feet Per Month on the Frisco in Alabama JASPER ELDRIDGE HOWARD Fully Equipped Plant Planing Mill. Car Decking Planing Mill. Oak and "Thr rnilroclrl nzun'.s ronzporzy" and retail Yard and Short Dimension Pine Car Lumber DEPENDABLE SERVICE - QUALITY COUNTS CHICAGO - SAN FRANCISCO -TORONTO DE BARDELEBENCOALS Sipsey -Empire -Corona -Carbon Hill -Hull FOR DOMESTIC, STEAM, GAS, BY-PRODUCT AND CERAMICS The South's Largest Producers and Marketers of HIGH GRADE COALS DeBardelebcrz ~reparotiorz Southern Railway Building Gives A4drlc.d Value BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA A Round Trip Tickets 'or Par1 Car? (ur:nt or 1) .. - P -II< Long Goo, SIC or Pa Ca (Sent or