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Jr., Editor MARTHA C. MOORE. Aswetala Edltor WM. McMIUAN. Adanftrfnl Manaw VOL .IV APRIL, 1927 No. 7 Permission is given to reprint . with credit . in part or in full. any article appearing in the Magazine Contents of This Issue PACES Frontispiece .....................................................: ............ "April" .......................................................... 4 Frisco Meteor Celebrates Silver Anniversary . March 17-18........................................................ 6-11 William M. Box. 92. Frisco's Oldest Pensioner. Confined to Bed ............................................... 12 Veteran Train Dispatcher Attracted to Frisco by Excellent Motive Power ............................ 13 Employes Make Remarkable Progress in Greater Traffic Movement During March ........14-15 H . H . "Dad" Washburn Dies February 26 at Cape Girardeau. Mo........................................... 16 Frisco Florist Gives Advice on Gardening. by Don B . Fellows ............................................... 18 Accident Prevention Schedule 1s Announced .................................................................................... 23 Fallington and Christopher Head Frisco Telegraphers .............................................................. 21 Legim Peace-Time Army to Paris in September ........................................................................ 22 Frisco Makes Decrease in Accidents .................................................................................................. 7.3 For Meritorious Service........................................................................................................................ 24 Forty-three Per Cent Decrease in Rough Handling First 60 Days........................................... 25 The Pension Roll .................................................................................................................................... 30-31 Miss Frisco in Fashions of SprinGime .............................................................................................. 32 Homemakers' Page ....................................................... ......................................................................... 33 The Twilight Hour ................................................................................................................................ 34 Frisca Babies ............................................................................................................................................ 35 A Page of Cartoons. by John L. Godsey .......................................................................................... 36 Editorials ................................................................................................................................................... 37 Flashes of Merriment .............................................................................................................................. 38 Frisco Mechanic ......................................................................................................................................39-47 Frisco Family News ................................................................................................................................ 47-84 1 THE FRlSCO EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE The Frlsco Employes' Mapazlne Is a monthly ubllcatfOn devoted prlmarlly to the Interests of the mare than 30. 000 acttve md retlred employes of tRe Frisco Lines. It contslns stor!es Items oi current news persona1 notes about employes and thelr famlllee. artlclea deallng wlth various phases. of Callroad work: poems. cartoons and notlces regarding the service. Good clear photographs suitable for repro- duction are especially desired. and wlll be returned only when requested . All cartoons and drawlnps must be In black India drawing Ink . Employes are Invited to wrlte artleles for the maEarine. Contributionm'mhould be typewritten. on one ride of the sheet only. and should be addressed to the Editor. Frisco Building. SL Louls. Mo . Distributed free among Frlsco employes. To others. prlce 16 cents a copy: subscrlptlon rate $1.60 a year . Advertlslng rates wlll be made known upoll appllcatlon. April, 1927 versary on Run Yes, Dean was probably thinking those things as his and her distinguished passengers and crew. iron steed ate up the 119 miles to Newburg. He was . A surprise was in store for the Frisco officers at "getting down" at Newburg to go back for a few hours' Bristow. That city and its citizens endeared them- sleep in the Pullman, so he could get up in the morning selves to the Frisco Railway for keeps, by meeting the to again take the throttle at Tulsa. train with a brass band of 40 pieces, and a delegation But there was a surprise awaiting him at Newburg. of 500 citizens, who came to pay their respects. As his engine slowed down for the station, he saw the Vice-President Koontz