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T. J. Moss TIE CO. SAINT LOUIS THE FRISCO EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE 827 FRISCO BUILDING .. ST. LOUIS WM. L. HUCGINS. Jr.. Edifor MARTHA C. MOORE. Associate Editor WM. McMILLAN. Adoerfiafng Manager VOL. I I1 AUGUST, 1926 No. I I Permission is given to reprint, with credit, in part or in full, any article appearing in the Magazine Contents of This Issue PAGES Fifteen Hnnclred Veteran Enq~loyes At:end Fourth Annual Rcunion at Springfield, Mo., June 28 and 29 .................................................................................. 6-12 Forty-two Accident Prevention Meetings Scheduled for August and Septernbcr ........ 13 Sidelights from the Veterans' Reunion ........... .. ....................................................................14-17 System Passenger Train Performance 97.4 Pcr Ccnt On-Time for June ..................... ... 18 J. W. Bowler Elected General Chairnlan, B. of L. E. Frisco Lines ................................ 19 Frisco Girls Sail for Europe July 24 .................... ..................................................... 20 Equipment Damage Decreased Seven Per Ccnt First Half of Year .............................. 21 Questions and At~swerson Railroad Problems by Frisco Railroaders ............................... 23 Frisco Employes' Hospital Association Report............................................................... 24 'i'he Benefits of Corrrtesy as Con:ributed by :he Conductor................... ...... .. ....... 25 By kVw. L. Littderwood Nore Good Fwl Performances by Frisco Workers .............- ......................... ... 26 Thc Pension Roll ........................................................................................................... 27 1.Iomemakers' Page ...................................................................................................... 29 \;acation Clothes for Frisco Maidens ........................... ... .................................................... 29 'The Twilight Hour................. ... .............. ............................................................................30 Frisco Babies .................................... ............................................. ..................... 31 Frisco Mcchanic .......... ................ ... .....................................................................................................32-34 Ueath of Ben F. Cooper ................................................................................................ 32 How to Avoid Track Xotor Car Failures .......................... .... ....................................... 33 By .A. E. Wooldridgr So~ucPointers for Young- Section Foremen bv an Old Timer ................................ ... .... 34 Pastime ..................... ..................................... ........... ................................... 35 .% View of the Crowd at the Veterans' Rcunion ............................................................... 36-37 Editorials ...................................................................................................................... 3s Flashes of Merriment ................................................. ........................................ 39 Frisco Family News ............. .................. ... .......................... .............................................................. 40-72 I THE FRISCO EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE I The F~.isco Employes' 3lagnzine is a monthly publication devoted primnrily tc) the intercvts of thc Inore thml 30,000 active and retired crnploycs of the. Frisco Lincs. It contains stories, items of current nclvs, personal notrs about employes and their families, articles drnling with various ~hasesof railroad work, poems, cartoons and notices regarcling the nc3rvice. Good clcar. photographs suitable for regro- duction arc csp1,cially dosircd, and will be returned only when rcqucstcd. A11 cartoons xnd drnwings must he in black 1ndi:l dm\\-ins. ink. Employes arc invitrd lo write articles for the nmgazinc. Contributions should hf. tygcwritten, 011 one sidc of the shcet only, and should he addressed to the EBitor. Izrirco Building, St. J.ouis, Mo. Distrihutrd free among E'risco employes. To othnrs, price 15 ccntrs ;L copy: suhsc*ription rate bLS0 a year. Advertising ratcs will be made known upon application. Fifteen Hundred Veteran Employes Attend Fourth Annual Reunion at Springfield, Mo., June 2 8 - 2 9 Twenty-Year Service Men With Wives and Children Frolic at All-Day Picnic in Seguiota Park and Join With Fellow Veterans in Business Meetings I'l'l%ESS u i the capital city of 1;risco Lines, vetcrans who cli~nl)etlal)oa~-(I. .-\ I)l:tst of thc \vhistle Springfield, Mo., a\volie on the morning of June ;uitl the reunion was oft' to a I)lazc ot' gloriouh gootl C 28th to fintl that the g-rant1 oltl men oi the tlnles. 1:risco service - members ot the Frisco Veteran Xnny meml)ers ot' the "\velcomit~g" family were 1~111ploycs':\ssoci;ition-li;~tl taken over the city iui- alreatl!, on Iiantl at tlw ~)arl<,Ix~s!. with arrangements their own. ior the atl~leticevents, Ix~rl)ec~~eand other activities \;\;it11 light Ilearts and soari~~gs1)irits I..%) vcteran5 when the special pulled in, antl the laughing, shoutinx from t\vent!; state5 came to attend the fourth :ulnual \.etcrnns tlisnlountetl. re~~nionof eml)lo!.es lia\.ing twenty or mure years \\fithin thirty minutes the I)e;tutiiul xrou~~tlsof the service with the collqmlly. and their cntr:ulcc. was state fish hatchery were s~varmingwit11 Illcn ant1 worn- ~witliersubdued nor was it neglected. en \\dm sl)ottctl oltl frientls nnlong the cro\\-tl anti i\s cxh train pdlcd into Springfield carrying extra greeted thcln \varndy ;IIMI affectionately. coaches antl ptllmans to :~ccon~lnotlatethe veterans, as thc Iwiiness cars of officials were shr~ntetlto siding>. ant1 as the 1iubl)ul) ui the veteratis rose as thcy rc- .It I I O'cl(~cli 1Hon. \V. 1'. I;rce~n:un. Alayor of ncwetl old frientlships :mi wrung hands ot' fellou- Spri~igfcltl.mounted the platform at the pavilion anti \vorliers they Ilad not seen for !-e:irs, Springiicltl Ii~ie\\-. tlcliveretl thc acltlress of \vclcome to the \,ctcrans on i~~clecd,that the mln~~al\-vtcmnh' reunio~~of its great- l~ehalf oi the host city. rst industry, 1:risco I,ines, was untles wty. "We are prowl to have you with us again this ye;lr l'rom the ti~ncthc I-irst eager \.eteran aliglitctl fronl and hol)c that this great e\.cn t \\;ill al \v;~!,s 11e lieltl his train until the iinxl strains oi "(hl Re \\.it11 Us \\:ithin the city limits of Springficltl. the real home of "l'ill We Meet Axaid' died in rhe vastness of thc orrailroad. Wc are 1)routl of the l~riscoherc, ant1 Shrine Mosc111c forty-eigl~t hours Iarcr, Springfielrl \\.c are proucl too, of the \,eteran cmployes \vho worketl 1)elonged to the 1;risco \.cterans as surcly as tlic Prisco loyally :wl faithfully to aid ill making Prisco 1,ines I~elongs to Springfield, ;~ndnothing was sparccl to the Icatli~~~road of the countr!.." Mayor T:I-ccmnn saitl. 11l;~li~thc reunion the !.ear's I)rightcst spot iol- thosc C:. C1. Mills, aceitlent pre\,ention agent, rcspondetl iri :~ttenil:~ncc. to tlic XIa!;or's \velcome, antl assure(l him the vcterans R(?gistmtion of V~~erar~s were glad to have Springficltl lor their I-~IIII~OIIcity.