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1 SOUTHERN DIVISION I LOCAL FREIGHT OFFICE

MEMPHIS, TENN.

VIRGINIA GRIFFIN. Reporter

Mrs. Clara Speer, stenographer. ha s re turned from her vacation whlch w a s spent here in Memphis account the serlous Illness of her slster.

J. A. Ladd, uncollected clerk, spen t J u n e 1 7 18 and 19 In St. Louis.

T. W . ' ~ r v a n t B. C. Scruggs, and F. I,. Alkin. 811 'OK the cashler'a offlce. spen t June 1 9 a t Shell Lake, Ark., fish- ing.

Theodore Birkner and Louis Alessio spent week end of June 1 8 in St. Louis, goig there to see Lindbergh, but were disappointd account the large crowd.

Several In Lhls office a r e t ak lng their vflcations a few days a t a tlme: W. F. Corkery. B. C. Johnson. Miss Elma WrlRht, F. J. Walsh. D. E. Creeden, W. Y. Billings, and E. D. Cauble.

John E. Gelger, veri-check clerk. our harmonlcon ~ c r f o m e r . was one of t he enter ta iners -on the June 29 noon-day TV. M. C. radio program.

D. E. Creeden, J. A. Carrlgan and T. P. Lockhart a r e now back a t work a f t e r belng on the sick l ist for several days.

Mrs. L. Lenlhan, stenographer, s tar t - ed her vacatlon July 5 and returned to work Ju ly I&, spending same here in %femphls.

W e were pleased to have wi th u s several days the first of Ju ly Messrs. H a r r y Johnston, traveling audltor and R. C. Bryant, traveling supervls& of swltchlng. who came here to Inaugu- ra te the new plan of interline switch- I n r settlement.

Several of the employes took advan- t a r e of our las t holiday, J u l y 4.

E lma Wrlaht , comDtometer onera- tor, accepted-an invitation to vlsit the Y. M. C. A, camp a t Mammoth Springs, Ark., wlth a par ty of frlends.

Faye Barbee, stenographer, vlslted In Thayer. Mo.

Gordon Robertson, cashier, spent the d a y fishlng a t Bfoon Lake, Miss.

F r a n k R. Crane, expense clerk, to- gether ' wlth a party o r frlends, Ashed in Horse Shoe Lake Ark.

F. L. Aikin c a s h l e h clerk. and €am- ity spent the' day a t Lake Vlew Miss.

B. C. Scruags. assistant cashle'r, and family vlslted in St. Louis.

T. E. Bryant, cashler's clerk, spent t h e day wlth relatlves at Jonesboro. Ark. J. F. Wright, r a t e clerk. returned

July 1 6 from several days' vacation in St. Louis and Chicago.

Fred Doblng, clerk on outbound plat- form says the lace to enjoy a vaca- tlon '1s In the &arks. He returned July 1 6 from several days' visit In Ravenden Springs and Hardy.

C. T. Johnston asslstant platform foreman, Is now 'vlsi t lng in Wate r Valley, Miss.

BIRMINGHAM TERMINALS

MRS. NELLIE XfcGOWEN, Reporter

picnics. The bbsl$eo Booster CLub will give a plcnlc a t Meat Lake on July 19th. all employes belng invited to a t - tend. There wlll be a special train leavlng 9th Avenue Yard a t 3:30 p. m. car ry lng the plcnlc crowd to Bessemer from which place they will KO by au- tomoblle t o the lake. A big crowd and a flne t lme I s anticipated.

C. J. Thompson, assistant to (IuDer- Intendent of terminals, Is away on a week's vacatlon which he Is spending fishlng and visl t lng relatlves in Mia- slssippi.

Miss Laura Greenough, stenograph- er. in superlntendent of terminals or- fice, I s spending several8 weeks with her parents in Montreal, Canada.

Leo Record. record clerk. i s at tend- Ing the Grotto Convention, In Cleve- land. Ohlo.

Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Martin and daugh- ter Lois have returned from a vlslt to Savannah, Ga. Mrs. Martin and daugh- ter a r e now visit ing in Manchester, Georgla.

W. W. Lane, engine foreman, has returned from Gavannah. Ga., where he went a s a delegate to the B. of R. T. Booster Club, Lodge 590.

F. 11. Packard, chief clerk t o agent , and Mrs. Packard, were called to Memphis recently account illness of a relative. M. A. Jennings, awltchman, and Mrs.

Jennings have returned from a vlsl t to New Pork Clty, Buffalo and polnts In Canada.

Mrs. J. C. Frasler. wlfe of yard- master, was a recent visltor to Nash- ville. Tenn.

L. H. Freeze, t ra ln clerk, spent h ls vacation in Havana, Cuba. H e says Havana is a g rea t place.

\Ir. B. Freeze and wlfe a r e visi t lng relatlves in Dora.

W. A. Kelth, flreman, w a s called t o I<noxvllle. Tenn., recently account of death of hls mother. W e extend to Mr. Keith our sincere sympathy.

Mrs. S. A. Griffln. wlfe of switch- man, was called to Manchester, Ga., recentl~r account of death of a rela- L L , .-.

Mlss Mae Dudley, clerk In t h e me- chanical department, ha s returned from a week's vacation spent In Atlanta Ga.

W. A. Drago general yardmast& 1s away from thd offlce on his vacatfon.

Laverne Johnson. age 5 twin daugh- ter of Switchman W. L. h h n s o n , dled July 4th af ter a few hours illness which was due to acute indigestion: The remains were shipped to Longview. Texas. for interment. Mr. Ea r l Gray accompanied JIr. and Mrs. Johnson to Lon6view. Our sympathy 1s extended t o the bereaved family.

Switchman N. B. Jolly and wife a r e visl t lng relatives in Cedartown Ga,

C. H. Vaughn. revising c le ik 1s spending. hls vacation In Kansas k l ty .

E. M. Bvrum, t ra ln clerk and ram- ily a r e visi t lng relatives In hississippl.

Miss E t t a Paul, timekeeper. mechan- ical department. Is spendlng her vaca- tion with relatlves in New Mexico.

Mrs. R. H. Webster, wife of operator, Is spending the month of Ju ly In Cali- fornla.

IIrs. C. M. Gaodln, wife a l blook op- era tor has been caleed to Pot ts Camp Miss.. 'account of serlous Illness of hel:

Miss Alvenia Smrth, stenographcr in the local frelght office, is away ac- count of illness. Mlss Smith will spend some tlme a t Clairmont Springs.

Mrs. Nellie McGowen spent the week end in Opelika recently with Dr. and 3Lrs. G. H. Moore.

FREIGHT TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT MEMPHIS, TENN.

KATE MASSIE. Reporter

Chief Clerk Cummlngs has just r e - turned from a vacatlon which he ap - pnrer~tly enjoyed very much.

31. W. Dunkin and wife a r e leaving this week for a visit down in Georgla. We have the promlse of some Georgia poaches.

J. L. Scales met with a n accldent while swimming recently, a painful cu t on the head when diving. That Is his story and he s t lcks to I@.

Bliss Lula Manley, stenographer, is vlsi t ing her sister In New Orleans.

I had a most wonderful vacatlon in Falrmont, AIinn., a s a guest of W. R. Walters and wife, who will be re- membered by a grea t many Frisco folks a s they were with us for a long time.

"WR" Is with the Fai rmont Motors and they a re quite well and happy in their new home located on one of the several beautiful lakes tha t make Fai r - mont such a nlce summer resort. Fo r the week-end JuIv 4, w e matored to Minneapolis and ~ u l u t h . and In Du- lu th on July 4. ou r wlnter coats were quite comfortable. I felt the calendar had been turned back a s the flowers we have In March. bridal wreath, Illac, etc., were just comlng out. The morn- ing I arrlved home was the hottest of the season and you can guess I wlshed 1 was back In Minnesota having a swlm In Lake Budd.

CARL YARBROUGH, Reporter - Mr. R. J. Slagle, agent-yardmaster

here who has been on leave of absense past' two months account 111 health. is now Improving and wlll resume du ty about Ju ly 24th.

Mr. J. D. Hayes, ou r demurrage clerk, has returned from a week's visi t wi th relatives In middle Ten- nessee.

The green corn and cucumber move- ment has s tar ted on the Jonesboro Sub of the River Dlvision around Mo- nette. Ark., there h M been nine ca r s Shipped to northern markets in the past week.

STORE DEPARTMENT NEWS SOUTHERN DIVISION

WARREN PUCKETT. Reporter

Helen Grlffln, comptometer operator in thls department, l e f t Ju ly the 16th for a two weeks' vlsit to Orlando and Wlnter Park , Fla.

Thelma Drashman, ateno-operator In the mechnnlcal department Memphis, spent Ju ly 2-3-4 In Oxford. klss., vlsit-

Now tha t summer IS really here everyone Is th inking of vacations and

August, 1927

ing friends who a r e a t tending "Ole Nlss".

J. J. Drash~nan, coach foreman, Mem- phis, entered the Frlsco hospftal In St. Louis, on July the 10th to under- go treatment and posslbly a n operation for kidney trouble. We hope tha t "Johnnie" will soon be able to be back with us soon. Johnnie has also been to Ho t Sprlngs Ark., recently. t ak ing the baths aAd drinking the water for this trouble.

Evere t t Hansen, shop checker. Mem- phis, slipped away, to Neodesha. Kan.. f rom July the 2nd t o Ju ly the 11th for a ll t t le vacatlon. Evere t t carried his wife and two daughters, Elizabeth and Gene, wi th him.

Gladys Irwin. stenographer, car de- partment. Memphis, jus t recently re- turned f rom a three weeks' tour of the west and north west, which t r ip was made with t he "Elliott Tourist."

Ruby Pat ten stenographer, in th is Offlce juat r e c e h l y had her tonsils re- moved a t a local hospital.

La r ry Glass mechanic, Memphis shop, recently 'traded his Ford tour- i ng for a new "Chevrolet Roadster." which Is quite keen looklng.

311.. and Mrs. Otto Ket tman announce the ar r iva l of a baby girl , Weight flve pounds which a r r ~ v e d a t their home the la t te r part of June. The little ,girl has been named Mary June. Otto 1s a first class machinist in the Memphis shops.

A. S. Pfetzger erecting foreman, Memphis shops is contemplating on t ak ing a few days' vacatlon soon.

Har ry Whitson, electrlclan, Memphis. s en t several days in Chattanooga. A n n . , recently, visl t ing his brother. After re turnlng to Memphis he took hls wife and chlldren for a small vlslt to relatives who live In and around Jonesboro, Ark.

Mrs. D. A, Rlddle and children, Vlola and Mary Lee, spent something like two weeks recently visi t ing relatives In F o r t Smlth, Van Buren and Win- slow Ark. Mrs. ,,Riddle is the better half 'of our "D. A. who 1s general fore- man of the store department, Mem- phis.

Chesley Moore, coach palnter! Mem- phls, took his wlfe down t o B ~ r m l n g - ham, Ala.. to spend the four th of July.

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BIRMINGHAM GENERAL OFFICE - LAUNA 31. CHEW. Reporter

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Dr. and Mrs. R. C. Noodson, com- )any oculist, have returned from a notor t r lp of two weeks to Jackson- rllle, Orlando, St. Augustine and Day- ona Beach, spending several days a t >aytona Beach. They were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gardiner.

Fred D. Cross, ra te clerk, is t ak ing is vacation In Washington, D. C., New fork Philadelphla and ClncinnfLti. ~ r e d ' e x ~ e c t s to be in New P o r k in time or the flght between Dempsey and jharkey.

All emloyees regre t very much the 08s of our company surgeon, Dr. \V. 3. Wilder, who passed away recently rfter a n Illness of several weeks. The rntire force extend our deepest sym- thy to Mrs. Wilder.

Ha r ry J. Brown, depot passenger %gent accompanied members of the ~ p w o h h League to Los Angeles.

We a r e very glad to learn Mrs. H. H. Thomas, wlfe of our local agent , rownley, Ala., 1s now a t home af ter several weeks' of serious Illness In Walker County Hospltal, Jasper. Ala.

ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT MEMPHIS, TENN.

LANGSTON-WILLIAMS. Reporters

CllfKord DeGrande has purchased a Ford roadster.

9. W. Booth was In t he clty re- cently In connectlon wl th brldge re- newal accounting.

Mr. Hughett , dlvlslon accountant.

motored to Holly Springs, XIisslssippi, June 24th.

The extremely warm weather has caused the tennis playing to lag be- hind somewhat, but recently R. D. Wil- llams and wife, 4 . H. Saraflan and Bob Langston enjaped ~ e v e r a l sets. Both teams were evenly matched and the contest was close throughout.

C. L. Booker, formerly an employe of the engineering department, 1s now

located in San FranclsCO. CaL Those of thls offlce who were fortu-

nate in being called to St. Louis i n time for the arrival of "Lucky" Llnd- bergh were F. C. Hughetl , \Y, J, Kelly and C. R. Dearande.

A. E. Blggers spent the 4th of July wlth parents a t Hardy, Arkansas, Bob Langston in Springfield. Cliff De- Grande in Pensacola, Flrr.. L. B. Powell nt Reelfoot Lake, Tenn., T. L. Guthrie,

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m e n t In St. Louls. MO. Rfet Leo Brown former ly w i t h t h e

Frisco. recently 1; SprlngRelB. H e is now located in K a n s a s Clty w o r k l n g f o r t h e K a n s a s City Southern.

Our most cons tan t fisherman is J o h n I. Sickles. H e reported might]' good luck the 4th of J u l y a t Shell Lake.

T h e en t l re office force ex tend the i r deepest s y m p a t h y t o Ber t TlKany of Ri rmlnpham w h o recently los t his ~ i r , Ifl.* iffa an^ Was t a k e n suddenly

Glenn Backschies s p e n t h i s vaca- L)ix Lowery. b rakeman. moved t o t ion in Amory v is i t ing h i s p a r e n t s Mr. Dora f rom Ei rmlngham. a n d Mrs. F. G. Backschies. W. J. SIcBIurron, b rakeman, re -

tu rned t o Dora, bumping on S ~ p s e y r u n w l t h Conductor Roberson.

Ki lby Corkren, sect ion foreman, re - DORA, ALABAMA p o r t s the a r r i v a l or a l i t t le sect lon Pore-

man a t h i s home. - ....

F. 31. SCOTT. Repor te r ~ u s i n e s s looklng ex t remely good a t p resen t t ime to w h a t i t h a s been in

T. Mr. B a r k e r , conductor, bumped on few

Cordova run. - A. Grecr bumped on Dora mine run .

F R E I G H T HOUSE

a n d vprtngnela t n l s y e a r n r t r r c ; vrl

vacation.

F R E I G H T T R A F F I C D E P A R T M E N T ATLANTA, GA. -

E T H E L GERRY, Repor te r

T h e F o u r t h of July h a s come a n d gone, and w e a l l had a v e r y enjoyable vacation.

Mr. a n d Mrs. Spr lnger a t tended t h e Veterans ' Reunlon a t Springfield. as usual , a n d repor t v e r y favorab ly on same. I . 0 3 . Conley passed t h r o u g h At lan ta , o n his w a y back t o P l i i shnr= . f r o m t h e reunion. W e - - - - - - - - - , l iked h im v e r v much.

Our Mr. C. C. nlosley, divislon Crelght agent . .Jacksonville. Fla.. Is en joying p a r t o f h i s vacation t h l s week, w e n d - i n g s a m e in hls home town Of Bi rm- ingham. None of t h e Alan ta force have t a k e n the i r vacation yet , we have had such nice cool wea ther , h a t e t o leave i t . Mr. Clotfel ter of t h e passenger de- par tment , Intends t o spend h ls vaca- t lon in Cuba, a b o u t t h e mlddle of Au- gust . whlch h e i s an t ic ipa t ing w l t h much pleasure.

TRAINMASTER'S OFFICE AMORY, MISSISSIPPI

VIOLET GOLDSMITH, R e p o r t e r

Mr. E. A. Teed h a s re turned f r o m h l s vaca t ion .which w a s s p e n t In Cal- ifornia.

Mr. H. E. Grablet 1s now on h l s va- ca t ion and Is going to r l s l t h i s d a u g h - t e r i n Nebraska a n d Intends t o spend s o m e t ime o n t h e coas t a round Pen- sacola.

P i s h l n g s e e m s to be v e r y much In order a t t h e present , opera tor J. V. Monasco a n d Conductor "Uncle Bob" GriKfn a r e bo th t a k l n g I few d a y s off a n d w e expect some v e r y blg fish s t o r i e s w h e n t h e y re turn .

W o r d h a s been recelved f r o m Mr. J. T. Wlll ingham, opera tor , who is s endlng severa l months In Asheville, P? C., f o r h i s heal th, t h a t h e i s g e t - t i n g a l o n g nicely.

Opera tor B. A. Nesmlth h a s re turned f r o m a u i t e a n extensive t r l ~ t o T e x a s Lnd oid Mexico.

Mrs. K e i t h I. Allen a n d Kelth. Jr., s u e n t a f e w d a w v ls l t ina f r iends In Sbll igent , h l a . -

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BIRMINGHAM, ALA.

ALVIX C. HANSON. Repor te r

MI. J. \V. Skaggs , t h e new te rmina l superi l l tendent for Bi rmingham t e r m - ina ls is n o w in t h e harness a n d t h i n g s r u n n i n q very smoothly. \Ve were sor - ry to lose Xr. 0. L. Young, t r i insferrrd to Tulsa. b u t t h i n k t h a t we've a good man in h i s place.

can own a vacation home in beautiful northwestern FLORIDA near Pensacola and Frisco's new Gulf port

N OW you, too, can have a vaca- tion home in F 1 o r i d a.

Avalon Beach, in the vicinity of Pensacola, on Escambia Bay, offers many choice lots at excep- tionally low prices for as long as they last.

The climate here is ideal the year 'round. Fishing, hunting, bath-

. ing and golf, makes this a sports- man's paradise every month in the year.

Further porticrr- l a r s c o t l c ~ r n h Now is the time to buy one of Avalon these choice lots for a vacation w i 1 1 gladly Be serrt on reques!. home or as an investment.

AVALON BEACH PROPERTIES

703 FRISCO BLDC. ST. LOUIS, MO.

Mr. J. J. Cummlns, agent for Birm- lngham Belt and Frisco, recently made a hurried t r ip to St. Louis on business. H e came back wlth some clean ideas. The most important was a ba th for the entlre Arst floor of our frelght house. The entire t rucking force was hurdled and lye and water and mops made the floor shine once more.

Mrs. F. If. Packard h a s returned f rom a t r l p t o Memphis where a s l laht illness made he r s t ay somewhat un- comfortable. We a re glad to report he r condltlon very much Improved and welcome her back in Birmingham

The famous Dodge brothers (Hatcher and Thomas) have been having hard luck a t tendlng the booster meetings. Mr. Thomas was in such a hurry to be on time for the meeting the other night tha t he drove hls Dodge by the flagman's red l ight on the crosslnq. The slren whlstle began to blow and i t took $5.50 to s top the darn thlng.

Mr. Green, one of on r receiving clerks, has a new Chrysler.

Mr. J. F- Hlll hns just returned f rom hls vacatlon In t he peaks of cloudless Carolina.

We a re ~ l n d t o report t ha t the skIc members in the family of Nrs. Bur t a r e on the road to rapid recovery, and t h a t they will soon be able to come out to the Dlcnlcs of the booster club.

Every one seems to be very much interested in the booster meetings, and each one I s t ry ing to ge t a ca r before the next meetlng. F o r they know tha t If they pet a ca r they can then g e t a l l the passensers they want.

TEXAS LINES

STORES D E P A R T M E N T SHERMAN, T E X A S

1t7A SEMrELL, Reporter

The baseball team and officers met June 23rd fo r the purnose of electing a captain fo r t he team. Wade Hogan was elected, he h a s been temporarq- cantain slnce the oraanlzatlon of t he - team.

J. W. Llvlngston w a s In Bherman re. cently looking over the situation f o r the proposed milk factory whIch Is R 0 h g to be put in here a t an early date.

Mrs. J. Honnker and dauRhter. J im- mie Lee, spent several days In Dallas the l a t t e r part of June. JIrnmle didn't llke batohlng very well. so he went down and brought them home a f t e r about three days.

C. V. Montgomery w a s the flrst one in this office to t ake 111s vacatlon. He vlslted In Fo r t Worth and Kaufman, Texas.

The following emhloyea transferred from th ls department to the ca r de- partment J u l y 1st: Floyd Baldeln , El - don Sewell and Ben Smith.

A very sad accident occurred a t thm Sherman shops Ju ly 7th. Hugh 9. Moore became overheated and dled sud- denly before medlcal at tentlon could be given. Mr. 31oore lived In Denlson. and had only been In t h e employ of the company a shor t tlme. Heart-Celt sympathy Is extended to the bereaved family.

Mr. ant1 Mrs. B l d m Sewell were members of a pa r ty who made an overland t r ip t o points In Oklahoma during the holidays. They vlslted a t Turner Falls. Chlckasha. Oklahoma c i t y and Sulphur.

E. E. Glascock Is enter ta in ing his brother, Dr. Glascock, and family of Illinois.

Nrs. K. P. Guin and daughters. Ger- thal, Margaret and Ruth. have returned from- a visi t In Ada, Okla.

Jack Glascock, son of E. E. Glas-

cock. section stockman, 1s visi t ing his brother. Ha l Glascock, in DeQuincy. La.

Guy S b t t . roundhouse foreman. is oPL on his vacation a t present. H e and his Camllg a r e spending the time a t Lalte Worth, Texas.

W e all enjoyed the Veterans' h'umber very much and a r e looklng forward to the t lme when we can join tha t happy band.

STORES A N D MECHANICAL DEPT. FT. WORTH, T E X A S

H. R. OLASCOCK, Reporter

Mark Hollbaugh clerk to s ene ra l foreman, has retu;ned back to work a f t e r enjoylng a two weeks' vacation. N a r k says he did not journey very f a r but stayed home and alent most of the time.

The maln reason tha t the Ft. Wor th News fnlled t o appear in the las t mag- a d n e was tha t ye wrlter was detalned In the Sherman Hospital and for the beneflt of aeveral around here, It wa* not from eat lng hls own cooking whlle the madam was visiting.

L. L. (Long Lever) Snow, englneer. is otf flshing down on the San Saba. near Mason, Texas. We'll have to 11s- ten to some mighty blg flsh stories pre t ty soon.

C. E. Blintlenger, ca r foreman. used his spare t ime whlle On vacation t o paint and shlne up hls old rellable "Scatterbolt."

Andy Nadden, engineer, Insists t ha t he was called to San Angdo on im- portant business, but It has la ter been learned tha t It was "Dan Cupid" t h a t called him.

Sam Payne, roundhouse foreman, I s off on his vacatlon, but so far haa not a o t verv f a r ou t of town. J. T. O'Dell, road foreman o r equsp-

ment, and Lamlly a r e motorlng to the Gulf. to snend their vacatlon.

\V. F. hmick, passenger engineer, who has been critically ill, is now able to report back for duty.

I RIVER DIVISION I OFFICE O F DIVISION

A C C O U N T A N T - A H A F F E E , MO.

ILA COOK, Reporter ~-

Four th of Ju ly! Everyone 'had a noisy time over the Fourth. H. H. BIc. Garvey took his wife to Sprlngfleld and report the usual good time tha t everyone has in Slxinafield.

Rennev ~ c ~ o n o u g h , - h l s mother, Bob Rudgen a n d M. B. Davidson went fish- Ing. Ask Bob and Dave what hnppena when you lie down in the sun for a nap a f t e r a swim.

E. C. Heard is back ready fo r an- o ther year of hard work a f t e r his va- cation. Ed went to Mlchigan hoping Henry Ford o r one Of the other auto- mobile companies would present him wlth a new ca r but- E d came back on the traln. Better luck next time, n n - -.

Messrs. $Isson, Whelan, Fitzgernld. Gelwlx and Siteg were visitors here thls month. T. J. Sweeney ha4 moved hls fam-

Ily t o ChaKee from Cape Cilrardeau, where they have made the i r home dur- i ng the wlnter. We a re very glad to have them in Chaffee.

Mrs. H. H. McGarveg has a s her gues t her Ilttle brother e l Sprlngfleld, No.

Miss I l a Cook spent the Four th of Ju ly visi t lng frlends and homefolks in the rlclnlty of Success. 4rk. . and Donl- phan. Mo.

Mrs. T. J. Bweeney and daughter. Patsy, spent the past week in St. Louis.

Our stenographer. Miss E ~ t h e r Rig- don, 1% always wear ing n smlla these days because she Is the proud posses- sor of a new typewriter. Anyone wan t any work done in a hurry?

Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Cooper heve re- turned from a month spent In Colo- rado. Bob is looking fine a f t e r his va- catlon.

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Page 50 August, 1927

of St. Louis;" had a nlce glimpse of hlrn whlle a t the wheel. H e later made a mpeech of about 100 words.

Jess Moore has returned from hls va-

leave of absence and he and hls son. troit. C h k a ~ o and Mount Vernon. 111.. where he has been vb i t lng wlth rela- tives. He was accompanied by Mrs. Crosnoe and daughter Mary. W. L Rammage, dispatcher, h en-

joying a vacation and Dean Underwood

Ivan, expect t o make m extended vlsit to Flint, Mich.

J. E. Stout, Insmctow ~bcomotives, has been off duty several days account Illn&aa.

catlon and reports t h a t he had a very nlce tlme.

Englneer H. D. Eddlns w a s granted a leave of absence for 30 days, whlch he will Spend most of t ha t t lme In

- - - . . - - - - H. E. Hubbard and family went flah-

Ing Ju ly 13th. Mr. Hubbard reports he had ve ry poor luck, ca tchins only

is taking care of his par t of the work dur ing his absence.

Sorber t Spauldlng. operator, spent a Week a t Haytl relieving one of the ODerators who has been away on vaca-

twelve small Ash. C. R. Farmer and mlfe took thelr

small son to specialists In Memphls, Tenn., Ju ly 16th.

PLecCwork Checker Hensel traded his baby Overland for a Whlppet on Sat- urday, July 2. He drove to Wlllow Sprinps, M r a Hensel and son, who had been visltlng relatlves a t Wlllow Springs for t he past several weeks re- turned to Chaflee wl th hlm.

A son was born on July 36 to Mr. and Mrs. Burford Carfile. Mr. Cargle Is t t lple rack man, ca r department.

Armon Peer. a l r man, locomotlve de-

Mlssourl v i s i t l n ~ his mother. Johnnle W. Bryant, bollcrwasher,

and family. has taken an extended t r ip to Weleetka, where they will spend pa r t of the summer.

Joseph H. Schlll int is again In our midst, being sent to Oklahoma City as car carpenter firat class. Joe Is about a s glad to ge t back a s w a s the wrlter, a f t e r working In West Tulsa. (That'll ge t a rise!-Ed.)

Roy Floyd, clerk, and wlte I s oft on vacatlon for about 16 days. They are vlsltlng In Kansas.

The mechanical department .has signed up a team of second ra ters and they played the flrst team the other day, which was a hit and run game for the flrst team. The score was 20 to 1 favor the blacks. The second team call themselves the "Bull Dogs."

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Mr. and Mrs. Paul Krueger have re- turned home a f t e r spendlng two weeks vlslt ing with frlends and relatives a t J o ~ l i n . Mo.

iv. S. ~ o h n s o n , operator, spent sev- eral days at SVatnut Rldge rellevlng par t of the force st tha t polnt

Mary Daitey spent the "fourth" vlrlt- Ing in Springflcld and Pierce City.

J. L. Muma has departed for qulle an extended trlp through the west- ern states. where he exoects t o foreet all about -the many dufies o f - a -trsnI master for awhlle.

Conductor and Mrs. D. T. Wella have

partment, has traded his Nash sedan for Advance Slx coach.

Among those recently purchasing motor cars are Chlef Clerk R. E. Breed- love, Naah sedan: A. S. Owens, material

...- returned from Kennett , Mo.. where they were called account illness of Mr. Well's mother. clerk, storeroom, Chevrolet coach;

,Chas. Stauslng, Dodge sedan; Dewey Adams, Chevrolet coach; Fred Angle, Star coupe.

Roundhouse Foreman F. C. Larson a t Haytl spent his vacatlon a t Kanka- kee, Ill., visltlng relatives. Jas. J. App- l lng was actlng-roundhouse foreman

Irene Rlkdon a n 6 Leota Frlend re- cently spent week-end In St. Louls taklng in the shows and blg league games with-well-certain partles.

Bob Hogsett former special agent, has been a vis'itor in ChaPTee for sev- eral days.

M. S. 0. & P. GENERAL OFFICES PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - F. XMBROSE. Reporter

dur ing Mr. Larson's absence. Car Foreman E. 0. Prosser spent

several days of hi8 vacation angling On Lfttle Rlver.

One of the engineering partles, com- posed of V. R. Copp. Martin Anderson, E. F. Crultt and John Horne. were out I SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION I on line one day las t month and dls- covered a small alligator about three feet long under a trestle. After much struggling the ~ n l m a l was captured and brought t o Pensacola tha t n ight on a motor car. hfartln Anderson took i t home wlth hlm and kep t It several days and then brought It up to the office and gave It to Mr. H. L. Wor- man who was here a t the tlme. Nr. w o r k a n took hlrn back to Sprlngfleld wlth him.

We have moved our mechanlcal fa- cilities to the new locatlon, West Pen- sacola, and the new coal chute, water crane, cinder conveyor. etc., a r e now In opent lon. The storeroom w a s also moved to the new locatlon. Superin- tendent's oKfce wlll be moved by the 16th of thls month to Its new locatlon,

MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.

SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE CHAFFEE, MO.

ANNA GOLDEN, Reporter ARTHUR D. JIINICK, Reporter

Chris Roland, 691 clerk, has returned from a vacation a t Fllnt, Mlch., and Chicago. Chrls spent most of the tlme swlrnming.

R a y Fatchett, ass ls tant tlmekeeper, has joined Mrs. Fatchet t and l l t t le daughter Dorris May at Hot Springs, Ark.. where they will spend their va- nntlon.

Chas. H. Vandiver, oar clerR. Just returned from vacatlon, whlch he spent very quietly a t home, a s he was s f ck durlng all hfs vacation period.

We a r e proud of the fact that we a r e get t ing better and better all the time, a s Mr. Cleo. H. Tolley, govern- men t Inspector, pald ua a vlsit las t week. H e inspected nlne engines and gave us 100% on each of them, whlch is somethlng to b rag about.

Wiley Dove, our faithful porter, is making preparations to t ake hls an- nual vacatlon and says tha t he will leave a s soon a s hls wife re turns from her vacatlon. WIley is golng to vislt some of his relatlves down In Missis- sippi and Tennessee. Thls Is the l a s t visit he wlll make in tha t nelghbor- hood, a s he Intends to make hls fu ture home out in Sunny California, when he receives hls penslon, whlch will be some time in January.

Frank T. Lynch locomotlve inspec- tor, has been oPT'l0r some time, due to an injured leg. Frank was taXlng his daily dozen, dur ing lunch perlod one day and while doing this, he fell on tha t leg and has been using c r u t c h e ~ slnce then. We hope F rank will be able t o go to work shortlv.

- - - - - - - -- Tom Levett and J im Ferguson dem-

onstrated thelr abil l ty as fishermen when they took thelr familles out on the Blg DItch July fourth. I t is re- ported Jim's car had to make several tr lps in order to carry the "catch" back

also. The f re lght terminal a t Mexla w a s

abandoned and local Alabama w a s es- tablished as the new terminal between, Pensacola and Kimbrough.

to town. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Glesike spent the

recent holldays wlth a camplng par ty near Sulllvan, Mo.

S. J. Crosnoe, of the store depart- ment, has returned from t r lp to De-

H. L. Joyce made a-- buslness t r ip to St. Louls las t month. .

Barney H. Henderson, the record breaking pile-driver foreman, has gone back to the oarent llne. Eas tern Divi- sion, a f t e r &mpletlng the work down here. Barney is of the Oplnion that there a r e some mosquitoes up in the woods of Alabama and Florida. t h a t would make awfully good piledriver

I FILL YOUR HOSPITAL PRESCRPTIONI I The PRICHARD-BLATCHLEY 1 DRUG COMPANY I hands.

Mr. F. L. Sanford of Robertsdale, Ala., has been appolnted agricultural cornmissloner, wlth h a d q u a r t e r s a t Robertsdale, which Is the center of the best producing center of the South.

There was over 175 carloads of DO-

The Rexall Store S. W. Cor. Main & Wall Phone 170

FT. SCOTT, KANS. The writer and Gall H.- Story. r a r

clerk a t West Tulsa. went to St. Louis tatoes loaded on llne dur ing the move- ment of thls commodity.

G. W. Greene, conxtructlon account- ant, r n d wife wen t to Nashville, Tenn., for the, Four th of July.

when that town was flrst greetlng Col. Llndbergh on his return t r i p from ParIs, a f ter the non-stoo flieht from I KANSAS UTILITIES CO. I New York to Parls. W e g o t gPT-of NO; 20 a t the Union Statlon and Llndbergh was there. Oh Yes. was there In St. Louls. We went t o Fores t Park. where he was to make hls speech and there w e stood in the hot sun for two hours

"The GAS and Electric Store"

FRIGIDAIRES WASHERS GAS RANGES

Ft. Scott, Kans.

OFFICE SUPERINTENDENT SAPULPA, OKLA. -

JENXIE F. ' AITCHISON, Reporter

- - - - - waltlng for hlrn to arrive. k e finally came flying over our head about 20 feet from us, In hls plane the "Splrlt

Mlss Fe l rba Jean Justlce enjoyed a two weeks' vacatlon In Arkansas and Springfleld.

C. E. ~ a r r l s went on a Ashlng t r lp a t Nowata and reported a good catch.

Mlss Nell Pierceall, stenographer to the division engineer, resigned to take

vwc with CLOTHING AND SHOES G- Rm HUGHES YOWT charge A C C O W ~ ~ I - - 1 12 South Main Ft. Scott, Kan. ' Greatly Appreciated- 1