Junior a s they sat told him that maybe we could slip off I t was loaded with

grandfather's farm where we're going watermelon patch. for this vacation?" "And so,-much to our sorrow later

"A place to swim? Why. son, there's on, we slipped off. We began taking the finest place to swim in the world, off our clothes enroute. Off came our You city boys-you don't know what shirt, then one shoe, then another an old swimming hole is like. When I see you swimming around in these concrete-and-tile city pools, my mind goes back to the days of the old swimming hole, where no lift guards stood around and watched you while you swam. and where the tall corn, rustling beside the hole hid you from the view of curious gazers."

"Well. dad. you'll have to tell us all about it, will ' you?" said Junior.

"Sure, just as soon a s we get through dinner, I'll take you in the living room and tell you just what to do."

'Way I hear it too, dad- dy?" said Mary.

"Sure you may," said Dad.

i t took all summer. "We simply couldn't get the kno

out of our shirts and we knew : 1 couldn't go home until dark, becaay we had to cross the road twice an{ we didn't have a stitch of clothes I! our name. I

"So we sat on the bank and worrl~!: some more. The sun went dorrj

and the dusk of the ereninr! came and still we waited. E!

we could just get hold o'!

And so when the meal was over, Junior pulled up the little footstool a t his father's feet and Mary climbed up on his lap and Dad unfolded the story of his boyhood days.

"Well," he said, "you see, my father was pretty strict about his boys going in swimming. The farm was a large one and there was plenty of work for all of us to do, and you know it gets so hot around two and three in the afternoon, that it was a temptation to keep away from the pond-we never called them 'pools.' Try a s hard a s we could, our thoughts kept wandering to that shady place and whenever we could, we would slip off.

"Well, one day it had been unus- ually hot. Dad had seen to i t that I hoed the potato patch. The sun was sizzling and so were my back and my arms. Your Uncle Jim was hoeing the other end of the potato patch. Every once in awhile he would holler a t me and ask me if I wouldn't like to go for a swim.

"Pretty soon the temptation became too strong. It was around four o'clock and I walked up to where he was and

one and when we reached the old swimmin' hole, everything was off ex- cept our jeans.

"Jerry and Dill Jones and the two Williams boys were already in. We used to make a slide board out of the bank. We'd throw water on it to make it slick and we'd make an aw- ful splash when we slid down into the water. It was nice and cool and we sorta lost track of the time. Johnnie Williams and the other boys got out before we did, and went on home.

"The sun was going down and Jim said he guessed we'd better get back to the potato patch, and we started to get our clothes.

"Do you know what those IVilliams boys had done? They had taken our jeans home with them and left our shirts there, knotted so we could never get them undone. When they had tied the knots they had soaked them in water.

"Jim kept on with his work of try- ing to unknot his shirt and I reached over and stuffed one foot in a shoe. 'Ouch,' I yelled, and pulled it out with a crawfish sticking to the end of my toe. I reached for the other shoe.

something to put over u;! 1 until we got into tbfi

house. Jim suggested r r make a shirt and pant. 1 out of big leaves, L' ' that wouldn't do.

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seemed hours, i t got We knew we were in for a whale of : spanking, and it s e w right. So we st home, the knotted r under our arms. A t

came along and we had to lie fl the weeds and I laid down on a rose bush, which didn't help mu

"Well, we got home and slippe stairs and got on another pa jeans. We knew we'd have to the music, so we walked down the dining room.

"Dad looked a t us for a mo and said, 'Have you boys been s ming ?'

"I said, 'Yes, sir, and the Will boys tied our clothes in knots an had to come home in the clothe were born in.'

"'Serves you right,' he 'Mother, give these boys bread milk and I'll be waiting for the the woodshed.'

"Did he spank you. Dad?" J piped up.

"Did h e ? With an old hIc switch. We crawled up to bed. and tired and aching all over."

"Dad, will you show us where swimmin' hole is?" said Junior.

"I certainly will," said Dad, what's more. I'll go in swimming you, just for old times sake, anct take your shirt and knot it and i t and you'll win a nice new $5.00 bill if you manage to get it untied."

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' LOC-4L No. 5 MEETS One of the best attended and most

interesting ~neet ings ever held by the St. Louis Frisco Association of Netal Crafts and Car Department Employes, Local No. 5 a t St. Louis, was held on June 20. One hundred and seventy menibers were present and many came who could not secure seats.

Visitors in attendance were, Nr, J. W. Surles, superlntendent. West Shop; Mr. J. L. H a r v e y , master mechanic; Mr. W. J. Ficlre, general foreman, Lin- denwood shops; Messrs. Fred J . Gib- bons and Orris L. Baker, foreman freight roundhouse, -nd dead work foreman, and Ms. Thomas Murray, machine foreman.

The regular order of business was suspended for about two hours while the president of the local called upon the visitors for speeches. E ich re- sponded, and among the many interest- ing subjects discussed were: accident prevention, delays to trains, econonly in the use of material; special ways of doing repair work to obtain the best results; co-operation among the super- visors and shop crafts and the brother- ly feeling that exists between the man- agement and the association. --

C. C. BOND HONORED In recognition of his services a s

division chairman of the Shop Crafts organization on Frisco Lines at Enid since its organization, members of Local No. 8, on June 16, presented C. C. Bond with a handsome watch, chain and Masonic emblem as a token of their appreciation of his efforts in their behalf.

The presentation was made by Mr. R. D. Richards in a few well chosen remarks, apnropriate for the occasion. The affair mas a complete surprise to Mr. Bond and his acknowledgement of the gift portrayed his deep apprecia- tion.

FRISCO MECHANIC 1 FAMILY NEWS I ,BACONE, OKLA.

S. T. RISNER, R e p o r t e r

Local No. 31 met J u l y I. w l t h a good a t tendance .

X t r l ~ t Roundhouse F o r e m a n 3fr. R. R. Hughes , and family, a r e o n a vaca- tion.

Mr. D a n T. Gorman h a s jus t re turned f r o m a visi t to Springfield.

W e a r e g lad to repor t l i t t l e 3li.93' Norma Lee Gorman. d a u g h t e r of 13.1'.

a n d Mrs. Dan T. Gorman. a s ful lv re - covered a f t e r be ing on t'hhk s ick list.

W e a r e g l a d to h a v e 3Ir. F r e d Bergan wi th u s aga in . H e h a s s n e n t some t lme in the hospital in St . ~ o u i s .

W e a r e happy Co repor t t h e m a r r i a g e of Mr. J. W. Risner . s to rekeener , to Miss Paul lne Keet , n v ~ 1 . y prominent lady o t XIuskogee. Congralulakiona t o them.

Mr. H. El. >fart lh, H. JI.. report- a nice t r i p to southeas te rn Okla., w h e r e h e a n d h is Camllv s n e n t a few d a y s . - l as t week-end.

Mrs. N. T. RIsnPr and sons, Claude a n d Billie, a r e spending a couple of weeks wl th h e r ulster , Nrs. Leslie Gray, OF Part*. . i rk.

Mr, R. 0. McCool is a c t i n s nlght roundhouse foreman whlle Mr. H u g h e s is on a vacation.

LOCAL NO: 1-SPRINGFIELD, MO.

JOHN O'BRIEN, R e p o r t e r

\Ve bellevr t h a t m u h a v e t h e besf I.'ISH s t o r y o f the year. t h e good p a r t ot thla tory ib t h a t I ts t rue. Jess. . \ l~nnlcl t , a n d Geo. Gipper t came ha.ck f r o m t h e F o u r t h or J u l y vacation w l t h A for ty- three pound catfish, whlch t h e r r a u g h t on t h e Gasconade. As you al l k n o w George Is qu i te a marksman, b u t is not raylnp, much a b o u t i t as t h e l a s t c rack s h o t h e made w a s very expensive.

Locals No. 1 a n d No. 2 held a jo in t meeting. J u l y 14th. a t t h e associat ion hall. T h i s meet ing w a s a t tended by severa l supervisors.

H a r r y Royal and wife spent several d a y s in Oklahoma City. recently, visi t - i n g relatives.

W a l t e r Thompson a n d wife, s o n of .r. W. Thompson, genera l foreman, 1s spending t h e s u m m e r vacation wi th h i s fa ther . Walter 's home i s in Boston Mass

Tltere wan a n o t h e r fishing t r ip t a k e n recently, but' Prom a l l repor t s thiq tu rned o u t to h e a s n a k e hunt . how a b o u t It, Ted7

T h e zick l is t th i s month ifi cornposed uf Jack Frost . oxwelder for@man, who ~ u f f e r e d a n i n j u r y Lo hi- nose w h e n a s p r i n g band h e wall c u t t l n g b r o k e and h i t him in the face.

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tu rned f r o m his vacation JII F r e d S h a n k s lead man i , .

h a s been ~ h s e n t f rom h is du t les sever - a l ~ v c e k s nn account of a n In jured foot.

Pnul r o s , electr ician apprentice, re - tmrned 11 , work Jl l ly 7, fol lowing ill- ness

Chao. Rlnne, machinist , seems to he thf! charnblbn f isherman around thc shop, a t l eas t h e hns told t h e l a r g e s t , fish. i to ry .

T l ~ e fallowing men w e r e renorted o n t h e sick l i s t J u l y 1 2 : E. 'CV. Gibson. W. 0. Stanlev. P. E. McSweenev. H. Cozarl and if. ~ . ' D o l s o n .

Melvin Ball. machlnist appren t ice a n d severa l f r iends s n e n t J u l v 1% a n d 13 on W h i t e r iver a t - ~ o r s v t h e .

P a t S tenger , electr ician apprentice, formerly of thin s h o p h a s r e t u r n e d to h l s home a t Sherman, Tex.. account of t h e reduction in force a t t h e W e s t Shop.

Sherman Ellis. repor te r for th i s space. s n e n t Sunday. J u l y 13 with f r iends Ashing in W h i t e river. Yes. we had plenty of fish a n d w e never bought

-pa< Shean, machinist , hen been ab- sen t t h e pas t severa l w e e k s wit11 an injured foot , r n u g h t under a larpr rol ler while moving a lathe.

A nice t ime w a s enjovecl by a l l mem. bers and v ls t to~ .s whb Attended the regular meet ing of local KO. 1, Frldar I n ~ g h t , J u l y 12. J lr . H. L. Worman and several oCAcials made Interesting tatk. a f t e r whlch I te c ream and lemonad? w a s rerved to all.

E v e r y P r i s m enavloye 8hould make f t hls o r her business tn a s k a l l their f r iends to r ide t h e Fr i sco Dasseneer

a one. C a u g h t one cat ' fish weighing 18% pounclx.

Orvil Armst rong , machlnlst , expect' to spend a two weeks' vaca t ion in Cali. fornia real soon. P. E. XlcSweenoy, lead a l r man. re-

turned to work for a few d a y s onl?. a f t e r be ing conflned in t h e St. Loui~ hospital severa l weelcs. H e is again 'tonlined tu h i s home.

Chas. LaBounty. machlnixt, and some W e n d s drove to Lit t le Rock, Ark. , ?he first p a r t of Ju ly , r e t u r n i n g to worb J a l v R.

t ralns. Also, to t rade w i t h merchants who have the i r merclrandisc shipped in by t-raln. --

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B. P. RAMEY, Repor te r - P a u l Taylor. s ta t lon helper, this

s ta t ion w a s successful appl ican t for po- s i t ion as w a r e h o ~ i s e m a n clerk 's job at Rolla. Cur t i s Berry, formerly of this s ta t ion , bid In he lpers position le f t vn- c a n t by Taylor.

A. R. Prul t t . englne wat'chman, this s ta t ion Is confined to h i s home account illnoqq . . . . . - . . ... .

H. P. Hil ton, s igna l maintalner. Is npnr t lng a new Whlppet car .

Aurora in Very proud of t h e fact that i t s agent , R. 0. Beale, w a s one of thr th ree agent 's on t h e sys tem picked t n a t t e n d the nat ional convention of a g e n t s , Creight division, whlch was held in Louisville, Ky., l as t month. N'r. Heale repor t s a b ig mcet ing and a very in te res t ing a n d ~ c l u c a t i o n a l one.

?Jlss I rene Reale, d a u g h t e r of Agent Reale, is a t t e n d i n g teachers ' college at Sprlngficld. She has accepted s po- s i t ion a s teacher in t h e Aurora schools fnr l q R 0 --.

Another indus t ry is locat ing on the Fr isco a t this station.. T h e Cosden Oil Comlmnv is e rec t lng a n 8-car capacitv bulk stkt ion, s ta t ion 1s nearing corn'- pleCion ~ n d wI1I be In operat ion shortly.

L. R. Doran, second tr ick operator. w a s oSP d u t v a few d a y s account wick- ness. H e w a s reliovcd by Operator At- w e l l .. \...

Ted Boatman, a g e n t a t Rrownlngton, w a s In Aurora a f e w d a y s visiting wlth re la t l res .

R. C. FLETCHER, Reporter

Mr. F r a n k J u n k i n s , chairman of the syntem commltcee of t h e shop crafts. mas a visi tor here on t h e 25th and 26th nf June .

F r a n k H u g h WcKen%Ie 18 home from St . Louis hoanital w h e r e h e underwent a n operation: He expects to go to work a b o u t A u ~ u s t 1. While recuper- a t i n r h e a n d h is f a m l l r a r e visiting h i s parents- In Kansaa. .

T h e cwo s o n s of Hrirold Fithlan, sta. t lonary foreman a t roundhouse. were

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F. J. Brown. car inspector, has been off on th r sick list. W e hope h e will soon be able to return to work.

Xiss Lucile Prophet, daughter of Lan. S. Prophet of the freight house, visited Miss O'Xeil of Longbeach. California. She spent about five weeks sight-seeing in Orepon and California antl reports a wondrrful trip.

A. D. Mills, chief clerk a t freight house. is off on his vacation. F. R. Bevier is woi.kinp hls job while he is off.

Jf you wish to buy any fish, you sllouI>l see Ben Dennry, car oilcr, or Lowe Bunch, car inspector. They went fish- ing in onc of the Ozarlc's nnted streams. The report was that they caught forty- five.

Jamcs Wales, coach truckman, wife anrl daughter met E. >I. Moomaw. wife and son of Cedar county a t Buffalo. and then drove to Bagnell, where they saw the new dam tha t is being built. The foundation is now being laid for the larrrest Dower site in the state. Thev s a v

Another fishing trip ind~ilged in by Wilson Turner. Xlarion Cooksey and Elmer Harris. all north shop' mmploges. on July I S was not successful in the number of Pish caught but was highly rntrr taining to Cooksey and Trirncr when Harris making a cast in some nrny lost his grip on his rod and cast Ilne, rod anrl reel out in twenty-foot of water, some twenty-fivr feet from shore. The fun herran when Elmer untlcrtook to recover his rod.

Gordon Powell made a flying trip to Topeka. Kans.. ant1 spent the Fourth of Tul\- with rc ln t ive~

On June 15. Alrx Wat t and his "PC- complice" in wri t inr this rolii~nn spent the day with our friend Dennls Hrnley In Nemphis. Trnn. Alex has sunburned tonsils and I have athletic foot, but it was a day well spent. Thanks to Mr. Hen- ley.

Tommy Tucker. boilermaker helper, r l a ~ m s to have caught a fish on the Fourth of J u l y tha t weiqhs 7 1-2 pounds. Orin 3IcGiasson and Jim JIasterson claim tha t they s a w him buy it a t a local

Oscar Black had the misfortune of ing severely burned while s tar t ing a ! in his home. Glad to report he is r back to work.

Ormand Johnson reports a very plc a n t motor trip to Kansas City and ~ c . 1 in Kansas.

Henry g i r d and family have been t ing with relatives in Lockwood.

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1;:. F. FL'LLER. Reporter

Ellis Grayson and Ivan Fuller b made thr best fish catch of the see eleven nire bass to their rrcdlt.

3Iisrt Mildred Turner and Nr. 9 Yelton wrre marrie(1 a t Rolla. Junp Miss Turner is the oldest daughter G. W. Turner. third-class machl- Shonmen extend ronrratulations to newly married rounle.

3Tr. Sh-rman Pelton anil family r erwl to St. J.ouis rerently.

Fred F l a r r . enrine watchman. con ed to Frisro hospital with lumba#zo. improved and a t this writing has re17 crl to work. Glad to h a r e him back

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Mr. and Mrs. bIyrl XlcElwee, of Tulsa. a r e visitinr with Mrs. XlcISlwce's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Marion Iielley of 1916 hT.

market. 31. 13. Turner. lead nman on valve mo-

tion and Machinist R. J. Tyack and Dave Dwer a r e plnnninc a fishinr t r ip with AIachinist Apprentice Wm. Wyatt . W e haven't heard all of the dctails but think that it will be s n interest in^ trip.

Rodgers avenue. the job.

Mr. J. W. Vineon. and SIm. Vlw of Snringfirlrl. and Nr. and Mrs. D t . 7

J l a r ; ~ ~ . of Tulsa. visited Mr. and ' R. F. Fuller.

Miss Jlargaret and Dorothy 118' visited Jrr. nnd Mrs. Jul ius Dobrlck S e w Pork City. Mr. Dobrick n.a.9 ('15

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LOCAL NO. 17-TULSA, OKLA. .lI.ES W.\TT and GORDON POWELJJ. Reporters

H. C. PRICE, Reporter' erlv a Frisro mnrhinist. Raimrv Gnorlr Barnett brought h.

.a nice bllnch of fish rwently, the lar: waq a 21-pound catfish. In arltlltlnr: this. P.arne!.- wrnt the other night raupht a n eol about four feet long.

31rs. Sherman Ydton and family $7

a weeks' var,a tion visitin? relativ~s Henryetta. Okla.

31r. Fr rd Wilson anil fawily n-erp 1

Iecl to Rorers. -4rli.. on account illa

SIaud Robbertson, daughter of Rufus Robbertson, is visiting a brother in Rose- bud. Montana. While there she plans a trip thru Yellow Stone National Park. Shc exnrcts to bc home about Se~ten lher

ITT . H. Heavener. cnr inspcctor is off on a 30-dav vacation.

W. H. Cary. piece work cherker Is spending his vacation in Colorado.

Will Cnban, box parker has transfer- ref1 to Okmulgee.

Roger Armstrong, whrcl prmaman has returned a f te r I .> days vncation in Mia- sorlri and Illinois.

Charley Retzl.iff, marhinist and wifc. snrnt the Fourth of July in Oklahoma r l t v

2 0 Jlart in J,ovinggood, west shop sheet

metal worker, who has been working tcmyoraiy a t the north side. \vas return- rd to his old job, July 9.

Walter Prophet is again a t work, fol- lowing a n operation in the IWsco 110s- pital.

Fred (Spot) Shanks is nursinr a hrolten foot H e probably wlll be unable to re- t u r r ~ to work before the first of August. J I r Leonard is substitute for Fred dur- ing his absence.

:Niss Gladys Watt . daughter of the mr ter. who has been nursing in Kan-

nf his father. Mr. C. D. Ward , night foreman, sr.

a f r w davs of his vacation visitinn b i

folks in Neodesha, Kansas. Haw\- Fuller locomotive inspector

been off ilutv account a case of lumh? L. I. Buffington and Mrs. Bulflnr

spent several days last month vivl with friends antl relatives in Clark*, I hTem Orleans. La.. and Natchitoclies.

. .-., . .J. DeCou, dlop pit foreman, has re-

turned from a vacation in Kansas and Colorado.

Claud Tuck. water servlce foreman. is riding around In a new Marmon.

T o n s Phillips. blacksmith. spent a week in Sprlngfleld and St. Louis visiting rel- stives.

Mack Londasin and Rill TVoolsey have built new hom-s in Rrrl Fork.

Tmis Singleton. machiniqt. has moved nut on the Tulsa-Sapulna highway.

E d Mathis. train control maintainer. made a short visit with relatives in Jonlin. No.

Eob Wathls. night electrician. is the purrha-er of a new Escru.

Nim Pounds. brown hoist enaineer. has bern off a weck visiting in Enid.

Tom Hagin. formerly of Springfield, is our. nrw locornotlvc pnlnter

Roy Putman, also of Springflclrl, is workins extra in West Tulsa, Wclrome boy-

LOCAL NO. 24--AMORY, MISS.

R4Y310ND F. DEES. Reporter

Kelly Powell Carman I s back at UI after being off sick for several days.

W e extend our sympathy to Mr. 2 . JIrs. Neal XcKeough in the death of 1). son. Albert. Albert McReough was a n chinist a t this point and died from injtrr received in a n automobiIe accident. 1

Jfiss Elizebeth nnd Xaomi Sllllir dnuphters of car foreman .J. L. Sullir. visitell in Slissouri and Oklahoma r

sac for the past two years. is visiting hcme follts for the summer.

Gordon Yowell spent Sunday. Ju ly 13. with friends in Mountain Grove. 310.

Frank Calvin, northside tinner, spent v.vck-end of July 4 u-ith three friends fir hinr on the Gasconade, and reports a n~odeix te catch but a wonderful good time.

Local S o . 1 is alive again and almost a11 of thc crafts report a 100 per cent membershlp, Undw the efficient leatlrr- ship of our president and his staff of officrrs, we had a very successful meet- i n r the 11 of July. \ire had a s our cnests Mr. Worman rind staff , the shop supr:rvisnrs and the west shop supervisors antl Local No. 2, With a n attenilancae of about 400. Refreshments were scrveil a t th r close of the meeting.

.\lcx Wat t . son and thme rlauphters werr in a party of nine who spent the 4th of July on little Osage flshing anil p lav in ,~ in the water.

Rob Stenhson. machinist, was rallerl to Little Rock. Ark., due to the serious ill- ness of a brother who has typhoid fever.

Sherman Ellis. with n party of friends n-ent fishing on White river the week rncl of Ju ly 12. They report a finc strincr. there being one cat fish in the catch t h a t weigher1 fifteen pounds.

R. J . Tyack, machine shop commit- teeman a t tho north shops, and wife spent a few days visiting relatives ancl frlends in Tulsa. Okla.

On June 19 anproxiniately 100 mem- bers of Local No. 1, their wives and families had a n outing a t Doling Park. They took a basket lunch and had a wonderful timc. W e hear t h a t Prank Junkins is an authori ty on farr is wheels. "Believe It or not".

cently. Ceo. Eegps, a former locomotive Imp

tor a t this point, is the owner of a n ~ l - ture golf course. We wish him sa

F. J. Garner, roundhouse foreman his vacation a t this time. A. B. ~ n i s t is ac t in r night foreman and Threllfall is filling the vacancy of

W E S T SHOP MECHANICAL N E W S --

JOFIS R. FRANKS, Reportcr

Rert DeGerre Is the round grand- father of a fine babv boy.

Lcon Greene. electrician, has arr,eptrd Garner. TV. T. Ritter, rab carpenter, was 8

rently avcount illness of his sister wish her a rapid I ecovery.

R . .T. Sullivan. boilermaker. and Sullivan, a r e visiting in St. Loui. JIonrtt. 1\10.

Ed Whitfield. blacksmith-hclow

employment with a n oil corporation in Oklahoma Citv.

Sotice several boilcrmalcers have berm rather sucressful in getting off jury dutv account defective hearing. J u s t tell them you a r e a boilermaker. if you want

been off scveral weeks. due to I Hope to have him back soon.

off jury duty. boys. Walter Garrison has rrcently pur-

chased a new Ford coach. George Morrison. lead pipcman, reports

a good fishing trip. Frank Matneg, nrmnture winder. has

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EMERY HAGUEWOOD. Reporl purchased a fine new residence in the north par t of the city.

Mr. Tiller. truckman. has been making Local S o . 1 w a s royally entert a t the i r m e e t i n g J u n e 2; by Ar Pos te r . who is one of t h e sta.. I

some extensive repairs to his home on E a s t avenue.