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COACH YARD-KANSAS CITY, MO. Kansas. Mr. Hammond, asslstant night roundhouse foreman, is taklng Mr. Stoner's place in t he lat ter 's absence. Joe Schwarz, deadwork foreman, 1s also t a k i n r hls vacation a t this tlme.

tor, experienced the shock of being knocked o u t of bed by a severe thun- der bolt dur ing an electrical storm several n l ~ h t s ago. Mr. Coleman suf- fered no 111 effects from his unusual experience.

Leroy Bromley, son of Homer Brom- ley, machlnlst, s ta r ted serving an ap- prenticeshlp for machinlst durlng the pas t month. H e Is work lns in the roundhouse.

Stanley Gooch, son of Wllliam Gooch, welder. also s tar ted serving a n apprenticeship dur ing the past month. H e is t ak ing up sheet meral work. and is working In t he north shop.

Ar thur Dummit, laborer, has re- turned from a visit of several days spent mostly a t Kansas City with rela- tives.

J. J. SULLIVAX, Reporter

The portable pre-cooling machlne re- cently purchased from tho Amerlcan Car 6: Foundry Company has been placed in servlce a t the Union Sta- tion and is being used to pre-cool the cafe-lounge car on traln 105 and the Tulsa sleeping ca r on train 111 with very gratify in^ results. the tempera- ture being reduced a s much a s twenty

.. -. - Austin huma ate is the proud owner

of a n Overland car. Mrs. John Colaflower, wife of plpe-

fitter. with son, Jack, and daughter. Bonnie, le f t for San Francisco and other ~ o l n t s in California. Ju ly 17, to be gonk about thlrty days.

Mr. and Xrs. Clarence Ehni have just moved out to their farm, located between Wclburn and Bethel, lians. degrees.

Electrician Bill Seims, of St. Louls. was here t he la t te r pa r t of June on relief work. This was Bill's flrst viait t'o Kansas Clty and we were all glad to make his acquaintance and we hope to have him back akain.

Head Coach Cleaner Louls Langel Is visiting h is daughter. Mrs. T. B. Mc- ZIahon o n a ranch near Gillette, Wyo.

~ e r t ' Carpenter tells u s he expects to t ake up housekeeping next week while the %rs" 1s visi t lng in Afton,

MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT THAYER, MO. Xrs. Lydia Haguewood, wife of your

reporter with our two children. Arnold and Aldhan spen t several days recent- l y v is l t ing 'her mother a t Berryville, Arkansas.

J ames Barton. machlnlst, announces t h a t he I s t he grandfa ther of twln boys born Ju ly 5th. Mr. and Mrs Cecil Groves a r e the proud parents: Mr. Groves w a s formerly a cellar packer here, but resigned some tlme ago to engage in farmlng.

Mr. and Mrs. Wllliam Pinkercon, ac- companied by their two children wi31 take in the Century of ~ r o g r e s i Ex- position about August 1st. Here's hoping they have a good time znd see many good sights. Mr. Pinkerton Is a cellar packer nn the third shift

W. W. Hqlmes. machlnlst; Is * off a t present havmg: his tonsils removed. We hope he soon recovers and wlll be out again fcellng fine.

F. &I. PEEBLES, Reporter

A. Holstead, engineer and wife a r e now on their way to ~ k l i l o r n i a .

P. 0. Freeman, preacher engineer, Is now holding a n evangelist meeting a t Marked Tree.

Okla. Junior VanWlnkle, son of Coach

Painter Vanwink le is spending two weeks Ilr ~ ~ r i n p ~ e l 6 . No.. visi t ing h is brother and renewinb acquaintances.

Coach Tinner John O'Leary spent Inrlepmdencr Day fishing on the Xarats des Cygnes River near Rocky Point. Kanu.

Our peepest sympathy 1s extended t o Head Loach Clcancr LOUIS Langel. In the loss of his wife, who passed away. June 23rd, a f t e r an illness of two years.

D. D. Adams engineer is now In the St. Louis hospital.

A. D. Anderson, enfcineer. and wlfe a r e now on a visi t to California.

E. L. Magers, train dispatcher, wlfe and son. Steve, a r e now at'tending the World's Fa i r a t Chlcago.

Paul M. and wife, and son, Rae. of 9 e w Yorlc, sons of E. M. Edie, agent. a r e vlsitors here.

Loading a t this station is now on the increase. Loaded 27 cars agalnst 1 3 tor the s ame month last yenr.

Katherine Schratz, daughter of F. G. Schratz. car inspector, i s now on a vlsit to Fordland, Mo. 1%'. H. Morgan, platform man. has

now bld In position a s demurrage clerk a t Pensacola.

Clara Bess. dauahter of E. X. Edie.

MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT KANSAS CITY, MO.

W. A. BULLSRD, Reporter - Tom Davls and John Pur t l c and fam-

ily have transportation Co Chicago, and they intend to spend a week visiting the World's 6 a l r in the near future.

Emil Bodam formerly employed a t Wlchita a s boller maker has been r e -

LOCAL No. 1-SPRINGFIELD, MO. - J. F. WASSON, Reporter

agent, Is now takTng music lessons a t Springfield.

The wife of Wal ter Davldson, sec- tlon foreman. had the misfortune to

Members of Local No. I held their regular meeting Ju ly 3rd. H. E. Burg- ess and Howard Pickens were n r r a e n t

b r e a k her a h in two places and 1s now in t he Blemphis hospital. W. G. Evans. brakeman. has now

----.,-. Mr. Burgess gave a ta lk on' t6e Con- vention of Western Rallways which was held In San Francisco. Callfornla.

Mark Mercer and famlly vislted his fa ther and mother a t Buena Vista, Ark., the flrst of July.

Mrs. E. L. Fuerst . who u n d e r w e n t

turned to Kansas Cltv account regular man r e tu r i l ng t o work a t tha t polnt.

F r a n k Haungs 1s t ak ing a 30 days' vacatlon and is vlsitlng In Buffalo and points in Canada with his family.

Melvin McCready Is in St. Xary's Hosnital. He was t aken suddenly ill

joined the ranks of the- benedicts, marrylng a young lady from Okla- homa. Understand Brother Cnrson is slipplng fast.

Andy Schwartxenbau$h, pensloned engineer, who has been qulle sick for some tlme, Is now able to be around again.

a n operatlon f o r appendicltis--G- . c i i on the road to recovery.

Ea r l Deals and H. McClaIn o f Los -4ngeles Callfornla a r e spending a few days vl'slting I r a Jones and family. W e thlnk E a r l I s well leased with

f i n d - a t this wr l t lng the doctors have not determined the cause of h is sick- ness.

Vance Morgan (colored), laborer, says be believes the depression I s over. H e attended church one Sunday eve- n ing recently and s ta tes he noticed more money In the collectlon plate than usual.

Oscar Gossett, ex t r a hostler is work- i n s In place of John Boes regular in- side hostler who is t ak lnp a 30 days' l e a v n

N O R T H SIDE SIDELIGHTS

EMERY HAGUDWOOD. Reporter

Many of t he roundhouse and north ahop men, wlth thelr famllles, who a r e members of the Christian Harmony Singlng Choir, spent the day of Sun- day, June 24th, a t Red Top Missouri, attending the 43rd ~ n n u d l Singlng Convention, whlch was held there. They report n grand time.

Roy Matthews, machlnlst. was called to Centervilie. Iowa. on account of the

his new step-daddy. Wal ter Delo and wife le f t Spring-

field, Ju ly 1st. for a t r i p to the Cen- t u ry of Progress E x ~ o s i t l o n a t Chi- cago. 111. There were-35 in t h e party. The first three days they were there, 1310,000 people pald admission. Mr. Delo was very much impressed wlth the modernistic home which I s con- structed of steel and Is a i r conditioned. He saw the Royal Scot of Scotlnnd traln.

.--. ". Thos. Lyles and family have just re-

turned from Shreveport. La.. where they have been visl t ing frlends and which averages 5 5 miles per hour:

Also the RrSt and la tes t tralns of the Burlington Ratlway. He says he en- tertained hlmself one evening a t the Casino, where he danced t o Ben Bernie's music.

We extend our sympathy to the fol- lowing .members and thelr famllles: Enoch Mallonnee In the death of h is daughter, Mrs. Ar thur Hooper. Or- land Perrlsh In the death of his wife.

Mrs. Katherine Fuers t of St. Louis la vlsftlng in Springfleld with her son, E. L. Fuerst.

relatlves. John Seibolt, Sr., ha s returned to

work a l t e r belng absent four months on account of Illness.

Boiler Foreman W. L. Chllds has re- turned from his vacation. He vlslted in Topeka and Holt'on. Kansas, and

death of his father. which occurred a t t ha t place, Ju ly 1st.

W. J. Lozar, machlnlst, has returned from Albuquerque New ~Wexico, where he was called on 'account of the .death of a brother.

Jesse Newton was a lso called to MansfieId. Missouri, du r ing the paar month on account of the death of a brother. Mr. Newton ls a sheet metal

also points i n Nebraska. Mrs. H. K. S ~ a f l o r d , wlfe of general

foreman a t Ft . Worth, Texas, spent several days in Kansas City visiting Xr. and Nrs. Chas. Frizzelle and fam- ilv. - " .

Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Land and Nr. a n d Mrs. WilIlam Bullard drove to Osceola. I\fissourl. over the week-end recently on a fishlng tr ip, but the Ash evidently were expectlng them for they found n o t one fish on the reception committee.

George Bell, second-class machinlst. who h a s been cu t off for nearly two years, was called baek to work the other day.

-4t th is wr l t lnn 0. B. Stoner. round-

worker on the second shlft. Sympathy of the roundhouse employes Is extend- ed to these three brothers.

Mrs. Silas Snlder has been qulte slck dur ing the past month, b u t is appar- ent ly recovering nlcely a t thls time. Mr. Snider is a machinlst on the day

ROSEDALE TRAIN YARDS

L E E RARFORD. Reporter

shift. After belng bumped off a job a t Kan- Thomas Clark. laborer, Is off at thls sas City r ip track, the writer has

rime on account of illness. taken a job at Rosedale train yards. Oliver Derrlck. machinlst, Is back a t Wm. L. Smith, formerly of Rose-

work again a f t e r a n absence of five dale traln yards, Is now working on weeks due to Illness. the Kansas City rlp track. house foreman, and famlly are'viwltiny:

fr iends and relatlves a t Ft. Scott. Fenton Coleman. locomotive Inspec- -4 new job has been put on a t t h e

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19th St ree t t ra ln yards. George Buck has taken this fob a s oller.

Louis Burk, Inspecror. has just re- cently bought a n Oakland roadster. Now he has a car of his own. a s Mrs. Burk wlll drive the famlly Ford.

Roy Wat ts , Inspector. has been a bachelor for the past month, whlle Mrs. W a t t s has been visltlng friends and relatives In South Dakota.

Paul Dean, Inspector, has just re- cently bought a new Plymouth. Paul Is. a t thls wrltlng, taking a few days vacatlon. vlsltlng friends and relatives near Buffalo, Mo.

James L. Hutton, oller, Is the proud fa ther of a 6%-pound boy. The boy was born April 19th. Mother and sou a r e doing flne.

Henry Butler, box packer has re- cently been married. I t was done so quietly t ha t but few of hls fr lends knew about It. When Henry returned to work there were c igars for all of his friends.

We a r e very sorry to report the death of Mrs. Lenard Arnold. slster of Ber t Parr l sh and niece of Robert Pa r - rish, of Kansas City r ip track. Mr. Arnold was a former employe of t h e Frisco In 1927.

Kenneth Ogden. oller. recently boughr a blg e lght cyllnder Chandler.

F. B. Scott, lead car inspector, jus t recently returned from Cleveland, Ohlo, where he enjoyed a shor t vaca- tion.

C. A. Brown. speclal ol'flcer reports a new Chevrolet will be delivered t o him on July 27.

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LOCAL No. l&BIRMINGHAM, ALA.

W. A. MYERS. Reporter

J. E. Rucks, roundhous& foreman. spent a few days in Pensacol9. Florlda. last month. H e undoubtedly did not get to Ash any while down there, a s he didn't have any blg flsh storles to tell us when he came back.

T. L. Purdy, machlnlst, has purchased another Ford coupe.

Jack Holloway, machlnlst apprentice. has been transferred back to SprlnpAeld. Mo to Ankh hls time there. Jack sure wag glad to get back to Sprfnpfleld, a s tha t is his home town. We were sorry to lose hlm, but glad tha t he Is golng back home.

C. J. Kennedy. plpeflttter. Is taklng a rest cure of several weeks' duration. H e Is spending his time with his relatives In San Antonio. Texas.

Eugene Purdy, third-class machlnist. has jumped right in the mddle of the sea of matrimony. Good luck to YOU. Gene, and may good fortune always smile upon you.

The writer and family vlslted rela- tives In Oakland and Palo Alto, Calif.. last month.

C. Fleck. welder spent his vacation a t Tybee Beach. out from Savannah. Ga. H e and hls famlly reported a wonderful tlme on the beach.

Jullus Robbe. m a c h s t . made a trip to San Francisco and Los Angeles last month. He stopped a t Galveston. Tex., on his way back.

H. D. Warren. diridon chalrman. I s now attending the quarterly sesslon of the System Board a t Springflelcl.

LOCAL NO. 24--AMORY, MI%%

RAYMOND F. DEES. Rew

Mrs. M. B. Lowe and chlld , . I n h l l A - a n rrf nerrnnn h n v n

ren. wlfe a r . ~ .... .,-. ...-.., ..-. returned home, after spendlng several weeks with friends and relatlves in Chicago.

Mrs. W. R. Adams. wlfe and children of machlnlst. a re home after several days' visit with relatlves in Birmlng- ham, Ala.

Thelma daughter of Machtnlst J. H. Branam and wife. is vlsiting her grand- oarents. Mr. and M r s E. H. Branam. of ~ l rmlngham, Ala.

A B. Holmqubt. machlnlst. was a re- cent vlsitor in Springfield, Mo.

Carman Howard Dyer has returned to work after several days off the payroll.

Coach Cleaner Grant M~r r th reports a pleasant vacation.

Joseph. son of Machinist J. V. Adams. has returned home after a several days' \?isit with relatlves In Blrmlngham. Ala.

Mrs. FL J. Sullivan accompanied her nephews, h u i s and Gene Lohmeyer, to their home In Springfleld, Mo.

LOCAL No. 2-WEST LOCOMOT I V E SHOPS-SPRINGFIELD, MO.

VIRGIL B. SMITH. Repxter

Mrs. Chas. Wooldrldge was called to Waco. Texas. on account of the serlous illness of her brother. John W. Stewart. Mr. Stewart was passenger conductor between Monett and Oklahoma City for several years. He has made his home In Hraco with his son. Ros-, former yard- master a t the South Side. for about 17 years.

L. L. Burkheart and family have just returned from a trlp to Liringston. Montana. where they rislted Yellowstone Park and several other interesting ~ l aces . - . hey report a wonderful tlme.

Harry Yates. pipefltter. was operated on June 22 for appendicitis a t the Frisco Hospital in Sprinaflelcl.

Joe Berg, machlnist apprenllce a t West Shops, and Miss Narie Alexander were marrled June 14. Congratulatlons !

George Jarrett , pipefltter a t West Shops, had the misfortune of having: his home destroyed by flre June 30. We extend our SvmDathY.

Carl ~ a v l i , machinlst, has upheld his record a s a flsherman by catching a yellow cat a t Osccola weighlng 18 pounds.

Floyd Basore. machinlst apprentice, finlshed hls apprenticeshp a t West Shops July 10.

Earl Genung and wlfe spent July 4th visiting friends In Oklahoma City.

Al. Gruessmeyer and family vlslted hls daughter a t Qulncs-, Ill.. the Fourth of July.

3Ir. and M1-a W. F. Lawson and son. Don, visltecl ,relatives and friends In Topeka over the Fourth.

We won the Safety First Cup a t West Ghops agaln. Everyone is happy over it. especially Mr. Reeves, our superlntenclent. We know everyone wlll do their best to keep the cup.

Mrs. Virgil Smlth was calfed to Deni- son, Texas, by the death of her brother- In-law. W. 6. Paul. July 8. Mr. Paul was formerly conductor on the Texas Special between Denison and Sprlngfleld for the %I-IC-T Railway. having been re- tired in November, after 4 3 years' serv- Ice.

B. 6 8. bEPARTMCNT EAST ERN DIVISION

ARTHUR BUNCH. Reporter

Mrs. Melvin Hendry recently visited relatives a t Cushman. Okla.

Our sympathy is extended to Mrs. Ad- rin V. 0. Haskell and family in the loss of her husband. who passed away July 13.

J. P. Carter and Pang are now work- ing a t ~ e b a n o n . MO- -

Ebb Nease and s a n e are stlll worklng at Osceola. Mo.. renewing the brldge over the Osage Rlver.

Charles Wallace and gang a r e doinn some general repair work a t Monetc Y issourl.

At this wrltlnz we find Bill S k ~ l e s and hls gang dolng-general rep\air work a t the St. Louis Terrnlnal.

J. A. Jones and gang are dolng gen- ern1 repalr work now a t the Sprlngfleld Termlnal.

RECLAMATION P L A N T SPRINGFIELD, MO.

T. 0. CHAPMAN. Reporter

Jess Ring 1s on the sick list. having been laid off for over a month.

Charley S ~ ~ D D lost some tlme this month, on accbunt or sickness, but -we are glad to report him back on the job agaln.

Robert Lewls and famlly spent the Fourth on a rislt and successful flshing trlp wlth his parents In Howell County. 3Ilssouri.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Delo went to Chlcago on one of the speclal party trlps belng made from Sprlngfleld to visit the

Big Fair". They report a splendid time and what they saw was worth the price. L A. Tupln came around for a short

visit thls month. His work now takes him out of Sprlngfleld the largest part of the tlme. but we are always glad to see him return to the pivot point. Wm Wilhite has not worked a t the

reclamation plant for the qast three months, clue to rheumatism affl~ctlon. We hope to report him having recovered in our next month's report.

We wish to extend our sympathy to Herbert ancl Floyd Salsman. in the death of their father. J. D. Salsman. Mr. Salsman was quite old, and lived on a farm near Marshfleld. Mo.

Mrs. Edward Mondy has been vlsit- Ing relatives and frlends a t Salem, and Springfleld, Ill.. the past three weeks. Edward Is getting rather anxious for her return.

Mark Mercer and family motored to Camdenton. in Southern Arkansas, to spend the Fourth of July and vislt a few days with his parents. They re- ported a pleasant visit. and said that the hills were a s steep LS ever.

Mrs. E. L. Fuerst was suddenly stricken wlth appendicitis on July 3. after she had taken her husband to work, and her physician advised an In>- medlate operatlon. which was performed a t the Sprlngfleld Baptlst Hospltal. She spent the Fourth recovering. and is im- proving rapldly. W e were sorrv to learn of Loren Ellott.

a former empfo$e a t the store department of the reclamation plant, belng Injured while a t work on the government hos- pital In Springfield. Our hopes are that his Injuries do not prove serlous. and he comes through wlth a speedy recovery.

Walter Thompson, wlle and daughter, who have visited hls parents. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Thompson. the past month. have gone to Harvard University for a summer course. From there they will return to London, Ontario. Canada. where Walter wlll teach again the com- ing term in the unlversity he formerly taught In.

I t is with regret we learn that Robert Falk was severely injured In ah acci- dent, when a wheel broke a t the stave bolt mill, where he has been employed. Robert was a former employe a t the rec- lamation plant. and is a brother of George Falk, one of our power plant engineers.

3Ir. and Mrs. Wllllam Osmon went to Llncoln. Ark., to spend the Fourth wlth some frlends. When they returned to Springfleld. Mrs. Osmon went on to St. Louis to vlslt her daughter. Mrs ... .Neal Garner, and the two of tl from there to Chicago. to sights a t the Century of P n sltlqn, before Mrs. Osmon r agaln.

The most of us have heal

>em WIII KO take In the 3gress Expo- eturns home

hlck relate narratives of days' exploits in Arkansas, man. opossum, raccoon. bea wild animal life hunter. a k methods of capturing snakes them. and never gave it seri but when he showed us a of his sixteen-year-old dau ,...-., .--.,

*d Jess Min- his former

a s a flsher- r and other 10 about his and taming

ous thought, kodak photo rhtpr M n w

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Lou, with a blacksnake (and a real live one a t tha t ) five feet and ten inches long. wrapped around her neck, and looking a s cool a s a cucunlber, we believed in heredity stronger than ever. lXIary Lou. who seems to be Imbued ~ 4 t h an un- usual amount of nerve, captured the blacksnake on the James River when clad In her bathlng suit, while on a swimming: party. H e was wrapped around the limb of a small tree, and was very reluctant about turning himself loose when she took hold of him, but she unwound him from his support and "snakeB" him out of the tree, and wrapped him around her nrck, to pose for her fricncls who had FI kodak along. When she returned to Springflelcl, she brought Xlr. Blacksnake home with her, and when he was turned loose on the street. he caused a large crowd to quickly assemble, but some man who had a shotgun. and was not so friendly towards reptiles a s Mary Lon. pro- cceded to try his marksmanship, and thus came an end to this snakc's career.

W A T E R SERVICE DEPARTMENT SPRINGFIELD, MO.

CLAUDE HEREFORD. Reporter - C. W. Losey has entered the Frisco

Hospltal in St. Louis for an operation on his leg, which was broken last Octo- ber, but which has seemed to be rather stubborn about knitting. However, we are hopeful of wonderful results from the operation, and wish for his early return home.

The young son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Potter, who was quite seriously injured while on a picnic recently. is sufficiently improved to be removed to his home.

Roy Xyers and wife spent the week- end in Kansas City recently. visiting relatives 'and frlends.

Elliott Philllw I s on a n exended vaca- tlon trip to Los Angeles and other points in California.

Sfrs. Chas. Robinson Is visitinr her parents and other relatives and iriends in Dallas and Vernon. Texns.

Fred Richardson, pumper a t Lebanon. In is St. John's Hospital. We hope for his spcedy recovery.

Herman Hereford 1s attending the En- deavor conventlon, whlch is held annu- ally on Presbyterian Hill. near Hollister.

I t is with sorrow that we report the death of Ed. Haskell, former B&B in- spector on thls divlsion. Ed. was of a very genial disposition, and his always welcome vislts to the shop will be greatly missed. Our sympathy is ex- tended the bereaved.

LOCAL NO. 6-ST. LOUIS, MO. - E. R MeNABB and F. C. HENN.

Reporters

h c a l No. 5 members were treated to a Dutch lunch on June 16. A large num-

ber of the brothers were present and all seemed to have a very good time. At the regular meeting on July 7. R. W. Reed. Eastern division chairman. made a report on the convention he attended in San Francisco.

We nre sorry to report the death of Mrs. Inez Logsden, mother of C. A. (Red) Logsclen, of Fornfelt. Mo.. June 13. Burial was made a t Cape Glrardeau. No.

Mr. and AIrs. Carl Myrick's daughter. Bctty Jean, who has been sick for some time, recently underwent ah operation to remove her tonsils, and is considerably improved a t this writing.

Mrs. John Gass. who has been con- fined to the hospital. is sufficiently re- covered to bc a t home now.

Mr. and Mrs. R. L Pearman and Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Prindel motorcci to Sikes- ton. Julv 4. where thev visited friends anci re~it lv&.

V. V. Chapman's daughters. Lola and Beulah. of Oznrk. Mo.. visited friends and reiatlves here' the last of June.

Mr. and Mrs. Ted Barnett have just returned from and extended visit with home folks and friends in SIissiSsippi. Ted reports a Rne trip, but didn't bring back any large fish heads this year.

Visitors a t the World's Fai r from Lin- denwood are Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Sandera and Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Peck.

F. L. Goodson, from Sherman, Texas. and son, Dr. Paul Goodson. from Hous- ton. Mo., were visitors a t E. R. UcNabb's recently.

Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Flcke spent their vacation vlsitina in the old home town. - Canadian, Tex.

Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Langley are the owners of a new electric ice box.

0. M. Evans. stationary engineer, 1s away on his vacation a t the writing.

Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Sanders, have had a s guests recently his mother and sister, of Nashville, Tenn.

Ed. Homewood was "taken for a ride" In his car by several hold-up men. d f t e r drlving him around a while, they re- lieved him of his pocketbook, put him Out and took hls car away. The car was recovered later, only slightly damaged.

ParY CWOP N E W S - CLAUD CAXPBELL.

)orters

eella Wlnso, daughter of B E. Ningo car carpenter, has just returned from trip with frlends. They went to the World's Fair, Detroit. Cincinnati and St. Louis. She reports a good time and many wonderful sights.

John Goodrich machinist. 1s drlving a new Chrysler sedan.

Romey Caldwell. paintel' in the north shops, who has been on the sick list for the past slx weeks, I s slowly im- Proving and was In to see the boys a few days ago.

T,4XES PAID BY FRISCO ( C o n h u e d f rom Page 5 )

paragraph states :

I "So the tax suestion thts year has

new perplexltles. Bu t the one th ing tha t Is going to s tagger many eom- munitles and br ing new problems Is the mat ter of default ing rallroad taxes. Truck and bus companies

I have cheerfully taken the business. Now It looks a s though their pa-

I t rons wlll have t o make up the defl- c i t in t ax recelpts."

The value of the rallroad to the communities, in support of their school eystem, their state, county and d t y governments Is beginnlng to be appreciated, now that loss of traffic to the rallroade haa caused Borne of the roads to default with

their tax payments. The countless clipplngs~whlch have

come to the Frlsco publldty depart- ment ask the people of the commun- ities to return their traffic to the rails, and not kill the goose that lays the golden egg.

It's up to each and every employe of the rallroad to bring this tax sit- uation to the attention of the ship- pers and patrons of bus and truck lines, and detalled figures for every county and city served by the Frisco In Its ninestate territory will be given upon request sent in care of The Frirco Employes' Magazi~rc, St. Louis. Ma.

Mr. Harris and Mr. Peere. both of the mill shop, are reported off a t thls writ- ing. account of Illness.

Geo. Offenburger, special equipment machlnlst, has just returned from a west- ern trip. which included the Cascade XIountains, 3lilwauke~. Chicago and St. Louis.

Mrs. Tony Frankie, of Pierce City. Mo.. died July 6. She was the mother of Joe (Bottle) Frankie, of the north car yards.

Sam Wyre, north side boilermaker, has been worklng extra a t Tulsa the past week.

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Sourman are the proud parents of a baby girl born June 26. Xr. Sourman is the mill shop fore- man.

H. E. Burgess was present a t h c a l No. 1 regular mecting, July 3. H e made the boys a very Ane talk.

J. W. Seabough is back on the job npaln after being off some time with an injured foot.

We are \-ery sorry to report the death of A. C. Su-ineforcl (Kirk). which oc- curred July 1. Jlr. Swineford had been with the Frisco for a number of years. serving a s timekeeper in the back shop.

sf. A. Huff and wife spent the Fourth of July in St. Louis, visiting their son. who formerly lived in Springfield. Mr. Huff works In the boiler shop.

Several of the boys, who have been off for 6ome time in the north car yards, have been called back to work. Among several others "Happy" Potter. of the machine shop, Is back. We are glad to see you back, boys.

Bill Hart, of the boiler shop, Is drivlng a. new Overland car. Bill says. "Boys, it's a real car".

Mrs. L. 0. Myers, wife of Boilermaker Nelpcr Myers, has Just returned from a visit wlth relatives a t Marshfield. 310.

The north side boys extend sympathy to 0. 0. Perrish. of the north train yards in the loss of his wife. Blrs. ~ e r r i d h died the latter part of June.

We have three new machinist appren- tices a t the north side. They are ROY Brunley and Herbert Mathews. of the machine shop. and Stanley Gomh, of the sheet metal department.

Miss &laud Robberson, daughter of Rufus H. Robberson. of the tin shop. IS spending two months. visi t~ng with her brother In Rosebud. Mont.

Arthur Dodson, car carpenter, o t the north traln yards, announces the birth Of 9aughtef.'?-Ju:~.E oTp,",Y~;,h,"ve namecl roe r t r r r e urre r r ~ ~ ~ u m - ~ L ~ . = A U I - .

The stork again has visited the home of Mr. and Xrs. E. L Barclay, leaving a baby girl on June 19. She has been named Shlrley May.

Since our last report. &Ira A. L Hooper daughter of Knock Malone. died In St. john's Hospital here. Mrs. Hooper was a n employe of the Union National Bank lor a number of years. Our sym- pathy is extended to the bereaved.

A Quick f hinket

The mlnister In a little church that used natural gas lor illumination an- nounced his text in solemn tones: "Yea, the light of the wicked shaH be put out!"

Immediately the c h u r c h w a a plunged into total darkness. due to a failure In the supply.

"Brethren." said the minister, with scarcely a moment's pause. "in view of the Sudden and startling fulflllment of this prophecy, we will spend a few mlnutes In silent prayer for the gas company."

PURCHASING DEPARTMENT ST. LOUIS, MO.

W. I.. RITTEK. Reporter

The weather being so hot. and the old men and girls in our office so sunburned. I can't get them to talk enough to get the news.

R. B. McBrfde tells u s a thriller about the little wild. red squirrel tha t s i ts on hfs kitchen window everv morninrr. H e a n d his wife "boo" a t i t -every morning. but little squirrely just "boos" back. Mac intends Joining the Boy Scouts. In order to be privileged to car ry a gun and what not, so if tha t squirrel listens to us, h e had better make one leap back to the ?l lnrl~q. - - - - -. - - .

Our Frank Nachtman still has his dogs and what Ls left of his garden. The dogs seem to be In the lead.

If you ask Lynn White o r yours truly. three point two makes just a good wash. But J. Danlels just drlnks a glass to put on weight. Neither Lynn o r mvself have galned much in weiglit on ~ o h h , but we intend to.

If we could Induce Lucille Xever to t r y a glass for weight purposes oniy.

H. Lester Clay doesn't s a y much. but when he struts through the offlce wlth his red, white and blue suspenders, h e doesn't have to. It's just another flag d a y to him.

Bernlce Hower tells u s she and h e r friend, Doll Jean, spend thelr Sundaya a t some bathing pool with their friends, Ameal Esselbruggie and France Bieder- weeden. They a r e sorry their friend. Claire can't swim. a s then they could make 'it a sextet.

Grace McEvoy celebrated her bir thday on Ju ly 17. Congratulations, Grace !

Henry Compton and his son. JIcVey, step out through the parlts in the evening, trapping butterflies. Henry r e ~ o r t s caD- turing a ra re specimen of bee. - We must believe him, because we know Henry doesn't trifle with thrce point two.

Understand I,. \IT. Iiistler and E. W. Gatzert a r e entered In a f a t men's race a t the Old Settlers' Picnic. If s p e d counts, we place our change on Mr. Kistler.

CLINTON AND OSCEOLA SUB.

AmS, A. W. L I F F E E , Reporter

Due to the neglect o t your reporter. we've not been represented in the Maga- zine l o r two months. Since our last re- port. Jack Trushell, brakeman, has been retired, due to the age limit. Mr. Tru- shell was the oldest brakeman on the division, and w a s on the passenger run between Kansas City and Springfleld. W e wish him a long and happy vacation.

Clyde Hunter, brakeman, has taken t h e passenger run. H e and hls son. Luther, will move to Springfield. where Luther will continue his schooling. H e in a n accOmplished musician and will be niissed by his many Clinton friends.

We wish to extend our deepest sym- pathy to Mrs. J. C. Staples. in the loss of her mother. >Mrs. Eliza E. Wilson. a t Taloga. Okla.

Mr. and Mrs. George Church wel- comed a nine-pound baby daughter to their home July 7. This Is their fourth child. Mr. Church is one of our popular brakemen.

Mr. S. Graham. brakeman, has pur- chased a S k e l l ~ A i h g station. just south of Clinton. on Highway 13, where his son, Stanley. is in charge.

C. 0. Claiborne, agent, reports the hoboes a r e getting to be rather classy, a s he has discovered some carrylng their radios with them so they can enjoy the latest music of the day.

Bob Long. section man, who was ser- ¶ously hurt several weeks ago. fs still in the haqpital a t Sprlngfleld, but is getting along aa well a s could be expected. H e was thrown from a hand c a r when it hit a hog on the track. Three other meh were sliphtly Injured a t the time.

The Frlsco girls urho attended the Grand Assembly of the Order of Rain- bow Glris a t St. Louis. from here. were: Ruth Walker. Nadine Windes. Loln Gas- tineau, and Geraldine Bannlng.

SIGNAL DEPARTMENT SPRINGFIELD, MO.

NATILDA C. HOFFMAN, Reporter

Averg Easter, signal h e l ~ e r . Tulaa. nn(l Laverne Gordon. daughter of sectlon foreman. Cnrbon Hill. Ala. were married July 4. W e extend to the h a p p s young couple our best wishes for a b n g h t and happy future.

Mfs. R. C. Garton, w!fe of fitfinal su- Dervlsor, Springfleld. 1s visiting the World's F a i r in Chicago.

Paul W. Davis, signal malntainer. M e m ~ h i s . torrether with Mrs. Davis and son. Charles, is also spending some time a t the World's F a i r In Chicaao.

Mrs. F. C. Harper. wife, of signal sn- pervisor. Cape Girardeau. 310.. and sons, Wallace and Bobbie. a r e visiting rela- tives in Le Roy, Iians.

Mrs. Elmer Henry, wife of signal maintainer, and sons. Arthur. Francis. Elmer. Jr., and daughter. Irene. have joined Mr. Henry a t Wittenberg. Mo.

We extend our sympathy to H a r r y Barron, signal inspector. and Mrs. Bar - ron. in the death of Mr. Barron's mother. which occurred on June 29 , a t Lounden- ville. Ohio.

AUDITOR-REVENUES DEPT. ST. LOUIS, MO.

E. L KOHRING, Reporter

Those who attended the moonlight boat excursion on the Steamer .I. S.. Fr iday night, J u n e 30. sponsored by the Frisco Men's and Girls' Clubs of St. Louis, had a n enjoyable evening.

Marion Witte, retiring preddent, and Li1 Kulage, retiring secretary of the Friseo Girls' Club. were presented with bracelets by admiring members of their club, as a token of appreciation for their good work while oflicers of the Girls' Club.

A. J. Bluth and famlly visited the F a i r

a t Chicago over the Fourth. and re- marked how clean the City of Chicago looked.

Bill Egen went on his vncatlon June 27, and divlded his tlme between sight- seeing a t the Chicago fair and fishing down In the Lake of the Ozarks.

Chicago seems the main attraction, so Bill Eichenauer. Karl Siebert and A. Wallhermfechtel spent the Fourth of July holideys visiting a t the Windy City-

This department extends i ts sympathy to James Kilker and family. in the death of thelr father, who was accidentally killed June 28 a t Montpelier, Ohio.

Skipper B. Borne of the recheck de- partment spent some of his vacation fish- ing a t Steelville. Mo. Bill reported hav- inrr fa i r luck: however. he dld s a y the flsh were running small. Now. tliat is what I call a n honesf flsherman.

Mr. and Mrs. E m ~ e Thielker spent their vacation visiting In Chlcago a n d Milwaukee. and reported having a good trip.

DIVISION STOREKEEPER'S OFFICE-SPRINGFIELD, MO.

PEARL A. FAIN. Reporter

Cncle Joe Wilson and Mm. Wilson spent several days in June visiting rela- tives a t Palmer. Ill. I t seems thcy had a n old-fashioned family reunion, and everyone had a glorious time.

Sincere sympathy is extended to Chas. Gaba. trucker, and his loved ones. In the death of his brother on June 29.

Lon Cook had the misfortune to sprain hls ankle recently, but is OK now.

Sincere sympathy is extended to the loved ones of Anthony Curtis Swineford. who died Ju ly 1 a t St. John's Hospital. AIr. Swineford was enlployed in the inechanicnl department.

Slrs. 0. Kemm and children spent sev- eral days in Rolla, the week of June 2.5, visiting Mm. Remln's sister and famlly.

Miss Charlotte Fain, sister of ye scribe. ant1 Miss Neva White, daughter of our engineer. C. H. White, left on the morn- ing of July 2 on a tour, with about 30 others, to attend the World's Fa i r a t Chicago. They returned ten d a w later, and a s yet they have not been able to tell all they have seen. I t was all so won- derful! They spent several days in St. Louis before returning home.

Samuel Gaston, Jr., left on the morning or July 18, for the famous Boy Scout camp near Marshfleld. Camp Arrowhead. where he will spend two glorious weeks. This was Samuel's flrst experience along thin Ilne. and 111s enthusiasm was quite high.

0. H. Miller and family motored to Lafe, Ark., over the Fourth. and had a wonderful time. They brought Mr. Mil- ler's grandmother home with them tor a visit here.

Saw C. H. Reed In the offlce the other clay. H e and 311'3. Reed a r e now living in Topeka. Kans., and a r e visiting their daughter BIrs. J. L. Harvey in Spring- field. hey plan on driving through to Ottawa. Ill.. where they will visit Mr. ..--~ -. and Mrs. ~ e ~ . ' S t e p h e n . and thence to the World's Fair. Mrs. Stephen, a s you will no doubt remember. was formerly Miss Bertha Reed of this office.

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C. C. Meyer Is planning a trip t o Ald- rich. Mo.. where he wilI do plenty of fishing, and J. G. Akridge Is looking forward to n trip to the White River. When they return, will have plenty of

C. B. Crump, telegrapher. "S" ofPice, and fanlily spent July 4 in Harrlson. Arkansas.

of his own. but. of course, In company with Ills mother. Mrs. L. K. Langsford. At Michigan City. they were guests of the Misses Clara and Margaret Langs- ford, who are spendlng a vacatlon In a cabin on Lake Mlchlgan a t that point. Enroute home, they attended the Fair.

Irene Schaller spent tile week-end of Ju ly 22nd-23rd visitlng In St. Louis. while Savina Fellin and Anna Helblp motored to Bennett Springs t o attend a lovelv Dartv suonsored by Ann Mc-

MILL ST. PASSENGER STATION SPRINGFIELD, MO.

W. S. WOOD. Reporter

news. Was glad to see Mrn. Earl Davidson

when she visited the office on June 20th Prom Wichita Falls, Texas. She and her husband and son were visiting friends In Springfleld. Mrs. Davidson was formerly Miss Henrietta Truman. Was also glad to see Charles Gustin. from Roll&. Mo.. during the past month. Charles is In the hotel business a t Rolla, and Invltes the "old gang" down.

Tom Iiennanler has been commuting betxvecn Monett and Springfleld lately to see the new daughter, who arrived July 15.

Clarence Oldaker dropped off ia see ua for a few hours on his way from Chicago to Oklahoma City (which reminds us that we should answer hls letter of May 21).

Hank Mundy called us up lrom Kansas City, Kans., the other nlght, just to tell all the gang hello, and that he la getting mighty homesick for Springfield.

Our deepest sympathy to E. W, Chau- det, whose father died recently after. a long illness.

~ l e r n e r i . ' - - We've also been having some visi-

tors who have been vacationing In the Ozarks:

Clara Vanmaanan - Mauer. former clerk. was here from Los Angeles and was the honoree of a number of Frisco

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parties. Mrs. Helen Owen-Rohrer, former

record clerk, and l i t t le daughter, Helen Louise, or Portland. Ore.. have been visi t ing our Miss Ruth Owen, who th inks Helen Louise the nicest par t

- 3IARGUERITE FROSSARD, Rcporter

Real news! One whose celibacy we considered impregnable has at last suc- cumbed to the lure of matrimony, or the fateful attraction of a certain girl from Snrinafleltl. Mo.. who has now become Mrs. Lloyd L. Nimmo. Lloyd I s one of .our locomotive inspectors. and its occurs to us to remark that If he is a s consci- entious and trustworthy In regard to his oblinatlons a s a husband a s In the per- formance Of his duties a s an Inspector, Mrs. Nimmo is to be congratulated.

Equally exciting and newsy was the announcement of the marriage of Gilbert 31. Williams. machinist. to Miss Lucille Titus. of this city. on June 30. Our fer- vent wish for both these young couples is a long, happy and successful wedded life

of the vacation. Magazlne readers will be Interested

Mrs. Claude In knowinz tha t Mr. and ,

OFFICE SUPERINTENDENT TRANSPORTATION

Emery (she was rormerly Agness Carter) , former employes, dropped in

1 . Mr. ~Peices

lasr week from Phoenix, t Emerv is now e m ~ l o v e d in .tne-! 2 the . ~ i o - ~ r a n d & 011 CO: In Phoenix and tells us there nre also four other

same oflice. EVLA STRATTON, Reporter Frisco old-tlmers in the I H e asked fo r a cony of the " F r i ~ c o Employes' Magazine", and to his de-

?s for Well. the NElY DEAL or PROS-

PERITY o r something. has put the word VACATIONS back lnto the dictionary

l iaht was furnished with coplt eight months back. Now. wno says the Magasine isn't read and appreci-

nly nor the Rio Grande again-at least we are enjoying them. and how!

George Ward waa the flrst to have a nice lazy week a t home--resting and flsh- lng a bit. Pearl Townes just returned from Chicago and says: "The Fai r is simply grand!" Nary Dearing spent the third week in July golng here and there. Vera Melton Journeyed to Kansas City, where, we understand. "the one and only" lives and F l ~ r e n c e and Catherine Lyons left July l a for a week in Colorado Springs and Denver, Colo.

And the Frisco youngsters a r e going

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F. L. & 0. CLAIM DEPARTMENT SPRINGFIELD, MO.

DAZEL LEWIS, Reporter

. Kow. you m i ~ h t thlnk the above a pretty good ratlo of marriages for one week, but that's only half of the num- ber of Dan Cupld's conquests. On July 4 3Inrv Ellen Dowell of Springeld, be- came the wife of L ~ . ' ~ o g g i n , third class machlnlst. and-

On or about the same date Engineer F. E. Zentner and Mrs. Opal '31oore re- peated the famous vows of love, honor and obedience.

W e a re glad to r e o r t t ha t Mrs. W. P. McKinnell, wife o ? ~ . P. McKlnnell. adjuster, Is rapidly recovering from a recent major operation and was able to leave the hospital Ju ly 16.

Mayme Hindman. general ciek. cele- brated the Four th of Ju ly In Kansas City vlslting her slst'er.

Mrs. Hannah DickerSon spent a de- Ilghtful week-end in Boonvllle. No., with her son and his family.

places. too: Jack Pennlngton. son of Mrs. Emily

Pennington. Is having a gay vacation in Dallas. Texas. where he is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Rosa Aton: and Birdie Sutton's son and daughter a r e making big plans for a trip to the Century of Progress. while Rober Lester Langsford. Jr.. trav- eled to Michigan City, Ind., on a pass all

. . . - -. . - -. Our sympathies a re tendered W. J.

Larrick. third class machinist. who was called to Enid. Okla.. on June 20, ac- count of the death of a sister residlng a t that place.

For the Past couple of months. En- rineer J. J. Kenney has been on a leare of absence, due to illness. and a t present is convalescing In the hospital a t St. Lou is.

Mrs. H. J. Bfakeslee and clxughiera, Ruby and Helen. wife and daughters of

TO users of SALTS: engineer, a re vacatlonlng in and around Denver. Colo. They plan to remain a couple Of months for the beneflt or Mrs. Blakeslee's health.

Engineer D. C. Blakeslee is also spending the summer In the shadow of the sublime and lofty peaks of the Colorado Rockles. seeklng to regaln pep and vitality.

Never take salts that are claimed to be "diks" the lalta of the hlstorie springs in Carlsbad, Czechoalovakia. In s i s t o n get t ing t h e genuine - CARLSBAD SPRUDEL SALT and enjoy the true benefits of the famous Carlsbad cure.

Nature's laboratory is still beyond Imitation by man and the natural product of Carlsbad Springs god-

0. L ' OtfSLEY. Reporter

Cdith M. Austln, chieK telephone oper- ator. Pt. Scott. left July 18. for Los Anneles, where she will spend a short vacation. Miss Edna Bennetzen, extra operator from Sprin~fleld, will do relief work a t Ft. Scott during the vacation period.

Miss Agnes Sheehan, telephone oper- ator. Kansas City, vislted the Springfleld PBX oflice Julw 10.

iively cannot be duplicated by man- ufactured saks. kidneys and btood atream In the treat-

Concentrated lrnd effective in small ment of stomach, kidney and liver mm- doses. CARLSBAD SPRUDFZ SALT plaints, rheumatism, obesity, and asso- ia the moat economical after all. 500 ciated headaches, colds and skin troubles. years ot medical experience are behind It is non-habit forming and thoroughly its use in correcting constipation and reliable. Refuse manulactured salts. Ask eliminating body poimna from bowels. you druggist fqr the genuina

Miss Alice - arki in. chief telephone operator. Springfleld. spent the flrst 10 days of July visiting in Detroit.

T. M. Maxwell. telegrapher "S" omce. returned June 26 after having sDent a 1 C A R L S B A D S P R U D E L S A L T vacation in the South.

Frank E. Feyen. clerk. "S; oflice. went a few days in Chlcago durlng July.

Miss Selma HoRman. telephone super- visor. visited with friends in Oklahoma -

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City July 4.

I The sen rom Carlsbad, CZECHOSLOVAKIA