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nic Family News I LOCAL No. f-SPRINGFIELD, MO. Mr. Chas. Kelly Is st i l l absent from

work on account of slckness. He. too. JACK STEWART, Reporter

Jess Mlnlck sf the machine shop, and John Rutledge went on a Ashlng trlp.

Frisco assoclatlon of metal craf ts and ca r department eniployes, a t o meetlng January 19, selected the follow- ing a s speakers: Virgll Johnson, Thom- a s L. Reynolds, Charlea L Melton George W. Walker, George Harp, ~ l e ; Wat t s and Willlam C. Bush. The mee t i ig was held a t the home of M. L. Ryan, 1213 North Grant. Ryan was elected chairman of the safety A n t committee. A mu8icsl program will be staged in connection wlth the Plpkln meetlng.

Miss Helen Sanford, daughter of E. Sanford, painter a t the south shops, was very 111 for several days.

Miss Mary Isabel Thompson, daugh- ter of J. W. Thompson, general fore- man, graduated from Senlor High School with the mld-year class.

Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Slssel announce the birth of a new daughter a t their home. January 24. Thls llttle mlss was named Wanda Lee.

Orvllle Becker of the forge shop re- turned to w o r k . a f t e r several weeks' slckness.

John Haines of the angle bar yard i s In the local company hospltal on ac- count of rheumatism.

is In the hospital. We hope these two men wilt recover

soon s o they can joln ua again. Charles Maxlel of the forge shop I s

In the St. Louls hospltal for a n opera- tion.

A speclal jolnt meetlng wan held January 18 between Locals one and two. Thls 'was called to declde On a new hall. Harmony Hall, in whlch they met, was suggested. Both locals ado ted It unanimously. After the busrness Blll Gowh, north shop, asked if some one could furnish some musk. Mr. Fred Thels of the south forge shop said he had some entertainment for us. Three guesses. H e brought forth a n accordion. Mr. Thels played several selections and flnally h l t the tune "Turkey in the Straw".

Thls meetlng closed early. a s there was no other buslness other than decid- Ing on the hall. No ' .-.-- ". - ' .' ' - No. 6 and Club. Wedn

About s i 3 le f t Sprlng coach. The thirty. Au tlon to me@ were escor where we P of the even

. L was w e guest or Local The Monett Commercial

tesday. January 20. rty meinbera of Local No. 1 fleld on No. 3 In a speclal : y arr l red In Monett a t six- tomoblles were a t the s ta- 3 t us. From the station w e ted t o the Monett Casino vere entertained for the resC Ing.

The program s tar ted by a buslness meetlng of the Monett Commerclal Cluh.

Alter this shor t buslness meetjng. we were served a supper. About four hundred were In attendance a t th ls supper. After t he supper Mr. Wm. V. Huggine, edltor of the magazine, g a r e a very lnterestlng talk on the Prlaco C l l l l h9 -----.

Mr. MIIIs, head of t h s nccldent p r r - vention department a lso gave an In- terestlng ta lk ; a n b r c h e s ~ r a composed of Monett school chlldren, lead by MISS Louise Bean, gave several seIectlons: Mr. "Skeeter" Palmer of Springfleld, gave a medley o l popular songs on the piano; Miss Marle Campbell of Yonett. gave two vocal solos; Mr. Fred Thels and Albert Weaver of Springfield gave several selections of old tlme music on thelr vlolln and gui tar : Mr. Thos. Frezzel of Bprlngileld, aave a vlolln solo; Master Gilbert Weston of Monett gave a very good reading. thls wax followed by another very gdod reading by l l t t le Mlss Shlrley Mustang.

Wha t seemed to g o over biggest was The Paramount Quar te t o t Springfield.

Mr. H. CofTman. general foreman of the car department, gave a bass solo.

Mr. Conman elso Informed us t ha t bur coach would be brought back to Sprlngfleld on "The Meteor". Instead of KO. 6. Thls Rave u s another hour to stay. Whlch pleased us very much, be- cause a dance followed the program.

The m u s k was furnlshed by a n or- chestra from Pierce Clty, MQ.

-4sk Blll Gooch If he l lkes t o dance. H e surely does, because comlng home on the traln, m u s k furnished by Fred Thels and Albert Weaver go t t he crowd t o dancing, and Blll Gooch was the flrst to hit t he alsle. P a r t of t he crowd formed In one end of the c a r and listened to the Brakeman reclte poetry. Thls was very Interestlng.

"The Meteor" brought u s to town in sixty mlnutes.

Homer Ker r of t he south shop. Is dr iv lng a n Oldsmoblle now.

&Ire. W. A. Stewart, n l f e of maehlnlst W. A. Stewart, visiklng In Indepe,"gc;e, ?:nsze",% Joplin, Mlssourl.

CIaud BIassey of the machine shop. A t i v r s an Overland sedan now.

Enid Shop Forces in Vocalionc

Thc shop forces of Enid ore taking odvatrtage of the vocational training clc coirdtrctrd nt the Enid High School. The accompa~tying picture is of the clas tlrc Walschrart Valve Gear and Interstate Safcty Appliarrces and is comp ctttire1-j of Eirid shop ntnr. The class is sponsored by M r . T . E. Gitidelr - shop forenran.

The irlen an the piclrrre arc, readirtg fro~rr left to rigkt, back rt )'o~rrrg, blncksn~ith; Dick Jones, baiierataker: 3. 0. Gibson, apprml Poling. machinist; William PhiUips, general forenmn; M. L. Graves, nis Irouse foreman, and T . E. GEddmrs, machine shop foreman.

Ceiiter row: Grover h4eyers, machinist; Willianr Cooper, machirar Clrrnmings, helper.

Froiit row: T O I N Ki~rv, loeotnotive car.benter; Otis Cobb, air inn11 : errginc i~rspcctor: J !2. Pritrhett. tiiachinist: Char1r.c Cnrzaer, r;r~cIri,ris: Carter. air rnnr~.

Frisco Association Auxiliary at Chaffee, Mo.

They are, prcsidoit; M Mrs. john Sli t reusurer.

Standing : Mrs. Morrol 1 trustee; Mrs.

Officers and ntcntbcr~ of thc mrmly formcd auxiliary to the Frisco Assocbt im of Metal Crafts arrd Car Depnrtnwnt Einployes of C h f f c e , Mo., appear above.

ruoding from Icft to right, (seatrd): Mrs. Richard Ahlstead, past rs. Liz& Bicirert, president; Mrs. John Portders, vice-president; ceeky, chaplain; Mrs. Armon Peer, secretary; Mrs. Robert Mathis,

Mrs. George Morie. conductress; Miss Rerrrice Bienwi, mnducfress; ;yle, gunrii; Miss Rugh Lyle, drill team captaira; Mrs. I v a ~ Hamilton, Pierce, irusttc: Mrs. Rose. trustre; Miss Leona Rienert, musicinn.

,w: Earl !ice; John 7ht round-

Asn Viori. O J I ~ T. r:.

smashup her nlght. Ids looked tlon meet- severe. . h.. aln6C.a

Vlrall Johnson had a llttlc wlth Rls Ford sedan the ot From the way Thos. Reynol when h e appeared a t assocla ing. it must have been qulte

I~oca l No. 1 had a regulai vuD...--.-

meetfng Janu golng strong. thls meetlng I

The Ladles ments a f t e r were sold on

The P. & F McMahan '~ hc

Mr. J. C. E v is bulldlng a roe Btreet.

Mr. Hazel F a dance a t street . Thelr Mrs. J e s s Pot1 han, Mr. and ter of Nlxa. Landrum, Sr.

Mrs. Paul PI Ing Mrs. Preq~unt J xar I la t anu 1 r r u r 1 ~ a t - In-law recently.

Local No. 1 met February 10, a t the %all, 214% E a s t Commercial street. A l a r r e crowd attended. Two new mem- bers were taken In.

Mr. Ryan gave a t a lk about the ace!- flcnt preventlon rally to be held Feb- ruary 24

Blr. Harry Harrlson g a r e a very In- ter est lnq ta lk on safety flrst.

The meetlng adjourned early and v e t with the Ladles auxlllary. who served coffee and sandwiches.

"Uncle Bill" Nobles Is back on the Job feellng flne, he says. We l u r e do miss our hot water when Uncle Bill I s away.

a ry 27. Local No. 1 stlll tak lng s lx new members

night. auxil iary served refresh- the meetlng. Tfckets

chances for a qullt. ? Club met at Mr. E. E. )me February 4. a n s of the south t ln shop new home on Eas t Mon-

'itepatrlck and wile Rave thelr home on College

a guests were: Mr. and ts. Mr. and Mrs. E. McMa- Mrs. Keltner and daugh-

Mr. Paul Preston. Dr. and Dr. Laundrum, Jr . reston and son y e r e vlslt.

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Clarence Doran and family have S. E. Fel!owa. storekeeper, attended moved from Nlxa to Sprlngfleld and are a storekeepers meeting In Sprlngfleld, located on North Nettleton. February 16.

Mr. Rotterman of the tin shop says J. 3% Davls. dlspatcher, was in St. ... he I s g o l n ~ to t ry manufactured teeth LOUIS, attending the Automoblle Show,

now: - -- - - Februarv 7.

den death or Mrs. Baker and Mr. Shepard's sister. Our deepest sympa- thy is extended them.

Charles Carver, machinist, has taken over the duties of instructor of class In machlne shop practice In nlght school.

On Monday evenlng. January 27, the members of b c a l No. 8. staaed another

Mr. Couch of t h e ~ ? i u t I i ~ h ~ - ~ 1 % ~ ~ - 1 \ 6 i s - ~ l m e t a W a t t s daughter of hospital. aasls~a7i.r suiwrlntendeit, who I s a t -

Malcomb Doran of the south machlne tending Teachers C011cge- a t C a ~ e Glr- shop is dr lv ing a ;Maxwell now.

H. Smlth, the two to ten engineer In the power house. is back on the job a f t e r two weeks' sickness.

Mrs. Scott Pimberton has been vlsit- Ing her brother. Hugh Doran for the oas t few davs.

ardeau. sDent Sunday recentlr Gith her one of thelr pleasant dances In our -rooms a t Convention Hall. The dances a r e hcld every two weeks and a r e

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~ u m p i n g is the-order of the day a t the statlon and yard oftice. We see proving very popular a s they aKord

an opportunity for tde dlfterent fam- llles to get together.

Another industry for Enid and locat- ed on Frlsco trackage Is a mllk con- densary. The De Coursey Creamery Co.. of Kansas City has leased the Alton bullding and a re installing machinery, preparatory to eperatlng a first class condensary. They will em- ploy a number of workers and a mar- ket for milk. IVe welcome them.

new faces most every time we pass by. A brother of S. F. Furs&, of the

storeroom. from Ki t Carson. Colorado. The ~ o c a i met Friday, January 13.

The first meetlng of the year. There were some two hundred members pres- ent. This was a very Interesting meet- ing a s several good talks were made. The principal one by general chairman, Mr. F rank Junklns. An entertalnment. refreshments and radlo program fol- lowed the meeting.

NORTH SIDE S IDELIGHTS

EMERY HAGUEWOOD, Reporter -- When are the mapasines coming?-

Is a question that Is asked by many along about the flrst of every month, but thc wording Is now changed to, when Is the Magazine comlng? This new question is prompted by the re- moval of s o many departments to Sprlngfleld from St. Louls that mnny of us a re hoplng tha t we wlll have the pleasure of welcoming the magazine to the center of the system real soon.

A great number of the roundhouse employes went to Monett the evenlng of January 26 where they attended the open house meeting of Local No. 6. F. A. M. & C. D. E. They reported a good tlme.

is v i a i t i n ~ here. Pete C u ~ e y . of the storeroom, is

drlving a Ford. Local No. 32 met Tuesday February

7. After the buslness m e h n g , Len Cook and 0. G. Brammel donated some good s t r lng muslc to the assembled.

Bernard Hendrin. supplyman, vlsited home folks a t Conway recently.

Albert McDonald, thlrd class mach- inist is drivlng a new Chevrolet coach.

W: H. Owens. locomotlve carpenter, visltrd home folks a t Rogersvllle re- cently.

Local NO. 92 held a speclal meetlng January 25. 1928, for the pur w e of electing a delegate from eacR craft to go to Sprlngfleld for the conventton.

Geo. W. Turner. ,thlrd class ma- chinist. Is back a t work af ter n slege Of the mumps.

A. E. Canary hlll englneer. Is the owner of a new'llght Bulck sedan.

Tim Fite laborer, vlslted friends In Conway rec'ently.

Orville Fl te and wlfe a re spendlng their honeymoon in Kansas Clty and

MECHANICAL D E P A R T M E N T T H A Y E R , MO. -

F. 31. PEEBLES, Reporter

John Perrigo boilermalier helper has been p r ~ m o i e d and transferred t 6 second class a t Memphis.

L. D. Davis whose posltlon has been abolished for some tlme, has now been transferred to Blrmingham a s black- smith.

C. A. Berry. roundhouse foreman. who has been slck for the past few days has agaln resumed dutles.

Geo. Powell who has been on the ext ra l ist for some time has now a reqular job a s boller maker helper.

Charles P. Evans. car repalrer, dled February 3 a t the Government hospital a t Silver City. New Mexico.

The deceased was a soldier In the World War. serving with the a rmy In France. and i t was whlle on duty he was gassed, whlch eventually caused hls death.

Lebanon. Harvey Green. grease cup man, went

to Conway recently. Elmer L Dlllon, locomotlve Inspec-

tor, and wlfe. vlslted In St. Louis one dav mcentlv. Mildred, the three year old daughter

of Wesley Klmble has recovered from a very severe a t tack of scarlet fever. Mr. Klmble Is employed on the third shift boller force.

Mr. and Mrs. George Cole h a m the svmpathy of the roundhouse employes In the loss of thelr Infant daughter. whose death occurred February 11. Mr. Cole Is employad on the thlrd shlft boller force.

Raymond Ellls. has flnlshed hln

. - . - . - - - - -. Chesley ~ o o n e y , stenographer and

wlfe, spent a Sunday evenlng In St. Louls and heard Bllly Sunday.

T h e ~ ~ l a s t work he dld here was on March 11. 1927. He went to New Mexico. hoofna tfiat the change In

LOCAL No. &ENID, OKLA. cllmate would benefit him.

The body arrlved on train 105. Feb- ruary 6 and the funeral was conducted

H. H . FULLER. Reporter - Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Adams spent a

week recently in Sprlngfleld, vlsltlng frlends and relatlves. Mrs. W. H. Venable of Hlckory Rldge Arkansas is rlslti'ng her son. Tom $enable, as: s is tant foreman water servlce. Mr. Arthur Shaftnitt. car foreman and wife

from the home of hls brother-in-law. The Local American Leglon Post of

whlch he was a member, acted a s an escort t o the C:meterp, where, af ter the soundlng of taps" he was lald to

machlnlst apprentlceshlp and has been asslaned to ext ra work In the round- house.

Joe Wall, outside hostler foreman. on the nlght rhlft, Is spending a slxty davs' vacatlon in sunny Florlda.

Herman Andrles. machlnlst. on cab

rest. The deceased Is survlved by h l s

mother and three sisters. R. R. Holms. englne Insvector 1s now

sportlng a brand new Whippet sedan. Charley Cllne, caller was marrled to

Miss I m o ~ e n e ell.' of Mammoth Sorlngs. We welcome you to the bene-

were called to . Kansas Clty recently account of death In Mrs. Shaffnitt'n and stoker work, la back wlth'us a ~ a i n

af ter several days spent In Tulsa. Okla- homa. v l s l t i n ~ relatlves and frlends.

famlly. M. V. "Fat" Wllkerson. la the man in

machine shop has left the servlce. H e has accepted a posltlon wlth The F ranks Machlne Rhop. Our best wish- e s go wlth hlm In his new work.

Born to ZIP. and Mrs. C. W. Maddox, a bounclng baby boy o n January 16, whom they have named Aldon Jack.

Mr. Frank Junklns general chnlr- man, pald thls local a 'visit on Monday evening. January 16. We a r e a lways glad to have Frank with us. a s he al-

Olan Bull. ou r chlcken ralslng me- chlnlst Is golna to demonstrate t h a t bables o ther than babv chlcks can dict ciass.

Howard Holms, englneer and son, Ralph made a trlp to S~rlngfield. I

Rodney Wllcox has been appointed local store keeper In place of A. M. Burnum who Is st l l l on the slck Ilst.

On Fdbruary 2 the metal craf t and

thrlve On hls place west-of town, hav- lne: been made the proud daddy of a nine and one quar ter pound boy. named Charles Olan.

~ a y l o r d - " ~ u t c h " Dodsen. crew caller, Is s t a r t lna a herd of mllkinm ~ o ~ t s . car department employes had a call.

meeting for the purpose of electlng a "resident. This due to Presldent L. D. I

havlng secured two hlgh-oroduclnfc Roats and Is expectinq to secure more In the near future. John Avers. host- ways has a message of good cheer and

helpfulness for us. Blll Messer, store room counter man

who has been OK slck for the past six months, was shaklng hands wlth the boys one day last week. Bill thlnks he will be on the job March 1.

Davln belnr transferred. I ler. and Don Monroe. eneinn watcher. ~ ~ -

R J. suli ivin. boilermaker. was eloct- ed presldent. It Is to be hoped that a l l wlll take a more actlve Interest In

a r e asslstlng hlm a n d clalmlna that the mllk Is of the hlahest qualltv, bas- Ine thelr clalms on the fact of hav in r the meetlngs than we have been do-

Ing.. a s we can brlng up many t0plcs If In need of correction can be eaally corrected. and this cannot be done If we all stay a t home. So on our regu- lar meetlng nlght we hope there wlll be a large attendance. I

used It for some tlme. Ray Jackson. boilermaker, has re-

turned to work af ter a three weeks' General ore man Phllllpa Is very much elated over the fact t ha t there has not been an accldent among the locomotlve department emDloyes since December 4. 1927. We belleve Chls Is

BIege of tonsllltls. EdEar Jackson, mnchlnlst. w a s off

several nlahts recently on account O r the death of a nlece, of Lebanon. MO.

a recors. but there has been a numbel- of accldents in the ca r department. and thls keeas our s tandlna low In the

LOCAL NO. IGBIRMINQHAM, ALk. LDCAL NO. 32-NEWBURG, MO.

ED. F. FULLER, Reporter

R. D. Wilson, ca r foreman. Is 6rIvIng a very l a t e model Oakland sedan.

Mr. Clarence Woodall, of the EtOre- room was In Sprlngfleld. February 12. Mrs. ' ~ o o d a l l was called there on ac- count of Illness of her father.

JOHN M. TILLERY, Reporter - W e have just Iearned that Colonel

Llndbergh has two rluals among our boys In the persons of Arthur G. Elt- aen and Claude A. Edwards. These amlable young gentlemen, on a recent I Sunday afternoon. vlsited the flying

contest for the sccldent preventlon cup. Mr. John Poling has bld in Job a s

[athe man, M. V. Wl lke r son '~ vacancy. Arthur ShaKnltt Is sportlng a brand

new Nash sedan. Mr. Carl Raker. machlnlst m d Ray

Shepard, mrrchlnlst. were called to Oklahoma City on account of the sud-

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fleld where a commercial r lying com- pany was taklng passengers on a n aerial joyride, and took a tr lp around over Our city. Both report a very fine trin. - --.

\Ve have all been wondering where the big fire was, since machine shop foreman Tracy Mlller i s a l l dolled up In new Overalls and new hat.

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur I* Willlams an- nounce the ar r ival of a baby boy, Rolf Morgan. Mother and son a r e reported doing nlcely.

Forest E. Marlin, machlnlst trans- ferred from Springfield haa been as- signed to drop pit w o r k We extend hlm a hearty-wklcome to our shop.

Mlss E t t a May Paul timekeeper In mechanical department: had a s recent visitors, her sister, Mrs. L. E. Monroe and her husband. Doctor Monroe, of st: Louis, who were enroute to New Or- leans.

Rip track foreman, John L. Sullivan. and Je r ry Bulllvan, engineer have had a very sad and far-away lodk on their faces-for the past week or more. On Inquiry we found the reason for It was that the management saw Rt to move the blg 160 ton derrlck to Memphls in exchange for the smaller derrick prev- iously located a t tha t point.

Robert Marston, third-class sheet metal worker a t nlght, and wife a re the proud parents of a recently arrlved son, Robert Junlor.

We are very sorry to hear tha t the three year old daughter of 0. S. Blan- ton, tank man on nlght shlft , is Ill wlth pneumonia. We hope the little one will have a speedy recovery. Ms; L. 31. Westerhouse, general fore-

man, recently attended the dlvision accident prevention meetlng a t Mem- phis. We a re strlvlng and hoping for a no-accldent month.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred 32. \\"stson had a s a recent visltor. Fred's sister, of Mo- bile, Alabama.

Mr. Willlam C. Barr. chlef clerk to storekeeper. wlshes to thank the maga- Zlne for publishing hls plcture last month. We suggest t ha t Mr. Cotter- man see about his camera-it may be broken.

Wllliam L. Orr, supplyman, m d wlfe. announce the arrlval of a baby bov. His name has not been learned to date.

Mr. L. D. Davla, blacksmith, who has been statloned a t Thayer, Missouri for the Past thirty years, has been t r h - ferred to the car department a t Blrm- ingham. We all extend brother Davis a hearty welcome to our shop.

Thomas E. Kelly, nlght boilermaker. was the unfortunate victim of a hlt- and-run driver whlle on his way to work one day recently. Mr. Kelly Is stlll confined t o the hospital. but we hope to see him out agaln soon.

We have just heard that the com- pany has scrapped enplne 2006. the b ig mallet which stayed In Blrmlng- ham so long. Mr. Westerhouse. gen- eral foreman. and Mr. F. L. Cox. enai- neer. who ran the 2005. seem to b~ very much grieved over the matter.

Roundhouse foreman A. M. Askew has had a s recent vlsltors Mrs. Askew's brother and wlfe. Mr. and Mrs. A. Mlller of Washlnaton. D. C.

We a re very sGrry.to learn or the death of the Infant son of machlnlst J. W. Drake, and we extend our heart- felt sympathy to the bereaved famlly.

Mr. Charles O. LeFevre. electrical supervisor, w a l a vlsltor a t ou r sho~ , las t week.

The Frlsco Employes Ctub ha6 o r - ganized a smaller club known a s the Pandora Dancing Club and Mlss Mae Dudley, distribution clerk in mechan- leal department. has been chosen Miss Pandora. The Pandora Club is to give a dance for the Frlsco employes fol- lowing the "better business" banquel a t the Highland Pa rk Country Club. February 16.

Mr. B. G. Gamble. master mechanic. pald us a flylng vlsit lately. W e sup- pose he found everything. In good shaoe, as he staved wlth us only one day; .

Fred T. Garrett. former Frisco man

who reslsned las t month. has been seriously injured and i t is feared that he may lose the sight of hls left eye.

Howard Poole, supplyman, who h a s been off for some time on account of an ilijured foot. Is a m i n able to work. We are glad to see Poole back 011 th job agaln.

Elcctriclan Pete F. Crouch i s board- ing with G. E. Westbrook. ou r store- keeper. Pete says he went to take a bath the other morning when "Guy" came in-

"Got a rcquisltlon?" "No.'' "So requisition, no bath." That's the wag of a storekeeper. 311.. Lawrence M. Broderick. thlrd

class sheet metal worker. hns been off some ten days on account of a Pall in which he wrenched his back. We're mighty glad to see you back. Tom.

WATER SERVICE DEPARTMENT SPRINGFIELD -

C L A U D E HEREFORD. Reporter

F rank Lamar vlslted recently in St. Louis and Dlxon. While In St. Louis he paId a shor t vlslt to our genial old Lrlend Chas. Loague, who waa t ranr- Perred from here to tha t point l a s ~ fall. Lamar reports Charley well and ~ leased ' with his new locatloh.

Chancey Buckmaster went to Wtch- a r t during. the Illness of the regular pumper a t tha t place.

James Blunt has been employed as plumber in this department.

W. E. Phillips. assistant foreman and Henry Potter made a t r ip to Aurora ground hog day on company business. This I s not to lnslnuate tha t this was the only day they could venture out.

Wm. Marrs has stopped naylng rent. having purchased a house-and a com- plete new "outfit" of furnlture. Since moving out of Chance Buckmaster's neighborhood. "Bill" has had to put the old "Durant" back into service in order. to rlde to work.

Wm. Bailey, water service foreman on the Southern dlvislon, was In the office here recently.

Henry Pot ter reports fishing in the north side pond a s belng good.

Through D. C. Canady, water servlce repalrman a t Monett. the boys here were extended a speclal Invitation to attend the open meeting and enter- tainment of Local No. 6 of the metal craf ts and ca r department employes. a t Monett recently. We had all vlanned on going, but

condltlons so arranged themselves RS t o prevent our attendance. whlch was the source of deepest regret, especlallv af ter hearlng about the b lg time thev had.

With new d e ~ a r t m e n t s belne re- ported each month. our rnakaf ine- is get t ing to be more Like a letter from the folks a t home.

Interesting famlly news and instruc- tive and constructive artlcles and edl- torials a re proving to be Interestinq readlng a s well a s valuable Informa- tlon. Let's all read ail of It each month.

rank Lamar comes forward wltli what we beIieve to be the Drize s tory of the month, to-wlt:

I t seems tha t the corn crop on Frank 's farm, close to Hartville, was not up to standard the past season. helng mostly small "nubbins", s o he just left i t in the field.

While down there last week he no- ticed the supuly In the crib running low, So In order to have up enough feed to run three or four old cows, a couple of horses, a half dozen shoats and two or three hundred old hens the balance of the week, he juat strolled down to the fleld and "shouldered" a nubbln and started bach to the barn.

I n some manner he stumped his toe and dropped the e a r of corn, breaking

Lt and to his surprise two f u l l - ~ r o w n coons ran ou t the pith of the Cob.

Now, honestly, don't you thlnk thal thls entitles Frank to full member- ship in the "Ananias" Club? Who can bra t i t?

MASTER MECHANIC'@ OFFICE KANSAS CITY, MO.

Reporter

Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Gilllam Were called to Springfield recently on the death of Mrs. Gilliam's sister-in-law. We extend sympathy to thgm in their bereavement-

L. J. ~ e i g h , assistant general fore- man ca r department. is able to be back on the lob af ter an enforced va- cation of some thlrty days' account having to undergo an operation for the removal of his a ~ n e n d i x .

Sympathy Is extefiaed to James Bruce, boilermaker foreman. in his re- cent loss of his mother a few weeks a go.

Alvln MoIine. price clerk in divialon storekeeper's office, recently e n r ~ l l e d for a course In the rate scho61. lately organized s t Kansas City by a repre- sentative from Mr. Bernthol'a Office.

We a r e watchlng with a great deal of interest the reports of progress on the constructlon of the llne to Pen- sacola, a s we a re anxious t a go see our new deep-water port.

Persistency wlns the day! At any ra te Wayne Land has qult Rghtlne: !he ext ra board and has flnally landed" a olace In the reaular ranks.

Here's hoplhg. -

We al l nearly had nervous prostra- tion whlle the contractora were re- building the smoke stack whlch had to be taken down In order to remodel the statlonary boiler plant. I t was ra ther creepy w a t c h l n ~ those men crawl around on the s tacks af ter thev reached a helght of 100 feet in the air.

The ladies' auxiliary of the Sunny- land Club sponsored a dance a t La Fiesta Hall on February 14. From all accounts they had a glorlous tlme.

A number of valentines were re- celved In the office around February 14. The receivers appreclated them but the senders forgot to dgn thelr names. We have our own oplnlon. however. F. 5. Eldred, electrician foreman. re-

ports hls car broken Into and hls over- coat, also a robe stolen.

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Burch entertained a group of Frisco young people a t thelr home a few weeks ago. A good time was r e~or t ed . Refreshments were served la te In the evenlng.

The offlce was brightened lately and fragrance permeated the a i r from roses whlch occupled a place, of honor on Dorothy Johnson's desk. 'We" cer- talnly thank "hlrn."

Catherine Welch's mother spent a week with Catherine recently.

Paullne-"Johnson, I have added up thls column of flgures 10 times."

Johnson-"That'a h e . " Pauline-"And here a re the 18 an-

swers."

CAR DEPARTMENT MONETT, MO.

.. -i). F. TOBIAS. Reporter - To you who were dlrappolnted in

not flndlng Items under thls heading In the February issue wlll advlse thal ye scrlbe was'called home account of serlous Illness of the wlfe and falled to have them written or see that some one else wrote them for me. A t thln tlme a m happy, to report that the lady Is considerably Improved and desire to thank all those in Monett and Wil- low Sprlngs who s o klndly asslsted Rnd offered such a s they were able In

orces at Amoru and Mi ~mphis Are V,

. Alesslo. clllei messenger: ~ h e s i e r ~ a ~ l e y . machlne operator; Fred lilt

-" clalm clerk; Oscar T o m e n d , general clerk; Gordon Bobensoil. cn (wearins swealer), asslatant warehouss foreman; Francls Walsh. b ersley, blll elerk; R. L. Mackey, zone audltor; John Norman,, demw h Johnson, ehlel blll clerk: Thad. P. Lockhart. accountant cler <; Dan cashler-Clerk; W. D. Wclch, warehouse foreman. Fourth row. left cashler; Wlllie A. Moore, route clerk; Fred Doblng, check clerk; B rate clerk: Hlram Robertson. check clerk: Wllllam C. Hamiltolr, bl

6 ~umphrey; mne accountant Edwin A. ~ i l l o t l , accountant clerk; L c la~m clerk: H. C;. Snyder. stntion Inspector; John A. Ladd, tmmlle

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Illan, and dlarence MaupIii, check cleik. At left rear, standiw on h and Joseph J. Spencer, balance clerk.

8--0Ulce force of R. B. Uutler, Memphls, superlntandsnl of lhe PergusOn, transit man; C. B. Callnhan, tralnmasler: 8. F. Hastings s,~perintendont; John Evans, B. & 9. clerk: F. J. Wslsb, chief 111

O'Donnell, tlmekeeper; C. H. Kllne, car dlstrlbutor; R. E. Vlel platform, wearing cap. J. 31. Vandorer, tranalt man. Second rot Mary Buhler, stenographer : Bertha Harrls. general clerk ; C. M

~d C. 1. Andereck, clerk in the rnlnmnstt ~zclte Parker, 681 clerk; h'nthe~ nc Surle: e clerk. 1 on accountant's force, ,Hemphis. Back row 1, general clerk; 0. E. Reed, asrktant bill c ; Elon Taylor, completion repjrt clerk; ey, travellng acmurrtant, and >I, 2. Colemf : W. J. Reller, constructlon accounlnnt r ; B. C. Hughett, dlrlslon accountant, ant nptometer operator was not present. e a1 Memphls. Left to rlght: C. T. Moon

I. J. Lewis, location clerk; R. E. Johnd clerk: W. 0. Whlte, pllot; H. B. Nlcho

nernl yardmaster; \V. .I. Ylchel, rsslstant J; !Ine cab window Is 0. W. Vauch. enclneer. &plo.vea a t the divlalon omie a t - ~ m o r y Bradway, general yardmaster; John Rums1

rlghl: John lienmmer, seroad trlck ope hfef caller. Second row, left to rlght: J a d and sldewrlk, left to rlght : R. E. Camp. !den t ; Vlolet GoldsmlLh, ateno-clerk: C:: c. and C. C. Lowery, bridge Inspector. rtmenl emplo~es, Amory. Back row, left C. Allen, clerk. Front row, left to r b h l :

mont employes, Amory. Smndlng, left to Low, car carpenter; Wllliam D. Tlbbett~

shall I. Malone. laborer: Kelly Powell. cn A:l:son,

4- der. W.

. . car carpenter.

.T;trd lorce, Amorj. S t r d l n g In englne gangway: F. Davls. swltchman: standlnn on ~ l lo t . left to rlaht.

and Claud &orton, yard clerk slltlng ~ n * ~ l l o t : E. 8. ~ l l m Davis. day eneine foreman : \Vlli Carter. snltehman; Cerl Eu hill. flreman: H . F. ~ol l ler ; yard clerk;.^. 0. Bmdway. gene1 man; R. V. Cobb, englne foreman: C. L Eddlnm, englne forem man: H. G. Dollahlte. d a caller: D. 8. Patrick. swlteh e n d

old son (

... . - . T G. ~eckham; ~ r & n n : d. B.. Jaekson, id ler ; ~ o m - IP A. C . Dollahlte. SDnyl lght roundhouse force nl