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a, Oklahoma James B. Manning has returned from California and expects to return to the west next year. Dan McC6ol and Pike Haile enjoyed two wcrld series games in &. Louls. A. L West, night agent, is strong for the old home town team-the St. Lo?l~snCEd2?!s.A-a ..., r, , . I . ^ -.-a The ahowe picture ~ i v e s some idea of the enormity of the floods in Kansas and Okkahoma during September. The picture is of the Arkansas River Bridge at Tulsa, Oklahoma, and was taken b Geo A. Gladson, passenger inspector at Tulsa. The water was fourteen feet and #our inches above the low wafer mark when this pictwe .was takert. inp; their vacation in Pittsburg Pa. A. Gutierrez is relieving M. h. Mat- lock. foreman at West Tulsa. S. A. colembn, foreman, on the west section at Pierce City, is relievln~ the foreman on the east section, while the work of installing No. 16 cross overs to take the place of the present No. 10's is under way. Mr. CoIeman Is be- ing relieved on the west sectlon by G. K. Hawley. A. C. Jones is In charge of extra gang NO. 21 Uurlng the absence of Noble Overby. They are now engaged in general track work near Foyil and wlll soon move to Catoosa. Mrs. G. K. Hawley of Pierce City is spend in^ a few days in Philllpsburg. Missouri. Received a wire from 0. F. Peteet, fence gang foreman a few days ago reading as follows: "Will be off duty account gettlng married." Best of luck to you, Frank. Robt. MackIn of Catale 1s tisltlnb relatives in Brlatow. On October 10, W. T. Trisler, road- master on the 43rd track dlvislon held a foremen's meeting at Tulsa. The meeting was one of the most success- ful ever held on the 43rd territory. Mr. Trisler gave a very good talk and instruction on varlous new standards put in eKect recently, and rt general discusslon took place by all present ax to the method of apply in^ same. Talks were made by B. A. Hamilton, claim agent and M. C. Brown, motor car maintainer. At the conclusion of the meeting Mr. Trlsler thanked each and every one for their hearty co-operation and Introduced F. B. Shedd who has been appointed to succeed Mr. Trisler in the terminals. Mr. Trisler has been transferred to the 40th track dlvlslon as roadmaster. effective October 12. Jake Night 1s going to spend a few days in the old home town. Tallhlna. WENI ~ONV WORRY ABOUT BUTTONS PILCHER'S B A C H E L 0 R BUTTONS snap on. No sewlng necessary. Quickly detachable, too. Use them over and over again. If dealer can't supply. send his name nnd 25 cents lor lull assortment 01 3 colors. 3 slzes. -. PILCHER MFB. GO.. Ine. Deut. 402 Louisville. Kentucky Jake ust has to see the boys once in a whije Mrs. ~ m . Jones of Tulsa Is visiting In Oklahoma City. Received a Very Interesting letter from Otis Ward, our foreman, at White Oak reading as follows: "Everything good Is happening here. A ten-pound blue-eyed, brown haired girl is here came September 19. She is listenink to bridge fore- man S. H. Dean remodel my motor car, and he is doing a good job, as he likes to be around the gi~ls. Mother and daughter doing flne. The fence gang has moved from Neosho to Catoosa. They will soon start on fencing the right-of-way from Claremore to Foyil. The Mid-Continent Petroleum Car- Doration at West Tulsa is construct- ing a 930-foot spur to serve their agi- tators. CITY TICKET OFFICE TULSA, OKLA. D. &I. HICKOX, Reporter P. E. Buesse. C. P. & T. A. is wln- nlng hls laurels on the local olf courses of Tulsa. Paul, as he Is fet- ter known, holds course record at KennedY'~. Par for this raurse is 7%. Paul cit it four. strokes for a 68. At McFarland'S par is 71. Buesse shot an easy 68, entitling him lo one course record and an amateur course record at McFurland'a, the record being R 64 made by the prolesslonal of that club. Buesse has ellrninated three contend- ers in match play for club champlon- ship at Kennedy's and has to put two more out of the way to win. Good luck to vou Paul in your try for the coveted CUP. Roy Dawson our new tlcket seller, from 0klahorn; City, Is all smiles to- day as his wife and two children came over from Oklahoma City to see that Roy gets to work on time and, of course, home on tlme. DEPOT TICKET OFFICE TULSA, OKLA. E. W. SHa4NNAHAN, Reporter W. P. Xont and wife have returned home after rlslting Pittsburg and Jop- lin. Mo. LA. o. nsrrrcy acre wrrr arrrvc; o~oxcru on a trip to the west and also ex- Dect to vlsit acr~ssthe river at El Paso Texas. E. 'w. Shannahan is planning to take trlp to Memphis to vfsit his brother. D. L. King and wife have returned from Kansas City, Mo. Tulsa County Fair wlll be attended by all the boys in the office, because it Is free. TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT SAPU LPA, OKLA. G. SANDERSON. Reporter . . Mrs. W. B. Holland, wife of our much-llked wlre chief, and children, are enjoying farm life in Idaho. There fs an unusual smlle on Mr. Holland's face--when the postman comes. Won- der why Httlc Billie does not write us all a letter. Mrs. Clarence Dunbar, wife of our second trick wire chief, returned from Toronto, Canada, where she spent her vacation. Mrs. Mary E. Laxton, who has been visiting her gon, A. E. Laxton. Hneman. has returned t@ her home In Washing- ton. Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Laxton accompanied her home. Onerator Garrett from Holdenvllle. bid?;-Sipulpa relay office, and is step- ping rlght along with his work. Minor Boydston, who has been dolng . extra work at the yard offlce. 1s back on his old job In the telegraph depart- ment. Miss Florence Lacher, who has spent the past thirty days In California, has returned. Mrs. Rue MIIIer, wlfe of operator Miller, has Keen visitlng her mother in Enid. Glen Martln, operator In relay of- flce we understand has taken unto hinbelf a wife. ~e'have been unable to obtaln any further information. however we all wish them happiness, and we hope we will soon have the pleasure of meeting Mrs. Martin. Chief llneman W. B. Parrott has had to postpone his vacation, because of So many rlvers overflowing. Too much work for hlm to get away. TOO bad, Polly! Better Walt for summer when there Is no rain. OFFICE SUPERINTENDENT SAPULPA, OKLA. JENNIE F. AITCHISON, Reporter - Fred Morgan, chief timekeeper, spent his vacation on a two weekr' nshlng trig. Fred suhstantlated hls flsh ntorles by dlfitributlnn some of hls patch. Lols Flanigitn. formerly of the agent's office at Vlnlta, i3 working as steno-typist In the mperintendent's office. Nancv Kenple, who previously held this position, ha8 been assigned to the agent's olP1ce in Oklahoma Clty. Mlss Adarns is ~ l a o working at Obla- homa City, having relieved Jack Davis. roadmaster's clerk. who is still ill in the St. Louls hospital. Feirba Jean Justlce s cnt a very pleasant week end in ~prrngfield, ulslt- ina Mrs. Wm. Grey, who wlll be re- BOYS AND GIRLS Earn Xmas Mom Write lor 50 sets $t. Nl#~olsa Chrlstmaa Sd Sell lor IOc a set. When sold send us $ arrd keep $2.00. No work--Jt fun. ST. NICHOLAS SEAL CO. Dept 557-1 Brooklyn. N. ..

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Page 1: The Frisco Employes' Magazine, November 1926 · der why Httlc Billie does not write us all a letter. Mrs. Clarence Dunbar, wife of our second trick wire chief, returned from Toronto,

a, Oklahoma James B. Manning has returned from California and expects to re turn to the west next year.

Dan McC6ol and Pike Haile enjoyed two wcrld series games in &. Louls.

A. L West, night agent, is s t rong for the old home town team-the St. Lo?l~snCEd2?!s.A-a ..., r , ,.I..̂ -......-a

The ahowe picture ~ i v e s some idea of the enormity of the floods in Kansas and Okkahoma during September. The picture is of the Arkansas River Bridge at Tulsa, Oklahoma, and was taken b Geo A . Gladson, passenger inspector at Tulsa. The water was fourteen feet and #our inches above the low wafer mark when this pictwe .was takert.

inp; their vacation in Pi t t sburg Pa. A. Gutierrez is relieving M. h. Mat-

lock. foreman a t West Tulsa. S. A. colembn, foreman, on the west

section a t Pierce City, is r e l i e v l n ~ the foreman on the east section, while the work of installing No. 16 cross overs to take the place of the present No. 10's is under way. Mr. CoIeman Is be- ing relieved on the west sectlon by G. K. Hawley.

A. C. Jones i s In charge of ex t r a g a n g NO. 2 1 Uurlng the absence of Noble Overby. They a re now engaged in general track work near Foyil and wlll soon move to Catoosa.

Mrs. G. K. Hawley of Pierce City is spend in^ a few days in Philllpsburg. Missouri.

Received a wire f rom 0. F. Peteet, fence g a n g foreman a few days ago reading a s follows:

"Will be off duty account get t lng married." Best of luck to you, Frank. Robt. MackIn of Catale 1s t i s l t l nb

relatives in Brlatow. On October 10, W. T. Trisler, road-

master on the 43rd track dlvislon held a foremen's meeting a t Tulsa. The meeting was one of the most success- ful ever held on the 43rd territory. Mr. Trisler gave a very good talk and instruction on varlous new standards put in eKect recently, and rt general discusslon took place by a l l present a x to the method of apply in^ same. Talks were made by B. A. Hamilton, claim agen t and M. C. Brown, motor ca r maintainer. At the conclusion of the meeting Mr. Trlsler thanked each and every one for their hearty co-operation and Introduced F. B. Shedd who has been appointed to succeed Mr. Trisler in the terminals. Mr. Trisler has been transferred to the 40th track dlvlslon a s roadmaster. effective October 12.

Jake Night 1s going to spend a f ew days in the old home town. Tallhlna.

WENI ~ O N V WORRY ABOUT BUTTONS PILCHER'S B A C H E L 0 R BUTTONS snap on. No sewlng necessary. Quickly detachable, too. Use them over and over again. If dealer can't supply. send his name nnd 25 cents lor lull assortment 01 3 colors. 3 slzes. ~ -.

PILCHER MFB. GO.. Ine. Deut. 402 Louisville. Kentucky

J a k e ust has to see the boys once in a whije

Mrs. ~ m . Jones of Tulsa Is visit ing In Oklahoma City.

Received a Very Interesting letter from Otis Ward, our foreman, at White Oak reading a s follows:

"Everything good I s happening here. A ten-pound blue-eyed, brown haired girl is here came September 19. She is listenink to bridge fore- man S. H. Dean remodel my motor car, and he is doing a good job, a s he l ikes to be around the g i ~ l s . Mother and daughter doing flne. The fence gang has moved from

Neosho to Catoosa. They will soon s t a r t on fencing the right-of-way from Claremore to Foyil.

The Mid-Continent Petroleum Car- Doration a t West Tulsa is construct- ing a 930-foot spur to serve their agi- tators.

C I T Y T I C K E T OFFICE TULSA, OKLA.

D. &I. HICKOX, Reporter

P. E. Buesse. C. P. & T. A. i s wln- nlng hls laurels on the local olf courses of Tulsa. Paul, as he Is f e t - ter known, holds course record a t KennedY'~. Par for this raurse i s 7%. Paul c i t it four . s t rokes fo r a 68. At McFarland'S par is 71. Buesse shot an easy 68, entit l ing him lo one course record and a n amateur course record a t McFurland'a, the record being R 6 4 made by the prolesslonal of that club.

Buesse has ellrninated three contend- ers in match play for club champlon- ship a t Kennedy's and has to put two more out of the way to win. Good luck to vou Paul in your t ry for the coveted CUP.

Roy Dawson our new tlcket seller, from 0klahorn; City, Is all smiles to- day a s his wife and two children came over from Oklahoma City to see tha t Roy gets to work on time and, of course, home on tlme.

DEPOT T I C K E T OFFICE TULSA, OKLA.

E. W. SHa4NNAHAN, Reporter

W. P. Xont and wife have returned home a f t e r r l s l t ing Pi t t sburg and Jop- lin. Mo.

LA. o. n s r r r c y acre w r r r a r r r v c ; o ~ o x c r u on a tr ip to the west and also ex- Dect t o vlsit a c r ~ s s the river a t E l Paso Texas.

E. 'w. Shannahan is planning to take t r lp to Memphis to vfsit his brother.

D. L. King and wife have returned from Kansas City, Mo.

Tulsa County Fa i r wlll be attended by all the boys in the office, because i t Is free.

TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT SAPU LPA, OKLA.

G. SANDERSON. Reporter . .

Mrs. W. B. Holland, wife of our much-llked wlre chief, and children, a re enjoying farm life in Idaho. There f s a n unusual smlle on Mr. Holland's face--when the postman comes. Won- der why Httlc Billie does not write us a l l a letter.

Mrs. Clarence Dunbar, wife of our second trick wire chief, returned f rom Toronto, Canada, where she spent her vacation.

Mrs. Mary E. Laxton, who has been visiting her gon, A. E. Laxton. Hneman. has returned t@ he r home In Washing- ton. Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Laxton accompanied her home.

Onerator Garrett from Holdenvllle. bid?;-Sipulpa relay office, and is step- ping r lght along with his work.

Minor Boydston, who has been dolng .

extra work a t the yard offlce. 1s back on his old job In the telegraph depart- ment.

Miss Florence Lacher, who has spent the past thirty days In California, has returned.

Mrs. Rue MIIIer, wlfe of operator Miller, has Keen visit lng her mother in Enid.

Glen Martln, operator In relay of- flce we understand has taken unto hinbelf a wife. ~ e ' h a v e been unable to obtaln any fur ther information. however we all wish them happiness, and we hope we will soon have the pleasure of meeting Mrs. Martin.

Chief llneman W. B. Parrot t has had to postpone his vacation, because of So many rlvers overflowing. Too much work for hlm to ge t away. TOO bad, Polly! Better Walt for summer when there Is no rain.

OFFICE SUPERINTENDENT SAPULPA, OKLA.

JENNIE F. AITCHISON, Reporter - Fred Morgan, chief timekeeper, spent

his vacation on a two weekr' nshlng trig. Fred suhstantlated hls flsh ntorles by dlfitributlnn some of hls patch.

Lols Flanigitn. formerly of the agent's office a t Vlnlta, i3 working a s steno-typist In the mperintendent's office. Nancv Kenple, who previously held this position, ha8 been assigned to the agent's olP1ce in Oklahoma Clty. Mlss Adarns is ~ l a o working a t Obla- homa City, having relieved Jack Davis. roadmaster's clerk. who is still ill in the St. Louls hospital.

Feirba Jean Justlce s cnt a very pleasant week end in ~prrngf ie ld , ulslt- ina Mrs. Wm. Grey, who wlll be re-

BOYS AND GIRLS

Earn Xmas Mom Write lor 50 sets $t. Nl#~olsa Chrlstmaa Sd Sell lor IOc a set. When sold send us $ arrd keep $2.00. No work--Jt fun.

ST. NICHOLAS SEAL CO. Dept 557-1 Brooklyn. N. ..

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Company. H e was succeeded -by Jule Tate. Cllfford Bassett , who jolna the engineers each summer vacation has returned to Oklahoma U where be i s studying medicine.

Glad to report conductor Fred Calnp- bell is out and back to work.

Mr. and Mrs. J. Armburst have re- turned from a trip to Cleveland snd Columbus.

SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION MECHANICAL DEPT. NEWS

HAZEL M O R N R D and L. 4. MACK. Reporters

The duck season is now open and there Is much ta lk of hunting. Engi- neer Dick Is olllng his shot gun up. a s he has only been able so f a r to clalm second piace in th is sport, engl- neer Jasper Cheek, holding first.

F i reman C. J. Dunham, also flreman J. F. Jones, a r e proud fathers. W e hesltate to s ay which boy is the best, though Mr. Jones' son must be a n ex- ceptionally good one from the number of c lgars he passed to t he boys.

W. R. Stanslll, englneer, Z. Blggs, and Wm. Seylor, flremen, a r e Off Jus t now account Illness.

Several of our shopmen a t Sapulpa were injured dur ing the month of Sep- tember. This Is a report t h a t we dis- like to make nevertheless Joseph 0. Liah t s ~ r a i n e d his ankles and tha t did no? apsear to be enough of t he same kind of Injuries so L. F. Frear , elec- triclan also managed to sprain a n ankle.

Thord D. Salsman, coach cleaner at Sapulpa, who has been away for some tlme account Illness, has now resumed work.

Engineer P. Geraehty and fireman P. W. Lee a r e both t ak ing thlrty-day Va- cations and a number of our employes a r e oE account Illness. Those included in this l ist a re : John Stroud, engineer, 9. J. Gibson. Roy B o ~ a r d , thlrd class machinists. D. B. Farrls . box packer a t Sapulpa, F rank Lewis colored la- borer West Tulsa S. L. Arnold and Harvey Yost, coach cleaners a t Okla-

C 1. i e ling I r r e r n n n , mr. M I I K I ~ , 1s ar nt working on the Pensacola

t to prove tha t we had a good flre 3e a t Sapulpa, they responded t o

to extlnguish flre in the ca r de- lent dope house, a t 1:15 p. m. one a s t week, and succeeded in ex- lshlng it wlthin ten mlnutes. The bras result of spontaneous com- )n. connection wi th the Are brigade helr regular practice o r Are drillis, n members a r e assigned to the >f learning how t o administer a r - 1 respiration in case of need. work is follAwed up and is in- 1 in the flre drills regularly.

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--- I AMELIA GARRETT, Reporter

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klns of Springfield. ' J. S. Jowers, dl- vision chairman of Sapulpa, was also present. About thirty cakes, fifteen gallons of Ice cream and several cases of soda pop were served. The program was splendid.

The audressaw and music were en- Joyed and the ofllcials of the associa- tion wishes to t ake thls means in ex- pressing chew appreciation to all who hslped to make this social event sucn a decided succeas.

The "Friscoettes" were considered the hit of the evening. Each l i t t le g i r l represented a le t te r Ln the word "Frlsco" and recited a verse which harmonlzed with the le t te r which she was holdlng. Much credit for the suc-

c h ~ e f claim clerk spent Sunday Oc- tober 18, vlultlng 'nt Claude's ho&e a t l-iaskell. Uklahornu. P a t IS s t i l l talk-

The rlew auto dock, which was re- cently completed a t Tulsa, a t a cost of several thousand dollars, Is found to be inadeauate to handle the bus~ness, and a n addition Is now belnp made to it. There were one hundred and fourteen cars of autos received over the Frisco during the month of Sep- tember.

Several from Tulsa attended t h e world series baseball games a t St. Louis. Many more wanted t o go bu t were unable to do so.

The sviri t of Tulsa was a t i t s

ing about all Lhe good "eats" they had. A dance for the benefit of the Tulsn

Frisco Baseball Club was s lven Octo- ber 2. To "Kid" Warren ~ e l o n ~ s tile crcdit for the financial success xf the dance. H e can't be beat when i t comes to selllng tickets.

Miss Vannie Turfcu. who has been working temporarily- 'at \.Vest Tulsa due to the absence of Miss Vanderford is now working on position of expense clerk, this office. Miss Turley has been assigned to this positlon permanently.

Ray Weatherford is working temp- orari ly a s bill clerk, this offlce.

George E. Jones, switcning clerk. this office, made a business t r ip to Hannlbal, Missouri, to assist in se t t l ing the es ta te of his father.

height when Miss America returned t o her home in Tulsa vla the Frisco Lines. I t was necessary fo r the yardmaster to ~ i l o t traln t h rou rh crowd In order cess of this fea ture can be given to

Mrs. Jess Moore, who originated th is l i t t le play.

We a re a l l hoping to have many more events of this kind in the fu- ture, a s i t brings about a better sp i r l t between the employev and the ~ b ~ c i a l s .

Paul Cummlngs, machinist .was called to Altus Oklahoma, account death of hie sintetr.

to -get to the statiotl. We wcre, in- deed, glad to welcome Miss America back to the 011 capital of the world.

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OFFICE SUPT. TERMINALS WEST TULSA. OKLA.

MECHANICAL DEPT. NEWS WEST TULSA, OKLA.

G. H. STORY, Reporter EDNA A. WOOD%, Reporter

-~ Harvey Yost, coach cleaner, Is in the

St. Anthony h o s ~ i t a l a t Oklahoma Citv. H a r r y Harrison, safety supervisor,

conducted accldent prevention meeting and demonstration of Prone Pressure Method uf HesusclIatlon to the shop and ca r men during uoon hour, Tulsa. Monday, October 11. Mr. H a r r ~ s o n was introduced bv R. L. Beckwith. fore-

The following is a cllpping from the sport edition uf the Tulsa World on September 25. 1926. This appears to be irrefutable evldence of the g rea t lengths to whlch our local sportsman will go to substantiate. thelr respec- tive opinions. X pictum which was taken a t time the bet8 were paid OR is to be found in this magazine.

Jack Drake, machinist, a t the Frfsco roundhouse for three years, was so positive t ha t Jack Dempsey would whip Gene Tunney tha t hc was willing to bet hls last nickel on the champion,

recuperating frbm a recent appcndi: cl t ls operatton.

Geo. Jones, coach foreman, and fam- ily a r e suendlng their vacation a t Omaha. Nib. -

Samuel L. Arnold, coach cleaner, submitted to a serious operation a t St. Anthony hospital recently, but is dolng nicely a t this tlme.

Gary A. Walker, engineer, l a boast- ing of the ar r iva l Of tt new baby gi r l a t hls home.

Roy Bogard, macfilnlat has returned from St. Louis hospltal 'where he has been for treatment. Mr. Bopard Is atilI unable to re turn to work.

C. A. Hardin and wife of Lawton, were in Oklahoma Clty, October 6, a t - tending the meeting or the employes.

Francls N. Jones was called t o Ga- lena, Kansas, a c c o h t of the death of his father.

Ear l Vice. Areman, announces a n ad - dition to his family of a new baby girl.

man Wr depi r tment . After g k i n g a shor t talk Mr. Harrlaon then intro- duced Mr. Kenneay. who has recently been appointed superintendent termi- nals Tulsa. There was a good attend- ance of men, who were all very mucjt interested in the proceedings and a r e look in^ forward to another such

now fallen. Robert WarAeld roundhouse clerk.

WRS willing to s ta<e his al l on Tunney, the new champion.

Thev fell to talk in money t e rms

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meetink. S. R. KenneOy has moved hls f sm-

11s here from Cam Glrardeau. and is now commenclne- to feel t ha t he in which soon grew ou t o r proportton to

the sine of their individual pocket- books so Drake finally proposed tha t the i6ser push the winner across the Arkansas River Brldge in a wheel- barrow. Warfield readily agreed.

-4fter work, Friday, 30 employes Of the roundhouse and office$ met a t the West Tulsa end of the bridge t o Wlt-

thoroughly a t h'me In Tulsa. W. T. Trlsler, roadmaster, has been

transferred to the Cherokee Sub. We a r e .s_orry to have Mr. Trisler leave us. and the best wishes of every employe in Tulsa terminal goes with hfim to hfs new terri tory, hfr. Trisler will be suc- ceeded bv F. B. Shedd. whom we a re TULSA FREIGHT OFFICE

TULSA, OKLA.

MII\'SlE J. KRUSE, Reporter

glad to ivelcome to ~ u i s a . The B. R. C. gave a dance October

2, a t Beno Hall, and every one who attended spent a very pleasant even- ing. The main event of the even in^ was the Charleston dance given by A. Cordell, switchman, who stood s ix feet six inches. and Dewev Allen, clerk, who

ness t he carrylng out of t h e contract. They fe l t reasonably sure t ha t Drake would be present. He was. Also a wheelbarrow. Foreman 0. H. Pa rke r had previously informed WarAeld tha t roundhouse contracts were binding, so he placed himself in t he wheelbarrow and the s t a r t was made from the eas t slde of the brldge. SIX automoblles and 30 witnesses on foot trailed along

Olfn B. Sparks, assistant platform foreman, accompanled by his wife and son Olln B.. Jr.. sDent two weeks' va- stood five feet two -inches,. a fair re-

semblance of Mutt and Seff. The or- chestra was Pine and the ffoor in good condition. All the latest oieces was

catlon vtsl i ing .reiatives la Arkansa*. Ford Hufford, cash book wrlter, Jus t

returned from two weekh' vacation w e n t In Missouri. Arkansas and Kan-.

behind. Ten minute l later. Drake, oufflns and

played an6 some of old time dances were given. Warren, yardmaster and his son F. W. Warren.

nnrsnlrinr. denoslted Warfikld a t the Bas. Mr. F o r s made the tr ip overland and reports a very enjoyable t r ip even though he encountered some ra ther r o u r h roads and had a Duncture o r

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other end *- the -bridge. somebody plnned a sign on Drake's back, read- Ina: "Jack DemDsev dld this for J ack switchman, a r e right there when I t

comes to square dances. Everyone de- parted with the hope tha t they would have the privilege Of spending an - other such qvenlng soon.

Ihake." Drake weathered the taunts two.

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of the crowd good naturedly. John Sortore, bolt room man, who

has been absent since Ju ly 17. account Claude Davls. check and dellvery

clerk, accompanled by John B. Patton, sickness is now back o n - t h e . ob and agnarently enjoying the best o? health.

Miss Mayme H o ~ h n , chlef P. B. X operator of the Tulsa termlnals h a s just returned from a week's vislt spent In St. Louls with relatives. Miss Hoehn attended the world serles games while there and clalms she lost heavily. She

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did not s ay wha t she lost, s o - g u e s s It must have been sleep.

I EASTERN DIVISION I

G. C. VERMILLION, Reporter

FIRST NATIONAL BANK 4% and Safety Fi r s t Trick d ispatcher mi1, spent a

C H A F P E E . MO. Member Federal Rwenr System ten-day vacation. visltfng several northern states. H e s ta tes h e had a wonderful trlp.

The American National Bank Okmulgee, Oklahoma

Page 4: The Frisco Employes' Magazine, November 1926 · der why Httlc Billie does not write us all a letter. Mrs. Clarence Dunbar, wife of our second trick wire chief, returned from Toronto,
Page 5: The Frisco Employes' Magazine, November 1926 · der why Httlc Billie does not write us all a letter. Mrs. Clarence Dunbar, wife of our second trick wire chief, returned from Toronto,

Page 58 November, 1926 . Operator A. Trotter. thlrd trick,

Sleeper, spent several days In Coney- vllle, Kansas, visi t ing his brothers. H i s f a the r accompanied hlm.

Understand Operator Pat. Paulsell of St. John has bought a flne jersey cow. One thing su re P a t won't have to drink his coffee without a n y cream now.

Helen LaTourette, formerly charge S Nine 12-5. Aug. 22-Russell A. C., clerk a t this station. 18-9; Lug. $9-~arondelet Motor Ca r

W e have on our platform a group of Co., game called account raln one and ardent Cardinal boosters who even be- one-half Innings 8-0; Sept. 5-open fore the Red Birds won the t i t le o r date; Sept. 6-open date ' Sept. 12- "world's champions" s ang pralses of Chas. Held Floral Co., f l h t game. 7-2, "Rog" and his pennant chasers, much second game, 14-5- Sept. 19-Lone S ta r

to CIIII.-....-..- the dissa~;fa~ti~_~fi,th",",~ro~,":S_ E:,t:r 2% c!~oA{-~~~ I o ~ , t ~ , 3 e , p ~ + 2f5 L".'"-5.-. ' X C LI .. l r r C . . . b 1 1 5 1 u "=,,- tember 24, the following resolotlons were adopted:

V I I U O . - L I L Y * .V.U. UV., - v - . , VI.. " - Lone Star Motor Car Co., 5-1; Oct. 10 -Lone Star Motor Car Co., 9-6.

boaid, w a s t h e oldesi bldder on third trick telegrapher Franks. Mo.. and was assigned to same.

Chlef Lit t le has returned I rom his Chas. Jacobi-the beverage judge of

Shrewsbury wlll furnish the entlre Cardinal team with a l l refreshments.

Heinle Mott-Poultry k lng of Ar- senal Street will furnish the team with

WEST SHOPS-FAMILY NEWS vacation and repor te a wondefiul tlme. W e a r e glad to see ou r chief back

NAYDEAN G. BLAKELY, Reporter Rgain. Operator E. Trotter. Is worklng thlrd

tr ick a t Crocker for a f ew days. We a r e g lad to report t ha t Shelby

Schrof is back wlth us agaln. H e was loaned to the River Divislon for a

springers. Roy Mayfleld-Fisherman deluxe wlll

furnish the entire team wlth a l l neces- Lloyd Lamb, chief clerk, has enjoyed

a ra ther unusual Vacation this. year. We would recommend, however,. t h e order of events be reversed if simllar circumstances occur agaln. Lloyd went to Stockton. where he a t e frled chick-

s a r v bass and c r a o ~ i e . T'he commlttee appointed were lo

oenallee wha t a r e c o m m o n t ~ termed couple of months. Shelby s ta tes he liked the River Divlsion Ane.

Operator Kermit Leek. of Lebanon. "crepe hangers" o r In plain words "knockers" who were Very active In Wishing all the bad luck agalns t ou r Cardinal baseball team. who have for

en, together wlth o ther delicious coun- t ry edibles and galned eight pounds, or less. He then went to Joplin where he received Scottish Rlte de- grees and lost al l he had gained. Ed- ward Burch and James Osborn a lso received Scottish R i t e degrees a t Sop- lin week of October 11. Joe Paisley has returned to work

ar ter a long Illness. We hope he s t ays th ls tlme.

P. 0. Wood, speclal apprentice, went to Lafayette, Indlana, t o a t tend the home coming t a m e a t Purdue "U".

Youth, romance, two o'clock In t he morning! Victor W. Fowler was mar- rled a t 2 D. rn. a t Ozark recently. VLc-

is the proud fa ther of a son. W e a r e glad to hear of Conductor

Heath's promotlon. Everyone knows wha t a real Frlsco booster Mr. Heath

the flrst t lme in history caused the pennant of the Natlonal League to float over the City of St. Louis.

Below 1s a schedule of gamea played by Seventh Street baseball team dur- ing the season of 1926. Lost 4 games

Is. Chlef LSttle has added another op-

era tor to h ls Ilst Mr. Wllson who hails from the CI& of ~ p r l n g f l h d .

FUEL DEPARTMENT-ST. LOUthl oit of 23.

April 18-West Florissant A. C., 1-0; April 25-Carondelet Motor Ca r Co. 36-4; May %-Peters Shoe Co., 54-8; May 8-Open date; May 16-4arondele t Motor Car Co. 11-10; May 23-open; da te ; May 30-kt. Rose, 11-4: June 6- St. Rose, 19-10; June 13-Del-A-hlacks, 14-5; J u n e 20-open date; June 27- Terminal R. R. Assn. {game called); Ju ly 4-Chaminade College, 1-15. lost; Ju ly 6-West Florissant A. C., 2-8, lost; Ju ly 11-Stewart A. C., 2 -4 , los t ; Ju ly 18-ooen date: J u l r 25-Xarondelet

LOU18E S. GIBSON. Revorter .- . - On September 20, there w a s a meet-

i ng of the supervisors oC fuel econ- omy. the fuel Inspectors, general fuel tor Is a boilermaker apprentice..

Birl Beard has been granted a leave of absence account of ill health and 1s goinx to Colorado. W e extend ou r svmDathv and hone for a n earlv re-

supervisor and general fuel inspector in the fuel agent's office. Each super- visor prepared a paper on the speclal fea tures pertalnlng to Cue1 economy on their respective dlvislons. These pap- "-9 a r e published from time to tlme

the special space provided for the ?I department's a r t k l e s ln this mas=-

cove'ry. - Mr. and Mrs. Joe Paisley a r e t h e

happy parents of a flne baby glrl. named Ann Rlta. The Paisleys have

~ u s i n k s s en's ASS<., 12-7: Aug. 1- Stewart A. C.. 16-2: Aug. 8-4arondele t Motor Car Co.. 10-5; Aug. 15-Trlple our congratulations. .ne, and a re very instructive to gll

ployes Interested in the economlcal 4 of inel . Contractors Who Are at Work on Frisco's $250,000

Depot at Springfield khe- <nnte-nse excitement over the rld's serles h a s occupied the a t ten-

tlon of the employes of the fuel de- ar tment to such a n extent tha t we

Ravo devoted l l t t le tlme to o ther pleas- ures. F l rs t t he breathless waltlng to see whether o r not t ickets would be available, and then the t h r l l l h g games and the descriptions by those who were for tunate enough to attend, afforded entertainment sufflclent for o u r needs.

C. E. Bissel5, fuel Ins eetor In t he Kansas fleld, was very LIP for a couple of weeks, but la tes t reports a r e tha t he Is improving nlcelv. Mr. BIssell was relleved by F. X. Nachtmann rnlnlng englneer from th l r odlce and P. V. ~ammers l ; , fuel Inspector in Ar- kansas.

F. X. Nachtmann and wlfe attended the annual "home comlng" of t he Rolla School of Mlnes. Rolla Mo. of which Mr. Nachtmann is an 'alumhus. Nat- urally Mr. Nachtmann return?, from these :!sits full of his old college pranks.

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ASBESTOLITH New Mae0 Pnssenger Statlon. Svrlndc

MlsaourI. ta have ASBEBTOLITH Floors. Base and Walnseot

Standard Composltloa Floor8 for Man than Twenly-dve Yearn

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-- AGNES M. LARKIN, Reporter

On October 20, MISS Martha Plots, of t he caahler's office, became the wlfe of 30s. Beidel of the frelght traflic de- partment. Seventh Street's good wishes were expressed to the young couple in the gift of cr Boor lam

Charles Shoemaker. o f ' t h e clalm de- partment, is on a leave of absence ac- count of a nervous breakdown. W e hope Charley has a speedy recovery.

George Snyder, fa ther of general agent H. G. Snyder, pald us a vlsi t recently. Mr. Snyder resldes In Enid,

W. H. SHARP Contractor

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Okla. Our sympathy is extended Lo H. M.

Dowllng, c a r sewfce clerk, In the loss of hls mother.

The Misses Anna Ondr and Catherlne Ba r re t t spent the week end In Kansas City vlsl t lng Mr. and Mrs. Roy Mack. Mrs. Mack will be remembered a s Mlss

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