IN MEMORY OF WILL ROGERS

B y M. C. M. It seems t o me that It Is only

f i t t ing that we of the Frlsco should pause for a moment, i n memory of W i l l Rogers. The Frisco has a r ight t o claim h l m as a citizen of an Oklahoma town on I t s r igh t of way and there i n Chelsea, Okla., h is body w i l l rest i n the quiet l l t t l e town

,F which he real ly clalmed as home. I th lnk o f a l l the stories I

have secured fo r the Frisco Magazine, I enjoyed most the Interview w l t h Wi l l Rogers. I to ld h i m I heard h e had for- saken tralns fo r alrplanes. and he promptly denled the state- .ent...say.nghe ro* t rains often , . . he spoke affectionate- l y o f the good o ld Frisco and to ld m e Row very often he had used it. . . . Folks .lamore. around h l m . ~ r a n a u t o g r a g h . . . h e

-Boded fo r hls picture beside the steps of a Pullman, and then it was my privilege to show h i m the new lounge car on No. 9, much t o his interest and appre- clatlon.

He seemed t o be shy, yet that humor and quick wit, which was always a t his command, made h l m overcome that shy- ness.

No one person ever belonged ..... r o m u c h t o t h e people one person over gave so many people happiness. Among kings o r common folks, he was just, W i l l Rogers. W i t h his hat shoved t o an angle, his blue serge "dress up', sult and his soft ml lar , he wandered over ............. c o ~ n t r y and laughing, Joking, but under- neath it all. there was a phllosophy of Hfe whlch w e a l l longed t o have. I rode w i t h h i m to Tower

Grove statlon and there I shook his hand and to ld h im I hoped his Journey would be pleasant. As ! watched No, 9 pul l out of Tower Grove stat lon 1 fel t that greatness Is no t confined to fine ........................... piness comes f rom making ............... other forks sometimes w e take ourselves too seriously. He sincerely loved fo lks and making laughter and good w i l l was his stock i n trade. -

He took one of m y cards and wrote: "This i s certainly a real train."

W i l l Rogers once sald: "Can you Imagine when I die and St. Peter ask8 me what I d l d on ear th t o qualify fo r heaven and 1 answer, 'I spun a rope and ktdded myre l f so's other people wouldn't k i d me first'." But

Below is a list of important conventions which will bs held during 1935 nnd 1936.

The trafic deportment wifl ~ t l e o m t any information thaf might be of as- sistance in securing travel to these ~ e e t i n g s . Any conlmunication in connection therewith should be addressed to I. W. Nourse, passenger traflic munager, St. Lorri~, Mo. United Spanish War Veterans ................ San Antonio, Tex ................... Sept. 16-20 Veterans of Forelgn Wars ................... .New Orleans, L a ................... Sept. 15-20

...... ................. I..O. 0. F. Sovereign Grand Lodge Atlant ic City, N. J Sept. 15-19 ........................................ ......................... Amerlcan Leglon St. Louis, Mo Sept. 23-26

American College Osteopathic ................................. Surgeons ................................................ Wichita, Kan October

Int. Conventlon Disciples of Christ ........ San Antonio, Tex ......................... October Natlonal DaFry Show ............ :...................St. Louis, Mo ........................... Oct. 12-T9 Independent Petroleum Assoclatlon .... Dallas, Tex .................................. Nov. 4-5 Amerlcan Bankens' Association ........... New Orleans, L a ..................... Nov. 11-14 Southern Medical Association .............. St. Louis, Mo ............................. Nov. 18-22 American Petroleum Inst i tute ................ Los Angeles, Cal i f ................... Nov. 11-14

1936 MEETINGS ................. ....................... Weetern F ru i t Jobbers' Assn Kansas Clty, Mo Jan.' 21-24

National Education Ass- Department o f Superintendence ........ St. Louls, Mo ........................... Feb. 18-22

Bhrlne Directors* Assn ............................. Tulsa, Okla ............................. March 11-13 Am. Assn. Petroleum Geologists .......... Tulsa, Okla ........................... March 19-21 Int. Petroleum Exposltlon

and Congress .......................................... Tulsa, Okla. ........................................ May Southern Baptist Conventlon .................. St. Louls, Mo ............................. May -25

................ .................................... Northern Baptist Convention St. Louls May 20-25 ................................. American Medical Assn ........................... Kansas Clty, Mo June

............ American inst i tute o f Banking Seattle, Wash, ................................ June .................... M. 0. V. P. E. R (Grotto) lndlanapolls, Ind. ............................ June

Rotary International .................................. A a n t c Clty, N. J ................. June 22-26 ................................. Optlmlsts International ........................ Ft. Worth, Tex June

................ Natlonal Ass'n Retail Grocers Dallas, Tex. ...................................... June ................. Kiwanis lnternatlonal ............................ Washington, D. C June 21-25

National Education AssVn ........................ Portland, Ore. .................................... June Shrine (A. A. 0. N. M. S.) ...................... Seattlc, Wash. ........................ July 14-76

there must have been, a t that, a great welcome awalt lng him.

Much as we feel we have lost I n h is passing, nothing can rob us of our memory of his happy, carefree existence. We'll re- member his kindness and his . . . philosophy of l i fe it should make us more kind, more pa- t ient through al l the coming years.

HERE AND THERE (Continued from Page 7 )

A total of 23,775 acres, besides the 30,888 are located in Northern Mis- souri and at various other points, and gives one atl Idea of the acreage con- trolled by thls concern. The gener- al average pack from a normal crop is one carload or 1,000 cases from each ten acres of lomatoes . . . The Birmingham Age recently had a

splendid write-up of the business career of Michael E. Walsh, $risco general agent at Birmingham. Ala., lionoring him as a member of the Bir- mlngham Trafflc Club. He waa elect- ed a director of the Traffic Club on tKe Coordinators' tlcket and 1s the first vice-president and member of the board of directors of the Lions Club, a member of Post No. 1, Amer- ican Legion. and of S t Paul's Catholic Church. His hobbies are hunting and fishing - no golL Bridge - no poker. Of conrse, they call him

. . . "Mike" the Western diafsion transportation department forces won the accident prevention cup Mr the second quarter of 1935 with a record of .0033 msualtIes per 1,000 man hours worked. Kansas City placed second. The West Locomotive Shop won the mechanical department cup with a perfect record or no casualties.

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AIR-CONDITIONED CARS (Conllved from Page 13)

minats where such power Hnes a re available.

The F r t c o fleet of air-conditioned cars employs the ice system of cool- ing almost excluslvely. This system requires t h e use of thousand6 of tons of ice during a season, but the results are satisfactory.

The normal human body will give off enough heat in one hour to melt about three pounds of ice. Another way of expressing this Idea is to say that this heat is sufficient t o raise the temperature of 1,000 cubic feet of a i r some 20' Fahrenheit.

When one considers t h e heat in the outside air. plus the heat of the ma- terials in the car, Ns the body heat of the passengers, plus the radiant sun heat, i t can readily be appreci- ated that there is a considerable amount of heat t o be absorbed and thrown off by the car cooling system.

Since a large amount of heat 1s ab- sorbed by the radiator coil which cools the air, the question naturally arises. "What becomes of the heat and how does it get out of the car?'' The ice water in the cooling coil ab- sorbs heat from the warm alr. The water thus heated flows out of the overflow or drain pipe, and the heat from the car is carried away by the waste water. I t Is the same principle a8 the ice cooled household refriger- a tor in which tha heat of the refrig- erator leaves by means of t h e drip water Into the pan that you always forget to empty.

The air which is circulated in the car does not come in contact with the ice o r with ice water. This refere to ninety p e t cent of Frisco cars. There a r e a few cars which have a i r washed by Ice water sprays, but the later model cars do not employ that system.

For countless ages people have been complaining about the weather. Even the babies that a re unable t o talk, do a considerable amount of whining about it. I t is the one sub- ject on which everyone has a n opln- ion. For this reason a i r conditioning servifce must be right. There can be n o half-way measure about it; unless the system is working reasonably close t o par, i t will cause some dis- comfort and that condition must be avoided.

Therefore, i t follows that "much work goes on behind the scenes" which the average passenger does not realize. There a r e many tons of ice to be handled daily and It must be on hand when and where needed. Ice bunkera must be washed out, water strainers cleaned, a ir filters cleaned

VETERANS HONORED A delightful picnic dinner waa

served a t Grant Beach Park, Spring- field, Mo.. on July, 11 by the ,Ladies' Auxiliary and the Brotherhood of Lo- comotive Firemen and Engineers, Locals No. 83 and 84, honoring Frank Millikin, Wood Fitch and A1 Hen- dricks, retired engineers, with T. E. Burgess a s guest of honor.

The honored guests and their fami- lies were served first. Will Carter acted as toastmaster and most of the men present exchanged stories on rail- roading and expressed appreciation for the courtesies extended t o them by officials and employes during their long service with the company.

The Fitch family was represented With four generations. Each of the honored guests made a short talk and the evening was a most delightful one.

RECENT APPOINTMENTS W. B. Berry, master mechanic a t

Kansas City, Mo., was appointed AB- sistant Superintendent Motive Power, with headquarters a t Springfield, Mo., effective August 10, according t o a n announcement made by F. G. Lister, Superintendent Motive Power.

W. G. Hall, Master Mechanic of the Central Division and Texas Lines, succeeded Mr. Berry a t Kansas City. and M. L. Crawford, general fore- man a t Fort Smith, Ark., succeeded Mr. Hall.

o r replaced, motors tested and exam- ined, electric control systems t o be tested, and many duties of similar na- ture t o be performed.

When all of these duties have been performed correctly the equipment will be in proper working condition and the passenger will enjoy the comfort that only modern a i r condi- tioning systems can give. The ice that will be used by Frisco

air-cooled cars this season, If laid end t o end In 300-pound cakes, would make a walkway twenty-two inches wide and eleven inches thick for a distance of about 130 miles. Some ice, yes, but if the sighs of relief Krom passengers could be placed end to end, they would probably reach to the moon.

The Frlsco air-conditioned cars are doing much to restore passenger business and to win new friends for our railroad. Tell your frlends about this service-if they will take one trip, then they will be telling their friends about it.

Our management has provided the last word in travel comfort. Let us all help to eel1 It.

SINGING COWBOY- DISPATCHER BACK

Jimmy Long, formerly dispatcher and night chief on the Eastern and Southwestern divisions recently re- turned t o the Eastern division a t Springfield as train dispatcher.

Some years ago, Mr. Long atarted writing songs a s a hobby, which was destined to c a r r y him far into the field of present day "Hi11 Billy" writ- ers.

When he was displaced as dis- patcher early in 1932, account reduc- tion in forces, he found a n oppor- tunity to fulfill a long-felt desire to s e e what could be done with his songs, so he shouldered his old guitar and headed for t h e East, stopping a t Chicago to furnish the words and music for flfteen numbers for a song book. Tha t work being completed, h e tled up with WLS radio station, where he remained three years, work- ing on the station proper and tour- ing the country with the famous WLS National Barn dance unit, and taking time out three times a year t o jour- ney t o New York for phonographic recordings and electrical transcrip- tlons of his various efforts, which numbered between forty and Rfty compositions, among them the re- cent national hit: "THAT SILVER HAIRED DADDY OF MINE". All of his songs have been published either in sheet m u s k or, i n book form, and some of the more popular numbers have been used in talking pictures.

Mr. Long's opportudty to go to Hollywood and do small parts in western pictures came simultaneously with a n opportunity to return to his old job on the Frisco, 'but his first love, the railroad, predominated.

CAN YOU BEAT THIS? Advance, Mo., and Agent E. H.

Zimmer hold the record for cream shipments on t h e Hoxie Sub!

The record of cream shipments from this station give other stations on thls branch ~ o m e t h t n g to shoot at!

Here's the record: 93 five gallon cans. 3 eight gallon cans and 135 ten gallon cans or a total of 231 cans, revenue $52'60 covering 140 shipments for April, 1935! During May, 94 five gallon cans, 2 eight gallon cans and 156 ten gallon cans or a total of 252, revenue $61.79 covering 130 ship- ments.

ThIrty cans each month Ieave thfS station via exptess, which move- ' to points off Frisco Lines, in additfoxi to . . the above.

No Vices! "Dci you smoke?" "NO." "Do you drink?" "NO." "Do you ea t hay, then?" "Of course not! " "Gad! You're not a fit companion

for man or beast."

A DIPLOMAT There was a certain young man

who was wise beyond hls years. When he was asked by a wldow to guess her age he said: "Well, I have several ideas. The only trouble is tha t I hesitate whether t o make you ten years younger on account of your looks, or ten years older on account 'of your intelligence."

F R A N K A N D H O N E S T Government Agent to Honsewife:

"Are you affiliated with any reforirr orgarzkation8"

W i f e : "Yes. I'w married to a mail 7vho thinks he shoicld be nllo'iued to i i d e c r e a l b ~ over."

This Gets the Prize! Only one untoward incident marred

the opening of railroad meek here. A nice motherly-looking old lady walked into the Santa F e offices and appealed for funds to finence a trip to Bagnell, Mo. She needed just four more dollars, she said, to see her poor old grandmother.

The kind-hearted Santa F e men, on their beat behavior anyway, quickly collected the four dollars. The old lady was immensely pleased. "All I have to do now." she said, "is get downtown and find out when I can get a bus for Bagnell."

(Topeka Capital)

MY ERROR IdMrs. Briggs," said the new boarder

at breakfast. "Who owns those ferry- boats I trlpped over coming down the stairs just now?"

The landlady shot a fierce look. "Ferryboats! Indeed!" she cried.

"Those are my shoes." The boarder smiled uneasily. "I didn't say ferryboats," he hastily

T H E FREIGHT S O L I C I T O R O F F E R S UP A P R A Y E R

W i t h all AunM'lify and reverertcc a well-kwowrt freight solicitor o f f e ~ s 1~ his fellow-craf t s t r tRe followirzg prayer:

"Oh, Lord, look with forgiving way, zue beseech Thee, on the shipper who lies to us nbod tlre fast service o w COW-

pefitors give hint; strengt~tcrr the W I J I O Y ~

of those shippers who are forever go- itrg to try out our service or Bear us in nzitrd on tlre next shijtrrettt. Lord, soften the heart of the shipper who, as soon as we appear, becorr~es e.rceedingly b z ~ y like a Itcts with oite chick and keep$ 16s ~Iaizding a r o u ~ d rrrrtil otrr feet w a ~ ) , wrd then gives us a short Itad and warrtr o hrtrrdred-pound shipmettt rrrshed. Swrozrnd with T h y powers, oh Lord, tire ~wp'rirctetrdevt, the chief di~patcltcr U I I ~ the tvnirs crews, so thot our trial ~hifiment well rcot go ustra3, earrsirrg the shipper to cltss cverirtore. Carrse rcs to look rvitlt charitable eye orc otw ~osrpetitors-they know not rvkcr~of they speak. Help 7ts with orrr cxpc~ise nccouirts which car!~iof be 7~tade to cover a mlt irude of S ~ I I S . Softert the Irrorts of o w mtp!ogers so tltey 71wy look temfcrly npon our briqztities. O h Lord, rue beseech Thee to lo have rtwrcy on 11s (

nwnit the cowting of our fore spendixg loo ~~zuclt W E lzave ilrade onr last 1 co~zsoliJatio~rs have bee.. .l-..---, -. ~ s k htrnzbly zw ?nay jtot be m t t below. for verily we Itovc srtflered m t c h here itpnn earth. Anrelt.

Couldn't Take It! While in the s t reet car the other

morning, two business men were seated together in the crowded car. One noticed that the other had his eyes closed and asked:

"What's the matter, Bill? Don't you feel well?"

"I'm all right, Tom, but I do hate t o

A NEW VERSION Auntie: "Aren't you going to sa

he blessing dear?" MaehintAge Daughter: "This foc

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t ,d

is comlng ro you rnrougn rne courresy of God Almighty."

A L L T H E B U N K " I have f o l d out orw thing today,"

said the city irtarr zvho had fozrrtd a job 011 a f a r m

"Wlwt's that?" said the farmv-. "Tlmt the rtlan who says the cow

G I V E S milk is a liar."

No More, Thanks "Did you like that cigar I gave you?

For 500 coupons of that ,brand you get a banjo."

"If I smoked 600 of those cigars, I'd need a harp!"

MUST BE ENGLISH! Englishwoman (in Scotland) : 'I1

want a sheep's head, and It must be English."

Butcher (flinging a head to his as- sistant) : "Here, Jock, tak' the brains oot o' this."

YES, W I L D A N D W O O L Y "Had great hick today. Shot several

drtcks." "Were fhey wild?" "Are, bid the farrner that ozvned them

runs."

My Gosh! your brother, Freddie?" 3 house playing a duet. rst.''

rlNG CHANGE Hotel Clerk: "Is this $1,000 bl l l the

smallest you have?" Guest: "I'm afraid it is." Clerk to bell hop: "Here, take this

out and get some relief worker to change it."

W R O N G M A C H I N E The ~rcgro had stolen a dyjewriter and

w a ~ being qatcslioned by the bolice. Not getting a n ~ v brorrght in tl

"Lawzee, r " Y O I L calls tlwlcght it nv stealin'."

"Say, wait but mud."

"Yes, cert; this nlorninl

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mica1 Department B. & B. DEPARTMENT ives ia Phoe~l ix , Arizona.

L. Hlndh, englneer and W. M. well. blacksmith. are ' in the Frlsco ital a t th is writlng. 0. Duckworth, ehgineer, and fam- %re spending thelr vacation in

~ h i l a d e l p h i a , Pa., and Washlngron, D.

family vlslted Sam aver the week-end of August 4th. They attended the double-header between the Cardinals and Pit tsburgh, seeing the Dean boys nltnh

SPRINGFIELD, MO. L Ma: hos

ARTHUR BUNCH. Reporter P -. - . . . . . . . . i lv :

., . - - . . . Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Breshears spent

their vacation visiting. in Chicago. Ann Arbor and Detrolt, also Wichlta Kansas. They report a very pleasan; t r ip On air-conditioned trains.

Mrs. Bernard Ellis and daughter. Shirley Jean, spent two weeks visi t ing wl th her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E W. lpleeman. Mrs. Fleeman accompanied her home to Springfield for a visit.

Mr. and Mrs. Ea r l Jones, with a Party of fr iends spent several days fishing on the c a k e of the Ozarks. Reported catching all the fish they could eat. Maybe their appetl te was small.

iMr. and Mrs. E. E. Duncan spent their vacatlon visl t ing relatives In Crocker. Mo.

F red Weddington repor ts t h a t his people have returned to thelr

home In Cassville a f t e r a n extended v i ~ l t

Mrs. J ack Ruyle wl th her two daugh- tera a r e visl t ing with relatives in Cas- per Wyoming.

deo rge Mutz, B&B t ruck drlver, had to be tubsent from his work for several

L. F r a n k Howerton. fireman. Is s m r t i n c , -. ~-

a new ~ o d g e . . W. H. Dodd, engineer, and wlfe a r e

spending a few days in Temple, Texas, vlsi t lng bhel~. daughter, and also a few days in Galveston.

Miss Wilma June Richardson, daugh- ter of F r a n k Richardson, water-service foreman, attended the girls' conven- tion in Clnclnnati Ohio and aIso took n sight-seeing &ID tb Buffalo and NIagara Falls.

J. 0. Thompson, engineer, and John Beatty, engineer, a r e both proud own- e r s of their new Oldsmoblles.

E . L. Willsey, r iptrack foreman, and family spent thelr vacation flshina

days on account of a n infection of some kind on his hand.

Ed Eullss has been off work several days on account of sickness.

Roy Smith and family recently spent a Sunda visi t ing with his mother nt Willow gprings, Mo.

Bill Haralson was on the slck l ist for awhile and had to be absent h o n ~ work.

Mrs. E l h a Mayfield spent a few daye vlsi t lng wi th relatives In Tulsa, Okla- homa,

Hugh Nease has traded h i s property a t Oakland Avenue fo r property on West Division St ree t a n d has moved there.

Charles Baron h a s purchased a new Dodge c a r recently.

Max Mitchell is reported get t lng along pre t ty well a t th is time. H e has been off work for several weeks because of in jur ies he received in an auromobile accident Ju lv 4th.

down In the Ozarks. J . C. Burnett , engineer, and wife nr r

back a f t e r a fishlnl: tr ip on Grand River. Clint reports a ten-pound catch.

J a y DeCoe, machine shop foreman. and family spent his vacation u p on the farm in Kansas.

H. C. Strtckler, night roundhouoe foreman wife and daughter a r e spend- ing thi& davs with relatives in vari- ous pa r t s of A r k a n s a ~ . Lee Roy Davidson i s relieving Jlr: Gtriclilrr on the night foremans' job.

.-. .. F r a n k Darden spent a few days in

the old !home town of Memphis, also motored through Kentucky.

MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT THAYER, MO. -

P. XI. PEEBLES, Reporter LOCAL NO. 32-NEWBURG, MO.

E. F. FULLER. ReBorter Mrs. L. D. ~ r y a n t , of Houston Texas,

is now O n a visit to her moth& Mrs. F. C. Williams, wife of roundhouse

. - - Mrs. J. W. Ylnson, of Springfield,

visited h e r daughter, Mrs. E. F. Fuller. LOCAL No. 24

RAY,MOND I". DEES. Reporter

--. -...-... E. F. Tuck, general roundhouse fore-

man of Yale, Tenn., I s visi t ing with Wm. Phlllios. roundhn~lse foreman,

some f ew d a v s ape. 1shmell ohs son-is confined to the

Frisco hospital in St. Louis. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Painter spent a

few days In Florida recently. Mr. and Mrs. D. B. E a e arrived home

--- who went out on a flshing tr ip and reports the catch excellent.

Ben Stanlev. fiwitrhman, Is now Dave Amison, boilermaker, third

class, is off a t th is writing. Car Oiler R. H. Cook has returned

to work a f t e r several davs vacation. par t of which wns spent 'with home- folks in Tenneasee.

Pipemnn R. F. Dees has finished re- mcdeling his home in north Amory.

L. D. Davis, blacksmith, w a s a re- cent visi tor in Thayer, Mo.

Supplyman F. R. Thomas is off a t this rime account illness of 3frs.

~ . -..~ spor t ing a ne; Ford sedan.

Pleased to note t h a t business is picking U P considerable a s on the south end they 'have put back t o work two full englne crews, also placed three e x t r a ,firemen on the board who

with sons. All a r e -ge t t ing a long nicely.

Mr. and Mrs. H, H. Ful ler of Kansas City spen t a Pew weeks a i home.

M;. and Mrs. S. k d n t g o m e r y and Mr. and Mrs. F r a n k Shor t at tended the double-header ball game. J u l y 23. between the Giants and Cardlnals.

Miss Alice Fl in t vlsited friends In Seodsha, Kansas, f o r a f ew days.

Mr. Ar thur Trotter, who was oper- ated on in the li'rlsco hospital, is back home ve ry much improved.

Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Ful ler and daugh- ter. Babette. went to St. Louis to a t -

- . . - - - - had been off f & ~ s o m e time.

J. B. Tipler, train dispatcher i s ar- tendlng the dlspatchcrs convention a t Chlcago, 111. D. C. Patrick, of Mem- phis, in h is place.

A. L. Collier, conductor, and wife a r e now in St. Louis. .

Lloyd Jones, son of ca r Inspector, is now on a visit t0 131asgowL Mont.

Mrs. F. E. Bates and son Harry , have gone to Pontiac. l\llch.. where they in- tend to buy one of the new Pontiacs and drive same rhrough Memphis.

J. A. Halstead, engineer, and wife a r e now on a visit to Los Angeles, Callf.. visl t lng h i s sister.

T. E. King, . engineer, iS now on a visl t to Portland, Ore.

Mrs. Wm. Phillips, wlfe o' ' house foreman and son a r e r visit t o chlca$o, Ill.

Mrs. C. T. Lowe and Son. C now on a visit to Kansas Cit

Thomas. Boilermaker R. J. Sullivan is master-

ing. the a r t of softball. And the fever has reached out and got our cat' fore- man, John L. Bulllvan.

Cnrman John D. AlIlson is catcher for the knee action team of softballers.

O. C. Gldeon, machinist, has returned to work af ter two weeka in Louisiana t ra in ing with the National Guards.

tend a ball 'game between Giants and Cardlnals.

C. D. Ward. Jr.. who has been con- fined to his home with scar le t fever t o r several weeks. Is 0. K. again.

Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Montgomery a r e snendlng a few days vacation a t IClng's club house on the Gasconade River.

Mr. a n d Mrs. Fred Jackson were

JEFFERSON AVE. COACH YARDS ST. LOUIS, MO.

JOHN HOLDRBN, Reporter

I t i s wl th deep regre t t ha t we learn of the death of Mr. G. W. Moore, ou r former assistant superintendent, mo- tive power. We wish to extend our deepest sympathy to Mrs. Moore, also to Mr. and Mrs. Ward C. Noore. Burial was in Kansas City. Kansas.

Mr. and Mrs. Rex Oldham spent several days with parents and rela- tives In Tennessee. Lots of fr ied chicken wns consumed by all.

F r a n k Whalen's sister and husband have re turned to Oklahoma a f t e r a visi t wlth Mr. and Mrs. Whalen.

S a m Umphrieu, brother. Arch, and

called t o St. Louis recently on account of thelr daughter's illness.

Mr. and Mrs. Ea r l Carter motored to Joplin where Mrs. Carter i s under a physician's care.

I rouna- low on a

Ilyde, a r e .y.

LOCAL No. 17 W E S T TULSA, OKLA.

H. C. PRICE, Reporter

NORTH 81D@ SlDELlG - EMERY HAGUEWOOD. Rc,,. .,, Thomas Murray, roundhouse fore-

man, bas proven himselr a good sport by soliciting funds from the employes. which Insures the abil i ty of our ball team club to parry on In the softball league fo r the remainder of the sen- son.

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-' Coley, machinist, and family ~ d l n g thelr vacation in Por t - egon, and Vancouver. Brit ish

1 . 0.

a re spen land Or ~olu 'mbi i

W. H. a r e back

1. Sawyer, engineer, and wife af ter a two weeks' visi t with a s called

-. ... Geo. H. Snyder, machlnlst, N

t o Huntsville. Ah. , du r lng the past month on account of the death of a brother-in-law.

Mrs. C. F. Arndt, wife of our shop Watchman has returned from a week's vlsi t wlth' Mr. Arndt's parents a t St . Louis. Mr. Arndt, Sr., is a speclal agent for the Frlsco a t Tower Grove.

El rey Bolles, machinlst, accompanied by h ls two grandchildren, Lloyd and. Genevieve Sally, ages 1 4 and 1 2 years. made a vislt with relatlves at Kansas City for several days of the pas t month

0sc& Young, ex t r a machlnlst. sec- ond class, ha s had his residence a t 544 Eas t Elm Stree t palnted dur lng the past month.

Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Holmes and their tbree chlldren have returned from Pensacola.. Fla.. and o ther points of Interest In the south. They report a very pleasant t r ip and sood time.

Ye scribe Is all s e t for the fall an& wlnter radio program b having a brand new Crosley Amerrcan Foreign radio of the low boy type Installed In hls home.

J. M. Lambeth, sheet metal worker. spent several days of the past month visiting- In Bat t le Creek. Mich. While j h G Ke went through Che g rea t food ulant of W. K. Kellogg Company. H e fepor ts a g rea t time.

Joe F. .Schellhardt, ex t r a machlnlst, first class, has returned from Clinton, where he fllled a temporary vacancy ioYikve ia l days.

Harold E. Day, machinist on a l r work, has the sympathy of t he round- house force In the loss of his mother. whose death occurred a t the family home a t Fayettevllle, Ark.. August 9rh.

And now we come to the end of t he road a road tha t ,we have traveled fo r m o d than eleven years, fo r w e have been Informed tha t this is the las t Issue of o u r favorite magazine. When we look back on the years t ha t we have worked and toiled, dolng our pa r t to make this magazlne a s newsy a s posslble we look back on some of the most pleasant assocfatlons Of our life. and dur lng tha t tlme we have tr ied to ge t al l the news tha t was news and we have read with interest t he dolngs of employes a t o ther points; ou r re- g re t s a r t he passing of ou r magazine Is softened by the knOwIedge tha t I t Is no faul t of any one of t he splendid workers f rom the edltors down to the many reporters th.at It Is being dis- continued. We wlll look Porward t o the first of each month wi th less Inter- e s t wi thout ou r magazine and we feel sure tha t the same feeling prevails throughout, among the roundhouse e m p l 6 e s .

In closing we wtsli to say tha t lf we have Injured feellngs t h a t It Is with- ou t t ha t in tent and we feel ampIy re- pald lf we have helped anyone to en- joy the magazlne and to one and all of our g rea t Frlsco family we will say. good bye.

LADIES' AUXILIARY O F FRISCO LOCAL No. 2

SPRINGFIELD WEST SHOP

HRS. FOREST NAPIER, Reporter

Mrs. George Blumenstock and he r two sons, and Mlss Louise Zay, have been vlsl t lng relatives In Topeka. Kansas, recent1 y.

Vlsitors of Mrs. Ber tha Lindle for the last few days are her sister s n d three-month-old baby from Chicago.

Mrs McMlchael has been learning to drive thelr Chfvle, so we a r e In hones she will soon be ready to t ake us- for a rlde.

Elva Napler, daughter of Fos ter Napler was qulte surprised wlth a b l r thdAj party July 29th. The eve- n ing was spent In playlng games. Mr. Cheyne came out and took plctures of the erouo. Refreshments of ice cream. cake-and Femonade were served to t he fourteen present.

Ladles' Auxlllary had thelr regular meetSng last Wedneaday in Ju ly a C t he Eagle Hall. Mrs. Zay had charge of t he program.

Mrs. McMlchael won the prlze for r lnging a bottle wlth a f ru l t jar rlng. Refreshments of ice cream were served to all by the local.

August has been qulte unlucky for some of the men a t the West , Shops. H a r r y George can tell you how It feels to be shot In the mouth wlth a n a i r - gun. He th inks h e 1s very lucky he didn't lost! his teeth. H e Is back on the job agaln.

Ralph Gurley was the loser of pa r t of his flnger. H e didn't first really know how he did It.

*Mr. Dan Masengall was very un- for tunate and got his foot injured. H e is improving nlcely and hope he will soon be back on hls job.

Junlor and Joe McMichael. sons of W. ~McMlchael, have been vls i t lnr thelr grandparents . t he past week aT Elk- land, Missourl.

Mr. and Mrs. Rubv Bar t le t t had a dlnner gues t - the i r three-year-old granddaughter. Delorss Bartlet t . thelr only grandchlld.

Lit t le J o Ann Prugger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Prugger, ha s been learnina the l a s t few weeks wha t her feet a r z for. Sure is cute Co see her t ak lng her first steps.

Mrs. Fos ter Naoler and children a re leaving ~ a t u r d a y - nlght to spend two weeks wi th relatives In Denlson, Texas.

T H E FRISCO LADIES' AUXlLlARY NO. 1-SPRINGFIELD, MO.

MRS. MAUDE EDINGTON, Reporter

Mr. and Mrs. Ural Atwelf were very pleasantly surprised Thursdav evening July 18, When a crowd of [he ~ r i s c d ladies and thelr husbands met a t the home of Mr. and Mrs. Burl Hough and f rom there they went In a group to the Atwell's home and spent a very pleasant evenlng. They took ice cream and vanllla wafers a long and a f t e r servlng they presented Mrs. Atwell wi th 1 5 lovely handkerchiefs. 411 were g lad to know Mr. Atwell Is Improving..

Mrs. C. C. YcCauley has been helping he r brother in his store while his wife Is in-the hospital suffering from a very serious operatlon. Mr. 3lcCauley had the misfortune to crush h is hand in the c a r door recently.

Mrs. Lester Light, of Lebanon, spent a week recently wlth her brother and family, Mr. and Mrs. Bur l Hough.

Mr. and Mrs. E. R. York, of St. h u l s , visited recently with her stster, Mrs. E r n a Barclay and family. Mrs. &I. L. Brower. mother of Mrs. Barclay. also was a visitor a t the same time;

Sam Hayes had a very pleasant surprise Tuesday, Ju ly 23, w h e 11 gentlemen and mesdames Burl Hough, F r a n k Springer, G. F. Alward, Wm. Gooch, Ernes t Jackson, Claude Dickens, Roy Twigger and Mesdames Hugh Warren and Hern White gathered a t the Hayes' home wlth well-Alled baskets to help celebrate Nr. Hayes' birthday. The tables were spread on the beautiful lawn and were loaded with fried chickens, angel food cakes, Ice cream and everything else t ha t was rood to eat. The eveninr was spent-playlng games and a very en- joyable time was had by all. There were sixteen present besides the chil- dren and Hayes' family. They all left a t a late hour wlshlng Mr. Hayes many more happv blrthdays.

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Twigger made a t r ip to Princeton, illn no is, to vlslt Mra. Twigger 's s l s ter and to brlng their two gi r l s home who have been visit- ing there for the pas t two months.

Mrs. Chas. Beck has returned home a f t e r visi t lng her sister 7n Mountain Grove Mo.

Mrs: Lloyd Hough spent a week vlsl t lng a t Lebanon wlth Lloyd's cousln Mr. and Mrs. Helbert Scott.

~ a r l ' Jones, of Semlnole. Okla., Ken- neth Erwln, of Marionvllle, and Mrs.

John Atterberry visited "ye writer" and son. Kenneth, recently.

Mrs. E r n a Barclay, our presldent, has been sullerlng with a carbuncle on her r i gh t a r m caused from a moaqulto bite.

AMP. and Mrs. Alfred B. Hodglns of Decatur, AIa., vlsited wlth her padn t s , Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Warren.

Mrs. Floyd Johnson and daughters drove t o Deepwater Mo., Ju ly 27. to a t tend a Camlly reun'lon. Her nephew Warren Decker. came home with hel: for a two weeks' vislt.

Mrs. John CafPee and son, Herbert , returned home Ju ly 20 from Los A.ngeles, Callfornla where they vlslted relatlves and saw ' the slghts. While there they attended the San D l e ~ o Ex- position two days and s a w t h e - ~ f g h t s a t Santa Barbara. Santa Monlca and Long Beach, and had a wonderful tlme. Herber t had a tr i l l ing tlme catching a blg mackeral out of the ocean.

The Ladles' Auxlllary met In regu- l a r sesslon a t Eagles Hall Monday nlght. -4ugust 5. A good crowd wan present despite the heat and ball games. They extend their thanks to the Bloomer Pr in t ing Company for t h e new fans presented to the ladles.

Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Schroeder of St. Louls, Mo., visited Mr. and Mrs: (3. F. Alward and spent t he week-end a t the Alward'u cabin on the L a k e of the Ozarks. Thdy returned home from the cabln by motor. *Mrs. Alward is spending quite a blt of her tlme this d ry hot weather a t the cabln.

The Frisco Ladles' Blue Bonnet Club met, August 8, a t the home of %rs. Fenton Coleman 1320 Benton. A cov- ered dish lunchebn was served a t noon. After dinner t he business meeting was held and ar rangements made for a swimmlng party. chlcken f ry and a t r ip t o Florida, In the near future. The hostess was presented with embrold- ered t ea towels. Her grandson, Robert Singer, of El Reno, Okla was a spe- cial guest. Seventeen &embers and three children were present. The nes t rneetlng wfll be held a t the home of Mrs. H. D. Warren a t 1503 Sherman.

LOCAL NO. 2-WEST LOCOMOTIVE SHOPS-SPRINGFIELD, MO. - F R E D M. WILSON, Reporter

The locomotive department a t tho West Shop won the awlden t preven- tion cup for the second quar ter of 1935 and is a t the present t lme well on the road toward holdlng i t for the thfrd quar ter , also.

Wlllls Reddick, former machlnlst apprentice a t West Shops, Is now em- ployed In Charleston. N. C.

Iryin Stoops, stat ionary fireman, is d r l v ~ n g a new Lafayette coach.

Congratulations a r e in order for E d (Frenchy) Andlafte, boilermaker, who is t he proud fa ther of a son Edward Z l e ~ I e r Andlafte. born ~ u & u s t 7th. Frenchy says he weighed e lghr pounds and seven and one-half ounces.

Ben Cummlnrs. machlnlst atmren- tlce, an and John

Clifford, machinlst RRPD, bollermaker

apprknt~ce , apprentice,

have been transferred from Kansas City to the West Shops to complete thelr tlme.

Mrs. Emmet t Davls, wlfe of power house fireman, has recently returned from a vislt wlth friends In Garrlson. North Dakota.

William (Prlmo) Lawson, lead ma- chinlst, recently purchased a new "shfpped by rail" Chevrolet.

Wm. J. Scott bollermaker had a s hls guests for week begini lng July 20th. his brother and f a m i l j from Sallna, Kansas, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Scott, their son Howard Jr., and charmlng l i t t le dkughter. orma ma Jean. During thelr s t ay they had the pleas- u re of spending a day In the "Shepherd of the Hills" country, vlsl t lng Rock- away Beach. Branson and Holllster.

Roy Robb, blacksmlth, who has been absent for some time account Illness, is greatly improved, but Is not ye t able