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I EASTERN DIVISION I B. & B. DEPARTMENT

SPRINGFIELD, MO.

ARTHUR BUNCH, Reporter

Charles Baron Is now back a t work a f t e r being off several weeks for a n opera.tion.

Rov Hlll hasn't been able t o work fo r several days on account of a deep cu t across his foot, which he received whtle f raming bridge t imbers a t the creosote p lant a t SpringAeld, Mo.

George f u t z was on the sick l ist and had t o be absent from work a felv days.

W e wlsh to extend ou r sympathy to Roy Smith and family in the death of his father, I saac Smith. who died sud- denly from a hear t at tack. November loth, a t his home in Willow Springs, xrn -.

George Gott has been doing some guall hunt lng lately-poor quails?

Charles Wallace and gang a re re- building the water tank a t Wishart , Missouri.

Roy Smlth, recently was off work on account of Illness.

J i m Carter and g a n g a r e repairing bridges on the Salem Branch.

J im Jones and g a n g have Anlshed renewlng the r w f on the special equlp- ment shoos. North Shoos. Soringfield. - - . -

Missouri. Clyde Cunnlngham and g a n g have

just Anlahed resurfacing the station plarform a t Monett, Missouri.

Ebb Nease and g a n g will do some bridge repairing on the High Llne..

SIGNAL DEPARTMENT SPRINGFIELD, MO.

MATILDA C. HOFFMAN. Reporter

Mrs. E. A. Reesor and Mrs. G. H. Kollmeyer a r e visltigg thelr husbands a t Vernon, Texas, where they a r e en- gaged mak ing changes In Vernon in- terlocker.

Mrs. Kenneth Rhlnehart , wire 01 slgnal maintainer a t Olathe, Kans., ha s been visi t inp In Oklahoma City.

L. L. 0-wen. signal malntalner, Vlnlta made a shor t t r ip to St. Louls t he flist par t of November,

Mrs. G. C. Ross and daughter. N ~ d v n e , of Jasper, Ala., accompanied Mr. k o s s to Springfield to visi t friends whlle he was a t tending supervisors' meeting. Mlss Nadyne has also been soendin= some time visi t ing in Jack- s b n . MILS.

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Mrs. C. H. Johnson, wife of slgnal- man, and l l t t le son spent Thanksgiving wlth Mrs. Johnson's parents .in Le- banon.

Mrs. C. C. Woodflll. wlfe of slgnal maintalner a t Nichols, and chlldren are visl t ing relatives in Paola. Kans.

Mrs. Ray C. Nance, wlfe of assistant signalman, Arcadia, Kans.. spent the Thanksglvlng holidays a t Wittenberg, Mo.

PASSENGER TRAFFIC DEPT. ST. LOUIS, MO.

5. W. CHILTON, Reporter

I<. V. Coerver vlslted home Calks In Pra i r ie du Roeher, Ills., the week-end of November 4.

After Lou Coffin's spectacular bid for fame in the sport world las t winter, when he was runner up in a Y. 31. H. A. handball tournament, he reports t h a t this season his ambitions a r e practically nil and he has retired from the field.

Delbert Fields, t h a t old football dopester, and the writer contemplated a tr ip to Detroit, November 18, to see the Gunners play Detroit. P lans fo r the trip mere abandoned as it was thought the journey was too long, and anyway Delbert predicted a Detroit victory, and our Del never goes wrong on his pre-game wagers.

Our one and only "Snake-hips'' Beatty, the old maestro. will wave the baton on Saturday night, Decemsber 8. when the Men's Club give their eighth Informal dance a t the Century, the music furnished b v Beattv's Mis- sourians.

There wlll be no more danclng on the spaclous Ilvlng room of Tom WI1- llamson's hacienda near Valley Park . Now don't let this worry you folks, because Tom Is building a rathskeller in his basement, which will amply take care of any tr ipplng of the light fantastic, and Tom wants to t ake care of tha t new linoleum he's laying o n the first floor.

H. C. James has a potential J ack Dempsey in his young son. Harry, who was a partlclpant in an exhlbition of fisticuffs a t the recent Boy Scout Jam- boree. Har ry said tha t if he hadn't been such n good friend of his oppon- ent he would have knocked the Car out

Sympathy 1s also extended to I, A. McLean and wife in the loss of t,helr slx-month-old daughter. Also to C. E. Sorich in the loss of his father.

The bowling league Is blaalng away a t top speed wlth all the teams fa i r ly well bunched. It's any team's race- t ake your choice. At the present, the Texas Limlted team, with Engineer Rlegel a t the throttle, is In the lead. S t range enough, there is no traln by this name anymore. but If Bill finishes on top, we'll see if we cannot put i t back on.

On November 3 and 4 t he s t a r bowl- e r s from the Frisco Men's League traveled to Sprlngfield, Mo., and met a selected team of s t a r bowlers from that clty In a two team, two game tournament. The Friscoites emerged victorious In both matches, losing only one game out of the four rolled. R. Tschampers. 0. Duffy and C. Shaffnit were high for the winners. whlle G. Davis. Capt. Tully and P. Rosh s tar red fo r the Springfield team.

One of the high l ights of the month was the mixed double bowling rourna- ment h e 1 d a t Roaers Recreation -

alleys on November 7th, where 21 couples faced the maples a s the whistle blew. Those who were winners from this department, were Helen McHale, ladies' high three; Lll Kulage, ladies' high single, and G. Albrecht, men's single, while Bill Elchenaur and his partner, XIarge Droste. Anished second in team event.

J a y Lueke, crack bowler of the Memphlans, and the "Dizsy Dean" of the league, is figuring on putt ing o u t a l i t t le book. "How to Bowl-In Three Lessons".

Dan Cupid is stlll a good sho t around here ahd for hls victlms this tlme has selected none other than Allce Hanley and Bill Riegel, who a t this wr i t lng a re to be married on No- vember 28th. Best wishes. folks.

of him. A. Martin Roach, our fbremost au - The many f r l e n h 01 R. V. Cooper thorlty on theatricals and l l terature,

a r e so r ry to hear tha t he has not corn- s tar ted out the fall season with a bang pletely recuperated from illness by reviewing Shakespeare's "Richard and la agaln confined to the F r h o the Thlrd" and the Ziegfeld Follies. Hospital. W e a l l wish fo r him a hi^ hov has taste. s p e d y recovery.

AUDITOR-REVENUES DEPT. ST. LOUIS, MO.

E. L. K0HRIX.G and JOE KOEHLER, Reporters

Well, readers, a f t e r rnlsslng las t month's publlcatlon, we a r e in-again (much t.0 your dlsappointment) wirh a s l i t t le news a s oosuible-well. here goes:

The department lost two of Its well- known employes In the deaths of Ba r t p. Willlams and F. J. Knickmeyer. Bar t had worked up until about a week before passing away, October 1.9th. and would have reached .his 70th blrthday withln a few days. Freddie had been seriously H1 for over s ix months and his death, October 21st, whlle not wholly unexpected, cas t a

~ o n g ~ a t u l a t i o n s to Joe Kelly on the arrival of Warren Joseuh du r ln r the lunch period on ~ c t o b e r - 2 9 t h . A& i t s a red head. too! Looks like another Democratic landslide in 1966.

ATTENTION, PLEASE - Blp event ahead. The date, December 8th: time. 8:30 p. m. until ? ? ?; place, Century Boat Club; reason, dance given by the qrlsco Bowllng League. Come on f:giuse,, guys and "youse" gals, ge t up a narty. Come down and have a good time, music by Prof. Beatty and his Missourians. Fo r table reservations see J. R. Murray. Let's a l l go and put t he last dance given this year over with a bang.

DIVISION AND STORES ACCOUNTANT

SPRINGFIELD, MO. - ILA COOK, Reporter

spell of sadness-,over us, a s he was well remembered for his ready wit W e were glad to have a vlsit re- and cheerfullness. Our sympathy I s cently from John Ellis, retired road- extended to the families of the de- master on the Rlver division. H i s ceased. "vacation" has agreed wlth him a s he

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i o ~ k i of health. Mr. a Small have had

theit ,- ,,.,. ". Small'd parents om ~ o p l i n . 310. Percy Freeman had two days' vaca-

..an this month. Can you Imagine anyone spending 8 vacatlon cleaning the pard, mending the fence and such?

Xlsses Berenice O'Brien, Katherine --.-- ~- and Adeline Renshaw were am.ong those chosen to teach in t he public schools while the regular teachers a t - tended the teachers' meet ing held in Kansas City.

Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Biggers and his brother. Preston Biggers, and wife wece called to Hardy, Arkansas, on No- ve*er 14th because of the death of t h e e grandmother, Mrs. Bet ty Roberts. Mrs. Roberts had lived in Ash Flat . Arkansas, and the v i c h l t y for over sixty-flve years. She was n h e t p - e ight years of age.

Our sympathy i s slncere fo r the relarives and close friends of Herman Martini who was accldentally killed a t Hayti, Missouri, recently.

Miss Juani ta Cable, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Cable, of Chaffee, ia a t - tending Southwest Teachers College here. She was chosen a s one of the ; ; ~ h o ' s Who" for the most popular girl on the campus.

Miss I la Cook, tosether with Miss Louise Bean attended the Southern Baptist Conference held in Memphis, October 25-27th. Mlss Bean later had the pleasure of a week's visit wlth friends in Montgomery, Ala'bama.

Incidentally, Audie Biggers a n d 011v r Russ s.pent the aame week-end in %emphis. W e hear t ha t Audie spent the t ime planting tulip bulbs and OIIver visited his brother who has recentlv been transferred from For t . - - - - -~ Smith. - ~ r k .

Among those who attended the dlnner-dance given a t Monett on No- vember 16th were bllsses Eunice Harrerman. ~ i h e l Copeland and Male ~ e & a n of thls office.

Mlss N. Louise Lodge has returned to he r home In Ludlow, Kentucky, af ter spending the spring and summer visit- Ing with he r nephews. J. R. and George Lodge and the i r famliles. Miss Lodge completed a book on geneology called the tr lbe of Jacob (Pia t t ) , while here. It! has taken her twenty years to com- pile -this information. I t was published by the Young-Stone Pr ln t lng Company of Springfleld.

DIVISION STOREKEEPER'S OFFICE SPRINGFIELD, MO.

PEARL A. FAIN, Reporter

"Way back whenv-There is a bolt driven Into t h e ceiling of the oil house. whlch w a s put there about 1898 by "Uncle Joe" Wl lwn , now retired Frisco e m p l o ~ e . The Spanlsh-American war was ragging a t tha t time and Uncle Joe one day made the s ta tement he wished he had a chance a t some of those Spanyards with h k "sling-shot", but Bill Ha r r i s told him he couldn't hit them-and Uncle joe displayed h*s marksmanship by placing the bolt in the ceillng and it is still there. The s tore department a t tha t tqme was lo- cated In the two west rooms of the present all house and was under the mechanical department wi th the fol- lowing employes tn charge: Ell1 Harris, Joe Wilson, Fred Phillips (now Store- keeper a t Monett. Mo.) and fa ther of Clifford Kincaid, who Is now a n em- ploye of stores department. The oil house Is In charge of H a r t Howard a t present and he surely does keep I t In flrst-class order.

C. C. Meyer was off a couple of days du r ing the pas t month and spent hls t lme in Kansas Clty: Sam Gaston was off a couple of days but his where- abou t s a r e unknown; Wm. Whl te was off a day while the teachers convened in Sprlngfleld for thelr distrlct meet- Ing.

Sincere sympathy Is extended to John Reindeers, of this department, in the death of his sister, Mrs. Rosle Zook, of Chicago, November 8th. Mr. Rein- deers went to Chlcago to attend the services.

Thls department also w l ~ h e s to ex- tend slncere sympathy to loved ones and friends o l Mrs. J. St. Kurn, whose death occurred October 25th in St. LOU%. Mo.

Jack Gannon has on dlspiay in his "off ice7'--or d f d have--an American Hairless ~ o g - s e n t him f rom the Chi- cago Fa i r by his wife, who w a s for- tunate to spend two weeks in the city a t tending the F a i r and visiting' rela- tives.

Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Brandon and daughter, Ann Elfrabeth. enjoyed a lovely drive t o Eureka Springs, Ark., November 11th.

R. C. McCrory i s going to night school and reviewing his readin', wrltln' and 'rlthmetic. Bud Carter is a-foot now-a-days-hls "mule" has broken down. E. L. McGulre enjoys operatlng the mew crane recently pur- chased. Bids a r e open for a name with which to c n r ~ s t e n It. Me11 Lambeth has attempted to fatten four shoats on potatoe and turnip peellngs and . they a r e now on sa le t o the highest bidder.

I f it isn't a flsh story-it is a hunt- i n e storv: J im Akridae and Jack Gan- no: went hunting. I< was a cool day. They had tramped and tramped over hill and vale with hands in their pockets and guns under arms; in fact, their hands were quite deep in their pockets when suddenly quail by the hundred flew over their heads and all but lcnoclced their ha t s off. They made a mad scramble to ge t their guns, but the birds had flown to free- dom. They came back to town with "a quail" apiece and one rabbit, but their entlre stock of 48 shells had been consumed.

0. H. .Miller walked all aver Christian County and didn't get a thlng. G. L. Pickle went auail huntlnrr and brouaht back a red fox.

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has a more pleasant smlle a f t e r having visited wi th his old friend C. E. Wlheatley, of Yale, Tenn., who was a t t he stores department hTovem'ber 10th. Glen .Stone, also of Yale, and Iormerly of th ls deoartment. made the t r io wlth Mr. ~ h e a t l e y .

Jack Gannon promised l i t t le Jack to t ake him huntlng, so one day he hur- ried home from work amd they and their dog, Spot. s tar ted out. Thls was l i t t le Jack's first experience and evi- dently all he thought one had to do was t o drive to t he country and call o r whistle and the birds would come. and all you would have to do was shoot. Well, they parked the car on a country road and s tar ted o u t in the wild and open country. They tramped a short distance and Ilttle Jack was pretty well buried in weeds and the like. P re t ty soon he stopped and said, "Daddv. I tell vou-I don't l ike this shruibdery".

We in the Ozarks certainly have no need to envv the Californians for their beautiful weather. We have experi- enced one ~f the mildest and most beautiful falls known. The writer has enjoyed a number of early morning walks of one. two and three miles into t he country.

Before another Issue of the Prlsco Maaazlne, Christmas with all of i ts joy a n d peace will have come and gone- so may we say here to all our friends and readers: "A-Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year".

TELEGRAPH NOTES - HELEN FELTAWS. Reporter -

B. F. Burt , second trick. St. Clalr. was off one day. E. W. Cheatham re- lieved him.

33. A. Atklns relleved C, I?. Brock- man on third trlck sleeper.

C. R. Sally, thlrd trlck. Paclflc, and Mrs. Sally attended the American Leglon Convention a t Mlaml. Florlda. rhen went on down to Cuba and points south before re turning to Missouri. IA. J. Porterfleld relieved Chlck.

H. Henson, second trlck, Dixon, made a t r ip to Fo r t Smith recently to vislt hls son who is with Western Union a t t h a t polnt. D. Atkins worked second Dixon a day, then was bumped by W. C. Austin. t. J. Porterfleld relleved E. Hath-

away. thlrd trick. Swedeborg, one day. Yours t ru ly worked one n ight on

third a t MO Monett, relieving T. H. Vaughn, and one night on third a t Marshfield. relieving B. A. Barrett .

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

DAZEL LBWIS, Reporter

Leo E. Bar re t t recently visited h is brother and family in Kansas City.

Gertrude Whitalcer, dictaphone oper- ator i s planning to spend Christmas wlth' he r siater, who is a teacher in the schoals a t Seattle, Wash.

Kathryn Hur t , indexer, enjoyed a re- cent visit wlth her mother in Green- fleld, Mo. She reports everything looking flne down in t ha t par t of the country.

Members o f th ls department attend- ing the Men's Club banquet a t the Ontra. November 17 repor t t h a t i t was a very enjoyable ahai r .

George Roop seems to be the official apple expert of the claim department. If YOU want to know anything about - apples, just a sk George.

Thla being bird season, G. T. Blank- enship brings forth this story, and it is a dog story. H e and Ray Lodge a re much given to a rgu lng about the merits o f their respective dogs. When Blankenship told th is one i t made Lodge blink his eyes and t ake to cover for the time being. One of Blanken- ship's .old Mississippi friends w a s talk- ing over bygone days. Rlankenshlp a t tha t time owned a white ~ o l n t e r . and such a polnter! H e was fhe smar tes t d-og Imaginable. If Blankenshlp s tar ted ou t with hls long: barre l gun, this dog knew the bun t ing was to be in the open b u t If t he gun was the brush barrkl. Mr. White Pointer would t ake to the thickets, knowing Blankenship intended hunt ing in the brush. Bu t t o really show this old Mfsstsslppi friend wha t a real smar t dog was like, one time Blankenship put on his hunt ing ooat, got o u t t h e gun, then returned to the kitchen and go t hls flshing pole. On golng ou t he could not flnd the dog. looked a l l over t h e place, called, but no response. F inal ly h e went out to the meat house and "belleve i t o r not" there was t h a t dog scratching ln--the ground for fish worms. With such a dog we alI regre t Blankenshlp w a s Iald up with foot trouble so he could not a e t actlon rlkht a t the b e g l n n i n ~ of thk quail season.

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Here's wishing everyone a happy Yule-tide Season, and health a n d pros- perity throughout the coming year.

OFFICE O F GENERAL MANAGER

ORVILLE COBLE, Reporter

The marr lags of MISS Mary Kath- erlne Kennenberg to J. B. Hllton, Jr., on September 29th a t Wes t Plains. Mo., ha s been announced by the bride's father. C. F. Kennen'berg. The popular couple a r e now at home at 1221 Roanoke Ave.. Springfleld, MQ.

Mlss Mildred LeBolt has re turned home from the hospital, but I s not ye t able to resume he r secretarial post.

Victar B. Gleaves was awarded a new Ford V-8 In the Crown Drug Store

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slogan contest. Maybe there is a Santa Claus!

MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT SPRINGFIELD, MO.

HAZEL CLARK. Reporter

Although Rosemary Ann daughter of Nr. and Mrs. LeRoy ~ y s ' a r t , 1s less than a year old she has already won a prize in a beauty contest. This was a nation-wide contest in which thousands of babies were entered and Rosemary Ann's prize was a blue rib- bon and a beautifully framed photo- graph of herself. Mr. and Mrs. Dysar t a r e to be congratulated on having such a charming l l t t le daughter .

On October 26th t1his department held a celebration in the form of a sump- tuous spread In honor of the birthdays of J. E. Pot ta and J. W. Seabough, and the twenty-fifth wedding anniversary of J. H. Sadler. All a t tending had the privilege of offering the three honorees a bit of advice a long with the i r con- pratulatlons and the advice given was enjoyed alm'ost a s much a s the food. Although Mrs. Badler was not present she did much to make the pa r ty a suc: cess by sendlng a delicious home-made angel food cake.

As a fur ther blrthday celebration, Mr. Seabough and Mr. Pot ts at tended the Army-Illinois football game a t Champaign on November 3 ; and al- though Mr. Pot ts had a good h a t ruined by the rain and "Doc" g o t his toes stepped on in the rush, both re- ported a n enjoyable time.

Our new lounge ca r s the "Tulsa" and the "Oklahoma it;.", continue to receive much favorable publicity. A recent issue of The DuPont Magazine carried a Pull page article, with ghoto- graphs , giving descriptions.

W e a r e glad to have both J. W. Quthrie and J. C. Brekenfeld back on t h e job agaln, a f t e r having to spend some timo in the St. Louis hospital.

GENERAL' STOREKEEPER'S OFFICE--SPRINGFIELD, MO.

DOROTHEA HYDE, Reporter

Along with our happiness. we must have so much sorrow, and to Miss Madge Xlorton, a s well as each member of her family. our hearts go out in tender sympathy. account the death of her fa- ther. DanIel Webster Morton. 83. after an Illness of three weeka. Mr. Norton. a former Frlsco employe, was well re- spected and loved by ail who knew him. The family clrcle was not brqken until Mr. Morton's death. His children served him in death a s In Ilf'e. The four sons and two grandsons were pallbearers and three of his grandch~ldren played and sang for the funeral services.

There was a very distinguished w e s t in our ofPice the 15th. She was so charm- ing. had such beautiful, big brown eyes and pleaaing smile. This little lady was none odther than the 14-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Scha r~ f .

Mrs. Henry Tburman, of Ash Grove. has been visltlng here daughter, Bar- ba ra Murray, for a few days. Barbam enjoyed very much havina her mother as a guest, and m to entertainment, she certainly dld her part.

Several days ago Nola Rook came in the office all smiles. When she decided to tell us the little secret. we could un- derstand. A flne little baby girl hnd joined the Rook family. She is Emily Jean, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Rook.

Then, in a few mornings. Homer Weber came In with the same ailment. Eerythlng was lovely and the "jioose hanm high". He was uncle again to l l t t le Rose Marie, daughter of Mr. and v r s . J. A. Bockman. Mr. Bockman is a f re ight house employe.

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and we get them CLE LAVA SOAP FAST WITH

At the Chesapeake & Ohio coal docks a t Toledo, Ohio, carload after car- load of coal is dumped into huge Great Lakes barges. Here, most visitors agree, are found the "dirti- est hands in the world."

But Lava Soap gets them clean in no time. In the picture above, Gen- eral Foreman Floyd 0. Wright and Assistant Foreman Herbert Kohne arc washing up with Lava Soap after a day's work on the coal- dumping equipment.

From Coast to Coast, railroad men have found that Lava gets grime fast - helps prevent infec- tions. Here's how Lava works. Its thick lather and powdery pumice team together to get any dirt in less than a minute. I t s glycerine-used in most expensive hand lotions- and other soothing oils protect the

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skin, keep hands from getting chap- ped and red, heal up little cracks and nicks,

And Lava kills germs. Tests show that as a preventive against many common bacteria, Lava is several times as effective a s carbolic acid.

mother, Mrs. Pear l U w i s . Mrs. Charles f. Kunz was a ilellght-

ful hostess at a one o'clock luncheon honorlng the wives of oPPlclals who were in Monett to a t t end the Frlsco Employes' Club Par ty , November 15th.

was :heck 0. C.

just extra

OFFICE OF GENERAL AUDITOR ST. LOUIS, MO.

-. . - - - - - - - -. . . . - - - . . - - - - - - . . - - - - . - . . - is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Swine- ford. Baby Swineford was named An- thony Curtiss, in memory of his grand- father, "Curt" Swlneford, deceased em- ploye -. .L . - - ? - & - - > --.,- --.-- PEARL E. LEWIS, Reporter

LARRY K~EEDLER, Reporter

Thlw departmemt extends Its deepest sympaehy t o Mr. Kurn and I r a McLean, and to the famllies of Ba r t Williams

or me uuyerllnenuenr J ul~~ct?. ks. you should see our mascot. It's rcellent take-OK of Homer Weber Hap Gibson's feet, and wears part 1. Burdette's clothing. Give you guesses. . . - . . . .

Walter M. Plt ts , switchman. has the lllstlnctlon of becoming a grandfather twice in t he s a m e week when hls son, Paul Pihts, and wife became the par- ents of a daughter, October 2 4 , and his son, Walter, Jr., and wlfe were the parents of a son born October Slst. M r nnrl Mra Walfer P i t t o Rr a re

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Will the reporters In Tulsa please par- don my Intruding? The person I am going to tell you about is important me. I've lived in her home and kn how self-made she really is. We kn tha t Hollywood is a fairyland where fur-clad eskimo, a platinum blonde r a man-made gorilla sit together and p brldge between "shots". And into t fairyland has been thrust a "lo legged Oklahoma kid with eyes popp out a s big ss saucers". She is Gr "--d of Tulsa. Her father, Pat F c

me tlme was a Frisco flreman. W Brothers' executives declare she 1 possibilities of making a s tar mule

norous than Joan Crawford. She nerly taught dancing in the Irene nk Studio in Tulsa. Anyway. I am L we'll hear a lot about Grace later. she is on Warner Brothers' payroll. r. and Mrs. Clifford Klncaid and dren motored to Bland, Mo., the 7th,

Lv at tend the funeral services of a sister-in-law, Mrs. J. A. Lahmeyer.

Understand that Charles (Butch) Gus- tin is managing a hotel In Pittsburgh, Pa.. a t the present. but is in line to go t o New Pork on a job in the near fu- ture.

Glad we a re able to report that N. H. Kruse. roadmaster of the Eastern dlvision, who underwent a very serlpus operation in St. Louis recently, is Im- proving rapidly. We miss his presence very much.

arid Fred ~n1ckrne i e r . - Employes of thls department did

their par t in creating employment for doctors and nurses du r ing the pas t month. 'Leola Hughes had a badly In- fected tooth t h a t kept her in .the hos-

R ital for a month; Georgia Pipes had e r tonslls removed. and John Kin-

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t he parents of ten chlldren, and thc were their flrst grandchildren.

W. L. Mayfield and family a t tenl a blrthday dinner In Springfleld, E vember 11th. honorlng his mother, M A. M. Maytleld.

The first day of the blrd sem found a number of jobs a t this stati being protected by ex t r a men, howev no one seems to be reporting t "limit".

The Big Frisco Booster P a r t y hl a t the Pa rk Casino, NovemEer 15

led Jo- rs.

! a ind lay .his

worthy was operated on for appen- A l ~ l t l ~ -..,..--.

In l a s t month's edition we told abput Pete Gentile forsaking U s and g o m g to the traKlc department, and the old mar . wasn't even off the oress before

ron Lon er. :he

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he &me b a c k t o US. Notice, To Wham Er May Concern:

The Hanley dlvision of t he office of general audltor. on Wednesday, the twenty-elghth of Novem'ber. year of ou r Lord. One Thousand Nine Hundred Thirty-four, was taken over, lock, stock and .barrel bv the Riegel Inter-

L' u1-I a t c ner the glan torn F r a ~ sure for

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a s a grand success. Ticket sales had to be stopped a t an early hour the day of the affair, account' exceeding the capacity of t h e Caslno. A numlber of officials and employes from Joplln. Springfleld and surroundlng towns were present and all reported a very enjoyable time.

Mr. and B'Irs. Wllllam D. Talbert and son, James Lewis, of Columbla, Mo.. were recent visitors of Mrs. Talbert's

ests of the ~ office df audi tor~revenues . On and a f t e r tha t da te all communica- rions and transactions formerly asso- ciated with HANLEY will be handled under t he .title of RIEGEL. All joking aside, we wish Bill and Alice lots of luck, and hope a l l the l r kids a r e key-

ALBERT RUSSELL

CLEVELAND L JASPE

Wood- Two Million Feet Per Month I Railroad Lumber - Pine and Herr

I on the Frisc co in Alabama M I L L ST. PASSENGER STATION

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and S W. S. WOOD. Reporter -

One of the girls a t the freight house glves t he date of her b i r th a s Novem- ber 26, 1492 . If she s tar ted to work ear ly in llfe, she should head the seniority llst.

Good deeds do not always go unre- warded. Bill McGee, train porter re- cently found a ocketbook stuffed with currency, locateX the loser, and returned i t to him. The grateful owner showed hls appreciation with a ten-dollar bill.

The SpringAeld Leader and Press car- ried an item about the young man who strolled into the waitlng room early one mornlng and asked for a bucket of wa- te r to throw on his car which was burn- i n g over on Main Street. 'nhe st'ory re- lated that the flre department was called and had extlngulshed the blaze before the man got out of the statlon with his bucket of water. Here is the point that was overlooked: Special Officer Jerry Hamon happened along when the con- flagration was a t its height and smoth- ered It wlth a pocket handkerchlef. his ten-gallon hat, o r something. before the flre wagon got there. So the man with the bucket of water instead of running second. was a very poor thlrd.

We heard n radlo announcer. describ- h g the Army-Yale football mme. say: "The wind is blowlng in a brisk direction from the north." Just another fourth dimension boy.

A lot of peculiar articles a r e presented at the baggage room for checking. but

I DEPENDABLE SERVIt

Realized through the use of creoaoted Ties, Bridge Timbers and Piles can be - extended to Lumber, Poles, Sign and Fence Poste, Crosaing and Platform Planks, Culverts and numerous miscel- laneous uses.

December, 1934

punch operators, code clerks. Eil lott- F lsher operators, etc., bu t NOT inter- line clerks-anything but that!

Even though Alice did mar ry & man from Che auditor-revenue department, she had a very lucky month. She wan pleasantly surprised with two showers, one on the night of November 5 a t the home of Nell Schaefer. Then. teamed U D with Herb Martin. of the fuel de- partment, she took flrst place money in t he mixed doubles bowling tourney held a t Rogers Alleys on November 7.

Our congratulations also go to Mar- garet Heckwolf. who left us to be mar- 'ied. 4 n d not to slight Henry Behrends, of t he auditor-dlsburemt?nrs. deDart- ment, he done w

And they say month of wedding

We know somet te that is just to as you all probat owner of an Esl rainy night he was drlvlng nome Irom work when his car skidded (we're still talking about the Essex) and over t~rned, and he was knocked unconscious. Very soon a crowd gathered around the wreck (the Essex) and several men picked up Ray and carried hlm Into a near-by flllmg statlon. While waiting for a doctor to arrive, someone began administering flrst-aid to the still un- conscious Mr. Schulte. After several minutes his eyes began to qulver. "He's coming to." someone crled. and every- one became very quiet. Ray tlnally opened his eyes. He went deadly pale and began struggling and fldlting a s though trying to break away from the men who were holding him. After a short struggle, Ray again Lost consclous- ness. Neanwhile. a doctor had arrived and soon succeeded in revivlng our hero. "Where am I?; Ray asked. with a wol;; rled look on his face. "You're 0. K! someone sald. "You're right here III Smith's fllling station." "Oh." said Ray with a sigh of relief. "Why." he was asked, "did you get so excited awhlle ago?' "Well. men," said Ray "I'm sor- ry I made such a fool of myself, but I remember driving down the street, and I remember my car overturning. (Edi- tor's note:-Ray is still talklng about the Essex) : then everything went black. and I don't remember what hap- pened until I opened my eyes. The first thlng I saw was a 'Shell' sign, and some parned fool was standing in front of the S'."

Incidentally. Jer ry swears tha t there is a species of horses that ha re horns, but far be it from us to argue.

OFFICE S U P E R l N T E N b E N T TRANSPORTATION

first putrid Here's a free hint, Joe. Run a pipe ,--.. &L- . -L -.-.. .. L-!-- --..-a-

- - . - . - . , - - . . . . . ,spital suflerlng from Is. We hope by the lhe :azlne comes out, Mr. be able to be back on

cIea,l=l rmwu?;lr yvul ul~al, n u a p c

out the bowl-then fill up with mild and pleasant Sir Walter

el,cj r , r r u , L r .,, r* Raleigh. This gentle blending of Ken-

~ e i ~ t , " ~ " , ! ~ ~ C ~ ~ C Y M ~ ~ ~ tucky Burleys gives offa delicate and ldester. , Ernes t T+itchell P a v e seductive fragrance that appeals to . I . . 4 . 1

...-A * J "'-'"' --- .."'J ".'""" ""'." I Sir Walter Raleigh is cool. It's slow

burning. It's pipe smoking at its very 1 best. Kept fresh in heavy gold foil, it

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Try it--you'll be the hit of the party.

EULA STRATTON, Reporter

November was a verv fortunate month for many of us: ~ o v c & b e r 16th. Evelyne Manning won an electric clock and a beautlful quilt a t a charity beneflt, while Savina Fellin received a dozen large, white chrysanthemums.

On November 15th. Rosa Schurnacher, sister to our Bertha Schumacher. was privileged to return home from the hos- pital after three serious throat opera- tions, and on the 18th Mrs. E. L Jar- ratt. wife of Elmer Jarratt , chlef sta. tistical clerk, left St. John's Hospital a f ter a very serious operation. There certainly was rejoicing: in the macher and J a r r a t t households

Mae Beaman, Nary Catherlnc Pear l Fain, I la Cook. Amy Ct and Mamie Bradlev-the latti from this department-were elec hlgh offices in in the Prisco Girl! and were honorees a t a special bridge recently. Congrats, girl

Also congratulations are In or John Gardner, son of Carl 1%'. G for; on November 4. Miss Grace became Nrs. John Gardner. Both

peopIe were popular STC students and a re well known to the Frisco family. We extend to them our best wishes.

Too. what good times we have been having; Neta Mooney and Elva Fuiton left Saturday, November 17, for a week's vacatlon in Denver, Colo.

And a gay Armistice Day party was &en by Misses Catherlne and Florence Lyons entertaining Merle Platte. Luna Wilder. Anna Helblg. Bessle Huff, Irene Schaller. Llllian Yatea, Elizabeth Owens. Jessie Laub. Pearl Townes. Edlth Wid- meyer, and Lucy Good and Margaret Lyops-Clayman a s Special guests.

TT YARDS - ,OYD. Reporter - p l a r meetlng Of t he

, ..-,- -...,._,-, Club, they declded to have a par ty for all employes, their families and a number of distlnguished guests. 'Phis par ty was held a t t he Pa rk Castno. The attendance was be- yond expectatlon, and, from al l reports of those who were there. It was the most successful of any gather ing of Its kind. u u really neea a gooa gas-maslr

Paul Holland, ou r flrst tr ick caller, ha s been bird huntlng since the open- lng of the season, being relieved by

Y to play blindnun's buff success- Burl Thomas, second trick caller, who fully when Joe and his gassy old briar in turn has been relieved by Paul Klrby, emergency caller. arc in the game. That surly tobacco

Joe Shockley, second trick blll clerk a t the east yard nffice has been In the up gives him away at St, John's Hc acute Bronchit rime this mag Shocklev will the job aga in .

Mr. and Mrs enjoylng a fev son. Carl Plt ts in St. Louls.

Mr. and Mrs. turned from a thev vlnited t l phls. Tenn. %I filled by A1 Ch

Mr. and Mrs

. Wm. Pi t t s have been r days visit from their ,, and wife who reside

A. B. Strain have re- A - . , - L . I . . l ,."I.. ... Lam

purchased a nlce little suDurDan nome m r r r v w ~ A n w ~ a n d w a r " ~ r , , i d - e .~,lr~ in Fores t Park addition ,to >lonett They a r e makin.g extensive Improve ments on the place and In a short timl expect to be farming on a small Scale

Howard Watkinn, mall handler 01 the passenger platform. has been do ing emergency work a f t e r being tern porarily out' of the servfce time.

Brown & Williamson Tobacco Cormration I SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION I Louisvi

T R A F F I C DEPARTMENT-TULSA

MARGERY A. O'BRIEN, Reporter

Keeplng Tulsa ahead-fifty-nlne Per cent of Oklahoma's bllllon-dollar raw material income Is produced in thirty- three per cent of the state's a r ea or wlthln a one hundred mile radlus or Tulsa. The a rea produces the bulk o r the state 's petroleum, the percentage varying from year to year a s flush pools may be brought In In o ther par ts of the s t a t e t o juggle the figures momentarily - thls also 1s true of -..*..-el ";as and natural gasoline.

a big day for the FRISCO a t e have a very fine SPECIAL ut t on lgh t ' t o the API meet- allas, carrylng the executives rrlous large oil companies to Ing which wlll last until No- (5th. W e also had a la rge n out on o u r t ra ln l a s t night :eting. o have to report our l i t t le r, Jeane Marie Connelly. has Sned t o he r home for several ith the whoopfng cough-she

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