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1 ( FRISCO MECHANIC FAMILY NEWS

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MECHANICAL A N D STORES D E P A R T M E N T

FT. WORTH, T E X A S

J. D. WACEY, Reporter

The weather down here is beginning ta get warm; espect we will have some real summer weather before long.

The city is grading and graveling the road leading to the shop and round- house.

C. E. Blentlinger, car foreman, is upending his vacation in Illinois. F: C. Rudloff, piecework checker, is ac t lng foreman during his absence.

J. S. Dunaway, coach cleaner, is the proud father of a fine boy, born May 30. J. R. Fooshee. insuector, snent a

couple of days flshin6 in ~ a i v e s t o n bay. He must have had good luck a s he rays he never s aw so many fish In his life as he s aw on t h a t trip.

We regl'et to s ay tha t N. R. Polk, in- apector, who has been off s i c t for a lonc time is no better. .~...-

We were sor~ry to read of the death of IIr. A. -4. Kesterson, night coach foreman. a t Xonett. Mr. Kesterson was ear foreman a t this point a t one time and was well liked by everyone. W. B. "Uncle Billle" Hancock. vet-

eran hostler, was retired on May 31, account having reached the a g e limit. The emuloves i~resented him with a flne 1oungihg chair to rake the place of the aeat box cushion that he has been using so many years.

PARIS, T E X A S

N. B. PALMERTREE. Reporter

Business has increased considerably during the first part of this month a t Paris account of running from two to three tralns of tomatoes daily, north on the Frlsco. These tomatoes a r e re- ceived from the T&NO railroad here a t Paris and then moved north with the least possible delay.

We were verv sorrv to lose Niss Faye ~ a c k l e m a n , general clerk a t freight offlce the flrst of t he month. Her job was abollshed and she exer- cised her seniorlty and took a job a t Sorth Fort Worth, Texas. Faye was a Ine wire and was a lways ready to g o to a ar ty or dance and we sure do miss Rer. ~ o o d luck Fave and until ure lee you agaln, think of the old gang.

>Ire. B. C. Derrick and son, Charles Edward, and Mrs. E. B. McGaha went to Wynnewood, Okla., to visit relatives rhe flrst pa r t of ,June, and we know lhat they enjoyed their drive through the country in their car. Mrs. McGaha came back Sunday. J u n e 8, and Mr. B. C. Derrick, chief clerk a t freight offlce, went to Wynnewood on J u n e 1 4 and drove back in the ca r with his wife and son. The cashier said confl- dentlally t ha t Mr. Derrick was going up there especially to t ake a bath (his mnual ba th) in the new sulphur wa te r wells a t Wynnewood.

Mr. C. S. McCord and familv have just returned from the sunny iand of California. They visited Mr. JIcCord's mother a t Ventura, Calif. Mack said lhat they went to the blg MOVIE city while in Callfornla.

T h e above photograph sftozus the well-known fihern~eir of the W e s t Shop, L. E . ".S'~tipe" Reddicf:, assistant boiler forerrran, and W . E . "Bill" Sltrcki, erecting forenran.

When these t w o boys go jishirrg they always mwtage to brirrg back eviderlce to show zuhat they acconzplisked.

Please note the large catfish i front of "Bill." This is swpposed to ztreigh 22 pounds a d the one on th other end weighed 11 Bounds. The smaller ones weighed f rom 1 to 4 pounds. This fishing zwas done O N the "Big" Sac river about sevejlty miles f rom here. T w o days was all that zwas reqrrired to catch the string.

LOCAL NO. 17-TULSAi OKLA. LOCAL NO. 31-BACONE, OKLA.

H. C. PRICE, Reporter

R. N. Hollingsworth, ca r foreman, has been tyansferred to Sherman, Tex.

C. R. Blackburne, Harold Rouche and H. E. Campbell. machinists from Springfield a r e worklng in West Tulsa show a t this time. Welcome, boys !

W. E. Bowman, water service man, 1s spending 1 5 days in Colorado.

Happy Riddle, mill man. spent Sun- day 6th, a t tending Song Convention in Fairview. Mo.

Mr. George Alexander, boiler fore- man, is back to work a f t e r 1 0 days sickness.

Buck Duncan, wrecker foreman is in St. Louls hospital.

Herbert Fletcher is in St. Louis hos- pltal wlth an infected thumb.

Mr. Jack Drake, machinist, who was taken suddenly ill while a t work. has been o ~ e r a t e d - o n . He is now a t 3Iorn- ings id i hospital and is doinw nicely.

Ed. Schall and C. C. Vaslrar a r e OR sick a t this writlng.

Mrs. S. P. Agee, wife of wa te r serv- ice man underwent an operation a t the Sapulpa hospital and is doing nicely.

>Ir. L. 0 . Davldson, machinist, has jolned the day force.

NICHOLAS T. RISXER, Reporter

Local No. 31 met in regular form June 6th, with good attendance.

Mr. R. B. Hughes, night roundhouse foreman is enjoying a new Whippet sedan. He has benun to plan his r a r a - tion and expects 10 make the t r ip in his new car.

M'r. F. B. Martin, is the Droud owner of a new Chevrolet car.

Mrs. Fred Burgin, was called to t he bedside of her husband, who is in the hospital a t St. Louls. W e wish him a speedy recovery.

Mr. Lee Jones enjoyed a visit with his mother in Hanover, Ark., lasr week.

LOCAL NO. 32-NEWBURG, MO.

E. F. FULLER, Reporter

Nr. and Mrs. Grover Helms a r e the proud parents of a baby girl born May 9Bnd

Mr. Harvey Wilson, passenger flre- man has moved to St. Louis.

Mrs. Alton E a r p and daughter Ruth. visited relations in Commerce and Miami, Okla.

Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Fuller visited

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N e w b u r g Decorat ion d a y a n d the week- end.

W. N. Davis is d r iv ing a new model Oldsmobile.

Mrs. F r e d Wilson a n d fami ly a r e v i s i t ing re la t ions in Arkansas.

I v a n F u l l e r m a d e a business t r i p to Springfleld.

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

W. H. Tucker , pump man, while on his vacation wlll g o to t h e hospital for t r ea tment .

F. M. PEI!:BLES. Reporter W E S T COACH AND P A I N T SHOPS

W. M. Andrews, pumper, Is now on t h r slck list.

Felix Clark. coal chute laborer. has been off for the past two months account of the serious slcltness of his wife.

John Parrigo. bollermaker. and wife. formerly of this place. who is now lo- catcd a t Yale. was a visitor here.

E. A. Pitchford, hostler, visited in Springfield, 310.

Ales Peebles. son of the writcr. was a visitor here from St. 1,ouis.

Rubin Holmes, thlrd-class machinist. was calleil to JIonett, 310.. account sick- nrass of his brother.

I . W. Hill, ca r inspector, and Mrs. Hill a r e visiting their daughters a t Potts Camp, and Oxford. XIiss.

P. C. Poyner, operator, and Mrs. Poy- ner a re now spending a fcw days a t Men~phis.

C. Lark. pumper, is now workin= a t Marked Tree. rclievinn Jack Olden.

0. C. Jackson, operator. was called to Denvcr, Colo., account sudden death of his father.

Ceo. JIitchell, hostler, ha.; now pur- chased a new home which formcrly be- l o n ~ e i l to A. D. Salem.

Victor Hurldleston, engineer, is now a t Cleveland. Ohio. where hc is attending the en~ineers ' convention.

C. A. Phillips. boilermaker foreman from Lindenwood. 310.. is now on a flsh- ing trip around here. Mr. Philipps was formerly employed here as a boilermaker.

Homer Crass, fireman. has a new Ed-

FRANK SCHELLHARDT, Reporter

Frank Brake, steel car man, and fam ily. spent a two-weeks' vacatlon in Cole raclo.

Felix Rohr. carpenter. together with his family. wife ancl son. recently re turned from a n eaqtern trip. Thes viaite New York City and Washington. D. C

Dewey Stephens, oxwelder, has a nea Ford sedan, and during his vacation ht gave i t a good try-out.

Earncst Waggoncr. upholsterer. arb Mrs. Waggoner. spent a few weeks 13- month visiting in Los Angeles and othe points on the West Coast.

Ralph Knox. piecework checker. wen to Little Rock, Ark., for his vacation.

Congratulations to Arthur Morris. urht was married to Bertha Thicme on June i

Harvey Smith, cabinet maker, and lam ily, visited rclativcs in Tulsa, Okia., las

Mr. and Mrs. 0. J. P a i n t e r of Spring- fieid.' visited t h e R. L. P a i n t e r a n d H. W. F u l l e r families.

Orville F i t e s p e n t a recent week-end wl th home folks.

W. N. Davis motored to St. Louis Mav 25th.

H a r v e y Green, g r e a s e cup man, who w a s conflned to the Fr i sco hospital , is back a t work , much i m ~ r o v e d .

Mr. F. W. Oltman, engineer, h a s moved h is family to Newburg.

Van V. El t ing , watch inspector h a s moved to Springfield.

RECLAMATION P L A N T SPRINGFIELD, MO.

month. H a r r y Holdcn, cabinet shop forcman

spent his vacation in Cincinnnti. Ohio which was his old home before cornin)

T. 0. CHAPMAN, Repor te r

J o h n B o w m a n s p e n t a f e w days, re - cently, f lshing n e a r Osceola w i t h a p a r t y of friends.

F r e d Thies, w e a r e informed, i s in t h e Fr l sco hospital a t St. L o u i s f o r medical a t t e n t i o n again.

S a m Rober t son visit'ed f r iends a t T u l s a recent ly f o r a f e w days.

Marion Clevinger s p e n t h i s vaca t ion v is i t ing f r i e n d s a n d re la t ions in Okla- homa.

to Springfleld. P. P. Peterson, truck foreman. wen

to Louisiana last month to fl.;h, bu "Pete" returned with the story that 01 account of a big flood, th r Ash were al drowned and so ended the story.

Claudc E . Logan. piecework checker took a trip to Shreveport. La., recentl!

CAR D E P A R T M E N T KANSAS C I T Y , MO.

JAMES N. HARGROVE. Reporter W e notice severa l n e w faces a r o u n d

t h e p lan t t h i s summer , b u t there a r e more of t h e older ones conspicuous by the i r absence.

Mrs. Clarence Sissell h a s g o n e to In- d iana to spend a f e w weeks v i s i t ing with her brother, who is in business a t LaPor te .

Mrs. M'innie Pres ton , m o t h e r of P a u l Pres ton , h a s re turned to Springfleld a f t e r spending severa l m o n t h s in Cuba and Florida.

F i n i s L i t t re l l h a s been a w a y f rom work f o r some days, n u r s l n g a sore hand which due to in jury became in- fected l a t e r on.

J a m e s Adams is spending his vaca- t ion a l o n g t h e s t r e a m s a n g l i n g for t h e flnny t r ibe on t h e Gasconade r lver .

J a m e s 3 I a n a r y h a s re turned to w o r k a f te r a five-week siege of rheumntism. which k e p t h i m closely conflned in t h e St. John ' s Hospital.

Char les Spencer i s s t i l l a b s e n t f rom

sex sedan. Alr. J. R. Fisher. enrlncer. and Mrs.

Fisher, a r e at tendina G. I. A. of 13. L. E , conventlon a t Cleveland. Ohio.

Edwin Inale. granddaughter of agcnt. visited in Tulsa. Okla.

Zachar'iah Roberts. engineer. is now on a leave of absence for 90 days. H e will sail from New York on the S. S. 1,aronla on the 7th of June for North Wales. where he will visit his mother ancl sister.

Riley Freg, third-class machinist, w a ~ off on account of the death of his father. who died a t Rirch Tree. June 2. H e

Vacation time 1s here and ever?.one talking vacation and planning trig somewhere.

M. J. Sar ta in , c a r foreman, spent a week of his vacation in Soringfield and 3Iemphis the last half of May.

W. J. Hardenstine. assistant car fore man, took his vacation the first half of June ancl went to Bean Lake flshing.

I\ big reduction in force was made at this place, June 1. 24 men beinr laid off. We a r e hoping tha t they will all be nut back to work soon.

was 92 years of age. Bert Hollinsshead, freight man, a t -

tended court a t \Vest Plains. L. R. Burkhead, freight man. who has

been in the Frisco Hospit:d a t Spring- field, is now a t home, but is unable to work as yet.

Ear l Payne, helper a t Nonvood, w m cut off and has bumped a t Mammoth Sprlngs. Ark.

The pencil sharpener that strnwl a w a y ~omet imv ago. has been located. returned anrl the reward collectrd.

LOCAL NO. 18-BIRMINGHAM, ALA.

H'. A. AIYERS, Reporter w o r k , h a v i n 2 had a n opera t ion f o r ab- pendlci t is a t t h e Fr l sco w a r d a t St. John's hosp i ta l a b o u t t h e middle of

LOCAL NO. 33-HAYTI, MO. Charles J. Kenncdy. our divislon chair. man, attended a meetinr of the General System Board of the Association of XIetni Crafts t Car Department Employes at S~rlnrflelcl. No.. June 5 and 6.

May. Miss N o r a Sanford. d a u g h t e r of E l e r y

Sanford. accompanied Miss Dorr i s Thompson, d a u g h t e r of J o h n W. Thompson, a s f a r as St. Louls on h e r t r ip to Boston. 3Iassachusetts . t o visi t her brother . W a l t e r a n d wlfe, w h o re -

B. B. W H I T E S E R . Reporter

Local So . 33 h a s been hold ing severa l v e r y successful meet ings in t h e i r local d u r i n g t h e p a s t month.

J a c k Teas te r , engineer, a n d Mrs. Teas te r , a r e t h e proud p a r e n t s of a n ine

Walter KrafP. machinist, has come back home from the St. J.ouis hospital. u-her? hc hail been for some time. We how he will be back a t work with us again

side there. John Kel logg a n d fami ly h a v e p lans

made to see C a l ~ f o r n i a t h i s summer. They illtend to head f o r Los Angeles over t h e S a n t a F e , o u t of K a n s a s City, a b o u t t h e l a s t week in June .

soon. (3. A. Gatelcy, blacksmith. has movei

up on Fountain Heights. which Is aboul a s hlgh un ns he could pet.

Fred Watson. machinist Bpprenllce. has given up his job here. H e has moved to New Orleans. where he will make hlr

pound boy. W a r r e n Beck. box packer , a n d Mrs.

Beck a r e t h e proud p a r e n t s of a nine pound girl.

The w o r k on coal c h u t e i s a l m o s t complete a t t h i s wri t ing. T h e chut'e c a u g h t fire by some unknown cause a n d a b o u t ten feet of t h e top w a s burned.

The new well a t this olace will soon

I t requi res t w o to p lay a g a m e of checkers, b u t in t h e g a m e s t h a t a r e played a t t h e shop i t is f requent ly noticed t h a t five o r s ix or more often play on each side. P l a y i n g t h e game on t h e side seems to produce more of

home. The arrival of the new Iocon~otlm

which the Frfsco purchased from the Thldwin Locomotive Works recently. have aroused quite a bit of enthusinm find excitement among our forces hert The several new features cmhodied in the new locomotives show the wonderful improvement over the older types. The trend of thc modern locomotive Is In keepinx with the trend of mechanical efficiency in every line of induslrv, more especkillp the automobile. The rnwhan. ical department here takes great irille in servicing and keepins the new loco- motives up in tip-top condition.

L. XI. Westerhouse, general foreman. has spent the last few days visltlng rela- tives a t F t . Scott, Kans.. his old home

be complete a n d we a r e hoping t o have good w a t e r a s t h e old well proved to be no good.

The C h a f f ~ e boys put on a plav a t t h i s point f o r t h e beneflt of t h e H a y t i band. All reported t h e play a s be ing good.

Richard Hayes , c a r inspector , h a s that new Chevrolet a t last. Rlehard has t a k e n qui te a f e w t r i p s and l ikes I 1 fine

a kick for some of t h e o l a ~ e r s t h a n t o t h e man w h o moves th'e checkers.

H e n r y Noland declares his intentlon of s p e n d i n a his vacation t h i s summer on a t o u r o f t h e count ry v i s i t ing some of t h e l a r g e s t a n d most u p to d a t e sca le s h o p s in t h e United States. H e wll l include in h i s t o u r of inspection, St . Louis. Detroit ' a n d Chicago. Mr. No- land i s foreman of t h e scale repa i r de-

. . . . - . - . R. D. Sanders, ca r Inspector, has been

on t h e s ick l i s t fo r a f e w days, bu t Is ab le to r e t u r n to w o r k a t t h i s wri t lng.

Richard Hayes , c a r inspector a t t h i s place, h a s been worlr ing in Blythevil le , Ark.. f o r a f e w days.

p a r t m e n t of t h e rec lamat ion p l a n t a n d fee l s t h a t h e can benefit himself, as well as t h e Frisco, b y keeping posted on t h e u p t o d a t e methods in sca le m a n u f a c t u r i n g a n d repair ing. town.

J. W. Drake, machinist, who has been off sick about two weeks, is ablc to be h a ~ k on the job again. W. L. Orr, supplyman, 1s the proud

father of a new seven-pound baby boy. nhn arrived May 30. Congratulations !

"Fat" Hutklebre. of the car clepart- ment, ig working the tank job in the mundhonae now.

I Ke are sorry to report that Paul Con- nelly, machinist, is off account of serious mfection in one of his eyes. We hope that it will not prove scrious and he will :con be baclc on the job again.

Bert Badzley, a i r man, has been laying riff Ihe past few days.

sympathy in the death of Mrs. F. J. Died- Wm. C. Ar thur , nor th side painter, rick's father , which occurred nfay 21 a t lost his mother by dea th June 10th. Indianapolis, Ind. The n o r t h side extend sympathy .

W. J. Scott. boilermaker, n'as a dele- Wm. Peer , ca rpenter , h a s re turned gate to the Eagles Convention held a t from the Frisco hospital in St. Louis Kansas City. J lay 2 2 and 23. where h e had a c a t a r a c t removed from

L. R. Ragsdale and family spent their his eye. vmation a t Hurly, .\lo., visiting home R a y Scott , is a s usual , running t rue folks. to form, by be lng t h e first m a n wi th

Bert D. DeGeere and family spent a new potatoes. H e presented 311.. Fre tz . few clays a t Dixon, Mo., visitin,- Mrs. blacksmith foreman, wi th the finest DcGeerc's father, also a few days a t ones seen th i s season. . West Plains. No., with a daughter. W. J . Scott and son. R a l ~ h . spent a LOCAL NO, l g - ~ ~ ~ p ~ l s , TENN. few days in Salina, Kans., visiting Mr.

Scott's brother. J. H. LONERGAN, Repor te r

L No. 1-SPRINGFIELD, MO.

JOHN O'GRIEN, Reporter

tion time is here again and scv- the boys a t the Reclamation Plant ring advantage of this by taking rips here and there. several going te River, so we imagine there will ~ra l flsh stories for the ncxt writ-

SOUTH TRAIN YARDS SPRINGFIELD, MO.

Bcllevc it or not, but Hi. F. "~\nanias" P r u e t t , blacksmith, claims to have killed w i t h a rock, t h r e e flsh h e found asleep on top of t h e water . The fish weighed between three a n d four pounds each. (Apologies t o Ripley.)

Local Xo. 19 were en te r ta ined in a recent meeting, by t h e Bluff City Buick Quar te t . T h e p r o g r a m w a s enjoyed v e r y much. Local NO. 19 i s n o w 100%.

;Monroe S tewar t , third-class machin- is t , w a s o n t h e sick l i s t f o r a f e w days. H e suffered f r o m ptomaine poisoning.

C. R. Bullion, machinist , a n d E. E. Morgan, roundhouse clerk. spent one d a y (Sunday) v i s i t ing in Thayer , Mo.

Ot to K e t t m a n , machinist , a n d divi- s ion cha i rman, a t tended a committee m e e t i n g in Springfield.

Everyone who at tended the baseball g a m e in 131aclc Rock, 4 rk . , report hav- i n g had a splendid time. The p e o l ~ l e of Black Rock proved to be very hos- pitable. So f a r the Memphis t e a m hasn' t lost a game.

Pe te r McKellar, second-class machin-

J E S S E L. BRANDON. Reporter Vaca

rwl of rre tak ahart t lo Whi be sew

Jesse L. Brandon. Jr.. son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. ~ r a n c i o n , . o f 936 Hovey, Springfield. Mo.. and Miss Aralet ta Petty- ~ o o l of L a Junta. Colo.. were married j u n e 1 in the F i r s t Baptist Church in L a Junta. Mr. a n d Mrs. Brandon and daughter attended the wedding and spent a few days visiting in Colorado.

A lovely June wedding was t h a t of Miss Edna Breshears. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ereshears of 2131 E a s t Avenue to Mr. Paul Bowman of Dodge City, Kans.. on J u n e 2. a t 8 o'clock. in t h e F i r s t Baptist Church. Sprlngfleld, MA

ing. We h

We are Rceir

lave several new faces around here. b glad to welcome these boys. mation P lan t employes offer their hy to Rody Tierny in the death of er. who died in St. Louis. J u n e 13. believe Paul Blume, who is our Kice bov. wlll have somethins

s!mpat !)is sist

We new o wainst tiow a1

E. E *,I to 1

reclami the pla m. I

Ke ha7 'Irma y

Finis around sinn't k ,111 rep bit Fin hi: ara

Want all the 7 p1ctu r e m'al from t i ,~lruse ,I July

Local Riday. rttenda

the ~ o r d a n Creek from now 0;. mut it. Paul? . IllcNahan was recently ~rOmOt-

a,--.

The bride's sister. Mss I r m a Bres- hears, was maid of honor and Miss Alice BIcKenna was bridesmaid. Mr. Ear l Drumwright was best man and Mr. Henry Hedley was groomsman. The Rev. Mr. Lewis M. Hale was the officiating minis-

Inspector- of material. leaving the rtion plant. Doc Harmon tllled ce vacatcd by Mr. JlcMahan. 5. E. Wilson is o a r new flre chief. ien't a picture of Emmett in Lull et. but maybe we will soon. ter.

Walter Pl t tman, trucker is off, on the sick list.

James Baker, stevedore, has been off the last few days, nurslng a sore foot.

is t , h a s been w o r k i n g a s engine inspec- to r in place of Osteen.

W. H. Motes, machinist , is a c t i n g n ight roundhouse foreman in p lace of C. L. Holmes.

Littrell was recently going with his hand all tied up. W e

now just what happened, but from orls, we understand a large flsh fs, a s you all know the F I S H a r e ~und Pumpliin Center.

J .H; ~ u m ~ p h r e y s , pipefitter, a n d 0. 9. K r a f t , boilermaker, went f i s h i n ~ and a s

to take this opportunity to ask boys a t the reclanlatlon plant for re of their boy or girl o r both. it to have a page of baby pictures iis plant. Anyone having pictures give them to me before the 14th

SPRINGFIELD NORTH SHOPS a souveni r b rought back t h e hGad of a l a r g e flsh they caught .

J. C. Osteen, engine inspector , h a s been in the hospital a t St. Louis. but ALEX W A T T a n d GORDON YOWELL,

R e p o r t e r s expects to r e t u r n to work soon. '

C. E. H u n t e r , electr ician, has re - tu rned f rom a s ix ty day vacation a n d repor t s h a v i n g had a wonderful time. T. C. Shaw, pipetitter, is recovering

f r o m his second operat ion, t h e first h a v i n g been unsuccessful.

A. 0. Proc tor w a s recently rushed to t h e hospital t o undergo a n operat ion for a~~penclicltis. Glad to report t h a t he i s recover ing rapidly a n d hope t o h a v e h im b a c k w i t h u s soon.

31. L. Schlick, a s s i s t a n t roundhouse foreman, h a s re turned f rom h i s vaca- tion.

S. N. Ferguson , back shop foreman, w a s o n t h e sick l is t f o r a few days.

C. H. F u l l e r wBs promoted f r o m second-class to first-class pipefltter. Consratulations. Clint !

E l m e r Cordine, 3rd-class blacksmith, upent Decorat ion day w i t h his folks wes t of JIonett'.

Mar t in Houge, 3rd-class boilermaker, is t h e proud owner of a new Whippet

I NO. 1 held their regular meetlnfi June 13. A good cronrd was In

me.

SHOP LOCOMOTIVE DEPT. SPRINGFIELD, MO.

coupe. S tan lev Wood. machin is t a t t h e mo- WEST

t o r c a r :hops, h a s been t ransfer red t o the roundhouse. His place was flllcd b v E r w i n Wilkerson. machln is t of h i s

A. E. GODFREY. Reporter time. Dave Druer, machinist. who m7as laid

The 7 'une 2. tion in until th

Lccal aith th Ye we* -iki i~ llrst t - on't b .+r cen

J. A. ,4211 ;

West Shop closed from May 1 4 to The shops opened with a reduc-

force. W e hope i t won't be long e boys will be back with us. KO. 2 met Fr iday nlght, J u n e 6.

e largest attendance ever known. re glad to see the boys s o inter- I the organization. With the in- he men a r e beginning. to show. it e lonrr untll i t will be a hundred

off a t t h e wes t shops, h a s been as- s igned a job on t h e l ink bench under M. B. l-nrnm - - - . . - . .

, a e Offenbacker. machinist . i s In Gear- X i l w a u k e e a t t e n d i n g t h e funera l .o f h i s mother. H e h a s t h e s y m p a t h y of t h e North Shoos. W e w e r e s o r r y to h e a r of t h e d e a t h

of t h e f a t h e r of Mrs. W. C. Moak. ,Mrs. N o a k i s t h e wife of W. C. Moak, ma- ch ine shop foreman.

Murrel Denoon, b r a s s moulder, s p e n t t h e first week of J u n e o n W h i t e r iver fishing.

A f e w of t h e bo i le rmakers lald off a t t h e W e s t Shops a r e w o r k i n g in the c a r

t. ~ e i ' s go, boys ! Cooper and family spent their va- nt Stockton with the home folks. WEST SHOP MECHANICAL NEWS

SPRINGFIELD, MO. yards.

Gordon Yowell spent Decorat ion d a y v is l t ing re la t ives in St. Louis.

J o e Burre l , blacksmith, a t tended t h e funera l of his nephew on J u n e 2nd.

Mrs. Floyd Leonard h a s been called t o Des Moines, Iowa, due t o t h e se r ious illness of her mother, who Is 8 8 years of age .

J. W. Hlghfill anrl famlly s p e n t t h e week-end of May 18th visi t ing rela- t ives in Li t t l e Rock , Arkansas .

Sam Grider, s tee l w o r k e r who w a s assigned a s inspector a t Bessemer, Alabama, is baclc on his old job here. Sam took a few days' leave when he came home. H e said he was behind w i t h h i s flshing.

Charley LeBounty, Wilson Turner , Fred (Spot) Shanks, Walter Feehan a n d E l m e r H a r r i s a r e a m o n g those f rom t h e Nor th Shops who s p e n t J u n e 8 th flshlng. 4 1 1 reported a good catch.

~ 3 . d. Garrison and family made a ipht-seeing trip, visiting Eureka Springs, .2011ister. Branson and Powcrsite. break- A. H. BISHOP a n d B. W. BALDRIDGE,

R e p o r t e r :k:: in his new Ford, the last week of he. Julius Wells, boilermaker apprentice,

mde a flying trip to Cherryvale, Kans. Hr. and AMrs. Chas. Milner and daugh-

;+r vislted 3lr. Milner's sister a t Bates- nlle, Ark., during his vacation.

Ben Miller, boilermaker, spent his vaca- lim flshing. H e had good luck, but they rrre gold flsh.

A. C. Shumate and famlly spent their ation days a t Seymore, visit in^ home

A1 Elkins has a new Oakland coupe. a l t h o u g h he finds i t r a t h e r difficult a t t imes to park it.

A. E. Godfrey, boilermaker, w i t h Mrs. Godfrey a n d children s e n t severaI d a y s a t Valley P a r k a n d gt . Louis the l a t t e r p a r t of May.

Ralnh Blackburn , valve man, has been t r a n s f e r r e d t o ' t h e roundhouse a t Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Hayden Campbell, machinist , has ','L.S, Geo. Law, electrician, spent his vaca- m Ushlng. George brought the Ash in. Mr. and Mrs. Sim Riggins have a nice

,by girl, which arrived June 2. The ,onp lady was named Dorthea June.

been t ransfer red to Tulsa. Ben Blackburn , is s p o r t i n g a new

F o r d car . A. E. Pearsons, machinist , announces

t h e b i r th of a 9% lb. boy, o n J u n e 2, named Rober t Chas. ~ h c west shop boys wish to express

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Dave Dewar, machlnist. ha s been transferred to the North shops.

0. D. "Happy" .Pott inper, machinist, has purchased a new Essex.

I r a Cantrell ha s been transferred to the North shops.

Orval McCullough is working tem-

Ash in the des Hal Inc ram has nurchased a New

FoTdtru&. . Fred Raugh, blue print man has re-

turned to the West shops a f t e r helping inspect the new 4200 class of engines.

Otto Hahn, machinist, ha s been work- i ng temporarily in gang one.

J im Arnold, fireman, returned from a flshing t r ip a t Bridgeview with a catch of 135 lbs, of fish. W e don't just know how he does it, but he never fails to ge t his sha re every t ime he goes.

Rill Stuckv, constructlon foreman, is another one-of those ardent flshermen. Blll caught a big buneh.

F r a n k Hoffelt has taken up his dutles a s foreman in g a n g two a f t e r having inspected the new 4200 class of engines a t Phila Pa.

I t is &mared around the shop tha t "Chub" Cowell has purchased a new Durant car. Come on. and l e t us see It, Bob.

\Ve wlsh to extend the sympathy of the West shops to Eve r t t Arthur, whose mother died recently.

Local No. 2 had one of the best a t - tended meetings on June 6 tha t i t has ever had. I t was attended by the mem- bers of t he system board and the gen- era l chairman Mr. F r a n k Junlrins gave a very interesting talk to the men.

Paul Rice, local committeeman, re- cently had the misfortune to run a nail in his foot. H e is now back on the job.

Logan Berry, boilermaker, has been vlsi t ing relatives back in the home town of JIt. View, Mo.

Guy Barnes vlslted wl th relatives a t Montier du r ing the layoff.

Tony Thomas, machinlst, vislted rela- t lves and wen t on a blg flshing t r ip arouucl Cabool during the latter part of >fay.

Z. D. Butler, boilermaker, visited home folks the latter part of >lay.

LOCAL NO. 5-ST. LOUIS, MO.

ROBERT W. REED, Reporter

Local No. 5 held a very Interesting meeting on June 6th, when eighty- seven members signed the register, Bro. Hallie Jamlson and Bro. Daniel Bade were the lucky ones to win the a t tendance prizes. Two new appllca- tions, one application fo r re-admission, ,and two transfers, and one admission, were-acted on a t this meeting. Brother Chas. Roblnson, member of Jlonett local and Brother Roy Stratton. mem- ber of Local xo. 1 a t Springfleld be- came members of Locnl No. 5 by trans- fer.

Local No. 5 gave a dance and supper for the entertalnment of t he members a n d thelr families on May 16th. About one hundred and flfty were present, excellent m u s k and plenty of ea t s and d r inks were provlded, W e s a y that, when Brother Charley (Lectric) Turner, chairman of the entertainment, puts on a dance, every one has a good time, unless he fails to be present.

Members of Local No. 5 go t a chance to boost for t he St. Louis T e r m ~ n a l Club on May 24th, when they posed fo r a group picture on the turn table a t Llndenwood roundhouse with engine 1500. John Law, representing t h e City of St. Louis swooped down on the Lindenwood roundhouse on the af ter - noon of May 26th. car ry lng a bag of tools cotton and bandages. and vac- cinated seventy-two a rms for small pox a n d there were plenty of one a r m me- chanics on the job for .a few days. About twenty-flve of o u r members had t o take a few days off to nurse the i r

sore arm. 411 this was brought about because a firebuilder on the nlght s h l d was taken to the hospital with small ox, however now most every one Is back on the job and the a r m s a r e healing fast.

Brother John Gass, mechanlc on the engine t ruck lubrlcat!on job, went to the Frisco hospital on May 28th and is still there, however we understand John Is able to si t up a little now ancl

back o healing fast.

Brother John Gass, mechanlc on the engine t ruck lubrlcatlon iob. went to t h e Frisco hospital o n - ~ l a y 28th and is still there, however we understand John Is able to si t up a little now ancl is ge t t i ng a long nicely.

Brother Joe Russell, c a r carpenter, is in the St. Louis Frlsco hospital with a bad eve received while a t work nt ~ l n d e n w o o d .

Brother Virgil H. Light at tended the funeral pf his Brother Orian, a t Henry- etta. Okla., J u n e lo th , who was fatally injured by an explos~on of g a s whlle repairing an internal combustion en- gine a t Butler, Okla. A brother-in-law of Orian, John Pharp , was also fatally injured a t the same time. Our svm- pathy is extended to relatlves and-es- pecially t o t he wife, and slx-year-old son of Orian Light.

Brother Ar thur Burke, machinist on the graveyard shlft , created a lot of interest and speculation, and almost had to go Into the photograph busi- ness, a few days ago, when he ex- hlbited a photograph of a peach tree t ha t was taken by a friend of his mothers' in northern Arkansas l a s t No- vember. The unusual s ight of a peach t ree in bloom a t t h a t t ime of year was the cause of the photograph being taken and a f t e r developing and print- ing a most perfect picture of JESUS appeared among the blossoms.

Brother Dewey Johnson has left the services of t he Frlsco a s a boilermaker to do real fnrminrr on his own farm. and b r o t h e r - ~ l b i o n C. WcVay who was cut off a t Chouteau Ave. Shop has been assigned to the vacancy.

JOPLIN, MO.

ROGER C. FLETCHER. Reporter

The Employes' Club held their regular monthly meeting on the 28th a t the club rooms over the frelght office. They elected the third Thursday of each month as the regular date for the meeting night. After acljournment a game of dart ball was played wlth the women of the Aux- i l i a rw . . . - * , .

Miss Gladys Nelson, of Hastinas. Neb.. daughter of A. W. Nelson, is visitlng her* parents durlng her vacation.

Mr. A. C. Defrfes was a visitor a t the roundhouse on June 11.

Mr. Geo. Sprague, inspector. was a t the roundhouse June 11 and 12.

Mr. J . R. Scott, inspector of air appli- ances, mrrs here, introducing his succes- sor. Mr. Frank Ellis, former road fore- man of the Kansas division and more recently road foreman of the Southwest- ern clivislon. Mr. Scott retires from the servlce on August 1. having reached the age limit. Mr. Ellls is well known in the distrlct and we congratulate him on his promotion.

I t seems that the past six weeks have been "just one bump after another." so think a number of clerks In the freight department.

The jobs of clerk to the roundhouse foreman of Pittsburfi and Joplin have been combined and Mr. Geo. McCaslrill of Plttsburn spends his mornlngs a t Pitts- burg, comes to Joplin on IVo. 324 and does the clerical work a t Joplin and re- turns to Pittsburg on No. 323 ; don't know what he does the rest of the time.

Mr. W. J. Sweazey, agent a t Webb Clty, was displaced and bumped Frecl Traller, clerk a t the frelght house.

Fred Traller, being displaced, bumped Len Nieland, clerk a t the yard offlce.

Len Nieland bumped Ray Baker on the interchange job.

Ray Baker was bumped from hls job a t Wichlta and is now working a t the frelght house here.

Dewey Fry, clerk at the yard office, is a t Wichita. His job has been abolished.

Dorsey Smith Is in the yard offiw Neodesha.

The job of Don Fenton. demurr clerk a t the freight house, has also b abolished. Mr. Fenton took a SO- leave of absence. but is to bump into yarcl office on his return to work.

The job of store helper has been at Ished and Mr. V. 31. Black has bum into the store department a t Wich Mr. A. L. Franklln is "boss ancl cren the store department."

L. H. Lewis. laborer a t Ruth Yar was cut off, as were C. E. Sour, car. pairer, Jim Sweeney, inspector, and E Gibbons. air man.

Tom Foster, air man a t Ruth Yar. received a pecullar injury the first the month. He was holding a bar ' his brother to strike when the sld hammer head flew off. striklna him the ribs, breaking one and fractiring tr others. He is recoverlng nicely. H. b bert Mosley of Wlchita is fllling Fosk d place a t the air test rack. F

The Tenth Street inspector's job v rl abolished, making it necessary for 1 fi Carrithers to take the midnight inspc a job a t Sixth Street.

At the roundhouse Brpun Gar; P roundhouse laborer, James Bryant , 11 builder, and Charley Schrung. bop maker were cut off, their jobs being a t I ished. t

Hugh NcKenzie, hostler helper. was the St. Louis hospital for a minor or ation. His place was filled by Jal: Bryant.

31. J. McCafPrey. general car t o m of the Northern division. was here June 12.

E. V. High has returned from 1, Angel- where he has been attend' the 0 . I. C. Convention as a delegate

R. H. Barcus. former cashier Scammon, was a visltor here on the 11 Mr. Barcus' posltion was abolished t- he is looklng for a location.

Henry C. Abernathy. clerk a t t ' freight house, has been retired on accm of 111 health and his job abolished.

MISS Agnes Seanor, former clerk the roundhouse foreman, was marrled June 12 to Mr. Luther McGehee, forn postmaster and member of the civil se8 ice commission of thls city. The coul will llve a t 224 North Wnll Street. M McGehee has been employed for ah 12 years as roundhouse clerk. Both widely known in the district.

NORTH SIDE SIDELIGHTS

ElMERY HAGUEWOOD, Reporter

The new 4200 class englnes are ht and taking up their work in splendid sb -and talk about style ! They hare it every way. I t is hard to imagine monster of such size belng a thing beauty. yet they are. as they are I' very latest in improvements In ew way. being equipped with boosters, dc' ers, traln control, In addition to all I, very latest Ideas in locomotive constn tlon. includlnrr the Alemite lubricsti. system, extengive electric welding, etc

Many of the members of Local 1 1, acrompankd by thelr famllies (r Mr. Frank Junk~ns and family 8s I guests of honor) made a pilgrimage l Smittle cave and park in Wright Coun~ Sunday, June 2. They report havlnr: i a good time exploring the cave and 6-

joying the sights of the beautiful wour, Well-filled baskets were taken alov which were much enjoyed. The pi en^ ers were royally entertained by J Rader, the proprletor. who for smt- years was employed as a machinist he- resigntng several months ago to take the management of the resort.

The bulletin board reads: ".4ccldn' for the month of Nay-none: for ,\p -one: for JIarch-one." This is 10-

gratifylng, in view of the large numb of employes here. It certainly shm what can be accomplished by wide-aaa uupervlsors and careful workmen. T hope. and expect, to keep up the gw I work.

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Carl Burgstrom, boilermaker foreman. i s back from his vacation in P h i l a d e l ~ h i a =ti1 Pittsburgh, Pa., where he spe6t a \rV enjoyable three weeks.

Death dealth us a heavy hand during 'hr past month. Erza Wood, truckman, ~rlsinly has the sympathy of everyone

i r ~ the loss of his wife who died. Pollow- inr a llnacring illness.

Cletus Slattcn. cinder pit man, suffered I + grievous loss of his mother, whose .',ztli occurred a t the family home a t +I Grove. Mrs. J. E. McBricle is mourning the

hath of her father, which occurred dur- i i c the past month. Mr. McBride is a mehinist on the day shift.

Jesse Newton. sheet metal worker, was ~?11ed to Mansfleld on account of the h t h of a brother-in-law. Your reporter suffered the loss of a

brc~thcr-In-law, who died June 3. The irwsed. \V. 31. Rader. was for many

v r l n employed in the car shops here, but r&ncd about twenty years ago to en- rlge In farming, whfch h e w m d o h g 11 the time of his death.

Uriel Atwell, engine watcher, recently :vnt a week a t Coffeyville, Kans.. visit- n c a brother.

Daniel Blunt. extra man, and Gladys A37 of this city, a r e this month's vic- t i ~ r of Cupid's arrow and a r e receiving ~~,mgratulatlons on their marriare. Dan mas seen looking very thoughtfully a t h e corer page of the J u n e Magazine. lhper up. Dan, you aren't bald-headed.

Pete Cramer is on the job again a f te r i fliteen-day visit to California. XIr. .'rarner 1s a sheet metal worker. Wm. Langston, machinist on cab work. 111 smlles over the arrival of a n elght-

>>llnd girl a t hls home, who has been *+ristened Ethel Lee. Silas Snider, machinist on the day

:hilt is again on the job a f te r a two- t,.eks' tussle with the measles. Too Smith. also a machinist. has re-

hlrnhd to work after a n absence of sev- ml days account of illness.

Lewis HuKman. who was formerlv em- ahyed here, is akaln with us after: iev- val months in Texas, this time Working

LOCAL NO. 24--AMORY, MISS.

RAYXIOXD F. DEES. Rcporter

J. L Sulllvan. car foreman, has pur- r3ased a home on the Hat ly Road. WP extend our sympathy to A. R.

Holn~qnist, roundhouse clerk, and 0. R. Holrnquist, a i r machinist, upon the death of their sister. Also to A. B. Holmquist, night locomotive Inspector, who is a nenliew. F. R. Thomas, supplyman. has returned

Prom St. Lauis. where h e has bern con- Unrd In the hospital for sevcral months.

Ed. Whitfield. blacksmith helper, and I'al Adklns, rnachlnist second class, a r e r i I sick at this time.

Xrirs. J. V. Adams, wife of Machinist idams, la visiting relatives in Birming- nam at thls time.

Hrs. J. H. Branam. wife of Machinist Cranam, visited in Carrolton. Ala.. re- wnlly. Mrs. R. J. Sullivan, wife of Boilermak-

r- Sullivan. was a recent visitor in i'pringlleld, Mo.

H. L. Tschudl is fllling the place of .I. R. Holmquist. who was called away mount uerious illness of his sister.

Yrs. John L. Sullivan was a recent tisitor In Birmingham.

John Bolding made a short visit to Columbus recently.

WATER SERVICE DEPARTMENT SPRINGFIELD, MO.

CLAUDE HEREFORD, Reporter

Geo. Thoma, pumper a t Cuba, attended the Veterans' Reunion. J u n e 6.

The old reunion team composed of Wm. Phillips and wm. Bailey. W. S. foreman a t the Southern division, was broken np

this year. owing to the inability of Mr. Phillips to attend. Mr. Bailey, .however. n ttenrlcrl - - - - - . - .

George Hollman. BCB painter. Archie Bunch. B&B carpenter, and the writer took a short flshing trip to Oscrola. N a y 13 and 14 . W e had plenty flsh to ea t whllr thcre and also brought home a goodly supply. Hollman has not made a return engagement a s yet, but both Archie and yours truly have made one tr ip each and can report fair success.

Miss Mildred Stephens, daughtcr of Mr. and Nrs. James Stephens, ~ r a d u a t e d from the Springfleld High School this sprina. W e extend consratulations.

The writer and family attcnrled com- mrncrment e ~ e r c i s e s of Ozark Wesleyan College a t Carthage, May 25. Percy Pierce. brother of Xrs. Hereford, was a member of the graduating class.

Ear l Cetchell of the high line "Sun- clayed" in Springfleld. June 1.

Mr. Richardson. W. S. repairman on the Southwestern division, visited this shop recently.

Word was receivcd here rccently of the serious illness of Nrs. Chas. Loague of St. Louis. We hoDe ere now tha t she is much improvecl. i f -no t fully recovered.

Mrs. W. E. Phillips and sons, Elliott and "Billy", Jr.. will leave July 2. For a n extended trio to California-

Mr. W. H . Brooke has been assirnerl a s assistant foreman of this department with headouarters in St. Louis. His appointment made several changes, .John Sumner going to Newburg. and Chas. Robinson bumping W. D. Collins a t St. IJouis and Collins taking the west shop job here and putting Chas. Loague back on his old job a t St. Louis.

Chas. Loague fllled the place of Clvdc Noe a t Monett for several days a s ~ l > d e was in St. Louis, called there bv the ill- ness of his brother.

George Hollman, reporter for the B&B paint gangs recently had the misfortune to lose his household goods by flre. NIr. Hollman was attending a carnival a t the time and was not aware of his loss until his return home. The loss was only partly covered by insurance.

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LOCAL No. &ENID, OKLA.

H. H. FULLER. Reporter

Chas. Ethinaton, timekeeper. wife and son. Billy. motored to Altus. Okla.. to spend Memorial Day with the former'a narents. .-- - - - - - -

Joe Raab. our efficient secretary of Lo- cal No. 8, and Niss Helen Cunningham slipped away on N a y 20, and were quietly married in Kingfisher. Okla. We Joln their mansr friends in wishing them a lonr and h a p ~ p married life.

Nr. Clifford Carter, son of T. E. Car- ter. air man, and a formrr emplove in the shops here, was married to 'Iiss Hazel Goddard of this city, May 17. They h a w rrone to Fairview. Okla.. to live. where Mr. Carter is enaaged in the electrical business.

Mrs. E. 0. Fricker of Coshing. Okla.. has been visiting a t the home of >Ir, and .Mrs. J. R. Pritchett. Mrs. Fricker Is a sister of Mrs. Pritchett.

Mr. T. E. Carter, a i r man, made a fly- lna vlsit to Bloomin.ston and Roodhouse, Ill.. over Memorial Day.

Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Giddens have been entertaining a jolly house party of friends and relatives, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Talbot and family of Sherman. Texas, sister and brother-in- law of Mrs. Giddens, also Raymond 4 d - cock. a nephew of Mr. Giddens. from Haskell, Texas, and A. A. Sistrunk, a brother. from Sherman. Texas.

Tha t woe-begone look on the face of General Forernnn Phillips. is on account the "Mrs." being away on a visit in Illi- nois, and not to the fact that the ball team from R. H. has won only one game.

Ear l TV. Miller. blacksmith, wife and two charming daughters, left May 31. for Lamar. Colo., where Mrs. Miller and the girls intend, to spend the summer with her parents. Ear l will return about the 15th.

Mr. J. G. Smith. former BCB foreman here, but now of Sumner, Wash.. made a brief but welcome call in this office on June '1. Mr. Smith is seemingly enjoy- ing excellent health.

BRIDGE AND BUILDING DEPT. EASTERN DIVISION -

ARTHUR BUNCH, Reporter

George Gott and wife recently spent a pleasant week visiting their son. who resides on a fa rm near Berryville Ark.

Hugh Nease and wife rreently sAent a short time visiting relatives a t TVi l lo~ S ~ r i n n s . Mo. . - . - -

Mrs. Roy Smith reports a splendid trip vi8itina relatives a t Willow Springs. Mo.

Charley Wallace and gang a r e doing some buildina repair work a t this time in Newburs. Mo.

Bill Skyles has been assigned to B&R Gang 1 as foreman, headquarters a t Tower Grove. Thev a r e now doing re- pair work in St. ~ o i i s . Xfo.

J i n ~ Carter and gang a r e repairing bridges a t Catawissa, 310.

Clyde Cunninghnm has been assiqned a s foreman of C a n s No. 7. now puttlng concrete water ways under the tracks a t Valley Park , 110.

Mr. Brown and ganq a r e renewing bridres in and around Grandview 310.

Bill Hines has been assigned is fore- man of Gang No. 4 a t the west shops. They a r e now busy renewing the roofs on most of the buildings there.

W e a r e glad to see Eb. Nease back on the. Job now. H e and his gang a r e building bridges on the Chadwick branch.

Charley Baron and his gang have been doing heavy r e ~ a i r work on the north roundhouse u t Springfleld, No.

KANSAS CITY LOCAL No. 4

DORAL L. DEXISON, Reporter

Charles Glover, cab man, is the proud owner of a new Pontiac coupe.

Ben Greer. s tat ionary engineer. was off on the injured Ilst a few days account set t ing scalded while working on a valve a t the boiler room.

W e all want to extend our best wishes to Nachen Lndish and wlfe. who were married June 26. Ladish is the boy with the million-dollar smile.

Geo. Kent, assistant day roundhouse foreman, has returned from his vacation. which he spent a t home.

Clarence Vielbis, rnachlnist second class, spent a number of days flshing in North Missourl.

Mrs. A. Disselhoff. wife of engine in- spector, made a short visit to see her Ht- tle daughter. who is undergoing treat- ment a t Marshall Mo.

Elmer Carlson. night foreman, and Con Holly, nlght carpenter, spent a week on the 111rv . .

\ ~ ? s h - t o extend congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. BIelvin XIcCreadv, who a r e the proud parents of a big daby boy. born M a v 3'1 ---.. -.,.

The FRISCO NIGHT MEN'S picnic was held on J u n e 1 7 and was attended by a large and happy crowd.

Lem Bell, sheet metal work second class. spent a number of days off on a short vacation, flshlng with Virgil (Shorty). Dillinger, with the usual luck.

W e w ~ s h to extend congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. William Weltv. who a r e the proud parents of a flne b& bab; b&y

Colored Local No. 4B report that by hard work and co-operation of its mem- bers and officers they a r e fast becoming 100 per cent in membership and also that they were visited by a delegation from Local 29B of For t Scott recentlv - - . . - - - - . -.

W e all wish to extend our de& sym- pathies to T. E. Bushmeyer and family in the loss of Xr . Eushmeyer's brother, who was fatal ly injured in a i r airplane accl- dent a t Roosevelt Field, 'N. Y.

We also wish to extend our sympathy to Hugh White and family in the loss of his nephew who passed a w a y a t For t Scott. Kans.