NOVEMBER, 1962--7(2- /b1

EXPLOSION in San Fernando Valley ServiceComplaints DOWN, Commendations UP (p. 10)

New Riverside Station a-Building

Experiment in Courage (p. 7)—Purchasing Agent Honored (p. 11)

Vol. 5

November, 1962 No. 1

IN THIS ISSUEBig Service Expansion in San Fernando Volley 3

All-Out Effort Made to Meet Needs ofPopulation Explosion in All Valley Areas

Where There's a Will 7Lack of Experience No Hindrance asOperator and Wife Build Their Own Home

New Station for Riverside 8News and Views 10

Something New in Bus Stop SheltersComplaints go DOWN —Purchasing Agent Honored — Long BeachNite Flyers — Japanese Visitors

Commendations 12Retirements (with Photos of Some Old Friends) .._.14New Faces — On Their Way Up — In Memoriam_.15

OUR COVERPAINTERS Oscar Zamora, left, and Ernest

Thompson, at South Park Shops, inspect anartist's rendering of paint scheme for CoachNo. 2942. They are spraying the bus interiorwith a basic coat of orange. The lettering wasto be black and the stars are to be outlinedin black.

The coach, fully painted, is now operatingon various San Fernando Valley lines to ac-quaint Valley people with the new and ex-panded service they began getting on Nov. 18.

The coach design was by Assistant Pub-lic Relations Director Guy G. Gifford.

Published monthly by:los Angeles

Metropolitan Transit Authority1060 5. Broadway

Los Angeles 15, California

EDMUND G. BROWNGovernor of California

MEMBERS OF THE AUTHORITY

A. J. EYRAUDChairman

FRED 5. DEANVice-Chairman

WALTER M. BRIGGSN. R. DUMONT

MORTIMER W. HALLMARTIN POLLARD

WARDEN WOOLARD* * *

C. M. GILLISSExecutive Director

W. Warren Silliman, Editor

200 New Buses AuthorizedTo Replace Trolleys Next March!

THE PURCHASE of 200 new buses at a cost of some$6,000,000 was authorized at the Od. 23 meeting ofthe MTA Board.

This purchase, which includes 100 from the FlxibleCo. and 100 from General Motors, is in addition tothe 100 authorized by the board last August at a costof some $3,000,000.

A total of $9,000,000 for the 300 buses! (Thisfigure includes a rough estimate of the cost of prepara-tion for service in MTA shops.)

The reason for the additional 200 coaches is aBoard decision to replace streetcars and trolley coacheswith buses on all remaining lines on Mar. 31, 1963,instead of the originally planned 1965, and the morerecently planned September, 1963.

"Over the past 15 years," Executive Director C.M. Gilliss told the Board, "the cost of maintainingand operating these two classes of equipment (street-cars and trolley buses) has risen entirely out of pro-portion to the service they render. The crowded citiesof today make this equipment inefficient and morecostly than our riders can afford. Every major cityin the United States either has converted, or plans toconvert, its streetcar and trolley bus operations to themore flexible motor bus. I believe the last major con-version was Washington, D. C. about five or sixmonths ago.

"Initially the Authority had authorized conversionnot later than 1965. In the face of the rising mainten-ance and operating costs for such equipment and indeference to the urgent requests from various cities,where street improvement projects have been held upbecause of the presence of streetcar tracks, that 1965target date was moved up to September, 1963."

Mr. Gilliss pointed out several street projects which,he said, would "require a complete rebuilding of thestreetcar tracks to meet the standard of the streetimprovement. When a streetcar track is rebuilt thereis no middle ground—you replace the ties, you replacethe rails that are in bad order, and, in short, you build30 years of life into a streetcar track" which would beused only a relatively short time.

Moving the changeover back from September toMarch 31, 1963, the Executive Director also pointedout, would eliminate the need for two shakeups inthe year, since a changeover next March could bereflected in the regular annual shakeup during thatmonth, whereas a changeover in September would callfor a second shakeup.

The lines to be changed over include five street-car and two trolley coach routes. MTA's 162 street-cars operate on the West Jefferson-Huntington ParkLine J, the West Pico-East First St. Line P, theWhittier Blvd.-West Third St. Line F, the San PedroSt.-West Seventh St. Line S, and the Vernon Ave.-Vermont Ave. Line V. The 89 trolley coaches operateon the Brooklyn Ave.-Hooper Ave. Line 2 and theWest Sixth St.-Central Ave. Line 3.

PRESS CONFERENCE to explain the new San Fernando Volley serviceto newsmen was held before the Oct. 9 MTA Board meeting at theSportsmen's Lodge, Ventura Blvd. at Coldwater Canyon Dr. Seated

at fable are, from left, Ernest R. Gerlach, Chief Engineer; A. J.Eyraud, MTA Board Chairman; and C. M. Gilliss, Executive Director.Note the maps, graphs, and photos set up as information aids.

Transit E X L O $ I N For San Fernando Valley

BENEFITS to Operators and thepublic alike are found in the mostcomprehensive expansion and rede-signing of public transit service in thehistory of the San Fernando Valley.The changes occurred on Sunday, No-vember 18.

Thirty-five miles of new routingand line extensions, plus schedule im-provements on existing lines, wentinto effect on that date.

Major features of the routing planare at least eight in number; and thereare numerous lesser changes.

1. A 15-mile extension of Line 16,which up to that date had operatedalong Vineland Ave. between NorthHollywood and Sun Valley, was madewest from Sun Valley along TuxfordSt. and Roscoe Blvd. to FallbrookAve. in the west end of the Valley.The line will serve large areas for-merly without service.

2. Extensions of Line 35 (WestValley Freeway Flyer) and Line 81(Pasadena-Hollywood-Ventura Blvd.)were made west along Vanowen St. toPlatt Ave. at the west end of the

Valley; and also west on VenturaBlvd. from Yolanda Ave. to ValleyCircle Blvd., Woodland Hills.

3. Rush-hour service was institutedin both directions on Line 35, insteadof only inbound service in the morn-ing and only outbound service in theTate afternoon.

4. Line 93 (Los Angeles-NorthHollywood-Van Nuys) was extendedalong Van Nuys Blvd. northeastthrough Pacoima into the LakeviewTerrace District; and replaced Line 90

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ALL 5MILES—Labor and management agree on the value of the newexpanded service in the San Fernando Valley. Holding a large mapof the new routes are, from left, Otis G. Nation, General Chair-man, Brotherhood of Railway Clerks; Don H. Sheets, General Chair-

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man, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen; Homer Porcher, President,Amalgamated Transportotion Union, Division 1277; Cone T. Bass,General Manager, MTA; and Fred 5. Dean, Vice-Chairman, MTABoard. On the map, round dots indicate new service in areas shown.

on Sherman Way between CanogaPark and Van Nuys.

5. Line 90 was extended into newterritory between Panorama City andGranada Hills, and now serves theSepulveda Veterans AdministrationHospital.

6. Extension of former Line 74S(Van Nuys-San Fernando via Sepul-veda Blvd.) was made from Van Nuyssouth on Sepulveda to Sherman Oaks,and the number and narre of the linewas changed to Sherman Oaks-VanNuys-San Fernando Line 19.

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through service between Los Angeles,Burbank, and North Hollywood. Theservice formerly provided on this linein the areas north and west of NorthHollywood (Van Nuys, PanoramaCity, and Pacoima) is now providedby Line 93.

8. Line 87 has been added as abranch of Line 86. Operating betweenthe Valley Plaza (at Victory and Lau-rel Canyon Blvds.) and downtownBurbank over Victory Blvd., (onwhich street it replaces Line 14) thisline provides riders on Victory Blvd.through bus service to Los Angeles

during weekday rush hours and allday Saturday, and connecting servicewith Line 86 at Burbank during baseperiods, Monday through Friday.

During the rush hours, service onLine 87 is every 20 minutes instead ofevery 40 minutes: and in the baseperiod, every 30 minutes instead ofthe former 40.

From Burbank, buses on Line 86-87operate to Los Angeles every 10 min-utes during rush hours, every 30 min-utes during base periods, and every30 minutes all day Saturday.

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BURBANK AREA BENEFITS

A number of other changes are ofbenefit to residents of the North Holly-wood-Burbank area:

Passengers who formerly traveledfrom Burbank to Hollywood via Line22 will now find that service is fasterand more frequent if they take Line86 on Olive Ave. and transfer to Line21 at Riverside Dr. and HollywoodWay.

Line 21 has been extended fromLockheed Air Terminal into down-town Burbank, and frequency of serv-ice on this line between Hollywood,Lockheed Air Terminal and Burbankhas been stepped up from 60 to 39minutes. Some schedules 15 minutesapart are offered during rush hours,and service from 6:00 a.m. to mid-night is offered seven days a week.

The 53 passengers a day who for-merly boarded Line 19 on BurbankBlvd. now have more frequent serviceavailable on either Hollywood Way,(Line 21), Magnolia Ave. (Line 14),or Victory Blvd. (Line 87).

BENEFITS TO OPERATORS

According to Senior TransportationEngineer Robert S. Korach, who en-gineered the changes, an effort wasmade "to make all routes operate ingenerally east-and-west or north-andsouth directions." As a result, hestated, although "some confusion atfirst will necessitate extra courtesy onthe part of Operators, once peoplelearn the routes it will be easier forthem to find their way around theValley. Hence, questions as to routeswill become fewer, and answers willbe simpler."

The increase in service, especially onSundays, should prove pleasing to pas-sengers, the Senior TransportationEngineer said, pointing out that as anexample that there is now Sundayservice on Line 93 to Panorama City,and later night service on the sameline to Van Nuys.

"The greatest benefit of all to Oper-ators," he concluded, "is that the ex-panded service will encourage moreriding—which, in turn, would tend to

produce more jobs for Operators. It'sto the seif-interest of all drivers toencourage riding in every possibleway."

POLLARD STATEMENT

Martin Pollard, MTA Board mem-ber bong known for his civic leader-ship in the San Fernando Valley,where he resides, stated:

"The improvements now being an-nounced have resulted from confer-ences with community and civic leadersin the Valley. The entire project de-monstrates MTA's faith in the Valleyand in the people who live and travelin and to and from the area."

He pointed out that the service ex-pansion was inaugurated to keep pacewith the population explosion in theValley—from 200,000 people in 1947to almost a million in 1962.

He also stated: "This new transitgrid is not proposed as the final an-swer to all Valley transportation Prob-lems, although we believe it to be amajor improvement. Undoubtedly, ad-ditional changes will have to be made

in future months to reflect the ever-changing conditions."

BOARD MEETS IN VALLEY

In an unprecedented move, theMTA Board meeting at which the newValley service was approved was heldin the Valley instead of in the TransitAuthority Building in downtown LosAngeles. Valley residents were invitedto attend, and perhaps 50 came.

The meeting was preceded by ahearing at which a number of civic,business, and governmental leaders ex-pressed their views on the plans. Mostwere favorable.

A campaign to make Valley resi-dents aware of the new service inadvance of the effective date includednewspaper ads, distribution of time-tables and a special brochure alongthe routes, and radio "spots." A spe-cially painted bus advertising the "ex-plosion" is now operating along vari-ous Valley routes (see cover).

As part of a new commercial agree-ment with Thrifty Drug Stores, time-tables in special display boxes will beplaced in the 20 stores located in theSan Fernando Valley.

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WITH THEIR OWN HANDS

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ChristmasTHE ODD KRISTOFFERSONS hold samples of the Polos Verdes stone with which they intendto face the extension they have built on to their home at 11126 Doty Ave., Inglewood.Every bit of the construction you see here the couple have put together with their own hands.

THIS CHRISTMAS, if all goes asplanned, you can go out to 11126Doty Ave., Inglewood, and see proofthat where there's a will, there's a way.

Without previous training in car-pentry or the other trades needed forthe purpose, Division 5 Operator OddKristofferson (the same man who ten-derly nursed the wounded pigeon-remember?) and his wife, Brynhild,are building a home they hope to com-plete by Christmas.

They began last January to remodeland extend a 500-square-foot home,far from new, they bought to live inwhile they rebuilt it.

"We got it cheap about three yearsago because of the condition it wasin," said the youthful-looking Oper-ator.

His thoroughly American speechbetrays little, if any, indication thatsome seven years ago he could speakno English. Natives of Norway, heand his wife came to America in 1957,a year after they were married.

"We're adding another 500 squarefeet to the house—a master bedroom,kitchen, bathroom, and den. We sub-contracted the plumbing, wiring, andsome of the plastering, but we've doneall the foundation work, framing, roof-

ing, and linishing ourselves,'' Mr.Kristofferson said proudly. "The wholeinterior was finished and painted inlate October—except for one kitchencabinet.

"My wife did all the sheeting androofing, and she and I together raiseda 22-foot green 4"x12" beam into theattic to support the roof so I couldremove a supporting partition in theold house. She has also done the paint-ing and laid most of the floor tile."

"And I'm proud to say," Mrs. Krist-offerson interjected, "that my husbandhas neuer had to do anything over

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AT LEFT—The Young builder tries to figure out from the directionshow to install a hood over the kitchen range. CENTER—Mrs. K.proudly demonstrates the beautiful birch paneling in the new bed-

room they built on. AT RIGHT—Mr. K. puts the handles on thebirch cabinets he built in the kitchen. Front edges of shelvesare to be finished in birch veneer, not yet applied at photo time.

AT RIVERSIDE, Commission Agent Lewis F. Crosby, standing out- points across Market St. to a parking lot destined to become theside the Greyhound-MTA Station (photo at right) he manages, site of a new and much more modern, convenient, beautiful depot.

STATIONS AND AGENCIES

New Station at RiversideOne of the Largest MTA Agencies as Revenue Producer,

Riverside Station, 60 Miles from MTA's Headquarters,

Helps Keep Area Residents Informed of MTA Service

GROUND-BREAKING ceremoniesfor a new station in Riverside lastOd. 5 serve to call attention to oneof MTA's most productive agencies.

In Riverside, MTA buses use thesame facilities as Greyhound, at 7thand Market Sts. Lewis F. Crosby isCommission Agent.

The old (and present) station ison the southeast corner of the inter-section; the new station is being erectedon Market St. directly across from thepresent structure.

The new station will be much likethe present joint MTA-Greyhounddepot in San Bernardino, Mr. Crosbysaid. (He also manages that station.)It will have 9300 square feet of floorspace, vinyl floors, acoustical ceilings,considerable wood paneling, indirectfluorescent lighting, and true air con-ditioning instead of mere air coolingas in the present station.

Loading and unloading slips willbe placed at the rear of the new sta-tion, with canopy protection for pas-sengers. This arrangement will permitbuses to enter from the rear, from 7thSt., and depart by way of Market St.

Agent Crosby will operate an at-tractive restaurant to be known as"Hamburger Heaven."

The present station will be razedand the ground used for public park-ing—after the new station is ready foruse — "perhaps in February," theAgent said.

Riverside agency brings in about$11,000 a month to the MTA trea-sury; it is second in rank among thecommission agencies as a producer ofMTA revenue, ranking next to LongBeach in that respect.

"Some increase in revenue was ex-perienced at Riverside when MTAtook over the Riverside City Lines

service in October, 1961," said Tho-mas N. Bristow, Supervisor of Stationsand Agencies. "We feel we can ex-pect still more revenue when the newstation is finished."

Entering and leaving the station arethree interurban lines: Los Angeles-Pomona-Riverside-San Bernardino Line60V, Long Beach-Riverside Line 59,and Riverside-Arlington-La Sierra-Cor-ona Line 62.

Local lines 99 and 82 make stopsadjacent to the depot at 7th and Mar-ket Sts.

The Hemet Bus Line makes positiveconnections at Riverside Station withLine 60 coaches. California CoachLines buses to March Air Force Base,although without positive connectionwith MTA lines, stop at Riverside Sta-tion to pick up and discharge pas-sengers.

"Besides being important as a source

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BULLDOZER REPLACES SHOVEL AT GROUND-BREAKING—Participating in Oct. 5 ceremonyannouncing the start of construction of new station in Riverside for Greyhound, MTA,Hemet Bus Line, and California Bus Line, are: in driver's seat, C. D. Kirkpatrick, Vice-President, Marketing, Western Greyhound Lines, San Francisco office; on bulldozer step,Thomas N. Bristow, Supervisor of Stations and Agencies, MTA. On ground, from left,are Lewis F. Crosby, Agent; and R. 0. Christiansen, Director of Public Relations, MTA,

of revenue, Riverside Station, some 60or more miles from MTA's base ofoperations in Los Angeles, is a valu-able asset in our public relations andpublicity program," declared R. 0.Christiansen, Director of Public Rela-tions.

"Through Mr. Bristow, Mr. Cros-by and his station personnel, and notleast by our own Operators in thearea, the agency is an important source !of public information about our serv-ice, not only in Riverside, but also inother areas."

As readers of THE EMBLEM (Oc-tober, 1961, issue) are aware, MTAhas a garage off Market St., about amile north of the station, for themaintenance of the 22 buses handledby some 45 Operators at RiversideTerminal-Division—a part of Division9, El Monte. Foreman James W. Wittis in charge of a maintenance forteof nine and their work, and also seesthat all runs are properly filled.

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again because of inspection require-ments, even though he's had no train-ing for this work."

In order to give new life to the oldsection of the house, Mr. Kristoffer-son has replaced the old 2x4's in thewalls with new after first removingthe old plaster. Instead of putting innew plaster, he has used dry wall con-struction.

The couple took out a small loan onthe house to begin with, but have beenbuying their materials from income asthey can afford them. Hence, they feelthey will have their home free andclear within a few years.

Mrs. Kristofferson is no more ableto give full time to the home construc-tion than is her husband. She works ascashier in the officers' club mess, U. S.Air Force, Inglewood.

Still more of the Kristoffersons' freetime has been consumed in night dass-es in U. S. citizenship. They took theircitizenship tests on Oct. 10, and passedwith their red, White, and blue colorsflying!

As if all this were not enough,Mr. and Mrs. Kristofferson had ahome built on adjacent property thisyear for income purposes.

"It takes care of itself," said Mr.Kristofferson. "The income from therent pays the mortgage, taxes, and up-keep. We expect to have it clear inabout 2 1/2 years."

ARTIST'S CONCEPTION of new station as it will look when completed is held by Mr. Crosby,left, and Thomas N. Bristow, Supervisor of Stations and Agencies for MTA, at ceremony.

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ComplaintsGo Down!!

SOMETHING NEW IN BUS STOP SHELTERS was recently erected by the City of Hope at bothinbound and outbound Line 68 stops opposite the medical center in Duarte. Pictured isthe outbound stop, where the shelter differs slightly from the other. Enjoying the canopiedcomfort of the bench are from left, Mayor W. H. Lancaster, of Duarte, to which Citythe City of Hope deeded the other shelter; MTA's Public Relations Director, R. 0. Chris-tiansen; Administrative Director Wm. S. Markey, of the medical center; and an unidentifiedprospective passenger. A Line 68 bus is just unloading, with W. J. Green in Operator's cap.

Something's New

In Bus Stop Shelters

ROOFED SHELTERS for waitingpa';sengers have recently been installedby the City of Hope at both the in-bound and the outbound bus stops onDuarte Road opposite the big hospitaland medical research center.

Looking from the side like questionmarks, the shelters were designed byMark Holmes when he was PlantSuperintendent at City of Hope, andwere largely built and installed by hispersonnel, according to William M.Markey, Administrative Director ofthr hospital.

Although differing slightly in ap-pearance, both shelters consist ofcurved steel supports covered by alumi-num slats, to form a canopy over awooden bench built into the support-ing structure. The supports are im-bedded in a concrete slab floor. Atake-one box for schedules has beenadded by Bill Weimer, CommunityRepresentative, MTA.

Built on property of the Santa FeRailroad and the City of Duarte, theinbound shelter, when completed aboutthree months ago, was deeded by thehospital to that City.

"It gets awfully hot out here attimes," said Mr. Markey, in explana-tion of the reason for building theshelters.

Safety Trophy Goes toDivision 9 for Sept.

DIVISION 9 took first place forSeptember in the Impruv-Ur-Recordcontest by accumulating 10 morepoints than Division 12, the second-place winner. The scores: Division 9,355 points; Division 12, 345.

In the contest to date, however(July, August and September), Divi-sion 12 had a strong hold on firstplace with 1015 points against second-place Division 11's 805.

Operators at Division 12 reluctantlygave up possession of the safety tro-phy on Nov. 8, when it was formallypresented to the Operators at Division9 by C. H. Cantrell, Local Chair-man of the BRT. The BRT donatedthe trophy.

Division 9 Superintendent W. A.Ullrich pointed out that Operators'atthe Riverside terminal, which is-underthe jurisdiction of Division 9 at ElMonte, aided materially in the Sep-tember victory.

COMPLAINTS from the public areshowing a steady decrease, month bymonth, Transportation Departmentstatistics show.

September, 1962, showed a 30%decrease, system-wide, under Septem-ber, 1961'; « August, 24.4%; and- July,25.2%.

Transportation Department officialsare elated and appreciative.

"I can't say enough for the Opera-tors who have brought about such äreduction," said General Superinten-dent of Transportation George F.Goeh ler.

"The statistics show that they realizethe tremendous importance of cour-tesy and helpfulness, not only as away of life, but as a means of keep-ing our regular passengers and makingregulars out of occasional riders.

"Coupled with this reduction incomplaints is a general increase incommendations—a further confirma-tion of the effort Operators aremaking."

IN CARLSBAD CAVERNS—Division 1 Oper-atot and Mrs. Frank P. Danna, on vacation,recently made a camera tour of the famouscaves in southeastern New Mexico. "lt wasbeautiful down there," said Mr. Danna."Some rock formations were like grapevines,some like totem poles." The tour, he said,requires about 1 ih hours—"time well spent."

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REYNOLDS HONORED—William T. Reynolds,Director of Purchasing and Stores, holdsprofessional certificate he has just re-ceived from Fred 5. Dean, Vice-Chairman,MTA Board, at the Board meeting Oct. 23.

JAPANESE VISITORS—Representatives of Japan's Association of Municipal TransportationWorks visit MTA Oct. 10 to discuss transportation problems. MTA representatives assistingin the discussion are in the back row: M. Edwin Wright, Assistant General Manager,second from left; Ernest R. Gerlach, next right; and John Curtis, Senior Transpor-tation Engineer, second from right. The Japanese were but one of several foreign groupswhich have visited MTA for similar purposes in recent weeks. Others have come fromEgypt, Jordan, Australia, and England. All are attracted by MTA's rapid transit plans.

Purchasing Agent

Receives Special Honor

A SPECIAL HONOR was givenWilliam T. Reynolds, Director of Pur-chasing and Stores, last Oct. 23.

On that date he became the fiirstpublic agency purchasing official in theState of California to receive profes-sional certification.

Fred S. Dean, Vice-Chairman ofthe Authority, presented Mr. Reynolds,at the Board meeting that day, theprofessional certificate granted by theCalifornia State, County, and Munici-pal Purchasing Agents' Association.

The certificate, the Association said,represents quality and proficiency inpublic purchasing under a new pro-gram establishing standards in edu-cation, training, and experience con-sidered to be "on a level of the ac-counting, legal, and medical profes-sion."

Mr. Reynolds has been head ofPurchasing and Stores for MTA sinceits inception, and was in the samecapacity for LATL from 1945 on.

He is currently Chairman, NationalAffairs Committee, California State,County, and Municipal PurchasingAgents' Association; National Chair-man, Governmental, Educational, andInstitutional Buyers' Committee, Na-tional Association of PurchasingAgents; and a lecturer on the facultyof the USC School of Public Admin-istration.

He was President of the PurchasingAgents Association of Los Angeles in

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1953-54, and was at one time a mem-ber of the advisory subcommittee onpurchasing of the California StateAssembly Interim Committee on Gov-ernmental Reorganization.

Many articles on various phases ofpurchasing and stores activities havecome from the facile pen of Mr. Rey-nolds for trade and business publica-

tions. His flair for writing is also in-dicated by the fact that at one time hewrote a newspaper column consistingof philosophical thoughts and maximson life and living.

As a lecturer on various phases ofpurchasing and storekeeping, he hastaught at several universities besidesUSC.

"JOIN THE NAVY AND RIDE THE NITE FLYER"—Pretty LaVon Lien, Yeoman third classat Long Beach Naval Station, Signals go-ahead for MTA's Nite Flyers to begin Oct. 21on the Long Beach Freeway Flyer Line 36. Watthing is Roland Krafft, Superintendent ofthe Long Beach transportation division. At the wheel is Operator John Russie. Paintednavy-blue, the bus was placed into service on all Long Beach lines to inform residentsof the area of the fact that Line 36 Flyers operate 'round the clock seven days a weekbetween the Navy Landing (where photo was taken) and downtown Los Angeles. Fred5. Dean, Vice-Chairman of the MTA Board and civic and business leader in Long Beach,has reported appreciation from the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce, naval authorities, andothers for MTA'S attention to the needs of sailors and others traveling nights and week-ends.

Commendations109 Operators HonoredIn October for Courtesy

CONGRATULATIONS to the fol-lowing 109 Operators who receivedcommendations during the month ofOctober:

V. M. Adamson, Division 1; S. M.Alexander, 3; C. C. Alvarado, 2; J.R. Anderson, 7; K. C. Anderson, 5;A. J. Arnone, 3; H. C. Arthur, 9; A.L. Auslender, 20; K. A. Bausch, 12;L. H. Birkner, 3; P. S. Brezniak, 2;G. A. Briggs, 6; R. M. Brunker, 10;E. N. Brunswick, 5; C. H. Bull, 8;E. P. Burnby, 7; Charles Burris, 7.

0. H. Cambron, 2; R. L. Clark, 8;D. L. Correll, 2; E. A. Cure, 12;Benjamin Cooper, 7; B. F. Cooper, 1;H. E. Daniels, 20; H. R. Davis, 2;W. L. Degeere, 6; R. E. Drayer, 12;R. W. Duckworth, 20; G. W. Engel,10; J. J. Evinger, 10; J. D. Fenwick,11; H. P. Frasier, 5; William Free-man, 2; E. S. Frustaci, 7.

J. G. Garner, 11; G. L. Gennarini,8; Ledel Goolsby, 7; D. C. Grayson,12; E. M. Greathouse, 3; M. M.Greene, 20; B. L. Harris, 1; W. T.Henderson, 5; W. F. Hepp, 5; J. B.Hill, 5; J. M. Hiram, 7; H. J. Hoff-man, 2; J. H. Jennings, 3; A. H.Jones, 4; J. P. Jones, 3; M. H. Jones,7; R. C. Johnson, 5; Thomas Juarez, 1.

David Kauttef, 10; J. E. King, 1;M. E. Kittinger, 12; Earl Kral, 5;J. . LaFond, 12; P. J. Lattazi, 2;Nathan Lavelle, 2; Leonard Lubman,1; H. G. Lyons, 8; L. F. Mader, 5;W. D. Martin, 3; 0. G. Maynard, 5;Willie McCoy, 3; H. J. McDonald, 5;J. E. McGee, 20; William Modster, 5;W. R. Moore, 1; Robert Morgan, 8;George Mosse, 20.

W. E. Napier, 3; J. J. Neal, 7;H. C. Nields, 20; G. V. Norcia, 8;H. C. Norie, 5; F. W. Nott, 3; C. A.Paramo, 11; S. 0. Parker, 2; C. J.Petty, 5; W. A. Prewitt, 8; 0. W.Price, 2; F. 0. Rider, 7; W. A. Riley,2; Michael Robles, 5; Bob Root, 2.

W. J. Sattiewhite, 7; D. A. Schin-1er, 5; E. L. Schonbachler, 5; LeonardSellick, 5; R. R. Shappell, 9; S. R.Siegel, 20; E. H. Sims, 2; CharlesSmith, 5; Ellis Smith, 8; 0. H. Smith,8; Harold Stein, 12; W. C. Stephens,2; J. W. Stevens, 6; E. F. Tobin, 12;

SomeOutstandingLettersJ. J. LaFond, Division 12

"At the bus stop I inquired of himif his bus stopped at Street andhe smilingly and pleasantly replied,'Yes, sir,' in a manner certain to makefriends for his company.

"Then, a half dozen or so Blocksup the street a sorely overburdenedyoung mother was waiting at the busstop. She was carrying a baby in herarms, held another walking tot by thehand, and had a collapsible strollerand a bundle. Mr. LaFond took herstroller and bundle into the bus andput them into a baggage rack with akindness and gentleness that made astrongly marked impression on meand, I am sure, on all the passengerson the bus.

"For myself, I can say that the in-cident established the best relationsthat have ever existed between me andthe MTA . . . "

WILLIAM GOULD

0. W. Price, Division 2"What he did was to say 'thank

you' when he received my fare, and hedid that with everyone who got on. Hewasn't too busy in rush hour to dothis little act that I have never seendone on all the years of my publictransportation. When he was askedinformation about how to arrive atother points in the City, he answeredin such a polite and pleasant mannerthat the dear old Lady who requestedit was all smiles and very happy. Itsure was a big boost for Los Angeles

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Raymond Trautman, 3; N. T. Tum-molo, 8.

G. F. Vogel, Jr. 2; W. L. Whig-ham, 2; P. A. White, 20; C. W.Wilds, 12; R. D. Williams, 2; C. E.Wilson, 8; J. W. Winston, 5; W. C.Young, 20.

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mentary is a commendation re-ceived on Oct. 19 by a Long BeachOperator, D.C. Grayson,in the formof a check(see the re-produc t i o nabove) f o r1 0 0 0 goodwishes, a n dsigned "Justone of yourriders."

This in it-self was sufficiently unusual, but onthe back of the check were twolimericks which ran as follows:

LIMERICKS

Whether riding to work or for lei-sure,

There's a driver whose worth'sbeyond measure.

He's invariably kind.All his passengers findThat their ride's not a chore but

a pleasure.

When you ride on an MTA bus,And you like lots of fun but no

fuss,We, the riders, attestThat one driver's the best.If you want worthy proofJust ask us.All good wishes!

D. C. Grayson

Some Outstanding Letters(Continued from previons Page)

OPERATOR OF THE MONTH for October:Eugene A. Cure, selected for his courtesy.

as a pleasant place in which to live andtravel by bus."

CHARLES W. BACKUS

J. H. Livingston, Division 12"Each ride with him starts with a

warm greeting and his manner of do-minion over what he is doing givesone the assurance of a smooth ride.. . . Good humor prevails on eachride—and this is a good 'contagion.' "

PEARL A. RANDALL

W. J. Ritter, Division 2" . . . not only did this particular

driver help to direct me on my wayabout this huge city, but . . twice

throughout the run he waited at vari-ous corners for a lady with threeyoungsters to cross the street in orderto catch their bus, and once he lefthis seat to assist an elderly coupleaboard.

"To some this may not mean any-thing at all, but to one who has livedin large cities amid the hustle andbustle set, . . . it is gratifying to knowthat in this day of Space there are stillpeople who know how to be courteousand polite."

SAMUEL R. WILLIAMS

(A stranger to the city)

E. A. Cure WinsOct. Courtesy Award

"IT MAKES ME FEEL GOODto help people," said Eugene A. Cure,whose outstanding courtesy towards hispassengers led to his selection by im-partial judges as Operator of theMonth for October. He works out ofDivision 12, Long Beach.

A husband and vife who had sev-eral times observed Operator Cure'scourtesy and helpfulness toward hispassengers on the Huntington Park-San Pedro Line 66 wrote a letter tothe Courtesy Department explainingsome of his courteous actions. Thisletter, plus an operating record hissuperiors say has improved greatly inthe past year, led to his selection.

Mr. Cure is relatively new to MTA,having been in service only since 1959.

RUNNERS-UP

Almost as strong, in the opinionof the judges, were the letters of com-mendation written for R. D. Kornelland J. E. McGee—both of Division20.

J. E. McGee R. D. Kornell

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HORACE MILLER, retiring Trafficman, second from left, front row, re-ceives a gift of cash from fellow-Trafficman John H. Toombs on behalfof co-workers. Next to Mr. Toombs are Jack Stewart, Assistant GeneralSuperintendent of Transportation; and W. C. Aldrich, Local Chairman, BRT.

RETIREMENTS

ALBERT .1. BREHM, left, retiring Chief Clerk,Transportation Department, cheerfully handsover work to his successor, George Fujimori.

BEST WISHES to:Orville Monroe Haylett, Operator,

Division 3, who retired Oct. 1 afterservice from 1929.

Horace L. Miller, Trafficman, Trans-portation Department, who retired Oct..8 after service from 1926. (See photoon this page.)

Arthur C. Moore, Operator, Divi-sion 11, who retired Oct. 1 after serv-ice from 1930.

William T. Osborne, Flagman,Transportation Department, who re-tired Oct. 1 after service from 1944.

Samuel Boise Sowell, Operator, Di-vision 11, who retired Od. 4 afterservice from 1929.

Sterling Thomas Stickel, Operator,Division 5, who retired Od. 1 afterservice from 1945.

James Paul Thomason, Operator,Division 3, who retired Sept. 14 afterservice from 1942.

Albert J. BrehmCHIEF CLERK of the Transporta-

tion Department since 1946, and withservice dating from 1929, Albert J.Brehm walked down the long flightof stairs from his office for the lasttime as an active employee on Friday,Nov. 16.

His future plans are not specific.They'll be "decided each day," he said.

He began his service as Steno-grapher at Division 2, which was thenthe motor coach division. For years hewas Secretary, first to the Manager ofOperations, and later to the GeneralSuperintendent of Transportation.

Jean B. Hart"NO MORE alarm clocks for me,"

declared Jean B. Hart on Saturday,Oct. 27, her last day on her job asInformation Clerk for MTA. Her co-

workers that day had prepared a lovelytable of refreshments, and brought hera farewell gift.

Mrs. Hart started her transit careeras a Ticket Clerk in Long Beach in1944. She later worked as Cash Re-ceiver and then as Freight AccountsClerk. She plans to "take a few trips."

Horace L. Miller

THIRTY-SIX YEARS of servicecame to a dose for Trafficman HoraceL. ("Pinochle" or "Red") Miller lastOct. 6 when he turned in his portablefarebox.

Though his retirement plans arenot specific, his hobbies are upholster-ing furniture and watching varioussporting events.

He began his transit career as Con-ductor at West Hollywood in 1926.

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FRANCES MOORE, retiring Clerk in the General Accounting Department,happily opens one of the two pieces of luggage her co-workers gave her asa farewell gift. From left are Barbara Tessandori, Gladys Prather, SaraBustle, Gladys Johnson, Wanda Amburgey (hidden behind Mrs. Johnson),Cecelia Kael, the honoree, Wm. D. Duffy, Florence MacDonald, 11. L. Drake,Alice Sahlin, Wilford Raridon (Supervisor of department), Madge Von Erhlich.

JEAN B. HART, retiring Information Clerk, holds upcake at party given for her by her co-workers. Boxat left contains gift of camera, also from co-workers.In photo are, from left, Marie Fulkman, Ethel Grush,Deane H. Koch (visiting retiree), Bess Seaman, Mrs.Hart, Martha Falbaum, Bertha Errett, Frances Robinson.

Rapid Transit Safest,

Buses Next, Says Expert

RAPID TRANSIT (grade-separatedroutes) is the safest form of trans-portation in American cities, the Na-tional Safety Congress was told Oct.30 by a nationally recognized transitexpert.

This expert—David Q. Gaul, Execu-tive Secretary of the Institute for RapidTransit — referred his hearers to the1962 edition of Accident Facts to sup-port his statement that:

"Surface transit by buses is saferthan travel in the private automobile,and rapid transit by elevated, subwayand 'open cut' routes is safer than thesurface buses."

Accident Facts, Mr. Gaul said, indi-cates an accident death rate per 100,-000,000 miles of travel as 0.10 forrailroad passenger trains, 0.15 forbuses, and 2.2 for the private auto-mobile.

Per billion miles traveled, thismeans: for rapid transit, one death;for buses, 11/2 deaths; for automo-biles, 22 deaths.

New FacesA HEARTY WELCOME to the

following new employees, who joinedMTA between Sept. 16 and Oct. 16:

Equipment Maintenance Department

MECHANIC "B": T. G. Caldwell,M. R. Purkeypile*.

Personnel Department

PERSONNEL ANALYST I: W. D.Kendall.

Real Properly Management

INFORMATION CLERK: Dorothy F.Bergeron, Regina L. Conrad, DorothyE. Gray.

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Transportation Department

OPERATOR: B. J. Blumberg, Divi-sion 7; L. L. Clark, 10; P. A. Costa,8; S. A. Dimitroff, 7; Aaron Dorsey,Jr., 7; S. T. Gehrke, 8; Jordan Hard-away, 7; J. E. Harvey, 7; W. C. Hill,3; C. D. Hoquist, 7; A. A. Hurd, 6;C. R. Keipinger, 8; G. L. Kiefer, 10;T. W. Metcalf*, 2; E. S. Miller, 20;W. D. Miller, 20; J. R. McAnally,8; J. L. Nicely, 8; 0. A. Reyes, 1;M. L. Ridener, 20; J. F. Rose, 8; J.L. Rucker, 11; Edward Ryan, 1; W.L. Sanford, 2; H. D. Sipe*, 7; Jim-mie Skeen, 1; J. V. Stewart, 11; G. A.Sullivan, 7; Joseph Taranto, 2; WillieTrask, 6; 0. G. Tyre, 10; C. B. Wat-kins, 7; J. R. Wilson, 7.

*Re-employed

On Their Way UpWedding Bells For:

Jean Betty Craven, Assistant Super-vising Telephone Operator, and Rich-ard R. Johnston, Oct. 6.

Cathleen Martin, Secretary, PublicRelations Department, and Robert De-Young, Sept. 15.

RETIREMENTS(Conlinued from previous Page)

Frances MooreFRANCES MOORE, Clerk in the

General Accounting Department, waspresented with two lovely beige travel-ing cases an her retirement Oct. 31after 19 years of service. A farewelldinner at Little Joe's was given herby her co-workers.

Her future plans involve socialwork, sewing, knitting, and spendingsome time with her seven grand-children.

"I know I'm going to miss every-she said. "I'll just come down

and visit when I get lonesome."—Cecelia Kael

CONGRATULATIONS to the fol-lowing employees who have taken astep up the ladder in recent weeks:

R. L. Bacchus from Supervisor toSupervisor-Extra Dispatcher, Trans-portation Department, Aug. 12. Em-ployed Sept. 9, 1943.

C. F. Conrad from Operator toOperator-Extra Service Director, Divi-sion 11, Sept. 5. Employed Apr. 29,1952.

W. K. McDonald from Operator,Division 6, to Schedule Checker, Oct.25. Employed Mar. 12, 1957.

In MemoriamWITH REGRET, The Emblem re-

ports the death of the following:Lena G. Cato, wife of Division 5

Operator Wilfred Cato; Oct. 14. Sur-vived by her husband, whose servicebegan in 1944.

Antonetta Napoli, wife of South

Beiz Hernandez from Mechanic "B"to Mechanic "A," South Park Shops,Oct. 7. Employed Aug. 2, 1960.

R. E. Scott from AddressographOperator to Typist-Clerk, Purchasingand Stores Department, Sept. 24. Em-ployed June 7, 1962.

J. R. Wheeler from Operator, Divi-sion 12, to Schedule Check-er, Oct. 21.Employed Mar. 7, 1957.

J. S. Whitelock from Mechanic "C"to Mechanic "B," South Park Shops,Oct. 7. Employed Nov. 3, 1960.

Park Shops Mechanic Anthony Na-poli; Oct. 11. Survived by her hus-band, whose service began in 1936.

Marie Yates, wife of Division 2Operator Ambrose M. Yates, Jr.; Oct.4. Survived by her husband, whoseservice dates from 1959.

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PAID Los Angeles, Calif.Permit No. 21231

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(READERS—Please keep your department informed of any change in your address.)

OUTDOOR BOARD containing MTA's Christ-mas shopping ad in five colors is talkedover by W. C. Scholl, left, MTA's Assis-tant Advertising Manager; 5. James Andrews,Vice-President, Honig-Cooper & HarringtonIMTA's ad agencyl ; and R. 0. Chris-

tiansen, MTA's Director of Public Relations.

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