Pnge 44 May, 1927

1 CENTRAL DIVSION

ACCOUNTING D E P A R T M E N T FT. S M I T H , ARK.

I FLORA BOLLINGER, Reporter

Ft . Smith mas truck by a tornado .on Anril 12, it tak ing eight minutes

Ft. Smith to Kansas City, a special coach being chartered for the trip.

The wri ter was in the Frisco Hos- pital a t St. Louis dur ing the past month, and wishes to join in the praises of the many others tha t have been there. Every care and attention 1,ossible is given company employes and anyone feeling "under the weather" should t r y OUR hospital where, if pos- sible, they will surely set you r iqht sgain.

for the storm cloud to pass over tile city, kil l ing two women, injurin::, many, and leaving grea t wreckage in its nath. There were over 100 homes

.damaged and a number of Frisco em- ployes resided in the storm torn area

.The home of H. 31. Booth, Jr., assist- a n t enaineer. was heavilv damaaed and his-garage blown away. House-at

,629 Clifton Court, owned by Napoleon IVaters, timekeeper in superintendent's office, had roof lifted and walls torn away. At the home of W. F. Griggs. chief clerk to the storekeeper, the front porch was torn away, living room and roof heavily damaged. Luck- ily none of the men or their families were injured. The tornado was fol- lowed bv a downnour of rain, which lasted ail night, krith heavy showers

.during the next two days. All low- land f a rms and the city of Moffett just

.across the river from Ft. Smith. a r e under water. The river has overflowed into the factory dintrict and some of the lower r e s ~ d c n t clistr~~cts of F t .

:Smith, making i t necessary to move all equipment f rom the Frisco round- house a s the floor was covered with one foot of water before the flood crest had been reached. Nearly all trains a r e coming into Ft . Smith over F r i s c i~ t racks and the Missouri Paciflc is us- i n r the Frisco oflice buildinr for load- ing and unloading freight and passen- gers. Refugees of the tornado and

- the flood a r e being cared for in Pt . :Smlth and a fund is be in r raised to help meet expenses of their-needs.

Nr. and Mrs. L. 0. Mouser and fam- ily visited friends and relatives in

.S~r inaf le ld dur ina the Dast month. . - - Work on the Frisco float to be en-

tered i n t h e s t rawberry festival ~ par- ade a t Van Buren. May 4, is progress- ing nicely and we a r e told it is to be a beauty. The g i r l s who a r e to ride

.on the float, recenty held a meeting In the officc of division engineer and de- cided unon costumes to be worn.

0. M. Russ, general clerlc, had a very narrow escape when the ca r he was driving was s t ruck by another ca r go- ing a t grea t speed^ across Garrison avenue. W e a r e glad to tell the friends of Oliver, t ha t thc c a r received all the

.damage. I t was with regret tha t we learned

of the death of James W. Dorrough. 6 0 years old, which occurred April 10, a t his home a f t e r a long illness. A s t roke of paralysis in Xovember, 1026. is believed to have led to his death. Mr. Dorrough was a retired machinist

.of the Frlsco Railway Company and had lived in Ft. Smith about 30 vears. IVe extend our deepest sympathy lo the family and relatives of Mr. Dorrough.

JIembers of the Greater Traffic Com- mittee a r e receiving enthusiastic co- operation from all Frisco employes As a result of the recent activity of this committee, special agent G. W. Walker was successful in securing the

;passage of 13 Federal prisoners from

M E C H A N I C A L D E P A R T M E N T FT. SMITH, ARK. -

IRENE WOESTMAN, Reportcr

Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Worden have rc- turned from Rochester. Mlnn.. where JIrs. Worden entered Mayo Brothers' Hospital, and i t is with pleasure tha t we learn tha t Mrs. Worden's health has been greatly benefited by t rea t - ments received while there.

BIiss Louise Magruder has been working temporarily a s file clerlc and stenographer in place of Miss Beat- rice Limberg, who has been absent account of tonsilitis.

On the morning of April 11. 1927, Jas . Dorough, former machinist in the lo- ral shops, and father-in-law of J. H. river, assistant foreman a t Fo r t Smith, and W. B. Stewart , fireman, died a t his home in Fo r t Smith a f t e r a linger- ing illness. W e wish to extend our sincerest sympathy to the famlly in their bereavement.

Much work. thought, and worry is being caused by the float tha t is being constructed for the Strawberry Festi- val which is to be held in Van Buren. Ark., on May 4. However, we feel confident t ha t when the float is com- rlleted a l l this will be forgotten. a s it is certain tha t it will be a g rea t success.

Refrigerator cars a r e being gathered together and put in A1 condition prep- ara tory to the f ru i t movement, which will begin with the shippinq of s t r aw- berries in about two weeks.

STORE D E P A R T M E N T FT. SMITH, ARK.

KATHRYNE IvIcIvIXHON. Reporter

\I7. F. Griggs, who recently pur- chased a beautiful new home in Clif- ton Court, was onc of the heaviest losers in the cyclone which hit tha t section of the city on April 12. The roof was entirely lifted from his house. and his ga rage was found securcly lodged in the tree in his back yard. Mrs. Griggs and three children were in the house when the s torm hlt but wpre unhurt . Heavy damage also re- sulted from the downnour of rain which came a f t e r the- cyclone and lasted for two days and nights, Mr. Nanley, who llves on Lecta avenue and who was also in the wake of the cy- clone, suffered very l i t t le damage. His ca r was carried about two hundred feet a w a y from the house and a fender broken and tire flattened. His family also escaped injury.

A. D. Harcrow, car foreman, was also in the storm center. H i s property

and family were unhurt . When he asked his l i t t le dau-hter age 5, what she did during thz stdrm, she an- swered, "I just prayed to God to take care of me and sa t t ight to see if He'd do it."

Margaret Krietwr, clerlz to S . Keltorr, assistant srrperiute~cdei~t at Ft. S;iziflz. ir

a t a l e~~ t rd singer. Her nmny friends a rr d ncquaintances rccetrtly heard hcr in n rccital, and the corntnerrt was that she had a beauti- frrvy clear soprano vozce.

At presmt she b a pfrpil o f tltc Bent- dictirze Colrservatar~ o f .l/llrsic ill Ft . Smit/~.

I SOUTHERN DIVISION I LOCAL F R E I G H T OFFICE

MEMPHIS , T E N N .

VIRGINIA GRIFFIS. Reporter

Geo. S. Levi, grand secretary of Brotherhood of Railway Clerks of Cin- cinnati, and H. E. Sullivan, general chairman, of Springfleld were here March 17, to attend a m;?eting. of the clerks.

Glad to report the children of B. C. Scruggs, assistant cashier, have fully recovered from the flu and whooping Cough. - T. C. Higginbotham of Koshkong.

Mo., has been assigned position of check and r e c e i v i n clerk on outbound platform.

Irvin Tankersley. son of L. W. Tan- lcersley, claim clerk, is recovering from a n a t tack of scarlet fever.

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We all extend to R. B. Butler, super- intendent of southern division, our deepest sympathv in the loss of his wife on March 23, a t F o r t Scott, Kans.

Xrs. C l a r : ~ Speer, stenographer; El- ma Wright, comptometer operator: Wni. W. Humnhrey. switch clerk: J. A. Carrigan, miscellaneous clerk, .and A. V. Garrett , OS&D clerk, have been on the s ~ c k list, but a r e now back a t work.

Harry Johnston, traveling supervls- o r of switching, paid us a farewell visit a few days ago, much to our re- m e t , a s he has been transferred to the southwestern division with head- quar ters a t Tulsa.

A. V. Garre t t was off April 1 and 2 account the death of his aunt, Mrs. Bar t Vaccaro. Mrs. Vaccaro was 10 years of age and had lived in Memphis practically all her life, coming here irom I ta ly when but a small nirl. -

Speaking of new things, and most everyone has something new around Easter, but John A. Ladd, uncollected clerk, has somethinc. different. a set - ~ ~

of brand new teeth. We a l l regretted to learn of the

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w h e r e Mr. Thompsoll w e n t to a t t e n d a m e e t i n g of c a r accountants .

W. R. McDonough, clerk in te rmina l accountant 's office, h a s bid in a posi- t ion a t ChaPfee. Xo., a n d l e f t on March 27 to t a k e u p h is du t ies a t t h a t point.

W e r e g r e t to announce t h e d e a t h of W. M. Morgan, s tep- fa ther of C. J. Thompson, who passed a w a y on March 25 a t Gulfport, Miss., burial t a k i n g place a t Amory, Miss., on the 26. Our aympathy is extended to Mr. Thon1j~- son and fami iy in their bereavement.

Record Clerk S. L. Record h a s re - tu rned f rom a visi t to Memphis. Tenn.

F i r e m a n W. G. Ward . w h o h a s been confined to h i s home for t w o w e e k s w i t h Wu", i s a b l e to be ouL again.

Demurrage Clerk P a u l Gilleon, 1s back on the job a f t e r a spel l of "flu."

Mrs. J. H . Bryan , wife of switcll- man is v i s i t ing in Manchester , Ga.

~ i e fr iends of J. F. Hardegree a r e very much interested in t h e announce- ment of his engagement to Miss Thel- m a Sullivan, the wedding to be a n event of t h e l a t t e r p a r t of April. >Ir. Hardegree is c a r a g e n t for t h e Bi r - mingham southern rai lroad a n d s t a - tioned in o u r office a t E a s t Thomas, a n d we feel t h a t h e i s "one of us." \Ve ex tend t o t h e happy couple o u r h e a r t y congra tu la t ions a n d good wishes.

S w i t c l ~ m a n J. C. Honeycut t a n d wife were called to Montgomery recently account of i l lness of a r-elative.

Miss L a u r a Greenough, s tenographer in super in tendent t e rmina ls office, w a s a b s e n t f rom t h e office on S a t u r d a y a n d s h e s a y s s h e s p e n t t h e d a y fishing. however, s h e didn' t b r i n g u s a n y fish.

Super in tendent T e r m i n a l s 0. L. Young w a s a recent visi tor to K a n s a s City, where he w e n t to a t tend a Safe- t y meeting, a n d represented t h e Bir- mingham Safe ty Council a t th i s nleet- ins .

T h e "Frisco Boys" a t Bi rmingham have organized a baseball t eam a n d under t h e able m a n a g e m e n t of J. H . Johnson, d e m u r r a g e clerk, expect to m a k e a fine record d u r i n g t h e s u m m e r in t h e Bi rmingham Indus t r ia l League. T h e boys have received the i r n e w uni - f o r m s a n d played t h e opening g a m e on April 1 6 w i t h t h e Sayre ton team. T h e y have been prac t ic ing f o r Several w e e k s a n d w e feel s u r e t h e y will have a good season.

The fol lowing is the line of the t e a m ' - - -. - - .

J . H. Johnson, demurrage clerk, m a n a g e r ; J. B. Kildron, fireman, ca tcher ; Carl Clotfel ter , yard clerk, p i tcher ; F. L. Scott , clerk, f i rs t base ; W. B. Freeze, t r a i n clerk, second hase; Oscar Lant r ip , fireman, s h o r t s top : C. M. Gann, y a r d clerk, r i g h t field; S. C. Lantr ip. fireman, cen te r field; H. S. Gann, repor t clerk, l e f t field.

Fo l lowing a r e the subs t i tu tes : A. C. Hanson , c le rk , pi tcher; H. H .

Hargrove , clerk, p i tcher ; Bill Benton. messenger, c a t c h e r ; E. T. Boone, c le rk : T. L. Purdv . machinist : L. 31.

M. S. B. & P. GENERAL OFFICES PENSACOLA, FLORIDA

12, .\JIEROSE, Repor te r

Sor ry L O have failed to g c t report in on t ime last month, will t r y to do b e t l e r in future.

Notice in the J n n u a r y issue t h a t t h r r iver division w a s boast ing of the i r record of pile driving. T h e i r record w a s 205 pi l ing be ing driven in 4 days . W e have thcm beat! F o r e m a n Barney H. Henderson drove 331 pil ing in 5 days, the bes t day's record w a s 76.

T. R. Gibson's n a m e h a s been added to list of vict ims of thieves in Pen- sacoln. Someone en te red his room a n d took about a l l there w a s left. H e

s a y s t h a t h e is t h a n k f u l he is w h e r e he can g e t palmetto leaves wi thout much trouble.

\Ve don't on ly m a k e records i n pile driving, b u t w e a l so have a n enviable record f o r movement of f re iah t . A sh ipment of coal w a s ordered-out of Dora, Ala., Sa turday , March 26, a t 10:OO a. m., moved v i a Fr i sco f rom Dora to Bi rmingham, del ivered to Southern a n d moved v ia Southern from Birmingham to Kimbrough, delivered to u s a t Kimbrough a n d w a s in t h e sh ip a t Pensacola b y noon Monday, hlarcil 28. T h a t is eff icient handlin:: by t h r e e roads.

T h e f irs t s h i p owned b y H e n r y Ford , to e n t e r Pensacola Harbor , t ied u p a t o u r P i e r for coa l ing a n d a l so a c a r g o of cross t ies for New York.

Among t h e visi tors me have had recently were : J. E. Hutchison. F. G. Jonah , H. L. Worman, J. K. Gibson, L. Banger t , A. H. Hughes , 4. E. David- aon, Albert Chase a n d A. P r u g g e r .

Mr. P r u g g e r is s t i l l here s e t t i n g up t h e machinery in o u r new mill shop a n d roundhouse.

H. L. Jovce w e n t on a fishina t r in a f e w d a y s a g o a n d w h e n he-came back h e w a s tel l ing C. U'. S k a t e s t h a t he c a u g h t e i g h t blg. flne fish a n d w h a t a t ime h e h a d landing: them. T h e n e x t day H a r v e y b r o u g h t h i s boy to t h e office w i t h h im a n d Mr. Ska tes a s k e d him how m a n y fish h i s daddy caught . The l i t t le fellow held u p three fingers. Harvey is keeping h is boy home now unti l he educa tes him a b o u t fishing. 1\11.. Jovce is o u r mos t CaDable claim agent . W. R. Brown a n d wlfe l e f t S a t u r d a y

night . April 9. for xew York to a t - tend t h e m a r r i a g e of h i s s is ter .

FREIGHT TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT MEMPHIS, .TENN.

K A T E MASSIE, Repor te r

P a s s e n g e r Agent .A C. T,ealte h a s o u r s incere SYmpRthJ' in t h e loss of h i s fa ther , J . C. Leake, who passed i1wa.v on X a r e h 21 a t h i s home in Monett. 310. Nr. L e a k e w a s employed as coach foreman b y o u r company a n d m p n y f r iends mourn h is passing.

Our office is g r o w i n g rapidly, hav- ing recently instal led a n opera tor - clerk a n d messenger. Ra lph Young, Prom Alarked Tree, a n d F r a n k W. O'Seil heing assigned.

Miss Lucile H u g h e s a n d mother spent a n enio1~able-Sunday in Jones- boro t h i s month.

Lloyd J. ~Y. . ILJ visi ted t h e old home town. Warde l l , t h e ~ a s t week-end.

Trave l ing ~ r e l g h t - Agent Crow ex- tends a n invitat ion to a l l of u s to a t - tend t h e celebrat ion a t Tupelo, Miss.. Mas 7 a t the opening of the Carna t ion Milk Condensery. This p lan t is located on Fr i sco t racks .

B e r t h a Harr i s , repor te r for super in- tcndent butler'^ offlee, m a v feel a del- ~ c ~ c \ in mentioning h e r ' b r a n d new S a s h coupe. She a l rcady has a w a i t - i n g 11st.

-- ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT

MEMPHIS, TENN. - I~.\SGPTOS-\\rII~LIAAISS Reporters

.T;iclc P ikcs lcy of the pay roll dc- 1)artment in St. Louis, w a s in Memphis .getti,ng acquainted w i t h the faces be- l o n g ~ n g to the names he seemed so fami l ia r with.

Asa Ter ry , fo rmer ly roadmas te r of t h e S ls t t r a c k on t h e r iver division, is in c h a r g e of t h e r a i l l a y i n g g a n g now opera t ing on t h e southern division f r o m Jasper , Ala., north, a d is tance of th i r ty miles, replacing 90-lb, w i t h 100-lb. s teel .

I JNOm Cm DANNEL OFF'ICIAL FRISCO AMBULANCE 302 8. WALNUT STREET

FUNERAL HOME Phone 125 Shormaa, T o x u

May, 1927

E. H. B a r r y is rai l inspector in con- nection with th i s work .

H. E. F a r r i s has been ass igned tho Kenera1 clerk 's position former ly held by Vlc Thomas who is n o w a t Sapulpa.

Otis H a m n of t h e engineer ing de- par tment , repor t s a v e r y enjoyable meek-end v is i t ing S. W. Booth a t S t Louis.

After much consultat ion a n d numer- ous r ides w i t h various automobile salesmen N i s s B e r t h a H a r r i s a t l as t aelected a n d purchased a new Nash coupe, which ix very s m a r t looking. Speaking of s i l en t motors, t h i s car h a s t h e world beat, a s S a t u r d a y n ight R e r t h a drove down town. parked , a t e dinner. w e n t t o a show a n d came back t o find t h e motor s t i l l running-also a nice l i t t l e invitat ion to d r o p in a n d see t h e judge. No, h e didn' t offer to pay for t h e g a s burned ei ther .

A. E. Hoehle and 0. N. Crocker of the audi tor ' s office a r e s o e n d i n e sev- e ra l d a y s here m a k i n g certain- t es t s toward revising forms in connection \vith A&B accounting. Jlr. Hoehle has been en joying o u r municipal golf l inks, which me believe a r e t h e finest on the Frisco.

B y t h e way, t h e municipal tennis c o u r t s a r e opening t h i s week. Any of Y O U fo lks w h o hannen down t h i s way. be s u r e a n d b r i n g t h e old racquet. \Thy not r u n down a n d m a k e a week- end of i t ?

I EASTERN DIVISION (

OFFICE O F CAR ACCOUNTANT SPRINGFIELD, MO.

MARIE ARXOLD. Repor te r

Seven of o u r assor te rs a n d e x t r a c le rks were made hannv th i s month n.1.t.n th;it number of c;lbrical positions

~.einst?.ted on the first. Three mt,rt: uositions were teml)orari ly fllled o n account of t h e i l lness o f Mrs. Jones. Lulu Je rn igan a n d N y r t l e Cocllran, each of these be ing on leave of ab- sence. X v r t l e Cochran is in t h e 110s- pita1 a t s-t. Louis.

The Bradley twins, Amy a n d XIamie, visited in St. Louis on E a s t e r Sunday.

Everybody who had a c a r o r a fr iend with a car, w e n t to Branson on E a s t e r Sunday to see t h e damage w r o u a h t b s the h i g h water . - -

W e w e r e s o r r y to lose Ralph C. Bry- a n t f r o m o u r t rave l ing force th i s pas t month. R a l p h h a s been t ransfer red to t h e office of a u d i t o r f r e i a h t ac- - counts, as t rave l ing auditor .

W. E. Boughnou, t r a v e l i n g demur- rag-e s u p e r v i ~ o r , t ransfer red headquar- t e r s f rom Springfield to Joneuboro.

Our foreign record c le rks made all en\.iable a n d unusua l record this month. W h e n t h e F e h r u a r y record? were tu rncd over to the per diem du- p a r t m e n t there w a s n o t a n incomplete record in t h e books o n 33,516 individual foreign per clicrn e a r n i n g c a r s handled.

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This has not happened before within the las t ten o r twelvc years and the big boss was 50 pleased with the rec- ord t h a t he showed his a o ~ r e c i a t i o n by promptly presenting each foreign record clerk with a box of candy, also giving a box I.) each of the transcrlb- ers who traced for short records.

OFFICE GENERAL MANAGER SPRINGFIELD, MO.

ORVILLE COBLE, Reporter

>IIss Anna Wllligan and her mother a r e moving over to the south side, hav- ing purchased a home on Eas t Walnut Street.

Victor Gleaves had a mighty good Chevrolet-at leas t thleves thought so, for i t was stolen twice th is month. The flrst tlme i t was found by the police three hours la ter on the Divi- sion Strcet Road. Two tires had been removed. but t he spare was st i l l in place. Two weeks later t he car dis- appeared "en toto" and has not been recovered.

Paul Lohmeyer. manager of the lo- cal mall room, h a s just returned from Detroit with hls Chrysler which, stolen some time ago, was located in t h a t city.

P. W. Arnold Is golng to the hospl- tal for a n operatlon to relleve n i n u ~ troubIe.

H. C. Holmss 1s spendlng the month in a sanitarium at Van Ormy, Texas, hoping to recover hts health w h k h has not been good dur ing the winter. We hope he wlll be back with us by the time this is published.

S l g h t Watchman Vane is now In the '

St. Louis Hospital. Sam Bostic I s look- i ng a f t e r his duties a t present.

R. H. Powell found a pre t ty Httle gold-plated cyllnder which he put to use a s a match box. One of the g i r l s has since clalmed It a s her lip-stick holder.

I must confess t o a n er ror in my las t copy, having called "Gentleman Jim" Corbett. John. Apropos. In the days of John L. Sullivan, C. H. Baltzell, then chief dispatcher for the Iron Mountain in Louisiana was asked to teach a Sunday school 'class. The les- son was about Sampson, and Baltzell got on in g rea t shape. Next Sunday. th inking to test his teaching, he asked: "Who was the lesson about last Sun- day?" Without hesitation the boy8 replied: "John L. Sampson".

MONETT LOCOMOTIVE DEPT. MONETT, MO.

MARGUERITE F R O S S m D , Reporter

April showers br ing May flowers! I f there be one spa rk of t ru th in t h a t old adage, we're due for a multitudi- nous growth of colorful blossoms real soon. Still. we haven't had "showers" -just "a showerw-but t ha t has been continuous and without surcease.

We a re pleased to relate t ha t our roundhouse force has been quite sub- stantially increased, due to the change effected on April 1, whereby passenger engines receive run-through servicing a t Monett instead of South Springfleld. The following men were transferred here from Springfield: Geo. M. Bates, I r l Williamson, Evere t t A. Lozar, F r a n k Coggins, W. J. Larrick, Fred Bullington, Leslie Amos, Orville L. Yancey, Prentice B. Rogers, also F. A. Beyer. J r . , a s assistant roundhouse foreman in charge of passenger and

Chaffee BuiIding & Loan Association

Authorized Capital, $2,000,000.00 ORGAXIZED 1909

6% lnt6tMt on FUN-pald Stock. Payable Senl-annually

drop pit work. .We a r e more than glad to welcome these men to our midst. and hope tha t a f t e r a few months' residence In the Magnet City, they will retain no ill will toward the circum- stances which forced them to quit their former habitat .

Mrs. Ar thur Burchett, wlfe of cen- t ra l division fireman, recently under- went an operation fo r appendicitis a t Dr. West's Hospital, a t Monett. Mrs. Burchett is recuperating nicely, and we extend our hopes for a successful and rapid recovery.

Hurrah! Paul Holland, roundhouse clerk, is seeing daylight agaln! No, Paul's eyes haven't been afflicted in any may, but he's been working the night sh i f t since the day job was cut o b some months ago. Due to the ln- creased activity around these parts. this job w a s re-tstabllshed t h e flrst of April, and Pau l was the successful bidder.

Mr. Welch, traveling accountant, was in Monett one day, checking up on the accurateness Of our labor distribution. Although not grea t ly ou t of llne. nevertheless, we-cannot boast of being nerfect.

Charles Earner, of Springfield, has taken advantage of his lenioritv. and bumped on t h e n ight roundhouse clerk's Job a t this terminal. Hope you like the surroundings and the Derson- - -

nell. Chhrlle! Ea r l 3fcCroskej. machlnlst appren-

tice, was transferred lo Oklahoma City the flrst of the month, where he will complete his apprenticeship, and will then be placed on permanent asslgn- ment a s a machinist.

Gearge Davis, who for the pas t sev- era l years has trodden the tortuous path of the belabored englne crew caller-tramping the hard pavement. climbing dimly l ighted roomlng- house stairs, and making repeated a t - tempts to awaken tired, sleepy englne- men from a n a l l too shor t slumber. has sought a less harassing existen& in the form of roundhouse labor work. hoping some day to rise to t he ranks of a flrat-class mechanic. Good luck. George!

We a re lad to see Engineer H. E. Davies again mounted a t the throttle, on t ra lns 1 and 2, a f ter a n enforced lay-off of three o r four months, due to illness.

"SP" OFFICE-SPRINGFIELD, MO

G. C. VERMILLION, Reporter

Second Trick Operator Greener, "SP" office, was off from duty for several days account of the death of his mother-in-law. H e was relieved by Operator Jones.

Operator Keehne. Globe, was miss in^ from du ty the flfth. H e was relieved by Operator Roam.

We a r e a l l glad to see Bob Wilson. oDerator a t "NY" office. Monett. back oh the job again, a f t e6 being off for several months.

Everyone is well pleased to have W. I. Christopher a s ou r new G. S. and T. of division thirty-two. Mr. Christo- pher was formerly third tr ick wire chief of " S ' o b i c e , Springfleld.

Second Trick Operator Pack, West J.ebanon, was absent from duty sev- eral days account of sickness of his mother. He was relieved by Operator Wilson.

Third Trick Operator McNutt, South- ern Junction, has been misslng from dutv for several weeks. We uresume he h a s gone back down on the farm to eat more fried chicken.

Xr . J u r v and Nizht Chief Freeman are each -the proud owner ' of a new Hudson.

We a r e glad to see Wal ter Rice. clerk in Nr. Jury's office, back on the job again a f t e r belng OPT for some time account of sickness. Wal ter s ta tes he is feeling much better.

Operators Nahanay, Strafford and Henson. Dixon, a r e in the St. Louis hospital fo r treatment. Operators Wallace and Bruton relieved them.

AURORA, MO., AND GREENFIELD BRANCH

CLAUDE E. RODERICK, Reporter

Miss Anna Relle Patton, cashier a t , the freight office, Is in the Frisco hos- pital a t Springfield. J. P. Arend is f l l l i n ~ Miss Patton's vacancv. We '

all GIsh her a speedy recovery an:! hope to see her a t her desk beform long.

The three buildings- of t he Aurora Milllnc Company were completely de. stroyed by Rre the n ight of March 20. There was some splendid co-operatio? performed by the following in remov. ing a car of ~ a ~ o l l n e and several other loads and emptles from a track along- side these buildings by J. L. Mace, firs! trick telegrapher. Aurora tower: En- gineer Ridley. and Brakeman Hood.

Assistant Superintendent G. H. Jar: and Tralnmaster W. W. Little, Sprine. fleld. paid the tower a visit recently and trfed thelr s t rength on a few o' o u r forty-eight "armstrong" levers. T. A. Ridley, engineer on the Green-

field branch, has been absent from hl; position in the cab for a few d a : entertaining his son. Howard Glad. stone, who stopped over with htm en- route to t ake his new position with a 7 oil company a t Cincinnati.

The Grecnfleld branch can also boa- of having a veteran employe. E. E Miller, conductor, has 36 years to h,: credit. This is quite a long t ime on on. position. Yet, Mr. Miller is a s regul? a s a clock, in fact, it has been said thy quite a number of Aurora citizens $1'

thelr tlmeplecea when they see hir going to work. Rut coming frm work, well , they Roon found tha t hl. personal schedule In this instance rrr. varlable.

ST. LOUIS ZONE BUREAU

R. A. WALT. Reporter

Introducing to the readers of t h Frisco Employes' Nagazine, the .$ Louis Zone Bureau. Thls Offlce, 1 cated a t Seventh and Cerre Sts., F Louis, was opened May 1. 1926 , an' took over on tha t da te the entire har dl ing of the accounts of Seven1 St ree t Station, by the latest approv? methods of accounting. based r- punched cards and the necessary m- chanical devices fo r transposing ti. information punched thereon into tabu. lated statements.

On January 1 of this year, the bu. reau was transfprred from the juris. diction of the general agent. St. Lou;< to the auditor f re ight accounts. ar G. R. Woods was placed in charge: zone auditor. Coincidently. the bu reau took over the station Wcountir work of 25 stations. Gravols, Mo., Chabee, Mo.. inclusive. This Is ab complished by daily reports, subm~t ted by the agent, of al l recelpts sn disbursements. supported by wayb~ received and a copy of waybills issue together with a copy of his stat], record applying on the varlous char;. with which all agents a r e familiar.

On Narc11 1 a n additional 25 stativ were taken over, and now the entlr main line of t he river division is br i na handled.

~conomy,--prompt renclitlon and cer. tralization of reports, nnd a Iightenic. of the duties of agents a r e but a f v of the accom~l i shmen t s of the z w hlll.e%lll. - -. - - - .

I t will interest our reader8 to kns, tha t the Frisco. which leads the u:

M E N ! DON'T WORRY ABOUT BUTTONS PILCHER'S B A C H EL II

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