LOCAL No. 18-MEMPHIS, TENN. man. attended the convention and meet- B. & B. REPORT--SOUTHWEST DIVISION

Ing - o f the system-board and repre- sentatives of F. A. of M. C, & C. D. E. a t Springfleld.

Ted Downey and family spent the holidays visi t lng relatives and frlends a t Ft . Smith. Ark.

W. A. Hairslne. blacksmith, and wife spent a few of the holidays vlsl t lng frlends and relatives at Memphls Tenn.

Blll Austln, machinlst apprentibe, has been another victim of the "flu", hav- i ng been off from work several days account of it, though we a r e glad to report t ha t he Is now able to be back a t work agaln.

P. W- LANDERS, Reporter

J. C. WOODS, Reporter Fred Brist, drl l l press operator, ha s

recently recovered from a n operation. and Is back a t work.

Har ry Stewar t machlnlst I s back to work after sever61 weeks' iilness.

The infant son of Chas. Mlller, ma- chinlst. was severely injured b y fall ing when he had a stick in hls mouth. H e lacerated hls throat.

Floyd Huff, machinist, and family. spent the holldays In Springfleld. Mo., with relatlves.

Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Scott. upon the blrth of a baby boy.

Phil Shlpman, boilermaker foreman. was in a n automobile wreck recently whlle on a fishing trlp, bu t g lad td s ay Mr. Shlpmnn was not seriously Injured.

LOCAL Ne. 24-AMORY, MISS.

W. E. Fountaln has returned a f t e r spending some ttrne in the h o s ~ i t a l in Bt. Louls.

Mlss Ruth f a n t s spent t he holldays Visiting Mrs. Ernes t Lee of Pierce City.

Mr. and Mrs. Silus Robinson a r e the proud parents of a baby girl, born January 3rd.

Mrs. E. F, Magpl vls!ted relatlves In Rogers during the Christmas and New Year's holida)'~.

Mrs. William Lane spent the holl- days wlth friends in Fo r t Worth.

Mr, John Wilson h a s returned home from the hospltal In St. Louis but wlll not return to work tor some iime.

Miss Blanche Brothers of Buffalo, N. Y., spent Christmas with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Brothers.

Yr. Owen Drlver has returned to Kingston and hns taken charge of hls section gang a f t e r an absence of eiahteen months. which he snent on an

MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT THAYER, MO.

F. M. PEBBLES. Reporter

W. L Spangler, engineer was mar- rled ~ e ' c e m b e r 18th a t ~ h a j r e r . Mo., to Mrs. Es ther Fox of Jonesboro. Ark., by Rev. P. 0. Freeman. They a r e now In Florida.

Wal ter Davidson, section foreman, was bumped by T. Burr and Davidson bumped on the hlll section.

Helper Moore, off Marked Tree bumped W. H. Morgan a t freight house:

W. A. Davlw fireman. is now in the Springfleld hoipital.

Chas. Maxwell and A. W. Andrews.

RAYMOND F. DEES, Reporter ext ra gang. Mr. S. H. Dean has been In charge

OK Mr. W. E. Fountaln's g a n g dur lng the time Mr. Fountaln has been in the Roundhouse Clerk A. R. HoImqulst Is

confined a t St. Louls honpital. and is suffering from a nervous breakdown. W e wish him a rrpeedy recovery.

Excell Whitfleld sprlngman has re- turned from a pliasnnt vlsit 'with his brother In Llt t le Rock, Arkansas.

W e extend sympathy to Mllton Spearman, laborer, who recently lost

hospital.

JOPLIN, MO.

R. C. FLEITCHER, Reporter coal chute laborers a r e now on the sick list.

C. A. Berry. roundhouse foreman. who has been down with the flu fo r

hls wlfe. John L Sullivan h a s returned from

St. Louis hospital where he was treated Lor affected nerve in hls face.

Tom Sisk, c a r Inspector, has returned t o work a f t e r having been off for sev- era l mont'hs hur t

Mrs. J. V. '~dam's. wlfe of machlnlst, spent t he holidnys wlth friends and relatives In Birmingham Ala.

Hostler Dan G. Reese hecently spent several days wlth homefolks in south Mississlppl. Brother Reese reports huntlng deer whlle on the trlp.

Congratulations to Store Clerk J. C. Allen and wife! A flne baby glrl, born January 6th. Amory employes want to know If this 1s the first FRISCO baby fo r 1933. Daddies wlll please send your acknowledgement to th ls scrlbe!

E C. Woods, machlnlst. has been transferwd from Baxter Springs to Wlch- Ita. The job a t Baxter is being filled a t present by B. J. Slutter of Joplin.

Edward Hunter, of Kansas City, re- ~ o r t e d to take the job a t Baxter. but

the a s t two weeks, Is again back on the ?oh. - - - - .---

A. M. Box, engineer, Is now out wes t for his health.

Mrs. F. E. Bater and daughter. Frances. wlfe and daughter of engi- neer, a r e now on a visit to Enid, Okla.

developed some eye trouble and a s yet has not taken charge.

The switch enaine a t Baxter Swlncs - - 1s worklna two shifts a day now.

Frank Davis, retlred engineer. was s MECHANICAL AND STORES DEPT.

FT. WORTH, TEXAS

visitor In Joplin on January 7th. C. N. "Chief" Gearheart, having been

displaced a t Miami, returns to Joplln to clisplace Will Dennis a s yard clerk in the yardmaster's offlce. Mr. Dennis expects to go to Wichita In the yard office there.

Three Frlsco famllies here were visited by death the past month.

Mr. and Mrs. T. A, Sweeney. ear In- spector and wife of Carthage, were called to Kansas City on account of the death of thelr niece. Miss Edith McCwmick, who died suddenly December 20th.

Mrs. John Ackerson died of double pneumonia on the 19th of December, after only a few days' illness.

Mr. Erickson, father of Bert Erlckson. hostler, died a t the home of his dsugh- t e r about six miles southeast of Monett, on the 5th of January. Mr. Erickson was 84 years old. Burial was in the Verona cemetery.

J. D. WACEY. Reporter

Our sympathy i s extended to t he family of J. A. Berry. Iocomotlve Are- man. on account of Mrs. Berry's death, which occurred December 29th.

G. CfGorman, blacksmith, has been confined to his home for a week wi th an ar tack of the flu. He expects to report for work in three o r four more days.

On account of increase In business. t he fifth pool turn has been added to the north end and several flremen

LOCAL No. I€?-BlRMINGHAM, ALA.

W. A. MYERS. Reporter

The ent i re shop rorce and mechanical department was shocked when they learned t h a r Mr. Westerhouse, general foreman, lost hls beloved son. Bobby. through a fa ta l Illness t ha t s t ruck him so suddenly and carried him away so quickly. The body was taken t o Ft. Scott. Kansae. for Interment. We of Local No. 1 8 wlsh to express t o Mr. Westerhouse and family our most sin- cere and heartfelt S y m ~ a t h y In the i r

have been placed on the ext ra board. J . R. Ferguson. president Local No.

26 F. A. M. C. & C. D. E.. attended the annual meeting of the Shop Crafts In Springfleld December 20th and 21st.

Local ~ d . 25 held a meetlng: on Janu- a r y 2nd, a t which time the minutes of the annunl meetlng In Springfleld were read and other Important buslness transacted.

AKter a siege of snow and Ice we a r e

- J. J. SULLIVAN, Reporter

. - There Reems to bc no let-UP In this

terrible slckness called "flu". Most every day a new case Is reported among our ranks. Tom Conway and James John- son belng absent from work a t present on account of slckness.

Very glad to report that Louis Langel recovered and returned to work on Jan- uary 3rd. Mr. Langel was confined to

. . - recent bereavement.

T. L. Purdy. machlnlst, had the mls- for tune to scald hls foot a few days ago. but we a r e glad to r e w r t t ha t he agaln enjoying n spell of sunshine

which wlll go a long way toward s tamping out an epidemic of flu which has caused a loss of time to a lmost everv emnlove a t West Yards.

I s very much better now. - C. A, Anderson, machlnlst, haw been

conflned to St. Vlncent'a hospltal for several days account of the Influenza, but we a r e d a d to renort t h a t he i s O& c o ~ g ~ a t u l a t i o n s a r e offered to

Mr. W. H. Gowdy, rppolnted nlght yardmaster to All the vacancy caused

now able to be up and i t work a g d n . J. W. Drake. president of Local No.

18, and H. D. Warren, dlvlslon chair- b y the death of Mr. T. E . Brooks.

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LOCAL NO. 5-ST. LOUIS, MO.

E. R. MeNAI3B and F. C. HENN

Reporters

h c a t No. L started out this year 1933, a t i ts meeting held January 6th, with the hall filled to capacity. Much enthusi- a s m and interest was displayed In all subjects before the house. R. W. Reed, Eastern tlivision chairman, was present and delivered a n interesting report, deal- ing with the meeting of general ehair- men of all independent organizations of the western railroads. held on December 14th a t Denver, Colo., and also reported on meetings held with the System Board a t Springfield. ;\Lo., on December 24 , a n d meetings held with the management on January 4th, In relation to wages and working conditions. Mr. Duffy and Mr. Pearman won the attendance prizes, and appointive offices were filled a t this meet- ing by our newly elected president. J. S. Abbott. who presided over the meet- lng.

Mrs. Alvilda Cotter, ~ v i f c of W. B. Cotter, passcd away January 4th a t Bit. St. Rose Hospital a f te r a long illness. Interment was made a t her girlhood home in Manden. North Dakota.

Virgil Light was called to Batesville. Ark., on account of the sudden death of his mother, Mrs. J. L. Hall, who died while undergoing a n operation for ap- pendicitis. Interment was made a t Sa- lem, Ark., on January 6th.

Mrs. L. N. Woods was called to Mor- rislown, Ga.. January 5th, on account of the death of a n uncle and the illness of other relatives. She visited home folks while there and reports the sick folks as doing better. -

Ward ancl Wade JIelton urere callocl t o Springfield. January 6th. to the bed- side of their mothcr, Mrs. 0. C. Edwards. who was operated on a t Springfield hos- pital. At this writina she Is Lmm-ovina. -

Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Williamson and family vlsited relatives a t Decatur, Ill.. a t Christmas.

Mrs. W. B. Smith w a s taken seriously ill white in Decatur and was confined to the hospital there.

Ruby Janette was the name given to the eight and one-half pound daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Cllff Barnett.

We arc glad to report that the son of Frank Hcnson is home, a f t e r being con- fined to the hospital Lor some time.

Frnnk Brown, painter, has been oon- finea to the Frisco Hospital with pneu- monla, but we a r e glad to see that he has recovered and is on the job agaln. MI'. and Mrs. Albert Spacllck and

daughter visited Criends and relatives at Emmctt, ICans., during the holidays. H e reports catching two 'possums and en- joying a flnc 'possum dinner.

Clarence "Bozo" Mueller's foot slipped while drivlng the shop mule and the ma- chine ran Into a drop pit. However, Clarence was only shaken up a bit and the mule only slightly damaged a s a re- sult of the event.

Mr. and Mrs. John Snarr and family went to Cleremont. Fla., to vlslt relatives. and their son. Wesley. spcnt the month a t Pensacola, Fla.. sight-seeing and en- joying thc fine summer weather there.

COY, Milton and Mrs. J. N . Barnett, and thelr families, have morrd to a fa rm and chicken ranch southwest of here. Milton says tha t "Old Man Depression" may have him down now, but If he can only sell the cggs a s fas t a s tho white Ieghorns lay them. h e will beat the "Old Man" yet.

Jlesfirs. I(3mo Prindle. Raggs Jenklns and Randy Pearrnan have just returned from a successful huntlng trip around Malden. 310. They report bagging 66 quail, but we a r e from Missouri.

NORTH SIDE SIDELIGHTS

EMERY HAGUEWOOD. Reporter

Well, t h e h'ew P e a r i s well s ta r ted a n d no resolut ions have been broken s o f a r t h a t we know of', a n d in Pact there Is n o t much likelihood of a n y being broken, because the only one we have heard of being made w a s t h a t everyone r e ~ o l v e d to give F. G. Lister , o u r new super in tendent of motive power. the v e r y best t h a t I s in them In a n effort to nialce the mecharrlcal de- p a r t m e n t t h e most efficient of a n y on the system.

Local No. 1 s a v e a very enjoyable p a r t y a t the i r r e g u l a r m e e t i n g , - J a n u - a r y 2, a n en te r ta inment fea ture be ing the appearance of Lonnie a n d Clyde, two radio stars, who have taken this c i ty by s torm b y the i r bri l l iant t eam- w u r k before t h e "Mike" a t the local s tat ion.

Wm. R. Duggan. cinder p i t man, h a s leased a n acreage t r a c t several mlles uu t a n d is now l ivlng In the count r Asby N. Edwards. a very lllceable o h

ve te ran of 4 2 years' servlce, dled De- cember 24. Mr. E d w a r d s w a s employed In many capacit ies in h l s long c a r e e r wi th t h e Frlsco. b u t fall in^ hea l th caused hlm to re t i re some fime ago. J a m e s Edwards , inslde hostler. Is a son of the deceased. The roundhouse em- Dloyes e s t e n d s y m p a t h y to t h e be- reaved family.

Carl Teed, boilermaker, w a s OK sev- e ra l d a y s d u r i n g t h e past ' month on a c - count of the dea th of a n uncle.

The much Drevalent "flu" seems to have spent its force a n d is subsiding, b u t n o t before a lmos t everyone here suffered a n a t t a c k of i t d u r i n g the pas t month or more.

James Wolfe, sheet metal worker, has re turned f rom a hollday visi t w i t h h i s family at F l o r a Illinois.

Ra lph ~ a r n a b ; is the la tes t machln- 1st apprentice to joln us, hav ing come over from t h e W e s t S h o ~ s to finish o u t h i s time. Nr. and Mrs. H. W. Alexander a n d

the i r son, H a r r y , w h o 1s a m a c l ~ l n l s t apprentice, have been e n t e r t a i n i n g E v e r e t t Davls, a. prominent ranchman of Grea t Falls , Montana. H a r r y s a y s Mr. Davls a l w a y s t rave ls nnd sh ips v ia t h e rai lroads, s a y i n g the l r serv-ice is f a r super ior to busses a n d trucks, a n d especial ly praises the service on the Frisco.

H a r l e v Stokes. locomotive insoector. h a s pur'chased i three-acre- tracjc just ' inside of the southwes t p a r t of t h e c l t r . T h i s i s a dandv t rac t of a r o u n d and will m a k e a nici! home. -

Gordon ~ ~ w e l l ~- special appren t ice h a s finished h is [ h e d u r i n g t h e pas i month. "Jasper". a s he is known to t h e bovs, ha; been wi th u s seven and one-haif v e a r s a n d has made m a n y f r iends who IVMI hlm well.

Ural Atwell, eugine watchman. s u f - fered the grevlous loss of hia mother , whose dea th occurred J a n u a r y 1 4 . Sympathy of t h e roundhouse force is extended to him.

LOCAL No. &ENID, OKLA.

FRAKK HARKEY, Rcporter

Mrs. F ~ n n l e Troxel, age 7 2 years. nlother or \V\VllIiam Troxel, boilermaker, passed away December 3, 1932. The burial was a t the Enld Cemetery.

Clyde Moton, shop watchman, is now back on duty after a n appendicitis opera- tion, which he underwent a t St. Louis.

Mr. and Mrs. T. B. King spent Chrlst- m a s with relatives in Newport, Ark.

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Daykln a r e the proud parents of a nine-pound baby boy, bom December 16, 1932.

3Lr. and Mrs. Roy Smith, of 3111uraukee. Wia., visited Mr. and Mrs. J a k e Carrel1 during the holidays.

Ed. Shephard and niece spent Chrlst- m a s with his sister. Mrs. W. J. Foley and family.

IX. H. Fuller and family a te Chrlstmas dinner with thrir son, IVayne, and his wife a t Kingfisher.

Roy Richards, who has been absent fmnl the shops for rome time on account of dllncss, shows a n improvement a t this writing.

A meetlng of Local No. 8. a t whlch time officers for this year were instnllctl, was held December 12. 1932. The at- tendance was very meagre, on account of the flu epidemic.

Roy Jackson and famlly spent the holidaye with relatives near Cherokee. Roy saya. "I killed plenty of quail, but not over the limit. and that is not brag- - ging. eithe4.'."

Mrs. Ethel Gelhausen, of Frederick. Okla.. visited Mrs. Willlam Lilley. her - . sister, during December.

Robert Oringderff and famlly spcnt Christmas with rclatives a t Dacoma, Okla.

Clifford Bond, son of Claude C. Bond. boilermaker. who recently underwent a serious operation. is up and improving rapidly.

The Hubbard fatnlly reunlon was held on Christmas day a t the home of "Sam" Hubbard. roundhouse foreman. I t was reported. by all tha t they had a very enjoyable Christmas.

Frank Harkey. boilermaker, spent Christmas with his parents and relatives a t Senath, Mo.

Horace Ackerman. machinist sppren- tice, wife and baby spent Christmas in Springfleld. No.. with relatives.

Local No. 8 acted a s Santa Claus for two Frisco families a t Christmas tlme.

LOCAL NO. 32-NEWBURG, MO. -

E. F. FULLEX, Reporter

Christmas took our IWsco laniilles here to various places. Everyone re- ports a gay and Intercstlng time.

Mrs. J. A. Earp and daughter, Ruth. visited J. A. in Springfield during Christ- mas.

Mr. and Mts, D. B. Ege and son. Bob- ble, visited Springfleld and Marionville during the holidays.

Mrs. H. TV. Fuller ancl son. John Er- rol. spent a few days of Christmas s h o p piny in Springfleld. Christmas brought H a r r y out to put tho fear of thc Crcator in the bunnies. H e bagged a number near Bloodland that day.

JIiss Helen Fellows, of Monett. spent the holidays with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Yellows.

3fr. and Mrs. E. F. Fuller and son, Ronald, spent the Yuletide ancl New Year's in Springfield and Lebanon.

Mr. and M ~ R . Oscar J. Painter made their usual Chrlstmas visit to Newburg. stopplng with the R. L. Painter and H. W. Fuller families.

Edward. Jr., son of thls writer, spent the hollclaps in Nashviile. Tenn.. and Huntsville. Ala.. visiting the celebrated Johnny Payne, planist extraordinary, over radio station WSM.

George Turner Is back to work after ten days of flu. Welcome back. Georgle.

Ralph Gann. stepson of George Calton. signal maintainer, died of influcnza, De- cember 17. 1932. Funeral scrvicr! werc held a t the Baptist Church, with Rcv. Hanks officiating. Interment was a t Conway. Mo. Shopmen catentl sympathy to the family during their hours of be- reavement. H e was a flnc basketball player and as fine a boy a s ever lived.

W A T E R SERVICE DEPARTMENT SPRINGFIELD, MO.

CLAUDE HEREFORD, Repor te r

C. W. Loaey Is reported a s do lng a s well a s can be expected a t th i s wrl t lng, alt 'hough to one of Bill's habits , t h e en- forced Idleness is beg lnning to become r a t h e r i rksome a f t e r hav ing been laid u p for t h r e e months.

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T h e flu wielded e heavy hand the past month, however, with no serious

J im Jonea and gang a r e doing lots of repairing in the Sprlngflel(1 Tcrmlnal, this month. nrlth a n increased gang.

Mr. Reeves, superintendent . a n d t h e boys a r e t o be complimented f o r n o t hav lng a n y repor tab le accidents. Let's s t a y r igh t in there a n d keep u p the good work, fellows.

Theodore h'ewton and ?drs. Newton spent the holidays in K a n s a s City.

Zan Claypool, recently amoLnted special representative to Mr. W o r m a n honored Local No. 2 with hln presence: J a n u a r y 4th, a t P y t h i a n Cast le Hal l a n d gave a very In te res t ing talk. The boys wish to ex tend congra tu la t ions to Mr. Claypool, a s he is known and well l iked by a l l t h e boys a t W e s t Shnn

results , we a r e g lad to s ta te , bu t m o s t of those s t r icken teat lry a s to havlng v e r y Little interest which w a y t h e s t r a w fell. Those who were forced to

LOCAL NO. I-SPRINGFIELD, MO. give ul) were. Chas. Robinson, Clyde H a m b y A r t h u r Ruck, Xlack Pressley, H e n r y 'po t te r . Wm. Phil l ips and t h e J. F. WASSON, Reporter writ&r. Some of t h e o t h e r boys were aKlicted wit'h severe colds, b u t m a n - aged to s t a y o n t h e job.

Miss Blanche Getchell, d a u g h t e r of Mr. a n d Mrs. E a r l Getchell w a s unlted

Lonnle and Clyde, who a r e very pop- ular racllo entertainers over station KGBX. Springfleltl. Mo., entertalned members anti their families of Local No. 1. Monday, January 2.

James Camp had the n~isfortune of having his car stolen, but like a bad penny. i t was promptly returned.

T. 0. Chapman and wife spent the Christmas holidays visiting relatives in Mountain Grove. Ma

W e a r e very sorry to report the death of A. M. Edwards. Mr. Edwards was a former employe a t the south side shops. W e extend our sympathy to the be-

in marr iage . December lo th , a t K a n s a s City. 310.. to H u g h Thompson of Mar- sha l l Mo.

~ r ' s . Thompson, before h e r m a r r l a ~ e , w a s s e c r e t a r y to Capt. Hodgeman in t h e w a r d e ~ a r t m e n t on ices a t XIarshali. Nr. Thompson is a n engineer in t h e war departmcnt, with headquarters a t Marshall, where they will be a t home a f t e r a n extended t r i p th rough t h e south. W e extend o u r conarat 'ulat lons

'.. W e wish to extend congratulations to

F. J. L l s t e r on his ijromotion to super- int'endent motive power mnd a s s u r e him t h a t h e h a s t h e ful l co-operat ion of t h e W e s t Shops.

Nels Benson, carpenter a t W e s t Shop. t r i ed to r u n h is c a r on I ts reputa t lon one cold mornlng when t h e weather w a s a round zero, a n d w e believe t h e c a r los t i f s reputa t lon a s h o r t distance f rom the shops a n d Nels h a s been h u n t l n g for i t e v e r since.

- and bes t wishes.

Sympathy of t h e depar tment is ex- tended E a r l Getchell in t h e loss of h i s

reaved. Dave Cralg h a s traded his car for a

Buick Sedan. W e extend our sympathy to the follow-

ing membcrs and their families: Thomas 31aloone. in the death of his

brother . GermaIn E. Getchell, fo rmer marshal of Fond clu Lac. Wia.. who died. December 24th. E a r l a t tended

RECLAMATION PLANT SPRINGFIELD, MO.

the funera l whlch w a s held a t F o n du Lac. Deccmbcr 28th.

The changes a r e be lng m a d e u n d e r direction of R. C. Steohens.

Wlfe. Edwin Wiikerson, in the death of hls

father. Herman Hoppe, in the d e a h of his

wife. 3Ir. and Mrs. John Roberts, in the

death of Nrs. Roberts' mother.

- T. 0. CHAPMAN. Repor te r -

'Mrs. Edward Mondy and chlldren visi ted reIat ives a t Pocahontas and Poplar Biuff durln" t h e holidavs L J. Leysnht h& traded hlk ~ u f c k

s e d a n In o n a new Buick coupe, whlch possesses a l l the la tes t refinements and qualiflcations In t h e a u t o n ~ o b i l e line.

Mr. and Mrs. William Frost nrcre called to Ncwton, Knns., to attend the funeral of Edward Libby. Mrs. Frost's uncle, who died about January 5.

James Camp went out to go to work in hls' JIoilcl T sedan a Pew mornings ago, but no sedan mna there, only the tracks, indicating some unscrupulous person had taken p-x~session of his auto- mobile. James notlfied the police and waited oatientlv for i t s return. which

John Sumner h a s ' been qui te buay doing routine w o r k a t var ious places on t h e road, e s ~ e c l a l l y a t Dixon w h e r e a temnorarv w a t e r t a n k h a s been erected- and B t Lebanon, s e t t l n g a new eugine a t t h e p u m p stat ion.

SOUTH TRAIN YARDS SPRINGFIELD, MO. COLORED LOCAL No. 5 8

ST. LOUIS, MO. J E S S E L. BRANDON, Repor te r

D. L. PARKER. R e p o r t e r Char les Cannady is off s ick and is reported b e t t e r a t t h l s wrlt'ing.

Sam H a y s h a s re turned to w o r k a f t e r be ing off account sickness.

Mrs. Lon Prophet . who h a s been ill fo r some t lme i s reported t o be much improved.

E l l g e Slawson, sect ion employe, h a s been in t h e hospital s ince J a n u a r y 9th. W e hope h e will soon be ab le to re - t u r n to work.

J. Thurs ton h a s been a b s e n t f rom w o r k account i l lness of h i s daughter . nIillard Sor tore h a s been w o r k i n g dur - i n g h i s absence.

W e a r e s o r r y to h e a r of t h e d e a t h of Mrs. May >Inlone, who died a t h r r home. 855 North Grant Avenur. She la sur- vived b y h e r husband, T h o m a s Malone. one daughter , Helen Camille, four s i s t e r s a n d t h r e e brothers. F u n e r a l servlces w e r e held in Sacred H e a r t Church, w i t h burial In St. Mary's

R. W. Reed, divlsion cha i rman of E a s t e r n division visi ted Local No. 5b. December 16. Bnow wan fa l l ing a n d Che a t tendance w a s smal l o n account of the weather. Mr. Reed m a d e a wonderful t a lk on h o w to be loyal o n t h e job a n d h o w to suppor t t h e local. W e a r e expec t ing h lm back aga in .

There 1s much s ickness a m o n g us. Mrs. Eve lyn Ceary, wi fe of I?. G. Ceary B. M. h a s been ill f o r t h e l a s t few d a y s w l i h t h e flu.

R. A. White. R. XZ., Is s m i H n ~ be-

occurred- a couile of clays Inter. . W e wish to extend our sympathy to

Sam Robcrtson nnd family, in the death of his mother. who was 88 ycars old. who died a t thc home of her son. Thomas. In Springneld.

Floyd Penn. n former brother employe. cause h e received m a n y presen ts f rom his son a n d d a u g h t e r s in New York. N. Y. H i s son Is in government se rv- ice a n d h a s received $60.00 per month more on h i s sa la rv . H i s d a u g h t e r s a r e in buslness f o ~ themseives.

has been visiting around ~ o o d old Spring-fleld the past few wccks. H e in- forms us he has been In the Rocky Xountains in Southcm Coloraclo the past year. ancl has enjoyed some vcry flne hunting and flshina, around the sllcnt. snow-capped peaks of the ruagcd moun-

BRIDGE AND BUILDING DEPT. EASTERN DIVISION

tain state. Mr. and Mrs. Harold W m l a were

Kuests a t the home of Mrs. Woods' par- ents. LMr. and Mrs. I. N. Goss a t Cedar Gap, Mo., during the Christmas hollilays. Harold says he likes the hunting down in tha t part of the Ozarks, and was very success~ul in bagging some nice game while there.

The automobile In which "Dock" Lan- drum w a s riding, locked horns with an- other on Highway 60, near Seymour. recently, and in the spill, whlch was the result. Mr. 1,anclrum received a black eve and other inhu-ies. but not serious

Cemetery. Mrs. Mary J. Atwell dled a t t h e home

of h e r son, Ura l Atwell 515.5 North Kel le t t Avenue. Mrs. A'twell 18 sur - vived b y f o u r sons, including Will iam Atwell who Is a Fr l sco e m ~ l o y e . W e al l ex tend o u r s y m p a t h y to the family.

Will iam Malamphy, re t i red Fr i sco engineer, who w a s aseoclatcd w l t h the ral lroad for 4 5 years , died a t h i s home a t 800 E a s t Commercial Street . Burn in Ireland. Mr. N a l a m p h y came to t h e United S t a t e s a t t h e a g e of 21, lived in St. Louis for a time, a n d then w e n t t o N e w b u r g w h e r e h e bu i l t t h e first house i n t h e se t t l ement , a division point for t h e Fr l sco railroad. Moving to Springfield. 48 y e a r s ago. h e con- t inued w i t h t h e Fr i sco a n d enjoyed many Interesting expcricnres. H e is surv lved b y o n e daughter , Mrs. J o h n K. Gibson, and one son. Will iam B. Malamphy a Fr i sco employe. Bur ia l w a s made' In St. Mary's Cemetery.

ARTHUR BUNCH. Reporter

Chas. Baron was absent from work for a wriorl of about s ix days on ac- count df sickness.

Ed. Poe Is Crying to be a farmer since he has traded his city property for a fa rm located near Glidewell. 310.. just off Highway 13.

George Gott hasn't been feeling s o well lately on account of having the flu, and is havlng to be off work fre- quently.

Reporter and wife spcnt the holldays visitlng with relatives a t Monett and St. Louis, 510.

The B&B department wish t o extend wmpnthy to Charles Hill in the death o'f his mother, Mrs. M. Jane Hill, who died Januarv 9. 1933. Mrs. Hill was 87

<nough to make -him .stay a w a y from work.

Our annual unwelcome visitor. Old Man Flu. came around about the ex- pected time, our flmt snowstorm, and challenged u s qultc bravely for a wres- tling match, even to the flnish. Those among u s whom he pinned to their barks for a few days a r e as follows: James Camp, Vance Blakely. William Osmon. Oscar Hartsell.. Taylor Stevens. lIelvin Ellingsworlh, Guy Haymcs, Hazel Fitz- patric, Finis Littrell, I r a Jones, John Carnahan. Mark Mercer. Ben B i l l i n ~ d e p , and Charles Vahldick. Men called back to work, who have been laid off a re : Charles Branson, Carl Brandt. Per ry Lissenby, James Newkirk, Jess Glenn. Lester Davis, Herbert Salsman, and Hugh Doran.

years of a & '

Jim Carter ancl Rang a r e repairing brldges 'a Lebanon. No.. and vicinity.

General repairlng of bridges on the Rlgh Line is being done by Ebb Nease and gang.

Chas. Wallace and gang a r e building a new water tank a t Dixon, Mo.

General repairing of builrlingg in St. Louis and vlcinity Is being done by W.

LOCAL NO. 2-SPRINGFIELD, MO. WEST LOCOMOTIVE SHOPS

VIRGIL B. SMITH, Repor te r

H u r r a h ! We h a v e won t h e s a f e t y Rrst cup t h e las t quar te r ! This m a k e s nine consecutive months o u r shop h a s had t h e cup. I. Foster and gang.

0. L. OUSLEY, Reporter Cralg Lacy was off Jnnuaiy loth, due

- EASTERN DIVISION to the unexpected death of his mother-

P. C. Schmidt, veteran telegrapher. ln~~~'e ~ l l ~ ~ ~ has been qui te "5" office, resumed duty January 3. a f t e r havlng spent the holidays wi th

a bit or the debris

TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT his go" 1" Ft. Worth. He was accom- and wrecl'age caused by the fire that

panled by his wife on thls brief va- ~ ~ f p " ~ e ~ e c , " V i , " r e ~ " , m ~ e ~ n o r ~ ~ e ~ ~ ~ ; cation. ALICE HOGAN-FT. SCOTT, KANS. anyhow, - , i ~ ~ r t e ~ f ~ u , " d u , r $ ~ { ~ ~ i ~ ~ ~ { ~ ~ ~ ~ , t ~ ~ And here Is a reaI news item. Elmer Mrs. R. H. Hubbart* wife of Northern office, who was called t o Loulsvllle. Ek!,"~a,"s pffgJz t ~ ~ l s ;am:$!0' A division rrainmaster. is rapidly recover- KY.. on December 33 account t he death And while dwelling on the subject of ing from injuries received jus t before of his mother. Christmas presents. Edi th Zahl was

Christmastime In an automobile acei- J. H. Brennan, superintendent of lucky to get a present from dent. telegraph, spent a few davs in New Elmer L[ndeman and ill colllns.

W- at Ft- P o r k recently on Western dnlon busi- iqearlJ the whole was at Scott, and Mrs. Sullivan spent the holl- ness, days With their daugliter in Dayton, Wesley ill'* mane messenger ur the Ohio. office has jolned the ' ~ r i s c o bowling

Ruby cut off l eag ie and i t looks now a s 11 he will CL~NTON AND OSCEOLA $~e~,",":~O&d;sh~o,"~~~~dt,t~~na~;eta~~ be a c h a m ~ 1 0 n before the season closes.

The Chadwick Limited bowling; team of absence before goIng to work there. won the first half pennant the MRS. A. W. LIFFEE. Reporter

M. agent a t Prescott* has Frisco Bowling League of Springfleld. been on a leave of absence account M,.. Rogers, clerk, and prank A8 our i tems haven't been Ln t he sickness but has returned to his duties. Feyen clerk, springfleld telegraph of- magaalne for the past two months, I

W. N.' McKinney has bumped L. B. ire members of team. Mr. wish to announce the death of Mrs. C. Godfrey. agent a t Fontana, Kans. sherwood and wesley shane also E. Hunter, who past away October 31.

J. F. Lee job' at is working Okla., operator- represent the telegraph department in Mrs. Hunter was a lovely and

cu t off a t Pit tsburg. the bowllng games, but play on other ~ f i l e w $ ~ s k ~ ~ $te r,"arg: 'gf %:",it",$;

Miss vlOlet Orendorn~ tele- t e B E ~ e a Julia Bar r a n d Hazel m l l ~ t t . b r ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ n i v e l r and r,h or Bt. phone operator a t Kansas City. visited the Ft . Scott office recently on n t r i p ~ ~ ~ h ~ ~ ~ r " , ' , " ~ { a , " ~ e t ~ e r ~ o ~ ~ A i " , f " , ~ ~ spent the holldays here visiting his through there enroute to ~gr lngf ie ld . to tRe St. L~~~~ oflice parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Weir.

in the Friscp Bldg.. and both Tower We are to hear Of the Grove and L~ndenwood a r e now served $ u ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ l l ~ ~ C C $ ~ . 'g;ey fyFT,"n ttl through the St. Louis exchange.

HELEN FELLOWS-MOmTT. MO. Several members of th ls department at have complimented the attractive Those who have been Off O n

B. J. Sutterfletd relieved E. H. Dyer. cover on the January issue of Frisco Of are 0. W. B1umhOst. cOnduc- . second trick Sullivan, for several days. Magazine. It was very appropriate George Church* Mr.

A. E. Trottcr worked second trick, and somebody deserves credit for ex- ~ $ ~ ~ ~ , S ~ ~ O ~ ~ $ ~ ~ , " ~ ; e ~ ~ ~ ~ e ~ ~ ' k e l nlarshflcld, a day or two, relieving G. ercising good taste in selecting it. R. Pamplin. George Petry, brakeman on the pas-

C. S. Prewltt worked sccond trick. senger, has been retired recently due

Swedeborg, while the job was on bulletin. to fail ing health. We will miss Mr. Pe t ry a s he was a very jolly fellow.

E. A. Swantncr was the successful bid- OF GENERAL AGENT Mr. and Mrs. Pe t ry have our best der on the Job.

KANSAS CITY, MO. wishes. J. H. Pruitt. second trfck Globe, was We a re sorry. Indeed, to hear of the oft one day, being relieved by R. Wllls. sudden death of William Malanthy, a

L. M. Roach worked two days for W. MARK M. CASSIDY, Reporter retired engineer of this division. whose W. Lemons, second trick Newburg. home was in Springfleld. We extend

B. P. Schncider. second trick Nichols. Nearly e ~ e r - ~ o n e around thfs office our sympathy to the bereaved family. was off one day, being relieved by R h a s been more or less troubled wlth t he A. Pearson. "flu", but Snowden Burket t was laid

A. H. Owens worked second trick. S P up qui te awhile with a bad attack. Springfleld, one day, relieving 0. S. Hull. Burket t returned to work on December

SIGNAL DEPARTMENT P. S. Pittman. second trick MO Monett. 22. SPRINGFIELD, MO.

had another attack of the flu. W. M. There a r e coincldencea and coincl- Christopher relieved him. dents! One evenlng Elmer Lindeman MATILDA C. HOFFMAN. Reporter

C. E. Wright. third trick MO Monett, decided h e wanted to use the phone, so was days. p. E. paulsell re- h e went over t o his father's home. H e We extend our heartfelt sy~npathy to lieved hlm, and was bumped by R. Wills. was quite astounded to find his fa ther S. L. Uhr, Instrument tester, and little

E. V. wilkes, third tric.k swcdeborg, and mother overcome by gas. Happily, sons, In the loss of wlfe and mother. Mrs. relieved one clay by 1 ~ 0 Daugherty. a f t e r summoning a doctor. his parents Uhr paased anFay January 7th. after a

J. F. Lick, third trick Gratiot, was recovered, and showed no noticeable brief illness. Mrs. F. E. Walt. wife 0C slgnal maln-

"2 Elpgrk$ E:?;;;~lg;' Fs: e%~s~Cunnbgham. inbound Car deal', talner a t Horie, and Mrs. H, W. Wait. anon, two days, relieving C . N. Martin. absented himself from Kansas City wife of signal maintalner a t Thayer.

H. T. and R, 31. ~ j ~ k l ~ ~ d , dia- over the New Year's holidays. He took spent New Year's visi thg rela'tives a t patchers, we1.e both victims of the flu his son and went Chicago. I know A ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ , ;MO. Mr. Kirkland lost two wecksp work, ani he had a very nice trip, he told me so. %Irs. M. P. Prater and 80n. Charles.

Craig Lacy nnd Georgla Rich a r e also wife and son of signal maintainer a t Mr. Moraan a weck. They were relieved planning trips to Chicago in tile near by W. W. Little and E. W. Freeman. future. ImaFine there be quite C'hremore. visited in Springfield d u r h g

E B. Shepherd, first trick Southern the holidays. ~unctlon, was called to Lebanon, account :z ~ ~ ~ n ~ i ~ h ~ ~ ~ ~ r ~ ~ . ~ $ , " i ' , ~ r G. J. Drummond. s imal supewlsor, the death of hls wife's mother. He was ~h~ a;nusl election of the o ~ i c e r s of who has been ofl on a leave of absence. relieved by C. W. Roberts. the Sunnyland Club was held the account iilness, has returned to work.

R. Armistead relleved L. H. Henson. week in January alld all incumbents much improved in health- second trick Duon, one day, thcn was retnlned, except' ~ ~ ~ k ~ l ~ Benneson. A. Lawrence, signal maintalner a t bumped by L 31. Roach, who worked T~~ Kehoe was elected to fill t h a t Rosedale. Kan% was married the 28th of the job a day or two. ositfon. case some of you do not December. We extend our best wlshes

H. Petty worked the agency a t CmcRer Enow who the officers are. here a r e to the h a m y couple. several days. re l ievln~ E. F. Daugherty. the names: W. C. Abercrombie, presi- A little son has arrived a t the home of

D. H. Leek. agent a t Phlllipsburg, was d e n t Chas. Frizzell, vice-president: hlr. and Mrs. L. V. Wheat. Mr. Wheat off one day, belng relleved by C. S. Mus- Tom' Kehoe, secretary, and Mark Cas- is signalman in charge of relay repair grave. sidy, treasurer. outfit.