On the Railroads by Duke Nally
Switchman A W Thompson Jr hosts his father Wayne Thompson of Childress. Engineer W L Lewis to 11 P M switch engine with fireman R Johnson. L H Chance mourns loss of father R L Chance buried in Temple. Clarence J White in Childress with Master Mechanic J L Roach. Conductor C K Lynas reports for duty after injury, displacing J E Hibbetts to D S Harrington's run. Cecil P Watson ill with flu, Palmer L Gristy covering. The C K Ivies move to 1212 Pierce Street. Vy M Dutton family returns from visit below the caprock. Goose for Christmas. Boilermaker Floyd Stone in Amarillo visiting son E L Stone. C A Lucas and J B Maxwell flu, J B Bennett to Fayetteville for Christmas. date with Uncle Sam at Fort Sill Jan 1.
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Floyd Stone
Childress
Amarillo
E. L. Stone
J. B. Bennett
Fayetteville, Ark
J. B
Uncle Sam
Fort Sill
Switchman Morrison Heads to Oklahoma City
Switchman John W. Morrison left yesterday for Oklahoma City on unspecified duties. Local officials provided no further details about his departure.
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John W. Morrison
Oklahoma City
Branum Family Relocates to Amarillo For Christmas
J. W. Branum a brakeman and his family move from Sterley to Amarillo. John Branum is assigned to a through freight turn with Conductor E. R. Bennett. Roundhouse Clerk Ed Nelson notes the roundhouse will watch boys exchange Christmas gifts, with presents being opened on Christmas morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Branum
Amarillo
Sterley
John
E. R. Bennett
Roundhouse
Ed Nelson
Conductor Josh M. Kelly Returns After Nashville Dispatch
Josh M. Kelly, conductor, has returned from Nashville Tennessee where he was called due to a death. The brief note records his travel and prompt return to duties.
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Josh M. Kelly
Nashville, Tenn
Ector Reeves
Sayre
Railway crew holiday notices and flu confinement report
Engineer Tom Pryor is laid off for holidays. M. R. Jenness works the Zephyr trains. R. O. Kelly transfers to the Childress extra board. E. O. Pierce returns to the Amarillo division to work on the 3rd and 4th districts. F. R. Speck Fanning and wife depart for Arnett Oklahoma to spend holidays with relatives. J. W. Roush and E. R. Bennett are home sick with mild flu. The Ladies Auxiliary of the Order of Railway Conductors hosts a Christmas party at Mrs. W. E. Thompson’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Pryor
M. R. Jenness
R. O. Kelly
Childress
E. O. Pierce
Amarillo
F. R. “Speck” Fanning
Arnett, Okla
Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Order of Railway Conductors
W. E. Thompson
Santa Fe Shipboard Turbulence and Holidays Report
Coast Guard member Lt Neville Bremer returns home for Christmas as Santa Fe workers report on leave and hospitalizations. Several staff promoted or moved within the roundhouse and master mechanic offices. One aviation cadet injured in a window fall and Roger White’s son abroad in Japan.
Rock Island Notes on Banquet, Flu, and Local Assignments
Sam H. Medearis receives Rock Island employees gift at the Conductor's Christmas banquet. Fireman Reed Beaver assigned to a pool turn with Engineer I. D. Grider. Mrs Reeves returns from Sayre after her mother's illness. Shops short of help. several workers confined with flu. Jack Wertman visiting Amarillo aunt, Mrs Russell. Firemen Ross and Vinson run a through freight. Gene Olson and family depart for San Anon.
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Sam H. Medearis
Rock Island
Sam
Reed Beaver
I. D. Grider
Jack Wertman
Rock Port
N. Y
Amarillo
R. B. Russell
G W Brown Sends Army Greetings From Ft Sam Houston
Charles W Taylor’s friends learn he is named manager of the Refrigerator Car Section within the Car Service Division of the Association of American Railroads. Headquarters will be 59 East Van Buren Street Chicago Ill. The appointment starts January 1. Taylor joined Santa Fe in 1920 and rose from Temple assistant accounting clerk to division accountant in 1922 and chief clerk to the superintendent in 1926. He later became assistant to the general superintendent of transport in Chicago and served as assistant director of the Division of Railway Transport handling refrigerator car movement for the Office of Defense Transportation.
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P&sf
Charles W. Taylor
Association of American Railroads
East van Buren Street
Chicago
Ill
Taylor
The
Santa Fe
Temple
Slaton
Division of Railway Transport
Office of Defense Transportation
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Duke Nally
Burlington
Switchman
A. W. Thompson, Jr
Wayne Thompson
W. L. Lewis
R. Johnson
L. H. Chance
R. L. Chance
Fort Worth
Clarence J. White
J. L. Roach
C. KR. Lynas
J. E. Hibbetts
D. S. Harrington
Cecil P. Watson
Palmer L. Gristy
C. K. Ivies
Pierce Street
Vy. M. Dutton
Caprock
VY. M
C. A. Lucas
J. B. Maxwell
Askew & Brown
E. Ninth St
Southwest Pacific
U. S
Wake
Rabaul
Marshall Islands
Nauru
New Britain
U. S. Navy
Will Jacobs
J. W. Roush
R. Barney Steele
Coast Guard
Barney
Steno
W. E. Lane
Ted” Woolery
Ben
Neville Bremer
of the Roundhouse
Clarence Patterson, Jr
Navy
F. Martinez
J. Guillen
Carmen
M. A. Ballin
F. L. Ornelas
H. M. Singleton
Adele Stout
Master Mechanic’s
Coast Lines
R. B. Bechtel
General Roundhouse
C. A. Caster
R. Wilson
Mrs. Murchison
Chillicothe, Mo
Rema
J. W. Timmons
Elmer Sowder, Jr
Marine Corps
San Diego
T. A. Hurley
Accounting Office
Norfolk
Dallas
Frances Ellison
R. G. Harding
Clovis Hospital
Hanna Sue Hathorn
Maude Vaughn
Jerry Danby
Ruth Pyatt
General Claim Agent’s Office
Seabees
Foreign Service
Paul Conty
Roger
Lewis Welter
Traffic Department
Virginia Farrow Allard
B. L. Lindley
Gallup
Mary Childs
Lodema Martin of
Clovis
Sarah Frances Tidwell
Roger White
Roger, Jr
John von Allmen
Thirtieth Air Forces Band
North Pole
Amarillo Livestock
Ray Barr
Western Stockyard
E. B. Johnson
Quinton Johnson
P. Sullivan
Raphel Arebeio
John Pickett
Suze Diaz
J. Jones
J. G. Smith
Frank Manning
Chester Ross
Grover C. Vinson
Gene Olson
San An
G. W. Brown
Ft. Sam Houston
Re's No Secret
Cess
Davis & Stidham
Filmore
Pita
N.s.griggs & Sons Funerals Ofharacter and Economy
Ray E. Parks
Frank Alexander
Rex Merrick
L. E. Thweatt
Walter L. Brown
George A. Bock, Jr
Pendleton Advertising
M. N. Hamilton
Daniel
Covenor
Cecil Boyle
Robert Rice
Albert N. Staley