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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1942
Page
13
Carman Garner visits Athens for six days while J R Nichols and Frank Manning swap duties. Several Amarillo area railroad staff receive assignments, retirements, or health updates amid a busy week.
Passenger agent of the P and SP and W L Veale of the rate department are in St. Louis on company business. Curtis draftsman in the engineering department has returned to Amarillo from the Topeka Hospital and is recovering nicely. It is hoped he will be on the job shortly. George Polley is in New Mexico on company business. H C Vincent general freight and W C Shaw traveling storekeeper from Topeka were Amarillo visitors this week. The West Texas State College continues.
A AA RAILROADS compiled Q and A explains rail freight practices. It notes 85 to 90 percent of national freight moves in scheduled trains and reports freight loss reductions of 77 percent from 1921 to 1939. Data includes 976,334 carloads of fruits and vegetables in 1939 and 4000 carloads daily in New York City. J A Livingston offers retirement and unemployment interviews at Rock Island station.
Pattern 4997 available in sizes 12 through 40 with 4 yards 35 inch fabric needed for size 16. Send 15 cents to Pattern Department Amarillo Globe in New York for the pattern and 10 cents extra for the Spring Pattern Book. Smart easy to make styles for the whole family.
Miss Doris Treadwell, daughter of a water service foreman, has worked as a stenographer in the agent's office for several days. Mrs. T. J. Stanford of Childress visits Amarillo. Mrs. E. C. Nelson is the wife of the roundhouse clerk. Fireman Dave Cunningham bids in the Childress Lubbock local with a Sunday layover in Childress. A boy is born to the R. E. Sorrells. Thomas Lee is reported as doing well. Bob is a new clerk. Electrician A. H. Vitt of Childress is in Amarillo on special work for C. J. White. N. M. Huddleston, fireman, moves to the 8 A M switch engine in Amarillo, relieving C. C. Rice to through freight. J. Pfeiffer, motive power supervisor for both Colorado and Southern and Fort Worth and Denver, returns to Denver headquarters.
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