Railroad Crew Notes From the Off Board to Rest
Railway men and retirees in a period column report personnel being off due to flu vacations and illness. Conductor Oscar H Warren stays home with flu while Asa Wilcox Chester Fitz and J L Chesser face layoffs. Others return to duty after breaks or travel as crews rotate duties and new equipment arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asa Wilcox
Chester Fitz
Ira Judd
Bell Buckle
Tenn
Oscar H. Warren
Earl R. Ely
Division
Earl
Local staff updates and returns from leave
Has been quite ill for several days, is back on the job. Q. J. Dial returned to Memphis as cashier-operator. Mrs. A. C. Blank left for Kingsport to visit daughter Jean at the radio station. H. M. Holcomb returned from the Navy to resume work on the Sterley-Dimmit run. Josephine Wallace returned to Dallas after a visit with Sid T. Jones. The L. H. Chances are back from vacation in Colorado. Deer sighting limited to City Park in Denver. Henry Tims, operator, is laying off briefly, relieved by F. S. Clark. F. A. Horton is
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West Liberty
H. E. Jones
W. B. Brewer
Howard Sharp
St. Anthony's
Chester Ross
W. E. Hawkins
Dalhart
Q. J. Dial
Memphis
A. C. Blank
Kingsport
Jean
H. M. Holcomb
Navy
Sterley
Josephine Wallace
Dallas
Sid T. Jones
L. H
Colorado
Lewis
Denver
Henry Tims
F. S. Clark
F. A. Horton
Retired FPWDC Superintendent Fitzpatrick Memorial Notes
Obituary details recall Robert G. Fitzpatrick longtime FPWDC superintendent who began as a dispatcher in Childress in 1906 and rose to trainmaster. He suffered a severe flu in 1919, retired in 1926, and is mourned by many friends with messages of sympathy to his family. Other railroad updates announce new switch men R A Boyter and M M Whitehead and engineer Frank Fidler reassigned to the 11 P M switch engine with Fireman J R Webb.
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Harry Calvert
W. S. Parsons
R. H. Turners
Gale Moss
Edwards
Kansas
Moss
France
A M. Turner
Topeka
Turner
Pacific Theater
Quinton Johnson
Fprtana
Amarillo Globf
Amarillo
Texas
Claude
Wichita Valley
Childress
Fitzpatrick
Robert G. Fitzpatrick
Fpw&dc
Bob
Wwe
R. A. Boyter
M. M Whitehead
Frank Fidler
J. R. Webb
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J. W. Clark
L. E
Andy” Anderson
DFA
el Paso
Louie M. Franks
J. R. Nicholas
Rock Island
Joe D. Burks
J. B
San Diego
Southwest Pacific
J. L. Chesser
Joe T. Pamplin
Oklahoma
Joe
Robert Graham
Burlington
Sam J. McCravey
John W. A. Althaus, Ph.g
M. D
Amarillo Ride
Mrs. Joles
North Taylor
California
Liqueurs
GETC
Quinton Garrison
Pervis Garrison
Oklahoma City
Quinton
Medical Corps of
The
N. Fillmore
Montgomery Ward
Hampsome
Bunny
Shearling Lamb's Wooll
Shaggy
Educational
Young Cowboy
Horsman
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