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Frank L Goodman of Burlington Announces Retire ment from LineF. L. Goodman, for 32 years an officer of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad and for almost 50 years a “railroader” announced this morning that he planned to retire from the service Dec. t. He said he would actually conclude his business Nov. 16 with the last 15 days of the month listed as vacation.Now 71, Goodman will complete a brilliant railroad career which, except fora six year interval, had its entire setting at Centralia. Itbegan here in 1898 when he obtained a job as brakeman on the Illinois Central railroad after quitting his position as printer’s devil on an Anna, 111., newspaper. He is now assistant superintendent of the Beardstown division.And what wifi Mr. Goodman do when he finally casts aside the harness after 60 years? He says there is plenty of “unfinished busi-nes” which requires looking into , . . . such as his comfortable cottage or. Raccoon lake and certain big fish just aching to be caught.After eight years with the I. C., Goodman transferred to the “Que” and never wanted to move again.“I've stayed here so long because we have a great organization and a loyal bunch of employes. No one succeeds by himself,” he observed,” because it’s everybody working together on a good machine that keeps things rolling.“We kept things rolling on our line because the rank and file responded willingly and quickly to take care of any emergency . . . to meet any situation. They’re aswell bunch. . .* ♦»»BEFORE GOODMAN on his desk was a pile of messages from friends up and down the line. They hated to see him go. Outside hisTNEWSPAPER CHARGESSABATEURS CAUSEDNORMANDIE BLAZENEW YORK TP — The French language newspaper France Am-erique says a Nazi spy, now being held in Germany on a murder charge, has admitted responsibility for the fire that turned the French luxury liner Normandie into a flame-ravaged hulk as it lay at its pier here on Feb. 9, 1942.The newspaper, which said it obtained its material from sources both here and abroad, quoted the spy as saying he gave orders to former members of the German-American bund, working aboard the Normandie, to fire the vessel. At that time the 83,423-ton liner was being converted for troo p transport duty.The story was written by theF. L. Goodmanftttoffice window a train whistle basted.I’ll miss those whistles,” he admitted.Goodman could easily pass for 10 years younger than his 71 years. He said his health ^uld be traced to the fact that his“m-ployment was steady, interesting and that he had always “had a payday coming.“There’s notning wrong with me now,” he grinned.And he had a plug for Mrs. Goodman who maintains his home at 326 S. Elm.His view was that a “good wife is the difference between the success and failure of any man.”* • * *HE SAID MRS. GOODMAN#jiadcontributed more than her share “to any accomplishments of mine. She made the days brighter, theyears more pleasant.The Goodman children are Mrs. Ralph Hankins of Benton; Fred H. Goodman, a C. B. Q. conductor who lives at 209 N. Cherry here; Dwight J. Goodman, a power engineer of the Union Electric in St. Louis and Robert Reichel, sales manager of Rae Motor Co here, stepson. if}As an official of the railroad, Goodman has been on the delivering end of countless eulogies and presentations as comrades retired from the service. Thursday night, Nov. 20, for the first time in his life, Goodman will be on the receiving end. Fellow employes announced this morning that there will be a testimonial dinner for F. L. Goodman at the Masonic Temple, 6:30 on that night.Informed, Goodman looked Worried.“i’m afraid I won’t be able to say a word,” he said.
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Centralia Evening Sentinel
Centralia, Illinois, US
Thu, Nov 13, 1947
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