Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-16
LADIES AUXILIARY OF B. R. I. HONORS
 B. R. OFFICIALS
J. E. Callahan And Others Guests At Dinner And
 Entertainment.

Sad to be the first case in the his- tory of the organization the Ladies Auxiliary to the Brotherhood of hallway Trainmen, last night in the K. of P. hall, entertained the mem oers of the organization compliment tary to the general manager of the St. Louis Southwestern railroad, J. E.. Callahan, until few months ago. superintendent of the Cotton Belt here, and number of other officials of the railroad.
 The entertainment was in the form, ot dinner, with program of music and other specialties. To the ladies auxiliary goes the credit. with the assistance of J. F. Caperton. To- cal chairman of the organization for the arrangement of the entertain ment. s>''''
 There were over two hundred pres ent, among whom were high local off, 1lclals of the railroad as we'll as vis- ltlng and local officials of the or ganization.
 ', Ut IS the first event of it's kind in the history of the organization" J. I. Barkerm, general chairman of the Brotherhood, of Texarkana, said last night. Ut means a doing away with the old order of things, and shows that the Brotherhood and the officials or the road are coming closer togeth- CT; that they are understanding each other better, and are realizing the problems which each has, and are trying to help each other. It means a new era"
 Stephenson Toastmaster.
 W. Stephenson, superintendent of the Cotton Belt was toastmaster. and served in the capacity with credit. But when called on to return "thanks stated that he would have to back up. His wife was not with him, he said, and he couldn't respond.
 The speech of the evening was ac- corded to Mrs. J. E. Callahan who made beautiful speech in which she thanked the Brotherhood for the ela- borate silver tea set which was given her by the organization on the occa- sion of MT. Callahan's promotion.
 A number of the speakers stated that the only thing which was re- grettable about the evenings enter talnment was that the presence of Federal Manager w. M. Neff, was lacking
 Members of the organization last night after the dinner were high in their praise of the officials of the road, and from expressions from those members, together with clear out definition of the new era Tn which the organization and the officials were coming closer togeth- CT, by w. Stephenson, superintend- ent, it would seem undoubtedly that organized labor, so far as the Broth erhood of Railroad Trainmen is con- cerned, is aiding in the reconstruct ion era by their intelligent viewpoint of the problems which effect the present age.
 Besides the members of the auxil- Hilary and of the organization, the following visitors were present:
 MT. and Mrs. J. E. Callahan; w. superintendent of the Cotton Belt; w. P. Smith, assistant and Mrs. Smith; J. B. Filaz, assistant superintendent, and Mrs. Filaz; P. J. Lake, chief dis patchcr; F. J. Macara, assistant chief w. J. Miller, superintcnd- ent of motive power; J. w. Blackburn master mechanic E. H. McFadden, road foreman of engines; Hugh Rivcs, chairman of firemans organization, and Mrs. Rives; w. D. Jackson, state chairman of the Arkansas legislative board for the Brotherhood of Rail- way trainmen and Mrs. Jackson; and J. T. Baker, general chairman of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, of TeXarkana.
 Mir. and Mrs. Callahan left last night for Fort Worth, Texas. They were cn route for that place when they stopped off here to attend the function last night at the invitation of the auxiliary. MT. Callahan's head
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