The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-02-23

Railroad employees never held a
more successful get-to-gether banquet
than that held by the Pennsylvania
Veteran Employees association. in the
X. of p. temple Tuesday night, &C
cording to President ]. w. Finfrock.
1T was splendid from every point of
view. he enthusiastically declared
Wednesday. J.
approximately 125 employees were
present to enjoy the three-course ban
quet served by the Pythian Sisters.
Mr.. Finfrock was unstinted in his
praise of the manner in which the
banquet was arranged by c. D. Slifer,
local freight agent, and the method
ical service rendered by the Pythian
Sisters.
Douean Paper Interesting
While each of the addresses given
by local and visiting officials was OF
marked interest and benefit, probably
the most unique and interesting was
the paper prepared by George D. Dou.
gan, retired railroad engineer. The
paper was read by Foster Hoefer
POSTMASTER The Pennsylvania round
house was then located at Newcastle
fer, local freight agent; ]. w. Fin
frock, president of the association; F.
e. Strouse, tax claim agent on what
was formerly known as the Vandalia
line; T. McGurty, general foreman oil
carmen, Columbus, O.; r. X. Roches
| ter, general superintendent, Column
bus; Superintendent Watson, of the
Richmond division; John L. Rupe, 10
cal company solicitor; Foster Hoefer
| POSTMASTER, Richmond; and George
B. Dougan.
Others participating in the program
included Miss Florence Falck, Owen
Eye, r. E. Snavely, Benton Barlow
Paul Steen, Miss Gertrude Kirkpat
rick, Gilbert Boorman and Miss Flora
Parks. Barney, Helen and Lena Red
dington, children of local switch
man, delighted the members with trio
selections upon cornet, violin and
piano, respectively.
commends POSTMASTER
Of the excellent manner in which
Mr.. Hoefer served as POSTMASTER, Mr.
Finfrock said: 81 have never seen a
better. He was always ready with a
jest or appropriate story, and handled
the program we'll"
Then, too, it was astonishing the
way the Railroad Boys band rendered
| music. They have only been organ
ICED a few weeks
An accomplishment of which the
members Of the local association are
proud, is the fact that Richmond is
one of three divisions of the railroad
which has a hundred per cent mem
| bership in it's Veteran Employe as
sociation. The others are Cincinnati
and GAINESVILLE. AS requirements for
membership are twenty years of ser
vice in the employ of the road, this
record means that every one who has
worked for the road for twenty years
belongs to this association.
Stresses Old Virtues
! Mentioning the benefit from mutua
association of men old in the service
and the example that they could SCI
younger men and help that they could
give to those more inexperienced, F
/ p. Strouse in an eloquent appeal asked
for more practise of the old fashioned
qualities stressed by the religions O.
our fathers and mothers. In that, hi
said, could be found a remedy fol
many of the modern social, bushes!
and political evils of which we are
complaining.
| Strouse's address in part is as fol
lows:
/ Time forbids the mentioning Of the
! great number of Pennsylvania EN-
| ployes who lived in this city. Col
William Berry, general superintendent
John F. Miller and his son H. l. Mil
! Ter are among these. None of you me1
; can remember the number of one o
your trains, which was called Crock
ett's train. / must mention in pas
| sing howaver Wire President Iapoo,