The Winslow mail., 1925-10-16
Toots From The
Round House
By Charles Erickson

Extra! A discovery made! Paint
er A. M. Billingsley was found u.s.
ing a brush on engine 1881 yester-
day. What's the matter Bill, is the
spray broken?
Mr.. Kiely: "Did Machinist An
drew Rodriguez check in this morn
ing?" Timekeeper: "No sir,
haven't seen him" About an hour
. later in rushes Andy, all smiles and
nervous like, with two boxes OF
Chancellor cigars and fairly shouts
cts 71a pound boy Charlie. Pass
these smokes out among the boys
for me will you? Thanks" Thus
was his absence from work ex-
planned. Here's to long and
healthy life for the "chip off the
old block"
Glad to see terminal locomotive
inspector, A. L. Hanson is back on
the job. Al received quite a bad
injury to his spine couple months
ago but of course the Al treat
ment at our Los Angeles hospital
brought him out of it, and he
feels fine.
r. S. Pawley, who has spent the
past sixty days resting up in the
states of Kansas and Missouri, is
back punching the clock at the
roundhouse. Bob was pretty much
sail in" when he left but sure looks
and says he's feeling jake.
Having worked considerably
steady the past year Pete John
son is now taking a little vacation,
going to Laguna and Albuquerque.
After resting up for few days
Firebuilder Charles Pine is again
on duty.
Am very regretful at reporting
that Miss Alice Friend was called
to Gallup on account of the seri-
Gus condition of her mother who
is in the ST. Mary's hospital there
Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Kemmis are
spending a few days in Gallup
where Harry is attending some
business.
Our machine shop foreman, F. G
Blumlien, after returning from his
deer hunt in the Kaibab forest
v-h re he got lost and was almost
owned by heavy rains, spent the
mainder of MS vacation in E
Paso and Juarez. He reports thing:
very wet down there also.
Night Roundhouse Foreman R. K
(Musty) Mullins returned to worl
last night after spending a portion
of his two weeks vacation in thu
mountains hunting big game AM
the remainder of the time in Lo
Angeles, accompanied by Mrs. Mul
Inns. Buel Canady, who was like
wise on his vacation with Musty
reported for work few days ago.
Mrs. Glib Hunter, nurse on dut.
at the roundhouse eye treatmen
room, left on train No. 21 last even
ing for Oakland, California, wher
she was called on account of tn
Illness of her sister.
Pleasing news was received fror
Tommie Thomas to the effect tha
she is improving nicely and eX
poets to be back at work soon.
Mr.. Ed Collins, a representativ
of the OXwell company, is expect
ed as visitor today, as is E.
McKernan, gen eral tool supervise
with headquarters in Topeka.
The deer brought in by Wallac
Merrick after a weeks hunt in tn
mountains isn't a deer at all It
a turkey, but Wad says it taste
just as good.
Am very glad indeed, to hea
that Fireman T. R. Dick, who wa
injured a few weeks ago, is i'm
proving nicely in the Gallup hos
pital.
Harvey Nett returned from Sa
Bernardino last Tuesday, where h
had been called because of hi
fathers illness. We are glad t
know the sick man is getting alon
quite nicely now.
The regular monthly shop cour
Gil meeting for October will b
held in the apprentice hall thi
evening at 3 o'clock. All who ca
should attend.
Oh heck! The world series
over once again, and the youths {
Pittsburg won the high honors owe
the elderly D1avarS of washington