The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1925-05-19
Toots From The
Round House
By Charles Erickson

Talk about a huge success! Say.
the Tri-State Airway dedication
was the grandest success that has
ever successed, and the mechanical
department employees can we'll be
proud to have figured in this great
progressive achievement.
! Because Winslow has a lot of
itants we are the FIRST city in
| Arizona to pull this big airway fea
ture Now some of you folks can
surely see why "The Meteor City,
was chosen as our slogan. l ask,
could anything be more fitting? No,
it could not.
While the 18th and 18th of May
had been set as the date for our
air. show some four or five months
ago, many people didn't really wake
up to the significance of the occa-
sion until the last few days. But
when they did, believe me, things
| began to hum.
The gigantic, unique and colorful
parade at IL noon on the opening
! udy DIS OuS VI W1lCn d u1uCu 1dI
er town than Winslow could be
proud. I here thank the cowboys
and Laguna Indians for turning out
in such a decorative manner.
Our esteemed labor gang fore
man, j. E. Kleindienst, arrived
from his weeks vacation in Los
Angeles just in time to further the
! r0,1ndbo,ICo pooroCopfof;Ovo op1 do
liver a short airplane construction
talk which amused as we'll as en-
lightened the audience at the dedi-
cation ceremony.
On Sunday afternoon the en-
ployes at the, roundhouse were so
scarce that owls could have rested
peacefully on the locomotives, for
everyone who could possibly do so
visited the airport for ride or at
least a good look at the numerous
large mechanical birds"
Stanard Nesting and myself were
among those who Topped the loop,
and gosh, folks, it's certainly keen
/ sport, although | must admit l felt
little upset at the time, and
further declare that the parachute
jumper is a dog-gone brave human
/ to deliberately walk out on an air.
plane wing and let go of his best
! friend
The splendid menu, prepared by
the WOman's club, mixed up with
several fine talks, good music and
/ entertainment, sure put the ban
u1ot HoroY, +bo +oyo which woe fol
lowed by lively hop" at the Elks
club, lasting well into the wee sma
hours, where the Meteorite sheiks
got a chance to strut their stuff
with the charming Carmelita
Geraghty Miss HOLLYWOOD, real
! live movie star; Evelyn Proc
tor Miss Winslow) and all the
other queens representing the vari-
Gus cities on the Tri-State Airway
route.
! A little after 6 o'clock Sunday
i evening several sturdy Laguna In
dian braves (of which tribe I am
glad to be an honorary member(
gave some very colorful ceremonial
dances on the depot platform as
farewell entertainment to our fair
visitor from Screenland, who de-
parted on third No. 8. Expressing
her appreciation of the splendid
courtesies shown her in Winslow,
Miss Geraghty added: I'm GER
tainly glad your city is on the Santa
/ Fe railroad, as l simply hate to
travel on any other carrier"
/ Bob Hausler, a former employee
among us, is extended vote of
thanks from the old gang in pro-
noting the whole affair.
w. D. Hitchcock returned yester-
| day from a weeks business trip in
San Bernardino, Los Angeles and
! San Diego.
Don't forget, boys, that the big
shopcrafts picnic is still to be
staged on May "a at Tucker Spring.
| H. K. Rhoton is absent from
work on account of sickness in his
/ family. Measles, I believe.
/ Frank Thomas and Santiago Osi
have returned from Laguna, n M,
| where they were summoned be
cause of the illness and death of
their aged father-inlaw.
! On account of continued bad
health, Rudolf Rocha is still in the
company hospital at Los Angeles,
where he has already spent nearly