The Winslow mail., 1926-08-06
Toots From The
Round House
Hurrah for Old Glory!
By Charles Erickson

O'Clock general foreman Jim klely
engineered the work of erecting a
bran new forty-foot flag pole from
the top Of the rOundhouSe. Next
a bran new American flag was
hoisted to the very height of the
staff and as the beautiful "Stars
and Stripes" waved proudly In 1.-THE
slight breeze Mr.. Kiely broke bot
tie containing that God-given fluid,
far more precious than all the oils
of the Ancients, why, of course
ann speaking of water, over the
new bearer of the flag, after de-
iiyering a short but very appropri-
ate patriotic dedicative grafton in
several different languages.
The general division chairman of
the Shop Crafts Association, Mr..
r. c. Abell, spent last Tuesday in
Gallup on business pertaining to
his official office. BY the way, fell
lows. the time has almost arrived
for election of officers" in your
association. Mr.. G. A. Davis, pres
ent secretary and treasurer, states
that the results of his circulating
nomination blanks among the crafts
indicate that Mr.. Abel is the un-
opposed choice for the reelection
TO the office he now holds while
machinist c. G. Cook is looked up
on as the favorable vice-chairman
and Mr.. Davis is singled out for
another term as secretary-treasur
ger.
On advice from the doctor, AL
fred Trujillo is laying off and will
probably go to the Santa Fe hos
pital in Los Angeles for treatment
for what is believed to be a case of
blood poisoning on his arm. We
hope Al will speedily recover if
such is the trouble.
Receiving word that his mother is
not expected to live, Wesley Hayes
was Immediately furnished with a
pass to his home in Waco, Texas,
and left last Monday. We hope he
will find her greatly improved. This
absence causes supplymen Trujillo
and Villarino to work twelve-hour
shifts.
It was necessary for P. P. engi-
neers M. c. Herring and G. H. My
ers to each labor 'dozen hour"
shifts yesterday because of J. B.
Camp spending the day in Prescott
ON association business.
Manuel Ballejos showed on the
job Wednesday night after being
among those absent for the past
three weeks.
The contents of a telegram re-
ceived Wednesday morning by E.
Kleinworth disclosed the unwel-
come news that his brother, in Al
buquerque. is very i'll. Blondy left
on train No. s.
Williams is where general car
foreman R. " Retiring spent We'd
nesday and Thursday on company
business.
On account Of the critical illness
of relative, g. w. Barstow was
called to Phoenix the first of the
week.
lie surprised the boys, when
Johnnie Lockwood, locomotive car
penter, left on his two weeks va
cation, it was a current rumOr that
he would not return a single man
Well, the little fellow is back and
returning to work last Saturday he
emphaticaly informed us that he
was yet a free human being and
what was more he intended to stay
in that blissful state at least for
awhile.
According to machinist S. G.. No
moto, who returned the first of the
week from Los Angeles, where he
has been the past two months on
account of his wife's poor health,
when he last saw our labor gang
foreman, Mr.. j. E. Kleindienst, who
is an inmate at the Santa Fe hos
pital because of injuries sustained
in an automobile accident three
weeks ago, he was feeling fine and
expected to leave the repair shop"
within few days. Mr.. Kiely i'm
mediately offered, "Well, you can't
keep good man down." Am glad
ito add that Mrs. Nomoto has COM
',pletely recovered from the major
operation which she was subjected
to.
Gosh, folks, here is another hos
pital note. It seems that we are
well represented at the Los An
geqes institution. The list of men
not working leads us to believe that
there exists an epidemic of "ab-
sentitis" at the shops H. Mori and
v. P. Rubio, both helpers, are un-
der treatment as well as Joe Cha
YES, The latter is "recuperating"
at his home in Laguna, N. M.
Mite boiler foreman Harrison
Brown reported back on the job
Wednesday night after being off
close to two weeks. Brownie smil-
ingly reports that Mrs Brown re-
turned with him and he has rented
q house Now this supervisor wont
be SO lonesome.
The unique monthly shop SAFE
TY BULLETIN, very ably edited in
a witty, yet, keen philosophical
manner by our day power plant en-
gineer, Mr.. ]. B. Camp, for the
month of August was the best edi-
ton put out so far, although it was
a. little lacking in quantity. An
editorial sermons" as j. B. stamps
it. was sure good and believe me
he certainly knows his stuff when
it comes to roasting" the 'jas