The Winslow mail., 1926-01-22
Toots From The
Round House
By Charles Erickson

The unrelenting Sunny Cal" boost
ing by Californians and Arthur
Brisbane makes prosperity for the
good old Santa Fe as we are now
running two and very often three,
overflow sections of our crack Cali
fornia Limited train No. 3, west and
the coaches are returned east as
D. H. (empty) trains.
H. w. CWillie) Peterson, popular
president of the w. D. H. appren-
tice club, reports an interesting
session was held last Wednesday
afternoon at five o'clock. Jack
Red) PulIins was chosen as secre-
tary and Robert (Olie) Hansen as
custodian, filled the vacancies Gre
ated by Dan Hitchcock and E. E.
Holt being transferred to San Ber-
nardino. Nominations were also
made for delegates to attend the
annual apprentice convention which
will be held in Lajunta, Colorado,
February 22nd to 25th. The ap
prentice basketball boys had fast
"work out" scrimmage with the
high school team on Wednesday
evening also.
Alta girl! At II a. NJ Wednes-
day morning the bits closed on the
position of ''Steno to the general
foreman" declared vacant on ac-
count of Mrs. Tommie Thomas
Holderman resigning and am glad
to report that our snappy little
Irish friend, Margaret Mcbride, has
been affixed thereto. Miss Nc
Bride has very satisfactorily sub
stituted in the stenographical line
for the past year and, while we
regret losing "Tommie," we know
"Marji will fill the bill"
Because Charles Brown and
his brother, Frank, are visiting
their parents in Lajunta. we have
James Cooper, hired last Tuesday
as machinist helper, relieving the
first mentioned in pipe foreman
Wickham's gang and Frank Analla,
Jr., doing the carpenter work on
the graveyard shift in the latters
absence.
In as much as Frank Mari, cop
persmith, was not feeling his best
after returning two weeks ago from
a months visit with relatives and
friends in Norfork, Virginia, and
other southern state localities, he
had to remain off duty and under
DR.. Hathaway's care, but reported
for work last Tuesday.
Welcome visitors. Last week
end the shop boys were both sur
prised and pleased to shake hands
with Dan Hitchcock and Joe Harl
who dropped in" for a little visit.
Danny said San Berdoo is o. K.
but he'd rather be back here and
Joe informed us that when he left
Gallup, they had three inches of
snow and he was glad to be in the
Meteor City even for a short time
Laborers Andy Martinez and G
Ybarra are in Holbrook this week
where they are swearing to tell
the whole truth and nothing but
the truth as witnesses.
Oh you Barney Google! Even
as Paris sets the --latest styles
for the world, so does r. E. Bush
for the roundhouse toilers. Since
the name-sake of the notorious
owner of Spark Plug began wear
ing a wrist watch, there has beer
a run" on the jewelry stores.
A bad sick spell caused pipefttel
Art Lewis, to lose several days
work the past week, but he is feel.
in much better now, | am glad tC
say.
Returning from San Francisco
where he attended a three day con
Vention, as local representative tt
the Shopcrafts association, r. G
Abel discloses the news that the
proceedings were very ably carried
out. Revisions to working rules
was one important subject. The
Messers L. H. Collett and c. A
SebrelI being ION deck" Coco
safety first orations were made
Mrs. Abell accompanied Charlie OF
the trip.
The serious illness of her Uncl
w. L. Gray, a former Winslowite
made it necessary for Mrs. Haze
+, Hitchcock to leave on train No.
last Wednesday for Denver, Colo
RADIO. We hope she may find hin
improved
Leo SedeIlo was issued an orde
to DR.. Brown because he is 'much
milo" and T. Ramirez is also on tn
absentee list, while Dr. Sampson i
rendering first aid" Hope boil
will be o. X. again soon.
While little Miss Edna May Bak
er is past the danger point, sh
is still pretty sick girl, after he
appendicitis operation and th
father, L. S. Baker, left on trail
No. s Wednesday, to visit her il
the Gallup hospital
The Oxwell company supervisor
Jake West, paid his respects to tn
roundhouse for two days this week
Springtime in sight ]. c. Big
gerstaff, Santa Fe gardner, wit
assistants, is pruning" the mum
erous trees in and about the sho
grounds. Thanks to Mr. Kiely, W
have nice lot of shade trees an
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