The Winslow mail., 1926-01-08
Toots From The
Round House
By Charles Erickson

About the only thing startling
around the shops this week was a
visit by our system safety super
visor, Isiah Hale. AS is always the
case this jolly individual magnetic
ly held the attention of his audience
with a we'll delivered safety ora
ton. We were also favored by a
visit from c. G. Sebrell, first as
siStant to Mr.. Hale and L. H. Col
lett, safety boss off the coast lines.
Both these gentlemen gave good
talks on the watch your step"
work. All the local supervision
and safety committee were present
at the meeting held at 10 a. m.
Wednesday.
AT 3 p. m. of that day a majority
of the roundhouse employees were
ION deck" and appreciated the re-
marks, along with the "how to wear
your goggles" demonstrations, CIV
en- by G. A. Kinsbury, of the Amer
lean Optical company
While indulging in the safety
line" will call your attention to the
December slogan placard on the
time clocks. 1t reads: ga safety
sign can't talk but it is not so
dumb as the fellow who disregards
it." Amt it the truth?
Returning from San Berdoo on
December 9th, where they had
spent Christmas, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
c. Fertig were accompanied by
BilPs sister, Miss Georgia Fertig.
who remained to visit until Janu-
ary 9Th, before returning to Sunny
Cal" and school,
The only Japanese boys off last
week because of sickness, were M.
Abe and S. Uchida. Fortunately
they are both back on the Job now.
While I dislike to report that it
was necessary for little nine year
old Miss Edna May Baker, daughter
OF our boiler inspector, L. S. Baker,
to be suddenly rushed to st. Marys
hospital in Gallup last Monday to
immediately undergo an operation
for appendicitis, it is with pleasure
write that she is recovering quite
nicely. Beside her mother, Mrs. r.
c. Abel and Mrs Jessie Murphy
accompanied the stricken child.
After DR.. Brown had administer
ed some switchman's medicine to
Doher washer David Garcia, he was
able to return to work with onlv
one day sick spell to mar his at
tendance record.
David Cordova, first lieutenant to
labor foreman J. E. Kleindienst
spent the greater part of last week
visiting his sister in Belen. New
Mexico. Dave surely deserved a lit
Tie vacation as he works extra or
dinarily steady.
Returning to work after a weeks
sick lay off VIM. (BiIl) Fisher re-
ported on the second trick, which
hours he will work during the six
days absence of Louis Purley, who
together with Tony Alonzo, is visit
ing MA and Pa" in Laguna.
He's back fellows and looking
fine too F. A Mari returned last
Wednesday from tour of the south
and east on which he was gone
thirty days visiting his old haunts
In Houston, Texas, New Orleans,
O~NNAAoOAfA11CJ L IOl Iuct, anu Iuduy
other cities. Mr.. Mari visited re-
latives in Norfolk, Virginia, that he
had not seen for over twenty years.
He reports a 'hotsy-totsy" time
during his entire vacation We'll
come home Frank.
Another vacation ended with the
return to work of supplyman G.
Villarino the middle of the week.
Gilberto and the family enjoyed his
non-work period in Phoenix and
vicinity
Apprentice H. w. Peterson has
been assigned to the graveyard
shift for a month to learn how to
work 'by the light of a torch"
August Morquez, a mechanic in
the labor gang, left on train No.
% last evening to spend a ten day
vacation with relatives and old
friends in Albuquerque He was
chaperoned by his wife and son,
Carlos. The latter, by the way,
was promoted to a painter helper
on January 1st.
"And we have named her Doro-
thy Louise" said air gang foreman
p. P. Boyer, in an overjoyed tone,
as he crammed a big cigar into the