Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-23
S. P. OFFICIAL
GETS TRANSFER
TO LOS ANGELES
FrizzelPs Splendid Work
Here Wins Him Promo
ton From Company.


ton From Company.
V. F. Frizzell, district freight AMI
passenger agent of the Southern
Pacific railroad of FL Centre, has
been appointed district freight agent
at Los Angeles. The appointment be-
comes effective February /. II. A.
Hansen, now district freight agent of
Santa Barbara, will succeed Friz-
zell here.
Announcement to this effect was
made by +. f. Scott, assistant freight
traffic manager, this morning. The
resignation of C. r. Smurr as in
dustrial agent for the Southern Paci.
fic at Los Angeles created vac.
ancv in Los Angeles and as a re.
suit number of promotions have
been made. j. f. Light, present dis
trict freight agent at Los Angeles
will succeed Smurr. The appoint
raents offered Frizzell and Hansen
fiji the vacancies thus opened while
J. w. Donohue, travelling agent
has been named to fill the post vac
ated by Hansen.
Frizzell came to Fl Centre in Oct
ober 1896 and during his year and Il
half of work here has been of in
valuable assistance both to the road
and to the valley. He has rendeded
similar services to Coachella Valley
over which he has had jurisdiction
while in office here.
FriZzell entered the service of
the Southern Pacific as passenger
brakeman at Tucson, AriZ., in 1909.
He was transferred to the freight
service two years later, becoming 4
freight conductor in 1915. In 1923
he was promoted to the traffic de-
partmcnt, being appointed as travel
ing freight and passenger agent at
Tuscon. He held this position until
he came to FL Centro as district
freight and passenger agent.
During the year and a half that
he has been in the Imperial Valley,
FriZzell has made wide circle OF
personal and business friends. He
has Unidentified himself prominently
Nith every movement which has had
as its object the betterment of FL
| Centre and Imperial Valley, and has
worked untiringly with the chamber
of commerce, board of trade and
other civic bodies in promoting the
best interests of the valley.
Encouraged Rice Growth
He was one of the first to ap-
preciate the possibilities of the rice
industry and has done much to en-
courage it. As assistant superin
tendent of the Imperial Valley Mid.
Winter Fair, his unselfish devotion
to the duties assigned to him, con
! tributcd in no small degree to the
success of that event. lie was the
| first to See the possibilities of the
Imperial Valley Arizona "Good
will Excursion, and is chiefly res
TOnsible for it having been made
possible. He is now serving as joint
chairman of the executive committee
and as member of the other com
mittees charged with the gigantic
task or arranging entertainment
for the Western Fruit Jobbers Con
vention Party, who vii visit lmper-
ial Valley January 30th. This covers
but small part of what he has
actually accomplished during his So
iourn here, and his departure will
be a distinct loss to Imperial Val
ley.
Social circles in Fl Centre will
also miss Mrs. V. F. Frizzell, who
has been a conscientious member Of
the Presbyterian congregation, the
Ten Thousand Club, and other
Ladies Organizations. With the fam.
lily will also depart Master Virgil
Allan Frizzell, a freshman at the
Central Union High school, who has
teen an active member of the Boy
Scouts and has won many merit
badges in that organization.
Has Good Record
Hansen, who will succeed Frizzell
as district freight and passenger
egent at FL Centre, has been with the
Southern Pacific Company since
1911, serving in various capacities
on the Los Angeles Division until
promoted to travelling agent at Santa
Barbara in 1922. Ha was given fur
ther promotion in 1923 to district
agent at San Pedro, and in 1925 to
district freight agent at Santa Bar
bara. Hansen comes to Imperial
Valley with an enviable record of
past achievements, and has declared
lis intentions of following in the
footsteps of his predecessor and SER
wing FL Centre and Imperial Valley
10 the best of his ability.