IEWS of the FRISCO CLUBS I

T HE Frlsco Girls' Club or Spring- field on the night of November 7 set a high record for achievement

by giving a benefit bridge party with an attendance of approximately 356, composed of f i isco employes, their families and friends, but in the opin- ion of many. an even greater success was achieved when they held their 5rst Thanksgiving banquet a t the Colonial Hotel, Springfield, Mo., a t 6:30 P. Y. November 17th.

The attendance a t the banquet was Hmited t o Frisco girl employes and about 150 of them 7 were in attendance. ' The guests, who were general offi- , cers and officials of t h e railroad, were designated a s follows: S. S. But- I ler. " 0 u r silver- I

tonged orator". F. G / H. Shaifer, “high , C0Ck-a-Lo~m O f I the O ~ e r a t l n . I ~ept!';.~. J. step. henson, "Low Cock- a - Hiram o f t p,e Operating Dept. ; J. L. McCormack, "Our Club Mas- cot"; J. K, Gibson, " Mechanical E x - haust"; G. M. For- rester, "' Daddy ' Forrester"; H. W. Johnson, "Chases Frisco cara off and entices f o r e i g n cars on line"; R.

age claims. F. H. Shaffer, general manager, who

had been designated a s the "High Cock-a-Lorum" of the operating de- partment, was called upon and re- sponded with a n able and instructive address and among other things, stat- ed "The girl problem is getting bigger and bigger-and I'm speaking serious- ly. Today there a re about 8,000,000 young women in business. Thirty years from now there'll be a t least 16,000,000. You girls have been very

frelght traffic manager, who came to Springfield especially to attend the banquet. was then called upon. Mr. Butler spoke in his typical eloquent and hunlorous manner, characteristi- cally and gracefully going from com- plimentary remarks to sentiment and from sentinlent to "snappy" stories- and how! Mr. Butler brought a mes- sage from President Kurn to the ef- fect that he regards the girls' club of Springfield a s a great factor in in- creasing t!:e efficiency of Frisco offi-

ces, promoting loy- alry anu u a L C U r understanding b e - tween the various departments a n d directly aiding the road through con- tacts outside the office.

, The toastmistress I e x n l a i n e d that

& c ~ o r m a c k had been designat-

I ed on the program a s the "Club Mas-

T h e officers of the Frisco Girls' Club, of Spr i~~y f i c ld , forwed lair irr S ' c p l e ~ ~ r b ~ r with wore tilair 200 ~lrcirlbrrs. T O P R O W , ic f t to right: LVIissrs Vrrrie Tulloch, first vice-presiderrt; A w a Mason. treasttrrr, m d Cora Pitts, second vice-presidevt. B O T T O M ROW, le f t to right: Ckarlene Willard, secretary; Marie Ariiold, presi- dent, and Frrddie Drarcghorr, assista~zt secretary. T h e organization meeting 'ions held Septewber 21. T h e chib jzow Itas the following within-thc-club societies, choral, per-so?rality training, ukzrlclr, gy~rrrrnsitrnr, bnsfietball arrd rtuirir~nirtg.

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cot" in consider- ation of the assist- ance that he had rendered the club. Mr. McCormack re- sponded by s tat ing that he was glad to

H. Kerr, "Juggles figures"; 0. W. Bruton, "Car smash- er"; Harry Harrison, " Stop! Look! Listen! man".

Miss Marie Arnold, president of the club to whom much of the success of the club is due, presided and acted a s toastmistress a t the banquet, which ended at 9:30 o'clock.

At the conclusion of the meal, the minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved and other formal busi~icss disposcd of in a short and businesslike manner.

The Frisco Girls' Choral Club, one of the inter-clubs, under the direction of its conductor, Prof. Ritchie Rohert- son, presented two numbers, namely "Bells of St. Mary" and "My Curly- headed Baby" and attempted to re- sume their seats but the crowd was in no mood to tolerate i t and continued and meritorious applause brought forth an encore "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" which i t was announced was dedicated to John L. McCormack, superintendent freight loss and dam-

successful and you'll see more and more of your sex in railway offices within a few years." He stated that the club had his heartfelt endorse- ment and pledged himself to co-oper- a t e with and assist i t in every man- ner possible. He further praised "the energy, enthusiasm and clear think- ing" of President Marie Arnold.

C. J . Stephenson, assistant to the general manager, made a very inter- esting and entertaining talk, explain- ing the magnitude and importance of the railroads a s a national institution, quoting figures a s to the number of persons employed and the trenlendous amount of money disbursed.

Jimmy Cook, who i s known a s the "Harry Lauder" of the Frfsco family, was next called upon and accompan- ied a t the piano by Mrs. Howard Brun- er, delighted everyone with three Scotch ballads, "I Love A Lassie", "Roamin' in the Gloamin' " and "Wee Dooch An Doris".

The "silver-tongued" Mr. Butler,

receive the -expla- nation, that most of the mascots h e had seen were of the animal o r bird kingdom, such as monkeys, goats or parrots. He added. however, that if

there w v e any grounds for resent- ment on his part, they were complete- ly overcome by the fact that a mascot is presumed to bring good luck and that if he were accorded his choice of doing things that might be beneficial to others, he would choose to be a mascot in the fullest sense of the word and a n instrumentality in brfng- ing good luck, success, health and prosperity to the Frisco Girls' Club of Springfield.

J. K. Gibson, assistant superi* tendent of motive power, designated a s "Mechanical Exhaust" was the next speaker. Mr. Gibson unblushingly ad- mitted that he had been correctly de- signated. H e pledged his hearty co- operation and support to the club. H e expressed the regrets of H. L. Worman, superintendent of motive vower, a t not being able to attend the banquet account of unavoidable busi- ness from headquarters and delivered a message from Mr. Worman to the effect that i t was his intention to give

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be cordially invited and wel- Mr. Gibson's remarks (per-

h e to the party announcement) received with enthusiasm and se. ws. H. W. Johnson, car ac- n t and R. H. Kerr. cM0f statis- were then called upon in the

named and each promised the is support and assistance. V. Bruton, superintendent of the field terminals. gave a n inter- talk on the handling of cars at

:field, commenting upon what ~ringlleld forces were doing in ay of solicitation and assured ub of his support In all of its akings. ry Harrison, the *Stop, Look sten" man on the program, was st of the guests to speak. He ded with a few well-chosen re- respecting safety work. banquet closed with community 5, led by the Misses Marjorie

of the freight claim depart- and Dorothy Adamson of the r pards, accompanied a t the hy Miss Gertrude Fryer of the ! claim department.

November meeting of the St. Frisco Girls' Club, held a t the Jefferson on November 17, mas ed by two hundred and three A holiday spirit seemed to pre-

nd the program was most en- stically received. srs. L. 0. Williams, assistant rer and C. H. IbIorrill, assistant R. Koontz, traffic vice-president he honor guests. Both address- : girls on t raff~c problems and 'eat good which the Girls' Club

- . ccomplished and would accom- plish in future months.

BIre. Fred Hebeler, a former Frisco girl, and a n accomplished "Blues" singer, presented several numbers, ac- companied by her sister Mrs. Shan- non. Herb Mahler and A1 Neff, of the purchasing department, a n d well known in radio circles, delighted the girls with ukulede selections. Miss Mary Graddy, a n employe of the pur-

chasing department presented a mono- logue in a most charming manner, and her encore was most appropriate.

Feeling that i t is better to giva than to receive, the Frisco Girls' Club of St. Louis announced a t It0 monthly rneet- ing on November 17 that they would undertake a Christmas Charity Pro- gram. Each girl gave ten cents or more toward the purchase of baskets for the poor of the city, and a number of donations were received. A com- mlttee was formed and the baskets were packed and delivered, and spread a great deal of cheer for they were given to very needy families.

The October luncheon of the St. Louis Frisco Girls' Club was beld on October 27, too la te to have the pro- gram included in the November M a p - zinc. More than two hundred mem- bers of the Club were present. The luncheon was held a t the Town Club.

Messrs. E. T. Miller, vice-president and general solicitor; J. AT. Comatzar, passenger traffic manager and Ches- ler Kratky, of the president's office, were guests of honor. Mr. S. S. But- ler, who was also present, made a short address.

The choral club opened the meeting with numbers which were well given. Bert Baumgartner, of the advertising department, entertained with piano selections, and Miss Elvira Ziegenfuss presented a piano solo. Grace Web- her, of the accounting department and her partner gave a specialty dance, which was well received. The meet- ing adjourned promptly a t 1:30 p. m.

The Dramatic Club, formed on Octo- ber 13 is well under way .and weekly meetings are well attended. Mrs. Catherine Snodgrass of the Morse School of Expression is conducting the classes and Miss Lydia Peterson, of the traffic department is acting a s chairman of the club. Weekly meet- ings a re held a t Baldwin's Recital Hall, 1111 Olive St:: promptly a t 5:30 p. m. each Friday. : The club will wel- come any new: mafdbers w h a m a y be interested.

Profess& L~WXT~IIEIO. director of

the choral club, a t the request of the membere of the ukulele club, has con- sented to instruct the members of that d u b also. The members meet each Thursday evening in room 823. Frisco building, and the attendance 1s good. Ukulele quartettes and trios a re being planned, and the club antici- pates some splendid entertainment in the near future from this group. Margaret Byrne of the traffic depart. ment is chairman of the club.

The various divisions in the bowling club a re fighting hard for supremacy. The teams. named after Frisco trains a re running on schedule and true to form with the Southwest Limited in the lead, members of that team hav- ing won 21 games. Wichita Falls Special stand second place with a score of 20 games won; Sunnyland, 19; Meteor, 18 and the Kansas LimiL ed has won 17.

The chairman of the men's bowling club has asked Bertha Hahn, chair- man of the Frisco Girls' Club if the plan of having a joint meeting with the men's club once a month would meet with the approval of the girls. The plan is to take forty of the best bowlers from the men's club and forty of the best bowlers from the girls' club, in a competitive match. The idea has met with the approval of the girls, and a date is now being consid- ered for the first tournament.

Odelia Bosche made a n enviable high individual score of 224 for one game bowled on the night of Novem- ber 14. Her average for the three games howled that night was 172. Other members of the Girls' Club have exceptionally fine averages and the meet of the men's club and the girls of the bowling club, promises to be a n interesting affair.

More than 1,400 tickets have been distributed to the girls of the St. Louis Frisco Girls' Club and i t is ex- pected that more than this number k i l l be sold and that a record crowd will attend the benefit dance, given by this club a t the Alhambra Grotto on the night of December 3.

The club has secured Ray Devin- ney's orchestra, a well known speclal-

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president of the Frisco Club read the recent letter from President Kurn re- garding traffic solicitation. C. 0. McCain, general agent made a short address. Among the official visitors were: W. Il. Bevans and L. B. Clary, Ft. Scott; H. W. Hudgen, W. L. Hug- gins, Jr., and W. L. Heath, St. Louis; E. G. Baker and W. B. Berry, Kan- s a s City.

In the evening, C. J. Stephenson and J. L. McCormack of the Spring- held general office who arrived on the Sunnyland, together with Messrs. Heath, McCain, Baker, and Huggins attended a dinner given by members of the Chamber of Commerce a t Ft. Scott.

At 9:00 p. m. the Frisco men who attended the dinner at the Chamber of Commerce, left lor Eagle's Hall where members of the Frisco Club of Ft. Scott, their families and friends were dancing to music furnished by the Frisco Broadcasters, More than 125 people were present.

The dance proved a real get-togeth- e r affair, and the spirit of fellowship and service prevail&. The visitors were given a warm welcome a ~ ~ d promised to return for the next meet- ing of the Ft. Scott organization, December 12 in Memorial Hall a t that city. This will be the first anniver- sary meeting of the club and an elaborate entertainment is planned.

Three new Frisco Employes' Clubs are being organized on the Texas Lines, one a t Sherman, one a t Ft. Worth and one a t Brownwood. The employes located between Denison and Irving a r e eligible to join the Sherman Club; employes located Ft. Worth to Stephenville including Step- henville, become members of the Ft. Worth Club and all en~ployes between Dublin and Menard become members of the Brownwood Club.

A second meeting will be held with- in a few days, when committees will be appointed to get out all necessary instructions aud secure a hall for the first meeting place. The first meet- ing of these three Texas Lines Clubs will be held a t Ft. Worth and plans are now under way to present a n inter- esting program. This meeting will be followed by one a t Brownwood and then Stephenville. These Clubs will take the place of the Greater Traffic Committees, organized some time ago a t Ft. Worth, Sherman, and other Texas Line points.

The Frisco Employes' Club of Ft. Smith presented a radio program over station WLBN, from the Goldman Hotel, Friday evening. November 18, from 9:00 p. m. until 11:OO p. m., and many Frisco employes over the en- tire system tuned in on the very splen- did program presented entirely by members of the Frisco family.

This station was reached a t 1.470 ltilocycles and a t 2M meters wave length and reports a r e that it was re- ceived clearly by many.

The program consisted of the fol- lowing numbers.

Piano solo, Mrs. 0. R. Little, wife of trainmaster's clerk; vocal solo, T.

These Frisco s o t ~ and dal~glt ters participated irz the wedding of "J l i s s Pe cola" lo " M r . Frisco" a! Olzlahoma City. Mrs . Jesse ibIoore, w h o directed the # lcl, also appears it& the piclure.

$1. Holcomb, lumber yard foreman; violin solo, Gladys Krone, sister oi T. Krone, clerk; quartette by Messrs. Holcomb, Cordell, Bellor and Cavi- ness; flute and piano duet, Misses Hazel and Jean Presson, daughters of trainmaster, G. L. Presson; vocal solo, Kemp Johnson, maintenance of ivay timekeeper; piano solo, Ruthe Coonl- er, daughter of brakeman J . C. Coon]- e r ; vocal solo, Miss Fern Heyburn. daughter. of master mechanic, J. D. Heyburn; old time fiddler, J. F. Sum- m e y , bridge foreman; Orchestra, Piano, Mrs. 0. R. Little; Banjo, Carl Wilson station helper; Guitar, Walter Srock, bridge carpenter; Fiddle, . l . IT. Lummey, bridge foreman. Vocal solo, Nrs. C . B. Batson, daughter of deceased engineer, G. W. Eddy.

Officers of this Club are, E. E. Car- lock, president; Chas. Davenport, vice- president; Ernest Stringer, secretary and J . R. White, treasurer.

So many complimentary letters and telegrams were received that the Fris- co employes plan to present another radio program within a short time.

More. than 1,250 Frisco employe- members of the Sunnyland Club O F Kansas City, attended the Club's en- tertainment and dance Friday even- ing, November 18, in the old Ararat Temple, 12th and Prospect Streets. and made merry from 8:00 p. m. until 12:30 a. m.

The program was varied and high- ly enjoyable and consisted of the fol- lowing numbers: vocal ,solo, Miss Irene Barbee, of the cashier's offio- accompanied by Elizabeth Smith. piano solo, Miss Pearl Keys, daughter of W. E. Keys, warehouse clerk; ha. monica solo. Clinton D. Guy, cooper- er, accompanied by Mrs. F. W. Brown, wife of delivery clerk; dance sketch hv Dorris Johnson. daughter of Mrs Fanchon M. Johnson, comptometer op- erator, local freight office; song and dance sketch. Miss Rose Reims and Miss Narie Cottetti. accompanied bv the Marks Radio Orchestra: sketch entitled "The Murphys". written. (11- r ~ c t e d and acted hv emplo.~es of thn mechanical denartment offices, Kan- sas City; reading, Miss Marjorie

nsa- lay-

Quinn, a friend of the club membe During the program S. S. Butler

W. Hudgens. F. H. Shaffer and J McCormack addressed the gather Other out of town visitors wf Nessrs. %. B. Claypool; Mr. and i H. W. Johnson; J. K. Gibson; I Moffet, secretary to general mans! H. E. Lamkin, traveling account: L. B. Clary, assistant superintend( G. A. Ermatinger, road foreman of gines and W. L. Huggins, Jr., dire, of publicity.

A group of thirty Frisco emplc their wives and families came to 1. sas City on train 118 from Ft. S to attend the affair. The party snonsored by i\Iiss Dorothea E. Work. ing.

W. W. Morgan, from Sultan. WAR^ was another long-distance visitor.

"Everybody is out for the Frisco to see that we get more business."

Thus, briefly and with a show o! pride. did the Frisco Employes' Club of Clinton, Mo., a t i ts meeting Novern. ber 20, fire its boost-business broad side.

That this club is studying the Fris- co's traffic interests with considerable care is shown by the scope of the sub. jects discussed a t this meeting, for instance: President J. 31. Kurn'a cir. cular letter of November 8, expressing appreciation of em~loyes ' efforts dur- ing this year in solicitation of frelaht and passenger traffic and announcing - personnel of the new Central Commlt. tee, a t St. Louis: the Central Corn. mittee's circular letter of November 11 suggesting a comprehensive plan for employe club organization8 and asking peneral agents, all superintend. ents and all divisional traffic repre sentatives for constructive sugges- tions regarding this plan; the letter written by C. 0. Claiborne, secrelarp of the Clinton Club, informing the Central Committee that Clinton Ia In the campaign to set a mark; a cream. ery and a shoe factory for Clinton; truck "competition" from Kansas City, which was declared negligible as t h ~ Frisco Clinton-Kansas City car was

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MARBLE QUARRY AT- PHENIX, MO.

"Napoleon Gray" Marble of Phenix Company Nationallg Famous-Fifty Cars a Month via Frisco to All America

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Upper Right-The yard ad- limy be seen, drippiirg over jacent to the s tom smw mill, tlre middle Block of rock. showing the n~arble "in the This water is mixed with rough" after having been gritty sand. The rnd of the sawed into various t/zicknesses. saws may be seen fastetred to Upper Lef t-An wusual photo- the double board directly in front graph, showing the huge b of the stone blocks. In Center- ing sawed into sizes requ the qrlarry proper, showiug the small extreme right Rand pit will chawwllivg atachii~es at work and the hrrge abo~rt half way finished. Water from overhead derricks londing the blocks on flat cars.

ERHAPS the marble work in the interior of the State Capitol of Missouri a t JefPerson City might

be more wondrous were it known that the marble slabs, so highly polished and so deftly placed together had come from a quarry on Prisco Lines at Phenix, hIo., which is one of the three largest in the United States, the Phenlx Marble Company. A visit to the B m k of America in New York City, wEth its beautiful interior marble work, might be boasted of with great pride by visiting Missourians, for the fact that the marble was also fur- nished by the Phenix Marble Com- pany. The same thing is true of the Union Depot a t Montreal, Canada, and many other buildings of note scattered over the United States, from coast to coast.

Thirty-five years ago the quarry of the Phenix Marble Company was a blg hill, thick with low shrubs and wild vegetation.

Today the payroll of this company distributed in the City of Phenix alone, is over $11,000 a month and this enormous quarry ships each month forty-five to fifty cars of mar-

ble "in the rough", to all parts of the United States and to foreign coun- tries. I t is known a s "Napoleon Gray" and has become nationally famous. In 1926, 500,000 cubic feet of rock was taken from this quarry, which weighed, in the rough, around 210 pounds per cubic foot.

This quarry's problem, if i t might be called such, does not appear to be me of sales, but rather one of produc- tion, for during the last fifteen years new buildings have been added, addi- tional modern equipment has been in- stalled, and the plant is going a t full capacity a t all times to fill the orders, and one branch of it, the stone saw mill, operates twenty-four hours a day, every day in the year.

Daily a Prisco switch engine from Ash Grove, seven miles away, is sen t to Phenix to handle the switching of the heavy cars of rock. The two local trains a day from Ash Grove to Clinton and from Springfield to Clin- ton, bring in the supplies used by this quarry, such a s grinding sand from Paciflc, Missouri, and sawing sand from Webb City, and take back car after car of marble consigned to

points all over the United States. I t is, indeed, a Frisco industry, for

all the supplies come via Frisco Lines. ,and all rock and materials are shipped out via Frisco Lines.

The quarry itself had i ts beginning a s a lime kiln. After the top layer of this rock had been taken off, i t was found that the rock would take a very high polish. Experiments proved that below the surface of the first few layers of rock, was some of the best marble that the United States could produce. Much of it was polished and was named "Napoleon Gray". I t can he carved into a r t objects, is suit- able for interior and exterior work, for floor tile, and many buildings a re constructed of the rock which comes froin this quarry and which, before it is polished, is called "Phenix stone".

There a r e seven complete and mod- ern shops to take care of the equip- ment, including a power house, black- smith shop, carpenter shop, machine shop, stone saw mill, tile shed and compressor room, not to mention the "square roundhouse".

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