Southern Pacific Bulletin

1954

January, Page 49
SD&AE Railway
Head Reporter: Floy Richmond.
Thomas Fielding, TM, was elected to the board of directors of the San Diego Chamber of Commerce for a two year term. He has also been co-chairman of the United Success Drive, which went over the top. . . . Alice Yeager was interviewed on the radio regarding the need for volunteer drivers for the Cerebral Palsy Foundation. Alice is secretary of the San Diego chapter. . . . Irene Mclnerny vacationed at home. . . . We were pleased to have George Hanson, pass. traffic mgr., at Executives' Secretaries Bosses' Night. He is affectionately known to the Executives' Secretaries as "Uncle George." . . . Faye Stirn of Long Beach Freight Office also attended Bosses' Night and took home one of the prizes. Faye is a member of the Long Beach chapter.

February, Page 45
S. A. LAMEY, supt., SD&AE Ry., retired Jan. 31 after 51 years of railroading, 43 with SP and SD&AE. Above are representatives of Tijuana & Tecate RR who attended. Left to right: G. Castillo, agt.; C. L. Lay, VP&GM; J. Castillo, clerk; Lamey; J. B. Burdick, gen. mgr.; L. J. Espinosa, agt.; F. Cecesena, operator; S. Gomez, clerk. Other guests included J. W. Corbett, vice pres.; B. W. Mitchell, VP&GM, SD&AE, and supt., LA Div.; T. A. Purcell, asst. supt., LA Div.



February, Page 49
SD&AE Railway
Head Reporter: Floy Richmond.
Cliff Livermore, chief clerk, spent Christmas holidays with son and family at Huntington Beach and daughter and family at Downey. . . . Tom Fielding, TM, and sisters drove to Pasadena to see the Tournament of Roses. . . . Barbara Burns and Cecil Walden, ticket clerks, were off sick a few days but are back on the job. . . . Pat Mottram, chief rate clerk, and wife visited relatives in Berkeley over the Christmas weekend. . . . Robert Holloway, truck driver, Store Dept., has been ill in Mercy Hospital. Our best wishes for a speedy recovery. . . . Your reporter's husband has a new cruiser, which she thinks he has appropriately named "Lost Wages."

March, Page 44
SD&AE Railway
Head Reporter: Floy Richmond.
Herman Kefel, CTA, and Mrs. Kefel attended Ladies' Night banquet of the Southern District Ticket Agents' Assn. at the Mona Lisa Restaurant, Los Angeles. Herman has been elected to the executive committee of the association. . . . San Diego is proud of Mary "Pat" Hastings, ticket clerk, who won the first monthly $10 award for the best sales technique on "How Can We Sell Extra Fare Service." , . . Congratulations to Carl Eichenlaub on his recent appointment as SD&AE superintendent succeeding S. A. Lamey, retired. ... A welcome to Rollin Roberts, our new trainmaster. . . . Office personnel in Freight Office treated Joe Lee, cashier, to ice cream and cake February 11, his last day on the job before leaving on vacation, and then retirement at the end of the month.
Robert Holloway, Store Dept. truck driver, is recuperating in Genl. Hospital, SF, following surgery.

April, Page 41
SD&AE Railway
Head Reporter: Floy Richmond.
Chief Clerk Cliff Livermore, a dyed in the wool Padre fan, all set for the baseball season, has his weekend box seat reserved, as has Chf. Rate Clk. Pat Mottram. . . . Pat, our bowling enthusiast, recently organized a San Diego "700 Club" affiliated with the national 700 Clubs. After the charter was presented recently, the San Diegans defeated the Long Beach Club, score 2838 to 2700. Pat took his gang to Long Beach for a return match March 13, results unknown. . . . Tkt. Clk. Effie McGlocklin vacationed visiting relatives in Texas. . . . TPA Charles McGann and Mrs. McGann celebrated her birthday with a weekend in Las Vegas. ... File Clk. Estelle Young, Supt's Office, acted as model for Mrs. E. A. Peterson, wife of the roadmaster, while she took her state cosmetology examination in Hollywood.

April, Page 47
DIED
MISCELLANEOUS
Pensioners: Fred L. Annable, president-general manager, William J. Murrin, yardman, SD&AE Ry.

May, Page 36
SD&AE Railway
Head Reporter: Floy Richmond.
SD&AE had Its first postwar Family Get-Together Meeting April 9, when 151 adults and 35 children filled the Superintendent's Office. P. D. Robinson, vice president and general manager; George B. Hanson, SP passenger traffic mgr.; James G. Shea, SP-PE public relations mgr.; V. F. Frizzell, SP freight traffic mgr., and LA Genl. Freight Agt. It. A. Houck, SP, were guests. Engine Foreman A. R. Van Booven was master of ceremonies, assisted by Jerry Green, asst. trainmaster. Supt. Carl Eichenlaub, our LA visitors and Chief Clerk C. D. Livermore, DF&PO, made short talks. Photographer Harley Talbot, LA Dup. Bur., showed "Snow on the Run" and "100 Years in Texas," followed by refreshments.

Traffic Manager Tom Fielding attended the Western Cotton Shippers Assn. convention in Phoenix, to interest shippers in sending more cotton via SD&AE for export through the Port of San Diego. . . . Sympathy to Ticket Clerk Barbara Burns in the death of her aunt. . . . Tkt. Clk. Effie McGlocklin, worthy shepherdess of the Galilean White Shrine, has been elected worthy chaplain. . . . Asst. Trainmaster Jerry Green has been appointed to similar position with SP at Brawley.

May, Page 37
FOUR SD&AE VETERANS got together recently when William H. Hudson (right) retired as electrician-lineman after 47 years' service. Present at dinner in his honor were (l-r) S. A. Lamey, J. M. Lee and C. A. Vincent. The four men had a total of 200 years of service.





May, Page 40
Communications
Miscellaneous:
George Blaylock transferred to SD&AE.

May, Page 41
CHARLES A. BROWN receives congratulations of Supt. P. D. Robinson, LA Div., on retirement as head cost analyst after 45 years of railroading, last 34 with SP. Formerly he was with SD&AE and PE.







May, Page 47
DIED
MISCELLANEOUS
William V. Vizner, engr., SD&AE.

October, Page 30
SD&AE Railway
Head Reporter: Floy Richmond.
Supt. Carl Eichenlaub and wife went to Yosemite for his vacation. . . . Bill Piepenbrink, ticket clerk, spent his vacation in the nation's ideal spot- San Diego! . . . Gene Hallan and family spent the Labor Day weekend with his parents in Long Beach. . . . Jim Grigg, steno-teletype operator, and family returned from St. Paul to move into a new home in San Diego. . . . Barbara Burns visited with her father in Cincinnati. . . . Secty. Floy Richmond is sporting a new car. . . . We are a proud bunch here with our San Diego Padres winning the Coast League pennant. . . . Jerry Green, asst. trainmaster, San Diego, was transferred to El Centro Sept. 16.

November, Page 35
Los Angeles Division
El Centro
Asst. Trainmaster Jerry Green has transferred from the SD&AE to assist in the increased livestock movement.

November, Page 41
SD&AE Railway
Head Reporter: Floy Richmond.
Vacations are winding up. Herman Kefel, CTA, went to SF and San Joaquin Valley. . . . Pat Mottram, chief clerk, went to the Twin Cities with his wife. . . . Kenny Frye, TFA, and son, Don, 14 years old, went deer hunting at Hat Creek near Mount Lassen. The only deer brought home was shot by the son. . . . Joe Bartlett, chief clerk, Reserv. Agcy, vacationed at home. . . . Your reporter Just loafed in San Diego.

November, Page 44
DIED
MISCELLANEOUS
Frank Quinlan, agent, SD&AE Ry.


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