L&N Employee Magazine Louisville & Nashville 1954 June
L&N Employee Magazine Louisville & Nashville 1954 June COVER damage, cover loose
CONTENTS
COUNTING OUR RAILROAD PIECE BY PIECEOnce each year the L. Si N. takes a physical inventory of all unapplied materials, as requested by the Interstate Commerce Commission, to find out if book records agree with stock actually at hand M. J. RoBards 4
"WORLD'S BIGGEST FISH FRY" HELDParis, Tenn., pays homage to its native Royalty, His Majesty, the Fish Floyd L. Berry 8
AND NOW-FILING ON FILM Three L. & N. offices in Louisville have recently gone to recording certain files on microfilm-in some cases to save space, in others to avoid loss in event of fire Steele Raylor 11
THE TOWN WITH THE STRAWBERRY HEARTHumboldt, Tenn., in the heart of Berryland, celebrates n style with its 17th annual West Tennessee Strawberry Festival Rowland Stockk 12
MAKING BOTH ENDS "MEET"The L. & N. will soon have caboose-to-engine radio communication on a number of its mainline through freights operating between Louisville and Mobile R. R. South 15
JOANNE AND HER DANCING DOLLS Young-and-fair dancing instructress Joanne Doll, daughter of Foreman Al Doll, air room, South Louisville, "pulls the strings" and her 100 toe-and-heel youngsters tap a sweet staccato Lou "Twinkletoes" Nash 18
NEW ORLEANS "U P T" DEDICATED Formal dedication of the new Union Passenger Terminal in the Crescent City, May 1, was a great day in the history of the city Edison H. Thomas 32
AND OTHER FEATURES
THE RAILROAD WORLD 1
THE READERS WRITE 2
FRIENDLY TIES 3
R. A. STANLEY HONORED 10
TRAIN RADIO Dos AND DON'TS 14
DERBY TRAFFIC REQUIRED 13
EXTRA TRAINS 17
CASH AWARDS Go TO SIXTEEN SUGGESTERS 20
R. C. PARSONS NAMED C. U. T. OFFICER 20
EDUCATIONAL TRAIN RIDES ENJOYED BY OVER 2,000 MORE CHILDREN 21
THE PRESENT PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE PAST Edna Smith 23
AUTHOR OF "FINNIGIN TO FLANNIGAN" DIES 24
RAILROAD HAILED ON 86TH "BIRTHDAY" 24
" . . . To DESERVE THE HISTORIC NAME OF THE OLD RELIABLE" 25
OF FEMININE INTEREST 26
STATE AND LOCAL TAXES STILL RISING 27
VETERAN 0. R. C. OFFICERS TO RETIRE 27
NEWS OF THE CLUBS 28
R. R. MAYHALL NAMED U. P. T. TRAINMASTER 29
DEATH TAKES RETIRED SUPERINTENDENT GLOSTER 29
CONGRATULATIONS 29
MORE ABOUT THAT HALL OF FAME E. E. Cowden 30
EVANSVILLE CHILDREN LEARN ABOUT TRAINS 31
ASSISTANT GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS 31
How TO TRAVEL BY TRAIN BOOKLET PUBLISHED 31
"MR. DERBY" RETIRES 34
PASSENGER TRAFFIC-HELPERS 35
RAILROAD HOUR RECEIVES SHOWMANSHIP CITATIONS 35
MOTION PICTURE TO TELL L. & N. STORY 36
DEPOT TICKET AGENT R. F. PENN PASSES 36
DINING CAR DEPARTMENT THANKED BY RED CROSS 37
CALLED TO THE COLORS 37
M. R. S. VETS TO HAVE SEPTEMBER REUNION 37
SPORTS ON THE OLD RELIABLE 38
FRATERNITY HONORS. PRESIDENT TILFORD 41
TRAFFIC-AIDERS 42
WISE AND OTHERWISE 43
ABOUT THE FAMILY 44
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