This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: EDCRF Surnames: Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.washington.counties.king/6722.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The Seattle Times Thursday, January 1, 1953 Page 8, Column 2 Transit Man Lauded for 41 Years' Service Roscoe F. Powers, Seattle transit operator who began as a motorman in 1911, yesterday retired from municipal service amid praise from his superiors for courtesy and safety records. "Ross has had more than 41 years' service and in all that time there was only one complaint from the public about him and that one was so minor that it didn't really amount to anything," said J.B. Wadlington, Assistant Superintendent of Transportation. "So far as I know, no man in transit service can equal that record. And for safe driving, the Transit System would have saved big amounts of money in damage claims if all operators were like Ross." For the past 14 years Powers has been on the North Queen Anne Hill run, taking his coach out of the barn each morning at 4:45 o'clock. Powers, 66, resides at 406 Comstock Place. ========== The Seattle Times Saturday, October 8, 1960 Page 21, Column 7 Vital Statistics - Deaths Powers, Roscoe F., 73, 1603 Fifth Avenue North, October 6. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.