>From the Altoona Tribune, Thursday, 22 January 1942: The CNW train crew that was in East End Chain gang has been sent back to Adams. The miles are equalized but with business the way it is they will be back soon. We don't want to get very far ahead or behind in this exchange of miles because after we have licked the Axis powers, railroads will be back to normal business and it would be hard to pay back a lot of miles that were accumulated during a heavy movement of war supplies. Talking about the CNW, most of you know Bill Sweeney. He is back in the hospital again. Bill has had a lot of hard luck during the last year and we sincerely hope that he is back on the job soon. During the past two weeks I seem to miss something around the depot. I did not realize just what it was until I saw Ben Kallis back on the job. Ben does his work with a gesture of efficiency that is a pleasure to watch and his sickness failed to take the snap out of his movements. Glad to see you back to work Ben. Some of the Railroad workers are up in arms because they can't layoff. Better be careful or you may be armed in the army. Nobody lays off there. Maybe you don't know it but there's a war going on and every man should work or fight. When there is lots of work everyone wants to lay off. During the depression nobody would lay off. During a state of war your government can tell you what to do so remember that the next time you feel bad because you can't stay home for a day or two. +++++++++++++++++++ All I can say is "Whew!" They don't write like that anymore! Speaking of writing, I got the nicest message from one of our members today. Jim Tellstrom is a busy, busy guy, but is willing to send me the obituaries that he has on file. According to the message, he'll be sending one per day until he's done! Thanks so much, Jim, for your willingness to contribute! It is so appreciated! And folks, there's lots of surnames connected to today's obituary. The URL for this page is: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/EauClaireObits Have you bookmarked this page? I have a feeling you're going to be visiting it quite a bit! Jim does a very thorough job! And: Tomorrow is the first day of autumn and this old lady is another year older! No wonder the time is flying by! Have a good day everybody! -- Nance