. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . -bodythink of him as being a hero. OliverCooper, however, has proven that hecan be a hero and a station porter, too. Cooper, as he is generalh known,is a station porter at Mt. Royal. Hehas been here for three years, havingserved at Camden Station threeyears also. Always on the job, faith-ful and honest, as his face in theaccompanying picture played a mans game at a short time ago. It was time for the train to Phila-delphia. The bell rang, the crowdmoved toward the gate, and thestationmaster was calling out thestations. Cooper
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . -bodythink of him as being a hero. OliverCooper, however, has proven that hecan be a hero and a station porter, too. Cooper, as he is generalh known,is a station porter at Mt. Royal. Hehas been here for three years, havingserved at Camden Station threeyears also. Always on the job, faith-ful and honest, as his face in theaccompanying picture played a mans game at a short time ago. It was time for the train to Phila-delphia. The bell rang, the crowdmoved toward the gate, and thestationmaster was calling out thestations. Cooper was pulling out thebaggage truck. Just as the gate wasopened. Number One came down thefar track, heading for the tunnel. Atthe gate a woman was handing thegateman her ticket, a little chUdholding to her hand. In an instantthe child broke awav from its mother. and before anyone realized what hadhappened, had dashed across the east-bound track to the far side of thetrain shed, directly in front of the on-coming train. The mother sprangafter it, Cooper following her. Reach-ing them in the nick of time, hepushed both mother and child tosafety, and stretched out both armsto keep them from returning untilNumber One had come to a who witnessed the deed saythat it would have been impossiblefor the train to have stopped beforeit had passed over the spot where thethree had crossed. Emplo3^es who can think, and actwhile they are thinking, as didStation Porter Cooper, truly belongin that swiftly growing class, Pridesof the Baltimore and Ohio. Brakeman M. S. Ruggles,Toledo Division, is aGood Neighbor By C. E. Thrasher ,N May 8, the agent at Lima,Ohio, assisted a blind man toboard train No. 58. He advised Brakeman Ruggles of the unfor-tunate mans condition, further say-ing that he wished to go to Brown-ville, leaving Cincinnati on India
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