. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . nds and rela-tives of the men of the shops gathered andenjoyed a two-hour program. The program wasannounced by Mr. Smalley, chairman. Afterthe band had played, a quartet sang patrioticselections. Dr. Givler led in prayer. J. , master mechanic, was introduced,and after reading a letter from C. W. Egan,gave a practical talk about the flag. Hereferred to the seventy-five stars in the serviceflag and said that $5,000 had been given towar work and $80,000 had been invested inLiberty bonds by the boys. Rev. William made the speech of the even
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . nds and rela-tives of the men of the shops gathered andenjoyed a two-hour program. The program wasannounced by Mr. Smalley, chairman. Afterthe band had played, a quartet sang patrioticselections. Dr. Givler led in prayer. J. , master mechanic, was introduced,and after reading a letter from C. W. Egan,gave a practical talk about the flag. Hereferred to the seventy-five stars in the serviceflag and said that $5,000 had been given towar work and $80,000 had been invested inLiberty bonds by the boys. Rev. William made the speech of the evening on WhatWe Arc Fighting For. R. S. Pownall, carforeman, was called to the platform and toldhow necessary were the men and the railroadsto win this great war. Captain William Smith, former Baltimoreand Ohio man and now pensioner, who liveson his farm on New Creek Drive, has a verylarge war garden. He is credited with having the largest tomatoes growing in his gardenas one of them weighed two pounds and meas-ured eighteen inches POPULAR AT THE MARTINSBURG SHOPSLeft to right: B. F. Irvin, tinner; R. ,machinist, and George Tedrick 60 THE BALTIMORE AND O] R. S. Pownall has been appointed generalcar foreman at Keyser in place of R. A. Tull,resigned. We welcome Mr, Pownall and shallcooperate with him in helping to make ashowing for Keyser shop. We are sorry tolose Mr. Tull. He won a place in the heartsof all who knew him by his fairness in dealingwith men. E. P. Welshonce, trainmaster, has been ap-pointed assistant superintendent, CumberlandDivision. M. O. Carney, formerly road fore-man, has been appointed trainmaster in placeof Mr. Welshonce. Uncle Sam certainly is cleaning up S. gang. Mr. Sporseller runs thecarpenter camp and every day or so a manleaves to join the army. R. B. Neland andC. L. Sager enlisted in the Naval Z. Whistler enlisted and is training at theUniversity of Virginia. H. M. Wiet has beencalled in the draft and leaves so
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