. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . until September 18, 1878, when he was appointedfreight and ticket agent at Mt. Vernon, the new passenger station at Mt, Vernonwas completed in 1907, the agency was dividedand Mr. Patterson was placed in charge of theticket agency, where he remained until hisretirement in .June, 1916. The accompanyingpicture of Mr. Patterson was taken in October,1915, by H. V. ftiicktnan; -agent at Plymouth,when he was acting as relief agent at Mr. Patterson was a faithful and efficientemploye, loyal to th^-Gonipanys interestsuntil the last. He was
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . until September 18, 1878, when he was appointedfreight and ticket agent at Mt. Vernon, the new passenger station at Mt, Vernonwas completed in 1907, the agency was dividedand Mr. Patterson was placed in charge of theticket agency, where he remained until hisretirement in .June, 1916. The accompanyingpicture of Mr. Patterson was taken in October,1915, by H. V. ftiicktnan; -agent at Plymouth,when he was acting as relief agent at Mr. Patterson was a faithful and efficientemploye, loyal to th^-Gonipanys interestsuntil the last. He was a thorough railroadman and was noted not only for his carefulnttention to the wants of railroad patrons, butfor his strict integrity and unfailing is survived by his wife and four daughters. He was amemberof the PresbyterianChurch,and of Mt. Zion Lodge No; 9r ¥. & A. M.,(Clinton Chapter Commandery, N8. 5, , ofthis city, and one of the I. O. O. ofNewark. The funeral was j)rivat( and theburial at Newark, John Campbell Patterson,late agent at Mt. Vernon, Ohio A. O. Rice, Another Loyal Veteranof Railroad, Has Gone toHis Reward—A TributeFrom His Son HN DECEMBER 9, the daily papers ofFairmont, W. Va., printed long andtouching tributes to the career of Rice, of that city, who died thepreceding day. From the obituaries sent as,the following is quoted as illustrating the uni-versal regard in which this splendid veteran ofthe Railroad was held by his fellow employesand townsfolk: Soon after coming to Fairmont, Mr. Ricewas appointed baggagemaster for the Balti-more and Ohio Railroad Company and held thatposition for twenty-eight consecutive the past six or seven years he had been con-nected with the Freight Department of theBaltimore and Ohio. No more efficient andcourteous employe ever held a position with theCompany and his services in the capacity ofbaggagemaster won him legions of too tired or too busy to render a service
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