Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine (1912) (14761465912)

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Title: Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Subjects: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Publisher: (Baltimore, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad)
Contributing Library: University of Maryland, College Park
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation



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t better late than neverwas the philosophical way in which they lookedat it. Collection clerk R. R. Etchison spent apleasant week at Charles Town, W. Va., re-turning with a tan that indicated that he hadenjoyed to the full the sunshine of that neighbor-hood. Freight bill clerk J. J. Laverine returnedfrom his vacation and stated that he had spenthis time shooting! What he was shooting hedid not say; nor have we been invited to par-take of a game supper as the result of hisshooting. However, as John is an enthusiasticmember of the Railroad Terminal Y. M. C. A.,if that association should ever organize a cadetcorps we will look to him to do credit to theBaltimore and Ohio in teaching the young ideahow to shoot, and undoubtedly we shall beperfectly satisfied with the results. Freight agent D. M. Fisher and Mrs. Fisherand general foreman J. T. Mathews and Mrs.Mathews recently spent an enjoyable week-endat Frederick, Md., from which point they took 84 THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO EMPLOYES MAGAZINE
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OLD COMPANY STATION IN WASHINGTON, D. C, IN PROCESS OF DEMOLITIONFEBRUARY 5 TO MARCH 15. 1908 automobile rides to Braddock Heights, Thur-mont, and other points of interest in the beauti-ful, bracing Blue Ridge mountains. The Carl Hagenbeck-Wallace circus, whichvisited this city lately, parked its cars in ourNew York Avenue yard, and it was circusday for all the children in the neighborhood.They flocked from all points to the freightyard to see the troupe come in. The recent Grand Army Encampment broughttens of thousands of visitors to our city to payhonor and respect to those who are still leftwith the rapidly diminishing remnant of thatgreat army of heroes. The fiftieth anniversaryof the famous march down the avenue of 1865will long be remembered by those who wit-nessed it. The city was beautifully decorated and every-thing was done for the comfort of the veterans,and to extend the heartiest welcome from theDistrict of Columbia to its defenders. Thisencampment was very interesting to