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Show I Springville Man Retires from D&RG Railroad When Charles Binks first began with the railroad, he was a lad just out of the eighth grade but he seemed lo know what he wanted. want-ed. He had lived much of his life where he could hear the shrill whistle of the locomotive engine of a passenger train and could see the long lino of freight cars as they moved heavily along the tracks. It all spelled adventure and so when he was given a job coaling coal-ing engines, he was happy. He had choFen his life work. Now at the age of 70, Mr. Binks looks back on slightly more than 50 years service with the same railroad company, 30 years steady. During the time, lip has worked up through various jobs, being an. engineer for about the past 15 years. He has had runs out of Tucker. Silver City, Thistle and Ogden but most of his life he has maintained his home in Springville Spring-ville at 357 West Center street. Heartily in favor of retiring and having a few years to do just, as one pleases, Mr. Binks also believes be-lieves there are many younger men who need the job. He and his wife have a pension and a pass but it is doubtful if he plans to use the latter as he has had many long days and nights on the train, and too he has always wanted a garden. So Mr. Binks plans to "just take it easy", do as he pleases, tend his garden and cultivate his flowers. |