Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-01-25 | Page 11 | About People

BOUT EOPLE PEOPLE By fly FRANK TRASK A A. A HUNT HUNTt t haL more appropriate name could it I find for a a. a cook than 1 Well of the head cook at the theral b ithe the name Krai eral ral transient relief relic kitchen at West rih South and Second ets ts Charles C. C Meals Is an army with 23 years years' service He HeK 2 i K enlisted in Dayton Ohio March He e was always t a welcome to toa a company for he yas a eat ball ballplayer player He saw skirmishes in islands he was with outfit in Mexico he has been honorably discharged ways bd d' d db boy Y he knows how to cook cooklIn t- t if walked inta that tha Kin In jo tact fact you pick kand zu and d span kitchen at any time tim celled Attentions all three would come to their feet fory for arc are all service ex-service men y lr k ke little Eddie Miller for instance adie die ran ran away from Irom home in in New when h lit was was was- wasa a kid and joined Be S navy For For a time he was on the LS S. S Utah He was right there theren men hen n his big moment c came cime me H His ship las LS Just a day out of Panama when baby ensign fell eIl overboard o die did not stop to think think think-he he just ved overboard Well WeIl the seas sw were running high Eddie got his man They threw jilt t it a lifeline and Eddie caught it lat at W was where he almost passed it Li t he says for the tug on the line lIed him under but he held on to toe e victim and the thel rope and they g got t m aboard Eddie Eddi was as entitled fa la a congressional medal of honorid honor honor- id d got it ii It Il entitles him to a salute p wore it once under under- orders at rne n L ceremony or other and ond they ed d the boys up as though Eddie tt k a commanding officer officer and and he hc nest st died from embarrassment I Emil the third cook a man who saw row plenty of action ing ring the World war here ere are ore also several men who ight for their country among those I iO o borne kome ome to the kitchen for their theirs I s als Maybe be that is why I did not beans on the bill of fare TERAN TERA CONDUCTOR Frank ra rank k Smith 69 a conductor on feD D R. R G. G W. W railroad has been utne the employ of the line Jine for 38 years d id is one of ot the oldest conductors point of t f service When When he reaches he will be retired Conductors ke e army officers never seem ot otile ile ite relax I r I Iguess guess it is because cause of long lot years through which they a tlc self I found pank oak sitting with a book bock In the foby of the N Newhouse hotel es es Frank ronk admitted reluctantly tWill be ready to take a rest resL when am am through I started out as a akeman end in those days the roads ere re not ballasted as they are today me line schedules were not set but the rains were shorter The great lesson of or railroading is The regulations of ot tod today nay ilay ay often seem exacting but they nake we for efficiency and absolute fety The veteran conductor i wars tears ars a scar on the right side of his Ice ace He got it in 1800 1880 when a a. a r Broken ken rail threw a train off the rack That's all I could get of the tory lory but buL Frank was on the job nd d incidentally was the only one I have heard railroad men say soy that he tragedy like lake the Christmas rcck near Paris could never occur the United States Railroad regu regu- allons require and red fuses t tall tail all times when fog fOl and storm light obscure the block signals Toy Toay To To- ay y there is a device which ally Illy stops a 1 train that passes a signal but they are not yet et in use because of their great pense Frank is always alwa's championing the LC ide of 01 the railroads in every debate once nce heard a man man declare Well here nere are two sides to every cry ques- ques ton ion Yes said Frank there are wo sides to every nut too but only ae of them is any good HER TRIP Len Morris field manager to lor or Astern estern Air Express brought his her Mrs Grace E E. Morris to Salt ke ike ke from Los Angeles when he re- re Limed Tuesday Mrs Morris though n elderly woman found the trip enjoyable and plans to return tome orne e by air