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Show A. F. McCULLEY RETIRES AFTER HALF CENTURY AS RAILROAD TELEGRAPHER A. F. McCulley, Milford Union Pacific telegrapher I since 1920, has retired from active duty with the railroad ! and will round out his interesting life enjoying the fishing I and hunting of the surrounding area, and working harder I at his hobbies of gardening, raising flowers, and prospecting. prospect-ing. "Mac" was released from duty June 10th, and immediately imme-diately left for a visit to the Utah Parks, accompanied by relatives trom Aussissippi. j "Mac" began his career as a 1 telegrapher October 21, 1902, when he hired out at the age of 16 to the North A'abama Railroad Rail-road (now the Southern Pacific). He worked seven days a week, 12 hours a day, and his monthly paycheck was $35. In his younger days, Mac also worked for the Choctaw, Oklahoma Okla-homa and Gulf between Memphis Mem-phis and Little Rock, and for the Frisco between Springfield, 111., and Memphis. In 1904 he came to Milford, and was employed by the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake for a few months, before being assigned as agent at Frisco, "Frisco had tamed down quite a bit when I went there," Mac said. "It only had five saloons, and was reasonably quiet. Except, Ex-cept, of course, when the freighters freight-ers were in town they sort of opened up a bit." Mac was referring to the teamsters who hauled freight from the railhead at Frisco to Garrison, Baker, and as far west as Ely. Even after the railroad was extended around the mountain moun-tain to Newhouse, Mr, McCulley said, most of the freight for the Garrison to Ely area was consigned con-signed to Frisco. Returning to Milford, Mr. McCulley Mc-Culley gave up pounding a tele graph key and engaged in the mercantile business for a few years, but in 1920 he was back at the key in the U P depot at Milford, an employe of the. old Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad, Rail-road, handling train orders, dispatcher's dis-patcher's wires, etc., as well as telegrams for Western Union. Shortly after his return to the telegraph office, the Union Pacific Pa-cific bought the road from the L A & S L. About 25 years ago, Mr. McCulley Mc-Culley said, the work load was lightened when telephones were installed for the dispatchers, and teletypes came into use in the years just preceding World War II. With instaration of the C T C system a few years ago, the work was further lightened. Mac was born in Paint Rock, Ala., Nov. 17, 1885, a son of James William and Mary Emily Frazier McCulley. In 1905, soon after coming to Milford, he married mar-ried Miss Mary Beard. The McCulleys have 10 children: chil-dren: Char'ey and Walter McCulley, McCul-ley, Mrs. Don Young, Mrs. Irene Posey and Mrs. DuVeen Han-i Han-i ncy, all of Milford; E. H. Mc-i Mc-i Culley and Mrs. Lillian Ches-ton. Ches-ton. both of Las Vegas; Gilbert McCulley of Beaver, Herbert McCulley of Oakland, Calif.; and Jessie McCulley of Provo. |