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Seth M. Walker Dies
Death came to Seth McKinney Walker, district attorney for the Railroad at Nashville. Tenn., on February 26 at the age of 58. Long noted as one of Tennessee?s most distinguished lawyers, Mr. Walker had been district attorney for the Old Reliable since November 1, 1941. He was also the N. C. & St. L.'s local legal representative; Tennessee general counsel and a director for the Southeastern Greyhound Lines; and Tennessee counsel for the Pullman Company. He was a member of the American, Tennessee and Nashville bar associations.
Interment was in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, on February 28. He is survived by his wife, two ?J.:uighters. four sisters, a brother, and five grandchildren.
Mr. Walker was a native of Hamilton County, Tenn., where his father, the late Seth M. Walker, Sr., was a judge for many years. Mr. Walker himself received his law degree from Cumberland University in 1913, commencing the practice of law in Wilson County, Tenn., shortly thereafter. In 1919, he moved to Nashville. For many years, he was senior member of the law firm of Walker and Hooker, participating in a number of the state?s outstanding legal cases.
Mr. Walker served in the Tennessee General Assembly in 1919 and 1920. He gained especial fame there for his fight against Tennessee?s ratification of the 19th Amendment (woman's suffrage), basing his argument on the fact that no member of the Assembly had been elected on the basis of that issue. This attracted nationwide attention since the Volunteer State was the 36th and last state to take favorable action.
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Matching the efficiency growth of the Railroad, employes concerned in the expediting of freight realize the teamwork importance of their daily, routine tasks. The rate clerk in the freight office who works out a satisfactory routing for a big shipper is brother to the car oiler who checks the jourrx! ooxes or. one of the shipper's boxcars. An L. & N. traveling freight agent in Ohio who sells the promise of good service for cars routed part-way by Old Reliable, and the faithful road and yard crews which see the freight through on schedule m^ke an unbeatable team.
The whole, coordinated rail line which we know? as the Old Reliable is indeed a human integration?part of the larger, inter-connected railroad system which serves our nation?s freight transportation needs so well.
John A. Green, Super-Veteran, Passes
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OHN ARCHIBALD GREEN, retired agent, Bay St. Louis, Miss., perhaps the "super-veteran" of them all. died at his home in Bay St. Louis on February 5. He would have been 91 years old this coming July 10 and had an association with the Old Reliable., or lines subsequently acquired by it, which extended over a period of some 76 years.
He is survived by three sons and two daughters, two other sons having predeceased him. Interment was in Si. Mary's Cemetery, Bay St. Louis, on February 7.
The War Between the States was still a vivid memory when Mr. Green entered the employ of the New Orleans, Mobile and Texas Railroad on July 14, 1874. That carrier?which was acquired by the L. & N. in 1880?had just completed its line between New Orleans and Mobile a short time before and was still struggling to protect its bridge and trestle timbers against the ravages of the teredo navalis
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MASTER MECHANICS MEET IN LOUISVILLE
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Master mechanics from all over the System met at Louisville on February 27-28 with other officers of the mechanical department there and others for discussions on matters of mutual interest. Seated clockwise about the table are: F. V. Sherman, master mechanic, Mobile; C. A. Ellner, master mechanic, Radnor; J. O. Rose, master mechanic, Corbin; P. R. Mitchell, master mechanic, Howell; J. S. Swan, supervisor of locomotive operation, Louisville; I. D. Behen, special engineer, Louisville; C. N. W?iggins, assistant superintendent of machinery; Colonel L. L. Morton, vice president-operation; C. C. Thompson, secretary; Jl F. Ryan, superintendent of machinery: J. A. Parrish, master mechanic, Louisville; R. E. McWilliams, master mechanic, Boyles; C. F. Woelflin, master mechanic, DeCoursey, Ky.; J. W. Hebden, chemist and engineer of tests; and W. I. Johnson, mechanical engineer. Near wall on left: J. 0. Sullivan, assistant to director of personnel, and G. C. Howard, director of personnel. Near wall on right: J. W. Adams, then-assistant
superintendent of shops, South Louisville; J. W. Oakley, master mechanic, Ravenna; and W. D. Nelson, superintendent of shops, South Louisville. Then-General Master Mechanic C. A. Love was out of town and unable to be present.
Among the many things discussed thoroughly were exceptions taken by federal inspectors, locomotive failures, the labor force, train delays, safety, usable and reclaimable material, the making of requisitions, supervision, staff meetings, hot boxes, rough handling, the Diesel training classes, stationary power plants and, of course, the performance of motive power and other rolling stock in general. Vice President L. L. Morton, General Manager R. C. Parsons and Director of Personnel George C. Howard were among those who addressed the master mechanics and others. The conference concluded with a visit to the South Louisville Shops on March 1. Minutes of the meeting were later given wide distribution among mechanical department's supervisory personnel.
The L. & N. Employe! M0901 ine, April, 1951