96 persons attend the Annual Mineola Old-timnes Reunion
On Saturday June 14, the annual Texas and Pacific Old-Timers Reunion was held in the Mineola Civic Center. Approxiamtely 96 old "rails" and their spouses were in attendance.
"All in all it was a pretty good group." said Jack Airhart. Some of them were:
Walter Ayers, engineer;
Jack Airhart, caller;
Ben Board, engineer;
O.O. Duncan, Conductor;
E.R. "Swamp" Chaney, engineer;
Gaston Owens, engineer;
Ted Holt, conductor;
Harry Breysacher, conductor;
"Sarg" Laird, conductor;
Boyd Pulliam, conductor;
Loyd Pulliam, conductor;
Zeb Love, conductor;
Bill Hubbard, clerk;
Charles "Bud" Wilson, clerk;
R.R. Thomas, engineer;
C.O. Richardson, engineer;
J.J. "Hap" Huffman, engineer;
John King, Yardmaster;
Marlin Speers, yardmaster;
Buddy Collins, engineer;
Basil Couch, enginee;
Wayne Petra, conductor;
Les Trotter, personnel officer.
Many guests and family members also attended, including Charles Richardson, son of C.O., and Roy Stanley, Area 5 Director of the National Association of Retired and Veteran Railway Employees.
Boyd Pulliam said that 46 persons came to the monthly Retiree's meeting on Wednesday, June 18 at Luby's Cafeterria on University Drive. They meet every third Wednesday. For more information call Boyd at 817-831-1374 or Ted Arnold at 817-335-1505, or Bobby Weeks at 817-261-3285.
Cy is a locomotive engineer at the Crest Yard in Fort Worth. 5-97