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FINISH JOB THIS YEAR Frank Sucbrua Nears Completion | of Half Century With North Western Railroad Next when Frank O. Su- ohrua retires on pension he will have rounded out almost one-balf century in the train service of the Chicago and North Western Railway company with an additional five years in similar service on the Mo- non, at LaFayette, Ind. For seven been the August the past years he has conductor on North Wes- tern's local train leaving the Win- netka station every morning, - except Sunday, at 7:19 a. m.; Wilmette at 7:26 and arriving in Chicago at 7:57. At 5:33 p. m. he takes a run up to and immediately re- Frank Sughrua Hunting avenue turns to bring his local run back to the north shore, leaving Chicago at 8:15 p. m.; arriving at Wilmette at 8:53; at W I erie at 9 and at Glencoe at 9:07, where the train is put up for the night. Thus, for seven years, Conductor Sughrua has faithfully performed his duty of getting his large and ever in- creasing north shore family of com- muters to the busy loop and back home again, each and every work day of the year. And, if for any reason any of them are not aboard, he misses them, too. But the disappointment which Conductor Sughrua experiences in the temporary absence of one of his commuter family of passengers, will not be comparable with the keener sorrow which the passengers them- selves will experience next August, when their long time friend and con- ductor retires. Service His Motto They will miss that tall, straight aniformed official in blue, at the sta- tion, and his loud, distinct "All-a- board," on the very dot of time their train is due to leave. They will miss that cheering smile with which they are greeted every morning, and par- ticularly on occasions when they come running, breathless, almost late, but never happier than their conductor that they "made it." Conductor Sug- hrua has often been heard to remark, "If T see a man or woman running to catch my train, I am going to get him, if possible." Little wonder is it that Conductor Sughrua, as he looks back over the years of service, is able to say, "I have never handled a nicer class of people and never got aleng better on any «un, any place, than I have between Winnetka and Chicago. For four years, prior to taking the local run which he now has, Conductor Sughrua had the "theatre" train, which left Chicago at 11:30 p. m., with Winnetka as the first stop. Began Railroading at 16 Frank Sughrua is only 71 years old, that is, he will be 71 next August when he expects to retire on pension. But he began railroading before he was 17. While yet in his sixteenth year he "fired" an engine on the Monon out of LaFayette, Ind., and soon after he passed his eighteenth birthday was promoted to engineer on a switch en- gine in the Monon LaFayette yards. He was born at Ontonogan, Mich. Following his five years service on the Monon he entered the service of the Chicago and North Western Railroad company as freight brakeman, at Chi- March 8, 1881, at Milwaukee and later was promoted to passenger conductor on the Oshkosh accommodation run- [ning between Janesville and Oshkosh. In those early railroading days Mr. Sughrua recalls there were no such thing as air brakes, automatic couplers |and the myriads of other improvements which have featured the railroad indus- try of this country in the past half century. All the braking was done by hand, and as everyone knows, was a very hazardous vocation. Notwith- standing that fact, Frank Sughrua has never sustained an injury in all his years of railroading, nor were any the trains he operated ever damaged. The cars, back in those early days, were heated by stoves and lighted with candles. Oil lamps were just coming into use, and at the time of his pro- motion to conductor, the air brakes were being introduced. Mr. Sughrua, during his term as brakeman, never had the good fortune to have a train with air brakes. Sees Many Changes Forty-six years has witnessed many changes on the north shore, in rail- roading and in every other way. At that time the North Western had only a single track from Clybourn north. Mr. Sughrua was a freight conductor then and had to take a rigid examin- ation as conductor on a single track run. He recalls there were sixty taking the examination in which he won with a grade of 967%. Thus he has witnessed the growth of the north shore as well as the great North Western railroad system through this section, and he is happy in the thought that there is no place quite as good as the north shore nor a railroad quite as good as the North Western. Winnetka Woman Hit by Speeding Automobile Miss Margaret Honeyman, residing at 989 Spruce street, Winnetka, is at Evanston hospital suffering from frac- tures of both knees and serious bruises about the and body as the result of being run by au- tomobile. The accident occurred at Elm and Chestnut streets, Winnetka, Monday evening about 5:30. The car, a large blue machine was going west at a high speed. It knocked Miss Honeyman down and ran over her. The car pro- ceeded a short distance further west and then turned around and drove east on Elm, the driver failing to stop to assist his victim. Employes in the Nelson Brothers laundry nearby, heard her screams and went to Miss Honey- face down by a "vampire" man's assistance. She was taken to the residence of Gustaf Nelson, 849 Elm street, where Dr. Frederick Chris- topher was summoned, after which she was removed to the hospital. No one witnessed the accident and Miss Honeyman is unable to give further description of the car. Winnetka Music Club in Regular Meeting Monday The Winnetka Music club will hold a regular meeting the afternoon of Monday, January 10, at the home of Mrs. Warner Robinson of 924 Euclid avenue. The members of the club who will participate in the afternoon's pro- gram of music include Mrs. R. A. Red- heffer, who will give piano numbers, Mrs. Charles Byron who will also play the piano, and Mrs. Asa B. Cooley, contralto. Mrs. D. Schmid, soprano, will sing, and Mrs. Harry Street will play the violin. Mrs. Robert Kingery and Mrs. Hildegard Marsh will give an ensemble for the violin and piano. to Open at the Norshore Children of Evanston, Rogers Park and the north shore are to be given an opportunity to display their talents on the stage of the Norshore theater hereafter. The theater is establishing a "Clever Kiddie Contest" to be con- ducted as a regular Saturday afternoon feature at 1:30 p. m.,, and all talented { children from 6 months to 16 years of | age are invited to enter and vie for the | cash prizes. of | "We hope that these contests," says January 8, 1927 WINNETKA TALK 41 ' jcago. That was on February 7, 1879.| "Cle 1iddi ontests" David Balaban, manager of the COMMUTER'S FRIEND TO He was promoted to freight conductor ver Kiddie C theater, "will serve to encourage the children of this neighborhood towards taking their music' and dancing lessons more seriously and ease up the strain on their mothers. And who knows but that we may give some budding Jolson, Barrymore or Pavlowa a start on the road to success." The regular Saturday matinee prices are to wmrevail and the de luxe per- formance is to follow immediately. 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