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ED RHYNE RETIRES

Engineer E. L. Ryne, above, retired
from active service on the North
Carolina Division on January 27, his
65th birthday. Mr. Rhyne was the last
engineer in active service who joined
the P & N after service with the Charlotte
Electric Railway Co., the firm
which operated the street railway system
in Charlotte. He entered service on
December 15, 1915.

GENEROUS RESPONSE

Final reports from the United Appeal
drive conducted in Charlotte last fall
credit P & N employees with contributions
totaling $1,555.50 -- a sum sufficiently
large to place the P & N in
first place among the railroads serving
Charlotte.

Of a total of 171 employees, 145 made
a contribution to the campaign. The
average contribution for those participating
was $10.03 and for the railroad
as a whole it was $9.09. This was
considered an outstanding record and
far out-stripped the P & N's previous
participation in the Community Chest,
forerunne of the United Appeal.

A. C. Moore, Jr., assistant auditor of
disbursements, was chairman of the
drive

DEADLINE FOR BINDING

February 15 is the deadline for sending
in the 1952 magazines to be bound.
The bound volumes will be returned
to their owners within a month after
the deadline.

Employees who have saved all
twelve issues of SEMAPHORE published
last year may have them bound
into a permanent volume at no charge
to them. All costs are borne by the
two railroads. Magazines should be
placed in their proper sequence (January
issue on top, December issue
on the bottom) and forwarded to Editor,
SEMAPHORE, P. O. Box 480, Charlotte,
N. C.

The free binding service is available
to employees only.

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EVERYBODY'S GOOD NEIGHBOR
AMERICAN RAILROADS
ESSENTIAL CARRIER
EMPLOYER
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