Short
History of the Veterans' Association
of the
Chicago & North Western
Railway
The links below will take you to a page with news of
Association activities in the 1940’s and 1950’s, some information on the
Association’s first Vice-President, E. T. Erickson, and to a page with annual
membership figures.
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On the afternoon of
As
with many ventures, there was one man of whom it can be said was the driving
force behind this undertaking – Frank L.
Corey, a conductor on the Iowa & Minnesota Division. The idea came to Mr. Corey while attending the 75th anniversary
celebration of the Company held on
Following
the adoption of a Constitution and By-Laws, the initial slate of Officers and
the Executive Committee were elected as follows:
Frank L.
Corey – President (Conductor)
E.T. Erickson – Vice President
(Agent)
N.A. Howland
– Treasurer (Freight Service Inspector)
Executive Committee
M.J. Hanson (Train Rules Examiner)
Charles Flowers (Engineer)
D.J. Daniels (Conductor)
George W. Deertz (Conductor)
The selection of a
secretary was delegated to the Executive Committee and wanting to obtain the
greatest possible publicity for the new organization, this place of duty was
assigned to Bruce V. Crandall, the
editor of “The North Western Railway
System Magazine,” the then-current employee news magazine. Initial membership qualifications required 25
years of service with the North Western, its controlled or subsidiary
companies. The first annual dues were
set at $2.00 with a $1.00 initiation fee.
Charter membership was offered to all who were eligible for membership
and who signed up prior to the first Annual Meeting, which was held in the
summer of 1925.
The first application
for organizing a Division Section, or Chapter as they are called today, came
from a group of 20 members on the Northern Iowa Division at
The Chicago & North
Western Railway encouraged the Veterans’ Association both financially and by
furnishing office space. Membership
reached its peak with 5,896 members in 1952 and today (January 1, 2012) stands
at around 643. Membership in the early
years is not known, though annual memberships to the extent known are posted on
another page. - 01/26/12
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