VETERANS’ ASSOCIATION

of the
CHICAGO &
NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY
114 members and guests attended the
annual luncheon and reunion of the Chicago Chapter of the Veterans’ Association
of the Chicago and North Western Railway held on
Visiting dignitaries included Dan Sylvester, General President & Kenosha-Waukegan Chapter President; Dewayne Stiefvater, General Secretary-Treasurer; Yvonne Sylvester, Kenosha-Waukegan Chapter Secretary-Treasurer and Warren Hachmeister, Chicago Chapter Past-President. John Leahy, Past General President, could not be with us for medical reasons. Our best wishes go to John for a quick and full recovery.
Joining us again were retired Head
Chef & Bar Tender “Sugar” Cain. Accompanying “Sugar” were his wife Grace
and son, Wisconsin Division Engineer Charlie
Cain. It was great to see them all
again. If you haven’t already done so,
click here to read some more
about “Sugar” and his 53 years of
North Western service.
At
The business meeting was dispensed
with, it being explained that once elected to office there is no way out except
to resign! There being no resignations,
the present officers will remain -
The meeting wound up with the drawing for the door and raffle prizes. Sincere thanks to Brenda Mainwaring – UP, Omaha, Tom Cote’, Joe Bass, John Carlson, Fred Manrose, Dave Svendsen and other who brought donations for the door prizes and raffle. Our apologies to those whose names we missed! We really appreciate these contributions, which helped make the event a success. Special thanks also go to Pete Schmidt and Dan Sylvester who pitched right in and helped distribute the door and raffle prizes.
Next year’s luncheon will be on
Thanks to Mark Llanuza, well known
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Chicago & North Western Ry.
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