69 years old, resides at 331 Hyde Avenue, assistant foreman of the Rock Island bridge and building division with headquarters at Atlantic, IA., ended twenty-four years service Saturday by finishing a repair job on the Rock Island elevator, 30th street and 1st Avenue. His last work was repairing of grain bins. Mr. Bratches began service with the railroad in the water department.

70 years old, resides at 619 Wilson Avenue, a Northwestern Railroad engineer for thirty-five years, retired during the early part of July after reaching the regular retirement age of 70. He went to work for the Northwestern Railroad on Sept. 13, 1897.

68 years old, resides at 340 Hyde Avenue, Northwestern Railroad employee, ended work Saturday as a passenger car inspector. He began work with the Northwestern Railroad as a coach cleaner on April 1, 1899. He has been a passenger car inspector for three years.

65 years old, of Valley Junction, IA., well known in Council Bluffs, a Rock Island Railroad engineer, began his retirement Saturday. He completed thirty-nine years of service Friday night when he headed a passenger train into Des Moines, IA., from Council Bluffs. He joined the Rock Island Railroad on Nov. 1, 1898 as a fireman and was promoted to engineer in 1902. On two occasions he was on president specials. While he was firing, he was on the locomotive of a train that carried President McKinley. A year ago he was at the throttle of the engine that piloted a special for President Roosevelt.

68 years old, resides at 606 Mynster Street, retired Saturday from the Northwestern Railroad as chief clerk. He ended 50 years and 4 months of service with the railroad. He began his employment with the Northwester Railroad as a clerk. For the last twenty years he has been chief clerk at the freight depot.

63 years old, resides at 3532 Avenue B, Rock Island Railroad engineer, who in with J.K. Hinks, Illinois Central Railroad conductor, set out in 1930 to secure a pension for older railroad men to enable re-employment of younger men. Walden was elected the first president of the Associated Railroad Employees when it was formed here in October, 1930, to become part of the national movement to effect the passage of a federal pension act for all railroad employees. He retired Saturday, his last run was a switching job. Mr. Walden with Mrs. Walden will move to Portland, Oregon, about Aug. 10 for the benefit of Mrs. Walden, who had been in poor health during the past year.