Info received today from friends at Norfolk Southern... "For any of you that know Joe Osborne, I’m sure that he and his family would appreciate your prayers during this time. His son Zach has been serving in Afghanistan and was wounded yesterday. Jim Horgan..."
From Kate O. Stackhouse
Hello wonderful people, Please say prayers for my brother Zach Osborne. He was involved in an IED attack yesterday/today (time frame a little sketchy) and sustained serious injuries to his right leg/foot and left foot. He is stable and will be transported to Germany soon to assess if surgery is needed immediately or if he can be transported to Walter Reed. Information is coming into my parents slowly and in pieces. Zach was able to talk to Joe & Libby (papa & momma) this morning and he said that God was with him and the other 6 men in the Striker when the IED hit b/c it could have been a lot worse and he was the one that had the most serious injuries, the other men are doing ok. I will try to keep everyone posted. For now your prayers, thoughts, and friendship are of great comfort.
Love,
Kate O. Stackhouse
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
Frank Miles Day 2d
By Walter F. Naedele - Inquirer Staff Writer
Frank Miles Day 2d, 85, chairman of the Philadelphia Friends Peace Committee from 1970 to 1974, died of complications from Alzheimer's disease Dec. 31 at White Horse Village, a retirement community in Newtown Square.
Mr. Day shared the same names as a grandfather, the Philadelphia architect Frank Miles Day, but was the son of Kenneth Day and referred to himself as F. Miles Day.
Mr. Day was a transportation engineer with the Pennsylvania Railroad and a successor, Conrail, from 1954 until 1984, when he retired as a manager of facilities and service planning.
But he was better known for his peace activism.
A daughter, Jeannie Roggio, said he was a member of Haverford Friends Meeting for 48 years who became an activist opposing the Vietnam War.
An April 1971 Inquirer article reported that he was one of six people for whom the American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal suit demanding the destruction of 18,000 files of the Philadelphia Police Department.
The suit, against Mayor James H.J. Tate and several top city officials, contended that the files, containing information gathered at public gatherings, were "separate from police investigations or records connected with criminal offenses or arrests."
David Rudovsky, the ACLU lawyer in that case, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting v. Tate, recalled last week that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit "found that the dissemination, but not the collection, of the information on political activities was unconstitutional."
Rudovsky said that "the city agreed to pay the plaintiffs money damages," but he could not recall the amount.
Twenty years later, Mr. Day was still going.
In January 1991, Mr. Day was near the Liberty Bell at a demonstration against the impending Gulf War, part of a nationwide protest.
"This is different" from Vietnam-era demonstrations, he told an Inquirer reporter, "because the people have the opportunity to oppose it in advance - not after thousands are dead and our country is committed."
After his retirement from Conrail, Mr. Day was from 1989 to 1994 the chairman of the Octavia Hill Association, which, since 1896, has owned, renovated, and built affordable housing in Germantown, Kensington, and Manayunk as well as in its home base of Society Hill and Queen Village.
Mr. Day's daughter said that in retirement, he journeyed in his 27-foot Cape Dory diesel-powered sailboat from the Jersey Shore to several Caribbean islands.
For the 1988 Australian Bicentennial, she said, Mr. Day was a member of the crew that sailed a tall ship from Tasmania around Cape Horn to England.
Mr. Day graduated from Fresnal Ranch School near Yuma, Ariz., in 1942, earned a mechanical-engineering degree in an accelerated program at the California Institute of Technology in 1945, and served in the Navy in the Pacific.
Mr. Day lived in Wayne from 1962 to 1981 and in Center City until 1999, when he moved to White Horse Village.
Besides his daughter Jeannie, Mr. Day is survived by his wife of 61 years, Doris; a son, Kenneth; daughters Susanna Creely and Mia Burroughs; a sister; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
A memorial was set for 2 p.m. Jan. 30 at Haverford Friends Meeting, 855 Buck Lane, Haverford.
Frank Miles Day 2d, 85, chairman of the Philadelphia Friends Peace Committee from 1970 to 1974, died of complications from Alzheimer's disease Dec. 31 at White Horse Village, a retirement community in Newtown Square.
Mr. Day shared the same names as a grandfather, the Philadelphia architect Frank Miles Day, but was the son of Kenneth Day and referred to himself as F. Miles Day.
Mr. Day was a transportation engineer with the Pennsylvania Railroad and a successor, Conrail, from 1954 until 1984, when he retired as a manager of facilities and service planning.
But he was better known for his peace activism.
A daughter, Jeannie Roggio, said he was a member of Haverford Friends Meeting for 48 years who became an activist opposing the Vietnam War.
An April 1971 Inquirer article reported that he was one of six people for whom the American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal suit demanding the destruction of 18,000 files of the Philadelphia Police Department.
The suit, against Mayor James H.J. Tate and several top city officials, contended that the files, containing information gathered at public gatherings, were "separate from police investigations or records connected with criminal offenses or arrests."
David Rudovsky, the ACLU lawyer in that case, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting v. Tate, recalled last week that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit "found that the dissemination, but not the collection, of the information on political activities was unconstitutional."
Rudovsky said that "the city agreed to pay the plaintiffs money damages," but he could not recall the amount.
Twenty years later, Mr. Day was still going.
In January 1991, Mr. Day was near the Liberty Bell at a demonstration against the impending Gulf War, part of a nationwide protest.
"This is different" from Vietnam-era demonstrations, he told an Inquirer reporter, "because the people have the opportunity to oppose it in advance - not after thousands are dead and our country is committed."
After his retirement from Conrail, Mr. Day was from 1989 to 1994 the chairman of the Octavia Hill Association, which, since 1896, has owned, renovated, and built affordable housing in Germantown, Kensington, and Manayunk as well as in its home base of Society Hill and Queen Village.
Mr. Day's daughter said that in retirement, he journeyed in his 27-foot Cape Dory diesel-powered sailboat from the Jersey Shore to several Caribbean islands.
For the 1988 Australian Bicentennial, she said, Mr. Day was a member of the crew that sailed a tall ship from Tasmania around Cape Horn to England.
Mr. Day graduated from Fresnal Ranch School near Yuma, Ariz., in 1942, earned a mechanical-engineering degree in an accelerated program at the California Institute of Technology in 1945, and served in the Navy in the Pacific.
Mr. Day lived in Wayne from 1962 to 1981 and in Center City until 1999, when he moved to White Horse Village.
Besides his daughter Jeannie, Mr. Day is survived by his wife of 61 years, Doris; a son, Kenneth; daughters Susanna Creely and Mia Burroughs; a sister; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
A memorial was set for 2 p.m. Jan. 30 at Haverford Friends Meeting, 855 Buck Lane, Haverford.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
John E. Sandefur
Reported by Les Town:
"...Please pass it on to the other Conrail employees that John E. Sandefur (known as "Sandy") passed away in October of 2009. Sandy had been in failing health for several years and died at his son's home near Columbus, Ohio. He would have been 86 years old in December of 2009.
Sandy was Manager of Real Estate in Cincinnati, Ohio for many years and then moved onto Philadelphia in 1980 where he became Director of Administrative Services for Conrail Real Estate Dept. In 1987 he left that position and became Director of Field Serivces for the Real Estate Dept. In 1990 he retired and he and his wife Pat moved back to Indiana just outside of Cincinnati, Oh. to enjoy their retirement years.
Sandy was always a "team player" working with other Conrail Depts. to utilize the railroad properties for the company's best interests.
Les Town..."
"...Please pass it on to the other Conrail employees that John E. Sandefur (known as "Sandy") passed away in October of 2009. Sandy had been in failing health for several years and died at his son's home near Columbus, Ohio. He would have been 86 years old in December of 2009.
Sandy was Manager of Real Estate in Cincinnati, Ohio for many years and then moved onto Philadelphia in 1980 where he became Director of Administrative Services for Conrail Real Estate Dept. In 1987 he left that position and became Director of Field Serivces for the Real Estate Dept. In 1990 he retired and he and his wife Pat moved back to Indiana just outside of Cincinnati, Oh. to enjoy their retirement years.
Sandy was always a "team player" working with other Conrail Depts. to utilize the railroad properties for the company's best interests.
Les Town..."
Monday, January 18, 2010
Max Solomon
Sadly, Max Solomon II, former Pittsburgh Asst. Supt., Terminal Supt, Trainmaster passed at 11:30PM Saturday 1/16/10 following complications from a stroke he suffered 2 years ago.
Viewing will be Wednesday January 20 at Slater Funeral Home on Greentree Road 1-3PM with burial following at West view Cemetary
Viewing will be Wednesday January 20 at Slater Funeral Home on Greentree Road 1-3PM with burial following at West view Cemetary
Friday, January 15, 2010
Passing of Jack O'Connor
Reported today from Kel MacKavanagh...
"Am sorry to report on the passing of Jack O'Connor. Jack still attended our New Jersey Short Line Railroad Association meetings whenever he could. He passed away yesterday at the age of 87.
His viewing will be at the Bradley Funeral Home on Route 73 and Evesham Rd. in Marlton, NJ on Friday, January 15, 2010 from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
The Mass of Christian Burial will be on Friday, January 15, at 11:30 a.m. at St. Simon Stock Parish, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Campus, 178 W. White Horse Pike, Berlin, NJ 08009.
Interment will be on Tuesday, January 19, at the Brig. General William C. Doyle Veterans Cemetery, North Hanover Twp., NJ.
Memorial contributions in Jack's name may be made to:
Samaritan Hospice
5 Eves Dr., Suite 300
Marlton, NJ 08053
Besides his long railroad service with the Erie, Erie Lackawanna, and Conrail, Jack was a member of the Military Railway Service during World War II. We will miss him both for his knowledge and as a friend..
Kelvin MacKavanagh
Secretary, NJSLRRA
Comments below by Dick Hasselman:
"Dear Kelvin,
I was very sorry to hear that this excellent railroader, and good friend, has left us here on earth.
I first met Jack in 1969, when EL sued PC because we had discontinued some of the five or so Maybrook-Cedar Hill freight trains which NHRR had run prior to PC days. After much argument before the ICC, Jack came forward with the suggestion that EL would put all its traffic for NHRR points into one pre-blocked train daily, which PC would run through to Boston, after adding cars at Cedar Hill.
That was such a sensible idea that I agreed to it immediately. And Jack called me daily to make sure that PC did exactly what we had promised. I admired that.
Then, when the Poughkeepsie Bridge burned, Jack and I worked out an alternate routing via Utica and Selkirk. To monitor us there, Jack traced a car for each major point daily. Again I admired both his good planning and his dedication to follow-up.
So, when Conrail planning began, I immediately got Jack into the process with us, where he was a major contributor in devising freight schedules and explaining them to everyone involved, all around the system.
Finally, when Conrail started operations, Jack moved into the Operating Rules area, where he was also well qualified, though his years as a Chief Train Dispatcher.
I always respected and admired Jack, and appreciated his loyalty to me, to Conrail and to its ancestors. If there are railroads in heaven, God will surely put Jack in charge of them!"
"Am sorry to report on the passing of Jack O'Connor. Jack still attended our New Jersey Short Line Railroad Association meetings whenever he could. He passed away yesterday at the age of 87.
His viewing will be at the Bradley Funeral Home on Route 73 and Evesham Rd. in Marlton, NJ on Friday, January 15, 2010 from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
The Mass of Christian Burial will be on Friday, January 15, at 11:30 a.m. at St. Simon Stock Parish, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Campus, 178 W. White Horse Pike, Berlin, NJ 08009.
Interment will be on Tuesday, January 19, at the Brig. General William C. Doyle Veterans Cemetery, North Hanover Twp., NJ.
Memorial contributions in Jack's name may be made to:
Samaritan Hospice
5 Eves Dr., Suite 300
Marlton, NJ 08053
Besides his long railroad service with the Erie, Erie Lackawanna, and Conrail, Jack was a member of the Military Railway Service during World War II. We will miss him both for his knowledge and as a friend..
Kelvin MacKavanagh
Secretary, NJSLRRA
Comments below by Dick Hasselman:
"Dear Kelvin,
I was very sorry to hear that this excellent railroader, and good friend, has left us here on earth.
I first met Jack in 1969, when EL sued PC because we had discontinued some of the five or so Maybrook-Cedar Hill freight trains which NHRR had run prior to PC days. After much argument before the ICC, Jack came forward with the suggestion that EL would put all its traffic for NHRR points into one pre-blocked train daily, which PC would run through to Boston, after adding cars at Cedar Hill.
That was such a sensible idea that I agreed to it immediately. And Jack called me daily to make sure that PC did exactly what we had promised. I admired that.
Then, when the Poughkeepsie Bridge burned, Jack and I worked out an alternate routing via Utica and Selkirk. To monitor us there, Jack traced a car for each major point daily. Again I admired both his good planning and his dedication to follow-up.
So, when Conrail planning began, I immediately got Jack into the process with us, where he was a major contributor in devising freight schedules and explaining them to everyone involved, all around the system.
Finally, when Conrail started operations, Jack moved into the Operating Rules area, where he was also well qualified, though his years as a Chief Train Dispatcher.
I always respected and admired Jack, and appreciated his loyalty to me, to Conrail and to its ancestors. If there are railroads in heaven, God will surely put Jack in charge of them!"
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Conrail Holiday Luncheon and PICTURES!!!
Click here to view the pictures!
Fletcher Swanson reports that 133 people attended the 2009 Conrail Holiday Luncheon. Fletcher has also shared his photo's that you can view by clicking on the link below. He also reports that a check has been sent to the University of Deleware for the Vic Giardini Scolarship Fund totalling $1,657. Special thanks were bestowed to Jon Broder for collecting $1150.00 through a silent auction! Thank you Jon! Larry DeYoung provided a CD of CR photos that were shown during the luncheon with many people remarking favorably about them.
The date for 2010 is Monday the 27th of December.
Fletcher Swanson reports that 133 people attended the 2009 Conrail Holiday Luncheon. Fletcher has also shared his photo's that you can view by clicking on the link below. He also reports that a check has been sent to the University of Deleware for the Vic Giardini Scolarship Fund totalling $1,657. Special thanks were bestowed to Jon Broder for collecting $1150.00 through a silent auction! Thank you Jon! Larry DeYoung provided a CD of CR photos that were shown during the luncheon with many people remarking favorably about them.
The date for 2010 is Monday the 27th of December.
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