1924: The Union Pacific Coal Company's Old Timers' Association Was Created

1924: The Union Pacific Coal Company's Old Timers' Association

Notes from Bob Leathers with contribution from Bill Becker

Union Pacific Coal Company Old Timers Association Pin Earned by Jack Hearne (Jack Hearne Family Collection)

1924

The Union Pacific Coal Company's Old Timers' Association was created in June 1924. It was situated in Rock Springs, Wyoming. The first annual reunion of the Association was held June 13, 1925 in Rock Springs with Eugene McAuliffe, the president of the Union Pacific Coal Company, as the main speaker.

The outstanding creation of the past twenty years was the organization of the Union Pacific Coal Company's Old Timers' Association, which held its first reunion at Rock Springs on June 13, 1925, with 269 members, their wives and guests in attendance. (UPCM)

The association was not short lived. Over time the association continued to grow and prosper.

June 17, 1939: The Association has grown in numbers. dignity and influence. The fifteenth Annual Reunion held on June 17, 1939, a total of 752 members, (795 names listed as of April 1, 1940), with from twenty to sixty years of service, some of these scattered throughout the western states, with twelve Chinese veterans of the bitter days of 1885 living in far off China. We are proud to acclaim these elder employes and it is a joy to know that many of them have sons, grandsons, and ever great-grandsons, working in Company mines. (UPCM)

1926: Union Pacific Coal Company's Hanna Old Timers

1926

Hanna Old Timers and Family Picnic (Union Pacific Coal Company Employe's Magazine, October 1926)

1927

Hanna Old Timers, 1927 (Union Pacific Coal Company Employe's Magazine, April 1927)

1928

(Union Pacific Coal Company Employe's Magazine, June 1928)

1929

The New Old Timers' Community Building (UPCCEM, August 1929)

1930

Hanna's Mrs. I. Rodda won first place in the womens' horsehoe pitching contest at the 1930 Old Timers Celebration (UPCCEM, July 1930)

Hanna Band at Old Timers' Day in Rock Springs (UPCCEM, July 1930)

1931

Union Pacific Coal Company (UOCCEM, Jan. 1931)

1932

Old Timers Day (UPCCEM, June 1932)

1943

The First Aid and Field Day along with the Old Timers' Annual Reunion was cancelled due to the war.

1946

Hanna Old Timers 40 Year Service. Men who received the forty-year service emblem. Left to right, back row: Edward Attryde, John A. Smith, Charles Kampsi, Anton Oblock, Lawrence Pivac, John Tomich, Evan Jones and William Wilkes. Front row: Alex Jelouchan, Albert Hicks, Mike Begovich, Sr., James Fearn, Henry Peterson, John Subic, Sr., Isaac Rautianen and Peter Uram.(UPCCEM, Nov. 1946)

Edward Attryde, Hanna, Mike Begovich, Sr., Rock Springs, James Fearn, Hanna, Albert Hicks, Superior, Alex Jelouchan Rock Springs, Evan Jones, Hanna, Charles Kampsi, Superior, Anton Oblock, Rock Springs, Henry Peterson, Hanna, Lawrence Pivac, Rock Springs, Isaac Rautiainen, Rock Springs, John A. Smith, Rock Springs, John Subic, Sr., Rock Springs,John Tomich, Winton, Peter Uram, Winton, William Wilkes, Winton

The Hanna men who attained forty years service, and who were not presented their buttons at this time as they were unable to attend the meeting, were:

Fred Aalto, Henry Anderson, W. A. Briggs, Michael R. Cummings, Colin Hodgson, J. A. Huhtala, Albert Kautto, John Lehti, Isaac Maki, Charles Mellor, Thomas Mellor, Arthur Olofson, Nestor White. (UPCCEM, November 1946)

Left to right: Henry Anderson, W. A. Briggs, John A. Huhtala, Albert Kautto, John Lehti,
Isaac Maki, Thomas Mellor and Nestor white, 40-year service employee at Hanna.

Hanna Old Timers Receive 40-Year Service Emblems

Eight Old Timers who were unable to be present at the Old Timers’ Banquet and Presentation, October 6, at Rock Springs, were presented their 40-year service buttons during the monthly Safety Meeting held in the Hanna Theatre, November 12, 1946.
Mark Jackson’s Orchestra furnished the music for the special occasion, which proved to be entertaining and appropriate as in the past. Mr. V. O. Murray, General Manager, called the Old Timers to the stage and gave a brief resume of their enviable records. Mr. Henry Jones, Mine Clerk, presented the 40-year service buttons to the eight Old Timers for their faithful and devoted service record while in the employ of the Coal Company. (UPCCEM, December 1946)