March 20, 1956: Railroad Telegrapher Taps Out Goodbye

Originally published in The Vidette-Messenger of Porter County on March 20, 1956.

Railroad Telegrapher Taps Out Goodbye


HOWARD DAVIS, of Wheeler, who retired Monday after 45 years as a telegrapher with the Grand Trunk railroad, taps out a final goodbye on the old ticker to his friends on the line. Davis began his work with the railroad when he was 20 years old.

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