Yesteryear-photos from Jim Shannon

The retired men attended the reunion of the Automatic, Brass Finishing and Tool Room department of the South Altoona Shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad on Sept. 28, 1957. They are (from left): front row — Ralph Picanza, C.W. Walker, G.R. Holland, J.C. Patton, Harry K. Peters, W.H. Conrad, H.S. Albright, Arnold Rhodes, Ed Mentzer, Charles Wilson, A.C.J. Campbell, J.F. Figart and Alexx Moore; middle row — N.D. Parks, John Hayes, C.A. Lupfer, J.R. Davis, F.J. Neugebauer, C.R. Bauman, H.J. Stubler, R.E. Stitt, E.J. Cowan, George Wertman, J.E. Burkhart and R.I. Magill; back row — D.L. Querry, R.J. Resig, D.R. Barnaby, T.C. Henderson, G.A. Potter, A.L. Fleck, J.H. Werts, E.C. Kimmel, D.F. Nale, F.V. Houseman, C.D. Root, R.D. Steel, George Hynick, F.H. Harmon, C.W. McGirk, J.A. Kuhn and Harry Stewart. Absent for the photo were J.G. Walker and H.G. Butler. Harry K. Peters is the great-grandfather of Jim Shannon of Altoona, who submitted the photo. Shannon also submitted the photo at left, which shows a group of neighbor kids on their first day of first grade at Adams Elementary School. They are (from left): front — Judy Reed and Jim Shannon; middle — Shirley Mountain and David Loucks; back — Jamie Huff.