Friendship trains moving eastward

friendship TRAIN LEAVES—Waving goodbye as the Rock Island's section of the Abraham Lt» colti Friendship train iefl Council Kluffs Thursday alltrnoon are. left to right, the Rev. John . Gorman, danger, la., ol Catholic «flr services; the Rev. Homer F. Caakey. Council Bluffs, pastd. of Church of the Brethren: Ralph M. Delk. Des Moines, of the jowa ofllce of Christian Rural Gvefr was Program; and the Rev. C. F. Schaffnlt. Lutheran representative with the Chicago CROP orfl« Friendship Trains Moving Eastward Two Can Dropped Off Due to Hof Boxes ^The first section of the Abra-WrW Lincoln Flrendship »aln, 30 ca»s were dropped along the way M<ilnes early Friday for Iowa City and points east along the Rock Island railroad. The train, which was formed In Council Bluffs Thursday, was two cars shorter when it reached Des Molrtes than i> had been when it left Atlantic Thursday night. Two cars weer dropped along the way because of hot boxes. It was one of two sections of the train to cios* Iowa, it was running about a half hour late at Atlantic and Des Moines. There was no ceremony when the train arrived In D?s Moines. Official greeter was Allen Whit-; Ralph Delk. Iowa director __ field, vice president of th«. Cham- th* Christian Rural Overseas pisv b*r of Commerce, who talked |gr*m (CROP) chatted nfjjfl)' briefly with Ralph Delk, Iowa wi\h the two Negro boys •n#two field director of the Christian Rural Overseas program, who rodn the train from Council Bluffs. Ceiomony at Atlantic At Atlantic, the train was greeted in a ceremony In which Mayor Bob Wliburn, Presidenl Lee Johnson of the Cass county farm bureau, O. F. Petterson. president of the Chamber of CODV merce and W. fe. lckes of Dallas Center, chairman of the low^J Emergency Livestock Collection committee, spoke briefly. Atlantic Contributed S3.3O0. Two Negro boys were up ■ Friday morning to welcome the Lincoln Friendship train Into Iowa City. They were Sieve Fergusoi. and his brother. Leslie, 9, sons of Mr, and Mrs. w. C. Ferguson of low a City. TTiere was no ceremony when the nam arrived at Iowa City half hour behind schedule at 7:35 a. m. It contained 30 cam, both when it arrived and when it dC' patted some 20 minutes later, A ir Of other youths who were ar the s lion to watch the train through. The second section, travel] over the Burlingtoi stopped at Creston from 7:3( ra. to 8 a. m. Two cars of wheat from Unj Taylor. Adams, Adair and I gold counties were added t train. Approximately 300 persons Including dclecatlo\s from th< five counties, attendi monies. 43 Iowa Cora. . The tialn Iph for ■j* wh*re It was scheduled \ live at 12:30 p. m. A Buying-ton stop was scheduled f0r\4:30 p. m. in Omaha, Edwin Rani public relations director for| train, said the cargo would I elude at leasl 235 carloads of ff by Ihe time it reached the Mis sippi river. He said the 235 cars would] elude contribmions from , braska, South Dakota. Oklahoma, Wyoming. Colorado.; Kansas and other states west of I the Mississippi. ' '*