Edgar Cranker Sanders. Dispatcher, Memphis.
Edgar's father was an agent for the C&EI at Chicago heights, Ill. From the moment Edgar first saw his father's big watch and shiny, brass buttons, he was determined to be a railroad man. After the family moved to Mississippi, Edgar worked after school as station helper at Silver City. Later he joined a Western Union line gang and also spent some time on the Mexican border. He served in World War I, rising through the ranks from private to first lieutenant in the signal corps. After his discharge he was assigned to the agency at Moorhead, Miss., and later worked as telegrapher and assistant chief operator in the Memphis GO office. He was promoted to dispatcher in 1942. He has been married 44 years
Edgar's father was an agent for the C&EI at Chicago heights, Ill. From the moment Edgar first saw his father's big watch and shiny, brass buttons, he was determined to be a railroad man. After the family moved to Mississippi, Edgar worked after school as station helper at Silver City. Later he joined a Western Union line gang and also spent some time on the Mexican border. He served in World War I, rising through the ranks from private to first lieutenant in the signal corps. After his discharge he was assigned to the agency at Moorhead, Miss., and later worked as telegrapher and assistant chief operator in the Memphis GO office. He was promoted to dispatcher in 1942. He has been married 44 years
Edgar Cranker Sanders. Dispatcher, Memphis.
Edgar's father was an agent for the C&EI at Chicago heights, Ill. From the moment Edgar first saw his father's big watch and shiny, brass buttons, he was determined to be a railroad man. After the family moved to Mississippi, Edgar worked after school as station helper at Silver City. Later he joined a Western Union line gang and also spent some time on the Mexican border. He served in World War I, rising through the ranks from private to first lieutenant in the signal corps. After his discharge he was assigned to the agency at Moorhead, Miss., and later worked as telegrapher and assistant chief operator in the Memphis GO office. He was promoted to dispatcher in 1942. He has been married 44 years
Edgar's father was an agent for the C&EI at Chicago heights, Ill. From the moment Edgar first saw his father's big watch and shiny, brass buttons, he was determined to be a railroad man. After the family moved to Mississippi, Edgar worked after school as station helper at Silver City. Later he joined a Western Union line gang and also spent some time on the Mexican border. He served in World War I, rising through the ranks from private to first lieutenant in the signal corps. After his discharge he was assigned to the agency at Moorhead, Miss., and later worked as telegrapher and assistant chief operator in the Memphis GO office. He was promoted to dispatcher in 1942. He has been married 44 years
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