VOLUME 15, ISSUE 1
April 2017
TRAIN ORDERS by Morris Gould, Executive Director
Many changes have occurred at the Museum since the last newsletter was written. There have been a couple of personnel changes. Betty Morris, long time Gift Shop Manager at the Newsstand in the People's Gallery, retired just after the Railroad Days event on the 1st and 2nd of October. Betty was recently honored for her always-smiling attitude toward patrons and her dedication to the Museum. Executive Director, Morris Gould, presented Betty with a plaque for her outstanding service. Lanette Pacheco has assumed the position of Gift Shop Manager. Lanette and her husband, Bill, reside in Port Bolivar. They moved to Galveston in 2012 from Arlington. Crystal Peralez left to the Museum to take another job at American National Insurance Company in Galveston. Her position has been assumed by Ginni Salas.
Morris Gould presenting Betty Morris with her a plaque in appreciation for her service to the Museum. Samantha Tan is the Railroad Museum’s new Marketing Director and Events Coordinator, replacing Lauren Llanes, who resigned in September. Samantha was born and raised in St. Louis Park, MN, a small suburb just west of Minneapolis. She received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Marketing with a minor in