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Thirty Little D e s ~ s

Thirty shiny little d e s ~ s ,

Sitting in three rows,

Oh! the feelings, seeing them,

Every teacher ~ n o w s .

Thirty touseled little heads,

Over primers bent,Of the mischief l u r ~ i n gthere,

Giving no t a hint.

Thirty pairs of earnest eyes,

On the teacher fixed,

As she tells a fairy tale,Joy and w on de r mixed.

Thirty chubby little hands,

Waving in the air,

Thirty cherub faces sweet,

Souls without a care.

Thirty pairs of tiny feet,

Shuffling on the floor,

Thirty whisper ing all a t once,

Who could a s ~for more?

Thirty little minds to teach,

Who would miss the bliss,

Bro ug ht b y all it means to live

Such a life as this?

~ L O U I S EREAD.




LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY'The Present 'Telephone Plant Was Inaugurated Early in 1 9 0 1

B:J' D. H. LLOYD, Chief C l e r ~and Assis tant Secretary,Lexington ' f elephone Company

D. H. Lloyd

L EXINGTON, situated in the heart of the beautifulBlue Grass region of Kentucky, has been called the" At he ns of the West" or, as its Board of Com

meu:e would have it "The Center of Culture and Agr iculture." Th e very name brings up a picture ofRevolutionary valor-of Southern aristocracy and chivalry. And, yet, a modern city in every way- the bestknown city of its size in the world.No American city of i ts age has clustering around it more interesting associat ions than Lexington. During a longand ev ent ful era, she was the political,literary an d commercial metropolis ofth e great northwest.

Until the year 1775, no w hi te manis positively known to have visited theplace no w called Lexington. In thatyear Rohert Pat terson, Simon Kenton.Michae l Stoner, John Haggin, John andLevi Todd, and many others took possession of the north side of t he Kentucky r iver including Lexington. Theseintrepid hunters were sent ou t fromFort Harrod (now Harrodsburg, K"nt uc ky ), a nd on or about June 5 theycamped on a spot nearly opposite thepresen t beaut iful Lexington cemetery.They had noted with pleasure the

wonderful country thr ough which t hey had passed, a ndof a!! the broad, rich acres they had seen, their eyeshad never before feasted on such untol d we al th of bluegrass pasture. Deer, elk, bear and buffalo crowded thewoods, and they realized th e truth of the wondrous taleswhi ch h ad been told of this, the red man's most cherishedhunting grounds.

Th e news had crept through the wilderness of the,Battle of Lexington i n Massachusetts colony, and t hepat riot ic pioneers en thus ias ti ca lly adopted the name ofLexing ton for the ir proposed new settl ement on t he siteof their camp - th e first' m onu men t to t he first dead ofthe Revolution.

I t was not until later, however, that the first blockhouse' .was erected on the pr esent cor ner of Main and

Mill Streets. This was succeeded, in 1779, by a frameone arid, in 1807, by what was then called "a splendidtwo-story brick."

On Ma y 6, 1782, an assembly of . set tl er s in Faye tt eCounty, Kentl )cky, passed a resolut ion whereby the t it !eto 710 acres, of land was vested in seven trustees forthe estahlishmtnt of the t ow n- Le xi ng to n. T hu s wasfounded, in t he heart cif the, wilderness, the town whichtoday covers 3500 acres. "

Th e history of education in Lexington dates from the

commencement of th e ci ty itself, t he first school beings ta rt ed in 1780. In 1788, Transylvania Univers ity wasmoved to Lexington where it is now located. I t is theoldest college west of th e Alleghany M ou nt ai ns a ndGeorge Washington, John Adam s an d A ar on Burr wereamong the contr ibutors to i ts endowment. A mo ng t hegraduates of t hi s famous old school are found such names

as Jefferson Davis, Thomas F. Marshall,John Fox, Jr., James Lane Allen andnumerous others. Th e oldest medical li-

brary in th e worl d is located in thisuniversity.

Th e University of Kentucky, located

on South Limestone street, is the leading insti tut ion of learning in the stateand yearly sends ou t i ts quota of youngmen an d women to take their places inthe world. Lexington, in a dd it ion toseveral preparatory schools, has a modern public school system with five highschools an d twelve elementary schools.

Th e first newspaper in Lexington,established i n 1787, by J ohn B radf or d,was the first paper published west ofthe Alleghanies and was called theKentucb Gazette. Th e first copy,dated August 18, 1787, was a littlebrown sheet about the size of half a

sheet of common note paper-"subscription price eighteen shillings per annum, advert is ing of modera te l ength,three shillings." Th e paper contained advertisements forknee buckles, hair powder, spinning wheels, and oneadverti sement read as follows: " Per sons w ho subscribet o the frame meeting house can pay in cat tle or whiskey."A notice was given to the publi c not to tamper withcorn or potatoes at a certain place as they had beenpoisoned to trap some "vegetable-stealing Indians."

Th e Lexington Library, the oldest institution of itskind in Kentucky, if not in the west, commenced itsexistence in 1795. Five hundred dol lars was col lectedby pr iva te subscript ion an d with this was purchased400 volumes. It is now a very valuable l ibrary, abounding in rare old works, many of which cannot be ob

tained elsewhere for an y consideration.Lexington claims th e honor of having constructed the

first railroad in the west, and the second one inAmerica, originally known as the Lexington and OhioRailroad. This was chartered by the Kentucky Legislature, January 27, 1830.

Lexington became incorporated as a city in the year1832, and on January 12 o f th at year, th e first mayoran d first board of councilmen were inducted into office.Today it is rul ed by Commission form of Government.

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LEXINGTON PERSONNEL

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T H E M O U T H - P I E C E

LEXINGTON TELEPHONE COMPANY EMPLOYEESLeft to right: Thelma Wrigh t an d Cath erin e Ly on s , operators. ]. A. Hein"-e l, wire chief, and John Elam, frame-man. Marguerite

Smith, tol l opera tor. Henry Adams, manager, N.icholasvi lle, Ky. , exchange, an d a good pal, ".Q,ueen."

Th e r ich limestone soil around Lexington an d clear,sparkling creeks combine to produce the f amous bluegra ss which, in its turn makes wonderful food forthoroughbred horses an d pure-bred stock. Th e Kentucky Trotting Track an d th e Kentucky AssociationTrack, the latter the oldest running race course in theUnited States, this being its one h un dr ed a nd fourthy ea r, a re two of Lexington's best known institutions. Inthe immedia te vic inity are many noted stock fa rms. Atth e pr es ent t ime Ma n 0 ' War, who needs no introduction to t he American public, is qua r te red a t FarawayF ar m ne ar th e city.

Ashland, th e home of Henry Clay, th e Great Commoner, is one of th e most interesting beauty spots in

Lexington.G en er al J oh n Hunt Morgan, of

CivilW ar

fame, was also a native of th e city an d his beautifulold home stands at th e present corne r of Second an dMill Stree ts . An equestrian statue o f G eneral M or ga nstands in the court house yard, an imposing monumentto th e bravery and courage of this hero of th e Con-federacy. Another historical home is that of MaryTodd, the wife of Abraham Lincoln, which is stillstanding on West Main Street.

A mo ng o th er things for which Lexington is notedare t he fo ll owi ng:

Th e largest loose-leaf tobacco market in th e world.Th e thoroughbred horse breeding ce nter o f America.Th e metropolis of one of America's richest agricul-

tural regions.(Continued on page 5)

LEXINGTON TELEPHONE C OM PANY EMPLOYEESLeft to right: C. W. Scott, stoc"--"-eeper, an d Charles Henry, assistant stoc"-·"-eeper. Georg e Crutchf i eld , plant cler"-. R. J. Soard,

garage. J. A . Shely an d James Sullivan, Jr., P. B. X. repairman.

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P U BL I SH E D A N D D I S T R I B U T E D M O N T H l . Y IN T H E INTERESTS OF T H E EMPl .OYEES OF TH E

ASSOCIATED TELEPHONE UTILITIES SYSTEM

Mrs, Euena Matthc\ sLos Angeles, Calif.

Jom; S. W E I S Z , EditorAssiSl(1 ' l [ Ed i !o n :

( :b .hs M illn M, B, Hurne \Villiam StOlltS \ - ( ; ( r . " h h ~ l f .I'\:l'hr. LlIhbo ... -k. Tcxa,.; Eric, Pa.

Ofli... ·c (Jf Puhlication - 122 \"cst \Vashington A\T" MaJison. \ \ ' is ,

Aan \11 SleaJmanSpokane. \ \ 'a"h,

T IIHIIE ~ 1 ~ I ] t ~ U T1lllIIIIIIIIJltlliliEIICIIE

"A LAND OF NON-STOP 'PHONES"

Recently your editor began an exchange of companypublications with the W . T. Henley's Telegraph WorksCo. , Ltd. , London, England. Th e August issue of theirpublication, DistTibution of ElectTicity, reached my desksever,tl days ago. Tw o items appearing in this issuewere extremely interesting. On e appeared in the masthead of the publication on its editorial page. It read asfollows: "The Edi tor, while exercis ing every care, cannot accept an y responsibility for the views expressed byContrihutors or for th e accuracy of an y statements

made." Ho w I would like to shake that editor' s handan d say: "Thar's gold in them thar words pard." Whata peaceful life your edi tor would lead if he could convince the hoss of this fact.

Th e other item is the real cause for this bit ofeditorial comment. It consists of the impression SirAlexander Roger, London, received on telephony duringhis recent visit in the United States. I will let SirAlexander do the finishing.

"The telephone has made America a continent ofneighbours. Everybody has a te lephone, and everybodytelephones to everybody else. Their business and sociallife are equally huilt up on the fact that you can reachanybody anywhere at any time you want. An d you canan d do.

"Every time I cross the Atlantic," continued SirAlexander, "I find ou t something new of how thet elephone should be used. That it is in every home istaken for granted. Th e only quest ion is whether oneshould have an instrument in th e kitchen as well as inthe living and bedrooms. Every hotel has several telephones on the ground floor, from which you can callup an y bedroom.

"Offices, of course, have extensions everywhere . I sawone hoardroom, used, perhaps, once a week, with sixextensions on a twenty-foot long table. You see itc.Ioesn't pay to waste even a few seconds for men whosetime is worth pounds a minute.

"Then long distance work amazed me. I selc.lom ha dto pu t the receiver down while t hey go t the numher.Here in England we look upon a long distance call-athousand miles or s o - a s something of an adventure. InAmerica no one would think of mentioning it exceptincidentally. Head Offices are in daily an d often morethan daily touch with branch offices at the opposite sideof the continent , or even over the edge to London, orfurther, if need be. I f it saves time it is worth it andit is jus t done as office routine .

"Every American on an average makes some 230telephone calls in the year. Every Engl ishman, ratherless than 30!

"This is no t the resuit of a s trong s ilent complex 1t1

the English. Th e Englishman can be talkative enoughif need arises, an d the Ameriean doesn't use the telephone merely as a safety valve or for the sake of talking.

"A n intensive and sustained campaign of press advertising is at the bottom of America's telephone prosperity.Every detail, every move of the telephone system, isfamiliar to all America from skilful advertisement innewspapers an d magazines. They have been told againand again, an d have eome to feel that the m an w ithouta telephone is a sort of urban Robinson Crusoe.

"The consequence is a land of non-stop 'phones."

DE L DURNI

Del Durni, electrician, Commonwealth Electric LightCompany, Dar lington, Wisconsin, died September 1 ofpneumonia. Mr. Durni was il l only three days anl!hi s death came unexpectedly. He had been eonnectedwith the company for the past fourteen years. He issurvived by his aged mother. Funeral services wereheld in Darlington and internment was made at Lancaster, Wisconsin.

Mr. Durni par ticipated in the Associated TelephoneUtilities System's g roup life insurance plan and hismother wil l receive the death benefit of $1100.

Th e Commonwealth Eleetric Light Company extendsits s incere sympathy to Mrs. Durni in her hour ofsorrow.

NE W ASSISTANT EDITOR

M. B. Horne, general offiee, State Telephone Companyof Texas, Lubbock, has been appo in ted assistant edi to rof Th e Mouth-Piece to succeed E. L. Curb. Mr . Hornewill gather an d edit the news from the employees of theState Telephone Company of Texas, the Standard Telephone Company of Texas, an d the Haskell TelephoneCompany also located in Texas. Th e Kansas State Telephone Company with exchanges at Baxter Springs , Columbus, Scammon, and Galena will also come under Mr .Horne's supervision.

BACK ISSUES WANTED

Th e general office file has been completely exhaustel!of the November, 1929, an d the January, 1930, issuesof Th e Mouth-Piece. Th e editor is making a plea toall employees to send him an y ext ra copies of thesetw o issues whieh might he in your possession. Kindlysend your copies to the edit or in care of th e Commonwealth Telephone Company, 122 West WashingtonAvenue, Madison, Wisconsin.

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LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY

(Contiaued from page 3)

On e of the largest motor coach transportation centersin th e country.

One of th e foremost educational centers of th e South.Th e greatest burley tobacco producing center.

Location of t he Fed eral Na rc ot ic Farm, t he o nl y in sti ,tution of its k ind in th e world.

Th e city, including environs, now has a populationof 68,298 an d is serv ed by three railroads, Chesapeakean d Ohio, Louisville an d Nashville, and Southern.

Lexington was, r ecen tly, very f or tu na te i n b ei ng se'lected by- the Government as t he location fo r t he Feder alNarcotic Farm, which will be th e only institution of itskind in th e world, an d the Lexington U. S. VeteransHospital. Both will be located on th e Leestown pike,near th e city, an d it is est imated that their cost willexceed seven an d one half million dollars.

Lexington is, also, a popular convention c ity an dboth th e Democratic an d Republican par ties have heldtheir sta te conventions here for the past several years.

Early in 1900, a move was inaugurated by several ofLexington 's leading citizens to organ ize a n i nd ep en de nttelephone company and on February 8, 1901, a charterwas granted the Fayette Home Telephone Company byth e state of West Virginia. Hon. Desha Breckinridge,owner an d publisher of the Lexington Herald, wa s itsfirst president. The board of directors, numberingtwenty'one, was composed of the leaders of th e financial,business an d political interests in Fayette County. Athousand l ine common battery switchboard was installedon th e top floor of th e McClelland Building which was,at that t ime, the tal les t bui ld ing in th e city, reachi ng ah eig ht o f five stories.

An intense campaign fo r subscribers was inaugurated,bu t stiff opposition was encountered from th e BellCompany, which had been o pe ra ti ng i n Lexington fo rabout te n years an d which made a mater ia l reduction inits rates as well as employing several solicitors in th ecity an d county.

Th e n ew co mp an y c on st ru ct ed a modern plant with

several thousand fee t o f u nd ergrou nd conduit and ex't ensive aerial cable. However, early in i ts history, th eofficers of th e co mp an y realized that th e rates whicht hey wer e o btain ing were no t sufficient to make th enecessary extensions to the plant and, at th e sametime, to pay to th e stockholders a re tu rn up on the ir in-vestment. As a resu lt of this they passed through th eusual lean period which was, as a rule, th e experienceof most independent companies.

In 1908, hav ing outgrown its quarters in the Mc'Clel lan d Building, t he co mp an y p ur ch as ed th e site atthe corner of Upper and Church Streets where itspresent commodious quarters are located. In July, 1908,the exchange wa s moved.

From this time on, with better rates, th e companyrapidly increased in subscribers' stations and net revenueuntil th e latter part of 1912 when they purchased th eproperty of t he Bell Company. Th e unification of thetw o physical properties r eq ui re d a bo ut six months an dat the end of th is t ime th e company was serving 4749subscribers.

In April , 1916, Senator Thomas A. Combs was electedpresident to succeed George S. Shanklin, wh o had suc'ceeded Mr . Breckinridge.

During the four y ea r perio d, 1916 to 1921, the com'pany was granted several increases in rates which, to 'gethe r with th e station growth an d economy in opera'tion, made the Fayette Home Company a very attractive

LEXINGTON TELEPHONE COMPANY EMPLOYEESLeft to right: Lucy Bentley, st en og ra ph er. Mr s. J an et te Fi nl ey, local chief operator, and Mrs. Maude Phelps, toll chief operator.

Margare t Scu lly, ass is tant loca l chief operator. Luella P a r ~ e r ,toll supervisor.

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OUR KENTUCKY EXCHANGES

Lexington exchange building

Nicholasville exchange b u i l d i n ~

Local operating room. Lexington

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Versailles exchange building

Cashier 's office a nd l ob by, L ex in gt on

Toll operating Toom, Lexington





L EX IN GTON T EL EP HO NE C OM PA NY EMPLOYEESLeft to right: R. S. She ly, h ead cen tra! o ff ic e rep ai rman . and S. W. Hal!, a ss is tan t h ead cen tra! office r ep ar iman . Mab el Me ·

G l l 1 ~ .toll c l e r ~ ,Luella P a r ~ e r ,toll supervisor, a nd M yr tle Bryant, c l e r ~ .R. R. Mille r, s er vic e o rd er di spat che r. M rs . M ab el Me ·

G u r ~a nd M yr tl e Bryant.

company. Th e station growth continued at a normalrate up to the post-war depression of 1921. Quick reco ve ry w as made, however, fr om th e depression an dsince that time th e company ha s enjoyed a s tat ion gainof from 400 to 500 stations pe r annum.

In t he l at te r part of 1923 th e officers an d directorsof the company decided that it would be to the bestinterests of t he c om pa ny an d the public to incorporateunder the laws of the state of Delaware. This was accomplished an d on J anua ry 1, 1924, the name of thecompany was changed from Th e Fayette Home Telephone Company to Fayette Home Telephone Company.Th e company c on ti nu ed t o o pe ra te under the name ofFayet te Home Telephone Company unt il Augus t, 1928,when its ownership wa s acquired by other interes ts whochanged th e name to Lexington Telephone Company,th e articles of incorporation remaining with th e state ofDelaware. During t he l at te r part of 1929, the owners hi p passed fr om these other interes ts to th e AssociatedTelephone Utilities System.

Th e present general manager, ]. A. Sullivan, becameassociated with the company o n J an ua ry 1, 1923, havingpreviously been d is tr ic t manager of t he S ou th er n BellTelephone a nd Tel eg ra ph C om pa ny at Frankfort, Kentucky.

In 1924 six positions of the switchboard were reohabilitated to super-service type of equipment an d it

proved so sat isfactory that,in

1927, the balance ofth e

entire switchboard was converted to that type. Th eswitchboards, both local an d toll, are of Stromberg·Car lson manufac tu re . Subscr ibers at Lexington, nownumbering 13,308, a re se rved by thr ee exchanges, Ashland, Cla y a nd Cou nt y, all housed in the one buildingat Upper and Church streets. Th e local switchboardscomprise 58 operators ' posit ions while there ar e twentyseven operators ' posi tions on th e toll board. There.are handled at the Lexington exchange approximately

110,000 local calls an d 1750 tol l calls, daily. Th e localcalling r at e is unu sua ll y high, averaging ei gh t calls pe rda y pe r station.

Th e Lexington Telephone Company owns an d controlsth e Woodford Telephone Company, which operates atVersailles and Midway, and the Jessamine Telephone &

Telegraph Company, which opera tes at Nicholasville,Wilmore an d Keene. Th e cor.lbined properties contain70 miles of toll pole line 280 miles of toll wire, 600miles of exchange pole line, o\"er 5600 miles of exchange open wire, 18,500 miles of wire in undergroundcables, 22,000 miles of wire in aerial cable an d five milesof underground conduit.

Another peculiarity regarding telephone service inLexington is that it is next to impossible to sell partyline service. This is attributed to the fact that thec ity is known as an ideal residential city an d amona i tsresidents are many who have made their fortunes ~ l s e '

where an d have chosen Le xi ngt on as th e place of theirret irement. Recently an order was given by the ownerof a thoroughbr ed horse f arm, located eigh t miles f romthe city, for a straight line an d extension in his residence and a straight line in each of his eight barnslocated on th e farm.

Extension station an d P. B. X. station development inLexington are considered very good, t he n um be r of extensions be ing fif teen per cent and P. B. X. stationsthirteen pe r cent of the total number of stations.

In January, 1925, there were in service in Lexington,twenty-six post'pay public telephones. A t that timea campaign was started to develop pay stations and therear e now in service in the c ity, located at advantageouspoints , 357 pre-pay s ta tions an d none of the post-paytype.

We cordial ly invite all employees of the AssociatedTelephone Utilities System to visit Lexington, Kentucky.

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A RO UN D THE TOWN AT LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY

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Home of General John Hunt Morgan

City Hall

Ne w Henry Clay high school

Lafayette Hotel

Interior view of the la'Tge5t tobacco warehouse in the worJd




T H E M O U T H · P I E C E

THE PENNSYLVANIA TELEPHONE CORPORATION'S NEW PLANT BUILDINGLeft: View showing the south en d of the ne w plant building. R ai lr oa d s wi tch , l oa di ng p la tf or ms , cable sh ed , and gasoline pump

can be seen. Center: A view of th e ne w plant building. Right: Adjacent p ol e y ar d and pole s!{ids.

TH E NE W PLANT BUILDING

By LA V E R N GRANDY, Plant Office,

Pennsylvania ' Te le ph on e C or po ra ti on , Erie, Pa.

The new plant building of the Pennsylvania Tele-phone Corporation, Erie, Pennsylvania, is without adoubt one of the finest in the country. Shortly afterth e completion of the building on July 1, 1930, theplant forces, consisting of the construction , cable, andinstallation departments, th e stockroom and garageforces, and the plant offices, moved in to t he ir qu artersin the ne w building.

Th e well l ighted an d fully equipped stockroom andth e storeroom are located on the wes t end of the groundfloor. Th e convenient arrangement of having installa-t ion supplies in compartments under the counter elimi-nates needless running back an d forth.

Th e large, spacious garage occupies the cent ral areaof th e ground floor. In this room company automobiles,trucks, and trailers are housed. All repairing, oiling,greasing, filling, washing, an d painting of companyvehicles is done in th e automobile repair shop, a roomadjoining the garage on the east side of the building.

On t he second floor, which extends t he en tire lengthof th e build ing, are found th e rest room, locker, andwash rooms, and plant offices. An unused space onthis floor fifty feet square provides an excel lent space formeetings or school classes.

A n interesting feature of the large pole yard , whichlies east of the building, is the unique pole skids devisedan d used by the Pennsylvania Telephone Corporation.Th e pole skids and the rail road t rack south of th em arecontiguous, thereby permitt ing th e unloading of thepoles from t he cars to the skids with a minimum effort.Th e skids are at the same time h igh enough to facilitateth e transferring of poles to the trucks.

Th e rai lroad switch also runs alongside the loadingplatform o n the south side of th e building. Th e highplatform is used to unload small material and the lowplatform to unload cable reels.

Gasoline fo r company vehicles is purchased by thecarload. It is emptied into a large storage tank bymeans of the pump, whence it is pumped electricallyto th e automobile.

Th e jury, passing on t he p risoner's life, may in thesworn twelve have a t hief or two guiltier than him theytry. - S h a ~ e s p e a r e .

F, V. N EW MA N A DD RE SSES ASSOCIATIONCONVENTION

Th e "Add-A-Phone Canvass" was th e title of a talkgiven by F. V. Newman, commercial superintendent,Commonwealth Tel eph one Company, general office,Madison, Wisconsin, before the delegates to th e annualconvention of the Wisconsin Telephone Association held

in Milwaukee, August 5, 6 and 7. Mr. N ew man toldthe gathering of how the campaign was planned andcarried on, and of the results obtained. This campaignwas conducted by ou r Commonwealth Telephone Com'pany last February.

TO TH E ILLINOIS COMMERCIAL TELEPHONECOMPANY, TUSCOLA, ILLLNOIS

Th e Platte Valley Telephone Corporation, serving inthe terri tory of western Nebraska and eastern Wyo'ming, admits that the completed calls of the IllinoisCommercial Telephone Company as published in th eAugust, 1930, issue of 'The Mouth-Piece have thembested-but- there is just one question that they wouldlike to ask: "Are the exchanges listed on this completedcalls report, all of the exchanges owned or belonging tothi s group or are they the ones with the highest per'centages? Ou r completed calls covered the entire PlatteValley territory."

ONE YEAR AGO THIS MONTH[Taken from th e files of 'The Mouth-Piece, Sept., 1929]

H. D. Currier joins general office staff at Madison,Wisconsin, acting in the capacity of special agent.

Illinois Commercial Telephone Company employees atPaxton held a meeting and dinner in the banquet hallof th e American Legion Hut.

M. G. Pri tchard appointed manager at Mineral Point,Wisconsin.Th e Baxter Springs exchange of our Kansas State

Telephone Company was presen ted to our readersthrough the pages of 'The Mouth-Piece.

E. S. Slusher, manager, Illinois Northern TelephoneCompany, Kewanee, was a visitor at the general office,Madison, Wisconsin.

Only 14 per cent of the world 's telephones are ou t ofreach of the American system.

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PLANT EMPLOYEES AT LEXINGTON AN D NICHOLASVILLE, KENTUCKY

C. D. Rothenburg. foreman, C. Woodward, W. J.Foster, R. W. W i c ~ l i n e ,J. K. Lear, E. M. Morgan,

c o ns t ru ct i on c r ew, L ex i ng t on

G. C. Mooney,t r ou b lc m an , L e xi ng t on

J. C. Davenpor t, t roub le ma n. John Royse ,foreman, Charles Goss, groundman, Chester

Royse. lineman, E s ~ e rRoyse , p lantemployees. Nicholasville exchange

Cablemen, Lexington Telephone Company, Lexington

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J. B. Golden, E. L. Brittain, J. L. Manning, G. H. Sanderson,s ta ti on i ns ta ll at io n c re w. L ex in gt on




ASSOCIATED TELEPHONE CO., LTD., INAUGURATESITS FIRST SALES CAMPAIGN

Campaign to be Held for a Period of Three Months,A ugust 15 to November 15

By C. F. MASON, Senior Vice-President and General Manager,Associated Telephone Co. , Ltd., General Off ice , Los Angeles, Calif.

T HERE are three main purposes to be attained bya sales campaign : namely, to ascertain those residences and businesses in t he serving territory

which have no telephone service, bu t can advantageouslyuse it, t og ethe r with those subscribers wh o have inadequate facilities an d should have additional service; touse idle plant facilities which otherwise would be aburden to both the existing subscribers an d the company;to give the employees a n opportunity, by soliciting andselling, t o p er fo rm a real service in the community, an dthe consummation of each deal is a concrete expressionof the ir s inceri ty towards their work. There is someargument that when every employee turns salesman aten den cy exists to div ert his mind from th e specific jobfor which he is responsible, bu t the loyal an d industriousemployee will be s pur red to take a deeper interest inhis work an d broaden his outlook. He will find, if hedoes no t a lready realize i t, that in this economic wo rldof ours each one must do his bi t -expend a l it tle e ffo r tto hold and promote desirable prosperity. Th e benefitsof employee sell ing greatly outweight th e disadvantages.

In ou r exchanges, as in so m an y o th er exchanges, thetelephone sat uratio n is exceedingly low compared tow ha t i t should be. In sou thern Cal ifornia there are manycondi tions which are conducive to a h igh saturat ion. Th eaverage income per capita and per family ranks amongth e three h ighest in the United States. In fact, oneauthority, after eliminating th e District of Columbia,places California and Southern California first in rankof all the stat es in th e Union.

In the rural sections of Southern Cal ifornia the agriculturist is a good prospect fo r t eleph one service. Afine cl imate, p roduct ive soil, and water supply underco nt rol led i rr ig at io n gives the scientific f ar mer an opportunity to make unusual profits. Such spec ial ity cropsas ci trus, wa ln uts , an d vegetables ou t of season bringhigh returns. Furthermore, in ou r exchange areas,especially in th e West Coast dis tr ict , some of thefinest resident ia l subd iv isions in the United States havebeen developed . Final ly, the average in tel ligence of theSouthern Cal i fo rn ian is high. Th e census shows thati ll it eracy in ma ny of th e localities is a mo ng the lowestin th e United States. The excellent system of primaryand secondary schools and th e state l aw requiring fullattendance up to eighteen years of age, or the equ iva'lent of a high school education for every child, is no tonly u ph olding th e s ta nd ar ds brought in by th e im,m ig ran ts fro m easter n United States, bu t is elevatingthem.

Under such favorab le condi tions the use of telephonesby both families and businesses should reach a maximum.

On e of the features of the campaign is to endeavorto u pg rad e the service in various communities wherepresent facilities are avai lable and t he income of thefamilies or businesses is able to afford a better class ofservice.

Th e campaign has been outlined on a compet it ivebasis between the three districts:

West Coast District consisting of Santa Monica, WestLos Angeles, Malibu, an d Redondo exchanges.

South Coast Distr ict consist ing of Long Beach, Huntington Beach, Laguna Beach, and Westminster exchanges.

Valley District consisting of Pomona, Covina, and SanBernardino exchanges.

Points have been allotted for th e different types ofservices on which we plan to concentrate th e efforts ofthe employees. The fo llo win g list sho ws th e differenttypes of service with th e respective number of pointsallotted during th e sales campaign:

Main Line Business 2Main Line Residence 2Semi-Public Coin Box 2P. B. X. Trunk Only 22- Party Service Business 32-Party Service Residence 34-Party Business 4

4-Party Residence -48-Party Residence 310-Party Suburban Business 510-Party Suburban Residence 5Desk and Wall Extension 5Toint User Service 5Hand Extension 6P. B. X. Sta tions (Desk or Wall) 5P. B. X. Stations (Hand Type) 6

Te n cents is to be paid to the employees for each"oint obtained on his or he r sales, in ad di ti on to th efirst, second, an d third prizes of $25 .00, $10 .00 an d$'>'00, respectively, to t he employees o btaining the thr eehighest number of points in each of t he t hre e districts,with a su itab le trophy to be presented to the d is tr ic twhose employees sell the most services.

On account of the d iffe rent condi tions in the threedistricts, it was impossible to allot th e same q uo ta t o eachdistrict. After car eful s tu dy of th e seasonal sales,character o f t er ri to ry, previous regular over-the-countersales per employee, plant facilities available, a nd e xt en tof suburban territory, it was decided to allot t he WestCoast district a quota of 12 points per employee, th eSouth Coast district 10 points pe r employee, and theValley district 10 points pe r employee, making th e

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distr ict quotas 2700,.2580 and 1720 respectively, or agrand total of 7000 points.

Th e dis tr ic t commercial managers in each districtE. C. Dearth, of the West Co as t district; G. C . Wright,of the South Coast district; an d C. H. Lorbeer, of theValley district-have been appointed district captainsw it h t he district plant supervisors an d the distr ict equipment supervisors in each d is tr ict as their lieutenants.

There are fourteen teams in the W cst Coast district,eighteen in the South Coast district, an d nine in theValley district. These teams average from fifteen totwenty-three members each, the members of each teambeing drawn from all four departments-commercial,plant, equipment, and traffic-in order that no onedepartment will have an advan tage over the o ther. Members of the commercial business offices are included onthe teams. They will not, however, be allowed to takecontracts or turn i n pro sp ect card s dealing with saleswhich would ordinari ly come over the counter. Pointsare no t transferable from one employee to another,neither does the dis tr ic t commercial manager receivecredit for his sales which are, however, included in hisd ist ri ct q uota. Sales to employees do no t count. Salesof employees of one district in another dis tr ict arecredited to the district in which they are sold.

Each employee has been given a r at e card covering therates within the primarY' rate area of his o r he r respectiveexchange and will also be suppl ied with t he r egu lar application card and t he necessary receipt forms in or derthat they may close th e sale immediately, if possible,otherwise a prospect card wil l be filled ou t an d turnedinto the commercial business office for the ir at tent ion.Th e employee turning in this prospect card will, however, receive credit if a sale is finally made by the commercial department, and should tw o employees turn inthe same prospect, credit will be given to the one whosecard is first received.

Th e period during which the campaign will be car riedon is for three months, namely, from August 15 toNovember 15, this being th e time of the year when ourtake-ou ts are the heav iest du e to the number of familiesmoving back to the city from the beaches which comprise the majo r p or ti on of our territory, an d it was fel tthat some extra effort should be made to keep ou rrev en ue curv e on the up wa rd t re nd instead of showinga decrease.

Ou r employees are being urged to obtain a goodclass of prospects instead of "possibil it ies" , the latterbeing a more or less temporary subscr iber and would,in a great man y instances, keep his telephone for perhaps the length of the campaign in order to help o utth e salesman-employee in mak ing his o r he r quota.

On th e whole, with approximately 700 employees inthe field as salesmen an d considering the territory inwhich they are going to operate with its h ig h incomepe r person an d pe r family, together with the excellento pp ortun it ies in the fine residential districts an d prosperous farming sections, ou r expectations are that thequota as assigned to each distr ict will be exceeded.

Da y and night telephone service is no w commercially.available between Finland an d Switzerland.

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THE STANDARD IS PROUD OF MISS WILKINSON

Miss Willie Mae Wilkinson, chief operator, StandardTelephone Company of Texas , Claude, in less than

three months has reducedher outstanding accountsfrom approximately $1400to less than $280. W eunderstand that she hasset he r ma rk for 100 percent by ' Septemb er 30,and we hope she makes it.Much has been done forpublic relations by MissWilkinson a t Claude.Miss Wilkinson was former ly n ight operator forthe State Telephone Company of Texas at Memphis.

Rural service , whichMae W i l ~ i l 1 S o n ha d diminished a great

deal, is now rapidly increased. Claude is in one ofthe richest wheat belts of the Panhandle, about 90 percent of the farms being ten an ted by the owners.

A HINT WORTH CONSIDERING

On September 1, 1930, in Onta rio, Canada, a newlaw was p laced into effect which affected every motoristin that province irrespective of whether he owns hisca r or merely drives someone else's. Prev iou s to theaforementioned date it has been possible for a financiallyirresponsible person driving a practically valueless secondhand car to coll ide with and damage another car orperson to the extent of perhaps thousands of dollars andget away with it with impunity merely because thedriver had no assets an d was no t worth suing. AfterSeptember 1 this will still be possible, bu t only once,

becaus2 no motorist who has damaged the person orproperty of another after that date will be permitted todr ive again in Ontario until he has paid for th e damagehe has caused an d given proof of his financial responsibi li ty fo r the future.

The Act further provides that the driver's license an downer's permit shall be so suspended if a ny Ont ar iomotorist is convicted of similar offences in an y otherprovince in Canada, or in any state in the United Statesof America.

This new Ac t does no t compel an y motorist to carryinsurance. I t merely provides that if a motorist is convicted of certain specified offences, or does no t satisfya judgment rendered against him for damage he hascaused in a collision, he will no t be permitted to driveagain until he pays the damages and gives pr oof o f hisfinancial responsibil ity for the future.

This Ac t should be of interest to every motorist regardless o f w he th er he lives in the province of Ontarioor in the United States. I t brings clearly to mind thatthe easiest way to pa y damages is by carrying publicliabili ty and property damage insurance.

Rome, with a population of 770 ,000, has 33,000 telephones.




GUERNSEY, WYOMINGThe Platte Valley Telephone Corporation's Outpost

By GLADYS MINER

G UERNSEY, Wyoming, is a town with a populat ionof 856 and is located at t he extreme western endof the Platte Valley Telephone Corporation lines.

It is about thirty-five miles west of Torrington, Wyo-ming, th e district office of this company, and is on th eNorth Platte Valley highway. Th e Platte Val ley Telephone C orpo ra ti on connects wit h the Mountain StatesTelephone &' Telegraph Company at this exchange.Guernsey is a very good toll town.

Mrs. L. A. Prescott, chief operator, has been atGu erns ey as chief operator since March, 1922. She is

assisted by her daughter Emily.In 1927 the United States B ureau of Reclamation

built a dam across the North Platte River, jus t abovet he t ow n of Guernsey. Thi s dam has a storage capacityof 70,000 acre feet. Th e Pathfinder Dam is locatedwest of Casper, which is also west of the GuernseyDam, a distance of about 150 miles, and it has a

storage capacity of 1,070,000 acre feet of water, enoughwater to cover 1,070,000 acres of land to a depth ofone foot. This is one of the largest dams in theUnited States. In addit ion to the above reservoirs thereare the Whalen Dam, near Lingle, Wyoming, and LakeAlice and Lake Minatare Dams near Scottsbluff, Nebraska.

These lakes have a combined storage capacity of 78,000acre feet. This makes a total of 1,218,000 acre feetfor storage of flood waters of the North Platte River.This irrigat ion system furnishes water for approximately420,000 acres of land, the largest irrigated district inthe United States. A t th e present time the Governmentis contemplating th e building of a high line canal, th ewater to be furnished from th e Guernsey Dam. This,if built , will open up thousands of acres o f Wyo min gand Nebraska land for i rr igation . In addition to furnishing water for i rrigation, electric power is generatedat Guernsey Dam b y means of a hydro-electric powerplant. This electricity is sold to ten towns in thevalley, it is also sold to th e West er n Public ServiceCompany.

This spring a park was started near the GuernseyDam, th is park is known as the "Lake Guernsey Park"and is located at the old Kelly Ranch, in th e first

canyon of the P la tt e River. What was once a saloonhas been converted into a soft drink parlor and adance hall has been built here, also a log cabin diningroom which will seat more than 100 people. Th eGuernsey Gazette, in describing this n ew park says:"General Fremont on his trip across th e trail in 1842

SCENES NEAR GUERNSEY, WYOMINGUpper left V i e W of Guernsey Da m sp il lway. Center: Mrs. L. A. Prescott, chief operator, and daughter of Guernsey. Upper

right Power house and tunnel, Guernsey Dam. Lower left: Cottonwood Canyon. Lower right: High water gates open at theGuernsey Dam.

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mentions the first canyon of th e Platte, described asthe spot now to be known as Lake Guernsey Park, as

one of th e most beautiful sights on his t rip. Time hasno t dimmed th e scenic beauty of this spot, where thePlatte flows over th e rapids with t he rock walls of thecanyon standing 300 feet above the water's edge."

Hartvi lle , located a few miles nor theast of Guernsey,has a population of 189, and is th e kind of a townyou see in the movies of wild west pictures.

Sunrise, Wyoming, is a mining to wn and is about sixmiles northeast of Guernsey, jus t a short distance nor theast of Hartville. An i ron mine is located here, belonging to the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company. Th ePlatte Valley Telephone Corporation has a telephonepay station at th e Y. M. C. A. building, also a few otherte lephones; these are also on th e Guernsey exchange.

MOBEETIE, TEXAS

By ARTHUR YAGGY

On e of th e most interesting towns in which theStandard Telephone Company of Texas operates is theold town of Mobeetie. It is th e second town establishedan d the oldest now existant in th e Texas Panhandle. Atone t ime it was t he count y seat of all that country lyingbetween Ne w Mexico and Oklahoma, and had a population of several thousand people living in "dob e" and"sad" houses, an d in tents along Sweetwater Creek. Th eI nd ia n w or d for "s weet water" is Mobeetie, and thefirst settlers were attracted to this particular spot largelybecause of t he good sweet w ate r in a land where waterwas scarce and much of what the re was was "gyp" andhard to down.

In th e ea rly days th e Indians and cowboys drivingtheir herds north to t he railroads of Kansas battled oc-

casionally in this section without a tt ract ing much attention, bu t by 1874 th e popul ation had increasedenough so that the Federal Government established FortElliott a mile west of th e town, near the creek. Fortwenty years Mobeetie was a wild and wooly cowt own, county seat, and s tamping grounds for soldiersfrom th e fort. Many a story is told by the old timers

of gentle disputes settled to the tune of singing bullets,of Indian skirmishes, of political battles in which gunswere votes, an d of the quick-shooting, slow-speakingTexans, among whom signed contrac ts an d keys wereunnecessary.

By 1894 the Indians had been driven ou t partly b ythe soldiers, partly by the ever increasing number ofstock ranches. Ne w counties were created, th e ne w

county seats becoming trade centers for their communities. Th e country developed, and t he old fort wastorn down. Railroads came into t he cou ntry, dealingMobeetie a deadly blow by their choice of routes whichseemed to avoid th e old town. It dwindled as the restof the count ry prospered, and in 1928 was a sleepy,almost abandoned, village of several hundred people.Th e county seat was moved to Wheeler, th e old fortbuildings moved, and the parade grounds plowed up forcotton and wheat. Th e flag pole brought up fromthe Canadian River by John Long in 1875' for th efort, and around which th e soldiers pa raded, was takendown to be moved to town, where it no w stands inth e center of the street. Th e old flag is brought ou ton special occasions, and th e old timers tell their tales.Evidences of the fort are still to be seen in caved-inadobe walls, ruined chimneys, ammunition pits, andpart of the old cemetery, bu t unless you know whereto look you will surely miss them. School childrensometimes come home with arrow heads and lead bulletsas evidences of former times and about three milesnorth of town is the grave of "Gehas", an Indian spyfor the fort, who died n ea r there, an old man.

In 1929 a railroad built through one mile north ofthe town and a new Mobeetie began building. Much ofth e old t own was moved, with the post office an d bank,to th e railroad where the indications are favorable forth e development of a good sized town. Th e telephonecompany has built a new exchange there an d willeventually aban don the one in the old town, bu t th edistrict manager, at least, n ever goes around the oldflag on his way to the new town without feeling something of th e interes t which still clings t o old Mobeetie.

MOBEETIE, TEXASLeft: 'The old flag pole brought up th e Canadian River in 1875. In the bac/zground is the wind mill of th e old town pump

still b ei ng u se d by t he pe opl e of the town. Left center: Th e old Mob eeti e court house built in 1886. 'The o nl y building to with·s ta nd a hur ric ane that later swept this part of the country; once the county seat of all the Pan -H an dl e c ou nt ry. Right center:Arthur Yaggy, district manager, Sta nd ar d Tel ep ho ne Com pa ny of Texas. Right: 'The old town of Mobeetie.

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Pomona Cuts--Over N ew Long Distance OfficeBy DEXTER A. RAU

O FFICIALS and employees of th e Pomona VaIleyTelephone and Telegraph Union and of th eSouthern California Telephone Company were

present on th e night of July 12, at Pomona, California,t o witness t he cu t-over of the handsome n ew $220,000long-distance telephone office. A fireproof, concrete,two-story and basement structure, this new building

.occupies one corn er of a block, the other corner ofwhich holds th e Pomona Valley Telephone and Telegraph Union's commercial office. Th e adjoining propertyis also owned by the Pomona VaIley Telephone and Telegraph Unio n, giving a frontage of an entire block oc-

cupied by these te lephone properties.Situated half way between Los Angeles and San

Bernardino, and located on the route of one of themain t ranscont inen ta l to ll circuits between Los Angelesan d Chicago, Pomona serves as a toll center for a population that had far out-stripped an y facilities that ha dbeen provided for takin g care of their demands. It became evident that th e latest and best equipment, housedin adequate quarters, was the only answer, and that ayear would be the outside limit for caring for this unprecedented growth. With activity characteristic ofthe west, plans were drawn, construction rushed, andthe building was placed in service in record time.

Equipped with a No. 3 Western Electric toIl board,consisting of nineteen two-posit ion sections, the secondfloor, with its monitorial desk, its pn eu ma tic tubes forconveying toIl records, i ts service observation room, andits more t ha n t hi rt y operators, conveys the impression ofan up-to-the-minute business organizat ion equipped forgiving real service.

Th e basement, with its hatteries, power panels, cablevault, pumps and heating devices, has every feature to

insure continuous service, free from the threat of floods,fire, heat or cold.

Th e first floor, with its test boards and main frames,is a marvel of electrical engineering, to t elephone man asweIl as to layman. Here also are found th e manyfeatures that bespeak the interes t of th e modern business engineer in furn ishing comfort , convenience, andrecreation for th e operators.

It goes without saying that Carl H. Lorbeer, districtcommercial manager, Pomona, points with pride to allthese improvements in telephone service in the PomonaVaIley, where he has given over twenty-five years ofhis time and energy with th e one company, so thatPomona Val ley residen ts might have th e best and latestto be offered along te lephone lines.

PLANT ACCOUNTING UNIFIEDOn July 1 th e p lan t accounting departments of th e

Associated Telephone Co., Ltd., were consolidated withheadquarters at Long Beach, Cal ifornia , South CoastDistrict, and the following employees are engaged incarrying on the plant accounting work for the California properties: Geo. S. Blake, plant accountant; Mrs.

M. Kersting, Mrs. An n Duncan, V. Johnson, Mrs.F. B.

CorreIl, Mrs. E. Cooper, R. HannoweIl , and Mrs. HeleneDemarest.

THE PENNSYLVANIA TELEPHONE CORPORATIONA change in name has been made of the Associated

Telephone Utilities System's operating company inErie, Correy, Fairview, Girard, North East, an d Un io nCity, Pennsylvania. Th e former Mutual TelephoneCompany will henceforth be known as th e PennsylvaniaTelephone Corporation.

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Jay G. Mitchell

GENERAL COMMERCIAL SUPERINTENDENT

Jay G. Mitchel l, general commercial superintendent,cen tral and eastern operati ng group, Associated Telephone Utilities Company System, has had a very ex-

tensive and diversified experience in the telephone industry.

Upon graduation from th e old Central High School,Cleveland, Ohio, he entered the employ of the ClevelandTelephone Company as student inspector in June, 1893.Except fo r the t imeduring which he attended Ad elbert College, Western ReserveUnivers ity and someyears devoted to engineering as an associateof Dr. Elmer A. Sperryrecently deceased, andin the deve lopmentand marketing of storage batteries and storage b a tt e ry e le c tr icautomobiles , he hass ince been continuously engaged in various branches of thetelephone industry.

Mr . Mitchel l ' s experience includes everybranch of t he operation of telephone p ro perty, th e design and marketingof telephone equipment, including modern high efficiencymechanical switching apparatus, and the valuation oftelephone properties as a part of the establishment ofadequate revenue, to support securi ty issues, and otherpurposes.

From 1914 to 1918 Mr. Mitchell was connected withth e engineering firm of McNeen &' Miller, Chicago, andin 1918 he was appointed telephone engineer of theIl linois Public Uti li ties Commission, the predecessor ofIllinois Commerce Commission, later becoming consulting engineer for the same Commission.

From 1921 to ' I929 Mr. Mitchell was engaged ingeneral consulting engineering practice and was theexecutive officer of the Ill inois Telephone Associat ionwith offices in Springfield, Illinois.

As general commercial superintendent Mr. Mitchel lwill work with many friends established by his longyears of connection with the telephone industry.

He is the author of "Principles and Practices of Tele

phony" infive

volumes published by McGraw-Hill BookCompany.Mr. Mitchell is known to telephone men throughout

the world. His affiliations with the leading technicalsocieties and publici ty organizat ions affords a means bywhich his p articular experience may be most useful inhis present posi tion.

A little neglect m ay breed mischief: for want of nailth e shoe was lost; for want of a shoe th e horse was lost;an d for want of a horse t he r id er was lost.

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D ISTR IC T M EE TI NG S H EL D

Three district meetings were held for th e managers,chief operators, and cashiers of the CommonwealthTelephone Company between July 22 and July 29.

Th e first of th e three meetings was held at Chilton,Wisconsin, on July 22. Th e employees were assembledat the Masonic Temple an d talks were given by F. H.Runkel, general manager, on office management; by F. V.Newman, commercial superintendent, on collection matters; by John Schneider, manager revenue accounting,on service orders; and by H. W. Davis, plant accountant,on problems pertaining to plant accounting. A d innerwas served in the evening at the Hotel Chilton.

On July 24 another meeting was held a t Wau sa u andthe final meeting was held in the Madison office onJuly 29. Plans are being made to hold further meetingsof this nature.

Those present at the Chilton meeting were: R. C.Mil ler, Seymour; E. P. Weber, Two Rivers; ]. P.Maurer, Plymouth; C. W. Nilles, Kiel; Chas. Havlichek,Whitelaw; G. H. Moede, Luxemburg; H. W. Davis,

Madison; H. 1. Turner, Chilton; Ophelia Ecke, Hilbert ;Mrs. G. H. Moede, Luxemburg; Mrs. Jos. Steuber,Whitelaw; Leonetta Bruss, Reedsville; Erna Griep, Tw oRivers; E rna Wei ner, Elk har t Lake; Leona Vilvock,P lymouth; Edah Holtz, Brillion; Edwina Meinert , Kiel;Mrs. Mar ie Gartzke, Ne w Holstein; Elizabeth Einolf,Chilton ; Thusnel da Ohlrogg, Seymour; R. T. Lyons,Madison; ]. F. Schneider, Madison; F. V. Newman,Madison; F. H. Runkel , Madison; and An n Hoffman,Seymour.

Employees present at the Madison meeting were:A. C. Jones, Richland Center; George Samson, Madison;F. V. Newman, Madison; C. M. Spring, Madison; H. W .Davis, Madison; C. ]. Palmer, Waterloo; DorothyBradow, Lake Mills; Emily Bauman, Water loo; HowardMoran, Madison; C. G. Smith, Pardeeville; F. H. Smith ,Pardeeville; Malta Rousch, Edgerton; Helen Schuck, SunPrairie; Inis Miller, Richland C en te r; N. A. Hintze,Prairie du Chien; M. G. Pritchard, Edgerton; ErwinGander, Edgerton; Frank Cook, Cambridge; M. F.Barfknecht, Lake Mills; Emil Allen, Sun Prairie; MauriceCotter, Montello; Mrs. Anna Cotter, Montello; 1. V.Lueck, Por tage; Janet Landt , Kilbourn; R. W . Remmel,Kilbourn; C. P. McBride, Darlin gto n; M. A. Putnam,Mt . Horeb; W . ]. Jackson, Mineral Point ; Ben Anderson, Dodgeville; Claire Alice Evert, P rair ie du Chien;Ruth Noble, Mineral Point ; Fanny Knellwolf, Dodgeville; Annie Davis, Barneveld ; Geneva Wal lace , Cambridge; F. H. Runkel, Madison; H. P. Siebken, Madison;R. T. Lyons, Madison; Verr W. Clark , Muscoda;Florence Clark, Muscoda; and John Schneider, Madison.

INTERSTATE EMPLOYEE INJURED

O. ] . Roming, cable splicer, Interstate Ut il it ies Company, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, fell from a cable car onAugust 21. Th e accident occurred shor tly after eighta. m. when he was starting his day's work. Ole ha dboth feet fractured , a sp rained back and arm. He is atthe Lakeside Hospital at Coeur d'Alene. Well wishesof all his fellow-employees for a speedy recovery is

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Th e Author

A NY telephone salesman wh o has been in the gamef or some ti m ecan p rob ab ly du pl icat e th e following dog stories many times. Many a salesman,

as a novice in t he canvassing field with little or noknowledge of can ine activi ti es, p robab ly ignored goodprospects because of the reception given him by thefamily cur.

Personally, I like dogs. At least I used to. However,my t el eph on e experiences h av e engendered in me a different a t ti tude towarddogs, and no w I am not so sure that

I don' t prefer cat s as household pets.Th e few dog tales that I am about to

r el at e ar e vi vi d experiences, because t hemargin between actual contact an d safetywa s o ft en ti mes so small that the incidents were impressed very deeply in mymemory. Although I have never beenactually bitten by any dog, I have beenscared to death so many times that Ido no t believe I would have sufferedan y more if I ha d lost a piece fromeither the seat of my t ro users or myanatomy. I have learned that farmers'dogs are more likely to be the reason fordog stori es than their cousins from the

ci ty. Farmers' dogs j ust naturally dislikesa lesmen- telephone or otherwise.I recal l an incident that occurred many

years ago when I was wor king in the vic inity of Albion,Pa., trying to organize f ar mer lines. I engaged a rig anddriver at a livery stable an d set ou t on one of thecountry roads on which I was endeavoring to builda line, canvassing th e f ar m houses en ro ut e. Presen tl y,we stopped at t he foot of a lane and I a lighted. lo bserved tw o men si tti ng on the steps at th e kitchen doorof a farmhouse about 100 feet up the lane, an d I rejoiced inwardly on my good fortune in fi nd ing themat home. However, I ha d failed to perceive a huge.shepherd dog si tti ng beside my prospects. Th e biganimal caught sight of my a pp ro ac hi ng f or m an d witha bound came dashing down th e lane towards me. I hadto think fast. I started to ru n up th e l ane towards theonrushing dog, mot ivat ed by the assumption that mysafety depended upon my propinquity to the dog'smaster. However, t hi s supposi ti on was entirely wrong.The two men con tinued talking , ent ir ely ind iffe rent tom y i mm in en t d an ge r.

I c on ti nu ed t ow ar ds t he owner, keeping one eye onthe enemy, wh o con tinued to growl an d to draw nearer.W he n I got w ithin hai li ng d is tance of the men I

managed to evoke, "Good morning", to which t he f ar me rreplied in no f riendly voice, "That dawg don' t likepreachers n o ha ow."

"Tell the cu r that I'm a t el ephone ma n an d perhapshe' ll calm down," I retor ted.

During th e same campaign at Al bi on , I spent a da ycanvassing the Pont Road an d developed a number ofgood prospects. O ne very promising prospec t was an

elder ly lady, wh o lived, as I supposed,by herself. Before I called on her, however, I was forewarned that she ha d a

bad dog as a companion, an d that Icould well afford to look ou t for him.With this information in mind, ins teadof going to the back door as I usuallydid, I presented myself at the frontentrance. I rapped seve ral t imes beforethe old lady made an appearance. Is ta rt ed my tel ephone s to ry v er y n ic e lywondering, of course, as to th e whereabouts of Mr. Dog. My wonderment wasbrought to an abrupt end when thatworthy shoved his head between thelady an d th e d oo r jamb. Thereupon Iwas scrut inized by as mean a pair ofeyes as, I believe, ever looked ou t from

a canine head. I continued, and whenmy story was told, I took leave of thelady to allow her to consider th e matter,

promising that I would return th e fol lowing day.Th e next da y I set ou t t o foll ow up my accomplish

ments of the previous day. This t ime, however, anotherrepresentative, Mr . Younkins, accompanied me. Whenwe arrived at the old lady's house, I drove into theyard. I asked Mr. Younkins if h e w ou ld like t o h an dl ethis p ar ty , a nd , after his r ep ly in the affi rmat ive, I explained the facts of the case. I di d n ot , h owev er ,mention th e dog. He started off on his q uest , an d Iremained in the car. He w as gon e fo r almost an hour ,an d when he finally did reappear, I felt sure that hehad succeeded.

"Well, di d you sell herT' I inquired eagerly."No," he replied, ' ' I 've been s it ti ng there about an

hour with a d - - - big dog at my feet, afraid t o m ov e."Some time later, I had the task of trying to fill up

farmer lines around Platea. On e da y I was lumberingalong in my Ford on one of those back roads famousto that part of t he count ry. I approached a farmhousewhich sat back q ui te some d ist an ce from th e road. I

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A BRIDGE STORY FROM OUR BRIDGE CITY-LOGANSPORT, INDIANA

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Last of the iron brdiges, which is b ei ng razed fOT t1 concreteo ne . I ns er t: Ne w cable in r i ve r af te T a d isas trous f ir e.

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Above bridge afteT being razed. A span swung in the wrong dirutionand fell against the cable.

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Above: New city building

Left: A 400-pair cable SHspcndc:d ( l U 'd ) ' f rom the br id ge to aHowclCara11((: Jur p i O j

C. Rice. assistant manager; AlineMorter. cashier; Monica Fettig,

assistant cashier ; Fay Spencer,assistant cashier; Ethel Payne.

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Comtrlletion c re w. l ef t to r ig ht : A. E. Sit:. H. WhiPJ"e. E. Schoonover.A. Shirley. P. Lamborn. M. Hughes. l' Maca. an D. H. Brown

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DOLEFUL DOG H E AR S M AS TE R' S VOICE

After Jerry Steen of the Pennsylvania TelephoneCorporation, Erie, had sent us his article on his ex 'periences with canines it brought to mind a true dogstory which recently appeared in an issue of 'The Pacific'Telephone Magazine. This is a true story, except thatthe names used here are fictitious. It would be of onlypassing value as a story, if it did no t prove how helpful

the telephone can be, and inso

many different ways.Prince would still be lost, probably, if his master hadnot had a telephone, just to hear from Mrs. Robertsand then to identify the dog in the most certain manner.But here, we are getting ahead of ou r story:

Just a lost dog! On e of those doleful , sad-eyed fel ,lows with big, floppy ears. You know th e type. To dogfanciers he is probably a retriever. To his master he ismerely Prince, and he is one, sure enough. He is thekind you find every now and then on th e front pages:" Do g Saves Boy From Dr owning in Icy River."

Bu t now Prince himself was in need of a rescuer-alost dog with big, sad eyes, a hundred times sadder thanever, with feet hot from the heated sidewalks of Vall'couver. He was wearied from looking intently intoevery face he saw, hoping one would be familiar-facesthat were hard, that did not smile, as did his master's,Mr. Duncan's.

But all the faces were strange. Al l t he people hu rried by witho ut noticing. At times, in some of th ecrowded streets, i t was hard t o keep out of the way ofrushing feet. There was a kick now an d then, unde'served. An d late in the afternoon a gang of youngruffians-well, perhaps better forget that. Anyway, Princeh ad to stop fr eq ue nt ly to ease that foot where the rockstruck. It would have been good just then to hear avoice speaking to him. The voice of his master? Yes,but of course that was too much to expect. An y voicewould help.

By now it was dusk an d th ings looked hopeless. Buthad Prince known, it was his darkest hour. A hand didreach out and touch his head-a woman's hand.

"Why, John, I believe this dog is lost," said a voice."See, he doesn't seem to know which way to turn. Let'stake him with us and maybe we can find his owne r. "

Into a big shiny car Prince was led, an d nestled atthe feet of Mr. and Mrs. Roberts. They took him homeand gave him every comfort. Th e days grew into aweek, bu t still he was depressed. He was a one-mandog. Only one voice could rouse him and that voice,had he known it, was sixty miles away.

"Mr. Duncan? Hold th e line, Vancouver calling.""Victoria ready. Go ahead, Mrs . Roberts."

"Hello, Mr. Duncan. I read your advertisementI n

the paper tonight. I think I have your dog.""What! You mean to say you have him in Van

couver? Ho w could he have crossed the st raits?""I know it is strange, and Mr . Roberts an d I were

wondering how he could have done i t -how he couldhave gotten on board a boat. Of course he may not beyour dog."

There was a silence. Then came a strange request,an astonishing one, promising a rare scene, perhapsunique for the purpose in long'distance telephoning.


WILD ANIMALS I HAVE KNOWN

"B y this time the woman had swung into action

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a rr iv ed at the back door wi th ou t disturbance. Just as Iabout to rap, I was suddenly alarmed by what mightalmost be termed a spasm of barking. Turning to seefrom what sort of creature this terrible noise emanated,I saw a dog tearing across the field in my direction asfast as he could. The car was too far away to serveas a refuge; I had to face the situation. I looked aroundfo r a club or stick, bu t no t even a twig was lyingaround. Finally, I noticed an ax resting against awoodpile, which lay between me and the dog. I madea dash for the ax. The dog seemed to sense what Iwas doing and kept on coming. I beat him to thewoodpile an d grabbed the ax. As soon as Fido sawt ~ e vicious looking weapon in my hands, he appliedhiS brakes an d took up refuge behind the woodpile. Myconfidence restored, I stood in waiting. Twice he salliedforth from his hiding place to see if I was still there,and twice he had to retrace his steps to his shelter be-

hind the woodpile. As he went back th e second time,I dropped the ax and set ou t in great haste for thecar. When nearly there, I turned and saw him comingdown the lane at a fast clip. This time the car savedme from this persistent watch-dog.

Another time, ou t on Lake Pleasant Road I was rid,ing with a plant man in his Ford. We 'stopped infront of a house, and I went around to the back door.I r ap ped an d a woman appeared, accompanied b y a dog.Th e dog didn't just appear-he jumped right ou t at me.

I quickly side-stepped his vicious lunge, an d he missedme. By this time the woman had swung into action, andI ducked behind her-hiding behind a woman' s skirts,as it were. When I returned to the car my companiongave me the laugh. He said it was funny. It mighthave seemed so to him, bu t I called it one more nar rowescape, and my heart rattled in unison with the Fordfo r several miles.

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ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, SUB-STATIONS

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. . . . . . t he dog 's dep re ss ion vanished."

"Mrs. Roberts, let me speak to him! Please pu t th ereceiver to his ear."

"Oh, I will. That's wonderful ," exclaimed Mrs.Roberts. "T o see if he will recognize you."

Prince was b ro ugh t to the telephone. Th e receiverwas held to his ear. Mr. and Mrs. Roberts heard thevoice of Mr. Duncan sixty miles away.

Th e effect was magical.As the familiar voice called his name, the dog's de

pression vanished. He leaped into th e ai r in an ecstacyof excitement and delight. Then he rushed about in afrantic search for the master whose voice he had justheard.

Mrs. Roberts seized the telephone."Oh, he's yours, all right," she cried. "And to think

that the telephone identified him, and by long distance.We canno t be too grateful for what it has done."

A ONE-WAY TELEPHONEOne-way streets have become a familiar feature of

American cities and towns, bu t in Japan there is whatmight be termed a "one-way" telephone line.

This line was installed recently in th e interior palaceat Tokio for the use of His Majesty, th e Emperor ofJapan.

Th e Emperor can use this telephone line in callingup his Min isters o f S tate an d in keeping in touch withoutside affairs, bu t it is so arranged that it operates onlywhen t he t ransm it ter is lifted, w it h th e result that whileoutgoing calls can be handled, no incoming calls canbe received.

Pity the poor Scotchman who drove up to a free aIrs tat ion and blew ou t the tires.

BELLEVUE, IOWABellevue State Park is located a s ho rt distance sou th

of the town of Bellevue, Iowa, on what was formerlycalled South Bluff and has become a mecca for thousandsof visitors each year. I t has an area of 145 acres andcommands a superb view of the Mississippi River andits sand dunes, and governmen t pro ving grounds on theIllinois side. There is m uch historical interest i n this

park, F at he r M arquette, t he early F rench explorer, andhis associates having stopped at this point. Here alsois where the first Indian converts were made from thetribe of the Winnebagoes and this and nearby regionshave long claimed the atten tion of Iowa historians. Immediately south of Bellevue was an Indian buryingground and at one time a Sac village. Earlier remainsof Indian life were disclosed by a mo un d 25 feet highand 40 feet in diameter. In the upper layers was abody of recent burial and further down a rude stonevault, finds of more than unusual significance for Iowaarcheology. White set tlers began to arrive in thisregion in 1833, and the town of Bellevue - first calledVellev iew - was incorporated in 1836. In 1840, itwas the scene of the Bellevue War, one of the most

lurid events in early Iowa history. From 1837 to 1841an d again from 1848 to 1866, Bellevue was the countyseat of Jackson county.

The people of Bellevue were no t only intensely inter'ested in having this state park established, bu t they havealways supported every movement for making i t better,and for restoring its natural features. This park, oneof nature's masterpieces so far as wonderful scenic ef,fects is concerned is one of the finest in the Uni tedStates, and nowhere can th e view from its lofty heightsbe surpassed. It is approached by a rock-hewn, windingdriveway from which outcrops several variet ies of rock,an d deposits of Niagara limestone, thi rt een feet thick,are also found here, which makes this area especiallyat tractive to the s tudent of geology.

Th e stu den t of forestry will be interested in th e fewremaining native black oaks peculiar to this locality, andthe red cedars, said to be app roximately 300 years old.

After reaching the summit of Park Bluff, one's firstimpulse is to gaze in wonderment at the marveloushandiwork of the Creator, for the g ran deu r and beautyof the view from all d irections cannot be excelled. Th e"Majest ic Father of Waters" dotted with islands, isseen in th e foreground, an d as far to the north andsouth as vision reaches, gliding noiselessly and unceas 'ingly on its way to the GUlf and thence to the sea. Toth e nor th is seen the picturesque l it tle town of Bellevuenestling on the west bank of the river. To the south,the sentinel bluffs; to the east, the sister state of Illinoisbordering its banks and to the west, one of the mostextensive agricu ltural regions for which Iowa is famedan d which for natural beauty and fertility cannot beequalled elsewhere.

So much for n atu re's part in this wondrous panorama,an d next we turn to notice the results 6f man's effortsin help ing to make this park one of t he beauty spotsof America.

On th e very summit of the bluff, can be found alarge log st ructure , bui lt in primitive style, named "OakLodge" surrounded by a number of smaller buildings

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BELLEVUE ST AT E P AR K

Upper left: Be /l evue , Iowa, as seen from the bluffs as a person loohs northward. Upper right: Oah Lodge. Lower left: Roadwayto State Parh . Cen te r: Overloohing the Mississippi River from roadway. Lower right: South bluff.

Once inside "Oak Lodge--' the v isito r is attracted bymammoth fireplaces, mantles, cement floors, and everywhere may be seen all sorts of Indian and primitive wa rrelics, besides primitive tools, farming implements an d

household utensils, moun ted b irds and animals an dnumerous other articles of pioneer epochs that wouldfurnish inspiration for the student of th e early h istoryof Iowa for days - a vertible museum of relics of bY'gone days.

This park was formal ly dedicated and accepted bythe state by Go vern or John Hammill at the FourthHomecoming in Bellevue on August 24, 1928, andother prominent state officials were also present onthis occasion. It is estimated that the dedicat ion ceremonies were witnessed by more than 5000 persons.

An informal inspection of portions of the MississippiRive r Va lley was made last y ear by Arno B. Cammerer,associate director of the national park service under th e

direction of Secretary W ilbu r of t he In te rio r Depar tment, accompanied by representat ives from Minnesota,Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa. Mr . Cammerer expressedthe opinion that when t he formal inspection of the a reais made, it should cover the terri tory in adjoining states,since if such a park is possible, it should contain, he believes, in one unit a typical cross sect ion of the Mississippi riv er from Bellevue, Iowa, to Lake Pepin , nearRed Wing, Minnesota, naming th e Bellevue State Parkits sou thern boundary line and should also include manyo f t he bluffs and prairie lands adjoining the bluffs.

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Editor's Note: 'The above paper on Bellevue StateP a r ~was wri tten by Mrs. Horace M. Cassin of Delmar,Iowa, for the New Century Club of that city, and isprobably the best descript ion of the p a r ~that has everappeared in print.

WILLOW HI LL H AS DI SA ST RO US F IR E

Damage to the a mo unt of $25,000 was suffered byth e village of Willow Hill, an exchange of ou r IllinoisCommercial Telephone Company, on August 2, whena fire destroyed seven business buildings and one residence dwelling.

To Mrs. Maude Holt, chief ope ra to r for th e Newtongroup of exchanges of th e Illinois Commercial Telephone Company, goes the credit for summoning thefire departments from the ne arb y towns and thus U l l '

doubtedly saving th e village from a more serious loss.Mrs. Holt happened to be in the vicinity of Willow

Hill and hastened there just as soon as she was told ofthe fire. When she arrived at W illow Hill she foundthe ent ire to wn in confusion an d p lans were being madeto remove the switchboard to save it from destruction.This p lan was p ro mp tl y checked and service was maintained t hr oughou t t he fire.

Th e Illinois Commercia l Telephone Company 's lossamounted to abo ut $500 an d was confined to a fewpoles and wires an d cable serving th e southeastern partof th e country. Al l subscriber telephones were in working order tw o days after the fire.





GENERAL T RA F FI C S U PE RI NT EN D EN T ADDRESSES WISCONSIN TELEPHONE

CONVENTION"I HOLD t ha t the telephone manager should givethirty-three per cent of his time to traffic, orthe product-delivenng department. He should

give as much time to the chief operator as to the wirechief and chief accountant," declared O. G. Jarboe,general traffic superintendent, Commonwealth TelephoneCompany, general office, Madison, Wisconsin, to thedelegates to the annual convention of the WisconsinTelephone Association held in Milwaukee, August 5,6 and 7.

Mr. Jarboe addressed the gathering on, "GeneralComments op Traffic Problems." Mr. Jarboe con tinuedby saying that, "most managers leave traffic mattersalone. The thing we are selling-service-is manufactured in the operating room. I can hardly conceiveof a manufacturing enterprise that would give all itsattention to the plant and none to the way the productis delivered."

"One of the duties of the manager is for him to see

that proper tools are placed in the operating department for the use of those handling the traffic. Whenthe chief opera to r asks for something, make a real effortto get it; no t merely saying, Tll think about if."

Mr. Jarboe urged managers to investigate their wagescale as compared with other industries in town, and tosee that the prop er share of the income goes into improving the establishing of connections in the operatingroom.

As an illustration of his belief that the managershould pay some a tt en tion to problems the chief oper,ator brings up from time to time, Mr. Jarboe cited acase of a town visited by a cyclone.

"The operators were swamped with calls," he said.

"The chief operator was frantic and had called in allt he old girls she could find. That was the psychologicaltime for the manager to come in and stand back of thechief operator a nd encourage her, even thou gh he knewnothing about operating; bu t this manager hopped intoa car and went t o see what he could of the cyclone. Itdoes not take a lot of effort to get behind a chief op 'erator and pat her on the back with moral support."

Discussing the question of how to build up servicewhen the traffic depar tment has run down, the speakerstated that the state association, in many states, hasstepped in and done a lot of good. He cited the IllinoisTelephone Association as an association doing a wonder'ful amount of good, and expressed his surprise that theWisconsin Telephone Association has no telephone traf ,fie department.

Mr. Jarboe declared his belief that the s tandard ofservice in Illinois is higher on the average than an yother state with which he is acquainted, and this resultis traceable to t he wo rk of the association.

"Many offices," he declared, "are for tuna te in havingas chief operators, women of the type and calibre topu t across the job of building up the traffic department.Th e chief operator is a most important cog in the ma'chine f or giving service. He r character, personality,an d abili ty are going to be reflected in the service given

the public. She does not necessarily need to be the bestoperator, bu t she must have those .sIualities which makefor a good organization of operators."

In referring to a return to old ideas in operating,the speaker cited a number of instances in which theBell company apparently is going back to practices whichwere discarded. "It seems the pendulum is swingingback," he said. As instances of this tendency, he c itedthe practice of placing beginners at the board; restr ictedrepetition which the Independents had used for a longtime, although the operators said nothing in receivingthe number from subscribers; C. L. R. and AB tollmethods were stated as not new ideas.

"Another idea tha t is coming back is personal ser'vice-giving the subscriber wha t he wants. In thelarger offices, more attention is being paid to the smallthings. Most of the modern ideas in traffic have beendug up from the past," he declared, after citing in 'stances of personalized service which has been givenby Independent companies for many years.. I n closing M r. Jarboe suggested as an excellent guidem traffic, as well as in o ther things of life, tha t rule ofAlexander Pope, "Be no t the first by whom the newis tried, nor yet the last to lay the old aside."

FARMERS TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANYPICNIC

Sunburned shoulders, shiny noses and blistered handswere in evidence at the office of the Farmers Telephonee? Telegraph Company at Wenatchee, Washington, Monday morning after a glorious day at Lake Chelan, Sunday,July 27. In spite of these sufferings everyone stated thati t was the best picniC ever. After motoring the forty milesto the lake from Wenatchee, a cool dip was the nexton the program. Swimming contests were held for theladies and men. Mrs. L. E. Radley won the 100 yardswim for women, and Emery Weimer won the samefor the men. The 200 yard swim was held jointly,C. L. Linn winning over both ladies and men andLillian Welch the ladies. Miss Welch and Mr. Weimerwon the springboard diving cOntests.

Dinner was served in the dining room of the Camp'bell Hotel in Chelan.

After dinner many of the picnickers t ried thei r luckat horseshoe throwing. Mrs. L. E. Radley and Mrs.Kirby Billingsley led the ladies and C. R. Weimer andEmery Weimer, the men.

T he 50 foot race was won by Mrs. Kirby Billingsley.Surf board and canoe races were also held.

The motorboats of Roy McGuire and Mr. Weimercontributed to the enjoyment of th e day.

Mrs. Radley and Mr. Weimer won sweepstake prizesof five dollars each an d Flora Grover two dollars andfifty cents, for winning the most consolation prizes.

Dancing was enjoyed at the pavilion on the beach.Arrangements were made for the lovely time by

L. G. Bovee an d R. L. McGuire.Visitors from the Interstate Utilities Company of

Spokane were Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Anderson, Mr. andMrs. C. E. Munsell , Lollie Helland, C. W. Schluting,and W. J. Hammer. Mr . and Mrs. H. C. Littlefield,son of former manager of the local company were alsopresent.

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FARMERS TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY OUTING AT LAKE CHELAN

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Cecelia KaJlgrcn, operator,Sandpoint , Idaho

P oo t race con testan ts

Mrs. R. L. McGui re in the famil), motorboat

A few of the horseshoe players

L. Hel land , Mrs. Thorllbrue,Mrs. Jay A ll en and L. M. Davis




T H E M O U T H · P I E C E

EDGERTON, WISCONSIN, CUT· OVERA resident of Edger ton, Wiscons in, walking by the

new Commonwealth Telephone Company exchange,located at the corners o f N or th Henry and Canal streets,about') a. m. Tuesday, A ugus t 19, would have noticeda hustle and bustle that was marked by a strict air ofbusiness. Promptly at the designated hour of ') a. m.

the new telephone exchange was placed into service.Th e first call, a long distance one, came through thenew switchboard at ') :40 a. m.

Before the cut-over on Tuesday morning the entireexchange was operated on the magneto system. Th e newsystem is a common bat tery feature switchboard. Th elocal subscribers are receiving common battery service,while the rural subscribers stil l receive magneto service.With common battery service a subscriber need nolonger turn a generator crank in order to signal theoperator. Immediately upon lifting th e receiver fromthe hook a lamp light flashes before the operator andshe answers the signal.

Th e new switchboard is a Kellogg 4 position featuretype board. Th e feature part of the board makes itimpossible for the operato r to cu t in on conversationsbetween local subscribers and also makes possible intermittent ringing until the called party answers or thecalling party hangs up. Once the operator sets up theconnect ion between the calling and the called party sheis unable to cu t in unt il she receives anothe r receiversignal from the subscriber.

Commonwealth Telephone Company employees present at the cut-over w ere: Frank Cook, manager, Cambridge; D orothy Barber, supervisor in charge of Wisconsin, general office, Madison; R. ]. Pollock, stateengineering department, general office, Madison; Da nCarroll , equipment department, general office, Madison;George Samson, cons truct ion foreman, general office,Madison; M. G. Pritchard, manager, Edgerton; andHerman Siebken, plant super in tendent, general office,Madison.

Operators at the new switchboard at the time of thecut-over were: Maeta Rousch, chief operator and cashier,Bertha Cunningham, Mrs. Emily Ellingson, Lula Schoenfeldt, and A lvina Maves.

It was necessary to maintain service on the old boardlocated in th e Ladd Building at the same time servicewas being given at the new board. This was due tothe fact that party lines were cut-over one at a time.Operators at the old board on the morning of the cutover were: Sylvia Krueger, Mrs. Violette Midtbon,night operator, Mrs. George Rousch, Mrs . George Dallman, and Mrs. Louise Schutt. Mrs. Schutt lives inSterling, Illinois, and was a former operator at Edger ton.She was assisting t he local force during the cut-over.

Others present at the cut-over were: A. Siegel, general equipment installer foreman, Wisconsin TelephoneCompany, Milwaukee; W. L. Hurd, toll l ine engineer,Wisconsin Telephone Company, Milwaukee; E. W .Drake a nd T. Reddy, installers, Wisconsin TelephoneCompany, Mi lwaukee; Ervin G ander, Commonweal thTelephone Company, Edgerton; E. E. Saunders, installer,Kellogg Switchboard & Supply Company, Chicago; andCarol Wivel, equipment department, CommonwealthTelephone Company, general office, Madison.

Th e new exchange building is a modern one storybrick, fire-proof s tructure sitting on a lot 60x140 feetwith an adjoining company garage.

Th e ground floor consists of the lobby in which isfound two pay s tat ion booths and the cashier's window.Immediately to the left of the lobby is the operator'srest-room. Th e operating room and the terminal room

completes the arrangement. The wood work in the building is walnut, and the rooms are finished in a creamwith the exception of the operating room, which isfinished in green.

In the basement is found the work room, the batteryroom, the material room, and the boiler room. Th ebuilding will be heated with an oil burner.

The former Edgerton Telephone Company and thepresent Commonwealth Telephone Company had exchange quarters in the Ladd Building for 21 years.These quarters were vacated by the company Saturday,August 23.

Two cons truction crews under the supervision of E.Thorne and Alvin Schultz have been in Edgerton forthe past six months rebuilding the outside plant andinstalling new subscriber station equipment. These crewswill be in the city for approximately another month.The Commonwealth Telephone Company made an expendi ture in excess of $50,000 in giving the city itsnew telephone plant.

Open house will be held by the company for the inspection of the new buliding by the public in the nearfuture.

PUTNAM AND S HE PH ER D GI VE N H IG HE RAPPOINTMENTS

R. E. Putnam and L. F. Shepherd, former manager ofsecurity sales, and toll line engineer respectively of thegeneral office of the Associated Telephone Utilities Systern's eastern operating companies at Madison, Wis-consin, have received appointments with our IllinoisCommercial Telephone Company. Th e changes wereeffective August 1.

Mr. Putnam is now commercial superintendent of theIllinois Commercial Telephone Company with headquarters at Murphysboro. Prior to the time of his appointment as commercial super in tendent Mr. Putnamwas manager of the securi ty sales depar tment of theIllinois Commercial Telephone Company and the Commonwealth Telephone Company. Mr. Putnam was th efirst editor of 'The Mou.th-Piece when ou r present magazine first saw the light of day in November, 1928.Previous to his position as manager of security salesMr. Putnam was manager of the Belvidere exchange of thecompany of which he is now commercial superintendent.

Mr. Shepherd is traffic superintendent of the IllinoisCommercial Telephone Company and his headquar tersare also at Murphysboro. Previous t o his recent appointment Mr. Shepherd was toll line engineer workingunder the supervision of O. G. Jarboe, general trafficsuperintendent, general office, Madison, Wisconsin. Priorto August, 1929, at which time he was brought intothe general office, M r. Shepherd was manager of theMineral Point, Wisconsin, exchange of the Commonwealth Telephone Company.

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THE PENNSYLVANIA TELEPHONE CORPORATION'S NE W FAIRVIEW-GIRARD CABLEUpper left: Erie co un ty home. View shows new pole and cable. Upper right: Along t he r ou te of the Fairview-Girard cable

showing old and new poles a nd cable. Lower left: Another view a lo ng t he r ou te of the ne w cable. Lower right. left to right: SamMoore. F r a n ~Ford. F r a n ~Boyer. J a c ~Barnett. Lloyd Cochran. and William C arney. constru ction gang responsible for erectingcable.

ADDITIONS TO A. T. U. SYSTEMFive new exchanges were acquired by th e Associated

Telephone Utilities System in th e state of Washingtonduring July, August and September.

In July the Chelan and Mansion exchanges were ac-

quired and immediately taken in as a part of the Interstate Utilities Company. This was possible because theplants were privately owned and not incorporated.

In Au gus t the Fairfield Telephone System wi th exchanges at Fairfield and Latah, Washington, were acquired and immediately became a par t of the InterstateUtilities Company. This system was also unincorporated.

On September I the Entiat Telephone an d TelegraphCompany, Entiat, was taken over and will continue tobe operated under its p resent corporate name unt il sucha time as it can become a pa rt of the Interstate Utilities

Company.Chelan and Mansion are about thir ty-f ive miles northof Wenatchee, Washington. Chelan has a populationin excess of 900 while Mansion has a population ofabout 100. Three hundred ninety-one stations are operated at the fanner exchange while 98 stations areoperated at the latter. N a central office is maintainedat Mansion, all switching being done through the Chelanexchange. Both Chelan and Mansion are located onLake Chelan, one of the most beautiful lakes in theregion, well known for marvelous scenery.

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Th e principle industry in the territory is f ru it g ro w'ing and these two towns show exceptional promise. Th eclimatic conditions are ideal for fruit growing. Th ebeautiful lake makes an ideal summer resort. A largepower development in the immediate neighborhood is aninvitation to manufacturing. A copper developmentfarther up th e lake points to extensive mining activitiesin the near future.

Fairfield and Latah have a populat ion of 450 and 400respectively. Th e former exchange operates 195 sta,tions while th e lat ter operates 102 ~ t a t i o n s .These twotowns are located in the heart of the wor ld famousPalouse wheat country. Wheat growing is the principalin dustr y and Fairfield has made a ve ry marked progressin seed pea growing. This is a comparatively newproduct of the Palouse c ou nt ry a nd Farif ield has been

a pioneer in its development. Considering last year'scrop and the prospects of an exceptional crop in thatdistrict this year provides good indication that seedpea growing is past the experimental stage and israpidly assuming its place along side of wheat pro'ducing.

Entiat is located nineteen miles north of Wenatcheeon t he Columbia Rive r and has a population of ap 'proximately 700. Th e exchange operates 197 subscriberstations. Th e town is situated in a purely fruit raisingdistrict.





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By H. F. NOBLE, Su.pervisor of Maintenance,

Pennsylvania Telephone Corporation, Erie, Pa.

In order to give th e publ ic the p rope r a nd efficientt el ephone service to which they are ent it led, it is necessary to keep an up to date, adequate, a nd pe rm ane ntrecord of the t rouble occurring with t he equ ipmentwhich enters into th e maintaining of this service. Thisapplies particularly to the central office equipment, an dth e fol lowing figures, taken from th e Erie main officerecords f or th e first six m ont hs of 1930, will show j us thow records apply to automatic switching qeuipment inmaintaining a check on the interruptions in service causedby faulty equipment. These figures reveal the num be rof subscribers reports, and th e part icular kinds of equipm en t which caused t he m:

Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Ju.ne

26 38 48 39 45 37ine-Cut-off RelayPlunger Sw. and

Bank WiringMa st er Sw. a nd

Bank WiringRotary Sw. and

Bank WiringLarge Strowger

Switches 86 49 105 89 86 57

Th e fol lowing figures are a record of the unstandardcondi tions detected in per fo rming the various rou tines:

Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. Ma y June

62 185 175 48 72 52

SERVICE AWARDA. Z. Hadley, district manager, I nt er st at e Utilities

Company, Moscow, Idaho, received his gold service pinon August 1.

Hi s services date back to 1915, when he joined th estaff o f th e former Clearwater Telephone Company at

Orofino, Idaho, which in turn becamea part of t he Interst at e Ut il iti es Com

p an y in 1923. In 1926 Mr . Hadley wastransferred to Moscow as manager ofthat exchange and lat er was promotedto t he position of district manager. Inthe entire fifteen years of service inthe telephone industry he has had onlytwo short leaves of absence togetherwith twenty- two months of service inthe United States army during th e

A. Z. Hadley World War.With t he award Mr . Hadley received

a l ett er of congratulations from W . M. Anderson, general manager, general office, Spokane, Washington.

Line-Cut-off RelayPl un ger Sw. and

Bank WiringMaster S\\'. and ~

Bank WiringRotary Sw. and

Bank WiringLarge Strowger

Switches 687 426 416 504 514 205With a little study an d comparison of these records,

th e value in keeping them can readily be seen.

A VACAT IQN ON TH E A V RANCH

By BOONE HOR NE

Well folks, back again from the wide open spaceswhere men are MEN.

After loading the wife and kids i n t he family flivverwe got he r headed ou t and coaxed he r along unt il wewound up on th e ranch of a friend in Wheeler County.Thi s thi rt een section ranch is fifteen miles from Wheeleri n the Texas Panhandle. Th e ranch house is two miles

from th e highway,near Sweetwater Creekthat winds through th eranch. This place is agovernmen t game preserve and no huntingis allowed, consequentlythe place abounds withquail , p ra ir ie chicken,an d squirrel.

Imagine an isolatedplace like th is andthen to be free to loaf

j us t all ones pleases onth e creek, fishing an djus t laz.ying around inth e shade of monstercot tonwoods, thinkingabout ho w good it isto be alive. When onetires of this, and it

takes a whole lot to get boresome, there are plenty ofother diversions, such as riding horseback w it h the oldranchman over the r anc h "just to see ho w t hings aregoing" an d l is tening to his tales of r an ch life forty yearsago i n the g re at undevel oped co unt ry.

W e were fortunate in that the annual rodeo an d"s peakin" was celebrated while we were there. People

came from miles around to be pres ent at this quaintold West Texas town. Th e greatest attraction at thiswas the rodeo in the afternoon, followed by t he danceat night. Those who have never attended a get-to'gether rural affair as this, still have something to livefor. There was no grandstand; everybody crowds asclose to the fence as possible and yells for his favoriterider or roper until his throat gets dr y an d then hequenches his thi rs t with red lemonade or soda pop. Th eevening attraction is the open air dance. A large platform is bui lt to accommodate the dancers, an d t he spec't ators line up around th e edge to watch. A violin,g ui tar, piano, a nd saxaphone f ur ni sh th e music. Th edancers strut t he ir s tu ff at a dime a strut. Th e boysare all in thei r shirt sleeves, most of them in boots an d

blue duc ki n breeches. Ever yb ody dances according tohis ow n idea, some of w hi ch a re v er y ori ginal a nd int eresting. It is doubt fu l wh o enjoys the danc e t he most,the dancers or the spectators. As yet I have not mentioned the eats; fried chicken, vegetables fresh fromt he gar den, roasti ng ears on t he cob, an d all the othergood things that ar e naturally associated w it h a placelike this.

Tw o weeks of this, an d back to the job, ent irelyrested a nd re ad y to get back to regular everyday dut ieswith renewed energy an d ambition.

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INTERESTING SNAP-SHOTS FROM OU R ILLINOIS COMMERCIAL TELEPHONE

COMPANY FOLKS

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Flo H ut to n and C I, ta McEhoy.s t e no g ra ph e r s, Tu s co la Nellie Sites and Marjory Barth. Tuscola




NEWS FLASHES FROM THE EXCHANGES

DISTRICT MEETING, COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE C OM PA NY, WAU SA U, W IS CO NS IN , JULY 24, 1930

Front row: Mayme Kie fe r. Laona; M arga re t Swo pe . M in oc qu a. Sec on d row: Cora Bier. Edgar; Mrs. S. Bi er, Edgar; Selma Rohr,Wausau; Mrs. M. 1. Mor ia ri ty. Minocqua; Lil a Fritz , Park.. Falls; Eva Yungfer. Tomahawk..; Emma Ohm. Wausau; Mrs. Louis Pa'holk..e, Owen; La Verne Te ssme r. Colby. 'Third row: Amanda Riebe. Wausau; Mrs. H. A. Mann. Winter; Merlin Eister, Hay'ward; M rs . Gr ac e We1s in g. Wab en o; N or a Brehmer. Gillett; H. W. Davis , Madison; M. 1. Moriarity, Minocqua; F. H. Runk..el,M adis on. Fo ur th row: Edith Peasley, E agle R iv er ; E. 1. H ar man . Hay war d; H. A. Mann. Winter; John Whipper fu r th . Toma 'holk..e. Owen; La Verne Tessmer. Colby. Third row: Amanda Rder. M adi so n; C yr il Trauba, Marathon City. Fifth row: R. E.

Curr an, Eagle R iv er ; F. ]. Schwiersk..e , Colby; Louis Paholk..e. Owen; W. R. Cowling . Str at fo rd ; Fred Ste lt z. Gil le tt ; P. H . Spie s.Laona; K ar l M oh r, M el lo n; Theo. Wozniak... Athens. Sixth row: Paul Ohm, Wausau; E.1. Harman, Jr., Hayward; F. V. Newman,Madison; Alfred Krieser. Loyal; Ma x Zastrow, Wausau.

lUadIson , ' Yi s e o n s i nR us se ll S or en so n, s ub sc ri be l' billing

depar tmen t ; E ld o n J oh ns on , p lan t a cc o u n t i n g ; Ber n ad e t t e Zeman, s tenog r aph ; a nd Claude .Jasper, accoun t ing ,Char les Napper, t raffic; N. E. Sw a nson , accoun t ing , Ro b e r t J. S im pk in s.co m m erc i a l ; E t h e l Weav er. t raffic; J ackK r e a u t z m a n . p l a n t accoun t ing . h av eaccepted posi t ions in th e gener a l office. Mr . S w an s o n is as s i s t an t g-eneralaud i to r.Eun ice O s mu n ds en b e ca m e Mrs. S. R.S w an s o n on Tu es d ay. A u g u s t 12. Mrs.Sw a n so n is employed in th e subs cr ib er s b il li ng d epar tmen t a nd Mr .Swanson is enlployed in th e eng-ineeri ng d e pa r tm e n t, gener a l office.

E m m a C a s eb e er . a c co u nt in g : depa r tment , gener a l office. w a s un ite d inmar r iage to C. F . Herr in g - to n th el at te r p ar t o f .July.

Georg'e E. Si tes , f o n n e r c o n su l t i n ge n g i n e e r a t Lit t le Rock. A rk an sa s, h asbeen apop in ted as g e n e r a l p l a n t sup e r i n t e n d e n t fo r th e eas te r n o p e r a tin g c om p an ie s o f t l le A s so ci at ed Tel ephone Uti l i t ies Sys tem. Mr . S i t e s h a s11rtd eig-hteen yea r s ' exper i ence in th et e l ep h o n e i ndu s t r y w ith the S o u t h -

w e s t e r n Bel l T el ep ho ne C om pa ny a tw hich tim e his headquar t e r s w e r e a tDal las , Texas .

H a r r y P. K a r n e s . t r a v e l l i n g aud i to r,g-eneral office. an d Franc i s Bo o th ,Sp r in g f i e ld , I lli no is . \ ve re u n it ed innlarriag-e A u g u s t 9 in C h i ca g o . I l li n o is .C. A. ! {r ae ge , l na na ge r, La P o r t ~C o u n t y I nd ia n a T el ep ho ne Company,L a Por te , Ind iana . a t t e n d e d th e co,-,plea s be st man .

• • •Ch i l to n . ' V I ~ c O J l ~ l nA comnlercia l m ee ti ng - f or managers

a nd c as hie rs w a s held a t Chi l ton on,July 22. M a n a g e r H. L. Tu r n e r a rr a n g e d fo r a c hic ke n d in ne r a t th eHote l Chi l ton which w a s enjoy<ed b yal l . Those who a t t e n d e d w ere : F. H.Hunkel . g en er al m a na g er ; F. V. Newm a n , c O ll lm e r ci a l su n er in ten d en t : .JohnSchneider, r evenue acco u n t in g - lnanage r : H. ,Y. Davis , Dlan t a c c o u n t a n t :R. T. Lyon . co m m erc i a l ag-ent. a ll ofth e Madison office; l\'lJ-. an d Mrs. H .1\1oede of Luxemburg"; l ~ . P. V\!eber an dMrs. E . GreiD. T w o Rivers; C h ar l e s" '" vl ic he k a nd MI's. Joseph Steuber.' V hi te l aw : L p on e tt a B r u ~ sof ReedsYille; E da h H oltz of Bri l l ion; Ophel ia

E e k e of Hilber t ; Carl Nilles . E d w i n aM in er t o f Kiel ; Mrs. M arie G artz ke ofNe w H o l s t e i n ; E r n a vVerne r of E l k -h a r t L a k e ; Jo h n M a u re r an d Mrs.Carr ie F r e n t z o f Pl y m o u t h ; R. C.Miller. MI's. 'V ern er a nd Miss T h u sn e l d a O hlr og ge o f S ey mo ur ; ElizabethEi nolf . Chil ton.

Mrs. D. B arb e r. t raffic superv iso r inc h a rg e of 'Visconsin. Madison, vis i t edou r office on Ju l y 15.

Mrs. H. L. Tur ne r h as been vacat ion ing in Milwaul{ee a nd MenomineeFal l s .

Mr . an d Mrs. Wm . H erm an . withg l 1 e ~ t sfrom , ~ r a u s a u ,took in th esig"hts a t Chicag"o on Aug-ust 17.

S ev era l o f ou r op era to rs enjoyeda picnic n a r t y a t C ed ar L a k e on,\ U ~ n 1 s t19.

El izabe th E i no l f, c a sh i e r. ~ n e n tp a r tof h er v ac atio n a t R hi ne la nd er a ndMilwaukee.

•'Van sa l l , " lVlscolls ln

Elnl11a Ohm, office Jllanager. Comm o n w e a i t h Telephone Company. sp e n th er v ac atio n on th e P lo ve r F ar m a tElderon . vVisconsin.

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WITH THE COMMONWEALTH FOLKS AT MINERAL POINT, WISCONSINLeft: Helen Kinsman, traffic . Left center: Blanche K i r ~ p a t r i c h "Helen Kinsman, and Ruth :Noble, traffic. Right center:

Ruth :Noble, traffic . Right: Willard ]. ] a c ~ s o n ,manager.

Mrs. G la dy s G ru se ll e, cashier, s p en the r v aca t io n v i s i t i ng he r pa ren ts atE a u Claire , Wiscons in .

H e l e n M arq u a rd t sp e n t h er v ac at io na t B ear s k i n Lake , Wiscons in .

Whi l e Miss Ohm w as on h e r v acat ion , w hic h w as sp e n t a t th e P lo verF a r m at Elderon , th e commercial forcew a s inv i ted t h e re to a c hi ck en su pper. Needless to say, it w as en joyedvery m u c h by t ho se p re se nt .

R u t h Blecha , f ro m er employee a t th eWau s au exchange, w ho h as b een a tth e Mt . View S an it or iu m, h as beenrem oved to h e r home. She recent lyu n d e rw en t a n o p e ra t i o n at th e St.M ary 's ho spi ta l an d we al l hope fo ra s p ee d y r e co v er y.

• •Pra i r i e d u C hi en , ' Vi s c o n s i n

Cla i re Alice Ever t , cashier, Commonw e a l t h Te le ph on e C om pa ny , sp e n t ad ay in Mad i son recent ly.

W. R. Clasen, m a n ag e r, N o r th w e ste r n Bell Te l ephone Com pany, McG re go r, I ow a , an d Miss Hohman, ch ie fo p e ra t or , v i si t ed th is office on Ju l y 24.

On Ju ly 18 a d au g h t e r, Ba r b a r aJean , w as bo rn to Mr . a nd Mrs. L. E.Rubendal l . Mr . R uben dal l w as form er l y r e p a i r m a n a t th i s office an d isno w m a n a g e r o f th e F a r m e r s Telep ho ne C om pa ny a t Fennimore, Wis.

Mrs. B. G. 'TiPPle. chief operator, andfamily, lllinois Commercial Telephone

Company, Cropsey.

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N. A. H in tz e, n la n ag er , an d ClaireAlice E v er t , cashier, s pe nt J uly 29 a t

t he g en er al office, Madison, vVisconsin.F r a n k Hin tze , w ho has been em

ploye d in th e g en er al office a t Madison, s t a r t e d to w o r k a t th i s office onJu ly 28. Mr . H in tz e w il l be a s s i s t a n tn lan ag er.

Cla i re Alice E v e r t , cashier, Comm o nw ea lt h T el ep ho ne Company, accompan ied by h er b ro th er o f Madison,le f t A u g u s t 5 fo r a t r ip t o C a li fo rn ia .T h ey wi l l s top a t th e Yel lowstoneP a r k fo r a d ay o r so on t he ir w ay toth e coas t . 'While in Cal i forn ia theywil l v is it t he ir t wo s is te rs , Mrs. E. S.Geigo ld t of Hichmond an d Mrs. F . C.A ppel of V enice a s w el l as m a n yf r i ends .

M an ag e r N. A. H i n t z e vis i t ed th eMadison g en e ra l office A u g u s t 5.

Mr . Shawal ter, Madison , sp e n t A ug u s t 5 an d 6 a t th is office on bus ines s .

Ri l la Speck, o p e ra t o r, v i s i t ed h e rsis te r a nd f am ily a t Mineral Po i n t onTuesday, A u g u s t 12.

• * *~ l i n e r a iP o in t , ' V is c on s ln

D al l a Wasley, operator, Commonw ea l t h Tel ep ho ne C om pa ny , r ecen t l yre tu rned f rom a v aca t i o n w ith re lat ive s i n M ic hi ga n.

No w t h a t th e So u t h w e s t e r n Wisconsi n F a i r held here A u g u s t 5 to 13 isover, ICthel Mitche l l is e a g e r to k n o wo f a p a r t y t h a t h as a f er ri ss w he el o rmer ry-go- round fo r sale .

A nit a K in sm an , op er ato r, is l ook ingfo rward to he r vaca t ion , w h i c h , nodoub t , wil l be h a r d on th e gol f co u r s eof one of o ur n ea rb y ci t ies .

Mrs. .James Dunn, o p, era to r, i s infavor of hav ing on e of ou r nea rbyhills cu t do\vn so she ca n ge t he rFord beyond P o y n te r 's F i ll i ng Stat ion .

* * *Darling"ton , 'Vi s .

H. P. Siebken, p l a n t s u p e r i n t en d en t ,g'eneral office. Madison , an d J . D.''\TaIteI', m anage r o f th e In t e rs t a t eL i g h t & Po w e r Co., G a le na , I ll in oi s,w ere r ec en t v is it or s a t th is office.

Mr . an d Mrs. C. P. M cB ride v acat ioned in n o r t h e r n Wiscons in , Minnesota a nd O nta rio , C an ad a .

.A. rninia ture g o l f COurse has beens tar ted ' here hav ing a :1000 w a t t loadw hich w il l p rove to be a v e ry goodelectr ic cllst0I11er.

W e r ec en tl y c om ple te d b ui ld in g at h r ee phase t ra ns fo rm e r b an k fo r th eD ar l i n g t o n Fe d e r a t e d Creamery.

O ur e mplo ye es helcl th ei r m on th lysafe ty m ee t i n g a t which ar t i f i c ia lresp i ra t ion w as p rac t iced an d sa f eand u n safe m etho ds of w o r k i n g onelect r i c l ines w as d i scus sed . F o r th e

pas t y e a r w e have had a 100 p, er c e n tn o n - lo s t t im e accid ent record. W ehave n o t ha d a s in gl e a cc id en t t h a t

n ec es si ta te d t im e of f o r m edical a t-t en t ion .

A 27 pound bul lhead w as r ec en tl yta k e n o u t of th e P ec at on ic a H iv erwhich r un s t hr ou gh D ar l i n g t o n .

* * *Lin co ln , I l l ino is

N 'orman Benson , f or me r m a n ag e r o ft he I ll in oi s C o m m e r c i a l Telephone Co ..B en to n, h as succeeded M. E. G a n t s a sm a n a g e r o f th e l oca l exchange.• • •

B e n t o n , I l l ino isJ. T. T u rn e r, m a n a ge r o f th e I l l ino i s

C o m m e r c i a l Telephone C o m p a n y e xchange, We s t F r ank f o r t , h as been a ppoin ted m a n a g e r o f th e B en ton e xch an g e also. H e succeeds N o rm anBenson , w ho h a s been t r a n s f e r r e d toLincoln. * • •

P a xt on , I ll in o isJo hn D ri l l ing , f or mer m an ag er , I llinois C o m m er c ia l Te le p ho n e Company,

Robert s , h as been appoin ted m a n a g e rof th e l oca l ex ch an g e to succeed R. M.Quick. A. D. Lowdy, m a n a g e r a t Melv in s uc ce ed s Mr . D rillin g a s m an ag erof th e Rob e r ts an d T h aw v i l l e exc ha ng es i n a dd it i on to Melvin.* • •

P i p e r Cit , · , I l l ino is,J. W. Boyle, m a n a g e r of th e I l l ino i s

C o m m e r c i a l Telephone Company, Pi p e rCity, h a s a ls o b et' n ap p o i n t ed m a n a g e rof th e Ch a t sw o r t h exchange.

OVER THE OLD BACK FENCELeft to right: Edith Will, Genevieve

McPherson , Leo S im mo ns , a nd I daMa y Martin, Ill inois Commercial

Telephone Co., Murphysboro





CARBONDALE, ILLINOIS, EXCHANGE DAMAGEDA terrific wind storm s w ep t t hrou gh Carbondale on June 25 and left destruction

in its w a ~ e .This picture shows damage done to the roof of our exchangebuilding. Three operators were injured when th e roof g ave way.

THESE GIRLS HAVE COURAGELeft, left to right: Ruth Frey, Ma ri e Co rb it , and Mrs. Edna S t o c ~ ,traffic,

Illinois Commercial Telephone Company, Carbondale. wh o were injuredwhen a wind s torm dest royed th e roof of t he exchang e building.

Right: Mrs. Edna. S t o c ~ ,chief operator.

f a m i l y here w i t h i n a s h o r t t ime .C at h e r i n e " ' e p p l e r h as r es ig ne d a s

o p e r a t o r here a n d l e f t A u g u s t 4 fo rJ : l ooming ton w h e r e sh e h a s e m p l o ym e n t .

Mrs . E m m a " ' h i t e , n i g h t o p e ra t o r,v is i t e d h e r d a u g h t e r , 1\<Irs. 'Vi l l i am'l 'e a g er a n d f a m ily in Mo l in e , I l l i no i s ,A u g u s t 3 a n d 4.

I ~ . R. M cK ie, n e wl y a pp o in te d m a na g e r fo r th e C ol fa x, A nc ho r, C ro ps ey ,S t r a w n , a n d Sib ley e xc ha ng es o f t h eI l l i no i s C om m er ci al Tel ep ho ne C o mp a n y, a n d w ife m o v e d to C o lfax <!nJ u l y 30 f rom h i s fo rm er h o m e II I

K epo nse t. M rs. M cK ie h ad b e e n e xch an g e o p e r a t o r in t h a t t o w n fo r t h ep a s t f o u r t e e n . y e a r ~ . •

Co n n er sv i l l e , In(l innaH o race H a ns de ll , s on o f E. A. R a n s

dell, m a n a g e r , F a y e t t e Telephone C o mp a n y, h as been i n c h a r g e of a c o u r s ein l i fe s a v i n g a t t h e W hi t e wa te rS w i m m i n g Pool , s p o n s o r e d by t h e R e dC r o s s Life S av i n g d iv i s ion . H o r a c e h asa n e xa m in er 's r a t i n g .

T h e office fo rce w as t r e a t e d to a pp le s a n d c id er d u r i n g th e p as t m on thby R. L. Bec k , lo c a l a p p le g ro w er.E a c h y e a r Mr . B ec k re me mb ers t h eg-irls in th is m an ner .

Mrs. E s t h e r Mitche l l , t o l l op.erator,h a s r e t u r n e d f r o m a tw o w ee ks ' v ac a t i o n , p a r t o f w h ic h w a s s p e n t inIn r l i anapo l i s , In r l iana .

l \ Iisses R u t h a n d A u d r e y Wan ee , o pe ra t o r s , each s p e n t a w e e k ' s Yaca t ionw it h t he ir s is te r in Cinc inna t i .

C a rl B e n ni n gt o n. r ep a i rm an , a n d W .Ie. Save , w i re ch ie f , i n d u l g e d in t h e i rf av o r i t e s p o r t o f f i sh ing in n e a r b ys t r e a m s dur ing t h e i r v acat io n inA l l g · U S t .

F l o ren ce May. t ol l s up er vi so r, en, joyed a w eek 's v ac at io n e a r l y i n.:\ ug'ust .

T h e te l ep h o n e c o m pa n y h as m o ret h a n a cas u a l i n t e r e s t in th e t r e es i t t i n g "ep idemic" , s ince a mo ng t ho seroos t i ng ' a l o f t in Connersv i l l e a re I r e n e\ I 'eiss , d a u g h t e r of O s c a r Weiss , l i nef o r e m a n , a nd C ha rl ie Dickson , w h o s es i s t e r , Violet, is a n o p e r a t o r. O u rfo rm er n i g h t o p e ra t o r, Mrs. E l s i eH am i l t o n h a s a son, J ack , w h o w a sth e fi r s t i n t h is c it y to s t a r t th e f ad .L a s t r ep o r t s h a v e a l l t hr ee s ti ll s i tt i n g serene ly.

th e cOln p an y w o u l d g ive them a m o n t hi n s t ead o f tw o w e e k s . B u t t h a t i sn ' tt r u e in th e C a r b o n d a l e office. 'Ve ' l ldo o u r rejo icing " ' h e n sh e r e t u r n s ,b e c a u s e a ll of u s h a v e m is sed h e ra lot. It w o u l d be h a r d to te l l of a llth e t h i n g s Mrs . S t o c k s h a s b ee n d oin go n h e r v a c a t i o n , b u t w e do k n o w on et h i n g sh e l e a rn ed to do , a n d t h a t is ,sh e l earned to s w i m .

M a r i o n K elley , lo ca l o p e ra t o r a tC a r b o n d a l e , s p e n t a recen t w e e k - e n do n a f i sh ing t r i p a t S h a w n e e t o w n , Il l .

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C o lf ax , I ll in o isG uy Sim mo ns, Le x i n g t o n , I l l i no i s ,w as t r a n s f e r r e d to Co lfa x on J u l y 22an d is t r o u b l e s h o o t e r. c a r i n g fo r fivee x c h a n g e s . H e e x p e c ts to m ove his

Olne, · , I I l ln o isE m m a Arnold , c h i e f o p e ra t o r, a n d

B e r n a d i n e H ah n, t ol l o p e ra t o r, I l l i no i sC o m m e r c i a l Te l e p h o n e Co., m oto re d toMar t in sv i l l e , I l l ino is , A u g u s t 7, to a tt e n d t he f un er al of a f r i end .

M a r y C ra ig , r el ie f o pe ra to r, s pe ntA u g u s t 8 a n d 9 in St . Louis .

E m m a Hol t z , to l l o p e ra t o r, h a s r et u rn ed to \v ork , h av in g s pe nt a \ veektou r ing in th e O z a r k Thfountains.

F lo Spang-leI' , loca l o p e ra t o r, \vas inLa w r e n c e v i l l e S a t u rd ay, A u g u s t 16.

As t ime is d r a \ v i n g nea re r f o r th e" Gr ea t" R ic hl an d .County F a i r , \ v o r kis g r a d u a l l y pick ing ' u p in th e o p e ra t i n g 1'00111. No t i l n e fo r gOf's ip .

D u e to th e h e a v y r a i n f a l l S u n d a y,A u g u s t 17 , a b o u t 15 0 t e l e p h o n e s w ereplaced ou t o f commiss ion .

Rose Ta r r y, nig"ht o p e ra t o r, is t a kin g h er v ac at i on , th e v ac an cy b ei ngfilled b y Mi ld red L as h b ro o k .

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K a t i e F r e y h as r e t u r n e d f rom aw e e k ' s v aca t i o n s p e n t i n C hi ca go , D et ro i t , M i c h i g a n , a n d v Vin d so r, C a n a d a .A nd as u s u a l she ca m e b ack w i t hth e ol d s t o r y : "Gir l s , y o u s ho ul d h av ebeen w i t h me." So , j u d g i n g f r o m t h a t ,K at i e m us t h a v e h ad a v e r y e n j o ya ble tr ip .

M a r i e C a r b i t a n d Luci l e A r r a s , b o t hl oca l operator, \ vere a m o n g th e b u n c hw h o e n j o y e d a v e ry p l e a s a n t ev en i n gs wim ln in g a nd p ic ni c in g a t R i v e r s i d eP a r k , M u r p h ys b o ro , I l li n o is , o n J u l y 31 .

L il li an K e ll ey s p e n t a r e c e n t w eeken d w i t h f r i e n d s a t Cairo , I l l i no i s .F r e d C u n n i n g h am r e t u r n e d J u l y 21

f rom a w eek ' s v a c a t i o n .P a u l i n e Davis , a s s i s t a n t to ll o pe r

a t o r, C a r b o n d a l e , u nd erw en t a n o p e ra t i o n o n J u l y 1 , a t th e H old en H osp i t a l f or a pp e nd ic it is . Sh e h as b e e ntal<en to h e r h o m e a n d is i m p ro v i n gnicely. vVe hope to h av e h e r w it h u sa ga in v er y SOOl 1 .

Bil l ie W h ale y, s on o f W . C. Wh a l ey,l oca l m an ag e r, a t C a r b o n d a l e , is inth e hospi ta l w i t h a f r a c t u r e d sku l l .H e ,va s a s s i s t i n g a l oca l g r o c e r y m a nin m a k i n g h is d e li ve ri es w h e n he a ccidental ly fe l l from th e s e a t o f th et ru ck , s t r i k i n g h is h e a d o n t h e p a v em e n t c u r b i n g . A t p r e s e n t h e is d oi n g e xc ep ti on al ly w el l c on si de ri ng t hei n j u ry. It is hoped w e w i l l soon se ehi m a r o u n d th e office, as h e is t h eon e w e d ep en d o n to k eep t h e s w i t chb o a r d p l u g s c l eaned .

O ur c h ie f o p er a to r , Mrs. E d n a Stocks ,w i l l r e t u r n Monday, A u g u s t 4, f rom atw o w ee ks ' v ac at io n, a n d w e ' l l a ll beg l a d to s e e h e r b a c k . A s a g e n e r a lr u l e m o s t people re jo i ce w h e n th e"b oss" g oes on a v a c a t i o n , a n d w i s h

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TUSCOLA EMPLOYEES, ILLINOIS COMMERCIAL TELEPHONE COMPANY

Juanita Yeu ng , R ut h Oye, Rose Ruth Hit<, Mary S in clai r, andJane Morris, traffic

James Bishop, wire chief. a rid E arl Ba1(er. lineman

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Ruth D r e s 5 b a c ~ ,Evelyn F ra ze e, E th el Fra ze e, HelenSudduth, t raff ic , an d Dorothy Blomquest, chief operator.CCllter circle: Mary Rutan, stenographer, and Ar m Plotz ,

traffic su.pervisor.

Robidoux,

H, ]. K le is s, E, V , Sperling, and W.' J. Owe"" plan'





Left:T HE FAYAT TE HOME TE LEPHONE COMPANY, CONNERSVILLE, INDIANA, AT WORK AFTER A FIREOscar \\1 eiss an d Sefton M cHugh in foreground, and Wil' iam Wyer on pole. Center: William Wyer on pol e. R ig ht : SeftonMcHugh w o r ~ i n go n u nd erg ro un d cable. Th e fire des troyed the Lincoln Manufacturing Company and other buildings.

MURDOCK, ILLINOIS, EMPLOYEESLeft: Ruby Fenwic1{, traffic, Herman Trimble , l ineman, and Nettie Fenwic1{,

chief operator. Right : Exchange bUilding.

Lut:1iJlgton, I U icb ig n nMiss M. P e te rs , t ra v el in g chief op

e ra to r. s pe nt a da y a t Ou r office onJ u ly 15.

K ath r yn G al l ag h e r, t ol l o pe r at or . issp e n d in g h e r va ca tio n w ith re la t iv e si n M il wa uk ee , W is co ns in .

Eth e l Taylor, o pe ra to r, h as jo inedth e Gir l S co u t s an d is meri t ing ' h e rt ende r foo t badg-e by "roughing'" it a tH am lin L ak e fo r a w eek . A nd we'dl ike to h av e yo u a ll kn o w t h a t Ethe lis g o o d at "roug-hing'" it .Mr . Ja c k so n an d Mr . Orth droppedin fo r a fe w m i n u t e s on J u ly 12. Acc ord in g to Mr . J acks on ' s w o n d e r f u lcoat of ta n we ilnag-ine he is ag e n t l e m a n w ho plays g ol f i ns te ad o fea t ing h is m eals.

Mrs. H a z e l S ti ll we ll , l oc al op,eratol",enjoyed th e b ea utie s of H am li n L ak ed ur in g h er tw o , ve ek s' v ac at io n.

Th e LUd in g to n e xc ha ng e w as g-ivena b a s k e t o f d el ic io us p each es by Mr .G. A. Golly, local p ro du ce m an, recent ly.

Mr . ' Ve sl ey H a w le y of P l e a ~ a n tValle y F r u i t F ar m , b r ou g ht th e opera to rssome of th e las t s we et c he rrie s o fth is season.

Carol ine Seeba , to l l opera to r, l e f tA u g u s t 15 On a n e xte nd ed tr ip th ro ug hMichigan an d Wiscons in .

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N e w Ph i ln d e l l , h ln . OhioBet ty Clemmons r e tu r ned recen t ly

f rom he r v ac at io n, w hi ch sh e sp e n tqUiet ly a t home. Maybe i t w a s bec a u se Bet ty w a s m arr ie d no t so longa g o a n d w a n te d to spend he r t imew ith he r n e w h u s b an d .

P a u line Sc hw a r tz a nd h e r h usb an dloaded up t he ir P on ti ac r o a d s t e r ,ands pe n t t he ir vaca t ion c a m p i n g a lo ng t her iver. Pa u l i n e c e r t a i n l y g o t enoughswimmi 'ng fo r on e weelc. Sh e ha s ac oa t o f ta n t h a t w e a ll e n vy, b e ca u sesom e of us h av en 't h ad ou r l i t t le v aca t ion as yet . B u t i t w o n ' t be longnow.

Now, w h o do you t h ink w e n t to th eb ig c i ty o f Chicago? Nobody else b u tOur ".Jiggs", Florence Johnson. · Sh ew e n t to see h er b ig sis te r, M ar y, w ho ,by th e w ay , w a s an Ohio Ci t ies opera to r before he r marriage. HJiggs" rep or ts it w as to o h o t to w e a r th e helm e t a nd ste e l j a c k e t w e i ns is te d s het ake w i t h her . She announced t h i ~

so n o n c h a l a n t l y t h a t I 'm con vincedChicago w as on It s good behav io r

w hile sh e w a s there .E v a H a r r i s al so w e n t to a b igci ty. Sh e j o u r n e y e d to Detro i t , Michig;an, w he re sh e h as re la tiv es . Nobodyk n o w s j u s t w h e n sh e c a m e home, bu t~ h e w as se e n ou t a t on e of o u r p o p ul a r "Tom T h u m b Golf C o urses" b yon e of th e firm. E v a is qu i te a g o l fbug'. A sk h e r w h a t h er score is .

Vlrhen one ha s r a t h e r s ev er e b urn ,the y sa y m ore h e a t wi l l d r aw ou t th epain. Wo r k i n g on t h i s theory, w echose On e of t he se l Ol -i n- th e -s ha deda ys fo r a s t eak fry. U ntil the des ire d re ac tio n s et in , w e w o u l d occas ional ly, t h r ough a m aze of con t inua lpersp r ia t ion , t r y to s t ick o u r nea r es tn e ig h b o r 's ha nd w ith o u r p ro n g edfork , m i s t a k i n g th e s un bu rn ed hand,

of COUI'se, fo r th e steak . If t h e r e w asa piercing" scream, we knew t h e re w asa "Jnistcak" s om ew h er e. A ft er ea t ingby fa r to o il l uc h in a n effor t to proveto each o t h e r o ur e nj oy me nt of th eaffa i r, we a ll ,vent swi m m i ng- in var io us s t a g e s o f d es ha bi ll e. T h e playm a k e r s w ere Goldie L uik ar t. F an nieCooper, F lo re n ce J oh ns on , Doris Conn,E m m a Morehead , a n d Glad \Vhi tmer.

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LO\\" ' iJ Ie , N c\ \ ' Y o r k

.:'\ sho rt tim e ag o one of t lle L o\vd l l e o p e ra to rs o f th e Black Rive, 'Te lephone Company on ans, \vering at lash with th e usual " " u m u e r. p, lease" ," a s g-iven th e n u m b er. Wh e n th e ope r a to r as ked the s ub sc rib er i f she w asu s i n g h er new teleph on e d i recto ry ,th e l a t t e r rep l ied t h a t h e r ol d on ew as gQod yet.

G race K lo ste r, c hief o pe ra to r, w asm a r r i e d to E a r l Kel ly, p lan t eng ineerfo r the Blac k Rive r Telephone Company, Lowvi l l e , N ew York, on Ju ly 7,Immedia te ly a f t e r th e w ed di ng b re akf a s t th e n ew ly we ds l ef t by a u t o fo rNe w Jersey.

• •S o m e r s e t , Penns) ' l , , -nn in

Hazel Johnson, o pe ra to r, ' Ve st er nPe n n sy l v a n i a Te l ep h o n e Co.. Stoyestown, no w h as a b o u t f ou r h ou rs flyingt ime in a t So m e r se t School o f Aviat ion and is mak ing th re e po in t landi n g s m o s t of th e t ime . She expect sto solo wel l u n d e r th e u su a l te nh ou rs i ns t ru c ti o n t ime . Here 's wishing- yo u m an y h appy l an d i n g s , Hazel .

C h ar l e s L. " ' h ipp le , wire chief. sp e n th is vaca t ion a t P; t t sb u rg h , Pa . H ev isi te d th e toll a nd long' d is tance of -

fice o f Th e Bell Tel ep h on e C om p an yof P e n ns y lv a ni a , a n d also sp e n t m u cht ime with th e ol d g a n g a t the A tlan t ic Mach ine S w i t ch oflice.

G ra ce R ush a nd Paul ine Hayn1an. ope r a t o r s , sp e n t the i r vaca t ion v is i t ingJ 'e la tiv es in Cleveland an d Canton,Ohio.

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Erie , Pe,.ns)·I"·lIIDlnnose Bardroff c er ta in ly s pe nt an

enviable vaca t ion th is year. Rose w e n tto Alas l , a to g e t a w a y from th e s un ' ss w e l t e r i n g rays. In clu d ed o n th e i t i ne r a r y w ere Ra n i e r Nat ional Pa r k , Jaspe r P ar k , Banff Springs , an d LakeLo u ise .

T hc com mercial d e p a r t m e n t welcom e s Mildred \V es ley to th e fold.Miss 'Ves le y, a fo rmer Mutual e mployee, h as been in Pasadena, Cal iforn ia, for som e tim e w h e r e sh e w a semployed in th e c i t y c o n tr o ll e r' s office.

H ele n Ru g g sus ta ine d a sp ra inedknee a t t he b eg in ni ng of h er v a c at ion, which j u s t a b o u t b re ak s al lrecords fo r h a r d l uc k. N ev er th el es sth i s misfor tune di d n ot p re ve nt H ele nfro m s o jo u rn in g in Chicago fo r acouple of weeks .

Th e equ ipment d e p a r t m e n t is r en o v a t i n g th e face of th e Titusv i l les w i t ch b o a rd . They a re w o r k i n g 011th ree p,ositions a t a t ime . T h i s sa m ed e p a r t m e n t is a lso eng 'aged in add inga pos i t ion to th e Girard board. T h em en w h o a re do ing th is w o r k a r eD on al d N ew be rr y, G eo rg e Harr is , a ndEd Sanner.

Charl i e Hobbs is p ro u d l y d i sp l a y i n ghi s n ew H op m ob il e 8. Despi te th e f ac tt h a t th'e ne w c a r Is a w o r k o f a r t .

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PENNSYLVANIA TELEPHONE CORPORATION, ERIE, EMPLOYEESL ef t: G er tr ud e Bach, commercial. Left center: Helen Liebau an d Louise Schneider, d irec tory depar tment.:Noble, supervisor of maintenance; A. A. Harris, wire ch ie f; E.]. Barry, switchman. Right: Ward :Nichols and

Right cente r: HaroldCarl Keen, commercial.

BLACK RIVER TELEPHONE COMPANY FOLKS, LOWVILLE,NE W YORK

L ef t: D av id N ee ly, Jr., wire c hi ef . Center: Dorothy :Neely, cash ier. Miss :Neelywas t he w in ne r in the Round Robin bowling tournament recently held by

h er Ea ste rn S ta r ch apter. R ig ht : Minnie Loson, stenographer.

Cha rl ie w as r e luc tan t to p a r t w i thhi s ol d roadster. I t ' s th e a s so c i a t i o nt h a t he cher ishes .

Alice W ood is c a m p i n g a t Yel lows t on e N a ti o na l P ar k , w h e r e sh e is a lsoa t t e n d i n g t he Y. P. C. U. Convent ion .

W e e x t e n d cong r a tu la t io ns to Marg a r e t Leslie, t ol l d ep ar tm en t, w ho bec a m e Mrs. F r anc i s Maloney, J u ly 6.

A m o n g th e n e w p ers on s w hom w ew elcom e to ou r g ro u p a re : I sabe l leCoffey, Agnes Ehr man , L u a n n a Rogers ,a nd K ath le en Coll ins .

Cable s pl ic e rs F l oy d Anderson, F r edBoldt , a n d J ames St a rk s , a n d cableh e l p e r s E d M ittner a n d E d Va t t e r ,s t a r t e d w or k on th e sp l ic ing o f t heG ir a r d - F a i r v iew compos i te cab le onAugu", t 1. As soon a s th e sp l ic ing iscomple ted th e F a i r v iew e xc ha ng e w il lb e abandoned , a n d a l l F a i r v iew sub-

Mrs. Fran/;. D. McCarthy, wh o before hermarriage o n S ep te mb er 9 was GraceMiller, accounting department, Penn-

sylvania 'Telephone Corporation,Erie. Mr. McCarthy is with ourPetroleum 'Telephone Company

at Oil City, Pennsylvania.

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sc r i b e r s wil l be hand led th ro ug h th e

Girarde x c h a n g e .

F r a n k Boye r and c re w s t a r t e d rec e n t l y to se t poles a nd to s t r i n g w ir eon th e S ta tio n Road, so u t h of N o r t hEas t . A p p r o x i m a t e l y 150 poles a nd 52m i l es of w i r e a re to be erected , a swel l as 5000 f e e t o f cab le . T h i s w o r ksnou ld r e su l t in a mar ked i m p r o v em e n t i n r u r a l serv ice.

So many sh o w e rs w e re g iven inhonor o f G race M iller , w ho b ecam e th ebr ide o f F r a n k D. McCarthy, Sep temb e r 9, t h a t w e can ' t k e e p t r a c k of a l lo f t h em . Al l o f G ra c e' s f ri e nd s a t th eP enn s y lv an ia T el ep ho ne C or po ra ti ona re o ff er in g t h ei r c o ng r at u la t io n s a ndg oo d w i sh e s.

Th e P enns y lvan ia Telephone Corp or at io n b as eb al l team has bee n goin g a t it g r e a t pace la tely in th eClass B I ndus t r i a l League. D ur ingth e f i rs t ha l f th e b oy s c ou ld no t seemto g e t under w ay. A s ha rp r ev er sa l o ffo rm ha s t aken p lace th is hal f , an d

th e t e a m now res ts in s ec on d posi t ionwithin s t r i k i n g d is ta nc e o f th e top .Let 's go , g an g !

•Gerin g , N e b r a s k a

:\lrs. L a w y e r, n i g h t o p e r a t o r, Gering ,N e br as ka , w a s s tr ic k en w i th paralys isw h i l e on d uty ea r ly S a tu r day m o r ning, A ugus t 16. "When t h e S c ot ts bl uf fo p er a to r and the G er in g su bsc r ib e rs

w er e u na bl e to g e t th e G e r i n g office,

on e of th e G eri ng s ub sc rib ers c a l l e dth e c h ie f o p er a to r, Mrs. Mildred Marl ing . W. P. Fo r d , o f S co tt sb lu ff , a lsow e n t to G e r in g to se e w h a t th et ro u b le w a s a s i t w as t h o u g h t t h a ts om e th in g m i gh t be w ro n g w ith th el ines. I t w as n ec es sa ry t o force th elock in o r de r to g e t i n th e office. Mrs .L a w y e r w a s u n a b l e to move. Sh e isno w re st in g a s w e ll a s could b e e xpected. H e r daugh te r, Marvel , fo.rm e r l y oper a to r a t G er i n g , b u t no wl iv ing i n I da ho , a r r ived Monday to b ew ith h er mother.

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Ve r a H u tc h in so n , a c co u n ti n g d e p ar tm e n t , is sp e n d i n g h er v ac at io n as th egues t o f Mr . a n d Mrs . D ue ff or t Wa deo f F o r t C o ll in s , C o lo r ad o .

Mrs. Carr ie Moody, a c c o u n t i n g , ha da r a t h e r unus ua l v a c a t i o n as sh e tookcare o f h er h u sb a n d ' s fi l l ing s t a t ionwhile he a tt en de d t he N a ti on al G ua rdCamp a t Ashland.

Gladys Miner, c o m m e r e i a l office,sp en t th e l at te r p ar t of h e r v a c a t i o nin th e Bl a c k Hills o f S ou th D ak ot a.

Mildred C h a m be r la i n , a c c o un t i ng , a ttended h e r g ra n dp a re n ts ' Golden w e dd in g a nn iv e rs ar y a t Cheyenne, Wy oming , A ugus t 22.

Ca r r i e M o o d y a n d G lad ys M iner,c o m m e r c i a l office, at tended th e on e





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L i n g l e . " \ V) ' om l ngMrs. E d n a Koen ig , c hi ef o pe ra to r.

s p e n t h e r v ac at io n a t C a s p e r. \Vyo.

L ym a n, N e br a sk a

Mrs. Ha7.el Th o m p s o n . c h ie f o p er a to r .r ecen t l y u n d e r w e n t a n o p e ra t i o n a tt h e Wh e a t l a n d G e n er a l H o s pi ta l. M r ~ .T h o m p s o n is n o w b ack a t w o rk .

k n o c l d n g o u t a too th w h i l e in L averne.

J a c k Sims is t a k i n g c h a rg e o f th eJ o h n S w a l l o w co n s t ru c t i o n c re w w hi leJ o h n is on h is v ac at io n an d ha s r ece ived m a ny c om p li me nt s on th e finew o r l , th e g a n g is doing i n L av ern e.

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L u b b o c k , Te x a s - G e n e r a l OfficeR. B. F a i r l y, g e n e r a l m a n ag e r, c al le d

a m ee t i n g of a ll d i s t r i c t manag-e r s o fth e Sta t e , S t an d a rd . an d H as k e l l Te l ep ho ne C om pa ni es S a t u rd ay. Aug-ust 9.

J. C. Reyno lds , office m an ag e r, isa w a y on a tw o w ee ks ' vaca t ion .

F. A. Robinet te , d is t r ic t m a n a g e r o fth e S ta te C o m p a n y a t Tah o k a , Te x a s .ha d a co l l ec t i on p erc en ta ge of 96.4fo r l a s t m o n t h , w i t h fou r o f hi s exc h an g e s c o ll ec t in g 10 0 pe r cen t .

H ei t a Beth S p ar ks . a cc ou nt in g den a r t m en t , is s p en d i n g a v ac at io n in

S a n Ange lo .Ly n a Tip ton , s t en o g rap h e r, Is v is i t

in g h e r b ro th e r in th e Ne,v Mexico111ountains.

iUl t ch e l l , N e b r n s k aM r. an d Mrs. E. A. F r am e , d is tr ic t

m a n a g e r an d ch ie f o p e r a t o r respect ive ly, an d d a u g h t e r Doro thy, s p en tt h e i r v aca t Io n t r a v e l i n g throug 'h Colorado . T h ey v i s i t ed E ste s P ark , Miln e r Pass , B e r t h o u d P ass , D en ve r an dC oi or ad o S p ri ng s .

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' J 'o r r fngton , ' Vy o m l o gl\Jrs. Ve r n a Je we ll , c hi ef Opera tor,

s p e n t h e r v aca t i o n in To r r i n g t o n .* • •

Lave rne , Ok lah o lu aJ. F . L yst , p l an t m an , S t a nd a r d Tele

phone Company, ha s be en in Supp lyth e l a ~ t w eek in s ta l l ing a n ew s w it chboard .I re ne \ Vr ig ht , c hi ef o pe ra to r. NellieG re er a nd E s t e l l a Couch , l oca l an d tolio p e ra t o r s of L av e rn e , e nj oy ed a sunri se b re ak fa st a fte r w a l k i n g t h r eean d a hal f m i l e s t r y i n g to find a placeto f i ~ h .

Dale MOITOW of th e P y a t t co n s t ru ct ion c rew h ad th e m isfo r tu n e o f

OPERATING ROOM. PLATTE VALLEY TELEPHONE CORPORATION,GERING, NEBRASKA.

Mild red Rawles Marlin and Marvel La wyer seated at board.

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h u n d red t h a n n i v e r sa r y of th e f i r s tw a g o n t r a i n to le a ve St . Lo u i s T h i sc e l e b r a t i o n . w as held a t old ' F o r tL aram i e , \ 'Vyoming, a n d it is hopedt h a t en o u g h i n t e r s e t w a s aw ak en edto e na bl e t ho se in te rested to p res e rv eth e ol d F o r t , w h i c h is n ow in th eh an d s of p r i v a t e o w n ers . N in eteent h i r t y - f o u r wil l be t h e on e h u n d r e d t ha n n i v e r sa r y o f th e b ui l d in g o f ol dF o r t L aram i e .

I r en e Asher, chief o p e ra t o r, is spending h e r v aca t i o n in D en v er, Colorado .

H el en Knig-h t, opera to r. is s p en d i n g

h er v ac at io n in Val l ey, N eb ras k a .M a r i e Gilber t , e v e n i n g chief o p e ra t o r , to o k h er vacat ion in Ju l y ; sh evis i t ed in D en ve r.

Mrs. E d n a Cox, tol l o pe ra to r, s pe n th e r v aca t i o n a t home .

Arlene an d I rl en e F ra nc is , t w i ns i s t e r s an d o pe ra to rs a t Sco t t sb lu ff .s p en t t h e i r v aca t i o n a t L u s k . Wyo.

Pa u l i n e Smi th , t o l l o p e ra t o r, s p e n th e r v aca t i o n a t O sh ko sh , N e br as ka ,an d To r r i n g t o n . Wyolning" .

T h e l m a Huff . fo rm er l y c hief o pera t o r, P l a t t e Va l l e y Te le ph o ne C o rp o rat io n, O sh ko sh , N e br as ka , r es ig ne d on.June 30. T h e n ew ch ief o p e r a t o r isMrs. A n i s e Fo s t e r.

Mrs. C ar r i e Moody. account ing- dep a r t m e n t , t o o k a p a r t o f h e r v aca t i o nt h e w eek o f A u g u s t 7.

Th e acco u n t i n g office a t Scot t sb luffh as b e e n m oved to th e g ro u n d floor,a s i t w a s t h o u g h t t hi s w ou ld be m o reconvenient .

L. Coffee su g g e s t s t h a t w e se nd in

t h e fo l lo w in g n ew s i tem : " T em perat u r e 104, Scot t sb luff peop le sw e l t e ri ng ." H e say s it w il l g ive th e Tex asfo l k s a good l au g h . M a y b e so - b u ti t ' s no l a u g h i n g m at t e i ' here .

G. A. S al is bu ry , w ho w a s c o n n e c t e dw i t h th e P l a t t e Val l ey Te l ep h o n e Corp or at io n s ev er al y e a r s ag-o, w a s ac a l l e r a t t he S c ot ts bl uf f office J u l y 9.Mr . S a l i s b u ry n ow h as h is ow n comp an y a t B an cro f t , l ' ; 'ebraska.

G la dys Miner , co m m erc i a l d e p a r tm e n t s p en t a w e e k of h e r v aca t i o na t E ste s P ar k. Colorado.

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L e w e l l e n , N e b r a s k aMrs, M a u d e Huff . c hie f o pe ra to r,

w e n t to M is so ur i t o a t t e n d th e w e dd i n g of h e r d a u g h t e r T h el m a. f o rm e r lych i e f o p e r a t o r a t O s h k o s h .

FROM TH E " SHO W ME" STATELeft: Ruby Russe ll and Edith Lowery, opera tors, Central Missour i 'Te lephone Company, Buc/tner. Right center: E. C. Colhour,

manager. C en te r. Sadie Miles, operator. Right center: Mrs. E. C. Colhour. chIef opera tor and cashier.Right : Bernice Colhour, rel ie f operator.

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ASSOCIATED TELEPHONE COMPANY, LTD., SANTA MONICA, CALIF., DISTRICT

Page 36Un de rg ro un d po le and 60 0 pa ir ae rial cable Engineering department. Left to right: N. C. Myrick, J. Lechner,

D. Mc Intosh, W. Mawby, W. \\T. Matthews, R. B ui e, a nd W. Anderson.





PICTORIAL BRIEFS OF OU R GREAT SOUTHWESTLeft: Starvation Peak.. where several stranded Spaniards starved to d ea th n ea r Santa Fe, 'New Mexico. Left center: Mrs. Jo-

Miller Moores, secretary to G. 'T. Cartwright, plant e ng in ee r, Lubbock.., Tex as . Mrs. M oo re s look..s lik..e she m ea ns b usi ne ss. Rightcen te r: Grave of "Billy-the.Kid," Fort S um ne r, ' Ne w M ex ic o. Right: Mr. a nd Mr s. ]. D. Moores and Mrs . Massey, Lubbock.., Texas ,standing in entrance of th e oldes t house in t he U ni te d States. Built in 1541 at Santa Fe, 'New Mexico.

EXCHANGE BUILDING, ILLINOIS COMMERCIAL TELEPHONECOMPANY, TOULON

A r t h u r, Ya g g y, Pe r r y t o n , an d E. C.T'hroop, Memll!us, ar e "hang-overs" froma r ecen t '<;listrict In an ag ers ' ll1eeting".

P e a t l Duncan, co m m erc i a l d e p a r t111ent, an d F ra nc is P ug h, accoun t ingd ep a r t m en t , l ef t A u gu st 16 fo r P u e b l o ,Co lo rado ,

F r e d Fa i r l y, s h ip p i ng d e p ar t m en t , isa t t e n d i n g th e a n n u a l e n e a m p m e n t oft he N at io na l G ua rd s a t C a m p P a la c io s ,Te x a s . Fr e d is a m em b er o f 131 A rt i l l ery, " F i r s t i n S p i te o f Hel l ."

J. M, Keffer, d is tr ic t m a n a g er of th eSt a n d a r d C o m p a n y a t S h at tu ck , O kl ahoma, is l isted in Ok lah o ln a ' s "\Vho'sWho" fo r 1930.

T h e e n g i n e e r i n g depa r t lnen t h e ld ah o u se \va rming ~ r u e s d a ye ve ni ng , J uly24, in t h e i r beau t i fu l n ew offiee. T heaffa i r w as in h o n o r o f Mr . an d Mrs.Ho y Brevver, w h o \vere 111arried inWe ll in gt on r ec en tl y. T h e e v e n i n g w asspen t in p lay ing br idge a nd d an cin g,w i t h a s p ec ia l d an c e n um b, er b y l i t t leM ary L ou is e J oh nso n. Re f r e sh m e n t sw e r e s e rv ed to a b o u t 50 e m pl o ye es a n dt h e i r g u es t s , a f t e r w h i eh th e emp l o y e e s p res en t ed th e b r i d e an d g ro o mw i t h a n e le c tr ic t o as te r .

To th e eng ineer ing d e pa rt me nt g o esc red i t for th e f i r s t employees ' par ty,an d th e af fai r w as a d e c i d e d succes s .

Mrs. ] rene C at le tt , b il li ng d e p a r tm en t , h as r etu rn ed f rom a w eek ' s v aca l i o n s p e n t in Dal las .

B l an ch e Mitche l l an d R e i t a S p ark s ,acco u n t in g - d ep ar t ln en t , v is ited th et e lephone office in H ob bs r ec en tl y.

* * *L ubboc k , T e x a s

Eug' i l lce l ' i l lg :n1(1 C o n s t r u c t i o nrrhe e n g i n e e r i n g an d cons t ruc t ion

d e p a r t m e n t is able to r e p o r t r ap i dd ev el op m en ts f or th e m o n t h of J u l y.

A. V. H il l h as c om pl ete d t he p la ci ngof arnlS. th e s t r i n g i n g o f a dd it io na lc ircu it and the c ut t in g o f t r anspos it ions to cOll1plete p h an to n l group frolnU ro wn field to L o v in g to n . T h is w il lp ro v id e t\VO 11101'e c i r cu i t s to Loving"ton. Mr . Hil l is n ow r e p l a c i n g defept ive a r m s an d po les b e t w e e n L u b b o ckan d Li t t l e f i e ld . \ \Then t h e s e a rm s a rein p l ace , w e w il l im m ed ia te ly b eg inth e s t r i n g i n g of a d d i t i o n a l g r o u p togive re l ie f to th e Li t t l ef ie ld te r r i to ry.

C. C. M e h a rg h as b e e n v e r y b u s y int he H ob bs d is tr ic t, c om p le ti ng v ar io usex tens ions fo r o il COITI panie s in th eoi l field. H o b b s is s t i l l d ev e l o p i n gv e ry ra pid ly , an d of t he f or ty -t ll re ejo h orde r s p rep ared in .July, t w e n t yfive o f t h es e c o v e r e d w o r k in H o b b s .A n u m b e r of th ese jo b s h a v e b e e nco rn p le ted ; h o \v ev er, du e to a sho r t ageo f p o les , w o r k h as b een held u pa wa it in g a rr iv al o f c a r of 25 footpole s . It w as t h e r e f o r e n eces s a ry tot r a n s f e r Mr . M e h a rg f ro m H ob bs , an dhe is no\v w o r k i n g on lead to th eTex as U t i l i t i e s C o m p an y ' s p l a n t a tII l Jernathy, Te x a s . T his jo b co ns i s ts oft h e c o n st ru c ti on of po le l in e an d m e-

tal l i c c i rcu i t f rom A b er na th y n or th a pprOXima te ly t h r e e mi les to th e p o w e rcompany 's p lant . T his w o rk s h o u l dbe c om ple te b y A u g u s t 16.

H . M. J;;llis h as b een t r a n s f e r r e dh ac k t o B ro wn fie ld , w h ere he is p lacin g cable. This jo b w as t em po ra ri lyheld up. d u e to ch an g e of size o f cab leas a uth or iz ed o n addendum to t h sjob . Pr a c t i c a l l y a ll i n s ide wire a n ddro ps a re in place.

H. N. Mil le r, w h o h as r e p l a c e d Mr .P y a t t a s fo rem an , is n ow p at ro ll in gt ol l l in e b e tw e e n L u bb o ck a n d Bledsoe .

F. L. Bu t l e r is no w a t Pa d u c a h comp le t ing tol l l ine co n s t ru c t i o n betweenP ad uc ah a nd Guthr ie .

Clyde Gi lber t , w h o h as comple t edth e w re ck ing of th e ol d excnangep l a n t a t \ Ve ll in gt on , i s no w w o r k i n gon Jo b O rd e r 6023 C, "WellingtonC h il dr es s P o le Li n e Mo v e. Th i s w o rkw as n lad e necessa ry on accoun t ofh i g h w a y changes . ,V h en a b ov e jo bo rd e r h as b ee n co mp le ted , Mr . Gilber twi l l r e t u r n to D a l h a r t w h e r e he wil la g a i n r es um e w or k o n th e D a l h a r t exc h an g e c o ns tr u ct io n .

Jo h n S w al l o w is n ow a t Wa y n o k aon e xc ha ng e r eh ab il it at io n . Pr a c t ical ly a l l po les a re i n p lace , an d hen o w h as th e g r e a t e r p a r t o f th e111es sen gel ' a nd cable in place .

G. D. Shel ley is a t D a l h a r t , Texas ,

sp l ic ing cab le fo r e xc h an g e c on st ru ction.

F r a n k J ol le y h as been sp l ic ing cab lefo r th e B r ow n fi el d j ob , b u t w a s t r a n sf er re d t em p o ra ri ly to H o b b s on c ab lerepairs .

J". N. G a t t h as b e e n r e h a b i l i t a t i n gs ev er al s w it ch b oa rd sec t ions in th eL u b bo c k s t or e ro o m . On e of these sect i o n s ha s b e e n ins tal l ed a t Hobbs .a n d th e o t h e r t h r e e wi l l be ins tal l eda t Le ve llan d, L it t le fie ld an d Su da n inth e v e ry n e a r fu t u r e .

W. B. K en n ey h as been m a k i n g addi t ions to th e c e n t r a l office eq u i p m en ta t Cheyenne .

C. N. Wood, su pe rv is or , h as b e e nv e ry b u s y ch eck i n g c o m p l e t e d jobs inth e S tat e a n d St a n d a r d t e r r i t o ry.

F r a n k Co le is no w s t a k i n g to ll l in ebetween M e m p h i s an d We l l i n g t o n .

T h e e n g i n e e r i n g depart l l1ent h as b ee nv ery b usily en g a g e d lJreparing- jo borders c ov er in g e xt en si on s in th eH o b b s te r r i to ry, an d a l so ex ch an g er eh ab il it at io n jo bs f or b o t h th e S ta tea nd S ta nd ar d C o m pa n ie s ' e x ch a ng e s.

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P e rr yt on , T e xa sG eo rg e K ile , B e av er p la nt m an , ha s

j u s t r e t u r n e d f rom h is v ac at io n s pe n tin Los Ang·eles . C o m i n g back he tookth e T. A. T. a i rp lane to A m ar i l lo a n dc l a i m s i t w as g rea t . H e l e f t Lo s

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ONTARIO, CALIF., ATTENTION. OUR COVINA OFFICE ALSO HAS FOUR SETS OF SISTERSLeft: Golda Ruth Cae, Isabel Cae, an d Rose Cae Zimmer. Left center: Isabel Cae, and R.ose Zimmer. Center: Ad a Breul and

Mary Haynes. Right cen te r: Sal ly King an d Ida Kou ns . Ri gh t: Jessie Tai lm an and K at hryn ' fa l'man.

EXCHANGE BUILDING, ASSOCIATED TELEPHONE COMPANY, LTD.,COVINA, CALIFORNIA

:-lociated" f ri en ds c o ng ra tu la te t h em.L e a v i t t e D a l e y h as been a n e m p l o y e eof th e A s so c ia te d Te le p h on e Co., Ltd . ,fo r th re e y ea rs as s wi tc hm a n, a nd i.:in ow located a t Tcrm i n o office.

L o n g Beach o f th e S ou th C oa st D i st r ic t, w as a g u e s t o f th e Val l ey D i st r ic t a t a b ea ch p ic nic sponsored byth e C o v i n a e mp lo ye es , h eld on th eb e a c h a t H u n t i n g t o n Beach , Cal i fo rn i a .T he p icn ic w as enjo yed by everyone,th e e v e n i n g b e i n g t a k e n uP. by s w i l nming- an d various beach g am es . a nd anever- to - b e -f or g ot te n " t or y t e l l ing ' c o ntes t , u n q u es t i o n ab l y w o n b y Ft ' a n k\Yrig'ht, dis t r ic t comlnel 'cial Jnana,c;er,o f Covina .

S o u t h C o a s t D i s t r i c t employeeH o fLong' B eac h, h ad a g r a n d t ime a t a" Du tc h P ic ni c" held a t th e b eau t i fu ll ag 'oons a t th e f o o t o f Colo rado S t r ee t ,Long ' B ea ch . T h e ev en in g ' w as spen l\v i th s on gs , g am es . an d s w i l n n l i n g 'an d w i t h Tess i e M o y e r - N l a j o n l o l l l op ar exce l l ence , an d Jo h n F. H i ch an ]son , ch i e f chef , th e p a r t y w as a c o mplete succes s .

B e t t y B a rn e s. f o rm e r ly employe , ] hy

th e Shel l Oi l Co., is b ack w ith l heA s s o c i a t e d Telephone C o m p a n y, L td ..in th e addressogTaph d e p a r t m e n t .

M arie Y and al i . o f th e addresSOgTa.phd e p a r t m e n t , N o r t h Office, L o n g B e a c h ,h as s ev e red h e r connect ion w i t h th eco m p an y an d r e t u r n e d to h er h o m ein Chicag'o. Fr o m a l l r e p o r t s s h e h ada w o n d er fu l t r ip home. an d is enj o y i n g he r se l f in lmenselY.

Fl o r e n c e P eacock , o f th e acco un t in\; 'd e p a r t m e n t , h as b e e n t r a n s f e r r e d f romN o r t h Office to th e c om me rc ia l d ep a r t m e n t , Main Office.

Jo e . Joyce, bi l l ing d e p a r t m e n t , isb ack f rom h er v ac at io n. w h i c h w a ss p e n t h e re in L o n g B e a c h w i t h , ' a r t i e s ,d an c i n g an d s w i m m i n g ; 100kH l ike h ert ime w as wel l t a k e n up . H er s is te r.Olive J o y c e , is v is i t ing h e r fro m L aQ u i n t a before d e p a r t i n g for th e eas t .

J a n e t Young , b i ll in g d e p ar t m en t , isb ack f rom h e r v a c a t i o n ; p a r t of i tw as s p e n t in Sa n t a B a r b a r a an d p a r ta t L a k e A rro w h ead an d th e b a l an ce

g e t t i n g a good ta n here in LongBeach .D r. an d Mrs. B ru ce E. Wa l l e r a n d

d a u gh t er J ea n ne tt e sp e n t tw o w e e k ~ 'v aca t i o n a t L a k e Ta h o e , r e t u r n i n g v iaR ed wo od h ig 'h wa y to S an F ran c i s co .an d b a c k to L o n g Beach v ia th eC o as t Route . ,

A "Beach P a r t y " w a ~ given lJ y th eem p l o y ees of th e A s s oc i at e d Te l ep h o n eCo., L td .. Long' R e a c h . J u l y 25, a t th eLagoo'n w here the N a t i o n a l Swi m nl i ngR aces w ere held JUly 4. P l e n t y o fe a t s an d a v a r i e t y of ~ J l o r t sfOI' a l l .N o r t h Office w a s rep l 'esenled b y E v aR a m s e y, Li l l i an I 'owel l an d B e t t yl\-101'ris an d he r g 'ueHt Louise Parl<ei·,a f o r m e r e m p l o y e e o f th e c o m p a n y.

R u t h F r i n k , o f th e a c c o u n t i n g d e-

p a r t m en t , i ~ on h cr v ac at io n, b ut 011accoun t o f th e seriou::; i l lne ss of he rm o t h e r Hhe w ill n o t be l e av i n g Long

Beach .Mrs. Ve r a O ak ley a n d GenevievE'Crag er Hpent their v ac atio n a t Catal i n a I sl an d, s to p pi ng a t Is land Vil la .T h ey m a d e a t r ip to th e ] s t h m u ~an dsp e n t m a n y o f t he ir e ve ni ng s a t th emal'velouH n e\ v " Ca si no ". .

l \1argueri te EriC)<:SOll. billi 'ng- rlepar(m e n t , sp e n t he r v aca t i o n a t ' l ' e junja\ vit h f ri en ds . S in ce r e tu rn ing fron1 he rvacation, sh e ha:::i ~ p e n t tw o weeksat IVTain Office assis t ing- in th e collect ion d ep a r t m en t .

E l o i ~ eMcCray, b il li ng d ep ar tm e nt ,is on h e r v a ca ti ol l. L a s t I"eports ~ t a t e

t h a t sh e wa H on h e r w ay to Sa nBerna l ·d ino . Miss M c C r a y b-oasts ofb ei ng t he o ld es t "bi l lel '" with th e c ompany. D o n ' t ge t us w r o n g no \v, t h i sa p p l ~ r sto work , no t age.

B e t t y I\Irorris I l lade a tl 'i )) to A r r o whead w i t h Bil l ie U p t g r a f t . Ril ly iscoming- rig"ht along ' wi th he r "lVliniatu re G ol f" g am e .

G eo rg e S lo cu mb an d E a r l R 'c h a r d

Hon, p la nt , a nd B ud Cline, Jr . , draf tsroan , r epor t big" sp o r t w h e n it COInesto fish in g u p a t Rig" B e a r ; they sure

·have th e lo w clown on the choices t r eam s. T he y m a d e th e t r i p u p th eCi ty C reek an d r e t u r n e d v ia th eD es e r t Houte .

Ho h " ' e e l , s , Ear l Hi('hardtion an dIluc1 Cl i ne t o o k II I th e n i g h t au tor ac es a t ~ \ ~ e o t!lar]<:, Lo s Angeles , an d

fo r real th r i l l s r ep o r t i t c an 't be bea t .(";}al' I H.ichal'dson an d Bo b 'Veek s repor t t hey had a w o n d er fu l t r ip wi thno l J l i : - ; h a p ~Inotor ing- to .:\1,ontana. T h e yv i s i t ed Can ad a J Oreg'on a nd 'Vashing'lon, returning" Ol e In lan d Houte .

L. II . Smi th , j an i t o r, is t al <in g th e),lace o f ! l fr. " ' o r t h a t N o r t h Office . .

E( l Harl<:cl', n la in ten an ce , i ~ nig'htm an a t North Oflice, ta ld ng ' [ he placeo f T or nm y You ng . wh o hal'; LJcen t ran sfe rre d to th e :.vIain Oflice.

Nol' lh Office is one of th e l i v l i es tp la ces ar ou nd t .hese days : u ndel' th esu p erv i s io n of Geol 'ge Lin to n , a crewo f nw n a rc p u t t i n g in 400 l i nes , 1600norm a l s an d l l r e - sc lec t ing outgoing"seeon<laries to M:ain. I l i s ere\\ ' COl1, 'HtH . o f n. n. Faine, r. L. B u t c h e r,H. H, H a r r i n g t o n , A, C. H at h aw ay,G. E. B ro o k s a n d G. ]0;, Su l l i van . i\ tth e SCllne t in le lVTr. l . linton ha:-; a crew(If m en puttin.t:· in 1000 l ines a nd 30 0connec lor n o rm als a t rrermino. Eas tOmce. On th e jo b w ere "VV. L . M ai 'n e,I I. L . : .v IcCullo1JC}l, 1 ~ . F. H ed en ba ug -h .TOlnnlY Y O U 1 H " ~ · .1 (cn n e th l I u len an dMiHo n " ' . Smi th .

Dur ing ' th e ex t r em e h o t w e a t h e r th e-"s soc i a t ed Te l c p h o n e C o m p a n y, Lt(l. .w a ~ t rea ted to iee creaJlI t h ro u g h th e

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PLANT ACCOUNTANTS, LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIAV. Johnson, F. Correll, E. Cooper, Ceo . B l a ~ e ,Anne Duncan, Mrs . Kers ting ,

R. Hannowell, and Helene Demarest.

Left to right: Effie P u c ~ e t tand EdnaAnderson, Associa ted 'Telephone Com

pany, Ltd., West Los Angeles, Calif.,bound for Avalon, Calif ., aboard S. S.

Catalina.

en1 ployees o f th e va r iou s ex ch an g eH\v i l l g e t " Asso c ia ted " .

H e c e n t l y a s u b s c r i b e r c o m m e n d e dlVII'S. Lula Arch er, o pe ra to r, ve ryh ig ' h ly fo r th e p le as an t m an ne r inwhich h e r c a l l to Te x a s w a s hand led .H.eflect ions o f th is n a ture a re 1)1'0duced by c o u r t e o u s t r e a t m e n t a ndefficient service .

* * *' Ve s t IJos A n ~ e l e s ,Cal i fo rn ia

Mrs . I v a r S m ith ha s j u s t re tu rner ]f rom h e r v ac at i on , w hic h s h e s p e n lon a c a m p i n g t r i p i n M oh a w k V al le yin nor the rn Cal i fo rn ia . ~ r . h o s eo f u sw ho ha ve s e e n th e b e a u t y of theF ' e a t h e r R i v e r te] ' ] ' i tory k n o w sh em u s t h a v e h a d a sp l end id t ime .

J o s e p h i n e G a r d n e r f rom t h e Sant 'L1Il0nica office re l i eved M r s . S m it h w h il esh e w a s a w a y.

The We s t Lo s A ng el es L io ns Clubm em be rs a cc o m pan ie d by MI'. Bickfo rd a n d Mrs . D ea rt h. v is it ed t he ' Ve s tL os A n g e l e s e x c h a n g e a fe w w e e k sago . A ll s e e m e d i n t e r e s t e d in t h e o pe r a t i n g o f t h e boards .

Mrs. E d n a Anderson , o u r ' Ve s t L osAnge le s c h ie f o pe ra to r, j u s t re tu rner ]f rom on e w e e k of h er v a c a t i o n . OlrlSo l s u r e l y di d h is s tu ff . a n d I<;rlnad o e s n ' t w a n t a b it o f p a t t i n g o n th eb a c k .

O ne d a y w as s p e n t a t C a t a l i n a 1sl and , t h a t b e a u t i f u l p l e a s u r e i s l e onth e P ac ific . M rs . P u c k e t t , on e of o u ro p era to rs , accolnpanied 1\'lrs. An d erso n .

A VETERAN FROM HO RSE A ND BUGGY TIMELeft to right: H ug h A rn ol d, Wil li am E m r i c ~ ,an d James B uz za rd . 'This p ic tur e

was t a ~ e nin 1902, and E m r i c ~and Buz.zard aTe still with the Associated TelephoneCompany, Ltd., at Co vi na , Calif. Th e p ic tu re o n t he r igh t is James Buzzard withhis modern steed.

M ar ga re t P at ie is enjoy in g ' h er v aca t ion a t C a t a l i n a I s l a n d .

Louise Wilson , of t h e c om me rc ia ld e p a r t m e n t , s p e n t h e r v a c a t i o n inS an F r a n c i s c o . S he s a y s i t w a s th ef inest w i n t e r she ha d ev e r spen t .Ol iv e R e d i n g t o n is b a c k a t th ehoard a f t e r a p l e a s a n t v aca t i o n a tCata l ina . No w on de r w e h e a r so m a n yvoices \ vi th s nl il es .

Alick D aine s a nd Tro y S t r i n g h a ma t t e n d e d t h e b e a c h p a r t y g i v e n byth e Long- B e a c h e x c h a n g e . F ro m a llr e p o r t s t h e y s u r e en joyed t h e evening' .

O n 'Ve dn es da y e ve ni ng , J u l y 28,Covina held it s f irst p icn ic o f th e y ea] 'a t H u n ti n gt on Beach . D e s p i t e th e co o le v e n i n g t h er e w as q u i t e a larg-e t u r no u t a nd w e w e r e a ll de l ig 'h ted to h a v ePomona a nd L o n g B e a c h j o i n us . T hes uc ce ss o f th e p a r t y w a s l a rg e l y d ueto Connie R u m l e y, S h o r t y B en n e t t ,a nd Mr . Va r c o e , w ho p a tc h e d th et en t s a n d m a de a v e r y w e l c o m e fire,and to Mr . a nd Mrs. I-Toward S m i t h .w ho devo ted t h e i r w h o l e e v e n i n g toap p eas i n g t h e h u n g e r o f s o m e 70weinie ea te rs .

C a s u a l l y g la nc in g a ro un d w e obse rved t he f ol lo wi ng :

F r a n k Wrig-h t a t e m ore w ein i e s a nda te t h e m f as te r t ha n an y o n e e l se . H ef igured w h en s to ry t el li ng t im e c a m ea ro u n d he would be o r d e r e d to l e a v ean d he w a s n ' t g o i n g to b e s e n t h o m eh u n g r y.

S h o r t y S t r i n g h a m r e c i t e d a poemt h a t w a s to t h e poin t . H e s to ppe d a tPersh in g Sq u are fo r a p a s s e n g e r an dhi s poem s e e m e d to b r i n g o u t th en ' ¥ t ~s p i r i t o f th e p lac e he ha d j u s t

T a ki ng a d va n ta g e of h is w ife 's a b -s en ce C on ni e t o ld a c ou pl e o f s to rie s.

Long B e a c h c o nt ri b ut ed g e n e ro u s lyto t he c a mp fire s to r i es .

A fe w m o re Beach p a r t i e s a nd t h e

g-enerosity of th e .r. J. Motte l l , In c ..TTn d er tak ers , a t 3 rd a n d Alamitos :]<;very on e ap p rec i a t ed t h i s t r e a t .

Mrs. M a y Cl in e , ad d res s o g rap h d ep a r t m e n t , is b a c k o n th e jo b a f t e r am o n t h ' s i l lness. B e tt er l uc k n e x t v a -ca t ion , M a y.

* * *R e 'l o nd o D e a ch , Cal i fo rn ia

The f irst meet in g - o f th e Redondoexchange in connec t ion wi th th e Sa le sCfLll1paigTI, \vas he l d in N at MYrick ' sg"al'den, a t hi s hom e on th e S t r ~ l n d .

IlprJTIosa B ea ch , a nd wa s wel l attendC'd.Speeches w e r e m a d e b y E. C. D ear t h ,distr ic t cOlnmercia l m a n a g e r, an d n. TLH'ckford . t ra ff i c su pe rv is or , o f t h ~

'Ves t C o a s t d is tr ic t, o u t li ni ng th ep la ns fo r th e camp aig -n , a n d m uc hen thus ia sm Vo.ras i n e vi de nc e.

The g- ir ls o f th e t ra ff i c d e p a r t m e n ta r e g-lad t o w e lcom e b a c k to t h e i rr a n k s tw o fo r m er R e d o n d o o p e r a t o r s .a l a G ree r an d L o la C o r m a n y, w h ohave r ecen tl y r e t u r n e d to w o r k .

R u by S k in n er . o p e r a t o r, w r i t e s f rom'Vashmg· ton , K an s a s , w he re sh e isspenclin£?; 1181' vaca t ion arnong r e la t ive sa n d f r i e n d s t h a t s h e is h av in g - a

w o n d e r f u l t ime. R ach ae l C r a w f o r d isn l a n n i n g o n a t r i p to A r k a n s a s s h o r t l yfo r her v a c a t i o n , a n d Mrs. I<;dna O sbo rn s p e n t h e r v a c a t i o n in K a n s a s .

The c a n d y c o u n t e r in th e r e s t roomc o n t i n u e s to be a success a nd f romt i le a c c u m u l a t e d prof i t s t h a t w e r e n o treq uired fo r flow ers , th e traffic g i r l sd o n a t e d five d o l l a r s to th e S a l v a t i o nA r m y bUd";e t c a m p a i g n .

M. E. McTn to sh , d i s t r i c t c o m m e r e i a lsup.ervisor, a cc om pa ni ed b y Mrs. McTn to sh h a s s pe n t a n o c ca si on al w e e] ,en d in a d e l i g h t f u l c a m p in S a n t aA n a C a n y o n t h i s s u m m e r a n d r e p o r t sa very p l e a s a n t t ime .

* * *Co v in a . Ca l i fo rn i a

F r a n k 'Vr ig 'h t h as r et ur ne d to Covina as commercial man ag er. Purp lec a r p e t a n d all . -

Sev era l chang'es l l av e b een m ad e inou r traff ic d ep ar tmen t . Effec t ive onAugus t 1. sur.ervisor o f lo ca l a nd l ongr];Rtance wi l l be u n d e r on e ch ie ropera to r.

Mrs. P e a r l Reyno lds , f o r m e r lon<;'d is ta nc e c hi ef o p e ra t o r. is no w traff ics u n e r v i s o r fo r t h e V all ey D is tr i c t.

Mrs. M a r y Overcash , w ho h a s beena c t i ng a s evening- c h i e f o p era to r onlong' d i s t an ce , w i l l have supe rv is ionO V P 1 ' hath l on g d is ta nc e a nd l oc al .

M 1 ' ~ ,Je ss ie \Vr igh t , l ong dis tanceo pe ra to r, h as a s s u m ed th e d u t i e s ofeVADing- ch ie f o p era to r.

M a r y H ay ne s, f or me rl y loca l c h i e foperator, h as t a k e n a l n o n th furloug 'h p e n d i n g a t r a n s f e r .

Mrs. Ve r a V\'arren h as r et u rn e d f roman en joyab le v aca t i o n a t B ig B e a r.

A da B r u e l a n d M a ry H ay n es a res p e n d i n g t h e i r v a c a t i o n a t L o n g B e a c h.

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AN IMPERSONAL INSPECTIONAn old Tennessee mountaineer, who had never seen

a mirror, found one that some tourist had dropped.Looking at it, said: "Well, gosh de m it, if it ain't myPappy! I never knowed he had his pitcher took."

Th e old fellow was so pleased with the mirror that hetook it home, stole up to the attic and pu t it in an oldbox where he kept his treasures. But his wife waswatching him, and that night she slipped ou t of bed,crept up to the attic and opened the box.

"Huh," she said, looking at the mirror, " so t ha t' s theold hag he's been chasin' after!"- 'The White B o o ~ .

He : "In t he spring a young man's fancy lightly turnsto thoughts of love."

She: "Yes, but you think spring is here every timeyou get into a warm room. "-Clipped.

Husband (to friend): "I want you to help me . Ipromised to meet my wife at 1 o'clock for luncheon, andI can't remember where. Would you mind ringing herup at our house and asking he r where I am likely to beabout that time?"--Exchange.

I f the boarding house in which you are staying hadfood that tastes like sawdust, be nonchalant-it 's fineboard you're getting.-Exchange.

Rhodes Scholar: "And poor William was killed by arevolving crane."

Englishwoman: "Heavens! What fierce birds you havein America. "-Cincinnati 'Telephone Bulletin.

Golfer: "Terrible links, caddy, terrible!"Caddy: "Sorry, sir, these ain't l inks-you got off them

an hour ago."-Exchange.

"And are you the bridegroom?" asked the old gentleman of a young man.

"No," said the embarrassed young man, "I was eliminated in the preliminary t ryout. "-Exchange.

In days of yore, if anybody missed a stage-coach, hewas con tent t o wait two or three days for th e next one.No w he lets ou t a squawk if he misses one sect ion of arevolving door.-Clipped.

Mother (in train): "Tommy, if you are no t a goodboy I shall smack you."

Tommy: "You slap me and I' ll tell the conduct or m yreal age."- 'The Ohio Bell.

MAYBE A COUSINTh e young lady walked boldly up to the elderly

woman, whom she had mistaken for the matron of thehospital. "May I see Lieutenant Barker, please?" sheasked.

"May I ask who you are?""Certainly, I am his sister.""Well, well! I'm glad to meet you. I'm his mother."

-Indiana 'Telephone 'News.

"That overcoat of yours has pretty loud colors.""Oh, it will be all right when I pu t on the muffler."

-Exchange.

An old sweetie of Jim Sloss met him again and decided to high-hat him.

"Sorry," she murmured, when the introducer hadfinished the introduction, "I did not get your name."

"I know you didn't," replied Jim, "but that was notyour fault; you tried hard enough. "-Clipped.

Then there was the drunk who, after seeing an alltalking picture, went around to the stage door to see

the chorus girls come out.-Carolina Buccaneer.

Th e teacher was talking about the dolphin and its

habits. "And, chi ldren," she said impressively, "justthink! A single dolphin will have two thousand babydolphins!"

"Goodness!" exclaimed the little girl at the foot ofthe class; "and how many do the married ones have?"

-Exchange.

Food for He-MenPO RK CH OPS

Cut From Small Lean Lions-Knoxville (Tenn.)

- 'The Monitor.

NOT SO WELCOME

"I said ou r ship would come in this week. Was Icorrect?"

"Well, partly. My salary was docked."-Exchange.

B AR NU M WAS RIGHT

A certain Ne w York restaurant man may be givencredit for a rather novel window display. This mandidn't have much money for advertising, so he boughtthe biggest fish bowl he could get hold of, filled it withwater, and pu t it in the window with this sign:

"Fi lled with invisible goldfish from Argentine."It took seventeen policemen to handle the crowd.

-Portland Adv. Spotlight.



Edgerton's Modern Plant

NEW EXCHANGE QUARTERS

T HI S modern, brick, fire-proof exchange building is th e Commonwealth Telephone Company 's new exchange q ua rt er s a t

Edgerton, Wisconsin. A new common battery feature switchboard was cut-over at 5 a. m . August 19. The ne w system, whichgives th e local subscribers common battery service, replaces the

magneto service received by both local and rural subscr ibers up toth e time of th e cut-over. Th e structure also has an adjoiningcompany garage.

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