Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-03-10
Mutual Telephone Meeting.

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| The Fourteenth Annual Meeting 0
the Shenandoah County Farmer
Mutual Telephone System was held q
the Court House at Woodstock OF
Tuesday March 7, 1915.
Owing to the careful arrangements
for roll call it was quickly determined
that quorum was present. Con
sideripg the attendance, which wal
the largest at any meeting, there wal
little doubt in the minds at anyone
from the very start but that quorum
would be secured.
Mr.. M. A. Price, the retiring presi
dent, showed In his annual report
that the year 1916 had been one Of
great Importance to the Mutual Sys'
tenn. and that the year had been ar
Extremely busy one for all the officers
OF the company. particularly OF the
Board of Directors.
Special attenti on had been given to
the general Improvement Of the SER
vice by more careful attention on the
part of the switchboard operators
and q better feeling on the part OF
nearly all the stockholders was evil
denced toward their system. The
annoyance at the North end of the
County caused by the electric wire
along the pike had been cured in q
manner highly satisfactory 10 the
stockholders and to the Electric
Lighting Company, this company
ha wing furnished money for tie con-
struction of a metallic circuit which
materially improved the telephone
service. More prompt telephone SER
vice has been secured largely by the
cooperation of the people in over
coming the tendency to prolong ring
ing.
Some emphasis was placed on tie
agreement with the For
est Service whereby the annual re-
ceipts of the company are increase,
by over $50 annually.
One topic of discussion, touched
upon by Mr.. Price. which appealed
to nearly everyone, was the fact that
the subscribers had been induced al
most without exception to pay up all
the back dues SO that everyone felt
that the had beeu used fairly in
the matter OF finances. Another point
brought out which occasioned some
surprise was that the Southern Rail.
road Company had for the first time
been required to pay the fees for the
at each railroad station.
While there had been some differences |
Of or inion upon some of the innova-
lions made during the past year. there
seemed to be a unanimous approval
Of the plan followed by the Board of
Directors in the past year of dividing |
up the work SO that each director
Was personally accountable for the
conduct OF affairs as affected his own
district. A very warm tribute was
paid to the Board by Mr.. Price.
1t was brought out effectively by
Mr.. Price that the Mutual could give
greatly improved service and pay off
old debts on switchboard fee Of 81
10 each stakeholder. This point was
specially gratifying to the stockhol-
lers of more moderate means who
nave watched with some apprehension
he steady increase in rates during |
he past.
The report of the Treasurer, Mr.. S.
B. Miley, showed that great gain .
lad been made in the financial con-
aition of the company, and that there
vas now an Indebtedness against the
Company of only about 5000. /
AS there we're several nominees for
he Presidency, Mr.. Price iu the in
terest OF harmony withdrew his cam
iidacy On condition that Mr.. P. S.
County Surveyor, should be
he unanimous choice of the Mutual
System. Mr.. Rhodes was elected
with great enthusiasm, ard the fol-
lowing officers were elected:
Vice Present-R. j. Walker.
Secretary-N. F. Snarr.
Treasurer-S. B. Miley.
DIRECTORS:
Lee District-J. 81. CARRIER.
Ashby-J. D. harpine.
Madison-George Ring.
Stonewall-Rev. P. W. Wisman.
JOhnston-Samuel Stricken. !
Davis-Jno. Pifer.