Pueblo chieftain., 1921-11-29
PHONE
EMPLOYES..CET
FLOOD HON0RS
Company President Lauds
Work Of Local People
On June 3

Every Pueblo employe of the Noun
tain States Telephone company was
present at the Steel Works Y Monday
evening at n banquet given by the
. company to its employees who We're in
service in this city at the time OF the
Pueblo flood or who assisted In the
rehabilitation Of the Pueblo telephone
system. The places of the regular op-
eratbrs were taken Tor the evening by
substitutes. who We're for the most
part former employees of the company
now living in Pueblo but in some
cases requiring special service en-
ployss were brought here from other
cities. This 100 per cent attendance was
declared by President Ben s. Read
of the Mountain States company to be
absolutely unique in telephone his
tory.
Ever since President Read visited
Pueblo soon after the great disaster
he has been planning with other COM
pany officials some recognition of the
work done by the operatives on the
night of tho flood and by all concerned
IN the disagreeable task of restoring
and re-esta tablishinG telephone service,
and the banquet was the accomplish
ment of their plans.
Walter i. Brown of Denver. man
ascr of the traffic department acted
as toastmaster. and after the dinner
had been served introduced President
Ben ;. Reed of the Mountain States
company, who briefly expressed his
nigh appreciation and commentator
OF me service of the Pueblo employees
declaring that II WAS characteristic of
the spirit of the telephone operators
of the country. He then presented to
each OF the Pueblo flood employees a
tablet OF honor enclosed in n leather
case. with the following inscription:
because of the Invaluable seryica
rendered the, public and the unswery
Ing LOYALTY shown our company during
md shortly following the destructive
MOOD at. Pueblo June 9, 1921, this tablet
OF honor Is gratefully dedicated To yo,i
and 10 your co-workers who bravely
stood the test which, none but strong
hearts coui1 have endured
BEN S. REED.
iresiusnt The Mountain States Teie-
phonc and Telegraph Company
TO Paul a. Holland. manager of the
Pueblo office, President Read next
presented an honor roll Inscribed on
parchment and suitably framed to be
placed prominently in the Pueblo tele-
phone building. At a later time in tho
new Pueblo telephone building that Is
% ro3n 10 be erected; this parchment
r"N VIII be replaced by a suitable tab
l"t OF bronze or marble with ths same
inscription, which is:
PUEBLO FLOOD"
In grateful appreciation of their
loyalty and devotion TO service this
OF The Mountain States Telephone and
Telegraph company who coura geousty
remained at their posts OF duty during
the hours of peril when great flood
swept over n portion OF the City OF
Pueblo. Colorado. on the night of June
]. 1921. The spirit of service so willing
" manifested by those employees dur
Ing that night OF stress and trial was
IN accord With the finest traditions of
the Bell system. and the memory of
their heroic action viii ever live as an
inspira tion to otherr. II ts fitting there
fore that their devotion to Public
Service be perpetusted by this In
scription Of their names hcreon.'
Matilda Anderson. Georgia Arm
strong, Rachel BOYD. Ruth Chambers.
Margaret Clark, Pearl Colley. Blanche
Davis. Ruby Fetrow. Marguerite Flem-
ing. Marie Fleming, Gladys Groves,
Vera Custin. Mary fmbicm. Mary
Johnston. Lorene Eirscht, Clare Loud
erhsck. Edna McComber. Lillian Nc
tomber. Grace Metcalf. Julia Moyni-
han. zelmh Mudd. Mary owen. Lyla
Peters. Ethel Richards, Wave Robey.
Beu'ah Rotllff Goldie Scott. Julia
swanson. Ada Swsrts. Clarice Thomp-
son, paisey Trout. Mao waye. Mar
garet Williams. Marguerite worleIn,