The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-04-15

q Mr.. Lee H. Nichols, who has been
manager Of the local telephone Office
in Cambridge ever since the estab-
lishment of telephone service here
has rendered his resignation to take
effect tomorrow, Saturday April 16.
The announcement that he is to sever
his connection with the company will
come as a very great surprise to
most of those who have business at
the Cambridge Office as he has been
connected with the business for a
long period and he had become re-
garded as a part of the telephone
business.
Mr.. Nichols entered the telephone
business in May, 1896, when The
Dorchester Telephone Company be-
gan the installation Of a telephone
service for Cambridge. Mr.. George
W. Woolford was president Of the
company and Mr.. Thomas H. Med
ford was secretary and treasurer and
Mr.. Nichols was the operating man
ager After the completion Of the
local service he built the first eX-
tension of the system, a line running
to Hurlock and fredericksburg, which
was built in 1898. The first eX-
change was over the Office on Poplar
street. now occupied by the Western
Union Telegraph office.
In 1900 the Dorchester Telephone
Company was absorbed by the Dla-
mond State Telephone Company
which operated the lines, with many
extensions until 1912, at which
time the Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company took them over
During all of this time, period OF
twenty-five years, Mr.. Nichols has re-
manned as the local manager and has
seen the business grow until Cam
bridge is the second largest exchange
on the Peninsula, Salisbury. the eX-
change of which handles practically
all of the business of Wicomico coun-
ty, alone being larger.
In addition to being the local man
ager for Cambridge, Mr.. Nichols is
also the District Manager for the
territory of Dorchester, Wicomico,
Somerset and Worcester counties
with headquarters at Salisbury and
for quite sometime has been spend
ing the greater part of his time al
Salisbury, having, since February
1st of this year, less than two days
a week at home.
Prior to the regrOuping of the dis
trict Mr.. Nichols had charge of Dor
chester, Talbot and adjacent terri
tory, which enabled him to devote
a reasonable amount of his time to
the development of business in Cam
bridge and the vicinity. the best
field work in the entire territory but
recently he has not only been I'm
able to devote much time to Cam
bridge but has also been compelled
to work overtime a great deal in
order to keep up the work at Sails
bury
In addition to this fact he'd he con-
tinued in the position of district
manager he would practically have.
been compelled to have removed
from Cambridge and this he felt that
he could not do for number of
reasons, one of which was that the
compensation did not justify him in
doing SO.
Mr. Nichols has accepted a posi-
ton with the Continental Life In
sHfa4ee Company and will start on
his new line of work at once. IL
connection with his new work he
stated to a representative of this
paper that he selected the life in
surance work because insurance had
now become recognized as a neces-
sity by every business man and
woman and that in the twenty-five
years he had been in active contact
with the public he believed that he
had built up a reputation for straight
forward, honest dealings and he be-
lieved that this would be a splendid
asset in the insurance business.