New Britain herald., 1929-12-20
ELEPHONE COUNCIL
 DIMES AND DANCES
About 17O Attend First Annual Banquet at Masonic Temple

The attractive features which aC- company "The voice with the smile were seen en masse last evening when approximately loo telephone girls joined with about tWo-thlrds that number of fellow employees Of the opposite sex for a gala occasion which was one of the most colortul affairs at the Masonic temple this season.
 It was the first annual banquet Of the New Britain Telephone coun- ci. The council consists Of T. r. McAuliffe, local manager, with a half dozen young women assistants and one male assistant William j. Hogan, representing the commer- cial departmcnt; M. !. Slattery, wire chief. and 90 or moro aSSis- tants including lincmen and various electrical tcchnicians known as the plant department: and Bertha Var no, chief operator. as well as more than 100 operators. known as the traffic department.
 With a group of invited guests including telephone officials from Hartford and Waterbury, about 1'0 , were present.
 The program opened shortly after 8 o'clock with turkey dinner served by members of Martha Chanter. Order of The Eastern Star. Roy Warner. traffic manager of the New Britain and Hartford exchanges. was toastmaster MT Warner announced that the council had raised funds enough to proVIde Christmas dinners for five needy families.
 The following invited guests were introduced by Mr. Warner:
 R. P. Collins. superintendent oi enuinmont, New Haven; r.. r. Brad lev. superintendent of constructions New Haven: R. s. Brust, plant en- cineer, New Haven; w. r. Gooch, traffic superintendent, New Haven; I. Henderson, assistant traffic sl- perintendent, New Haven; J. D. yeitch, general commercial super intendent, New Haven; Morgan Mooney, sales superintendent, New Haven: R. $. Judd, traffic engineer New Haven; Wilfred T. Nott. gen eral secretary Telephone Employes' Association of Connecticut, New Haven. Thomas r. Stammers, wire chief of Torrington, formerly Of New Britain r.. A. Smith, conner cial superintendent Hartford dis trict, Hartford T. c, Fraser. plant superintendent Hartford district, Hartford: Charles T. Maloncy. traf- fic superintendent Hartford district, Hartford; A. A. Warner, traffic chief. Hartford district, HartfOrd; T. r. McAulitfc, exchange manager, New Britain; M. J, Slattcry, wire chief, New Britain; Bertha M. Narno, chief operator, New Britain; Thomas Goodsell, plant construction superintendent, Hartford; Isabella Over, chief operator. PlainVlle; Howard A. Timbrell, Mir. and Mrs F. J. Daley and MT. and Mrs. Ernest R. Dechant.
 A program of music and fancy dancing was presented by Grayce Harper. Irene Scharf and Martin Lund. During barefoot dance Miss Harper apparently accidental ly burst q toy balloon, which un- folded large banner on which were the words, IN. E. Telephone Council' Miss Scharf sang several songs and was followed by Mir. Iund with accordion solos. The Hartford Novelty Minstrels also en- tertained.
 Dancing followed until 1 o'clock. The program was in charge of the following committee: F.. A. Warner chairman: Bertha Narno, Anna Val entine, Charles Green, Mary Ra- june. C. F. Ward. NJ. J. Slattery, E J. Restclli and W. r. RogerSon.