Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-10
The Once Over
OUR w TELEPHONE EMPLOYEE AWARDS
Telephone Company Awards Medals TO workers"
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BY II. I. PHILLIPS

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To Miss Anastasia Gommock. nformatio opera
tor. the Chauncey p. Shrewsbury gold medal for ex-
traordinary and original conduct on the afternoon
Of January 5 at about ten after 3. When ass,d BY a
subscriber named wimp for the telephone number
OF one Jeptha p. Doople, she found it and gave it to
him promptly without at any time saying There is
no telephone listed under that name. All we have Is
the Gregory X. Doople Wet Wash Laundry" The
judges in making this award consider Miss Com
mock's one Of the outstanding performances OF the
last decade.
To Miss clarice Tulliver. telephone operator, the
Judson Goss silver medal for distinguished candor.
When an irate user Of the dial telephone, falling after
four attempts to get his number, cried savagely: II
have dialed the number four times without results.
How long Is this outrage going to continue?" Miss
Hulliver did not reply: You must have dialed incor-
rectly. VIII you please hang up and try again?, She
replied with ~dlsarming ~frankness: Il agree With YOU
that this dial system is lousyl"
To Miss Pessica snodgrass, information operator.
the League OF Fair Play award for the display Of rare
courage and a fine spirit Of independence. When
abused roundly without Justification BY some jttery
oaf, whose failure to get a connection was due to the
fact he had asked for the wrong lumber. she said.
Jaw. 90 jump off a bargel" and ignored him. While
this type OF treatment is not to be encouraged as 4
general thing. the league feels that Miss Snodgrass
deserves recognition for proving that even the n
formation girl is human and can crack under :
strain.
To Gustave Empkus. telephone installation man.
the National Subscribers Federation award or $500
for the installation man who performed the most not
able act Of the year. Mr.. Empkus put a telephone
where the subscriber wished 1t and not where he
thought it ought to 60.
To Nelson j. L. Shark. district telephone office
manager. the silver medal awarded by the New Sub
Scribers Sorority to the manager who BY any one
act achieved outstanding distinction. To no person
who called about a new telephone and asked for i'm
mediate installation did he snap: II can't promise
anything. 1t may take four or five weeks" On the
contrary. he seemed glad to see a new subscriber.
anxious to please and willing to do what he could
to speed the installation.
EXPLAINING ALL
rs that an eight or a twelve?" asked the admirer
of Mr.. Twitchells new automobile.
Both replied Elmer. Eight cylinders; twelve pay
ments.
J. Walter Bell sends in word announcing the forIna-
ton of the brokerage firm Of w. +. Sey a. Company.
The other partners are MI. r.. w. Fischlein and Mr..
A.. s. Bass.
TRoUBLE Is NO WORD FOR 1T
Tony Manero was another golfer who had trouble
on the homeward journey. He finished the first nine
in 80, but shot a poor Al thereafter, for an s2."-New
York Sun.
"Rhymer Triumphs in Cupboard Race."-headline.
why not rechristen the boat the veriflierP" asks Enn.
WHAT? NO PERSIAN A BEARERS,
Business has turned the corner for chorus girls. If
Mr.. Earl Carroll is not spoofing. Ir a call for girls
for his new show in his new theater he appeals 70
them in this manner: Telephone in your air-cooled
dressing room Individual dressing tables A
safe for your gems A refrigerator for your flow
ers An orcid room in which TO read. write or
rest A maid to take your messages"
mo blanket increase Is intended. A blanket IN
crease II was said. might defeat its own purpose by
~diverting traffic from railroads TO competing forms
or transportation. New York Times.
president SAYS Spirit OF '76 Is Needed to Restore
rosperity."-headline 1776 bid: 1929 asked.