Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-10-05

to assure utmost and complete eff
ficiency when the cord is cut at
2 a. m. Sunday, October z and the
the calls are channeled through the
new installation.
All this facetiously, to cover up
the Grass ignorance felt by the ma
jority of the B & P w members,
who, though they were most ap-
preciative and enjoyed the tour,
admitted they did not entirely fol-
low the intelligent explanation of
the courteous BELL Men" who
were, there to help their company
with its public relations.
BY contrast, the company's Of
ficials and guests went round the
corner to the old office and OBJ
served the operators at their task,
keeping their eyes focused on the
red lights above the boards to be
sure to catch the calls as fast as
they were registered by a flash
ing signal. To most of the, bystand-
ers the thought of pulling out one
of those slithering snakelike rub
ber cords and fitting its plug into
the proper hole, was almost as ap-
palling as contemplating the how
of those minds in the laboratories
of the Ohio Bell Company which
do its research to make such pro-
greSs possible.
After Thursday nights vista
ton, employees of the company
who are members of the B & P w
Club, arranged a coffee in the
Operators quarters in the old Of
flee, as conclusion to this most
worthwhile special event as a con-
clusion of the clubs observance
of National Business and Profess
ional Women's Week. Miss Gather
inc Benjamin. the clubs president
who has just started on a new
stepped-up position as Supervisor
of the Film Library in the south
west area for the Ohio Bell and
Miss Ruth E. Lambert, chief oper-
ator for the London branch, Mrs.
Laura Koen of the business office,
Mrs. Edward Flynn, an operator,
the present B & P. w. members
from the local Ohio Bell company,
were assisted by Mrs. Jean Hodge,
an operator at the kaffee klatch.
And now salute to the Hello
Girls. There are many who have
had years of association with them
who, if it's any comfort, will sadly
miss their number pleeuze," and
Thank You" and would much pre-
fer to hear them say Sorry, the
line is busy" to spinning the plat
ter and getting that impersonal
busy buzZZ.
This change affects the 33 oper-
ators at the London exchange plus
Miss Lambert, the chief. Miss Lam
bert, who goes to Columbus to be
a staff assistant in the office at
104 South Third, expects to retain
her apartment at 81 North Main
Street, London. Two of the opera
tors will be retired on pension,
Miss Elizabeth Dorsey after 20
years of service with the company
and Mrs. Margaret Alkire a 25
year employee.
The rest have their choice of
transferring to other cities or ac-
cepting termination allowance as
of October 6.
Personally, as one of the most
consistent users of the telephone,
we should like to express our ap-
probation to all those girls, who
through the years have helped
make our job on the newspaper
most pleasant one. Wherever you
are and whatever you may be do
ing, good luck Godspeed, we'll be
missing you when we start dialing
Monday morning. Margot.)
S -
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Prince OF
Findlay attended the O.S.U.-Ne-
braska football game Saturday
with DR.. and Mrs. Robert Halter
man and returned to London with