Page 59 The following line and station installers have been transferred from the San Francisco installation force to the Oakland installation force: J.C. Clark, T. R. Hipkins, and W. K. Rusk. Jackie Coogan was a very interested and welcome visitor at our Sunset office in San Francisco this month. He was accompanied by his aunt, Mrs. Carrie Magner, formerly of this office. The basket-ball team of Humboldt office, Oakland, held its first practice recently. A large number turned out, and everybody is ready for big things this year, so let's back our team. The girls of our Piedmont office basket-ball team are now practicing and are sure they will have the champion team. We are looking forward to some champion games when the season starts. V. S. Harrington, equipment installer, working under the supervision of C. J. Riley, is busy installing an 80-line 550-C switchboard, for the San Francisco City and County Relief Home. T. M. Livernois, night wire chief, Metropolitan Area No. 2, is the proud father of a baby boy. Tom says the baby will be a future wire chief and he didn't forget the boys in the line of cigars. C. E. McLaughlin, recently of the local Sacramento sales department, has been transferred to interesting duties in the office of J E Thomas, division commercial engineer in Sacramento.. The contributions to Rotary by F. L. McNally, our Inland Division commercial superintendent, during the month of September, were addresses at Auburn, Porterville, Turlock, and Sonora. The Vallejo office employees express their sympathy to Mrs. Mary Fosteler, commercial cashier, in her severe illness. Mary is improving now, however, and her complete recovery is awaited. Mrs. Margaret Barnes, Mill Mildred Huggard, and Mrs. Irene Gamma wish to thank the girls of Randolph office, San Francisco, for the lovely flowers sent to them during their recent illnesses. A large number of the girls in our San Francisco Randolph office recently witnessed a beautiful church wedding when Miss Mary Cahill, a former supervisor, became the bride of J. Darcy. R. A. Gantt, general manager for Northern California and Nevada, accompanied by H. J. Corcoran, general traffic superintendent, were visitors at southern Inland Division points during October. Manager E. J. Angwin of Alameda recently addressed the members of the Alameda Improvement club relative to the problems of keeping pace with the rapid development of the East Bay district. Equipment Installer L. D. Becker and Line and Station Installer C. A. Tillman recently completed the installation of two sections of 30-line switchboard for the Realty Syndicate Company, Oakland. Line and Station Installers H. E. Hoar and C. A. Tillman, under the supervision of O. I. Crites, equipment supervisor, have completed the installation of twenty stations and vestibule set in Berkeley. Recent brides of our San Francisco Pacific office are Miss Betty Carleton, who now answers to the name of Mrs. W. Langley, and Miss Ethel Roach, now Mrs. J. Welch. Best wishes for their future happiness. Mrs. Velma E. Meyer, stenographer in the Oakland business office, has returned from her vacation spent at Chico and Shasta Springs, where she enjoyed visiting her father and mother and renewing old friendships. Two sections of 80-line 550-C switchboards are soon to be installed in the new administration building of the Caterpillar Tractor Company at San Leandro to replace the present equipment, which is inadequate. Orders have been placed for two additional sections of 80-line 500-C switchboards to be installed in the new six-story addition of the Montgomery Ward & Co. building, Oakland, which is nearly completed. West office is to be congratulated upon winning the service award donated by the superintendent of maintenance for the third time. This award is given to the office having the least number of customers' complaints. Cupid has not entirely forgotten us, as Miss Mildred Menton of our San Jose long-distance office has changed her name to Hageman; Miss Genevieve Fassnacht is now Mrs. Ford and Miss Frances Tilford is Mrs. Ollmstead. Resignations have been received from the following: Margaret C. Baily and Helen E. Rogers of our Oakland office and Frances B. Sylva of our Oakland Merritt office. Cupid, we hear, has caused these resignations. The initial cut of 350 stations out of a total of 506 stations to be transferred from Market-Park-Hemlock to our Evergreen office was recently completed. The district being cut over is a small area of about eight blocks at Haight and Stanyan streets. Line and Station Installers W.E. Hoar and C.A. Tillman have completed the installation of one section of 30-line 550-C p.b.x. for the Berkeley Gazette, consisting of nine trunks, five relays, and twenty-five series lines. W. P. Ralph, counterman in the Oakland business office, has returned to work after having undergone a tonsil operation. Bill says his wife said she is glad he had the operation as she now has a chance to do some talking. The building addition at Randolph office has been completed. As this is in advance of the Western Electric Company's schedule for the installation of central office equipment, it will probably be unoccupied for several months. Miss Frances Lindstrom, who has been very ill for some time, is missed by the girls in our Ashberry office, Oakland. Miss Alice Taylor of Ashberry office has undergone a recent operation. We all hope she will be with us very soon. The force of Graystone office extends its deepest sympathy to Walter A. Johnson, equipment supervisor, who has been ill for the past few weeks. We wish him a speedy recovery and hope to have him with us again before very long. The Ukelele Club of Mission office, San Francisco, gave another wiener roast at Fleishhacker's beach. After a swim at Sutro Baths they departed for the beach, where all enjoyed one of San Francisco's incomparable moonlight nights. Equipment Installer L. H. Soares and Line and Station Installer W. B. Wardell completed the installation of a 550-C p.b.x., also a battery cabinet and long-line equipment cabinet for the National Electric Sign Company, Oakland. Mrs. Eunice Castagnini, chief operator's clerk, Vallejo, is the proud owner of a new Essex coach. Mrs. Virginia Banchere, evening chief operator, toured south during her vacation, accompanied by her brother, to visit relatives. N. A. Cleveland, switchboard repairman at West office, has joined the ranks of the benedicts. During his vacation in Los Angeles he married Miss Eleanor Weaver of Garfield office. We all wish you the best of luck, Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland. Cupid is responsible for the following resignations: Florence E. Liedtke, Randolph office; Pearl Lyons, Walnut office; Louise C. Madden, Kearny office; Esther A. Roach, Pacific office; Grace G. Stokes, Garfield office; Libby Weissbach, Prospect office. Mesdames Laura Lewis and Carmel Sanguinetti of our Pacific office, San Francisco, are both recovering from an appendicitis operation. Each received a bouquet of roses from the Pacific girls, and we are glad to know of their speedy recovery. An interesting project lately completed for the Southern Pacific Company in Oakland was comprised of two additional No. 4 640-line multiple sections and 220 additional station multiple and line signals on the private branch exchange. Manager B.A. Glover reports that the Berkeley exchange passed, for the first time, the $100,000 mark in collections during the month of September, 1926. This is but another indication of the continual growth of this exchange and city. An addition to the wire chief's force at Graystone office is Miss Patricia Bennett from Sutter office. Miss Bennett is taking the place of Miss Thelma McGlade, who has left us to be married. We wish them both success in their new ventures. Yes, we have two new brides in our Humboldt office, Oakland. Mary Geraghty is now Mrs. Dennett, and Beatrice Phillips answers to Mrs. Whipple. Congratulations, girls. Helen Rice is also wearing a new diamond ring. Best wishes to you, Helen. The forces of the supervisor of central office installations in San Francisco have recently completed the installation of a No. 2 order receiving turret, equipped with forty trunk and three station line circuits for the Western Union Telegraph Company. The new Commonwealth Hotel is being serviced by a 320-line No. 550-C switchboard and ninety stations. This work was completed by H.D. Eager and H. Cooper, equipment installers, working under the supervision of S. R. Cooper, equipment supervisor. The Oakland business office reports the completion of an 80-line p.b.x. and a 30-line auxiliary p.b.x. for the County of Alameda at the new Highland hospital in that city. This new institution is one of the finest and best-equipped hospitals in the United States. Many of Cupid's arrows found their marks in our San Francisco office during the last month. Miss Britton is now Mrs. Lohners, Miss Sutton is Mrs. Athias, Miss Newman answer to Mrs. Stacker, and Mrs. Davidson, nee Goldman. Good luck and best wishes, girls. Through arrangements with Mr. Springall, instructor of electricity at the Sacramento High School, fifty of his pupils were recently conducted through our central offices. As this class was composed entirely of adults, the reactions to the visit and to our explanations were ideal. Miss Minnie B. Caughey, chief operator at our St. Helena exchange, has been recommended and elected by the department commander of the Patriarchs Militant of California to receive the decoration of chivalry, which is to be conferred at Stockton during the annual session.