Northern California - Nevada, - Headquarters San Francisco Our Sausalito office wishes much happiness to Mrs. W. Mathues, nee Elk. Miss Olive Kroll of the Lodi traffic department has been transferred to the Sacramento office. Mrs. Marshall, formerly of our San Francisco office, is the proud mother of a nine-pound baby boy. Miss Emma Daniels of the Lodi exchange is assisting the Modesto traffic department for two weeks. Mrs. Grace R. McDonough and Miss Mildred E. Chapel were recently welcomed to the force at Carmel. F. P. Gerdes, manager at Vacaville, is the newly elected secretary and treasurer of the local Boosters' Club. Congratulations are extended to Mrs. Nora Bailey, nee Kingston, Madera operator, upon her recent marriage. Miss Marjorie Boysen is a newly transferred operator from San Francisco to Madera. Welcome, Miss Boysen. O. Cole, Jr., division traffic superintendent, with offices in Sacramento, was a recent visitor in the Lodi office. B. C. Carroll, vice president of our company, was a recent visitor in Modesto on his way to Fresno and the South. Angela Edwards and Irene Cross of the Petaluma exchange recently enjoyed a very pleasant hike to San Antonio Creek. The sympathy of our entire San Jose long-distance office is extended to Miss Viola Murray in the recent loss of her mother. Miss Margaret Brazil, operator at our Monterey office, recently resigned to become the bride of William McNally of Oakland. A beautiful basket of flowers was presented by the force of our Ashberry office, Oakland, in honor of the first anniversary. Martinez office extends its best wishes for future happiness to Miss Esther Warren, who recently resigned to be married. J. E. Thomas, division commercial engineer, and H.A. Shearer, outside plant engineer, Sacramento, paid Lodi a recent visit. Miss Violette Olsen, Madera, has recently changed her name to Mrs. Dale Daniels. She has moved to her new home in Los Banos. Miss Georgia Domingos of Salinas has returned from her vacation spent at Sacramento and reports having had a very enjoyable time. Our new company building at Redding in nearing completion, and will probably be ready for occupancy by the middle of November (1926). Miss Mary Domingos of the Salinas exchange recently resigned to be married. We all extend heartiest wishes for a happy future. W. E. Sammis, district plant chief, Metropolitan Area No. 2 is enjoying a sojourn in the northern part of the country, with Mrs. Sammis. Mrs. J. McCray, nee Walsh, a former evening chief operator of our Randolph office, San Francisco, is now the proud mother of a baby boy. Miss Edna Staring of Madera was, a short time ago, transferred to the toll office in San Francisco. She promised that she will not forget us. Miss Ruth Hoefel is an addition to the business office of the Lodi exchange, replacing Mrs. Hilda Schauer, who went North to join her husband. Congratulations are extended to Miss Dechantigney of our Mission office in San Francisco, who is the recipient of a beautiful diamond ring. Miss Naomi Barnes, Martinez, resigned recently to leave for Los Angeles, where she will take up the study of music. Good luck to you, Naomi. Miss Ollie Cros of our Piedmont office is the proud possessor of a five-year service pin. She is the first in our office to receive one of the new pins. The Misses Bradley and Cacciari of our Market and Hemlock offices in San Francisco are now at our Mission office. We hope that they will like us. A.H. Hobbs, our Sacramento manager, was appointed president pro tem, of the Sacramento Chamber of Commerce during the week of October 4, (1926). Thornwall office in Oakland was given quite a surprise recently when Miss Grace Morris, popular supervisor, returned to her duties as Mrs. Hynes. E.A. Seely of the construction storeroom forces has temporarily been transferred to the district office, replacing Mr. Weber during his illness. Miss Olive Isensee, clerk in our Modesto commercial office, attended the University of California and St. Mary's football game at Berkeley, October 9. Mrs. Adaline Reimche was appointed cashier for the Lodi business office, replacing Miss Ella Pletz, who has gone to San Jose to complete her education. Congratulations are extended to the two new brides in our San Francisco Graystone office: Mrs. Wildgans, nee DeMeyer, and Mrs. Hadley, nee O'Dowd. Mrs. Gnau, evening chief operator of our Mission office in San Francisco, is fast learning the ways of a Dodge car, which was presented to her by Mr. Gnau. Albert Tawlinson was recently transferred from the duties of salesman, in Area No. 1, Oakland business office, to the position of counterman in that office. Mrs. Elizabeth Cameron, who has been away for some time on account of illness, has returned to her duties in Fillmore office. We are all glad to welcome her back. Mrs. Molly Babson, Yreka operator, has recently undergone an operation for appendicitis at the Weed Hospital. We are glad to hear she is rapidly recovering. Miss Olive E. Stones of the Oakland business office has just returned from her vacation. Miss Stones had a most enjoyable time, we are told, seeing Oakland first. Vallejo office wishes to congratulate Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Plough, district traffic superintendent of Oakland suburban district, on the arrival of their new son. Miss Ada Harman, cashier at the Bakersfield exchange, who was injured in an automobile accident in June, is improving and expects to return to work in the near future. We are all glad to see Miss Mary Salvi of our Randolph office in San Francisco back at her position again, after being away for three weeks due to an automobile accident. Miss Petrina Lucido, Martinez, has returned to work after recovering from an operation for appendicitis. She is feeling fine and everyone is glad to see her back again. Mrs. Mildred Walter, supervisor of our Graystone office, San Francisco, was recently taken ill very suddenly, and we are all hoping for her speedy recovery and early return. On account of illness Miss Phyllis Plummer, former clerk in the Alameda business office, resigned recently. Miss Mae Traver has been engaged as clerk, succeeding Miss Plummer. Miss Amy Schultz surprised a number of her friends in our Berkeley office by quietly taking the vows of matrimony. We wish the couple a long life of happiness and success. Mrs. Helen Charles of our Oakland Thornwall office has returned and is much improved in health. We also welcome Mrs. Ramona Lyncy, who has returned to Thornwall office. Miss Beatrice Peoples, formerly cashier at our Chico office, recently resigned to become the bride of Homer Griffith. We offer a word of hearty congratulations to Mr. Griffith. Mrs. Mildred Farrell of Carmel, and formerly of our Monterey office, has returned to Monterey as our evening chief operator. Welcome home, Mildred; glad to have you. The Ashberry-Thornwall basket-ball team of Oakland held its first practice game last Tuesday evening. The girls have some splendid players and look forward to a very successful season. Miss Regensberger of Sunset office, San Francisco, who has been quite ill for some time at the Wakefield Hospital, has been reported as improving. We hope to see her back with us very soon.