This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Various surnames from the Seattle area Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/pBC.2ACE/3948 Message Board Post: THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE MAGAZINE – November 1926 Washington-Oregon-Idaho, Headquarters Seattle Miss Ellen E. Anderson has been transferred to the Salem exchange from Tillamook. Leone Hohl is our new traffic representative on the employees' committee from the St. Helens office. Mrs. Esther Ullfers and Mrs. Elizabeth Edison were elected district representatives for the Astoria district. Emelia Ralkowski, directory clerk of Seattle, has returned from a very enjoyable vacation spent in Chicago. Miss Elizabeth Hastings, formerly of Pasco, Wash., has been added to the operating force at Longview-Kelso. C.A. Matt, outside salesman at Portland, has gone to Salem for several weeks to assist the manager in his sales work. With the opening of the university for the fall term, we lose Miss Julia Jackson, evening telegraph operator in Seattle. Miss Esther Mortenson has been transferred from Proctor to Main office, Tacoma. We are sorry to lose Miss Mortenson. Miss Loretta Schillinger, supervisor at East Office, Portland, has been promoted to evening chief operator, Atwater office. Our recent visitors at The Dalles are J. F. Lowrie of Seattle, R.F. Woodard, W.D. Moore, and C.E. Jordan of Portland. Seattle long-distance office misses the smiling face of Mary Rollins, who was transferred to Bremerton. Good luck, Mary. Miss Marion Johnson, acting long-distance chief operator in Spokane, was a recent visitor to our Seattle long-distance office. Mrs. Olive B. DeSart, long-distance operator, Salem, has recently been transferred to the long-distance office in Portland. Miss Francise Caldwell, stenographer in the Lewiston business office, is spending her vacation in Aberdeen, Seattle, and Spokane. The girls at Sunset office, Seattle, will miss Mabel Scofield, who recently left to take up home duties in her own little home. Miss Warnock, who was until recently employed as a local operator at Salem, Ore., will become the bride of Carl W. Holcomb. Miss Ella M. Hitchcock, Salem long-distance operator, resigned on October 4 to become the bride of Frank Starr of Dallas. Cupid is still hanging around Glendale office, at Seattle. Miss Ella Clausen has changed her name to Mrs. L. Howard. Congratulations! Friends of Mrs. Charlotte Gross, formerly of Sunset office at Seattle, will be interested in knowing that she is the mother of a baby girl. Miss Bernice Freeman, evening supervisor at East office, Portland, has been added to the list of brides. The girls wish her much happiness. Eight people have been added to the operating force at Eugene to help handle the increase in traffic due to the opening of the university. Manager Oscar Tinkle of Baker recently addressed the Baker Kiwanis Club on the subject, "The History and Development of the Telephone." Our long-distance office at Seattle welcomes Agnes Moe, Esther Hendrickson, Ruth Eaton, and Ellen Gordon as new ticket distributors. Miss Marion Zepakowski of the Walla Walla operating force is spending a delightful vacation in Oakland as the guest of friends and relatives. We are glad to welcome Stuart G. Fotheringham among the employees of the Seattle business office, who is acting as a salesman at the counter. The following girls have resigned at Tabor office, Portland, to continue their college studies; Misses M. Hartzell, A. Taylor, C. Rands, and Mabel Stone. Mrs. Elizabeth Miner Sharpe of the Portland toll office is confined to her home as the result of an operation. Miss Lena Netzer of the Portland toll office is back again after several months' illness. We welcome Mrs. Eula Bowreath, formerly in the directory department in Los Angeles, who has been transferred to the same department in Portland. Our Kenwood office, Seattle, has two very happy operators - Miss Ruby Miller and Miss Hall. Why? Because each has acquired a brand new Ford coupe'. Edna Hurley, traffic employee, Eugene, is in a local hospital. Through magazines, fruit, and flowers the girls are attempting to help her to a speedy recovery. Cupid has secured two victims in the Vancouver operating force: Fern Cole is now known as Mrs. Thomas Honan, and Edna DuBois as Mrs. Julian Hart. Marion Callantine, Seattle RX operator, left for an extended trip to California. If the little old "Chev" hold out, Marion will have lots to tell us when she returns. Gertrude Barkley, stenographer of the division commercial department at Seattle, has returned to Oregon Agricultural College and has been succeeded by Helen Case. Cupid is still kept busy at Tabor office, Portland. Miss Bertha Flatt answers to the name of Mrs. Littell, and Miss Rosa Beck has changed her name to Mrs. Gray. Among the new members of the Salem operating force is Miss Marie Tremlily, who was formerly employed by the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company at Concordia, Kan. The following girls from long distance, Spokane, are enjoying time off: Effie Crerar, Marion Johnson, Connie Gannon, Aileen Reed, Josephine Filiatrault, and Alene Wilson. Miss O'Kelley, manager at Grangeville, has just returned from a three weeks' vacation spent in San Francisco. During her absence Miss Helen O'Kelley was acting manager. John Pullen, foreman, has a crew of men in Lewiston placing underground cable to connect with the new telephone building. It is planned the cutover will be sometime in December. During the three months' period from July 1 to October 1 1425 extension telephones were sold in the Oregon Division due to the efforts being made in the extension sales campaign. Miss Irene Collins, Miss Leonora Miller, and Mrs. Hildegarde Brokaw of our Beacon office at Seattle have returned to work again after their vacations. They report having had a wonderful time. Word has been received from Seattle of the birth of a baby boy to Mrs. Nelsen, formerly Miss Elsie Werley of the sales department in Tacoma. Congratulations are extended to Mr. and Mrs. Nelsen. The girls at our Beacon office, Seattle, are very sorry to lose their chief operator, Miss Alice Daley, who has been transferred to Glendale office, and Miss Julia Lyncy, who has been transferred to East office. Miss Louise Van Fleet of the Portland toll office became the bride of E. R. Hayden at a quiet home wedding on October 3 (1926). The girls of the Portland office wish the young couple a long and happy married life. Mrs. Percy Godfrey, nee Peterson, formerly a long-distance operator at Centralia, is the proud mother of a baby girl. The girls of Centralia office extend their heartiest congratulations in honor of the new arrival. Five offices in Spokane are now 100 per cent in stock subscriptions under the employees' plan. They are Walnut, Main, Lakeview, Broadway, and Glenwood. The other two Spokane offices are above 90 per cent. The many friends of Miss Mildred R. Larson, formerly sales clerk in Unit No. 1 of our Seattle business office, are glad to hear that she is now on the road to rapid recovery. We appreciated her recent visit. Katherine Reid, long-distance operator of San Pedro and formerly of Seattle, surprised us with too short a visit recently. Katherine came up on the H.F. Alexander for a two weeks' vacation in the "Charmed Land." A pretty wedding was recently solemnized at the home of Florence Wolke, when she became the bride of Donald Barbour. The girls of Sunset office, Seattle, all join in wishing the young couple great happiness. A theater party and banquet was recently given by the employees of the traffic department, Corvallis, Ore. The setting was in the banquet-room of the Golden Pheasant Confectionery. Seattle long-distance office boasts of three recent brides. Miss Anna tulle became Mrs. Grover Phillips; Miss Anna Kline became the bride of J.A. McDonnell, and Miss Clara Luark is now the bride of Doctor Watson. On October 3 Miss Emma Pearl, Seattle long-distance supervisor, was honored by a surprise party at her home, the occasion being her birthday. From all reports it was a howling success and Emma says it is her last. Spokane's long-distance office is sorry to report the loss of Mrs. Nellie Cahoon, who is leaving to make her home in the East. As an expression of their regard the girls gave her an electric toaster for a farewell gift. One of the outstanding events of the month is the farewell party given by Florence Johnson in honor of Vivian Witt of the long-distance office, Spokane, who is being transferred to the long-distance office at Portland. Roseburg was sorry to lose, by resignation, two popular operators. Miss Florence Snedaker resigned to take a position as a teacher at the Rose School, and Miss Floy Strader has left to attend the Normal School at Monmouth. Miss Emma Peterson, our Seattle long-distance supervisor, returned from a two months' leave. Emma returned feeling much better. Why not? Cupid visited her and left her a beautiful diamond. Congratulations, Emma.