Social News Highlights From Local Oklahoman Community
Mrs C E Alcock notes readers to send items for the column, sharing dinners hosted by Mr and Mrs B B Doggett for Mr and Mrs L C Stover and guests from Washington DC and Kenton Oklahoma. Reports include gatherings at the Minish home, a wedding in Charlotte for Ethel Irene Cowan and Giles Pittman Floyd, and a bride to be shower hosted by Miss Johnnie Mae Hemphill with gifts and games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. B. Doggett
Floyd
A. P. Floyd
Fairmont
N. C
Grinnell and Company of
Charlotte
West‘ Fifth Street
Johnnie Mae Hemphill
Batinah Jones
Clara Harrill
Operator Helps Block Escape of Jail Birds
A Columbus escape attempt was foiled not by officers but by a telephone operator. Mrs. Mary Berry of Ohio Bell in Galloway received a long distance warning, alerted Georgesville, then London officials, and guided deputies to intercept the convicts on the Georgesville London road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Mary Berry
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Galloway
London
Madison County
Georgesville
London Road
Consolidated Gas Building Shows Massive Switchboard
In New York City the Consolidated Gas Company moves into a new building where the largest switchboard occupies a room 5 feet by 34 feet. It houses 600,000,000 feet of wire and hosts forty one operator positions along a board spanning over a foot in total length.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consolidated Gas Company
New York City
Forest City Lodge Meeting Notice
Forest City Lodge No 1689 Loyal Order of Moose meets each Tuesday night at Pythian Hall Visiting brothers are welcome to attend and participate in the fraternal gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest City Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose
Pythian Hall
Public Utility Trusteeship Eyed by AT&T President
Walter Gifford of AT&T argues that in the United States ownership is diffuse and management acts as trusteeship. He notes a rise in technical managers and emphasizes long term planning for public utilities, citing growth from 6 million to over 18 million interconnected telephones and a $3 billion, twenty year effort to achieve nationwide interconnection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Gifford
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
United States
Gifford
Telephone Company
America
Used Cars Ad Promises Ford Credit Credit Push
A brief car lot notice offers a list of used cars with a $100.00 due bill on a new Ford and a promise to get the next car upon payment. It emphasizes a credit push and immediate purchase option for a customer to secure a future vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
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le Focrerr
C. E. Alcock
R. W. Minish
Magnolia Avenue
J. H. Thomas
Rudisill
M. F. Moores
D. H. Sutton
J. F. Alexander
Helen Thoma
Martha and
Lois Moorés
Christine Sutton
Farmers Bank
Nell
Margaret Young
Ridgecrest
Geo. Truette
South
S. Norville
Durham
Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church
G. T. Webber
Board of County Commissioners of
Iredell County
Norville
Ed Holman
G. C. McDaniel
George Holmes
Black Bear Camp
Marion
Mr. McDaniel
R. H. Herring
Zebulon
J.D. Smith
A. H. McDaniel
G. C. McDaniel and Son
Parker Holmes
Walkertown
Margaret Peacock
Goldsboro
Ruby Moore
T. R. Bowman
Lilesville
Fannie
Alice King
Myrtle Hemphill
Bridgewater
Alda Freeman
Efird’s Department Store
Rock Hill
S. C
Mary McElroy
Mrs. J. Worth Morgan
Weaverville
Bobby
Mrs
G. W. Morgan
Union Mills
Chas. Crowell
Eva Mauney
Atlanta, Ga
L. B. Padgett
J. E. Walters
Blanche
Augusta
Mary Smith
Beulah
Henry McGinnis
Kings Mountain
W. P. Padgett
Chas. Dalton
Chapel Hill
E. H. Dalton
E. N. Crowder
Katherine
Wir
H. B. Doggett
Myrtle Doggett
Myrtle Beach
Cathrine Caldwell
Blacksburg, S. C
Myrie McDaniel
W. G. Ham
Marshall McCraw
Gaffney, SC
L. P. Frazier
Albiquippa, Pa
C. C. Tate
Mr. Tate
Louise
Betty Rose
J. C. Rose
Mr. Rose
Waynesville
Paul A. Moore
North Carolina
R. L. Jones
Mr. A. 0. Brown
Lula Rose
Dana McDaniel
J. W. McDaniel
Myrle McDaniel
Mrs. R. E. Randall
Asheville
Blanche Beam
Virginia
Gertrude Fanning
Woodruff
Earl Fortune
Erwin
Tenn
Stanley McDaniel
Jim Phillips
Converse, S. C
J. A. Bowles
Cam Jenkins
Arthur McDaniel
Greensboro
G. T. Weber
Statesville
Forest City Bakery
Forest City
J. R. Pakks, Mer
Dlwated Gas Co
Pres
W.S. Gifford
Louie Rice
Eagle Pencil CO
J. T. Camp
Moss
A&p
India
Ceylon
White House
Peck
Atlantic
Pacific
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