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City PBX Operators Accustomed To Baffling Requests
Lubbock Chronicle style piece profiles hospital courthouse and fire department operators handling odd calls. Mrs Mamie Schoolcraft at Methodist Hospital discusses 200 plus patients 41 doctors and 500 staff. Other boards report woes including wrong numbers and mistaken identities. Multiple amusing incidents illustrate the daily puzzle of a city switchboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamie Schoolcraft
Methodist Hospital
Hazel Brunson
Chamber of Commerce
W. L. Penney
Chamber
Lubbock
Penney
Society For the Prevention of
America
The
Society For the Preservation of
Evan Miether
Easter Hastey
Plainsman Hotel
Herb Shriner