Retirees Honored For 162 Years Of Service To C and P
Four of Frederick area’s oldest telephone workers were feted by the Past Operators of Frederick club at the Independent Hose Company. Honorees Mrs Mary Knock Miss Katie Stup Mrs Loretta Thomas and Miss Julia Hammond received Annieine dolls with headsets and mouthpieces plus flowers. The quartet have contributed 162 years of service to the C and P Telephone Co. The event drew about 90 former operators.
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C&p
Frederick
POOF
The
Independent Hose Company
Mary Knock
Katie Stup
Loretta Thomas
Julia Hammond
C&p Telephone Co
Patrick Street
Bell System
Julie Hammond
Lovetta Thomas
Jeff Taylor
Frederick telephone operators honored as POOF members
Over 80 operators of yesteryear from Frederick are celebrated by POOF founder Mrs. Dorothy DeGrange. Retiree Mrs. Knock recalls 47 years at Frederick, WWI work in Washington, and past role as evening chief operator. Miss Stup and Mrs. Thomas reflect long careers at Frederick and Brunswick offices. Miss Hammond recounts 36 years, starting in New Market, transfer when dial service began, and current roles in school alumni and Telephone Pioneers. POOF began February 1983 with about 35 members. open to any past Frederick operator. Meetings are held the second Thursday of each month for lunch.
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Frederick
Dorothy DeGrange Poof
Yesteryear
Knock
Miss Stup
The
Telephone Company
Thomas
Girls’ High School
Board of Education
Church Street
Telephone Pioneers
Patrick Street
Mrs. DeGrange
Premature babies die after vitamin E drug recall
Twelve deaths linked to intravenous E-Feral Aqueous Solution prompt FDA CDC recall. The product, distributed nationwide to hospitals and wholesalers, is not to be used as investigators seek a cause. Eight deaths at two Atlanta area hospitals and four more deaths nationwide total 12 fatalities among 17 infants affected.
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Atlanta
National
Centers For Disease Control
CDC
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Faye Peterson
Rockville
O'Neal, Jones & Feldman
St. Louis
Larry Hiland
Hiland
Peterson
William Martone
F.W. Rosa
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