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THE HERALD Wednesday October ins Area operators Reunite after 22 years Number please Remember the days when you pick up the phone only to find Gladys Lena Marlon or Valerie on the other end of the line enun ciating distinctly number please were Just a few of the ladlea who worked as Bell telephone switchboard operators before Bell In Georgetown converted to the dial operation Twenty eight of Georgetown past ch board operators reunited after a yean last Saturday afternoon at the North Golf and Country Club Most of the women who got together on Saturday worked for the company from the late 1940s up until that well remembered Sunday morning September when at un pen I he conversion was made Within two minutes or leu Iocs were needed in the Georgetown area no longer An honoured guest at the on wan Mb at the time of the conversion was chief operator Miss Chave after years of ser vice for Bell retired on- Georgetown Vent dial Mlas began her telephone career In Toronto In IBM when she became a operator She remained In Toronto for years serving In several supervisory and Instructional posts In 1B33 Miss became the telephone com manager at and remained there In that post until her transfer to Georgetown in 1939 Other honoured guests at the reunion Included Alice Und say who presently lives In Gait and who bad been with Bell for a total of Lillian Marchment a Nerval resident who had been with Bell for years Other past switchboard operators who were present at the first Bell reunion for included Isabel Marlon Burns Gladys Malison Lena Thempaon Valerie Caruso Tick Wyatt Mabel Seddon Irwin Norma Olney Doris Marg Barber Merle Lawrence Ruth Jones Louise Logan Rose Marie Campbell VI Darch Mabel Hlllman Winnie Mulder Gladys Marg Tost Jeannine Cook Anne and Kaje counter The reunion a time for many of the women to see some of their previous fellow workers some of whom bad not seen each other for many yearn It was a time to reunite catch up on the Latest but most of all was a time to reminisce their days of serving Family fly ATIMEFORREMIMSCINQ Switchboard operators who worked for Bell before Georgetown went dial held a reunion last Saturday Honoured guests at the reunion were left to right Alice Lindsay who was with Bell for years Lilian Marchment a year Bell employee Mabel Cbavo chief operator for Georgetown and Isabel a year employee for Bell Councillors at meeting by Mrs Dorothy McLean At a meeting held by the Community Association held on Tuesday evening September In the basement of United Church with Hugh presiding It decided to hold a dance as a fund raising project Pat Patterson presented several Ideas for fund raising and alter discussing various possibilities It was decided to hold a dance at the Credit Valley Club called the Riviera in around the end of November If a suitable date can be arranged with the club and with a band to provide the music MPP Julian Reed was extended congratulations for his win In the recent provincial election by Hugh McFarlane backed by all the other members Hugh expressed the opinion that It was fantastic that an MPP should be a member of this committee Julian had his written letter of resignation ready to present as he thought some people might construe his membership as a conflict of Interests It was unanimous that he remain J only for Improvement of this community for a better Norval so should not cause a conflict of Interests Halton Hills councillors Dick Howitt and George Maltby were present for part of the meeting They both expressed the opinion that it was good to meet the members of the association and to know the alms of the They were surprised to learn that there are families who are paid members and that there arc many other interests besides the school and water although they are Important Issues They gave some helpful suggestions during the meeting one of them being that should have a representative on the Hills recreation committee and Randy waa ap pointed to look Into the possibility Randy reported that Ills recreation committee have a teenage dance planned for October and hopefully another one around Christmas Bob Crawford reported that his committee had Judged the Junior Gard ner contest for growing petunias and tomatoes and would announce the winners as soon as the children them selves bad been notified It was decided to the winners with a cup or suitable trophy at the next public meeting A letter of thanks Is to be sent to Sheridan series who donated the planters tor the village The red and white petunias did well and are still quite pretty They hope to have more planters placed In the village next year The committee are looking into Welcome to Norval signs and street signs The Welcome to Norval signs would have to be place on private property as the High do not allow signs on their property The committee discussed better maintenance of the grass along the highway through the village with the Highway Dept and hope this can be done next year George Smith Mrs Joyce Hutton and Jamie Cunningham with Bob Crawford Ichalrman are the Beautlflcation committee Julian Reed reported that renting the school for recreational purposes Is at a dead end between the Halton Hills Council and the School Board at the present time but he s hopeful that a meeting with all concerned to talk the situation over will reach a satisfactory settlement The meeting will be held soon Unit One and Unit Two of Norval United Church Women met at the home of Mrs Marion Laird on Wednesday evening September with Mrs Agnes Miller The devotional on The Lord Prayer Was given by Mrs Eunice Wilson and Mrs Shaw gave a reading During the business delegates to tho Presbyterian at Terra Nova were appointed An Invitation to attend St Johns United Church UCW tnankoffering meeting in Georgetown on October was read Quilting the anniversary quilt being made by Unit Two was planned The roll call provided the program for the evening which was Tell an Incident in the life of tho church amusing or Interesting Many Interesting stories were told and a lot of laughs enjoyed as each one reminisced Mrs Catherine Laldlaw Mrs May Cleave and Mrs Kate assisted the hostess In serving lunch and a sods time was enjoyed Norval Presbyterian Church WMS met at the home of Mrs Tom McGee on Tuesday evening September IB with Mrs Andrew McClure presiding The roll call was An item of Interest from the Glad Tidings The study book was on the Book of Colosslans and took tho form of a Bible study given by Mrs Oliver Hunter Mrs H Anthony Mrs Reed Mrs Hyatt and Mrs dure Archdekln During the business plans were mode for the fall tnankoffering meeting to be held in the church on October with Miss Jo as guest speaker She does Inter Varsity Christian Youth work at York campus Rev Hill moderator of the and Union Presbyterian Churches Is on a tour of the west with the or chestra that he plays with called The Lost and Found It la composed of Presbyterian ministers Norval United Church Y P S and Teen Choir met at the home of Bonnie and Bill Crawford on Sunday evening September for their first fall meeting Bill Crawford was elected president Deborah secretary and Cindy Reid treasurer Bonnie Crawford and Terry will be In charge of the music They decided to meet every other Sunday evening at the members homes and divided the members Into groups to plan the programs They will be providing the music at the church worship services once or twice a month A special Rally Day service was held at United Church on Sunday September with Rev Walter Ridley conducting the service About Sunday School pupils along with their teachers entered the church In a processional Rev Ridley Introduced the teachers Kindergarten Cindy and Deborah Primary Marilyn Smith and Phyllis Moffat Primary Junior Gwen and Ruth Anna Wilson Junior Laldlaw Intermediate Gordon Laldlaw Taking part during the service were Carol Cathy Carol Abb and Jill Gordon Laldlae Sunday School superintendent told the children story and tho Junior choir provided special music Get well wishes are extended to Norman who Is a patient In Peel Memorial Hospital Brampton with a broken hip The flying Brothertons will take off again in hopes of winning up to 1 in prizes in the annual Michigan Small Race organized by the Ninety Nines a international women pilots organisation Barbara and Thomas of Llmehcuse will be entering the contest which is scheduled to begin October and to end October The race will start and end In Michigan with forty entrants from the United States and seven from Canada for the mile crosscountry air race proficiency event for lock model aircraft All pilots in the race are women but male copilots allowed which Is organized Michigan Aerontautlcs Commission Trophies and money totaling will be awarded at a banquet following the Both contestants are ex perlenced pilots bringing many trophies back to Canada from American competitions II Ward Manager Goo getown With the good feeling that goes with being a good money manager Ou 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