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WILMETTE LIFE March 5, 1926 PHONE SO YEARS OLD s · T 0 p Barry Bas Telephone Employes to Wear Buttons Commemoratinl' Golden Jubilee of Industry Distribution of memorial buttons has hcen started among employes of the lllinois Bell Telephone company and other telephone companies throughout the state of ~tlinois. The button is t o he worn ::\I arch 10 in ce leb.!:ation of the completion of fifty year~ of the tele phone. On ::\I arch 10, 1876. 'ln Boston. til ·~ first complete sentence was heard over the telephone. The . sentence was, "~1 r . Wat~on. come here; I want you," and it was spoken by Alexander Graham Bell. the inventor, and heard by hi ~ as istant, Thomas A. Watson, in an adjoining room. Fron1 this small beginning the USC of the telephone rH-, grown until in 1925 the telephone wa' used more than 50,000,000 times daily in the Be 11 System alone. The tele phones connecting the two rooms in Boston han· grown to nearly 17.000.000 in the United States. The fiftieth-\·car button will he worn not only hy fllinois employes, hut by those all over the United States and Canada. The greatest numher of telephone men and women in any ~tate in the union is in Illinois. This state ha:m~re than 70,000 including the em ploye~ of the independent and rural companies and those of the large manufacturing organizations in Chi cago. the largest of which is the Western Electr.ic company, man ufarturing telephones and apparatus for the Bell System. The telephone industry as a whole employes about 400.000 persons . This year will he observed generally as the telephone jubilee and the observance wilt he continued throughout the year in various ways. On the night of March 10. the members of the Theodore K. Vail Chapter ~o. 1, Tetephon~ Pioneers of America, will he hosts at a large dinner and entertainment to be given in the refectory of tJ.u:. Hawthorne works of the \Vestern Electric company. Somethin11 to Say to You This is cleaning and repairing · tttne Our cleaning and repairing department is in a class by itself on the North Shore. The superb quality of the work done is well worth your consideration. Why it pays to shop at Barty's in Evanston We have today the greatest assortment of floor coverings that this store has ever carried. This is particularly true of our rugs-Oriental ana Domestic. We couple this assortment with prices undeniably lower than "Loop" prices. We can do this BECAUSE We will open two nights a week Acceding to many requests we will rematn open two nights a week, Thursdays e~nd Saturdays. until 9:00 o'clock until further notice. Our rent ts tremendously lower than " Loop" stores. We employ no expensive buyer. We are free from many of the expensive items that ·'Loop" rug stores must carry. We pass the saving on to you. Our merchandise is our own. It is not bought on consignment, required a high price so that all parties concerned may get a good profit-That helps you, too. HEAR MISSION EXECUTIVE Dr. Frank A. Smith, secretary of the American Baptist Home Mission socil't~· . \\'til preach at the Wilmette Baptist (·hurch Sunday morning, ~1arch 7. at the 11 o'clock services. ~frs. George I.. Martin of 1046 Elm wood avenue, and Mrs. W. A. Tucker of 1214 Lake avenue, gave a joint vanishing luncheon \Vednesday at the Woman's club. ~~ rs. Tucker entertained a group of eight and Mrs. ~tartin. a group of four. as a benefit for the \Voman's guild of the Congregational church. -0- Remember-this store is not a branch of any other store or company-it is Barry all through Mrs. S. C. Stanton. 1234 Wilmette avenue. is spending se,·eral weeks in Columbus. Ohio. as the guest of her niece, Mrs. Guy Mills, formerly a resident of \Vinnetka. -<>~Irs. R. H. Candlish entertained the members of her bridge-luncheon dub Tuesday, March 2, at her home, 405 Prairie avenue. DAVID G. BARRY 514 Davis Street- Evanston- University 5712 CARPETS, RUGS and LINOLEUMS LAMP afid.SHAJ)( SHOP l Shades made to order, hase wiring our specialty. LIJO 1045 WESLEY AVE. Tel. Univ. 3381 Wil. 1212