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Ee we ar a a RT CNS es ! - tradition of telephone ! HIS YOUNG LADY is coming to work. She is an operator. She is always on the job whether it is stormy or not. And at what- ever hour you call her she is pleasant and efficient. 'The people in the telephone service make cour- tesy a habit. It is part of the efficiency with which they serve, There are 15,000 men and women engaged in the telephone system of Ontario and Quebec. They handle over four million calls every day and, in spite of the constant cry for speed, there is scarcely a case of conscious discour- tesy or neglect. : HE COMPANY IS PROUD of these A. 15,000 men and women and has endeavor- ed to make their work as agreeable, healthful and stable as possible. Several hundred present employees have been with the system for more than twenty-five years. This stability of staff maintains high standards of operation and is encouraged by the Em- loyees' Pension and Benefit Fund, established in 1917, to protect employees in illness or acci- dent, and to provide for their future and for their dependents. There is also a plan of Employees' Life Insur- ance, by which out of salary, employees may carry without undue burden insurance to care for their dependents. This plan has been ar- ranged in co-operation with Canadian insur- ance companies at regular rates. N ADDITION to, this factor of stability an active interest in the telephone system is 'encouraged by the-plan of employees' purchase of shares and by the plan of employee repre- sentation. z Some years ago telephone employees were given Sppormnity to become shareholders in the company and 10,390 of them have subscribed for shares en instalment payments. For some: years also, spokesmen selected by the staff have met with representatives of the manage- ment to discuss stich matters as wages, hours, tools and working Sr This has not ory stimulated interest but promoted effici- ency. : = I ECsE THINGS eke ness and enterprise which is of the alert- have become a It is demonstrated among the 4,900 men in the plant department. Over 3,500 of them have qualified for St. John's Ambulance Corps first aid certificates and because of their outdoor uties they are frequently nearby when acci- ents occur. There have oon many instances which their voluntary response has saved fe and relieved suffering. he same spirit has become familiar in the enterprise and ceurage with 'which operators rise to an emergency." WW iETHER IT BE the night operator on the job at midnight or the lineman fight- ing a winter storm, the men and -- Women of the telephone service Bive their best in conteibuti o Canadian progress and we deserve whatever benefits the company is able to offer. $34 AP OF rN RQ Nasr Fen # Pdiched by The Bel Telephone Company ; ¢ Canada to ten ! RUSSELL OFFICE OVER MasEWEN | JF -- R. J. BOOTH B.A: were (W. McArthur&Son 74 Sparks St. Ottawa . PHONE 20 F% & STEPHENSON'S STORE OPEN EVERY MONDAY ARTHUR ~ FLYNN Barrister, Solicitor, Notary 'Conveyancer lc. = ; YE RUSSELL -- --_ -- --ONT WwW > sh Russell Oifice open on Wednesdays i y Qu in the Firnn Block, Broadway, Monev to isan on easy terms on ss A Happy New Year JOHN F. GIBSON t LI § SHOPS AT WINCHESTER ONT. Telephone 75 P. Q. Box 395 Manufacturer and importer of Marble and granite Monuments Cemetery 'ences loping: uc SCOCN Whales 4 SPECIiy DR. CG. R. BOOTH - B.V.S. C. Veterinarian Graduate 'Toronto University OFFICE --- FLYNN BLOCK Russell Ont High in Protein and Low in Fibre Sampson FEED isa payinginvestment I= will do well to consider as a winter eed for cattle, hogs or sheep. " It is 80 far out of the high-price class that ou can easily afford to use it in place of ome-grown feed. Sampson Feed is carefully milled... noth- ing but pure grain products have been used. ..it is particularly rich in protein, which is not usually the case in ordinary fg A i coarse feeds, and surprisingly low in cost, = yet for low Fibre content it compares 1} f equally with feed costing $5.00 per ton or Ee Let us quote you prices on any quantity. y Sampson Feed contains ; 3 Bron Ren Rey i ED AMPSON FE -- SOLD BY A ~ MGARTHUR-WARNER Ltd MoEWEN & STEPHENSON Rag e rh %E v sXe Ll ys 3 ? h WEEE LY a