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prise the guild's program.
unnyside Guild Sponsors Card Party
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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
Talks on Legislation, Child Welfare Cap 3-Day Parley Of State PTA Members
By AGNES H. OSTROM “The child is the greatest responsibility and paramount duty of our state government. It is so written in the Constitution,” Governor-elect Schricker told the PTA legislative
A former PTA president, Mr, Schricker pledged his co-operation with the group to accomplish its aims in the 1949 General Assembly. “The PTA must never relax its vigilance,” he said. 2 “ He told the assembly of parents and educators in the World War Memorial there should be co-operation between the state and federal government, as there has been in flood control, and road) programs, to secure better educational facilities for children where
Mrs. Joseph W. Walker, state congress president, advised that, “the public can use the old laws already provided for them on the books, if they are educated to their provisions.” i
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“why and how” of a 1947 child
legislation recommended. “The cities of Indfana this past year spent double amount spent three years ago {for recreation,” Garrett G. Epipley told the assembly.
world: understanding in o
understanding by making de-
Mrs. John K. Goodwin told the iana for a larger measure of|
welfare survey and reviewed the uaUines S ou hots. 2nd girls, Executive secretary of the Inthe|diana State Teachers Associa-| tion, Mr. Wyatt discussed in de-| tail a newly proposed plan for financing Indiana schools. | The 1949 General Assembly] “The attitude = necessary for wi) pe asked to earmark $400,-| Urigp0 as the state’s share of fin-| children is the responsibility of gn. ithe school, home and the! jocal health departments, Dr. L. church,” Dr. Ralph Holland de-ig Burney of the State Health clared. “We can create’ this|g,ard said. ’ s The Indiana Council for Men-| “One of the prizes given at the Sunnyside Guild card party this afternoon in the Murat Temple |mocracy work right here atta] Health will seek an appro-| Is being examined. Holding the vase is Mrs. John M. Williams, 3541 N. Meridian St., chairman of home. 4he event. Mrs. Raymond O. Woods, McCordsville, head of decorations, looks on. The proceeds of the event will be used by the guild to maintain their philanthropic work at the Sunnyside Sanitarjum. Rehabilitation and entertainment of patients and aid to the families of needy patients com-
priation of about 16 million to| “The citizens of Indiana should complete the new state hospital]
sity the recommendations of|Arthur Loftin advised. He is actthe School Study Commission ing director of the Indiana Counand liberate the schools of In-|cil for Mental Health.
assistance to full-time
Mrs. Walter L. Caley (left) and Mrs. Robert F. Shank check important legistative topics at the alle day meeting of the legislative institute of the Indiana Congress of Parents and Teachers. Some 400 study with the greatest inten-|at Westville, La Porte County, members of the state organization are attending the fourth biennial institute ‘today in the World War Memorial. State chaitman of the legislative committee, Mrs. Caley heads the group in charge |" of the meeting. Mrs. Shank is vice president of the National PTA Congress.
FRIDAY, NOV. 19, 1948
|PTA Conducts Legislative Institute
Marydale Guild Sponsors Open House at Convent
« * The Marydale Guild will sponsor an open house at the Sisters of the Good Shepherd Convent from 2 to 4 p. m.,, Nov. 28, Mrs. J. A.
Trowbridge is general chairman,
Heuer, J. P. Hegarty, Rex Waggoner, Robert Pickett, Kenneth Whitsett, Gerald Miller and John Griffin, and Misses Helen O'Gara, Anna
Hegarty, Theresa McShane, Ruth The Guild is the recently-organ-{zed auxiliary to the convent. Fourteen active committees have been appointed by the chairman to complete final organization. The auxiliary was formed to relieve a financial crisis at the convent, a nonsectarian, self-sup-porting charity for destitute girls. Mrs. D. J. McCarthy is general chairman, Guild sponsors include Mesdames Mae Perry, W. A. Miskimen, William J. Wemmer, John Ruckelshaus, Fred Mahaffay, Charles Mason, J. G. McNutt J%., Edmund Bingham Sr., Walter 1, Charles Johnson, Charles uff, Joseph McGown, A. P. Lauck, Frank Habig, Frank MecKinney, J. J. Kennedy and James Gallagher and Miss Edna Brackman and Miss Mary McGill
Mrs. D. J: McCarthy
Is Chairman Guild officers include Mrs. Mec-
assisted by Mesdames Anthony
Joyce and Betty Dalton.
loney, James P. Hegarty, Robert Pickett, Willlam Vollmer, Marvin Haley, George O'Connor and Mary McCauley, and Misses Julia Lanaham, Lucy Lavelle, Ann MecGoran, Helen O'Gara and Rosemary Armstrong. Transportation — Mrs. Walter Maloney, chairman; Mrs. Roy Wilmeth and Mrs. Charles Huff, vice chairmen. Christmas—Mrs. Joseph Dugan, chairman; Mesdames Edward Farrell, Payl Hughes, 8. E. Arvin and John O'Connell and Miss Mary Jones. Convent and Grounds -— Mrs. Walter Shiel, chairman; Mesdames Charles Hockensmith, Willam Umphrey, Marguerite Glass and Bernard Guedelhofer, Miss Edna Spahgler and Miss Mary McGill, Membership — Mrs. Glenn O'Connor, chairman; Mrs. John Griffin, vice chairman; Mesdames Thad Brown, Mary McCauley,
Carthy, chairman; Mrs. Rex Waggoner, honorary chairman; Mrs.
John Griffin and Mrs. Edward Hegarty.
Farrell, first and second vice
chairmen; Miss Mary Nally and Legion Auxiliary ="
Mrs. ‘Joseph Dugan, corresponding and recording secretaries, and Mrs. Robert Pickett, treasurer.
The organization committee includes Mrs. Charles Huff, north; Miss Edna Brackman, south; Mrs. Joseph Dugan, east, and Mrs. John J. McNeff, west. Other committee chairmen and their committees follow: Special Activities—Miss Edna Brackman and Mrs. J. J. Kennedy, chairmen; Mrs. Kevin Brosnan, vice chairman; Mesdames Charles Mason, Glenn O'Connor, Henry Becker, John Allen Trowbridge, Fred Wehlage, George Kirkhotf, Thomas MecShane, Charles Huff, Walter Ma-
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DAILY Beginning Saturday 10:30 a. m. to noon and 1:30 p. m. to 4:30 p. m.
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Trowbridge and Farrell, Miss Alma Kennedy and Miss Anna
Plans Session ~The Robison-Ragsdale Unit, American Legion Auxiliary, will meet at 10 a. m. Monday at Riley Hospital. The members will make dressings, wrap bandages and sew. Mrs. Don H, Smith, community service chairman, will conduct the meeting. She will be assisted by Mesdames Homer Asher, Clarence U. Knipp and Mildred Anderson.
P-TA Unit to Meet The Pleasant Run PTA will meet at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday in the school. The pupils will present a Thanksgiving program.
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Good Service at Reasonable Rates Is In the Publi¢ Interest
You want good telephone service. We want to provide you with the best possible telephone service—and enough of it—at the lowest possible cost consistent with financial safety. It 18 our responsibility. We are petitioning the Public Service Comission of Indiana for increased rates in order to meet this responsibility—to furnish service that adds to comfort and convenience in your home, to efficiency in your business, to the smooth and effective functioning of your community. We are not seeking large profits . . . we are asking only enough to do this job.
The Telephone Company Can't Avoid Today's Higher Costs
sLike any other business, the Telephone Company must receive a fair price if it is to deliver a good quality of service. And, like yourself and your family —like every other business—our costs have gone up. Materials and construction costs
"are higher. Telephone wages are at the highest
level in history.
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Telephone Rates Lag Far Behind Most Other Prices
Manufacturers, farmers and business generally have repriced their products based on today’s cost levels. However, the Telephone Company, as a regulated utility, has been operating in Indiana during 1948 at ratesvnly a little higher for most communities than those established more than 20 years ago. Increase in telephone rates is small as compared with increases for most of the other things you buy. Price increases since 1939, based on national averages, show the following rather startling com-
parisons Food... mmm nmannmnn 126% Clothing. => nmnnnsns 100% Automobiles. . =m mmmmmann 87% Costof Living.: mmm smn 76% R. R. Freight Rates. ........: nm 44% Telephone Rates (Indiana Bell)..... 8%
Each New Telephone Costs More To Put In Service We have kept rates low despite spiraling costs of our huge improvement and expansion program. The investment in facilities behind each new telephone placed in service during the past nine
months has been about double the average investment for all telephones previously installed by Indiana Bell.
Largest Construction Program In History of Company
Because of postwar demand for telephone service, we have spent more than $40,000,000 since V-J Day to improve and expand facilities in an effort to meet your telephone requifements. At least $35,000,000 more will be needed to compete the job. It is by far the largest construction program in the history of the company. During the three years since the war we have added some 166,000 telephones in Indianh Fas and more are going in every day. Thirty-one buildings and additions have been started during this period, many ‘of which ate now completed and in use. Enough equipment of all types to serve sevetal fair-sized cities has been installed, and some 323,000 miles of telephone wire added. Because of this extensive growth which has added telephones in every city and town and rural area, the value of your telephone has increased . . . you can call more people—more people can call you.
There’s Still a Big Job Ahead
In spite of all that has been done to improve and expand service, a big job still lies ahead. Our goal is to provide telephones for those who are waiting; to furnish the type of service each customer wants; to install additional dial systems; to expand and improve rural service; and to make local and long distance service still faster. The Telephone Company does not intend to rest on its oars, but additional capital is needed to do the job—and we must compete for it with other businesses whose earnings are much greater than ours.
Two Kinds of Dollars in The Telephone Business
The millions of dollars spent for growth do not come from your payments for service. This is new money which comes from many people in every
walk of life who are willing to invest their savings in the telephone business. The Investors Dollar builds the business. The money you pay us on your monthly bill for telephone service is used largely for wages, taxes and other day-by-day operating costs. The Customer’s Dollar pays our every-day expenses « « » it runs the business.
Rate of Return Inadequate To Attract Investors’ Money
Many concerns depend on profits kept in the business to meet a great part of their expansion needs. Our earnings, however, as a public utility, are regulated, and are never high enough to provide the funds needed for progress and growth. The money we need for new buildings, switchboards, poles, cable, etc. must come from inves-
tors who want safety and a regular, reasonable .
return on their investments. 1 Present rates will not provide an adequate rate of return to attract the additional capital needed
to put_up the buildings and add the equipment
required to furnish you the kind of service you want.
Our Contribution fo Indiana’s Prosperity
In addition to providing a vital service, the Indiana Bell Telephone Company makes important contributions to the prosperity of the state. About 8,000 people are employed in 80 Indiana communities. The company’s annual payroll is $22,250,000. In 1948, state and local taxes will amount to $2,300,000. Millions of dollars worth of materials and supplies are purchased from the businesses of the state.
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If You Were Managing the Telephone Company, What Would You Do?
With an essential program of improvement and expansion in Indiana to finance and push forward .". . Faced with costs that have climbed steadily higher . . . What would you decide to do? If you were in our place we believe that you; too, would have reached the conclusion that present rates are too low, and would ask—as we now ask —for an increase in rates.
This increase is necessary so that we will be
- able to go forward with our program to give
Indiana the good service it needs—and in doing this, to increase steadily the usefulness and value of your telephone.
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