The Texas Mesquiter (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, April 7, 1950 Page: 3 of 6
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A
THE BANK OF FRIENDLY SERVICE’
36,000 Telephone People
Will Get Raises This Year
Mr .and Mrs. Max Martin wei*e
called to Colorado City recently on
account of the death of his father.
The Martins and their children spent
Sunday with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Guy Berry.
LOOK !
HELP YOUR COMMUNITY AND
SUPPLEMENT YOUR INCOME
THE CHILDREN’S BUREAU, a
Community Chest Agency, fills a
community need by finding approved
and supervised foster and day care
homes for children who cannot live
with parents or relatives.
THIRTY DOLLARS per month per
child paid for full time1 homes for
children of all ages.
If interested in boarding a child,
call U6-4174, or fill in blank and
mail to THE CHILDREN’S BUREAU,
4208 Swiss Avenue.
Name .............,...........,........................
Address ..............................................
Phone ..................................................
THE TEXAS MESQUITER
FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1950
PAflF, 2
See the new ELECTRIC RANGES at Electrical Dealers
TEXAS POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
Mr. and Mrs. Rus Pollard and lit-
tle son,' Rusty, of Clinton, Iowa are
guests this week of her sister, Mrs.
Sam Ezell, Mr. Ezell and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil JVillis visited
her sister, Mrs. G. H. Williams, in
Fort Worth Saturday, where her hus-
band’s father is seriously ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Rex Range and
children, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Milier,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wardlow and
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Potter were
Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ern-
est McKenzie.
Mr. and Mrs. John Keefe will cele-
brate their 20th wedding anniver-
sary by going to Oak Harbor, Wash-
ington on Whidby Island to visit
their brother-in-law and sister, Chief
Petty Officer Harvey J. Davis and
Mrs. Davis. The Keefes will leave
next week to go by Canada and will
arrive in Washington for Jonen
Davis’s second birthday. Jonene is
the only child of uthe Harvey Davis’.
What a difference an electric
range makes! Less work . . .
more leisure time . . . new
cooking pleasure . . . tasty
cookbook results every time!
Cooking electrically is
faster, easier! A flip
of the switch and
high-speed cooking
units are instantly
ready for use.
Accurate temperature
controls maintain uniform
heat, so there’s less watching
and waiting, less guesswork.
It’s cleaner, because there’s
no smoke to blacken pots and
pans ... no soot to settle on
curtains, walls and cabinets.
It’s cooler, because your electric range is
fully insulated. Cooking heat goes directly
into the vessel, not up or around the sides.
And economical! Your electric range actually saves you
money, for there’s less food shrinkage. Dependable elec-
tricity costs only one cent per person per average meal.
You bet there’s a difference in electric ’ cooking. It’s
the new, truly modern method of cooking todAy!
SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY
Under existing contracts, which the company
has offered to continue, 36,000, or three out of
every four telephone people, will get raises
this year. Averaged over all employees, these
raises will amount to $2 a week per employee.
Unlike most industries where an employee
must wait for a vacancy to get a higher-paid
job, telephone people receive regular, sched-
uled raises from the day they start until they
reach the top rate for their jobs.
Basic wage rate increases have more than
kept pace with increased costs of living. Since
January, 1941, telephone wages have gone
up 94 per cent... while the cost of living has
increased only 66 per cent in the same period.
The company’s Benefit and Pension Plan,
long recognized as one of the best, was im-
proved in November to provide pensions of at
least $ 100 a month, including social security,
at age 65 after 20 years’ service. Actually,
many employees will get substantially more.
The Plan also includes liberal sickness ben-
efits—up to a year’s full pay depending on
length of service — plus disability, accident,
and death benefits of as much as a year’s pay.
The plan doesn’t cost employees a dime.
Telephone people enjoy one to three weeks’
paid vacation. Also, they get seven holidays
a year with pay.
Mailed Checks
Prevents
Double - Checks
IT’S INDISPUTABLE PROOF OF
YOUR PAYMENT AND AN EF-
FICIENT TIME-SAVER. YOU’LL
NEVER BE “CAUGHT SHORT”
WHEN YOU HAVE A CHECK-
BOOK. OPEN A CHECKING
ACCOUNT NOW!
gW FIMT NATIONAL BANK
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MESQUITE
TRIPP NEWS
By MRS. M. C. PARKER
Sunday School, 19 a.in.
Preaching, 11 a.m.
BTU, 6:30 p.m.
Preaching, 7:30 p.m.
Pastor, Revj J. H. McDowell
The Rev. Arthur Denzel of East
xas is conducting a revival at the
ipp Church. Services daily at 10
m. and 7:30 p.m.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Tisch and iam-
r spent Sunday afternoon with Mr.
id Mrs. C. W. Pilkinton.
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Holt visited
iends in Richardson Sunday.
Mrs. Flossie Tyler and Mr. May
ones are visiting their mother, Mrs.
Hie Ragsdale for the week.
Mrs. O. L. Starnes is visiting Mr.
id Mrs. H. D. Starnes.
Mrs. Hattie Ragsdale spent the
eek end with her sister, Mrs. Myr-
e Patton in Kaufman.
Mrs. Hammonds and son of Plano
ere Sunday afternoon visitors of
>r son and his family, Mr. and Mrs.
aston Hammonds.
Mrs. M. C. Parker and Mrs. Roxie
olt called on Mrs. Leonard Hol1
uesday evening.
The WMU met Tuesday at the
hurch.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Hitt and fam-
y of Rockwall attended church at
"ripp Sunday night.
Mary Ann Riggs is enjoying her
turses training at St. Paul hospital.
Mrs. Elvin K. Franklin underwent
m operation recently at Methodist
Hospital.
Mrs. A. R. Frank Sr. and her
mother, Mrs. Clara Williamson, were
luncheon guests of Mrs. A. R. Frank
Tuesday.
Mesquite School
Cafeteria Menu
APRIL 11 to APRIL 14
Monday: Holiday
Tuesday.* Plain weiners with red
beans, creamed potatoes, green lima
beans, tomato - lettuce salad, pie,
milk, bread
Wednesday: Meat loaf,green beans,
buttered potatoes, carrot strips, ban-
anas, hot rolls, milk
Thursday: Roast, candied sweet
potatoes, turnip greens, cabbage and
apple salad, banana pudding, bread,
milk •
Friday: Sandwiches, potato salad,
carrot strips, pickles, apple Betty,
milk
LIABILITY
INSURANCE
PROTECTS YOU
AGAINST INJURIES
CAUSED BY,
YOUR PETS
. . . AND A HOST
- of -
OTHER POSSIBILHTIES
ASK US ABOUT IT
E. H. HANBY
Insurance Agency
COMPLETE
INSURANCE SERVICE
Phone 142 Mesquite
Easter Foods
• STEAKS and ROASTS
• CHOICEST GROUND MEAT
FROM HOME-KILLED BEEFS
• PURE PORK SAUSAGE
HAMS ... 12 and 14 lb
Rath’s Black Hawk and Wilson’s Certified
Frosted Food Lockers
MESQUITE, TEXAS PHONE 66
Telephone rate increases so far in this state
have lagged far behind rising operating costs
and have even failed to cover the current cost
of wage increases already granted.
This has been a big factor in pulling down
the company’s rate of earnings to the lowest
level in its history.
Obviously, any further increase in wages
beyond those already provided in existing
contracts, will have to come from pockets of
telephone customers.
HOW DO THESE
LOOK TO YOU?
The real test of telephone wages is how they
compare with those paid in the same com-
munities for jobs requiring similar skill and
experience. Here are average weekly and an-
nual earnings of telephone people.
Fully experienced
Plant Craftsmen .
(Such as Repairmen)
$75 $3,915
A Week A Year
Plant craftsmen with five years’ service: $61 a
week, or $3,184 a year. One year’s service:
$42 a week, or $2,192 a year.
Fully experienced
Operators ....
... $45 $2,349
A Week A Year
Operators with five years’ service: $42 a week,
or $2,192 a year. One year's service: $38 a
week, or $1,983 a year.
Fully experienced
Business Office Women
(Service Representatives)
$47 $2,453
A Week A Year
Business Office women with five years’ service:
$44 a week, or $2,297 a year. One year’s serv-
ice: $37 a week, or $1,931 a year.
The above figures include basic wages for a 40-hour
week plus extra pay for overtime, night, Sunday, and
holiday work.
—------------------------------—-------------------------- ------------- T-rusa
Fresh
Homemade Country
Sausage, Pure Pork
'k
Anderson’s A -6 Food Market
PHONE 77 MESQUITE
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Cook, Corinne Neal. The Texas Mesquiter (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, April 7, 1950, newspaper, April 7, 1950; Mesquite, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1090754/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mesquite Public Library.