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ALTHOUGH HEAD SETS tend to muss Christmas hair styles of the long distance operators, these two at the CAMA board look quite THE INFORMATION POSITIONS at Christmas time are as busy as can be. Many incoming calls do not charming. On the left, Mrs. Jean Scott wears a fine white wool dress cut on princess lines and Mrs. Marie Mackay wears a red brocade dress. These two have the called number. The Oshawa information office also checks for suburban centres, such as Brooklin, * operators cut in on dialed long distance calls with "Your number please," and punch the number on tape from which the customer is billed. q i Messe z Port Perry, Ajax and many others. --Oshawa Times Photos by Joe Serge Proposes Program To Train Nurses On University Level FREDERICTON (CP) -- The New Brunswick Association of Registered Nurses, recommend- ing a new formula for educating and training nurses, is seeking provincial government action to implement it. The suggested program would gradually phase out the present hospital nursing school system and replace it with university schools of nursing and institutes for health services. Only registered nurses would be authorized to practise nurs- ing in hospitals. The plan would reduce to two years from three the period required to achieve RN status, with improved qual- ifications. The formula is based on a plan by Dr. Katherine MacLag- gan, director of the school of nursing at University of New Brunswick. She recommended that nurses Grade 1--for technical or clin- ical work--comprise.75 per cent of the nursing complement and be given a two-year education at three institutes proposed for Saint John, Moncton and Camp- bellton, Future ward secretaries also would be trained at the institutes. FEW HAVE DEGREES The other 25 per cent of the nurses--called Nurse Grade IIl-- would be educated at the UNB and University of Moncton schools of nursing for the pro- fessional category. Currently, those having degrees number less than 10 per cent. An independent council, re- sponsible to the ministry of education, was recommended as essential for administration of the institutes. Half of the cap-| HERE, MISS BARBARA McMILLAN, on the left, checks the Christmas sched- ule for her time Christmas Day and Mrs. Mackay and Mrs. Scott check the time Christmas At The Bell Telephone Reflects Goodwill Of Customers By MARY WILLIAMS of The Times Staff "Operator, Merry Christ- mas," as another light goes out on the long distance board at the Bell Telephone Company, Christmas Day. "Just called to wish you a Merry Christmas, Operator," is the reply. And with a "Thank you and the same to you" to the cus- tomer, he hangs up and the! operator with no time to linger, goes on to answer another of the numerous lights, as the an- nual avalanche of Christmas long distance calls starts for another record year, and the pace has been set. Early in November, while most of us planned our Christ- mas shopping lists, Bell Tele- phone long distance operators|« were impatiently awaiting the posting of the Christmas sched- ule, because their Christmas must be built around | their hours of work. CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE In some centres, such as Toronto, hours were chosen by seniority, in others such as Oshawa, 'the clerical staff in the Traffic Department assign- ed the shifts according to the projected needs, based on stud- ies of the preceding year. This year, although the pro- jected number of calls was expected to exceed those of last year by ten per cent, a smaller number of staff was required due to the advent of direct dis- tance dialing in this area this summer. This fact increased the spec- ulation of those who hoped to be home on the Eve or on Christmas day itself. They knew they wouJd be on duty at least one of 'the days -- but which day and what time and if the hours were unsuitable would they be able to find someone who wanted those hours and make a change -- these were the big questions. After the posting of the schedule, staff had up to the day itself to change with an- other operator of equal train- ing. A new operator who only did information would not be itape. Oshawa customers, serving were Mrs. Louise Le- Blanc, Mrs. Nina Zarowny, Mrs. Evelyn Denault, Miss Gail Graham, Mrs. Elinor Mason and Mrs. Thelma Godda, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year's Eve the company supplied free of charge, coffee, Christmas cake, and candies, for the girls' break periods, On Christmas Eve, addition- al staff was on duty up to 3.00 a.m. and the same applied to Christmas Day, and will apply to New Year's Eve and Day. Any girl working after mid- night was sent home in a cab, hv the company, and with the heavy run on cabs at this time the Bell girls were given prior- ity by the cab companies. TRAFFIC Miss M. F. Cronin, chief operator in the Oshawa office, pointed out that the peak periods Christmas Day were from 11.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. and from 8.30 p.m. to 10.00 p.m. The girls who operated the CA board (centralized auto- matic message accounting) were kept busy as the rural areas dialed their own station} calls, the operator cut in with "your number please' and punched the calling number on dial- ing their own long distance numbers had the calling num- ber automatically recorded. Another busy spot over the holidays was the information board. These were mostly in- coming calls for Oshawa num- bers. OVERSEAS CALLS Calis which were placed through an operator were per- son to person or calls in which the customer had encountered some difficulty. Overseas calls placed by Oshawa customers were passed to overseas oper- ators at either Montreal for the United Kingdom, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Ar- gentina, Barbados, Brazil, Ice- land, St. Pierre and Miquelon; or Vancouver for Australia, New Zealand and Japan. While the operators disliked the thought of working at able to change with one who did both long distance and in-| be-| formation or vice versa, cause the tricks were inter-| locking. Some were assigned to work if required, which meant they would not know whether they were working or not and if so, Christmas, once on the job, they enjoyed the activity, the \good wishes and cheerful |voices of the customers and igot a laugh out of the ones who contacted _ telephonitis after one too many. The time passed quickly and for those who had the day off, there was what time, until the Monday preceding Christmas. These operators would replace any) who might be off due to ill- ness or some other unexpected reason. CHRISTMAS TEA A few days before Christmas, an aura of excitement began to build up as cards and gifts began to arrive from former employees and customers who} showed their appreciation in this way. The girls purchased new dresses to wear, accord- ing to Bell Telephone tradi- tion, established in other years. Hairdressing appoint- ments were made to fit in with their hours of work. The company gave a tea and reception a few days prior to the holidays for employees, their children and former em- ployees. This year it was held in the lounge on Thursday afternoon, from 2.00 to 4.00 p.m. Over 100 girls attended the tea organized by Miss Betty Mowat and Miss Enid Hall. Those pouring tea were Miss Marjorie Muskett, Mrs. Sue Lawrence, Mrs.. June Scott, and Miss Susan Porter. Those ital needed for construction would be sought from the fed- eral health resources fund and the other half from the province. The RN association has asked the provincial government to start implementation of the pro- gram in 1967 so it can be put into effect for the 1968-69 aca- demic year. Mrs. Katherine Wright, assoc- iation president, said the plan has been endorsed by the exec- utive committee of the Canadian Nurses' Association and may be reflected in nursing education just a little feeling of missing the goodwill and fellowship at work. of their break periods. Miss MacMillan was wearing a two-piece double-knit blue suit with white trimming. It is a Bell tradition that the operators wear a new dress Christmas Day. Telephone 723-3474 for Mr. and Mrs. W. D. C. Whal- ley of Eau Claire, Ontario, are visiting their three sons and families in Oshawa during the holiday season, They are Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Whalley and HOLIDAY SOCIAL NOTES Jo Aldwinckle, Women's Editor Women's Department Mr. and Mrs. William Wilson and family, Fonthill, Ontario, were the holiday guests of their parents, Mr. and Mrs, T. L. Wilson and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Blatch. Mr. Earl Whalley, Division street, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Whalley, Ritson road south. Mrs. Hilda Knapp, Oshawa, with Miss Claire Tierney and Robert Knapp, both of --Scar- borough spent Christmas Day at the home of Mr, and Mrs, Ron- ald Knapp in Lindsay. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Tane, Fernhill boulevard, have re- turned from Halifax where they spent Christmas with their daughter, Mrs. Ross E. Dunford and Mr. Dunford. Miss Ildi Angi, a student at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, Toronto, is spending her holi- days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Geza Angi, Jones avenue. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Pincombe, Simcoe street north, spent Christmas Day with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pounder at their home in Peterborough. Miss Isabelle Corner, Welling- ton College, Guelph, is spending the Christmas vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon L. Corner, RR 1, Oshawa. STUDENTS FIGHT BACK CAMBRIDGE, England (CP) --Students at Girton, one of Cambridge University's few colleges for women, are fight- ing back to show they are not all bluestockings and can be just as attractive as swinging Chelsea chicks. But their move- ment's title is: "Society for the Metamorphosis of the Girtonian Image." WIFE PRESERVER board to save steps. Use multiple skirt and blouse hangers next to your ironing THE OSHAWA TIMES, Wednesday, December 26, 1966 v PLAN BILINGUALISM MONTREAL (CP) -- Beth Rivkah Academy for Girls, now 'being built in Montreal, is to be North America's only school with parallel academic pro- grams in French and English nursery school through the unique. needs of Jewish children in Quebec, from Grade 12. It is planned to meet |tlefield. LEFT COW BEHIND | NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. (CP) --Laura Secord really did save the day at Queenston Heights in He than 60 years in Gen. Brock's monument there, 1/3 Reg. to 30.00 Reg. to 12.00 SNOW-SUITS. A. E. JOHNSON, 0.D. OPTOMETRIST 1412 King St. East 723-2721 Phone 723-1163 and Stretch Your Dollar CHAMBERS FOOD LTD. 933 Ritson Rd. $., Oshawe -- call at: NAME ADDRESS .. Has Your Food Dollar Lost It's S-t-r-e-t-c-h-? 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