. Bell telephone magazine . n honor so-ciety of men and women united bythe common bond of having given onthe average a generation of serviceto the building of telephone traditionand the maintenance of telephoneideals. In its first decade the principal ac-tivity of the Pioneers Association i 1943 The Telephone Pioneers of America 129 consisted of holding annual conven-tions attended by large riumbers ofPioneers and their guests, who wel-comed these opportunities to renewthe friendships formed in early tele-phone days. The second meeting washeld in New York City in November,1912. No meetings wer
. Bell telephone magazine . n honor so-ciety of men and women united bythe common bond of having given onthe average a generation of serviceto the building of telephone traditionand the maintenance of telephoneideals. In its first decade the principal ac-tivity of the Pioneers Association i 1943 The Telephone Pioneers of America 129 consisted of holding annual conven-tions attended by large riumbers ofPioneers and their guests, who wel-comed these opportunities to renewthe friendships formed in early tele-phone days. The second meeting washeld in New York City in November,1912. No meetings were held in theyears of 1917, 1918, and 1919 be-cause of war conditions. Mr. Vail ters; and for the creation of a Gen-eral Assembly, composed of the As-sociation officers and representativesof the chapters, as the legislativebody of the Association. By thattime the membership of the Associa-tion had risen to about 2,200 andwas thinly spread over most of theUnited States and Canada, with con-centrations of considerable numbers. Alexander Graham Bells signature stands alone at the top of the register for the first meeting. Second and fourth are those of Messrs. Pope and Doolittle. Mr. Truex, late in registering, signed on the last page continued as President of the Pio-neers Association until his death in1920.* At the annual Pioneer conventionat St. Louis in 1921 a most significantstep was taken: provision was madefor the formation of Pioneer chap- * At the end of this article will be found acomplete list of his successors in office, withtheir company titles at the time of election. in the principal cities. It was feltthat the purpose of the Associationwould be better served if, by separat-ing the membership into chapters,opportunity were provided for meet-ings and other activities by variousgroups locally, with a yearly gather-ing of representatives of the localunits for the transaction of Associa-tion business. 130 Bell Telephone Magazine june Chapters Are Formed about one-sevent
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