Matt, here's the color code:

Bell Operators Give Better Service.

Why Run Backward, You'll Vomit.

Incidentally, you and perhaps others on this forum may not know this, but there are two pairs that are named in honor of two Bell Operators, who gave their lives during a horrific flood that devastated a large mid-western city back in the early 1900's. They were cousins, and when they were given the order to evacuate, they defied the order, and stayed at their positions, answering emergency calls until they both lost their lives as the flood waters drowned them.

In a very somber ceremony, after the waters had receded, the president of AT&T, William Vail, decreed that forevermore, two pairs in every cable group would commemorate their heroism:

Violet Green, and Violet Brown.


Arthur P. Bloom
"30 years of faithful service...15 years on hold"