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Loren Murphy Berry (1888-1980) —
also known as Loren M. Berry; "Mr. Yellow
Pages" —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio; Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Oakwood, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Wabash, Wabash
County, Ind., July 24,
1888.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; advertising
salesman who popularized the Yellow Pages business section in
telephone directories nationwide; founded L. M. Berry Co.;
director of telephone companies; Republican Presidential
Elector for Ohio, 1956
(voted for Dwight
D. Eisenhower and Richard
M. Nixon); alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Florida, 1960,
1964;
Republican Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1972
(voted for Richard
M. Nixon and Spiro
T. Agnew).
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Elected to Telephone Hall of
Fame in 1982.
Died in Oakwood, Montgomery
County, Ohio, February
10, 1980 (age 91 years, 201
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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John Levi Cable (1884-1971) —
also known as John L. Cable —
of Lima, Allen
County, Ohio.
Born in Lima, Allen
County, Ohio, April
15, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer;
director and counsel, Lima Telephone and Telegraph Co.,
Napoleon Telephone Co., Lima Toledo Railroad,
Lima City Street
Railway Co.; Allen
County Prosecuting Attorney; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1921-25, 1929-33;
defeated, 1912; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1924; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1936.
Episcopalian
or Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Grange;
Junior
Order; Kiwanis.
Died in Lima, Allen
County, Ohio, September
15, 1971 (age 87 years, 153
days).
Entombed at St.
Boniface Episcopal Church, Sarasota, Fla.
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Betty Cortese (born c.1937) —
of Lake Worth (now Lake Worth Beach), Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born about 1937.
Telephone operator; mayor
of Lake Worth, Fla., 1982-85; defeated, 1985.
Female.
Still living as of 1985.
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Harvey Cable Garber (1866-1938) —
also known as Harvey C. Garber —
of Greenville, Darke
County, Ohio.
Born in Hill Grove, Darke
County, Ohio, July 6,
1866.
Democrat. Telegraph operator; superintendent, Central Union
Telephone Company for Ohio; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1899-1902; vice-chair of
Ohio Democratic Party, 1900; Ohio
Democratic state chair, 1902; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1903-07.
Died in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., March
23, 1938 (age 71 years, 260
days).
Interment at Greenville
Cemetery, Greenville, Ohio.
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James Fenimore Cooper Griggs (1862-1924) —
also known as James F. C. Griggs —
of Apalachicola, Franklin
County, Fla.
Born in Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., August
21, 1862.
Democrat. Half-owner of Apalachicola's electric
light and telephone systems; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Florida, 1912
(speaker),
1924
(alternate); U.S.
Collector of Customs at Tampa, Fla., Florida, 1913-21.
Member, Rotary.
Died, from diabetes
and heart
disease, in Hendersonville, Henderson
County, N.C., November
4, 1924 (age 62 years, 75
days).
Interment at Chestnut
Cemetery, Apalachicola, Fla.
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Jeff Milner —
of Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Employee of Southern Bell telephone company; mayor
of Boca Raton, Fla., 1977-78, 1979-81.
Still living as of 1981.
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William Hayden Reynolds (1847-1935) —
also known as William H. Reynolds —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born June 29,
1847.
Sawmill
owner; banker;
owner, Orlando Telephone Company, 1908-14; mayor
of Orlando, Fla., 1910-13.
Died February
1, 1935 (age 87 years, 217
days).
Burial location unknown.
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