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    "ocrText": "VICE PRESIDENT R. M. NIXON\nSUCCESSFUL SECRETARY NEVER\nUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND\nRECEIVES PLAQUE\nWATCHES CLOCK\n(Excerpt from News-Post, April 22, 1955)\nSuccessful secretaries can't be clock watchers-accord-\ning to a Girl Friday who's made good. This iron-clad\npronouncement was made by Virginia Lambrow, admin-\nistrative assistant and corporate secretary for the presi-\ndent of Baltimore Contractors, Inc., one of the largest\ncontracting firms in Maryland.\nMiss Lambrow whizzes through a daily schedule that\nwould stagger most executives not to mention their\nsecretaries.\nShe commented:\n\"You can't work by the clock and work in manage-\nment.\n\"I LIKE to get to work at 8 and start early. And it's\nOne of Victor Frenkil's shobbies is folding dollar bills in the shape\nof letters. Here he presents Vice-President Nixon with his name\nusually 6:30 or 7 before I get away at night.\nmade of the bills.\n\"There always are SO\nmany unexpected things\nduring the day, that often it\nis late before I have time to\nIN MEMORIUM\ncheck over the other more\nusual items of business.\nOur good friend James Taylor was a smiling, happy\n\"But that's part of the re-\nand well-adjusted man. He was kind, considerate of\nTHE HUGE STUDENT ACTIVITIES BUILDING IS NEAR COMPLETION. With a seating capacity of 14,000 for basketbal\nsponsibility of the work-\nit\nis now the largest indoor stadium in Maryland. Henry C. Ward is superintending the completion.\nothers, and always willing to pitch in and help in\nemergencies. James was the sort of person who left a\na successful secretary just\ncan't be a clock watcher.\nfavorable impression with everyone because he reached\nVIRGINIA LAMBROW\nBALTIMORE CITY HOSPITALS\nout to other people. Yet he was not the kind of per-\n\"SHE MUST always be ready to help if the need\narises.\"\nson who took advantage of friendship. In his job as\nthe Boss's chauffeur he could be relied on to be on time\nOther advice from Miss Lambrow to young secre-\nand at the proper place. It would be difficult to find any-\ntaries, yearning for a spot beyond the typewriter and\nshorthand pad includes these axioms:\none who knew Baltimore better than James Taylor. Yes,\nJames Taylor was a popular man in our midst and his\n1. Get the best possible education in stenography\nand business administration.\npassing was a deep loss to all of us. We mourn the loss\n2. Try to get a job as an executive assistant. This\ngreatly. Jim was a great guy.\ngives the broadest scope possible, with regard to learn-\ning various phases of the entire operation of the firm.\n3. Nothing beats hard work.\nLEVINE NAMED DELEGATE TO\n4. Always keep learning, whether by night school,\nUSCC MEETING AND MEMBER OF\nprivate study of your firm's operations' manual, or\nA.G.C. NATIONAL COMMITTEE\nother means, but keep at it.\nA. H. Levine, Vice-President of Baltimore Contrac-\nA MEMBER of the Board of Directors of the firm,\nMiss Lambrow begins her busy day with a review of\ntors, Inc., named a delegate by The Associated General\nappointments with Victor Frenkil, her boss, then often\nContractors of America to\ndashes off to attend one of the many meetings which\nthe 43rd Annual Meeting\nis part of her work.\nof the U. S. Chamber of\nPrior to the meetings however, she develops the\nCommerce held in Wash-\nagenda, and gets together whatever information Frenkil\nington, D. C., May 1-4.\nmay need during meetings which is part of her work.\nMr. Levine will serve on\nAlso, she confers with the president on correspond-\nthe Legislative Committee\nence and inner-office memoranda, dictating much of it\nof the General Committee\non her own after Frenkil has stated the general idea.\nA.H. LEVINE, President\nof A.G.C., which assists the\nThen there's always the telephone, ringing about 60\nentire membership of 6,500 builders and contractors in\ntimes a day. Most of the callers \"have to speak to\nTHE CENTER SECTION OF THE INFIRMARY FOR THE AGED. Structural steel has been erected inside and outside. The\nthe United States.\nFrenkil\"-they think.\nold walls have been preserved, but the renovated building will have a \"new look.\" C. \"Buck\" Graf is the superintendent.\nSafety Slogan - YOU NEVER GET at DUST esidential GLASS EYE! WEAR YOUR GOGGLES."
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