I recently purchased a set of Telephone Pioneers commemoratives in an eBay auction. Instead of shipping the insulators, we the seller and I agreed to meet at a centralized location to exchange money and insulators. The seller had purchased the commemoratives in an estate sale in Columbus, Ohio. After concluding the exchange, the seller pulled out three sheets of paper. He said, "I got these with the insulators, would you be interested in them?"

Of course, I was interested in them. I was aware that the Telephone Pioneer Association commemorative had been used for community service, but it was also neat to find out how they were used here in Columbus.

The first page was a cover page with a picture of the commemorative on it. The second page the history of insulators, threadless uses in Ohio, and naming them after the "Pilgrim Hat". The third page talks about the Columbus Council and "Project Sound". The sale of these replicas raised funds to purchase acoustical ceiling materials for the Ohio School for the Deaf. The last page has a section about sales and ordering information. It indicates the commemoratives were manufactured in Bellaire, Ohio by Imperial Glass Corp. The price was $3.00 each in 1971 and it indicates a No. 2 run would be issued when No.1 ran out.