Harry Glenwood McCully was born in Lower Merion, Pennsylvania on July 1,1855.  He entered the telephone business in Philadelphia in 1880.  A few years later he was called to New York and assigned to work in New Jersey with the title of Assistant Superintendent, and later as Superintendent.  He spent the next 25 years in building the telephone industry in northern and central New Jersey and Staten Island. Mr. McCully died in 1917.

On July 1, 1971, The H.G. McCully Downstate Chapter of the Telephone Pioneers of America was Chartered.

A major Chapter project this year is called "Care Packages For Service Persons Abroad".  The idea is to decorate and fill empty shoe boxes with items sought after by service personnel abroad.  These items include shampoo, bar soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste, shaving cream, razors, pens, pencils, notepad, a deck of cards, packaged snacks and cookies, candy bars, paper back books, magazines, and most of all a personalized note or card showing our appreciation for what they are doing for us.

An annual project is our Sports Jamboree for blind or wheelchair bound children.  This event will be held on August 19th and 20th, 2005 in Pine Hill, NJ.

More information on these projects and others can be found by clicking on the Projects link on the left.