It never occurred to me what I had accomplished. There were 1200 women they had to pick from. I had a lot of fun though. We carried the mortgage on the 7 original astronauts homes and I met all of them.

Great story, N!
Thanks for the smile.

I thought you all might need a laugh to lighten up today. I was minding my business and the telephone rang. The voice on the other end asked, 'Is Mr Jones (not his name) in please? This is the White House calling.' I knew it was one of the clowns I knew playing a joke. My response was, 'The White House, okay?' The serious voice said, "Yes the White House. In Washington, D.C.' I recognized authority when I heard it!' Suddenly I felt a needed some oxygen. My response was, 'Oh! That White House!' She very seriously said, 'The President would like to speak with him.' I really needed air, "I coughed and said, 'Oh that White House. No. May I have him return the call?' She gave me instructions and the telephone number. By this time tears were rolling down my face and I was shaking like a leaf. Shortly my great man walked in and I said, 'What have you done? The President of the United States is looking for you.' He laughed and said, ' Oh that's someone's idea of a joke.' I said, 'Listen to me. They only say, 'The White House is calling when it is THE MAN. and he is a very serious man.' He laughed again. I instructed him,' Do not place the call through the switchboard, call on your private line.' He said, 'Dear did you have a drink at lunch time?' I almost screamed, 'Make the call and shut your door!' About that time my phone rang and it was my guy's wife. She sounded like I felt. She said, 'What has he done? Is he in trouble?' I assured her I'd know quite shortly and call her back. In no time at all he poked his head out the door of his office and said, "The President wants me to assume the position as Public Actuary over at Social Security. The guy they have has retired..' I almost fainted with relief. He said, 'You can breathe now. but you can't tell anyone until the President's people call UPI.' In a short lenghth of time, UPI called to verify the President's announcement and I zoomed down the hall to our President' office to tell him.

I was expecting a comment about plugging his office toilet by trying to send down an entire File Cabinet before returning the call... LOL..

That's really cool.
And very smart of you to have him call using a direct line... (Makes me wonder how many times you got the scoop from someone who listened in, though...)