LOVE IS IN THE AIR
Diane Rubin joined Ding-a-Ling Answering Service at the age of 17. She had a great smile and a nice customer service attitude. Prior to working with us she was in high school and working on weekends as a server for the local Shriners club. She started working as a tele- phone agent. Wendy promoted her to sales. She joined our front office. She understood our services intimately. She was a fast learner full of the wild enthusiasm of youth. Stephen fell for her. Before they went on the first date, Rabbi Labowitz walked into our office, and Stephen said he was going to marry that girl, pointing to Diane. They both were dating other people and both complaining about what was missing in their relationships. Establishing a friendship, Stephen set Diane up on a date that turned out to be a disaster. As they got to know each other better he wanted to spend more time with her. She agreed. They decided to go to the beach. Diane brought her boyfriend, and Steve brought his canvas. He made a painting of the beach while she went frolicking in the surf. Something clicked, and one day Stephen told us that Diane was moving in. He hadn’t discussed this with her, so she was a bit embar- rassed. We embraced her with open arms. Stephen saw an announcement for the next answering service convention to be held in Hawaii. Thinking that would be the perfect honeymoon he took her to a local restaurant and proposed. They were married by Rabbi Labowitz at the Marriott on Fort Lauderdale beach. It was a beautiful wedding. Diane’s role changed as the business needed. She was a big help. Eventually, as the company grew, the most critical role I found for her was auditing the bills. Thou- sands of dollars were found each month as the complexity grew the need for a more careful approach to billing. FAMILY BUSINESS The story got a little bit ahead so let me
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen and Diane Shooster May 14th, 1989
take you back a few years. My daughter Wendy married Max Leuchter and was living up north while completing her education. She went to Temple University earning a degree in Art Education while he went to Temple Law School. After graduation they moved to Flori- da where Max started to practice law. Around the same time, my son, Frank, graduated from law school, The University of Miami. For a while, the two boys worked together. Then Max got a job with the Florida State Attor ney’s office. When Frank graduated law school, I mentioned to him that I thought something fishy was happening with a 7/11 store I owned in Media, Pennsylvania. There was an agree- ment that I, as the landowner, was required to sign for alcohol sales. I recalled that I hadn’t received one of those forms in a few years and suspected foul play. Frank went to Philadelphia to investigate, and he found someone audaciously took my signature from a previous year, cut it out, and stapled it to the following year’s form! How blatant can you get? Frank sued them for all kinds of malfeasance, and we won handily. Meanwhile, Wendy joined the
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