Listing Alphabetizing Rules_____________________________________________________________________Listing Alphabetizing RulesOverviewA telephone directory listing is made up of of four parts, i.e., name, designation, address and telephone number. In determining the sequence of listings in the directory, each part is looked at separately.The following rules are used to determine how listings sort in the directory.Name• Surname or finding word of a firm name.• First and successive given names (or initials) or additional words of a firm name.Title• A title is a term commonly used in addressing an individual to indicate his social, military, professional, genealogical or honorary status.Designation• A designation is a term used to describe either the customer's profession, the nature of his business, or his location (ofc., etc.)Address• Street number and name (or equivalent)• Thoroughfare designation• Directional designation• Building name in lieu of a street number and name• Locality name (if required)Telephone Number• Two letters plus five numerals• Seven numeralsAll punctuation marked shall be omitted except hyphens and apostrophes.In the examples in the following sections the portion of the listing whichdetermines the location of the listing has been se in bold face type.
Listing Alphabetizing Rules_____________________________________________________________________Precedence of WordsLetters Used As NamesOne or more single letters used as names aretreated as words, the single letteror combination of single letters being considered a surname. Such listings aregrouped at the beginning of their respective alphabets, the group containing onesingle letter, preceding the group beginning with a combination of two single letters,etc. Names made up of single letters and numbers or words joined with hyphenswill be treated as separate words as though the hyphens were not used and thenumbers will be treated as though they were spelled out in full.Example:A-Ace Insurance 114 North ......................628-1784A Mill Supply Co 100 E Main ......................548-1000A-1 Supply Co 142 Grant ......................268-4312A-Veri-Best Milling Co1014 Tyler......................628-6714A'S Tavern 120 E Main ......................628-6714A A Club 50 Congress .......................628-0320A & A Delivery 114 W Market......................628-1122A A A Club 1130 S Washingtn ......................268-9124A B C Washers 461 Cherry ......................628-9132A & F Garage 514 Orchard ......................548-1234A & P Grocery Co 230 State ......................628-1988A & Z Bottling Corp Lafayette Pike ......................548-1222AAron Neal Dr 24 North ......................938-1866__________________________________________________________________WordsThe sequence of words shall be controlled by the alphabetical precedence of thefirst letter of each word, or of the second letters when the first are alike, or of thethird when the first and second are alike, etc.Example:AzarBallBEllBeSsWords of Unequal LengthWhen two words of unequal length are spelled alike up to and including the lastletter of the shorter word, the shorter word shall precedethe longer word.Example:John J L meats 55 Beacon ......................548-2281JohnS Frank L 323 Arnold ......................238-1821JohnsTon Chas 324 Arnold......................238-4812JohnstonE Geo C 108 Clark ......................628-0281