These are some of the more important citizens of the community where Homer and the rest of the Macauleys live and work. Homer delivers telegrams to some of them, including Mrs. Sandoval, Mrs. Beaufrere, Dolly Hawthorne, witnesses encounters between the two shop owners Mr. Ara and Mr. Covington and their customers such as Big Chris, and is aware of others like Mr. Corbett and Mr. Henderson, who have more to do with other characters only in passing.