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WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1. 1975. PAGE 3 New equimnt wi*ll make phone serviice effective -L 4-1IA f il~ir WHITBY - Telephone subscribers in the Whitby ex- change will be served by the latest computer-controlled electronic switching equip- ment in a new building onî Brock Street South beginning( October 5, Warren Turnham, local Bell Canada manager, said recently. The new SP-1 centre, called Stored-Program 1, built and equipped at a cost of $3½ million is, the most modem piece of telephone technology available. It will serve customers in the "668" exchange and subscribers in a new "666" exchange, Mr. Turnham said. It is necessitated by thî- steady population growth in the Whitby area. The SP-1 equipment, designed by Bell-Northern Research and manufactured by Northern Electric, is more efficient, dependable, versa- tile and costs less to operate than the step-by-step or crossbar system it replaces or supplements. The new equipment will provide a nurnber of optional features such as Touch-Tone and: *Call forwarding, which permits the addition of a third telephone to a conver- sation. One of the three parties may be located out- -k the local calling area. Speed calling, which allt frequently-called num- bers to be reached by dialing a one- or two digit code in- stead of a usual directory number. *Call waiting which allows a person, while talking on an established connection, to receive another call and still hold the original connection. Because of the conversion subscribers will notice some changes. For example, there will be a different dial tone and custorners may notice a slight delay between the time of finishing dialing and the time the called telephone rings. A letter and brochure have been sent to subscribers explaining the changes asso- ciated with the conversion of the exchange to Stored- Program switching. Another new feature, also effective October 5, is that, for private or two party services, the operator will no longer have to cut in and ask for the number when a sub- scriber dials his own long distance calls. Rural or multi-party cust- omers will still have to give their number to the operator. Work on the new Bell building megan early in 1974. It is one storey with a base- ment, measuring 83 by 83 feet, but framed to allow an eventual height of four stories and an extension to the rear. It is the same size as a new SP-1 centre which MUSIC 110 BROCK ST. N WHITBY, ONT. 668-4435 - Music Lessons. - Custom Guitar work. • Musical Instruments and repairs. - Pioneer home entertainment systems, Car Stereos, and installations. - Repairs to all Stereos and radios. Ibanez and Mann Guitar Dealer - Musical accessories. Like the new curly & super curly Io ;Der expert stylists can achieve these sty Cqme sit un with innovative new method der oks? les for YOU I ls. the nfra-red lights! e e-9262 opened in Bowmanville in The centre will have a August. capacitv of 20,000 telephone directory num bers, Mr. uabout 0,000available numbers Locals spend month at B.C. camp by JOE MODESTE Doc Staff This summer five area re- sidents journeyed to northern British Columbia for 29 days for a trip which none of them shall forget. The five were: Debbie Mullin of Whitby and Karen Kane of Bay Ridges, both 1975 graduates of Denis O'Connor High School in Whitby; Robert Henry, a teacher at Denis O'Connor and his wife, Judy, a teacher at St. Bernadette's, Ajax, and Joe Modeste, also on the staff at Denis O'Connor. The excursion was arrang- ed under the auspices of Hol- day Community Volunteers (H.C.V.), an Ottawa based or- ganization under the direction of Father James Whalen. H.C.V. had over fifty teams working in northern Canada this summer and has some volunteers on a 12-month basis. Members must be at least 17 years of age and lea- ers 18. The team left Trenton on Wednesday, July 2 and flew to Ottawa before proceeding to Edmonton. H.C.V. ar- ranged with the Armed Forc- es for a passage when vacan- cies existed on regular flights so the group flew free on a Boeing 707. After an over- night stay in Edmonton at the Parish of the local H.C.V. di- rector, a 12 hour bus ride North-west from Edmonton to Chetwynd ensued. The cost of the bus transportation was covered by a Federal government grant. On tie re- turn from Chetwynd the team journeyed south by bus to Prince George before heading west to Jasper for a day of sightseeing enroute to the plane connection in Ed- monton. Accomodations were arranged free in local churches. The Denis O'Connor group worked at the Moberly Lake Youth Camp, 18 miles form the lumber town of Chet- wynd and 83 miles northwest of Dawson Creek, B.C. Acti- vities included manual labour on grounds and buildings, cleaning a graveyard, teaching catechism in preparation for First Communion and Con- firmation, painting a churcli and helping operate a ten day, co-educational, live-in youth camp. The Moberly Lake Youth Camp was staffed entirely by volunters from as far away as St. Louis, Mo.; and Glace Bay, Nova Scotia; althougli these volunteers were not H.C.V. affiliated. The camp is run by the Diocese of Prince Geo-1 rge; the severely understaffed. At the present about 160 'Frontier Apostles' are in- strumental in operating the Diocese. These people are mostly from Canada, the U.S.A. and Ireland and they sign up for two year stints with a salary of $35. per month plus room and board. They act in such capacities as secretaries, drivers, me- chanics, and teachers. The camp director was a 25 year old 'Frontier Apostle', Ralph Bertram of Hamilton, Ontario who is finishing his M.A. the- sis in political science. The man responsible for the camp on a permanent basis is Father E. Jungbluth, a 68-year old Oblate priest from Alsace-Lorraine. His parish has four churches, 'rim (180 miles end to end) which he visits at least every week- end. He oiginally travelled the area on horseback when he arrived in the area in 1936, but now he has the relative luxury of a 1967 Ford with 223,000 miles showing on the odemeter. The children visiting the youth camp ranged in age be- tween six and 15 years and were largely of Indian and Metis extraction, although some white children were also present. Despite the fact that the children were largely materially disadvantaged, th- ey were very exuberant and playful as well as being quite affectionate. The group affectionate. The group fo- nd the entire experience most rewarding. b Tlunks tu YOm itwork. 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