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georgetown and the bell 1m u jhvwfpavjamr 11th iftt aaaaaaaaaaaji jlpj vv auka town got dial phones acconlinf to the 101 census qeorgetowns population bad risen to 3452 inhahluat by the end of 1951 there were 1640 ulephoherfor the town according tol952i business industrial plants- 1940 estimate and 90j householders fhe georgetown ferald of july 28 192 contained a draw ins of an attractive bijek bull- unc captioned ttppocdney telephone building it an- inunoad that tenders have nowl bepnsrajirtf for the ejection of fieonretowny new dial tele- phone exchange building an archit rcfti sketch of which is aeon here- tile attractive one- torey struclijre- will be located oil e old ruston properly on wain street and will bouse tb complicated- equipment needed to brine dial service to george town construction of the buil ding u expected to get under jy late his summer atter uk present building on the prop erty has been removed the building will be 42 feet wide end 45 fret deep of reinforced eonrrrle construction hth brick walls and slone trim prepare for cutover a companyprepared announ cement for interdepartmental information dated dec 5 1052 read georgetown building ralyaob a suppumeiv iayy directory will be required equipment shipment march lgr completion scheduled for about sepifc463 tailed items obviously cannot be summarised here each pro cess was planned to bq carried out right on the dot so that no delay should halt the cutover on septetnber 18th which falls on a saturday the northern ejpc- tric company 11 was piannad would begin installing in the new building- on march 16th 1953 and the building itself was supposed lo je available f on equipment installation near ly three weeks earlier dial dev monstraubrisvwre planned and talks planned to be given at setvoolsv and clubs -to- prepare gorh telephone users to use the new system without difficulty inaugural ceremon ies as planned should have preparations started about aug ust 17th 1953 in order thit there be no hitch the georgetown herald ol february a 1053 carried an announcement which was doubl less read with kern interest when it appeared dial teltiphonl switch comes in september ust of series er date sept 19 a work sched ule is bcinjf lined up as in the ease of aurora and will be is sued at a local meeting by the close of 1052 there were 1714 telephones in geor- get own a somewhat cryptic engineer ing metnoior georgetown 1963 read thus vetimairt dim autlv or ires installation of an unat tended diad office to be known as tttian2lo7 to replace exist- in manual office installation of 1900 terminal and retire ment of existing 105b switch boards on january 12 1953 a meet ing of the central division coordinating committee in con currence with the district heads and tlivlsion construction sup- rrinlendenu was held and at lone last the interdepartmental work schedule of tbs george town cutover project was out- 1 lined hg rifttail thewhole prv the various project assncii- tedwth the conversion of geor ge towns telephone system to dial operation are progressing according to plan w o wise ner bell telephone manager for the region said this wek the convertion u scheduled trso a ton chapter in ceorg- take place in september the new telephone exchange bujkling on the did huston pro perty on- main street u hfar- ttn coropiieitand- infllallatkm of the complicated dial switch ing equipment and associated apparatus will get under way shortly exterior of the attractive one stflfty haj been completed and the finishing touches are how being made to the interior the structure is 42 feet uldr and 43 frt deep of reinforced cohcrcte construction with brick walla andtstone trim in addition to the installation andteuititf of the dial equip ment other projects must lie carried through in the months preceding tb conversion the entire wire and cable network serving the exchange area mutt be adapted for use under the diarayitem and extended into new areas present telephone nurumenta must b replaced by dial telephones all th projects must h coordinated to meet the cut- over dat when all cwgetown gramme consisting of itt d- telephone will be switched wj thin a maltenofaccaiuu from manual to dial operation oortetown teiepitooe numj bers will be changed coincident with the c6n version mr mise ncr said subscribers will be advised of their rijpw numbers wellhn advance of the conver sion the new nunabrra will be contained in anew directory which will be issued -just- prior tp the conversion according to hhe minutes of a spefcial jneming of the divu ion coordinatinff committee held in brampton on march 3 1993the georgetown build ing is now ready t is expected the northern electric company will start about midfaxch and completed by the end of aug ust- cutbver scheduled for seplomber 19th the town councij dira notified about a year ago concerning the fire alarm ajeement and it was gain notified rec that thii agreenient- will lertninate with the cutoer ivovision of fire rxtinuish- ers etc in the new building should be checked a loon as possible towns telephone history the opening chapter covering al most scvehty momentous years ended and a hew one chap ter li started on saturday sep- tamb-afl-losa- clijwag-4ab- tering impersonal machinery took over handling of calls which for seven decades had been dealt with by human in- lerrnediakes the-bell-tel- ephbhe companys georfietowri f had n mii please for the last time tthis account of the change- cr appeared in the herald september 3 1053 georgetown got dials sunday morning at 657 puli coils release switches naw erchange bulldingon main street to watch ihe conversion they saw the inijieaw djl awi- tchinjf apparauij iaate over the job of connecting local calls within seconds afta the old manual exchange was cut out ox service mayor jade armstrong and assessment commissioner jo- oph gibbons oificialty opened the axchange maor armstrong placed the firart official lone disiapca cau tbngiivtli n dial equipxnent wlieohcr tele phoned mapror rrarlk tlwipson of ullon gibbons called archdeacon w g o thompson in the first official local t call handled by the dial apparatua earlier at the signal put cois a group of men wearing iboggles yanked out the hdn- dreds of tiny fuses kpownsj beat coils which connected tek ephone lines with the old man ual exchange and the switch board was dead seconds later the words v lease switches was the signal for another group of men in the newofiice to free the al apparatus for opera tion by pulling out hundreds of little insulators known as blocking picks immediately iv now dial switching equipment went into operation conhectin calls t bell telephone officials who were present included c b sha ver west district manager b l sargant district plaht aun- erinlendent h e howden dis trict traffic superintendent w ly plant wire chief and miss mabel chave chief operator the bell company entertain ed at breakfast afterwards at the mogibbon mouse thir g including the cler and embers of council chamber of commerce president fred chapman mr and mf taul harlwr and the herald editor thfm words were the signal for the important change which took place in the george town telephone exchange at g57 am sunday thoy climatsd an extensive projeca which gave tlie town and surrounding dis trict its new dial telephone sys tem a reprewnlalrw roup or georgetown civic officials jmd business men gathered itt tha could fte tragic h is possihu for a baby to drown in his own crib whila he is taking his meal from a feed ing bottle it sounds impossible but ifjhe feeding bottle is propped up on some gadget and the baby is too small to turn his head away the liquid could fill his mouth and lungs and drown the child a baby should always be heldnwhile he is fek ing for the emotional effect aa well ai aaicty dial switching equipment was installed ih the bell cornpanys new building at h corner of main and james s treat i their sons and daughters toi their own bad habits be eon i drive for fear ef pakln onlluded- 9 demerits then flew tests road safety workshop learns commissioner eric silk of the ontario provincial pnlicej sad hft does nofhelieve raising the jprrl limit nn thtse high- wis would result in increase numlicrs of accidents he called ior a tialislic jpproach public apathy thn commiainner added that public apathy to traffic safety mtit he dissipjli be ore iubs- tarlial progrots in thlif field is rwissitiu it has nothing to do with the numhers nf police ay ailnhl on he highways h sul traffic suftty principles could be taught in tke schools more intensively long be i we tho youngitrr reaches tlia age ywhere h miy aptily for a driv ing licence commissioner filk as id james mackry metro toronto chur or iollce urged lngislat ion making registered ownera oi behitlovthv wheel at the time nr not in today traffic it is iiti possible for a police officer on motorcycle or in a police car to chase an offender without en dangeriiu the lives of others ort the road he said and a police mart on foot in metro toronto is virtually uselew for enforcing traffic regulations the chief added high schools- keith wallace a driver in struction teacher at thomas a blakeloclc high school in oak- villa suggested a major solut ion- lo the traffic tnllamoug young popu is high school driver imtruction about uool high schools in ontario offer such courses the courses arc vnyipopul when texaco fuel chief is in corrosioii stays oiit vchlclci responsible lor traffic ur with parants ha said most violations whether they were of them do not want to uacn kee yoir fitelll tank filial wd iwvteaafunt wlfaif mm ftlaat ofllav immar a partly tilled storaga tank can lead to trouble con densauonl can cause costly dama e shorten the ufa ot yoar tank make sura your fuel supply haver runs low h pays to fill up now aith dean burning texaco fuel chief call ux now tor dependable service and use our easybudget plan no interest or carrying charge bailey oil sales highway y west 774031