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georgetown qnd the bell thi dloroitown herald thursday dec 7ik 1n7 pacs 11 clamour for phones subsidies future of local office in doubt there is no direct try tor 1b8q available at present for geor getown so figures are not at ulable for the year the nuro br of telophoncs in iilorc town in 1860 was 1ft in an april 1800 directory t is learned that a ion distance call between georgetown and torono was 25 cents at time for subscr bens ind foriv cents for non subscribers thi information was obtained in an old hamilton and dundas direr tory by november i860 thui were 17 tel phones in gcorgp town two of wbch were resid entui listings the corresoon ding total for 1831 was 23 for 1892 25 and for 1893 novem ber 27 thcr were still no numbers ass gned november 1894 s george town directory shows 27 tel phones 6 f thin r idrntial this total was unchanged for 3896 corresponding statistics lor 1896 187and 1808 an nn obtainable from di rector ii since no books are available for these years that however does not mean that information regarding the telephone busli ess in georgetown is a complete blank for these years record show that in 1897 georgetown had a 50 line standard switel board and that in 1899 then- was a standard mclall c switch board 2 metallic way switch i for the office population 1500 an inspection of the office was made in december 1899 by a t smith then district superintendent headquarters in toronto and in his small notebook mr smith noted that georgetown e population was i50o a somewhat optimistic es timate and that there were 21 business telephones and two re sidential ones and also one dh or free instrument probably mr jackson s this would mean that there were altogether 24 note has it that jic total mi li take your choice undoubt dly htrc were 25 telephones llhted in novtmb r 1399 s telephone tirccor 5 of thim real ltn ial but odd subscribe may have dtii led no to kc- p his in sliumlnt be wlen then und thi day of mr smith s vi it in those days every single subscri ber was important to the wel fare of the company dy 1900 the situation had n proved somewhat there w re 2fl telephones in georgetown according to the november 1000 directory numbers wore now assigned and had ben for s year or two mr jackson titled local manager since t8b0 was still in charge of eorgc town s telephone business and was to remain in that capacity for a good many years jet according o the 190 ccnsts georgetown then had a popul ation f 1313 nearly 200 fc v l mr sm th s tsl malt accordi nj to the july 1901 directory a long distance tail between georgetown an 1 mon treal was 2 10 for a 3 ninute daytim call and si 05 f r a 3 minute conversation at niiht six home phones georgetown s november 1r01 directory listed 34 telephon i including 6 for re idencri at the foot of the pajc apjv ared a pithy and pertinent telephpnc advertisement reading many valuable moments arc saved and golden opportunities ga ned by the frequent use of the long distance tel ephone i one of a series in late june 1902 mr h c baker manager of the ontario deparment wrote mr jackson q a couple of letters to the geor gctoun local manager from mr baker written in july indicate that some subscribers were aw ay behind in their payments which was bad news in a slowl growing but still small office by the time november 1902 georgetown directory wbjj pr pared there were 36 tclephoi t in georgetown five of them res idpntial in an effort to drum up more residential business business the company printed at the foot of a page in this directory an eyecatching ad reading a telephone at your residence is a great comfort and protects your family day and night the year 1903 appears to have i een one of struggle for company from two small hits of evidence discovered in the prep aration of this exchange history on january 7th 1903 mr a t smith district superintendent wrote to j f gardner district manager at brantford inform ing him among other things that prposed outside construe lion at the following agencies has been postponed indefinite ly markdalc hidgclown geor getown eager for subscribers and the following letter m plies a more than usual eager ness to obtain new subscribers for georgetown 6th november 1903 local mtnagcr as a butt resort to secure hesitating subscriber if you can get any new ones on thow terms we shall be glad to help you with the instruments etc as quickly as possible yours truly dear sir in reference to enclosed tract signed by messrs h arnold sons please have ditc in reply to yours of sth in of connection filed in and re slant my instructions a e that turn contrict to this office at n no case is more than fifteen once new bus ness was al days free service to be given to telephones though an official ways gratifying news however new subscribers and then only hugh l baker manager september 1903 s george town directory hsd listed 3b telephones five of them real dcnbal and by april 1904 there were 39 six residential telephones in the town which indicates a slight increase 1 improvement in business con tinued during the next few months for october 1904 s dir cctory lists 45 telephones ten of ihcm being residential ons apparently the advertising done in the directories was having some effect at last no statistics are available 1s05 and 1906 because george town directories are not avail able for those jears at present during 1905 a long distance line was constructed linking hamil ton to georgetown 2 miles of poles 5 plus 13 miles of copper wire improvements in the service bettered transmission is practically promised in a brief not from the ontario dcpt su pennrtendent of construction dated january 7 1907 it is ad dressed to a t smith dlstrirt superintendent toronto plying to yours of 2nd and 4lh insts i will see what i can do nection with the meta llcing up of the lines this note is headed georgetown construction time calls by april 1907 and probably before but directories to con firm this are lacking for 1905 and 1906 continuous service being given to georgetown subscribers who by the end year numbered 111 numbers had been assigned to telephone users in georgetown from 1899 early in 1907 according ti blake magnate wall telephone ilka this on war installed for ooorgotowna first sub scribers in ism a jolting made in one of mr smiths notebooks a calcubv graph was installed in the geor getown office to assure long distance users and telephon pocplc alike thot messages were timed accurately to the last tec ond by the close of 1906 thert were 152 telephone in george town a pencilled annotation fauna in rhe files of the telephone historical collection and dated december 3rd 1909 indicate that the ashgxove rural tele phone association hy wilson secretary and s k ruddell president had leaded to the bell company some circuits and that they connected up with the georgetown office on or by may 1st 1906 they agreed to build line to aahgrove and points in township of es- qtiesing to pay b t co 5 cents per sub sta not less than 25 etc it was apparently an amicable and satisfactory agree ment to both parties having this connecting company s subscrib ers linked with those of the bell company by the end of 1909 there were 166 telephones id georgetown continued next week almost calladay for ambulance in nov georgetown volunteer ambu lfmce servie made 25 runs dur ing november according to fig releised this week eleven were classified as emergencies seventeen runs were to geor getown and district memorial hospital while others were to princess margaret hospital so lth peel hospital st mich eel s hospital woodstock hos pital guolph general and peel memorial taking duty were logan mac donald walter leuenberger dan mossop ed hall harry eg gink jim bennett jim jcnk paul thompson lloyd sweezie peter pew ted burley ken thompson walter thomp son john holden george sarg ent art stamp bob bradley trevor williams john elliott tom massena dick foster ron ovenden dennis wright harry sone bill trench les dicken son allan broad worth cyril tnglebv clarence stephens ace bailcv bill macdonald jim costigun lou pankcnm and doug hcmngton when good friends also available in convenient 10 oz cans red cross blood donor clinic in 1967 the elm moat be an overall increase of in blood collections in or der lo meet all require menti of our new tech nology and increased pop ulation and a sjxeabte in crease in the number of hospital beds monday dec 11th 1967 110h400uicl600tol4spni holy cross church auditorium mapi avf nui east okmoetown ample parking space now donon urgently noodod ago 18 lo 65 now donor ronhoor clinic ts transportation and babysittino at thi clinic available to donors if roqulrod phono mrt r h jonm 1771413 on clinic doy phono 1779233 a protect yourself your family your community it j give wood on december 11 ihl jl how should a man give coty to a woman very carefully think about her for a moment if shes exciting subtle oil woman coty emeraude is her perfume perhaps she s eternally romantic bubbling ever gay then choose coty l aimant for her coty christmas gift sets range from 2 00 to 1 4 50 dare you give her anything else kentners pharmacy 12 main street north 877 2 your savings earn good interest at your local trust company credit valley bottling phono 877 2990 train to montreal ask about convenient departure and return times fot informal on ohone the local cn passenger sales office cjj canadian national attention home owners have a snow free driveway this winter wt have a good supply of snow fence and steel posts on hand call us and place you order with us today freexeup time it almost her a for your other winter supplies contact ui for master doc a cat food a kitty litter tice salt wild bird feed water softener salt sunflower seed raibit pellets pleasi not we del ver n georgetown on mondays of each week orders must be placed with us by a m each monday morning wt h a full line of master feeds stewarttown r r 2 goonjotown dui 87735 u 1 to 5 year guaranteed investment certificates amounts 100 lo 100 000 come in and ask us about itf georgetown 53 mill slrrrt 877 2266 john a fdgr manager north h alton advisory board john t armtrono chairman raford gardheuaa maurlca c baity mkhlt lerfwlth john gey dr b d young halton peel trust savings company head office oakillc other branch offices brampton simcoc burlington delhi coovsille milton assets under adm nstrat on exceed 75 000 000