Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), September 16, 1953, p. 13

The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

j to our georgetown telephone subscribers the full telephone number tkiangle 7 and four num erals listed opposite your name in the new supplemen tary directory is yoor correct number and should be used- on all stationery or advertising and when placing or receiving long distance calls for local calls how pever it is necessary to dial only the last four numerals its easy to dial en make sore of the number you are cmlllnr by looking- it up in your new supplementary dlr ctory lift the recener bold it close to your ear and listen for the mjmm m thats your signal the line is ready so when yon hear it begin to dial i place your finger through opening in dial where the first figure of numbeefflppeara fc pull the dial around ei enly until your finger strikes the fingerstop 3 4g7 remote finper and let dial hin hark to rest do not interfere with if return now dial the remaining figures of the number in the same way in their proper sequence the telephone ou are calling will then nnp or ou will get a buzz bu buz sound the linn signal if you find jou have made a mistake hi fore complct lng a call just replace the receiver and start oxer aain w o misener manager the bell telephone company of canada wednesday evening sept 16 1053 the georgetown hkkaiil page 5 rededication service of the newly decorated noryal presbyterian church sunday september 20th at 3 00 p m rev g lockhart royal b a preaching miss gwen little brampton soloist by means op this test set an experienced telephone worker like gordon moore is able to test local telephone lines to determine whether they are functioning properly regular equipment check necessary in dial building human skill knowledge and a high degree of efficiency are need ed to operate and maintain even the most ingenious mechanical de vices the dial telephone accord ing to w o mlsener bell tele phone manager for this area is no exception although local telephone calls in georgetown will be connected with out the aid of an operator starting september 20th many human hands and eyes wiu be at work behind the scenes to provide smooth and effi cient service under the now system switchmen frame men and pow er men always on the look out for trouble will inspect the equip ment regularly mr mlsener said their duties consist of checking testing cleaning repairing or re placing parts when trouble oc curs an alarm signal is flashed aut omatically to the repairman who will rush to the spot and clear the trouble usually within a few min utes the first and most deadly enemy of dial equipment is dirt the man ager pointed out even a small speck of dust on one of the contacts may interfere with a connection causing noise or poor reception or cm prtiitij a tall from going through tor tt is reason a dial equipment room is always air con ditioi id to kctp dust awiy from the delicate mechanisms as a further recaution the floor is nter swept any house wife knows how much dust a broom can nise the caretaker at the ex change knows it too ind he will mop the floor with damp cloths to avoid raising dust that might cause serious telephone troubles the switchman goes through the aisles between the rows of switch es testing for possible trouble be fore each switcn he pauses makes a connection and dials a number a flashing light on his testing de vice tells him if the switch is res ponding property to the dial if it isn t the trouble 11 quickly sought and put right other tests ensure that the dial tone the ringing tone and the busy signal arefunctlonlng properly in another section of the build ing framemen will service the thousands of soldered terminals that connect the dial apparatus and the telephone lines power men who check and ser vice storage batteries charging equipment and the power board en wrigjlesworth school continued from page 1 ann patricia barrager david boyd alex colborne tommy copland jack gudgeon noncyjamieson ro bert korzack heather marchment tommy marshall catharine mudie james mcniven larry prucyk lar ry saunders linda saunders gail scarlett paula shankland jim thompson james tost heather ann turnball ray mend whitham grade 4 teacher morion scarlett patricia allen karen armann bill barber myrna cook douglas davies michael doyle joanne dun- can neil ellison barbara fin lay peter forgrave marlene gan ton paul graham joan handy bob hyde gary mcf rae gail mcniven bruce mcniel poul popiel wayne presswood da id rawson judy richardson jack saunders cather ine smith sandra stapleton mary jean tucker grade 5 teacher marion scarlett carol bradley bob henderson dunne hiu glnnwright hillock btrt mcmann lois niven sharon parameter sharon sayers michael stw irdson edaard wylie grade 5 ttachcr willum kinrade joy barber diwd uryden elea nor colbornt hon copland brcnda diiwson james 1 iddkr jacqueline ii irlow sandn lloyd stanley mick us doutlu tatktr donna shankland grde 6 teaiher wi iram kinrade stewirt botto lit v pitritn bous kill gail bnisiv hi aid ganton shirin llarley hrcnd i iiaws bert hi ndcrson helt n kt nard darrel ktnt lynda korzack bryan lew is wayne mcmcnemy jean moore linda rayner kt nt kiddall terry ritchie murray ross mario soren- sin errol stapleton louise stap leton marilyn sunnucks leo tuck- tr lindsay weatherall sure a constant and correct distribu tion of the vital electrical current the charging equipment goes into action automatically when the vol umc of telephone calls increase and switches off when only a small am ount of electricity is being used dial works 111 e magic but it is the human louth behind it that makes it do so cpr had first domes tym wn i k a long forgotten genias in the canadian pacific railways mo tive power and rolling stock department came up with an idea at the turn of the 20th century that bio o into ad dttaonal passenger revenues for rail lines throughout the corib- nent it was the first dome car to be used on railway lines and was designed eye vie lar rocky mountain today the ids has spread tbrooghoat the world putoca- lariy in the united state where railway dome ears era a feature of several unes o in a recent 938jm0o00 order fbrutf bbw iwhihsi steel cars tbs clp jl mdoded 86 i dome cars such as the one shown above in top picture which will give travellers an unmatched view of this country s scenery from ooast to ooast the cars wid be placed in service on trans continental tratna next year although the designer of the dome car prototype shown in bottom picture above remains unknown he gave canada a first transcontinental rail line a head start in railway design in july 1902 the world e first dome car roded out of the shops sod into in it railway passengers could sit in revolving partor car chaos or revenible seats and have sr desr view of canadas scenery the ear proved an immediate hit end three others with modi fied improvements were put into service but the cpr un known designer had outstripped his era air conditioning and polaroid glass were unknown and the sun a ultra violet rays proved uncom fbrtably warm the care were re placed with openair observation cars several yearn later the railway reverted back to its original idea recently when h ordered the 36 dome cars more than go years after it first had them on the road canada a scenery is hard to beat in any comer of the land a railway official said we admit the rocky mountain area the most spectacular but we beheve thecancanbegsedtosdvsntssr for bus information the new telephone number is tr 73051 gray coach lines s wade comer cupboard restaurant s entertaining business friends 1 i i a short drive takes you to j j pleasant surroundings excellentfood j terra cotta inn open for luncheon and dinner i reservations victoria 18 r 2 mrs betty farrar soccer match all proceeds to swimming pool fund qeorgetown v8 brampton saturday sept 19th kick off 6 o clock the park georgetown silver collection congratulations to the bell telephone company on its new building and services another milestone in the steady progress of our town i si triangle 72261 extra line automatically available t eaton c eatons oicdec ojjioe mln and wesuyem sh- k georgetown on

Powered by / Alimenté par VITA Toolkit
Privacy Policy