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the georgetown herald second sectlol ioih- georgetown ont wednesday eveg sept 16 1953 six pages to dial telephones early this sunday estimate two minutes for 7 am cutover at approximately 7 am on sun- day a momentous change will take felace in georgetowns system as the exohange is converted to dial op eration in two minutes or less the conversion will be made with virtually no interruption in tele- phone service seven am on sun day was chosen as the approxi mate time because normally there are few telephone conversations in progress around that hour the actual cutover will be made according to a closely coordinated procedure requiring splitsecond timing to make sure that the per- iod when all the communitys tele phones are dead is kepi to a min imum at a signal given when calling has reached a low ebb a gang of men wearing goggles will go into action at the old manual exchange to disconnect all the lines to the old switchboards the goggles are necessary because of the method of disconnection tapes are strung behind the heat colls little fuses that protect sub scribers lines from high voltage so that the fuses can be ripped out by the thousands as there are two of these fuses to each line more than 3500 of them will be flying through the air when the tapes are pulled this operation will require about 30 seconds as soon as the old exchange is dead the signal will be given over a special telephone une to the new exchange on the old ruston property on main street where an other gang of men will stand in readiness to remove the blocking tools from the dial switching equipment these tools whch are used to prevent the dial switches from working while the manual ex change is still in operation also are attached to corda so they can be yanked out in a few seconds once the blocking tools are pul led out the dial system will be in operation as the first callers dial the dial switches will begin to click connecting georgetown tele phone calls no phone operators here lonj distance via toronto after georgetowns telephone sys tem is converted to dial operation on sept 20th there will no longer be any local operators located here all local calls will then be hand led mechanically by the intricate dial equipment and long distance calls will be looked after by oper ators located in toronto though the voice with a smile will pass from the local scene very shortly no operators will be telca- sedsas a result of- the conversion accorwlhg to w o misener bell telephone manager here from the moment that it was decided to carry out the conversion careful plans were made for the welfare of the operators mr mise ner said a number of steps were taken in the last iwo years to make sure that no permanent employee would be out of work as a result of the cutover all operators needed since that time irfrere hired on the understand ing tnat their employment in geor getown might be temporary opera tors contemplating leaving were in vited to stay on until the time of the cutover and former operators were asked to return to the switch boards temporarily until the con version miss mabel chave chief operator is retiring at the time of the cutover after 47 years service ah other operators were offered transfers to other offices and two have accepted the others will continue in -part- time employment with the com pany and all others who have held temporary jobs have an nounced their intention of giving up their employment our company as a matter of policy always does all that is reas onably possible to assist operators to reestablish themselves at the time of a dial cutover mr mise ner explained georgetowns new dial exchange glen williams now has twoparty telephone service georgetowns attractive new dial telephone building located on the old ruston propferty on main street houses the complex dial equipment and power ap paratus neofjed to give the community dial service the exterior of the one- storey structure is of brick and stone trim it is 42 feet wide and 46 feet deep dial machinery triumph mans inventive genius 1953 enrolment at wrigglesworth school kindergartkn primary morning class teacher mrs harold henry darlene bouskill georgina brown lynda campbell jane cleave jud ith 09nnely john copland stephen cox donald ellison judith frank keith green rena hall gordon harlow mary harlow barbara hodglns betty ann hulme suzanne kldd ronald lane robert mc- menemy peter mcnamara lynda morrow martin prucyk sheryl puckering mary rawson james scarlett kindergarten primary afternoon claas teaeher mrs harold henry robert e alcott heather barber david william cutpham jane cop land ann gudgeon mary hall eli- i hansen elizabeth hay deb orah hyde richard louth alan mcdonald sharon morrow john prouse sharon puckering karen reichardt anne roshier margaret rusk jacqueline ttmleck joel tost allan whitnam grade 1 teacher miss jean ruddell keith allen sharon allen john andrews david barrager ellen biehn donald boyd donna brad ley jane bradley lynn bradley richard braliby- sharon coburn susan collier ross duncan- robert ellison john pinlay keith hall michael hall cynthia lambert barry lewis prances linton dale mccartney mary mcnamara jan- ice mino judith nash john pen- rice jon popel david presswood rodney presswood carol ray ner james richardson lynne ritchie marlane sanderson diane schenk carol stevens barbara tbst david wilson grade 1 teacher margaret cleghorn lynda davies richard hiddle- ston randal hibbert linda gan- tbn herbert lockhurst judy mc- x wayne mcnlven john mudle christine sargent patricia sargent evelyn saunders maureen smith kathryn spence paul thompson michael tost michael tyler mary jane ward geade 2 teacher margaret deghoro heather allen larry allen dav id cox carole crawford robert darby jwrnette davie jon flem- id jam htopbum linda hyde michael kelly fred kennard mur- dock mc arthur david mcdonald may mcnlven deborah moore dav id niven wayne rmdall kath leen roshier tim rossltef roger schofield grade 2 teacher mrs frank cleave james barclay russell bradley mary copland john dyble carroll fernell david graham rdbert har ris terry lane virginia lee gail lloyd sandra marchment david moztl william sayers jacqueline spence gail stigger donald tuck kenny turnball grade 3 teacher mrs frank cleave gordon andrews marsha arm- continued on page 5 there is nothing magic about the dial telephone system but tel ephone users might well gain the impression that they have a genie at their service when they turn the dial it is an intricate mechanical ge lt- capable ot picking out any one of the possible connections between the telephones served by the geor getown exchange provided the per son using the dial gives it the cor rect orders many minds and many hands con tributed to the invention and dev elopment of the dial switching equipment that performs these com plicated tasks although many of the compon ents can be masr produced an ex change must be made to measure for the community it is to serve engineers must first spend many months calculating the needs of the community and designing the lay out then many more months are required for the manufacture and sensitive switching equipment among the items needed to set up a dial exchange are power equip ment ringing machines motor gen erator sets power control board testing facilities an alarm system a cable vault and above all the sensitive switching equipment the last is a series at switches which operate when a telephone caller lifts the receiver end twists the dial the switches are called line fin ders selectors and connectors the line finder comes into action the instant the receiver is lifted lifting of the receiver closes a swtch and energize the circuit the line finder is then caused to seek out a live or unused line lead ing to the dial switching equipment in use exchange when the con nection is made the dial tone sounds in the receiver indicating that the equipment is ready for the caller to begin dialing the dial switches are activated by the return motions of the dial as the dial swings back to the nor mal position it sends electrical im pulses to the dial equipment dep ending on the letter or digit dialed these impulses cause the selectors the first switches in the scries to rise a corresponding number of levels where they rotate until they find an idle line into the next pice of equipment the connector which is the last switch in the series acts in a slight ly more complicated manner as sume that the last two digits of the desired number are 89 when the 8 is dialed the shaft in the con nector rises eight levels but does not rotate automatically to look for a vacant line as do the shafts in the previous switches instead it waits at the eighth until the last figure 9 is dialed the shaft then rotates nine steps to the exact line ot the called party and makes the final connection if the line is free the ringing tone is started automatically and it continues until the telephone is answered or the caller hangs up if the line is busy the busy signal is heard when the receiver is hung up at connected with the power appara tus a special alarm system which operates when any of the equip ment fails is also connected to the power supply the system con sists of both visual and auditory signals and through its use tele phone men can locate the source of the trouble within moments two years of preparation will reach a climax when georgetowns new dial telephone exchange goes into service at about 7 am on sep tember 20th at that time dial equipment suf ficient to serve some 1900 subscri bers will go into operation this will provide service for present sub scribers and any who might be wait ing for telephones and will take care of expansion for some time to come besides gaining dial telephones subscribers in the community of glen williams will receive indivi dual or twoparty lines in place of the present multiparty service bringing dial service here in volved a huge construction prog ram a new building was construc ted the complex exchange equip ment had to be specifically design ed to meet the requirements of the georgetown area then manufactur- ed installed and carefully tested the installation was a complicated undertaking requiring many months and involving the individual solder ing of thousands of connections telephones were installed in sub scribers homes and lines and cab les throughout the exchange area had to be altered and rearranged in alj 135 additional telephone poles 23000 feet of aerial cable and 6500 feet of underground cable were constructed as part of the pro ject georgetown telephone users now pay their accounts at barbers gift shop 51 mill street paul barber proprietor of the shop is bell telephone commercial agent here mrs june cook and miss gretchen bradley are seen at the counter students attending trs chapel street school normal positions and the equipment is ready for its next call the dial tone the ringing tone and the busy signal are all produced by the ringing machine which is some of the bell telephone installers who visited georgetown homes and bus iness premises to instal dial telephones in the weeks prior to the cutover are pic tured here left to right are g w white installation foreman r a scott m d godding r k daubv j lleoriwd h mcaihirmey g f weitendorf r e bollinger j gfage r c vernonbrown and j c hamilton kindergarten primary morning class mrs j dwyer teacher alan arnold brenda boyle lynn cofell lynda cuthbert dianne davenport michael dwyer christine earl suzanne fawcett joan harris keith hill barbara hoare ann marchment lillian mc- colgan judith norton richard parry lisa pruneau john rugg gladys smith patricia tost shawn tost steven turner kath arine williams helen wilson afternoon class mrs j dwyer teacher douglas jcorn janet chamber lain barbara deforest donald ernewem robert footitt william given paul hayward david hol mes john kay donna keir edith king valeric kitchen elliott kungbetl rhona macdonald carol mcgilvray gail pries paul robln son brian van wyck donna viv ian brian wicks dennis wright neil young grade i mrs walter sargent teacher shirley bludd patricia bowman timothy braggsmrth glen broom- head james campbell wuuam cunningham carol ann deforest robert eason lorraine ford linda hamilton douglas harley patricia hyde marion kennedy llnsa king wayne king catherine laird patricia lws donna marie lorusso david lounds terry kennedy dpuglas malcolm law rence mcbath linda mcdonough bonnie norton terry pelletler ilynda retd kent robinson mte- 4iael ryall catherine saxe stew- grade n miss laura scott teacher william anderson david arm strong gary armstrong marlene armstrong carole ann barber ro bert bonfleld anica bouwman james bowman donald calder janis chaplin lome cofell wes ley darou mary evans christop her frost james guest roberta hawes gary herbert etta hume jean anne inglls sharon king roberf mccumber caroline nor ton david shrubsole arle van der voort douglas vivian john ward- law grade id miss laura scott teacher john barber barbara coleman gwendolyne ford bettysue joan- son jacqueline morrow john scott allan thompson 3uaan braggsmith grade i miss marie lindsay teacher ricky alcorn ellen bell peter clark michael cummins lynn emmerson barbara evans diane golden david harley alfred hume lynda kentner terrence lane robert lyons donald ma- veal mary mcclintock diane mc- colgan dorothy page gene ros- bier jill runham tommy spence grade xi miss marie lindsay teacher ronald drew john ford steven hoaret hubert koopman simon koopman christine leslie ken neth morrow raymond mcdon ough jeanette macdougall phili- pine macdonald george pelletler tommy qulnn judith ryall neil tost erika wade beryl wyiiams grade m art saxe david sheppard teresst mr h c wrigglesworth teacher scott donna- stomp larry suec lynda arthurs paul bale jans john sykes mark sweet jaoque- hoare leonard hulme colin line swltzer darlene walker i cdeltott page 1