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PHO! Only Used Soft Water EBES BEAUTY SALON Special in ALL LINES OF BEAUTY CULTURE Phone: _ YUkon 65-2632 .\ Office: Residence: YUkon 5-2162 YUkon 5-2457 J. J.GIBSON & SON Lid. - MEATMASTER BROILERS POULTRY SPECIALTY OUR D. C. CHRISTIE, D.V.M. VETERINARY SURGEON @ our NEW TELEPHONE NUMBER IS POPOV PPVODODVPVPIVIODDPOPTVPPPPOOPVPIPIPOVDDOVDCD DOW TIP TOP MADE-TO-MEASURE Suits and Topcoals by FORSYTHE and CURRIE Sportswear by BLUESTONE Shoes by SCOTT and McHALE at GEORGE STONE Men's We PORT PERRY i LA Shirts - Pyjamas - Neckwear ONTA RIO "If the central office is the nerve centre of the community's telephone system, then the wires that lead to each telephone instrumert might be likened tb the nerves themselves which carry messages to and from every part of the human body. Following the line leading from one telephone to the central office will illustrate this. An insulated two- strand wire called 'drop wire' runs from ' the subsériber's home to the nearest telephone pole. There it. is connected through a terminal to a pair of 'wires in the cable earvied by the pole. The cable is born on poles to a nearby main street where it us- ually joins a larger cable, under- ground. This cable may run through tile or fibre conduit and in its jour- ney to the central office it may join a still larger cable, and so on. There may be as many as 1,818 pairs of tiny wires in the cable that finally enters the central office. In some cable the individual wires are sp slender that four ends put together are no greater in circumfer- ence than the head of a pin. But telephone wire was not always thread- like, In the early days when each individual line was carried all the way to the central office on poles, the wires had to be strong and heavy. The increase in telephones in busy centres began to present a problem in the form of a forest of poles with many crossarms and many wires. reduced greatly in diameter, packed with many others into a lead sheath, and each wire was insulated from the others with paper to prevent short circuits. The . introduction of telephone cable gave new life to an industry that, while still young, appeared to be rapidly approaching its physical limitations. A pole line that would accommodate in open wire the 1,818 pairs of wire in the modern cable des- cribed above, for example, would re- 'quire -poles as high as a 60-storey building and each pole would need 3064 crossarms--a physical impossibi- lity. Nor is all the work of maintenance done AFTER trouble is reported. "Preventive maintenance", as tho name suggests, means stopping trou- ble before it develops and the low occurrence of trouble in Bell Tele- phone equipment is achieved by con- stant - checking and maintenance of apparatus. Damp weather, for ex- ample, is damaging to telephone equipment as it impairs electrical in-' sulation, and during wet spells more than ordinary care is taken to check the equipment and prevent any seri- ous impairment of service that might be caused by moisture. To eliminate this congestion cable. '| was developed. The open wire was Wire Network Serving Exchange 4 Likened fo Nerves in Human Body All this work and ody more goes on unseen by the average customer. Without it, telephone service could not operate 24 hours a day through- out the year--efficiently, speedily and with -- economy to the user, Dial Equipment is The Perfect Servant Dial equipment is the perfect 'ser. \ vant, It follows your orders to the letter - and to the figure. It doesn't question your judgement; like the good servant it is, it assumes that your instructions are correct and pro- ceeds to carry them out quickly and efficiently. . This means, of course, that you have to dial the number you want in a correct manner or you will probably not obtain the result you are expect- ing. "It's easy to use 2 the dial telephone," J. W. Lowery, Bell Telephone man- ager for this region, said this week, "but there are certain errors which crop up frequently enough that they are worth drawing to the attention of telephone users generally at this time," Here are some pointers about how to guard against these mistakes: 1. Wait for the dial tone. Tho dial tone is the equipment's way of tell- ing you it is ready to take your call. Normally it is heard on the line al- most immediately after you lift the receiver. However, sometimes when an unusual number of calls is being placed the tone may mot be heard for several seconds. If you begin to dial before you hear the tone, some of the signals sent out by the turning dial may not be transmitted to the switching equipment and a wrong number or no connection at all can result. 2. Allow the dial to spin back by itself. Don't leave your finger in the slot or attempt to hurry the dial back. The dial is arranged to return aut- omaticlly at the speed needed to pass along the information to the _ dial equipment properly, If the motion is interfered with, you may obtain a wrong number. 3. Avoid causes of mistaken ident- ity between the red figure "1" and the black letter "I" and between the red figure "0" and the black "0", Failure to distinguish between these will obviously cause trouble, 4. Dial each letter and figure carefully. Be especially watchful not to transpose figures. If you are not certain of the number look it up and jot it down where it will be available 'for future use. - SUPERTEST PRODUCTS OUR NEW TELEPHONE NUMBER IS YUkon 5-2452 TRIPP'S SERVICE STATION AND SNACK BAR LA PORT PERRY %0, OUR R NEW ; 0000000000 009080900000000000 3 o i We deliver SE a AANARSA i TELEPHONE NUMBER I$ YUkon §-2572 G. A. PRENTICE i do + ESSO FURNACE and STOVE OIL i ESSO GASOLINE f $ OARS AARON SASARAASOI SARS EDEN'S STORE SCUGOG ISI.AND OUR NEW TELEPHONE NUMBER IS YUkon5-2122 | FULL LINE OF FROZEN FOODS GROCERIES EE 0T0200080800s0s08cRN: oso 0,0 50 505% 505% 0 ae 0 a ae 2 oe 00 a oe 2% Pa 0 0% Toate se Se ate te Se par "Some "Pork, orig residents with long memories might find this photo vaguely familiar. It was taken in front of the Sebert House on Queen Street and shows W. R. Byers' tele- phone line gang which rebuilt and ex- tended the long distance lines in the Port Perry area in 1906. Some of the people have been identified. Seat- ed on the curb (left to right) are: "Ace" Baker, Gerry Armstrong, Har- ry Dunnett, Jack Bye and Charlie Clinton. Standing, left to right, are: George Sharpe, R. Suahn, William Sanderson, . Leo McSloy and Billie Linke. To the right of the reel are Ww. R. Byers, 0. s. Scratch ood Jack Wettlaufer. Paddy Patterson is sit- ting on the reel while Leo McMaster is leaning against it, The chap on the window ledge is Ed Vansickle and the distinguished gentleman with the moustache in the doorway is George Edwards. "C [] - z 1/4 uriosity Calls Local telephone users were asked that the opening of the new dial office is completed smoothly. Customers have been asked not to place "curiosity calls" or unecessary calls at or near cutover time. The switchover will be made short- ly after -3 am. Sunday, July 6th, a time when the volume of calls being handled by the exchange is relatively light. A few minutes before that time, operators in the old manual office less than two minutes to comzlets Almost Two Years I Of Preparation Almost two years of preparation will reach a climax when the Port Perry dial telephone exchange goes into operation early next Sunday. At that time, cnough dial equip- ers will go into service. There'll also be sufficient equipment to provide for the future growth of the commun- ity. Bringing dial service involved a large construction program. A new building was erected, and complex exchange equipment had to be tail- ored to fit Port Perry's specific tele- phone needs, then manufactured, in- stalled in the building, and carefully tested. The installation was a complex 'undertaking requiring many months to complete, and included the individ- ual soldering of thousands of conn- ections, this week to co-operate in ensuring | & ment to serve all local telephone us- |. MARFAX LUBRICATION FIRESTONE PRODUCTS 'TEXACO SERVICENTRE SPECIALIZING IN - CAR WASHING CHARLES H. REESOR, Po OIL CHANGING MUFFLER INSTALLATION "NA-CHURS" LIQUID PLANT FOOD will ask persons placing calls to call 1 New Phone Number YUkon 3-221 a few minutes later, using the dial,|% / The changeover is expected to take $ Lessee Save Time JV VV VV VVVVVVIVN AAA a aa aa aaa ao 4 with a Personal Chequeing Account The Canadian Bank of Commerce Port Perry, Ontario, Branch and Money OUR (yz W/| TELEPHONE NUMBER IS (2) BD EEE BEC EEE ENN Nr OBE QD 0A 00 a a aa a a a a a a a a aa aaa ay , ENTER THIS Casimir Street BUILDERS' our NEW NUMBER IN YOUR John Ballard Lumber and Builders' Supplies | Port Perry, Ont. JOHN BALLARD LUMBER / AND pe TELEPHONE NUMBER IS YUkon 5-2491 For LUMBER and BUILDER'S SUPPLIES "BLUE BOOK" SUPPLIES NOW oT A a. ¥ i" I. his a as