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1935 July - McHenry Telephone Directories, July 1935, Page iii

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When using the telephone speak distiactly in a ot vorce. Answer your bell promptly but do not remove tlre receiver from the hook while the bell is rineino- tr may interfere with the sisnals. . To -rec-all tle operator hang up the receiver and give the handle one quick turn. moqerate tone HOW TO USE TIIE TELEPHONE INFORMATION ABOUT TELEPHONE SERVICE drrectory. .. Call "Information" for names nor listecl in this TELEPHONE SERVICE CALLS to repod ,,.Call ""Chief Qperator" olrng ot your calls. unsatisiactory haq. PARTY LINES All subscribers on the line have equal rights: for that reason calls should be reasonably timitea in iensth of conversation. To make for eillcient sirvici iAa t@ prevent annoyance to others on the line the fol_ Call your . Business Office, McHenry-9981, for al1 matters relari,rg to new telephone se.uice. removals. te-rmination oi serrice. directory listings, adjustment; ot accounls. coilection of bills, etc. You may telephone telegrams, cablegrams or radiograms to the Postal TeleAraph Cable Cbmoanv. _ \4-hen calling the telegrabh comf'any,' toilorv the rnslructions shown undrr its Iistins in this directorvRy arrangement with the Posta"l Telesiaoh Cahie Company, the charges for telegraph messagei sent by r^erephone urlt appe3r on your monthly telephone bjll. Un messages telephoned from public coin box telepiones, .you. wiJl. be reqrrested to deposir the messige cnarges rn tne coln box. "Repair Service" when your telephone is out -Call of order. TELEGRAMS BY TELEPHONE lowing rules should be observed: When_you wj;h call. renrove the receiver and ,. lrsten, lt the ltne !o is in u"e, restore the receiver to the hook and wait {or those uiing the line to finish. 'Always answer your orvn signal. If tlrere is anv coniuslon abour the rings, report the facts to the ( hlet 0pelator. INFORMATION ABOUT OUT-OF.TOWN CALLS CALLS TO NEARBY POINTS HANDLED BY YOUR OPERATOR Strtion-to'Station calls from McHenry to the po;nls shown below are handled by your local ooerator. It not _necessary to catl "Long lJistance." Simply give the call'L.9IS-pi11i1ce.,, Simpry'give tha number nu;hea;;si;;d y;;; ope.itor desired to r" your -1s who *iii recoid' Il,i"^,^T ,L::":1"-'y_-rg e"p!,;t;;^*b";-;i"f;;;;;A and.-complete the call. The initicl talking period-ii oi 30 cent. or more where the Barrington Bellwood .,.,.. Beryyn . .......... Bumhan CarpmteBYillc Chicago .., . ... . ... Ciccro . . ... ..... Crystal Lake ,..., ,,....... Dolton .. . . .. ., . ... Dundee ............,,..... Elgin .. EYanstoE Davis . Grcenteaf ..............., Univcreity .10 I . .lo I uraysnxe Grayslake .50 ,I0 I ,lo .15 Grcat Lakes .ZO I ./t0 Hillside . ... .35 | .40 Lake Genevao Wis. . .. . ... , . .20 I .10 Libertyvillc .15 I .50 .15 Lyons . .,....... .40 | .20 Maywood .35 i Mctrose Park ... ,.. .35 | .35 .30 | .3S i Morton Grove .. .15 | .35 I Mmdelein .35 Ive minutes i"iit ttJi""eptlm-ot'sraiitn-iolSt;i;;;'r"ai;; initial talking-period is thiee minuter.- Evergreen Park,.........,.$0.45 | trlitcs .. .........S0.30 .15 ,40 Fox Lake Genoa City, Wis. .. ... Nils Center North ...., .,.. Chicago Wauconda Waukegan Riverdale Riverside Tmsville Richmond Richmond ...... .... .., " ,. ...,., ... .g0 .20 .t0 .40 .a0 .30 .t0 .zO Majestic Ontario ...... ,20 Woodstock Zioa person or supply it. Wherer-er possible, please Call by Number when yott telephone out of torvn. whether you wish a specified will talk to anyone who answers. If you do not know the number, the Long Distance operator will Please make a note of it for future use. CALLS TO OTHER OUT-OF.TOWN POINTS Out oI towa calls ate of two general crasses j phone. STATION-TO-STATION CALLS+uch calls are for ANYONE WHO ANSWERS at the distant tele- To place a Station-to-Station call asld for "Long Disth;-;;'*;;f tare.;--ci*1ii. i;;;-ni;;;;t;;; if,J-pi"". *J iir-i tifipio"i numbei you are calling as, .,ij";;it, l,ii"ti;"",-biaiU;; 1900:;- ir"ir" ,i"-".i t-""* the numter, i"i idri"a-pi.,-,;o.tr"it,'-rritJii;;;.-;y;;; ;l th""*'ia"il"-"i i;h; B;;;;i +obri"-uilntiiia if you are isked to hold the line underBlvd," Then -your"number tlii wilt-be iequested while the "t"na iri. di-rt",it'p-ril.l ;;li ir b;;g ""*piiiiJit pe1so1.19. statio!-to-station rates are rlJ;; Person rates. These rates are reduced after 7 P.M. (Night Rat_es) if the-initial?eriod rate exceds 35 cents. ibJtime.of day at rhe oligllrati"g nognt when_,991yerq11 lion starts determlnes whether the lJay or I\lght rate PERSON-TO-PERSON CALLS-such calls are for A SPECItr'IED PERSON at the distant telephone (or a.particular extension or department reached thiough a Private Brmch Exch-ange)' ll':hiq* Cass "*" To place.a Person-to-Person call ask {or ,,Long Dis_ tanc.e." .Give the ljolc Distance operator the-nime o{ the place, .the telephoae number, -and the name of the.person with.wbom vou wish-to talk. as. ""Detroit, cadillac ee00, John. Brown", rf..1or1 {<i not know the number. sav. tor example' "lletroit. Michig-an.. John Brown of John Brown ind Co., 1000 St."- Then if vou are asked to hold the i#::i1"i:"&xt J,,',IlrLifb,T,tj'L,ti"Jr'x5;;3;u -frilter p"-;;;d-F;;";1"t.;-; ;;;.;[;; Stiti""-ir-Stiti""-rui"* - ffr.r" are no *ot* line app-lies. Charges begin whea the distant telephonc is .. ing night hours. ?l,aiges are computed from the time conversation begins. than reductions dur. ansrsered. witt;-iit .p*in"J-p.i"."-;t ;i;; ai;;"i-'i;i;;i;;; There are no Report Charges on Station-to-Station A Report Charge is made on a Person-to-Person call if the distant telephoae is reached, the desired person calls except on Collect Calls when conversation does lot take place the first time the distant station is reached. is not available, aud the call is not later compleftd. you ask the Long Distance operator at the time a call is placed, she will anange COLLECT CALLS-If to have the charges billed to the called party without additional charge. This can be done whether the calls placed Person-to-Person are basis; except that Person-to-Person rates apply to Collect on a Station-to-Station or Cal1s where the initial Station-to-Station rate is less than 20 cents, and. a rate of 25 cents applies where the rate initial Station-to-Station is 20 cents. If the called party refuses to accept the charge, a Report Charge will be made unless the call is thea completed as a paid messag:e. The billing of charges to the called party is not permitted on ca1ls to points in Mexico nor on Overseas calls. The rates herein stated ate the lesal rates of the Company as on frIewith the Commerce Commission, June 1 1, 1935. lllinois llcEonu iii

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