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Useful Telephone Informcltion ,,PARTY IINE COURTESY" PAYS Since telephone equipment is scorce, ond mili- USE THIS DTRECTORY FIRST tory needs must be met firsl, more ond more civilions mcy be using porty-line service during lhe wor. The best poriy-llne service {or courleous use of ihe line. o to "lnformoiion" ore unnecessory for numbers which ore lisied in lhe direclory. This is o serious woste of telephone time cnd *elephone focilities since ihe lnformoMony colls since ihey ore oll depenCs on tion operotor must Iook in ihe directory iust you os do. Eve.y operotor ond oll +elephone focili- l{ you're o porty-llne user, you con do your porf. Listen c moment io moke sure the line is cleor be{ore you coil-try noi to interrupt your neighbor's conversotion. Hong up quietly lies ore needed to hondle fodoy's huge volume of wor colls. So pleose don't osk our lnformotion operotors i{ the so to look up numbers unless you ore sure *hey ore is line is in use. Keep your conversofions short others con use the line, too noi lisled in this directory, Your cooperoiion opprecioted. FOR YOUR PROTECTION For your protection, telephone employees who YOUR TELEPHONE NUi,IBER Occosionolly, in the post, we've hod some ielephone numbers. necessory to chonge be visit the prblic, corry ideniificotion cords witl^ their nomes ond phofogrophs. lf you hove lhe slightest doubt cbout onyone who colls "from lhe Telephone Compony," osk io see his credeniiols. Telephone people will be glod io show you their cords. It moy, likewise, to do so in lhe fulure. 6, We're sorry we con'l soy to you, "We'll never to chonge your telephone number." As o motler of {ocl, we don't like fo chonge ihem qnd won'i do il unless it is obsolutely necessory. hove Wiih meiols ond oiher mo.leriols os welJ os monufocluring iocililies completely diverted lo wor purposes restrictions on ielephcne service ond equipment concern must o{ necessiiy be to supply ihe needs of the ormed forces, wor induslries ond persons rvhose need Meons Les, This... More of o{ This... ore in effect. After moTe ihon three yeors o{ wor, telephone {ocilily reserves hove been lorgely depleted, in spite of mosi conservotive use. Deloys in the instollolion o{ new service ore generolly inescopoble os new insiqllotions con now be mode only os for telephone service is essentiol to ihe wor effort, public heoith, welfore, or securify. Thol we hove been oble to ovoid moTe severe restrictions is o tribu*e lo ouT cusiomers who hove cheerfully cooperoted in getling olong with o minimum o{ service ond equipmenf. equipment becomes l{ you ore plonning fo move we suggest thol you check with us well in odvonce ihe service we will on ovoiloble' through dis- conneciion of existing services ond our first McHenry, be IIl. oble to provide. 3