The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 6, 1952, Page 7

These various switches actually make the ne Se is when a number is dialed. Thousands of tiny wires must be installed by hand by skilled workmen to assure subscriber satisfactiom, DOTSON WATCHES BILL MAYNARD, frame man, as connec- tions’ are soldered on the main frdme. This frame actually makes outside contacts. Frame men are especially trained for this exacting work for eight weeks. Frame men are frame men at their own request.’ whose pleasant voices have so long been a part of our way of t as they operate s Random Shots Of Bell Te!:phone Company Dial System Installation a 4 4 3 “ | q i 3 4 j Tonight at midnight 6,800 Key West area phones will be simul- taneously converted to dial operation. State Representative Bernie C. Papy will throw the switch to make the conversion complete and Mayor C. B. Harvey will put through the first call from the telephone company. The dial conversion highlights 69 years of telephone service in | Key West with more expansion and improvement by the Southern Bell Telephone Company expected in the future. Chet Cold, Southern Bell Manager in Key West, said that over $1,000,000 was spent here on central office equipment, outside plant and buildings in the past two years to effect the conversion. Additional improvement of equipment and service is slated to be carried.on in the future, so that all who desire service in the area can be accommodated. > The Citizen is pleased to print for its readers’ enjoyment a special edition commemorating the conversion of the Key West telephone system to dial operation. Our congratulations are extended on the occasion of Southern Beil’s completion of its elaborate dial system for our community. We are pleased that Bell has recognized our community as worthy of such a tremendous expenditure as was necessary to place dial phones in our homes. We are even more pleased that in so doing they have expressed a faith that our community will’ con- tinue to grow and prosper—that it is a place where private enter- prise can take the chance of huge investments with the expecta- tion of a fair return. To Jasper N. Dorsey, Miami District Manager, and to Chet Cold, Key West manager, we extend personal congratulations for the accomplishments. We are a fortunate community to be served by such a facility as Southern Bell which keeps the best interests of the public fore- most in its business. ‘ 25S a eS PLANT FOREMAN H. 0. MORRIS looks on as L. Baker, test desk man, operates the test board at the Bell Telephone Com- pany here. The bourd locates the source of trouble so that @ repair man can be dispatched to the site of the difficulty. This saves many hours of delay necessary when trouble shooters have to seek out the trouble,