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om IN 3mm 26 AN ARCHITECTS DRAWING OF NEW BUILDING Telephone svstem Seés New Day DURING 186061 the Bell Tele phone Company expects to spend more than $2000000 on eonshuctien in the Barrie ares eraoi the handcranired tele 1911 the year that marked an important miie spring ot i917 Bnrries Elfin phone system was converted magneto to oommoo battery Wlth the cuinver the LR NOVELTY Gift Shop KeepinanStep with was recently reported When this program is oom pleted Barrie Telephone users will have one of the most mod the equipment and operating etnii providing long distance tor phoneeame to on end From then on Barrie subscriber had only tovllft the receiver or tiny light to indicate that service on that particular line was desired Whe call was finished th flashed off showing th lino vm again iron Barrie Our Endeavor To have Good Quality Merchandise only and give you the most nor your shopping dollar io strivo to serve your who monidllkatobe To any mistakes comma notion so that you may havejoomplete continence in actuators is humor served telephone numbers will be made scheduled to he the construction Barrie are the present exchange hullding on Dunlop St and the trated in it It will house cross vida local service for3500 tele lhe removal of the long distance tance Dialing near service Don will permit Earrieflteieg lways raislyfllr em telephone systems in the worldcomments spokesman khTrtgtadlnmwg to sta on tlon long distance telephone calls will be available and all up of seven figures rather than two letters and live figures as at present itinin item in the program is on Bnylleld St oi third Bell Telephone building in Barrie Tenders ior the two stony structure will be nailed in March and construction is alm cd at completion early in 1962 Cost will exceed $600000 The other Bell buildings in work centre on John St The telephone company has fourth location in leased quartersthe business ofiloe on Collier Street When the new building is plac ed in operation late in 1962 all the Barrie area will be concen bar type automatic diol switch ing equipment suiiiclent to pro phone numbers The space made availablein thsDunlopSneet building by equipment theregwiii heused for the installation oi the oom plicated equipment associated with the provision of DirectDls phoneusers dial their own irks5128 monument lung distance raranaunmnasmrn mammauanvlmu History Bell Buns Parallél Local Growth edhytheiedanlgovarnmentin theinterutsoithowereiiort By 1901 ova with the return oi peace to the world two year previously the danced or tote fihona service was axoeodlnl limit oi available equip ment Company records indi cate that by that year there wasawaitlngiistotmoinhnn rte ior telephone service The end oi 1947 law 3689 telephonu in service colirtomillionsoitele honaln Canndnandthallnl States One of the main nlultl oi the twoyear program now under my will be toeadditional 15 employees to the Bells employ ment role in Barrie The new stall will consist mainly orator to handle the expec inmate in long distance traffic handled by the Barrie toll cent re Bell employees in Barrie new number loo Ono oi the measuring sticks ior gauging the growth in community is the increase over the years in the number of tele phones in service When Barr celebrated its 100th birthday 1353 there were 5746 telephones in the city At the end oi 1960 this iigure had reached 10311 LEON PERIARD Associate ALL TYPES or headquarters Arthur Smith Bell manag erinnnrrie iornyeare died on Nov is lots shortly sitar pointed in me to replace Mr Brewster and had been rucoee ed earlier in 1918 by Gilbert Garrick or manner CAM UP DEMAND Early in 1949 news stories in The Barrie Examiner indicated would be served within weeks Work was started in the Fall oi 1949 on an important project which resulted in the new long distance cable linking Toronto with Barrie and Oriliia being buried underground providing protection against natures ram in file or some oi the toll incli es between these reduce hr the end oi 1050 the num ber oi telephones in service had exceeded the 4500 mark The Bell burineel otiiee that year was moved to la Clappertoo St alone with the oiiicu for the companys plant department and the tralilc superintendent Barrie ruhacribers warauaing their telephones at an imprec edented rate and the average per day number of long distance calls flowing out oi the town Accidents Dont Keep Office Hours ALL ACCIDENTS dont take place between the hours of nine and five Monday to Friday Trouble often comes at odd and inconvenient hours mostly when you least expect it and are not prepared TAKE WINTER weather for instance You may be real engerbenver aboutvkeeping your walks 0183115 gbut with elements trying to outdo themselvesjits Just impossible to keep up all the time And when you dont youre wide open for lawsuits which may well run into one rive figures All you PREPARED to pay Preparedness in this dose may be one at two things either being ready and willingio sacrifice your home your car your savings andpossihiy your earnings to satisfy judg talent or being iuiiy insured against such action THIS 15 but small example of the many things that could happen to you Fire losssutomobile accidents theft ehc can and do strike at any time The safest weyto be on guard against such disasters isby being adequately protected with the right amount and type of insurance That way you will be prepared 24 hours day 365 days year SHIRLEY NEAR Bookkeeper Sienogtapher the Be Sure About Insurance Slessor Insurance Agency Limited often youalhe type of insurance you need and will protect you best at ostposeihle coshPledu feel free to dilute any insurance needs or problem with Sleslor or Fire Auto Cosuolty Merino 40 Life member ofhis stuff because at nortimeereyou run ider obligation to buy and nohlgh pnleurie calling ever used Drop in tomorrow YourerNolJFully insured Its ago Not Enough lt his 1941 also Operators in from oi the switchboard include from lei to rightiia Warniu Fru Ir Somerviiievl Bunker and limo stood uncommon an in crease oi 200 over the me over lie distance service was Iurtner improved in 1951 when the iorerunner of customer dial ing oi their own stationtesta tlon toll cells was introduced here This was the installation ol nowequipmcnl which permit ted the toll operators in the Bar rie exchange to dis long dist ance calls directly through to telephones in Oriliin and Toron