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FeLi e PRA HIRAM FE A a fo CaS Bat) RA MEY ER AHA ART ARAN vat) SB A EE EE La a a : 3 ORT PERRY STAR DIAL CHANGE OVER EDITION, JULY, 1958 Fi re 7p = 4 QQ. oo ra a oo ~~ Pn AA nt u) re mg" uly 6t oe i EVERYBODY WILL | s vo AERA % RRR] 23508 4 Gs SREY 5 $f SNE dx 2 2 eA - Jess Ts x ore 5 3 - i 2 pr This will be the nerve centre of new Bell Telephone exchange build-)all local calls placed by telephonejance of an operator will be handled Port Perry's dial telephone. service|ing on Queen Street houses the com-|users in this area. Long distance[from Oshawa. when it starts operating Sunday. The | plicated equipment needed to connect!and other calls requiring the assist- 5 3 AVE 24 | £ i anal, REY ig A i . ' {Ha y 3 & - ' i { [2A A x i . % i v : ¥ 'Ya 2 s ] i | in Port Perr \ A scene which soon will pass into [thousands of local calls which have [equipment in the exchange building history. Port Perry Bell Telephone |been placed through this switchboard.|{on Queen Strtet. Shown here (left operators are shown here completing | Starting Sunday, all local calls here|to right are: M. R. Cassidy, D. J. manually, the last of hundreds of |will be handled by the new dial| Martyn, M. Hooey, P. M. Warriner. iin eal ati: liseli tii wtf Ri --di---- A A I TR » THE PORT PERRY STAR IS PLEASED TO PRESENT THIS SPECIAL TELEPHONE EDITION AS A TRIBUTE TO THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF CANADA AND FOR "THE- CONVENIENCE OF ITS READERS ON THE OCCASION OF THE CONVERSION OF. PORT PERRY'S TELEPHONE SYSTEM TO DIAL OPERATION. OUR SINCERE THANKS TO THE GIRLS OF THE PORT PERRY OFFICE FOR THEIR CO-OPERATION IN MAKING THIS SPECIAL SECTION IBLE, The time is 1027 and the glrls are TE ---------- - Port Perry's telephone ' operators. Seated at the magneto switchboard | gor, Miss N. Wallace, Miss H. Wal- are (left to right); Miss N. MacGre-| lace, and Miss W. Causley, Seated behind is Miss P. Kent, chief operator. - Pa ) Re % FREI a ry N I" L