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E) last year a contract was let for the _ cutover, Long Range Plans for Changin Tol System In Port Pury Long-range plans for changing the telephone system in Port Perry to dial operation were under consider- ation even before the first tangible step could be taken, more than a year ago, ; g a Early. in" 1957, land on Queen Str- est was purchased as a site for the exchange building and in June of construction of the attractive new building. As soon as the building was com- pleted, the installation of the latest type of dial equipment was started by the Northern. Electric Company. This equipment had been designed to meet the specific needs of Port Perry subscribers. The installation work was finished ouly a few days ago and testing the entire equipment will continue almost until the time of the \ - During the past few months, Bell workers visited homes, stores and offices in the Port Perry exchange area to install dial telephones or to adapt telephones already for dial operation. They also showed each sub- scriber and his family or staff the correct way of operating the dial. This instruction in using the dial telephone was accelerated as the cut- over date approached and was carr- ied out by trained demonstrators who. telephoned customers and gave them an opportunity to dial test calls to ensure that the telephone users had mastered the technique of dialing. 8 UR NEW TELEPHONE NUMBER Is | LV a ih Wh YUkon 3-2227/ Ivan Gray CARTAGE Port Perry "Ont. .t 2 mir ---- ¥ Greer & Kelly NEW DIAL NUMBER YUkon 9- 2141 Jan ,.e.,.e..o. Port Perry's New Fire Alarm System A modern emergency reporting system will soon take over the job of protecting Port Perry homes and of- fices from the ravages of fire and other disasters, . | The system will be installed by The Bell Telephone Company and will} operate through the telephone net- work. It will go into use July 6 when the exchange here is converted to dial operation. The emergency system will con- sist of seven special telephories In- stalled in the homes of members of the volunteér fire brigade. ~ To report a fire, a person would merely dial the number assigned to the emergency reporting system-- YUkon 65-2845. All seven of the special telephones-will ring simultan- eously, The first fireman to answer will abtain the details, and using a key associated with his telephone, will start the siren wailing. The seven telephones connected with the special emergency line cannot be used for outgoing calls -- although other members of the department can listen in to the fire report--but siren codes can be used to let all know the approximate location of the blaze. J. W. Lowry, Bell Telephone man- ager for this region, said that "effec- tive fire protection is dependent on the speed in which an emergency can be reported. Port Perry's fire alarm system has been designed specifically to meet the needs of this community. Similar systems have been placed in service in other Ontario communities by the Bell company in recent years and the results have been gratifying." QUEEN STREET 0808000800 08000800000000000920000000C00000000000200 ST? BOARS BNRARSSAAS] AL CEERI RN % our NEW ' TELEPHONE NUMBER IS ~~ YUkon 5-2462 Mulligan's Beauty Shoppe -- - PORT PERRY YUkon DR. D. C. MacMASTER Veterinary Surgeon PORT PERRY OUR iW | THEPHON NUMBER IS ©) 2 : 3 po 9-7941 ONTARIO YARDLEY; MAX FACTOR AND REVELON BEAUTY PREPARATIONS PRESCRIPTIONS. CAREFULLY COMPOUNDED Stanley R. Bruton, Phm.B. Bruton's Drug Store YUkon 52511 Be Sure Of The Number You Are Calling Before Dialing BUSINESS PHONES LISTED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE ARCHER MOTORS -- YUkon 5-2462. ARMSTRONG, REG. -- YUkon 5-2226 BALLARD LUMBER & BUILDING SUPPLIES-- YUkon 5-2491 BEARE MOTORS LTD. -- YUkon 5-7351 BRIGNAL'S TAXI & AMBULANCE -- "YUkon 5-2501 BROCK'S DEPARTMENT STORE -- YUkon 5-2521 BRUNTON FARMS -- YUkon 5-2472 BRUTON'S DRUG STORE -- YUkon 5-2511 Canadian Bank of Commerce -- YUkon 5-2411 CAWKER BROS., BUTCHER -- YUkon 5-2221 CHRISTIE, DR. DON. C., VETERINARY -- Yukon 5-2302 CHARLIE'S COFFEE SHOP -- YUkon 5-7913 CREST HARDWARE, CARNEGIE BROS, -- YUkon 5-2211 DeNURE BUS LINES LTD. -- YUkon 5-2132 DOUPE'S STORE, PRINCE ALBERT -- YUkop 5-2192 DOWSON'S GROCERY -- YUkon 5-7942 EMMERSON INSURANCE -- YUkgn 5-2421 . EDEN'S STORE, SCUGOG -- YUkon 5-2122, FLAMINGO RESTAURANT & BUS TERMINAL -- YUkon 5-2112 IFRANSSEN TAILOR -- YUkon 5-2461 GERROW'S BAKERY -- YUkon 5-2172 GILLSON, SLEEP & McPHADEN -- YUkon 35-2341 GIBSON, J. J., POULTRY -- YUkon 5-2182 RESIDENCE -- YUkon 5-2457 GRAY, IVAN, CARTAGE -- YUkon 5-2227 HOPE, MRS. JESSIE, TOBACCO SHOP -- YUkon 5-2490 HAUGEN'S BARBEQUE -- YUkon 5-2402 RESIDENCE -- YUkon 5-2216 HOBBS GARAGE, MANCHESTER -- YUkon 5-2451 'NIGHTS -- YUkon 5-2627 HOWARD MOTORS -- YUkon 5-2161 JACKSON, TED, AUCIIONEER -- YUkon 5-2272 JACKSON PASTRIES -- YUkon 5-2362 KAYVAN'S LADIES WEAR -- YUkon 5-2281 KENNEDY, ELLSWORTH -- Yukon 5-7982 LAWRENCE'S DRUG STORE -- YUkon 5-2231 LAKE SCUGQG LUMBER CO. LTD. -- YUkon 5-7391 MacGREGOR'S BUTCHER SHOP -- YUkon 5-2562 MacMASTER, DR. D. C., VETERINARY SURGEON-- YUkon 56-7941 "MANCHESTER GROCERY -- YUkon 5-2262 MASTER FEEDS -- YUkon 5-2131 MIDTOWN APPLIANCES -- YUkon 5-2432 MULLIGAN'S BEAUTY SHOP -- YUkon 5-2482 MUNICIPAL OFFICE, PORT PERRY -- YUkon 5-7981 PARGETER SERVICE STATION -- YUkon 5-2592 PEEL'S HARDWARE -- YUkon 5-2431 PEEL'S POULTRY FARM LTD.--Y Ukon 5-7331 PHOEBE'S HAIRDRESSING SALON -- YUkon 5-2532 PORT PERRY DAIRY -- YUkon 5-2481 PORT PERRY FUELS -- YUkon 5-2581 PORT PERRY STAR, PRINTING -- YUkon 5-2331 PRENTICE, GORD., IMPERIAL Ol AG rm * : on 5 'REESOR SERVICE STATION -- YUkon 5-2252 REESOR FUEL & LUMBER -- YUkon 5-7951 " SILVERWOODS DAIRIES LTD. -- YUkon 5-7971 SIMPSON SEARS LTD. -- YUkon 5-7311 STONE'S MEN'S WEAR -- Phone to be installed in Aug: SWEETMAN'S TAXI -- YUkon 5-2162 SWEETMAN'S SERVICE STATION -- YUkon 5-2212 TRIPP'S CONSTRUCTION LTD. -- YUkon 5-2528 TRIPP'S SERVICE STATION -- YUkon 5-2452 WALLACE, EARL, ROOFING -- YUkon 5-7964 WESTERN TIRE & AUTO SUPPLY -- YUkon 5-2242 DIAL CHANGE OVER EDITION, JULY, 1958 When this picture was taken, the First World Way was still 30 years in the future, These are the men who made up A. T. Smith's telephone line gang which put in the long dis- tance lines from Port Perry to Tor- onto and from Port Perry.to Whitby in 1884, Be Located Here When the new dial exchange goes into operation on Sunday morning, there will no longer be any telephone operators located here. ' All local calls will then be handled mechanically by the intricate dial switching epuipment, and long dis- tance calls originating here will be connected by operators located in Oshawa. Though the "voice with a smile" will. therefore pass from the scene in Port Perry shortly, no permanent operators wishing to continue in tele- phone work will be released as a result of this changeover, according to J. W. Lowery, Bell Telephone man- ager for this area, "From the moment that it was decided to carry out the changeover, careful plans where for the welfare of the operators," Mr. Lowery said. "A number of steps were taken in the past two years to make sure that no permanent employees would be out of work as a result of the change." ' I'rom that time forward, Mr. Low- Bring Up Those Low Marks! the worlds 1 portable Smith- Cor ona Finest present you can give your boy or girl. Marks go up when notes, reports and themes are typed! This is the portable with PAGE GAGE and many other time-saving, smooth-typing fea. tures forbigmachine performance, Call Us At |The Port Perry Star We will be pleased to help you gelect a suitable model Telephone Operators Will No Longer BAP Ao eo Soar Ar ete Fa aod = COCECO BS SOB SSO ery explained, any additional operat- ors needed were hired on the under- standing that their work might be temporary, operators contemplating leaving were invited to stay on until the time of the changeover, and form-' er operators were asked to return to the switchboard temporarily until the. 3 conversion. Then, Mr. Lowery con-' tinued, as the date of the conversion came near, all permanent operators were offered transfers to other near- by centres where they assumed op- erating or clerical positions. i i | "Our company, as a matter of pol- - : : icy, always does all that is reason- This was the first kind of tele- ably possible to assist operators to , phone installed in Port Perry. Known re-establish themselves at the time as the Blake magneto wall telephone, of the dial changeover," Mr. Lowery nine of these were put in Port Perry stated. "in the fall of 1885. RAY BIRKETT WHITE ROSE DISTRIBUTOR URNACE OIl. STOVE OIL. 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