Clinton News-Record, 1956-04-12, Page 15-C4X41.1011 XIM,,11,VCOUD
Line Finders Seek "Live" Lines For Call
• John Rolfe. one of the skilled Northern Electric craftsmen who installed the equipment in
•Clinton's new dial telephone exchange, is seen checking line feeders. This' equipment goes into
action the Instant a caller lifts the receiver of this telephone. The line finder immediately seeks
out a "live" line—one not in use at. the moment—leading to the dial switching equipment. When
this connection is made, the dial tone 'sounds, indicating that the equipment is ready for the caller
to begin dialing. The rows of canisters seen here protect the switches front dust and dirt, as
even the merest speck could cause trouble in the intricate electrical apparatus,
You may get a month's
supply of gasoline $t oil
FREE
If You Buy At
Wells Auto Electric
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Make a note of our new
• riumber for
O PHOTOGRAPHS
O PICTURE FRAMES
fl ,FRAMING
O RELIGIOUS ARTICLES
MacLaren's Studio
At Clinton
Tuesdays and Thursdays
1.30 -- 7.00 p.m.
DIAL
HU 2-9401 .
THE NAME'S THE SAME!
VALUES ARE BETTER
THAN EVER . BUT OUR
NEW NUMBER IS NOW
HUNTER 24711
W. L. JOHNSON & SON
PHONE 286 FREE DELIVERY
"Where Service is a Habit--opt an Accident"
AteS5EZEZVESEMIleenal'eleMereep
when
APPEARANCE COUNTS
GLIDDON CLEANERS
TELEPHONE NUMBER IS
HU 2-9461
OUR
FARMERS
We are shipping cattle every Saturday for United
Co-operative of Ontario and solicit your patronage. We will
pick them up at your farm.
Please PIPPIE COLLECT not later than Friday nights,
Seaforth Farmers Co-opepative
IL S. Hunt, Manager
Phone—Day 9, Evenings 481w
39-tfle
Farmers Plant the Best
SEE US FOR:
Clover Seeds - Grass Seeds No, 1 Quality
and Purity
Seed Oats Excellent
- Quality
We offer you a minimum of delay Contract Barley when unloading your trucks at
harvest-4 unloading pits.
. Seed Oat Contracts
Fertilizer— CIL tRAND.
Very Competitive Cash Prides.
Seed corn !INKS and
IC
New Seed Cleaning Plant Modern. Machinery
To Clean and Treat 'Your Seed*
W. G. Thonipson and Sons Limited
IteNSALL PHONE 32
13,b
5
SAVE! SAVE! SAVE!
Save dollars en our Paint Special.'
ALL MARTIN-SENOUR PAINTS in stock,
REM GLO, and SUPER HEM-TONE
all prices below.
MARTIN SENOUR 100%
reg, $2.55 qt. — NOW
SUPER KEM TONE
reg, $2.40 qt. — NOW
Some gallons and (Also Semi-Gloss
Big Discounts.
$1.50
$1.40
also at
imegoommirmommo•Nor
Clinton Memorial Shop
OPEN EVERY DAY —
At other times contact Thomas Steep, phone Clinton
HU 2-3869; residence, Shipley 'Street.
T. PRYDE and. SON
CLINTON — EXETER — SEAFORTH
— PHONE CLINTON HU 2-6606 —
"When Ordering Lumber
The est Thing to do
Is to go to your 'Phone
And dial Nine, Six, One, Two"
J. W. COUNTER
BUILDERS' SUPPLIES
HU 2-9612
•
1955 CHEVROLET Sedan, fully equipped _11,895
1954 CHEVROLET DELUXE Powerglide
Sedan $1,650
2-1954 CHEVROLET Sedans, fully equipped , $1,495
1954 CHEVROLET Bolair Convertible
powerglide, fully equipped $1,995
1953 CHEVROLET BEL AIR SEDAN, fully
equipped $1,395
1953 PONTIAC Sedan $1,295
1952 PLYMOUTH Sedan $ 995
1951 PONTIAC COACH $ 900
1951 CHEVROLET Coach ........ ,..„.„.., ......... $ 900
1949 CHEVROLET Coach $ 4 695
2-1948 PONTIACS „
'
, . ...... ......... ..... $ 495
2-1948 CHEVROLETS $ 495
1948 PLYMOUTH Sedan $ 495
TRUCKS
BUY NOW AND S Alm!
SALE BEGINS FRIDAY NIGHT
Hawkins & Jacob
HARDWARE
OUR NEW Minter magma
""Mg' 2 9433
*
1949 FORE) ,V2 TON PICK-UP . $ 450
1947 DODGE 1A TON PICK-UP $ 395
1942 INTERNATIONAL 1 TON STAKE $ 300
Cars and truCks can be Driven Away at the
Prices Listed in . Guns Adwtisernent.
Brussels Motors
HURON COUNTY'S FOREMOST USED CAR DEALER
Brussels, Ontario Phone 73X
The mystery prize donated by
Mrs. A, Sharp. was wen by Mrs
Lloyd' Medd. Mrs, 0. Priestap. gave
the visiting committee report
Four calls had been made during.
March. Ten volunteers' were ob-
tained for the chest x-ray, Mrs.
De-tient/71e and Mrs. Van Altena
volunteered to assist -at the cancer
survey.
The visiting .0errunittee for the
month of April enclUdeS Mrs. A.
Sharp, Mrs, j. Soruton and Mrs.
Clement Reynolds, It was .decicl,-
ed to hold a sale of canne'a goods
and home pro-ducts at the next
meeting, May 7,
Lunch was served by the corn-
mittee, Mrs. Eldon O'Brien and
Mrs. Prieetap, Mrs. C. O'Brien as-
sited in the preparation of lunch.
CWL Elects. New
President—,
Mrs, F. Yon Altena'
Mrs F, O. Van Ahem was elec-
ted president of the Catholic Wo-
men's Leagne of St, Joseph's. Par-
ish, at the regular meet-
ing in the parish ball, Monday
ening, April 2.
The report of the past year was
read by Mrs, Clement' Iteynolds,
,showing a Substantial balance on.
-hand The retiring president, Mrs.
Monaghan, was complimented for
her splendid work during the year,
after which the new offieerS ,were
elected.
- They include first vice-president,
Mrs. J. Blake; second vice-presid-
ent Mrs', Sam. Spencer: third vice-
president, Mrs, Clement Reynolds;
treasurer, Mrs. Mae LeBeau; sec-
retary, Mrs. Theo Flynn; press re-
porter, Mrs. J. McGuire.
Human skill, knowledge and a
high degree of efficiency are need-
ed to operate and maintain even
the most ingenious mechanical
devices. The dial telephone, ac-
cording to W. W. Haysom, Bell
Telephone manager for this area,
is no exception.
Although local telephone calls
in Clinton will be connected with-
out the aid of an operator start-
ing April 15, many human hands
and eyes. will be at work behind
the scenes to provide smooth and
efficient service under the new
system.
Dust Is Danger
Switchmen, frame-men and
power-men. — always on the look-
out for trouble — will inspect the
equipment regularly, Mr. Haysom
said Their duties Consist of
checking, testing, cleaning, repair-
ing or replacing parts. When
trouble occurs, an alarm signal is
flashed automatically to the re-
pairmen who will rush to,the spot
and clear the trouble, usually with-
in a few minutes.
The first and, most deadly enemy
of dial equipment is dirt, the man-
ager pOinted out. Evert a small
speck of dust on one of the con-
tacts may interfere with a con-
nection, causing noise Or poor re-
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caption or even preventing a call
from going through, For this rea-
son, a dial equipment room is al-
ways, air-conditioned to keep dust
away from the,-delicate-mechan-
isms.
' Never Sweep Floor
As a further precaution, the
floor is never swept. Any house-
wife knows how much duSt a
broom can raise. The caretaker
at the exchange knows it too, and
he will mop the floor with damp
cloths -to avoid raising dust that
might cause serious telephone
troubles.
The switchmae, goes through the
aisles between the rows of switch-
es, testing for possible trouble.
Before each switch, he pauses,
makes a connection and dials a
number. A--flashing light on his
testing device tells him if the
switch is responding properly to
the dial. If it isn't, the trouble
is quickly 'sought and put right.
Other tests ensure that the dial
tone, the ringing tone and the busy
signal are functioning - properly.
In another section of the build-
ing, frame-men will service the
thousands, of soldered- terminals
that connect the dial apparatus
and the telephone lines.
Power-men who check and ser-
vice storage batteries, charging
equipment and the power board,
ensure a constant and correct dist-
ribution of the vital electrical cur-
rent. The charging equipment goes
into action automatically when the
volume of telephone calls increases
and switches off when only a small
amount of electricity is being used.
Dial works like magic, but it is
the- human touch behind it that
makes it do so.
'11- MRSPAY, APRIL 12, 19$6
Dust Is Great anger; Human Skill
And Effidency prove Service
VAGr- TI-IIRTEEN
News of .Bayfield
IiiPPY I. WOODS
Ontario's (leaene4on Country Correspondent
PHONE BAYFIrLD Or 3
E. A. Featherston, London, was home over the weekend.
J. M. Stewart is in Xianniton
from Tuesday to ThUrSday.
Mr, and Mrs. E. J. Sturgeon
spent the weekend in Mitchell.
Mr, and Mrs. S. Bryant, Byron,
are spending a few days at their
cottage,
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Davidson,
Stratford, occupied their cottage
over the weekend,
Mr, and Mrs. B. W. Oddleifson,
London, were at their home here
over the weekend.
Mr, and Mrs, LeRoy Poth spent
a couple of days last week in Kit-
chener and New Dundee,
Dr. and Mrs. R. G. Hunter, To-
rohto, were at their home in the
village over the weekend.
Billy Norris, Detroit, accompan-
ied by his cousin from Wyoming,
spent the weekend in the village.
Mr, and Mrs. Leon Duggan and
Patsy, Stratford, were at their
home in the village on Thursday,
The Reverend and Mrs. F, H,
Paull, Listowel, were the .guests
of Mrs, N. W. Woods over Friday,
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Brisson,
Grosse Pointe, Mich., were at their
cottage from Saturday to Monday.
Janis Galbraith, Clinton, spent
the Easter vacation with her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Char-
lee Bell.
Mr. and Mrs. James Fisher,
Larry and Frank Kitchener, call-
ed on Mr. and 'Mrs. William R.
Elliott on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. T, M. Leckie and
Donna, returned to London on
Sunday after having spent the
Easter vacation at their cottage.
Miss Jessie L. Metcalf returned
to. Detroit on Sunday after having
been with her mother, Mrs. W. F.
Metcalf for the Easter vacation,
Miss Helen Blair , has returned
to Teachers' College, London, after
having spent the vacation with
her parents, Mr, and Mrs, Robert
Blair. Miss Ethel Blair, London,
Was also home over the weekend,
Mr. and Mrs. G. Weston, Lonr
don, were with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Weston, over the.
weekend, Their daughter Judy
who had been visiting her grand-
parents, returned to London with
them.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McLaren
and Christine, returned to Port
Elgin on Monday, after having
visited at the 'home of Mrs. Mc_
Laren's sisters, Misses' A. M, and
E. 3. Stirling over the weekend,
Miss Florence Stirling, Goderich
Township is the guest of her aunts.
WIVIS and WA
The women's meetings were held
in the Sunday School room of the
United Church last Thursday af-
ternoon, with a good attendance.
Mrs. 'Hamer, first vice-president
of the WMS conducted' the meet,
ing and an excellent talk was giv-
en by Miss Clara Clark, her sub=
ject being a biography of a miss-
ionary to India, Miss Amy Car-
michel,
A solo by Mrs. Outenbridge,
"There's a land beyond the River"
was much appreciated; also a duet
by Joyce Greer and Ann Westlake.
An acknowledgement was read
from United Church Overseas Re-
lief Committee, of a recent ship-
ment of 100 pounds of new and
used clothing for Korea, also S10
to pay shipping charges.
0
Manufacturers accounted for 55
per cent of the net value of Cana-
dian commodity production in
1953. 'Construction was next 'at
16.9 perecent and agriculture was
third at 15.4 perdent,