The Anniston Star from Anniston, Alabama • Page 11

St lt ft ElsTtn, Tho Annlston Stir, SoWtjr, Feb. 28, 1854 1 lj 1 i i LAKEVIEW NEWS mm (I Hughlene Law, Mrs. Frances Britt. The Beulah Thompson Circle of the WMS ma with Mrs. Calvin; Law at her home on Hale Street for the February meeting.

mi n' -iw 421 NOBLE ST. Mrs. Talma Hawkins, Mrs. Helen An glade, Mrs. Margaret Sims, Mrs.

Eva Smith, Mrs. Ruth Brown, Mrs. Virginia Homan and Mrs. Gertrude Lane. Personals Mrs.

Margaret Sparks was In charge of the program, "Strangers everywhere." with some of the Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Padgett of Munford visited Mr. and Mrs. J.

L. members taking part After the program, Mrs. Loraine Sword presided over the business session. Roll call was answered with each AUJTO and Refinancing member repeating a missionary Terms 1 24 Months name. The community mission chairman gave report for the month.

A fruit basket was carried to Brown and Jerry last Sunday. O. M. Rollir-4s hi Memorial Hospital after undergoing an operation las Thursday. Mrs.

Annie Knight spent last weekend with relatives near Hef-lin. Mrs. L. R. Roberts, Mrs.

J. T. Gaines and Mrs. L. C.

Owens visited Mr. and Mrs. 0. N. Gregg near Lineville last Friday.

Stringfellow Hospital and a sun CAlfEE FINANCE CO. 827 Noble St. Ph. 2024 shine box to an invalid. Plans for March community mission were discussed.

Various reports from Wo Cash AH Payroll Cheeks other committees were given and WMU focus week announced. I The meeting was closed with prayer by Mrs. William Dempsey. Dainty refreshments carrying out the valentine motif were served to the following members: Mrs. Geneva Sewell, Mrs.

Loraine Sword, Mrs. Dot Dempsey, Mrs. Margaret Sparks, Mrs. Maureen Harmon, Mrs. Evelyn Owen, Mrs.

Peek's Hill ATTENTION A. Fe of L. Members Come and Bring Your Wives To for P. E. Meeting Monday, 7 P.M., Carpenters Hall Candidates for Position No.

1 will outline their ideas for running Anniston the next 4 years. THE OLD BOIfS TO THE NEW At the rig ht the present mtem ned to complete local telephone call la Aanlttoa threoth the central-offlce-eperator tyrtem. Thla syitem has been tn operation tlnee the company wu established here, bnt, as eerythinr mnst to in the fice of procree. this too will pass. At left, is Ben H.

Brooks, a Western Electric Installer, as he checks the equipment that will replace the operators. This bank of dial equipment etmpletes about 1,000 telephone calls faster than a dosen operators could do it The new dial equipment should to into operation about April 24. Mrs. Otis Truitt and David spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs.

King Truitt in Montgomery. Those attending the Masonic din ner In Onatchee Monday evening were: Mr. and Mrs. Julius Mar Phone Company Is A Busy Spot tin. Mr.

and Mrs. Genie Pruitt and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Kyle William son, Taska and Jerry "Mr. and Mrs.

Harrison Williams. With Dial-Day He A pproaching Charles Hindman visited Gene Leon Williams Monday afternoon. ino flaws. v. By WES OWENS midnight or about that time Saturday, April 24, we will throw Mrs.

Otis truitt visited Mrs. Entering another equipment The Annlston office of the Son-! Francis Martin Thursday. room, the visitor Is confronted with thern Bell Telephone and Tele the switch which will completely outmode an era in telephone his V. H. HIGGINS, C.

RENFREE, W. HUFFAKER, Pres. Sec. V. P.

Paid Political Adv. By V. H. Hlggins still more banks of equipment. One graph is a veritable beehive of the banks was completed and of activity with work on the con In the Middle Ages, many believed that all birds mated tory in Annlston, and provide the city with the finest of service avail all the fine telephone wires were neatly arranged in their proper version to the dial system near log completion.

on Feb. 14. able anywhere place. The other bank, Everywhere a person turns, he looked like a top-view of a tribe of; Is confronted with temporary walls red-haired fuzzy-wuzzy natives, and you wonder how they expect to or active installers completely oblivious of anything other than the have all these loose wires connect Job they have before them. ed by April 24.

Meanwhile dial eager Annlston- lans look hungrily and impatient Mr. Miller assures us, however. WEECPS EST.S 1 that it should all be ready by the proposed date. ly at the ten little white spots on their home telephone and suppress the desire to pick up the receiver The visitor then moves Into the WHICH WAT IS IT GOING? According to a Soviet source, automobile and motorcycle races were held recently near Simferopol la the Crimea. For the first time, motorcycles from Mooeow and Jtlf a entered the race, Motors a dots supposedly shows N.

Shsmilla. "merited master of sports," driving one of the trtcyeles la the raeo- and spin the dlaL The most active section of the basement of the building and is suddenly amazed to find out why telephone service continues even three-story brick building housing the telephone facilities is the new AT when electrical power is off. Commercial current is only used Save $55.00 On rear projection, only recently completed. Escorted by E. L.

Miller, MATCHING manager of the office, your re to run generators and battery chargers. The telephone company uses three grades of power, 24 volts, 48 volts and 130 volts, and in SET MC Bl I porter looked in on the various operations which will mean better phone service for everyone in the own US Dews case of a snort power cutorr these batteries can continue to operate the phones for a area. Constantly Tested 150 Weekly short time. If the power is off a Walking into the heart of the dial system equipment quarters, one is long time, however, the company confronted with bank upon bank of tfBisf nnUssssl' WtssUI electrical and communication appa has provided a huge capacity die-; sel operated generator which will, not only furnish, power to keep the batteries charged, but will supply! ratus reaching from the ceiling to CDMAlf VAUtS Mmtmmt iMrM the floor. There is hardly room to move, about between the banks of; enough power to light the neces WE ARE OFFERING A CLOSE-OUT ON 1953 MODELS OF HOTPOINT REFRIGERATORS AND RANGES sary lamps In the building.

equipment, each constantly being tested and retested to make sure AssssassssB) mnriif wmmw rrjnnr lUSGHg oar nsMT anmna-omcuM Saarfr "BB C9 Pin Eves for 100,000 Also located in the basement Is that when the equipment is put 1019 NOBLE STREET Into general operation there will be a giant air-conditioning unit and boiler to heat the building la the you save $80.00 winter. A huge vault which runs, the entire depth of the has been provided for cable outlet and Mr. Miller, said that it is large enough to accomodate enough cable to satisfy the needs of Annlston if it should grow to a popu WAS $449.95 lation of 100.000. A brief visit was made to the, $34t95 YOU SAVE $90.00 NOW WAS $439.95 second floor where the local operators were busily engaged in pro-' viding telephone service for their I customers. A slight feeling of gloom seemed to hang over the room in the realization that those who have served and represented the real beginning of the telephone' system were ro a to be replaced by the Impersonal machine of dial: telephone operation.

H0TP0INT SUPER DELUXE RANGE HOTPOINT DELUXE RANGE HOTPOINT PUSH-BUTTON RANGE HOTPOINT RANGE HOTPOINT 11 -FOOT REFRIGERATOR Moving to the top floor the out WAS $299.95 look was cheerier as the long-dis tance operators worked on their newly installed and most modern board. Workmen here were setting op several of the latest type informs-! Uon boards which will provide a much more efficient information 1 Ws YOU SAVE $30.00 NOW YOU SAVE $20.00 NOW YOU SAVE $80.00 NOW service to the telephone customers. 1 WAS $199.95 In returning to the main floor, Mr. Miller explained that the en-! tire front of the first floor will give way to office and record space. Portions of the second floor will be used for trouble board end other areas set aside for additional Ki -k' U'xj, -4 i A) (H B.

WABKEN DIAL TotheVote' I i nntstn; 1 1 busing Y'l the Citt 0mon9 cty 1 belt Uicofcl. offices. I WAS $429.95 "The conversion to the dial sys-l tern will mean much more than1 improved telephone service to An HOTPOINT AUTOMATIC DEFROST WAS $369.95 nlston," Mr. Miller said. i "Our plans and equipment being Installed should make it possible for us to provide better grades of service for nearly everyone who; has applied for It within a few months.

I Can Meet Requests "The additions to our cables add equipment should also make It possible for us to take care of nearly every request for telephones we have on file. It may also mean that we can return to the practice of selling our service. By that." he said, "I mean we will be able YOU SAVE $70.00 NOW YOU SAVE $30.00 NOW REFRIGERATOR HOTPOINT 6-FOOT REFRIGERATOR WAS $209.95 to ask a potential customer when SEE THE 1953 AND 1954 MODELS OF HOTPOINT APPLIANCES AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF ON THESE TREMENDOUS SAVINGS! be wants his phone installed. The total cost of the project has been estimated at more than Mr. Miller said.

The present staff of operators will not be out in the cold as far as work is concerned, he said, but they will be given the opportunity to transfer to some other office where they are needed. Some of the operators will remain here, he added, as there will still be positions for several In the new setup. "Meanwhile" Mr. Miller said, "if everything goes as planned, at IK JOE ZIC CO. Office Sspply Equipment 27 W.

13rh-Ph. 5627 rerythlng For The Office" PHONES 833 and 4000 1401 NOBLE ST..