HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.P. American 07/30/1942 (2)C.P. American
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r`ent•a.
Telephone ComQany
dhows Large Growth
Since FarlyrI)ays
(C:onthtnad trntt~ lns6 ttti*(!kD
tko R'llliuma tuxl AauKhter operott-
cd the egntrtii oPflcq apvarnl years ttncl
lhea void out to A'. J. Clements of
P:agio T'olnt teho uPeralel~•, [ur one
yenr. At tho nnnuul nenetli bettor
[•unt'ohlrn:•[•y and rnlnrged a)'ntom tvety
dgc{dod on ,out money burcowgd fnr
snmu. The present bulldint5 seas
trullt, lhr board way operated une•
year nt tt tlmq by \t r. Porter tenet tvltn,
ttoy Jones, O. I'. 1'nnlcey anti Dolife
Loco. Thrn ~antnrd .l. Ric~t[u•daon
and w1Q> Wolt over nncl ran thq of[Icr
for tour qr fh•q ymery. Uur prc>sgnt
uporutor, \lry. Nan Tharp and hus-
band htevn Vern In chnl•Be for tho
past fi ~U yearn.
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\i t•. Ale~andct• said that nueny
tlma>s hq and \[r. Freeman had
chisrd tep their buslneaa and went oui
and tcot•ked on the . telephone 1tnc.
Its early history 1x vee•y lntcrcyting.
Wirq Pencra avero ubod Por liner, Uut
we Ilnve not arinre for it nll. The
central oPPice nuns enlarged th{x year
and a rivht switchboard with faun
operntora on full time. T`rom a half
doyen phones, it has Urown to over
two hundred and avfih many waiting
Pnr phones, Tt has ahvaya Ueen n
a[rlutly mutuce] company, every 'une
beinx cnuni, nu dividonda to declxro
or ntonl>y to ahuabble over. During
[hts tams of 3P years the Uourd has
tried to Purnfah patt•nna telephone
serctee at ru4t.
There hies horn nu dlsaenttun dur-
lag erll this time achich is rather tm•
usual in a mutucel conrpany-. \lr
Alexander au~gestx ecetg' one heap
whi the avsf b>• using iha telephon-•
Iav henever pn_¢xlhic and tttereDy F.a a~r
d3a aree $eniLh and ~T.zLbv t`~i.•I ~rN
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