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Show t I " " t - . ' !- If OPERATOR RETIRES After bending her car to answer calls from tens of thousands over the past 12 years, school district telephone tele-phone operator Ruth R.Brown of Farniington is hanging up the phone for one last time and looking forward to seeing more of the world in retirement. the first one. AND IF the equipment was in order the phone number wouldn't be. For a while, the district's numbers were being changed at the rate of what seemed like once a month. The recordings wouldn't reflect that and no one would know where to call. Even some district dis-trict employees couldn't keep up with the numbers! For a while, calls were coming com-ing in asking to speak to the Kaysville City Hall, thanks to mis-information provided by the telephone company's "411". number. But she hastens has-tens to pat them on the back, noting, "One thing about Ma Bell, when you have a problem they really try to help." AND SHE marvels at how the repairmen can make sense out of the seemingly endless wires that must be patched correctly. Added to that is a respect for the American telephone tele-phone system after traveling in Mexico, where she says you never can get connected to the right number. Perhaps more so than many, because of her position, Mrs. Brown realizes the problem besetting county residents trying to call from one end to the other. That is supposed to be corrected by early next year with countywide toll-free dialing. di-aling. AS IT stands now, she has had to spend time transferring calls from one end to the other time when she should have perhaps responded more quickly to other calls, she adds. Perhaps one of the most memorable days was when the power went out from 11:40 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. "That was a quiet day," she recalls, laughing. "People calling in still got a ring so I can just imagine im-agine what they were saying about me." MRS. BROWN, it can readily readi-ly be seen, has enjoyed her work, and urges others to do the same or change their jobs. She is now taking that advice. |