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Show SPRINGVILLE MOVES FORWARD Saurday evening at midnight, Springville moves forward with the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company in the change-over to a new dial telephone system to which every citizen is looking forward with excitement and perhaps a little apprehension. appre-hension. The excitement will come with the use of something some-thing new and the apprehension from the thought of having to change a small part of our daily routine. Nevertheless it marks a new era in Springville's history and developement. It is a step ahead for Springville Spr-ingville and townspeople are proud and appreciative of the fact that this city was included in the program of improvement being carried on .by the telephone company. Many thousands of dollars have been spent to get the new system into operation. It included a fine telephone tele-phone building in Springville. The telephone company has also spent hundreds of dollars and considerable effort in carrying out an educational ed-ucational program in schools, clubs, newspapers and by every other means including personal letters and a personal call to every phone owner, in an effort to acquaint townspeople with the use of the new system. This too we appreciate. Despite efforts, however, to make the chagne-over smooth and effortless there undoubtly will be many I mistakes made with first use of the new system. There will be a rush by phone users to try out the new numbers aiid this may result in busy lines and a condition which may cause some difficulty. But with patience and cooperation from all concerned, there should be no trouble. It will mean adjustments in many ways. Old phone numbers will have to be forgotten and new ones learned. The phone books will be different. It may at first seem a little inconvient but as the new system becomes more familiar, any apprehension, or fear or feeling of frustration at using the new phones will disappear. No one will want the old. That is progress. prog-ress. The newer, the better, the more convenient and efficient. In passing from the old to the new it seems not amiss to mention our appreciation for the service rendered by the telephone operators and it goes without with-out saying that we will miss that personal contact and feeling of friendliness. Although we seldom saw them and never carried on a conversation with them, nevertheless they were our friends and good ones at all times. They gave us a certain feeling of security to know that at any time they were at the other end of the line to help In any emergency. Yes we will miss them, but their fine service will not be forgotten. forgot-ten. To them we say thanks and to the telephone company com-pany our appreciation for their interest and for their faith in the future growth of our city, shown by installation in-stallation of the newer improved telephone system M-hich goes into effect Saturday midnight. |