Show Automatic Time of Day Service Extended x To Area Mountain Bell DeH has installed a n time lime of ot day machine In Roosevelt elt office that will automatically give recorded time announcements t to residents of or noose Roose Roosevelt velt elt Ft Duchesne My Ion Arcail a La 11 Lapoint paint Neola It and South o I 1 according to tu manager Bob ob RESIDENTS OF thc thew c towns could no longer call the operator for time but butIn In Instead tend dial 61 for tho the recorded time announcements The tIme of or day number is found on page three of ot the tho directory which is being delivered now Olson said lie He said the time machine was Installed installed in In- stalled to free fre long distance for forcall calls call going to Vernal and other places across the nation Formerly the lon long lone distance operators at nt Vernal answered requests for time lime This tied up UI circuits bet between Roosevelt and Vernal giving a busy signal to other customers who tried to distance calls caUs through the operator OLSON EXPLAINED that the time of day machine is leased by Mountain 1 Bell from the Company in Atlantia Georgia The machine has two recorded drums for hours and minutes that revolve continuously In selecting the proper proper message to be fed into the telephone company's equipment a magnetic magnetic magnetic mag mag- head tracks the hour and minute recordings which arc are synchronized with the National Bureau of Standards The telephone manager said the machine machine machine mac mac- hine is practically trouble-free trouble and its dependability continues even in the event of a power outage If theres there's a power failure an emergency generator automatically kicks into service to supply supply supply sup sup- ply the power to all telephone equipment equipment equipment equip equip- ment including the OLSON NOTED that residents of Duchesne Duchesne Duchesne Du- Du chesne and Tabiona would still continue continue continue con con- to call the operator for time Calls from Duchesne and Tabiona to Roosevelt are arc long distance To avoid a toll toU charge just to get the time residents residents residents re re- re- re of thase those cities should continue to dial 0 Olson said |