Show Phones In V Vernal Area An increase of telephones In the Vernal area during the past 14 months S has been reported reported re re- ported by Robert Olsen manager manager man man- ager for Mountain States Telephone Telephone Tele Tele- phone Com Company any MR OLSEN said that at atthe atthe atthe I the end of February of this year there were phones In to service In to the area compared compared com com- pared with 4 71 at the beginning beginning begin begin- ning of 1968 1 Growth of telephone service in the Vernal area was part pf of a wide state trend which saw the company add more than phones in 1968 The million half mark was passed In to November THE FEBRUARY 28 1969 total for the state was Mr Olsen said there are also 18 independent telephone companies companies com com- In to Utah which serve about customers |