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Show Phone Your News Items to 81 i fore, however, the heavy holiday volumes of out of town calls may ipossibly result in delays on some j ! calls to far-away points outside 'Utah. Mr. Maher suggests that I i those who plan to call this Christ I i mas will be assured of getting! faster service if they will make, their calls before Christmas eve or after Christmas day. Long ! distance rates are lower all day ! ; Sunday, December 23, w hich pro- ! vides a special opportunity to Imake calls before the holiday 'rush. Telephone users were also urged urg-ed to give the operator the telephone tele-phone number in the distant city being called. If the operator has the number, she can complete the call much faster. PLACE YOUR LONG DISTANCE CALLS EARLY As in previous years, many residents will be saying "Merry Christmas" to friends and relatives rela-tives over long distance lines this year. The number of calls whicn operators of Mountain States Telephone Company will handle here on Christmas day is expected expect-ed to be very large, according to Jack Maher, local manager. Knowing how much those Christmas calls mean, the telephone tele-phone people will do their best to get the calls through with the least possible delay. "We are preparing for the additional holiday holi-day telephone calls," Mr. Maher said. "Circuits are being rearranged rear-ranged and additional ones put into operation. The telephone operators will be at the switchboards switch-boards giving us part of their holiday, doing everything they can to get the calls through promptly. Long distance telephone service ser-vice today is fast r than ever be-1 |