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Show r October 27, 1998 Page 16 Emery County Progress Business Review Emery Telephone offers the future today Emery Telephone is located program Emery Telephone cess to the most modern and at 455 East Highway 29 in has committed neaerly $4,000 useful telecommunications Orangeville. It now employs to students and education services. Because we are member 58 people and has now been projects in teh county. Some in business for 46 years. A examples include scholarships owned and locally operated, Emery Telephones commitment to this area is substantial. From job growth to programs benefiting local school children, Emery Tele- Emery Telephone has to eight graduates and fund- we will remain committed to phone remains focused on grown quickly over the past 5 ing of the scoreboard at the making sure that Emery County receives all the benyears. In 1983 they had 13 new Emery High School athefits a telecommunications employees. Today they have letic facility. 58 full and part time employOf particular interest has company can offer, exbeen the recent growth and pressed Mike McCandless, ees. the During past year they development of their subsid- marketing director. Emery Telephone was orexpanded the telephone net- iary companies Emery Telework and most importantly, phone Long Distance and ganized in 1950 by the residents of Emery County in an they installed new switching Emery Telecommunications effort to create a modern, afequipment. This equipment and Video (ETV). allows them to provide caller fordable in telephone system for Things accomplished ID, voice mail, last number 1998 were good, especially for rural residents in Emery redial and other services. the customers of Emery Tele- County. Because of the new and phone. As previously menToday, Emery Telephone important call features this tioned, the company added serves approximately 4,700 could be one of the best years enhanced calling features. telephone customers and yet for Emery Telephone. The Board of Directors also thousands of others through They anticipate significant approved a significant up- its subsidiary companies. Beparticipation for these services grade for local internet access cause of the rapid growth and and they have a number of service. And, Emery Telechanging telecommunications P.O. subsaw Distance in the business, Emery Telephone phone Long long range projects works. stantial growth through 1998. has more than doubled the A second major developWith these trends Emery number of employees in the ment was the inplementation Telephone will remain fo- past few years and in 1996 748-222- 3 cused on ensuring that Em- moved to a modem, new faof the Emery Telephone Edu- helping Emery County become a great place to work, live & play. It is located at 455 East Highway 29 in Orangeville. TELEPHONE 455 East Highway 29 Box 629 Orangeville, UT 84537 cation Initiative. Through this ery County residents have ac cility in Orangeville. or 564-341- 5 |