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Show Thursday, February 16, 1961 Page 7 THE VALLEY VIEW NEWS Phone Company Marks Progress of Past Decade Telephone Company employees In Utah must have been wearing seven league boots during the past ten years, judging from the tremendous expansion the company has made in the last decade. At the end of 1950, there were many unfilled orders for telephone service which had piled up following World War II. On top of that, the demands for new service kept coming by leaps and bounds as the new decade began. Today, however, there are no unfilled requests for telephone service in the entire State. ' a$. v In, the past ten years, the Telephone Company has more than met the challenge of Utahs growing population. The population has increased 29.3 per cent while the number of connected telephones has jumped 80.8 per cent. The local telephone calling rate has risen 1 4 BANK Of , '' y V-- ' ;2 f rom 1,273,000 calls per day in 1950 o well over two million daily in .960. Long distance messages have doubled during the same period. The Telephone Company spent Editor nearly 104 million dollars for new Our attention has been called to construction in Utah, during the the 40 building of a Trailer Court in oast ten years. This amounts to the Western Hills area on 5400 housand dollars for every working We feel that the property South. day. Today Utah has as many tele- owners in the immediate area have phones in service as there were a right to be heard in the matter, connected in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, The trailer court will be directly Colorado and Arizona in 1933. In across the street from our home, order to sustain this rapid growth, We feel that this will decrease our ;housands of miles of wire have property values and should not be een installed, 59 new buildings constructed in a residential area, rave been constructed with an ad- - Lets have some nice homes built ditional five major building addi-- 1 on this property, tions. Ten years ago, there were .. only 123,400 telephones equipped or dialing. Today there are 330,-90- 0 dial telephones in service. Local calling areas have been expanded in several exchanges in L ding TeamIHN7H's he State. Many suburban areas, mgh Cams Marei Johnson 2U ormerly served on 8 and 10 party High Series Wilbur Richards 565 delton ladies' rural lines, have become urban and , are now receiving individual and Hh7am!ca!oi Zmot-2-09 iS,n two family line service. High Series Roxie Morse 521 delton guys & gals Direct Distance Dialing was in- Gome-E- iva Rushton-2- 01 1959 roduced to Utah in Logan in . High Ladies Series Elva Rushton 552 and last year, ten exchanges in High Men's Came-- Kay Adamson-2- 26 Utah County were given direct High Men's Series Kay Adamson 546 delton harmony dialing privileges. Direct Distance Leadin9 TeamDurfey's Cleaners will come thp to bait Dialin0 Hlgh GameNola Farnsworth 215 Metropolitan area m June of this High Series Roxie Morse 553 delton major year, and to all the State within Gorog the next decade. High Game Ron Palmer 236 Microwave systems from Salt High Series Bill Kemp 598 delton mardi gras Lake City to Provo, Idaho Falls and across the State to Southern HalI,e,2,0 California were installed during High Ladies' Series Millie Anderson 512 the 50s. Microwave systems carry High Men's Game cm Higbee209 thousands of telephone calls daily Hl9h Men's SerirvtJer,iel(!557 iushton-2and also carry the national' tele- - H;gh Ladies Game-E- iva 00 Ladies' Series Millie Andersen 537 vision programs that are enjoyed High High Men's Came Jay Wilkin 212 by the people of Utah. High Men's Series Henry Strebel 574 Meeting customers needs with granger commercial basic telephone services, has not Leading Team Tie Granger Market and been an end goal of the telephone L,?'"--0 0,,c , Stauffer 224 industry. To serve style conscious High Series-Br- ent Orr-- 568 people, deluxe telephone instru- ments and services have been developed for the home, such as the color telephones and the Princess. Soon a new Home Interphone will be introduced. This new service will make it possible for a wife to answer her front door from any room in the house, or she may talk with anyone anywhere in the house by just pushing a button. Communication service to business customers has also r taken a seven league stride. The data-phon- e that makes it possible to have machines talk with machines, the call director, automatic answering devices and TELPAK communication lines are but a few of the many developments that have been bom during the past ten years. The public can expect continued developements during the next ten years. New telephone instruments to provide better and more convenient service will be introduced. Touch-ton- e signaling with buttons may replace the present method of dialing. Two telephone lines in each home could well become the accepted standard. There may even be a line for each member of the family in some homes. KEARNS PHILLIPS Local calling areas throughout SERVICE the 'State will continue to be extended to serve the broadening inSPRING TUNE-U- P terests of growing communities. FREE with Wide area telephone service, wherecustomers unlimitcan make an by FRONT WHEEL PACK ed number of long distance calls at a flat monthly rate, will become popular. We hope that long PHILLIPS or BRUNSWICK before 1970 our customers will be freed from paying the temporary TIRES federal excise tax on their teleNorth-We- st Corner Kearns phone service. li:Dll!!Oli!:n!!!!n!lllll!n:il!Ei:mil!!IID!ll!l I A v WE HAVE SOMETHING TO ROAR ABOUT Letters to the Editor - Check our comparative schedule of regular checking account1 service charges. This schedule is based on a Bank of Kearns charge of 5 cents and a city bank charge of 7 cents for each check, plus monthly maintenance cost, less an allowance for interest value of your average balance. AVERAGE BALANCE DURING MONTH Number of When you write a check ... or make a deposit, you draw on the service of many trained peo- tellers, bookkeepers, clerks, ple- auditors, messengers, guards, and the officers who the supervise work. The bank provides specia- lized equipment, supplies checks I and other stationery, collects items deposited, safeguards your funds, keeps cash on hand to meet your demands, maintains an accurate record of your account and furnishes monthly statements. All these are costs and-t- o to' the bank, defray them the bank makes a modest charge. At the same time, the bank allows a deduction for the earning value of your balance. The resulting net charge is shown in schedule that appears opposite. ... "66' $850 For Your Convenience Utah Power and Light Bills Earning Value .17 .33 "Bank of Kearns. Additional Entries Add $ .05 Per Entry Add $ .07 Per Entry. City Banks. Additional Entries Member Federal Depository Insurance Corp. MAY BE PAID AT DECS DEPT. STORE in Kearns |