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Show t ' ,n Page 6A Lakeside Review Wednesday, May 27, 1981 r at a time, Del White of Western Electric makes connections for the new electoronic switching ONE WIRE system which will be in operation in February in Davis . County. New Prefixes, New Price, New Service From Min. Bell For most people, only the prefixes and the price will change in February when Mountain Bell implements extended area calling in Davis County and recycles phone numbers. The 376 prefix will become 544, and 766 will become 546, although a few numbers will change totally. Many residents received letters from the phone company about the impending change. ! Most residents living in Layton and Kaysville will be able to call from e when the Murray to Ogden new service begins. Clearfield residents will be able to call as far south ' as Bountiful. The cost for one private line probably will increase $4 to $5 a month. Kenneth Hill, Mountain Bell public relations made by July. Some county areas will not have the extended calling facility, said Suzanne Nelson, Mountain Bell assistant staff manager for public relations. Parts of Clearfield are served by West Ogden facilities. Those people will get no extended area service. However, parts of Roy are served from Clearfield, so they will get the new service. Some areas in east Layton are served from South Ogden and will not have the new facilities. toll-fre- The new calling service will be made possible by the completion of an addition to the switching office in south Layton. The $8.7 million facility will be completed in January, Mrs. Nelson said. The Public Service Commission ordered the implementation of extended area calling in Davis County in manager, said the higher cost represents the increase in the number of telephones available to be called for the basic rate. , The rate increase proposal is being studied by the Public Service Commission. Hill said a decision should be sf?1 . , 1979. Laird said the equipment will handle about 16,000 telephone numbers. Nearly 23 miles of cable are being laid in the building. About 15,000 man-houare required for installation. A bank of batteries keeps phones working when the power fails, Laird batteries power explained. The the phone system all the time, he said, , and are kept charged by commercial power. rs INSTALLER Davis Brown sorts through some ot the 23 miles of cable being used in the new Mountain Bell facility. lt i Mrs. Nelson said the first phase of the extended service was begun in August with the completion of the new swit- - rv. 4--1 ziMU if ching office in Farmington. The new electronic switching equipment will replace the mechanical system now in operation, explained Nelson Laird, installation supervisor for Western Electric, which is putting the facility together. Laird also installed the existing equipment in 1960. That machinery replaced the operators which were used in the old Kaysville x building. Md . If the power fails, the batteries have an eight-hou- r storage capacity, Laird said. However, generators would be fired up before the eight hours had lapsed if the area suffered an extended power failure. He said Western Electric will be finished ywith the installation in Then Mountain Bell will October. its hookups and check out the complete system. The switching facility will allow four custom calling features for. an ad-- : ditional cost for customers who want it. They include: Forwarding, which will allow call to be directed to any phone number while, for instance, a businessman is out of his office. - mA if' " v .. A user another caller is holding and allows either call to be put on hold while' ; w i . Call waiting, a tone which tells the . talking to another party. Three-wa- y calling, which permits conference cadis with any number, long distance or local. jH H ,t . IT TAKES a little time, but Western Electric workers, like L.A. Holt, can make sense from the wires and complete hookups that will serve 16,000 telephone customers. Bankrupt Ski Economy Review Company Sold CLEARFIELD Scott USA, which has manufacturing and warehousing facilities in the Freeport Center, has been sold to a group of investors. Scott was at one time a leader in the manufacturing of ski equipment and was declared bankrupt on April 1 by former owner James E. Tobin. The investors who have purchased the company include Charles Ferries, Sun Valley, Idaho; Teton Management, Jackson, Wy.; and Sports Optic, Idaho. The investors reportedly bought the Ket-chu- company for around $4 million. According to the purchasers, the administrative offices will be moved to Ketchum, but the manufacturing and warehousing will be kept in Clearfield. Speed calling, allowing users to program frequently called numbers into the phone and dial them with one or two digits. It would be' available in packages of eight or 30 numbers. 266.8 Consumer Price Index (265.1) The consumer price index is changed near the end of the month, according to the University of Utah Bureau of Economic and Business Research. The base year is 1967. That is, items that cost $100 in 1967 cos 265.10 today. The previous months rate is in parentheses. Home Mortgage Hates Conventional FHA-V- 16.17 14.5 A (16.25) (14.5) Mortgage rates are an average of the rates at three lending institutions in the area. Conventional rates are for 80 percent loans. We have ignored discount points and other refinements. Last week's figures are in parentheses. Chamber to Hear Rep. Jim Hansen The Roy Chamber of ComROY merce will hear Congressman Jim Hansen speak at the May membership meeting today at 7:30 a.m. The Chamber will meet at Moms Restaurant, 5210 S. 1900 W., Roy. Money Market 15.925 30-Mon- th Rate 12.0 (15.275) ($10,000 (12.0). ($100 min.) min.) The new rate is effective each Thursday morning. This is the rate fective tomorrow. The variable rate changes less frequently. ef- HAVE YOU WONDERED why the phones dont go dead when the power goes off? The phones are powered by these lt batteries which are constantly recharged by Childrens Group Lets All Perform Sunshine The LAYTON Generation is a childrens performing group from Layton which has been started by Nancie Nalder. . . Mrs. Nalder established the group to give all children a chance to perform without the pressure of competing. She said her philosophy is that all children have talent which can best be developed by effective practice and by the opportunity to perform. She has been a dance instructor in the Ogden area and has directed many choirs. She is also a private music instructor in Layton Every child who takes a class performs in every production the group puts on. Her students have performed at the Layton Chamber of Commerce, the United Commercial Travelers, the Layton Hills Mall, Clearfield Convalescent Center and the Mansion House. Performances for this summer include the Lagoon Amusement Park, an appearance on Hotel Balderdash and shows at Hogle Zoo. Anyone interested in having the group entertain their organization should contact Mrs. Nalder at 766-004- 4. . commercial power. The batteries can operate for eight hours if the power fails. Then generators can recharge them. Hospital Workers Get New Adoption Insurance Davis North Medical Center employees will now be eligible for a unique new program, through their parent company, Humana Inc. Employees who want to begin or add to their families through the legal adoption of a child, will now be eligible for assistance from the company. Through the .Adoption Assistance Plan, which recently went into effect, Humana joins a relatively, small number of major companies that offer the benefit. . , eligible charges, up to a maximum of $1200 per adoption. Eligible charges are adoption agency fees, placement fees, attorney fees, temporary foster care charges, and maternity fees for the childs natural mother, if this is part of the legal agreement. If the newly adopted child is an infant, aged 6 months or younger, the parent may also be eligible for four weeks of earned sick pay when the adopted child enters the home.. James Tucker of Salt Lake City will be appearing in Layton and Roy to promote his new book, "Stone, the first in a three part series. The book is being published nationally by Zebra see it as a parallel to maternity benefits, said Jon R. Gundersen, director of compensation and benefits for Humana. "People adding to their families in this way have similar ex- Press. penses and adjustments, and were The book follows the life of Stone, son recognizing that. This is a way of filling of a Cherokee Chief. It studies the life We the gap. e empermanent and the with have who been hospital ployees for at least a year are eligible to receive : All part-tim- the benefit. The policy includes the adoption of a child by a single parent. Employees are eligible for reimbursement of eighty percent of the of the Cherokee nation, thier struggles for survival, their search for destiny: It is the story of a warrior, who became chief of the Cherokee tribe. Tucker will be at Albertsons in Layton on June 4 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. and at Smiths Food King in Roy on June 5 from 2:30 to 4 p.m. |