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Show Phone Company Plans for Busiest Season Christmas Is the busiest day of the year for the Telephone Company according to Dean C: Williams, manager. This is not" because of the excess number of long distance calls on that day. There are more long distance calls completed on many regular working days than on Christ-mas. Christ-mas. The area from which the calls are placed and received causes Christmas to be a busy day. The majority of every day, long distance telephone calling Is made up of business calls between be-tween metropolitan centers where adequate circuits have been provided. Christmas calls, in the most part, do not originate orig-inate or terminate In large cities, cit-ies, but rather are routed to every village and hamlet throughout the United States. Small communities com-munities have adeauate lone dis tance lines to handle their normal nor-mal daily calls, but In view of sound economy are not equipped equip-ped to accommodate the Christmas Christ-mas greeting load. It would be impractical to Install hundreds of lines to be used only one day of the year. The telephone company com-pany has, therefore, developed other effective ways of rearranging rearrang-ing circuits to utilize existing equipment to handle the specialized spec-ialized holiday traffic. Some large industries have branch factories located in suburban sub-urban and rural areas. Generally General-ly these industries are shut down during the holiday. Telephone lines leased by these companies for their exclusive use are leased back by tho telephone company for use on that day only to carry the increased Christmas calls. Another source of additional circuits cir-cuits is the line the telephone company ordinarily uses for tele-typewriter tele-typewriter messages. These circuits cir-cuits are converted to talking lines during the rush. 1 The physical changes necessary neces-sary to convert these facilities from special services to talking lines cannot be made until the clore of the working day. Heavy holiday calling usually begins ebout 7 o'clock on Christmas Eve. Arranging circuit changes causes the busiest two hours of the year for many telephone technicians responsible for this assignment. With Improved overseas telephone tele-phone transmission brought about by the completion of the Atlantic and Hawaiian cables, an Increased number of calls will be placed to Europe, Eng. land and Hawaii. The most successful way of placing an overseas call is by appointment. To make an appointment ap-pointment call your local operator, opera-tor, ask for the overseas operator opera-tor and give her the details necessary nec-essary to complete your call on the desired date and time. If i you are planning iu gel uu aj-' aj-' pointment for a Christmas call, I it would be wise to make ar-I ar-I rangement as early as possible, at least one week ahead of the desired talking time. Here are some tips that will help you expidite your long distance dis-tance Christmas calls: 1. Calling by number saves time the operator will not have to contact the distant information informa-tion operator before completing the call. 2. Call station to station. Select Se-lect a time when you are sure the person you want to talk with will be at home. 3. If the operator reports the line is busy, offer to place your call again. Do noi ask her to call you back. 4. Don't ask for an appointment appoint-ment call except for overseas calling. 5. Traffic is lighter betwen mldn'ght Christmas Eve and 8 on Christmas morning, and generally gen-erally between noon and 2 p. m. on Christmas Day. 6. Reduced holiday rates apply from 6 p. m. Dec. 24 until 4:30 a. m., Dec. 26. Te'enhone employees will be on duty during the holiday li assist you with your calls and and to help make this Christmas Christ-mas the merriest ever. I |