Show VANISHING VA americanism iffet pa 0 rth B L une H n I 1 0 i i H h I 1 PISA ro i d 1 B i in cna tf wry aar S r 4 M 1 that chatty friendly institution the rural party line the force which has bound farm arm residents together into communities ands and prend more news than walter winch winchell 11 in 1 getting ready to bid farewell to the american scene its in the fhe cards the party line will be replaced eventually by the unsociable but englent dial telephone exchange that fact became apparent recently recen tty when a telephone and radio manufacturing firm announced development of a dial telephone exchange especially designed tot for the small community which has ha only or 00 subscribers the new type of exchange which will mako make dint dial phones economical for or en an operating company with as few as 40 lines la Is termed unromantically a community rotary exchange cost of installation will average about a line but the cost to an individual subscriber will be much lower than tha that because rural exchanges changes e x usually have from 4 to 10 parties Part les on a une line the unit will provide fully automatic service for or individuals private branch exchanges 2 5 and 10 party tines lines oa as well as pay station service major Is the circuit arrangement which comple completely tely separates aratea toll loll from local service thereby I 1 insuring the availability of lines for long distance calls even though all local futilities fil may be busy exponents i of the community rot rotary a aly exchange boast that once the unit Is Ih installed stalled it continues to operate for months untouched by human hands handi with this mechanical marvel ri at the helm the party line will be f come as obsolete as benjamin oje alf no longer will every phone on on the line ring when someone e puts put in a call the jangling on the wall will be heard only in the home of the person for whom the call Is intended I 1 final analysis reveals that the new dial exchange can do every thing tho the old party line did and anc can do it better with one ex C caption it ca cant i nt trace down the dor dop tor in hi an V |