Bell telephone magazine (1922) (14569894208)

Identifier: belltelephonemag22amerrich (find matches)
Title: Bell telephone magazine
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Information Dept
Subjects: Telephone
Publisher: (New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., etc.)
Contributing Library: Prelinger Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive



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s every day, theyquickly get to know him. In fact,some managers wear an arm band sothey can. Naturally, the managerhas many opportunities to be of per- 1943 Service for Service Men 29 sonal assistance to the men in wayslittle related to the telephone. In making his rounds, one managersaw a baby on a table near some pub-lic telephones. Coming out of abooth was the childs mother, crying.She had come a long way to see herhusband, but after only a brief visithis unit had been suddenly called outon maneuvers and she had been try-ing in vain to find rooming accom-modations in a nearby town. Fur- mltted to leave camp and she wouldnot know how to reach him. He hadbeen trying in vain to get word toher. So the manager went to therescue. Later, after the alert, theboy and girl visited the manager toexpress their appreciation. One sailor asked the manager tohelp him select an engagement ring. Many other cases involving friendlypersonal service on the part of themanager could be cited. I feel sort
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When a warship makes port, or a sudden influx of soldiers overtaxes a camps established telephone facilities, a specially designed truck os trailer with booths and an attendant can be quickly,brought to the spot thermore, she was marooned in camp,since the next bus to town did notleave for many hours. You justcouldnt leave the mother and babystranded there, reported the man-ager. So he found them a suitableplace to live and arranged for some-one to drive them to town. One dejected soldier told the man-ager that he had arranged to meet hisfiancee at the railroad station, but be-cause of an alert he was not per- of like a father to these boys, saidone manager. You get to know alot of them and they often come toyou with their problems. Camp telephone managers havemade a real place for themselves.Service problems are being metpromptly as they arise; service hasbeen improved; and the soldiers andsailors freely show their appreciationof the telephone companies effortsto serve them. 30 Bell