Author: FORCE, WILLIAM R.: EDITOR
Title: Telephone Talk, Magazine of the British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel), May-June, 1959 - Dismantling the Agassiz-Chilliwack Span
Description: Vancouver, B.C.: British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel), 1959. First Edition. Paperback. 36 pages. Contents: C.W. Halford becomes new General Commercial Manager; Operator Distance Dialing comes to B.C.; Photo of the Vancouver toll operating centre in the William Farrell Building; Article on the high cost of accidents; Six photos of the tear-down of the highwire span which connected Agassiz and Chilliwack since 1910; Conversion Jobs Sparked Romances; Phoning Powell River to Ottawa by O.D.D. (Operator Dial Direct); Photos of dozens of staffers at social events; Photos of company sales training; Photo-illustrated article on Roland Robinson - maintenance man near Creston who drives a Tucker Sno-Cat; Photo of early auto-dialer/speaker phone; Junior Achievement in New Westminster; Retirement of H. Hatton Crerar, Agnes Trimble, Dinah Cave, Elizabeth (Betty) Cameron, Robert H. Angus, and Pearl Wayne; In Memoriam - Jack Dunnigan and George Friend; Social news; and more. Clean with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Telephone Talk, Magazine of the British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel), May-June, 1959 - Dismantling the Agassiz-Chilliwack Span C.W. Halford becomes new General Commercial Manager; Operator Distance Dialing comes to B.C.; Photo of the Vancouver. Good .

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