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Identifier: belltelephonemag00vol2930amerrich (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
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.lline Glossi city get turned upside down. Thatswhen the Ionia County Free Fairopens in the summer, attractingfarmers and townspeople for milesaround. In the parade before itsopening, dark-eyed Aline and otherpretty girls ride down Main Streeton merchant-sponsored floats. With three years in the MichiganBell Telephone Company, she knowspersonally many of the customerswho drop by or call the telephoneoffice. In her spare time, like thou-sands of other young American girls,she likes to read and knit, and enjoysdating, skating, bowling, and bridge. For Aline, being a telephone stock-holder is an interesting new venture.At her request, ten dollars a monthwas allotted from her pay for a littlemore than two years, and early thisyear she received two shares of stock. Due west of Ionia across LakeMichigan, morning soon stirs SouthMilwaukee with a fresh lake breeze, 86 Bell Telephone Magazine SUMMER
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Linda Schmitz and the city comes to life. In acomfortable brown bungalow setback in a neat yard on MarshallStreet, Linda Schmitz, a graying,pleasant-faced woman, peers throughrimless glasses at a bank of plantsin the living-room window. Notinga bright new blossom, she smiles withsatisfaction and goes on into thekitchen to help with breakfast. Mrs. Schmitz, whose husband diedin 1936, has lived here in this quietresidential neighborhood with hersister and brother-in-law ever sinceher only son, a bombardier-navigatorin the Army Air Force, was killedon Christmas Day 1943. Beforethat, she lived in Madison, and sheoften returns there to visit with herfriends. She knows how welcome a sym-pathetic companion can be at timeswhen illness or other troubles strike, and she makes it a point to visit andconsole friends who are sick or un-happy. With a quiet smile she says,I go wherever theres someonewhose morale needs boosting. At home she has two consuminghobbies. One is caring for the houseplantsâ

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