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Identifier: belltelephonevol3132mag00amerrich (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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upon to do this job—and theyre called on In cities yiear military establishments, public telephone service is expafided to provide for the requirements of service men and women 46 Bell Telephone Magazine SPRING ture which will provide maximumseating capacity. Writing desksequipped with stationery are oftenprovided, as are reading tables andcopies of popular magazines. Pic-tures, perhaps depicting scenes ofinterest within easy traveling dis-tance and time from the camp, deco-rate the walls. The Bell Systemzone map showing toll rates to pointsacross the country is found in mostcenters, and has proven especiallyhelpful to service men in estimatingthe cost of their calls before placingthem. Heating and cooling arrange-ments are provided as appropriateto the location. In short, everythingwithin reason is done to make theirvisit with us a pleasant one.
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Oversized booths for wheel chair patientsare available in hospitals In selecting attendants for thecenter, particular care is exercisedto assign people of warm personality.One need spend little time in a mili-tary establishment to sense how im-portant it is that our people be will-ing and anxious to tune in with theserviceman—most often to help himplace his call, but frequently just togive him a sympathetic person totalk to about the folks or the girlback home. Often our attendants are the sis-ters, wives, or mothers of servicepeople. Several Companies havebeen quite successful in hiring thewives of officers or enlisted men onthe base. Camp managers quiteoften are ex-servicemen, who ap-proach their assignment with sym-pathy and understanding becausethey too have been through the mill.All our people agree that its a par-ticularly interesting job, and attestthat the satisfaction of helping ourservice men cant be evaluated byone who has not had the privilege\ of serving them. Wherever

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