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Identifier: belltelephone7273mag00amerrich (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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—the joint ven-ture between Ohio Bell and WesternElectric in Columbus, Ohio—openedits doors in August 1970. Don Ho-nicky, Ohio Bell information man-ager, says the company and W.E.established the center at urging ofAT&T. Parent company officialswanted another community-basedcenter they could compare with thefoster day care program Illinois Bellhad launched in April. As with the C&P center, opera-tion of the Columbus center hasbeen contracted. The contractor isthe Early Learning Division of theSinger Company, the manufacturerof sewing machines. Singer is branching out into ed-ucation and child care, and wantedthe experience of operating an in-dustrial child care center, Honickysays. Ohio Bell chose Singer be-cause of its considerable experiencein operating day nurseries and de-signing curricula. Battelle Memo-rial Institute in Columbus, a scien-tific research organization noted forits educational studies, is assistingin evaluation and as consultant onthe experimental center.
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Singer has staffed the Columbuscenter with its own people. The cen-ter is situated in a renovated marinesales store in the far east section ofColumbus. The site was chosen asa mid-point between Ohio Bellsdowntown offices and WEs manu-facturing plant. As in Washington, parents arecharged $15 per week, and the com-pany absorbs an equal amount. Thecenter is open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.five days a week. Also like the C&Peffort, the Columbus facility is notfilled to capacity. Built to accommo-date 50 children, it has 29 enrollees. Honicky said parents who earliersignified an interest in enrollingtheir children in the center havecited a variety of reasons for notdoing so. Some told Honicky theyhad to make other arrangements be-fore the center was opened. Otherscomplained about the long drive tothe center. And some also had fearsabout the safety of the neighbor-hood, said Honicky. But Honicky ismore concerned at why other par-ents have not utilized the center. Again as in Washington, the c

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