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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
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e branchexchange usually makes it a point tokeep acquainted with the operators ■and to see that they meet other offi-cers. The operators have access tomany of the amusements that areavailable to the camp personnel, andthey are encouraged to participate in 1943 Operating Army Switchboards 123 as much outdoor activity as seems de-sirable. Usually there are unre-stricted areas for walking, and atone of the older forts riding horsesare available for a small fee. At a camp for training ski troops,the operators participate in many ofthe winter sports, such as skiing andbobsledding. To add to the spirit ofChristmas at this camp, a tree-cutting cards, listen to the radio, and takepart in such other entertainment asthey would enjoy in their own homes.Although the restrictions are few,the operators are required to be in atthe same hours as the men, and mustbe escorted when going out in theevening. The telephone companyhostess meets the girls escorts, andsince she is responsible for their gen-
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SociAL EVENINGS in the dormitories home-like living rooms, and participation in acamps recreational activities, help the operators off-duty hours to pass pleasantly jaunt was made to the near-by hills tobring back a Christmas tree. At an-other camp, located in the South, theoperators have made an attractiveflower garden around their quarters.This is the only garden within miles.The operators also attend themovies and dances at the serviceclubs, and have occasional smallparties in their quarters, where someof the soldiers may be invited to play eral well-being, she is kept informedof their whereabouts when they arenot in the office or dormitory. The operators are—and must be—alert at all times for an emergency.There can be no interruptions—nohalt—to the constant flow of com-munication. They are on the joband willingly and cheerfully put upwith many inconveniences, such as 124 Bell Telephone Magazine waiting in all kinds of weather totravel on overcrowded buses and tak-ing a lon

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