We got telephone service in about 1956, I think. Started right out with a "proper" phone no.- BRowning 3-5261. You could dial local calls to about 3 surrounding towns directly, but had to dial 0 for operator to call long distance. It was a party line- I think our ring was 2 shorts. Everybody was pretty cooperative- after a couple of pickups, everybody would hang up. Remember once dad didn't wait for the routine- Picked up the phone, said "I've got to call the vet", and everybody got off pronto.
Grandma in Yelm, Washington was 96X. You dialled operator, asked for Yelm, she got the Yelm operator, and you could either say the number or the name of who you wanted- she had them all committed to memory. Called once, asked for Grandma Mittge, operator said "She just went by here on her way to Wolf's Store, I think- try back in an hour or so, she'll probably be home." Ya gotta love small towns.
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