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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re when heshows you his extensivecollection of Indian rel-ics, most of which hegathered then. Fifteen years agoGeorge Lamb began tobuv small amounts oftelephone stock. Insteady, regular pur-chases he continued to accumulatemore. Today he has 350 shares,none of which were given to him orinherited. Northwest 300 miles from GeorgeLambs farm, in a big white houseon a hill, just a block off Main Streetin Ionia, Mich., Aline Glossi sitsdown to breakfast with her family.You might say the Glossis are atelephone family, for of Alines eightbrothers and sisters, one is a formerplant clerk and two are local opera-tors. Aline herself is a service rep-resentative. A pretty girl with aquick smile and dancing eyes, she haslived in Ionia all her life except forfour years in New England duringthe war. She likes it here in Ionia,for theres enough room, and time,to go around. It takes her onlyfive minutes to walk to work in themorning, and she usually comes homefor lunch. Only once a year does the little
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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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