Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-06-26
THE TELEPHONE DIRECTORY

THE TELEPHONE DIRECTORY
Belington has new directory.
The telephone directory which
went to press on May is now being
delivered by F. d. Petty Manager Of
the Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Company.
More than 5000 copies of this is
sue of the telephone directory are
needed for distribution TO our pre-
sent subscribers and to those who
will become subscribers before the
next ISSUE" Mr.. Petty said.
They are being delivered in the
Grafton district which includes Graf
ton, Philippi ,Elkins, Buckhannon;
Kingwood, Terra Alta, and Beling-
ton.
"Of course, you know what tele-
phone directory is. It's book in
which you look tc find others and
others look to find you. You pro-
badly are also well aware that it is
revised twice year and that 1T is
consulted more times day than
other books of which you know" Mr.
Petty stated.
Good but If that's the extend OF
your knowledge concerning the tele-
phone directory, then as an old-tim-
err used to tell us,your education has
been neglected. For instance do you
know about the pages Of general in
formation in the front Of the book,
which tells you how to make and
answer call by telephone. To
whom, you should report the tele-
phone when out-of-order or what to
do if you have service difficulties.
How to identify employees visiting
your home or office and how to re-
port fire, ask for police assistance
or any other case of emergency where
help is required, Under this head
is advise on applications for tele-
phone service, request for the re-
moval of your telephone, kilograms
by telephone and requests for new
directories. Also when you call a
friend in nearby city or talk long
distance, under general informations
you will find how to place your call
when the "person-to-person" or
fstation-to- btation", when the re-
duced rates go into effect and why
report charges are necessary and
many other interesting items that
will help you in securing good SER
vice.
''You do? Fine, well even grant
ing that you know that much about
telephone directory, and how often
it is published, and how many times
consulted, and about the information
contained in the front of the book
YOUR education is still neglected UNI
less you know something Of the add
itional merits of the telephone direct
ory."
"The telephone directory is the
most popular book in town 1t is re-
1effeU 10 MANY LlIiico q uay W PSOPAS
trying to ascertain the spelling OF a
persons name, his or her initials or
street address. People often say
that city directory is just as good,
but wait minute, do you know that
in some cities there is no city direct
ory published People move around
so much that an individuals address
is frequently changed before the city
directory is issued and in most cases
it is not issued oftener than once
each year whereas the telephone di-
rectory is revised twice yearly and
is much more up to date.
"In the early stages of the tele-
phone industry, a directory consist
ed of small card with few names
printed on one side and in some cases
they extended over to the other side.
The telephone book now contains
many pages and a necessity to the
business and social life of every COM
munity," Mr.. Petty said.