Aunt Bee of Orlando was right. In many small towns the switchboard was located in the operator's home. Not much traffic at night, and she could handle it in her "night things." In fact, at one time I worked for the company that provided phone service in Mt. Airy. I got to talking with one of our senior business managers one day. It seems he had been with the company since he was in the eighth grade. His mother had been the operator in one of our smallest exchanges. The switchboard was in her home, and when she was sleeping, he was the substitute operator. (Truth be told, he probably "spelled" her before that, but couldn't get paid for it until he was 14.) So, if any of you happen to be reading or posting to this list in your jammies or with curlers in your hair, just think that Sarah might have been doing a similar thing back in Mayberry. _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
