Do you know what one of those phones are worth today, if you can find one??? Plenty!!
Guys used to remove the charging system -- operated by the crank -- and use them in devious manners to shock some unsuspecting individuals; like wires to a door knob. HEH!!! 48 Volts talking current and 96 Volts ringing current. The 96 volts is what the individual usually received when the crank was spun.
You mentioned CENTRAL -- What a business machine!!! The operator could cross patch wires from left to right and right to left; call Jake's Towing Service and at the same time call Roberta's Cafe; flip the switches to silent and monitor the call and listen to the arguments on who called who!!?? NOT ME, I was never an operator!! HEH!! HEH!!
Hilarious conversations tho!
No worse than the rubbernecks listening in on (not their call) with the partylines. Makes you wonder how so much gossip got started in Haigler!!?? News would always beat me home! HHAAAGGGHHH!!!
Let's give a hand to all those telephone operators who worked the switchboards in Haigler and the late night hours keeping the service available.
YEAH!!
-- SUBMITTED BY DALLAS ADAMS
Thursday, October 05, 2006
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Haiglerites - Lived to be 100+ years old
Haiglerites 90+
- Beulah (Brown) Oster - March 12, 1917
- John Phifer - Nov. 21, 1917
- Lillie Ethyl (Tiff) Sampson - April 11, 1918
- Sophia (Keller) Zuege - August 20, 1918
- Mildred E. (Zuege) Stute - Oct. 11, 1920
Haiglerites 80+
- Charlie Workman - March 31
- Cleo (Water) Palmer - October 1923
- Grace Adams - Jan. 26, 1923
- Laura Pearl (Woods) Wall - April 16, 1924
- Harold Brunswig
- Veda Douglass
- Kathleen (Zuege) Waterworth - Jan. 5
- Gene Pennell - October 10, 1928
Haiglerites 70+
- Dode Faylor - April 22
- Dwight Brewer - July 30, 1941
- Leah (Gregory) Brewer - February 29, 1940
- Delford Trembly - August 9, 1939
- Ed Card - February 27, 1938
- Russ Hoover - March 21, 1938
- Eunice Tucker - November 6, 1938
- Iona Samler Maupin - April 4, 1934
- Violet Relph - May 1, 1930
Haiglerites 1 - 69 (Some of these have moved past the 70 mark!)
- Aaron Irwin - May 7th
- Bernice (Smith) Douglass - February 15
- CD Samler - January 19
- Cal Freehling - November 29
- Claudine (Wiley) Sterner - June 8, 1940
- Dan Leinen - September 10
- Dick Gregory - May 29, 1946
- Elaine (Adams) Corkle - July 29
- Eunice (Gregory) Richard - December 14, 1951
- George Sharp - March 27
- Glenda Smith - December 31
- Janice Irwin - December 27th
- Jerry R. Sampson - August 17
- Joanie Henderson - January 2
- Joann (Adams) Webster - March 5
- Joie Brown - December 4
- Joyce (Tucker) Lovenburg - Sep. 17
- Karen (White) Lindell - June 13, 1946
- Karen Harford - May 20
- LaVern Smith - January 12
- LaVeta (Smith) Blecha - January 12
- LeNeta Carlock - May 7
- LeeAnn Steinbeck January 30
- Leone (Gregory) Carlson - January 27, 1943
- Lloyd Douglass - March 18
- Marlin Crouse - May 7
- Mel Fisher - August 8, 1946
- Paul Freehling - May 23
- Sally Leinen - March 25
- Sharna Richardson - January 15, 1959
- Sherri Gregory - January 20, 1945
- Stanley Carlock - December 12
- Tim Steinbeck January 31
GOC Observers
- Alice Gregory
- Barbara (Dexter) Platon
- Claudine (Wiley) Sterner
- Dallas Adams
- Dick Gregory
- Don Harford
- Evoi (Billy) Clark
- Gail Harford
- Gladys Freehling
- Glen Childers
- Hazel Daniels
- Karen Harford
- Leah (Gregory) Brewer
- Leone (Gregory) Carlson
- Lillian Mahon
- Lillie White
- Linda (Harford) Jones
- Lloyd Douglass
- Melba Harford
- Myrna Oster
- Posts about GOC
- Ray Harford
- Richard Gregory
- Sam Clegg
- Sherri Gregory
- Veda Douglass
- Virginia Harford
Flying Haiglerites
- The Haigler Flying Ranchers
- Andrew Ainsley
- Neal Clegg
- Sam Clegg
- Rex Daniels
- Lorenzo (Doug) Douglass
- Lloyd Douglass
- Roger Douglass
- Dean Erdman
- Paul Erdman
- Dick Gregory
- Don Harford
- Gail Harford
- Ray Harford
- Richard (Dick) Hoover
- Carl Nichols
- Arch Palmer
- Beanie Palmer
- Royce Stute
- Bev Tracy
- Bill Tracy
- Rex Tracy
- Dan Webster
- Les White
- Ben Wiley
- George Zuege
Haigler Twins
- Haigler Twins
- Laurene Rohn & Larry Crabtree
- Marilyn and Gerrald Logan
- Gail & Galena Roach
- Kyle & Kaleb Greenwood
- Ryan Jean & Lucas Walker Mildenberger
- LuAnn Green Wall and LuRue Green Krutsinger
- Edgar and Edna Williams - b. 1895
- William & Stanley Palmer
- Frank & Frances Tiff - (Shauer)
- Fernando & Mahala Trembly - (McBride)
- Donna and Dennis Workman
- Marlene and Darlene Workman
- Rodney and Ronney Workman
- Rusty and Randy Flamig
- Robert and Richard Ambrosek
- Chase & Seth Barron (Grandsons of Delford Trembly)
- Robert & Delbert Tucker (Alvie's)
- Ali and Alvie Tucker
- Albert and Elva Enfield
- Natalie and Nicole Harford
- Sharon & Shirley Williams
- Lloyd and Floyd Smith
- Jami and Joni Pevler
- Stella and Zella (Altman) Wall
- Janice & Julia Relph
- Pearline and Pauline Freehling
- Sharon Ruth and Sheila Louise Rose
- LaVerne & Laveta Smith
- LaVoine & LaVonne Smith
- Elois & Elaine Adams
- Dorothy & Donnie Brown
- Carolyn and Marilyn Samson
- Galena & Gail Collicott
- Grand-daughters of Rae White
- John "Keefe" and Kiara Grace Schorzman
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