Now You Can Dial -- Bell System, 1954

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9. Thanks

My hometown, Henrietta, Texas, was about 2000 people. My brother and I were babysat by 3 teenage girls who lived a few blocks down. When my brother and I wanted to go over to their house he would pick up the phone and say "Pawa" the operator would say "just a minute , Lee" and he would be connected.

I hated it when we moved from that town in 1957.

I remember that in the 70s it was still possible to send a letter to someone there using just their name and the postal zone.

Thanks for the memories.