ery DAY, DECEMBER 14, 1983 | Does it work? ai Dallas Post/Dotty Martin Russell Parsons, of Haddonfield Hills, Dallas, utilizes the Phone Test Center offered by Commonwealth Telephone Co. The center allows customers to take their telephone equipment to Commonwealth's Service Center and test it. The customer can then determine whether a problem exists in the telephone equipment or in the connection from his home to the telephone network. Cub geniuses Phones (Continued from page 1) but also considers it a necessary step in the progress of the telecom- munication industry. When Commonwealth instituted its sales implementation program and entered the retail phone busi- ness, Stallone said the company made a commitment to its custom- ers. ‘‘We have made a commitment to our customers and we are here to help them,” she said. ‘We look at ourselves as one-stop shopping because whe help with everything, not just the terminal equipment.” The terminal equipment on dis- play at Phones & More includes such items as answering machines, pagers, dialers, key systems, a’ working display on push button sys- tems and a vast array of telephones themselves. The center will be open daily from 8 am. to 5 p.m. and until 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday evenings before Christmas. It will be staffed by two full-time employees who will be available to answer customers’ questions and explain the functions of all equipment. Commonwealth customers will also be able to pay their monthly phone bills at the new Phones & More Store. The new phone center will feature a “Phone Test Center,” a computer- ized machine that allows customers to check their telphones themselves. By plugging the telephone into the modular jack in the machine, a customer must only follow the directions on the machine to find out whether or not a problem exists The United States Bureau of Census will conduct a regular survey of employment and unem- ployment in the Back Mountain ara, during this week (Dec. 12-17), according to James F. Holmes, Director of the Bureau's Regional Office in Philadelphia. In addition to the usual questions ber survey will include others con- cerning hired farm workers. Some of the questions that will be asked concern the number of days hired farm workers did farm and non- farm work, their wages for farm and nonfarm work, an the number of farm wage workers migrating to other counties and states to do farm Works. i - — - - -——- WITH THIS COUPON mmm oe = ---——-—--- AMERICA'S FRESHEST ICE CREAM All Comal. ice cream products in the equipment or in the line connecting their home or business to the network. Although most retail stores are now carrying complete lines of tele- phones and telephone equipment, Stallone said officials at Common- wealth are not offended by that. “Competition is part of the Ameri- can way,” she smiled. “We are Households in the Back Mountain * Dresses ® Sportswear e Formal Gowns ® Cocktail Dresses ¢ Beautiful & Unusual Accessories COME, BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED *Past Kingston Shopping Center, Route 11 into Plymouth. Turn left at library, Hanover St. Cross bridge. 2nd building on left. Open Daily 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. Mon. Nite til 9 P.M. competitive in the retail market. We have the products and, besides, we have the advantage of 80 years in the business. “We could have discontinued the service of offering telephones to our customers,’”’ she added. ‘‘But, instead we are enhancing our serv- ice with the new communications center. We are making a commit- ment to our customers to provide them with terminal equipment.” Phones & More will be conducting a drawing now through Christmas. Customers who deposit an entry blank in the ballot box at .the communications center will be eligi- ble to win an Atari 800 computer. — DOTTY MARTIN - HOSPODAR'S AMOCO SERVICE STATION 260 Shoemaker St. Swoyersville, Pa. 287-8226 Lotto — Lottery — Newspapers Convenient Mini Mart SEAFOOD 2 Pound Breaded Shrimp Blood drive big success A recent blood collection at the Gate of Heaven School gymnasium in Dallas sponsored by the Back Mountain Blood Council exceeded its target goal of 210 units with 224 units of blood collected. Paul Hodges, director of donor resources at the American Red “very successful in spite of the inclement weather.” “Qur collections,” said Hodges, ‘have consistently fallen below target for the last five months. This was one of the few collections to exceed its goal.” Hodges credits the success of the drive to the hard work of the Back Mountain Blood Council and the assistance of the Gate of heaven Altar and Rosary Society, students of College Misericordia and the Dallas Senior High School. A team of about 50 callers from these groups made approximately 1,250 phone calls to recruit donors. About 40 of the donors from Offset Paperback Company in Dallas were transported by that firm to the site of the drive while Dallas Senior High School Key Club members provided volunteers to work at the bloodmobile. Another plus for the drive were the three television sets on the premises that accommodated foot- ball fans, compliments of Katyl’s TV in Dallas. This was the second collection in the Back Mountain under the Deca Donor Club system with 32 people receiving pins in recognition of five consecutive blood donations. Hodges said a total of 132 people have received Deca Donor pins to date at that collection with 120 additional people signing up for the club. Here’s a gift idea What kind of holiday gift can you buy for a friend or relative who, although disabled, still enjoys being active and likes to travel? The answer is, ‘‘The Itinerary: The Magazine for Travelers with Physical Disabilities.” The magazine would make an ideal holiday gift. It is published six times a year and is available only by mail subscription $6 per year ($11 for two years) from ‘The Itinerary,” P.O. Box 1084, Bayonne, N.J. 07002. Recipients of gift sub- scriptions will be notified of the donor’s name on each issue. 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