Day 51
October 18, 2020
Day 53
October 20, 2020
125 STORIES IN 125 DAYS
This memory is shared from the Comporium Telephone Museum. The Museum is temporarily closed due to COVID-19 precautions.
Frank S. Barnes, Jr. had 66 years of service with Comporium, serving as Chairman of the Board until his death in February, 2012. In one exhibit at the Comporium Telephone Museum, he related the following story:
The operators didn’t call by number on that board, they called by name. If somebody called in and said “I want Mr. Kimmel,” she’d say, “Well, he isn’t at home right now because I saw him go into the restaurant. Do you want me to ring him in there?”
Frank S. Barnes, Jr.
1946 - 2012
Frank S. Barnes, Jr. had 66 years of service with Comporium, serving as Chairman of the Board until his death in February, 2012. In one exhibit at the Comporium Telephone Museum, he related the following story:
The operators didn’t call by number on that board, they called by name. If somebody called in and said “I want Mr. Kimmel,” she’d say, “Well, he isn’t at home right now because I saw him go into the restaurant. Do you want me to ring him in there?”
Frank S. Barnes, Jr.
1946 - 2012
