Bucklin High School - Reco Yearbook (Bucklin, MO)

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1 The city reservoir, a favorite spot for fishermen and picnickers, furnished not only Bucklin residents with an un- limited supply of water these dry seasons but has given thousands of gallons for home consumption and for stock in the Surrounding country. Preparing for atural Gas The ditching machine is cutting the trench for the gas main on Second street in North Bucklin. The work of laying the Bucklin gas mains was started in September 1956, by Pittman Construction Co. Inc lement weather halted the work un- til March 1957, when Mocabee Construction Company started to run the service mains. This work is expected to be completed soon and Bueklin will be ready for the Missouri Public Service Gas Co. to turn on the natural gas, ..,

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Crates of new dial telephone equipment are being put in the new CDO lCentra,l Dial Officel building in Bucklin. This building will house Miss Dial , the streamlined hello girl . Shown below a k 1' Dial Telephones Installed The old magneto plant, which has been in operation since the turn of the century, was purchased by the Chariton Valley Telephone Corporation, March 31, 1955. Survey work was started immediately by Sloan, Cook and Lowe, a Chicago Engineering firm, employed to lay out the new telephone plant. Outside construction work was started in January 1956. The new system was ready for operation in September 1956, but the actual cut-over from manual operation to dial was not made until October 1. re wor ers o the L.P. and H. Construction CO.. of Li t I cl' ' ' ' Bucklin, Highway 129, for the new dial telephone system. n on, n una' spmmng Cable m North . V. , ,114-. 14

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