Burleson Dispatcher (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 27, 1985 Page: 4 of 8
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Wedding Haaned
Mrs. James Turner of Bur-
leeon announces the engage
meat and approaehing wedding
of her daughter Jli) Anna to
Southwestern Bell -
"telephone
Taxans providing telecommunications
lore growing state
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Cowe by and look at
Burleson dispatcher
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told
and cinemas provides the receptionist, in my poor
entertainment and en- French, that we had reaerva-
Itlona. My French
been poor, because she pointed graduate of
“ > toilet. r * * ‘ “
were there. Ro locked pussled
thefaad then »id in plain feglah.
‘Are you hero to dine-” 1
was so embsaaMtad. My three
friends laughed at me for two
he has visited and the nnwwnl
experiences he is having while
on assignment er visits.
His first column follows)
Industrial
Contracting &
•Haan
Service
Iryformanon about your changing fephorw aermre
Jtom Sharon Mtphi. Community Mrlanons Manager
He is the son of Mr. and
Mra Gerald N. Thompson of
Burleson. The wedding io plan-
ned for 7:30, June 31 in the
home of the bndes mother.
hove The bride-feet is a 1979
’ Burleson High
1 tried again, ’ School. She abo attended Hill
we Junior College.
Sho ro-! Her fiance is a 1993 grad-
and 1 * uate of BH9 and is a*4endmg
three‘told him (in -French) why we Tarrant Canty Junior College
Let’s
Divestiture revisited: one year later
L A little over three years ago—January 8. 1982. to be exact—
we were stunned by the announcement that AT&T would divest
itself of 22 operating companies, including Southwestern Bell. In
exchange for the federal government dropping Its 8-year-old anti-
trust suit
Most of us remember that moment : where we were when we
heard the news, the looks on the faces around us. the feeling in the
pit of the stomach as it slowly dawned on us what it was going to
take to dismember the world b largest corporation.
' Wedldwhat we had to do —all the white wondering if it would
work.
Tbday. it works.
Although every one of us ts still anafyrtng divestiture s effects on
our responsibility areas and working out the glitches, we've come a
long way
Service has remained at quality levels
A year ago. when divestiture took place, some thought the Bell
System breakup would cause local telephone service to deteriorate
drastically But it hasn’t.
And the many changes haven't always been easy — on you or on
us. We still don't know where some of our longtime work friends In •
other departments wound up. And I can Imagine the consternation
of many customers who had been accustomed over the years to one
call doing all. being told overnight they would have to get their own
telephones.
lb help you with your questions, we introduced a series of infor-
mational booklets in 1984 called "Tble-Help." And. as a result of your
questions, more booklets are coming this year, including a series
for small businesses.
New revenues, new services and budget cutting
One of the principal axioms of our business hap always been, “to
serve well, we must earn well. ” Since divestiture, thatb never been
truer in Ibxas.
Itb important to point out we've managed to get through the first
year on our own as a stand-alone company without any significant
Increase in local residence rates. In fact, flat-rate residential service
increased only 30 cents per month In 1984 — and that was the
res jit of a rate filing a year earlier.
And despite all the havoc of divestiture, our internal measure-
ments tell us service haspever been better in Tbxas.
But more than ever, we understand that really satisfying cus-
tomers requires a great deal more than looking good on a monthly
service report. We know we have some weak spots, but we're work-
ing on them.
You see, the ultimate judge is not what our surveys tell us. but
what you tell us. v
And serving you is our only business. We appreciate the oppor-
tunity to do so. s.
POINT
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CONGESTION
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D. W. ELECTRIC
478-3426
Residential -
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seen better entertainment than
I have in some nighteluba.
__________ That evening, my three „ _
St.-Mtehel, . the main friends and myself had dinner {Alien Wayne Themeeoa.
of this diistricL A muk at the Laeeere, a well-knewn but
of night, clubs, coffee rather expansive French
sidewalk cafes, rootsu- taurant Upon arrival, 1
cinemas provides the receptionist, in my
Sharon Wright
SW Bell 'telephone .
1515 Commerce. Room 130
Fbrt Worth. TX 76102
STORM WINDOWS
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Top quality - heavy duty
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Measured • Custom Built • Installed
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February fl, ItU 4
AN AMERICAN S
OdMNBttON OF •' wUk 1
morw of Parts that I had
PARIS. FRANCE
(Thia release was written *
•by Darryl Wafer, sen of Dw jn thW southeast
- By DARRYL WALKER
Special to the Burieeow
Dispatcher
If there were one city I
Europe 1 had to choose as a
favorite, it would be Paris.
‘ Having lived in Europe about
tkyre years. I’ve never been •
bored with the French capital
of approximately . 2.5 nadlioh
people. You wont find too many
country-western dance^ halls,
pickup trucks, or barbecue hou-
ses, but you’ll find a unique
experience no matter where you
- go or what you nee.
My first visit to Paris in
1901 was a tour group from
Germany. I saw all the sights
a first-time tourist would soe
—the Eiffel Tower, Louvre
Museum, Arc de Triomphe,
Place de la Concorde, Notre
Dame Cathedral, and so on.
Being a simple country boy
who had rarely traveled before
mbving to Europe, I was fas-
' ci ns ted with every building
and back-street I saw.
No other city I’ve seen com-
pares to Paris. Not even Dal-
las. Most Americans who have
been to Paris will agree that
it has an unparalleled charm,
a magnetic, irrestible appeal.
Its reputation as a cosmopoli-
tan city has earned it titles
suqfr as the ’’culture center of
the wrold,’* *city of light’s,”
‘fashion capital,” and ’’the
'most attractive city in the
world.” 1
Paris has something to offer ■
everyone. Some of Europe*
finequ restaurants, the moat |
impressive are museums, the
♦ most beautiful parks and gar-t
dens, and the most elegant •
■her* tere found in Paris. blocks. Ths Metro abo of fere
On a weekend return trip “entertainment”; during
*1 in tourist saaaen, you’ll always find
of Paris that 1 had not young ontertntnsro lined along
seas on the first trip. the hallways leading to tbs
We spent Saturday moraine subway ptatforaa, playtagjdays.
In the Latin Quarters a district their guitars, harmonicas, or
section of other instruments, and so me
see Wafer. IfeSype arenat*r to¥rn whieh filled with col- times singing or dancing -At
•ar the Buries** Dtepataber. students and young peo- some subway stope,
*' Darryl is ■■plsyid by fe p)« of all nationalities.
U.S. Dept *f Drfia.li es mUL | terraces bookshops and
t*r sod is statfeed at Wies- vublirtung houses line the Bou-
bad.., Germany. | levan|
His work tabes him Se e*m* BVeou, (
r*ry interesting citto* tbnt <
m**et af ns will never earn He houli^s,
alee visits s*me c*nntriee na ,
weekends, la bis c*lnmn Dar-
ryl has written about the pknene joy me nt.
f ’ Getting arouno raris Is eae-11
ily accomplished via the MMa*|ta the tcslet k w>w ■
tro,” the underground railway. in vain, to explain that
system. You eah get to almost were there to eaK Sh
I any inner city destination you ' trie red the matre’d,
'choose within two or “*---u'
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Deering, Hazel. Burleson Dispatcher (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 27, 1985, newspaper, February 27, 1985; Burleson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1262402/m1/4/: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Burleson Public Library.