A 1951 photograph of Wiconisco Telephone and Telegraph repairman Paul C. Gonder, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, published as part of an advertisement for the company.
Photo caption:
Paul C. Gonder, Repairman, Elizabethville, Pennsylvania
TESTS THAT NEVER END
To make certain that interruptions in telephone service are repaired as rapidly as possible, skilled repairmen like Paul Gonder are making constant checks of the hundreds of lines and thousands of stations in the exchanges of the the telephone company.
Men like this bring to their job the technical knowledge that comes only from years of experience in the telephone industry.
Good telephone service so necessary to the nation’s requirements, as well as to the day-to-day needs of millions of people, is provided by the dependable combination of alert men and women with efficient equipment.
WICONISCO TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY
“The value of the telephone is greater than its cost.”
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From West Schuylkill Press and Pine Grove Herald, Tremont, June 15, 1951, via Newspaper.com.
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Paul C. Gonder was my Great Uncle, he was married to Alice Foschia. He lived in a big yellow 2 story home just to the right of the town pool by the park on the east end of the town.