"The information booth is closed," said Sadie Chamberlin in her last message to switchboard customers in October 1955. Sadie had spent the previous 13 years as the voice of the Laporte Home ...

After more than 29 years of dedicated service, Ofilia Castillo is retiring from her role as a MetroCom Switchboard Operator ...

Besides working the switchboard, the veteran operator often "walked" the lines to locate breaks, especially after the death of her husband earlier that summer. The phone subscription total went ...