Columbus Telephone Company
100 Years — 1905-2005
AUG. 18, 1898 — COLUMBUS COURIER
Columbus is now in "hello" touch with something like three hundred cities, and
towns in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska, Keokuk, Iowa, and St. Louis, MO.,
are among the most far away points. There are no important points in Kansas
or Missouri, but what may be reached by telephone from Columbus now.
MAY 27, 1905 — KANSAS SECRETARY OF STATE OFFICE
The original charter of The Columbus Local of the Cherokee County Mutual Telephone
Company was signed by J. R. Burrows, Secretary of State, Directors were John
Wisewell, A. T. Lea, W. B. Lowry, J. Wilbur Logan, S. L. Walker & M. A.
Householder.
JUNE 28, 1905 — THE COLUMBUS WEEKLY ADVOCATE
The first telephone to talk over the new Columbus Local was that of the Columbus
Music House, and Thursday afternoon was the time of its installation. The Central
office will bbe a very pretty business place. The fixtures are all new and give
the place a very much up to date appearance. Of Course, till enough phones are
installed there will be no attendant at the switchboard and the service will
really not begin for several days yet.
1928 DIRECTORY — COLUMBUS LOCAL TELEPHONE CO.
Office 118 1/2 S Kansas Ave.
E. H. Ellis, Pres.; R. E. Harris, V.P.; C. R. Aitchison, V. P.; C. J. Pruyn,
Secretary; C. W. VanZandt, Treasurer.
RATES FOR MOVES AND INSTALLATION:
| Outside Moves | $2.00 |
| Inside Moves on same floor of bldg | $1.00 |
| Inside moves from one floor to another | $2.00 |
| New Installation | $2.00 |
NOVEMBER 12, 1936 — THE MODERN LIGHT
Work on excavating the basement of the new telephone building for the Columbus
Local of the Cherokee County Mutual Telephone company, started a few days ago
and workmen will soon begin work on the structure. The building which is to
cost around $6,000 will be just south of the McAuley furniture store at the
southeast corner of the square....
Directors of the telephone company are James Forbes, Calvin Cooper, Ed Blake,
Tom DeVoe and C. W. Van Zandt, with L. L. Dean as secretary.
JUNE 3, 1867 — DIRECT DISTANCE DIALING
The instructions for making a call:
| (A) | Dial Access Code that will be assigned to your phone. (This connects you to the DDD equipment.) |
| (B) | Dial the Proper area code as shown on the above map |
| (C) | Dial the number of the party you are calling |
AUGUST 2, 1960 — STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION
Application of the Columbus Local Telephone Company, Inc. for a Certificate
of Convenience and Authority to transact the business of a telephone public
utility in the City of Columbus, Kansas.
JANUARY 31, 1974 — AMENDMENT TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
| Article First: | The name of the corporation shalll be "Columbus Telephone Company" |
| Article Fourth: | "That the term for which this corporation is to exist is perpetual" |
| Article Sixth: | "The amount of the capital stock of said corporation shall be $36,700, consisting of 1632 Class A shares of $16.00, and 940 Class B shares of $13.00 each. |
JANUARY 27, 1991 — COLUMBUS DAILY ADVOCATE
Employees of the Columbus Telephone Company were busy at 6:00 a.m. today turning
on the many individual switches of a new digital electronic switching unit.
JANUARY 17, 1996 — COLUMBUS DAILY ADVOCATE
While activation of new world CTC Internet access is approximately 15 days away,
Columbus Telephone Company management announces that applications for the service
are now available.
MARCH 20, 2000 — COLUMBUS TELEPHONE SCOPE (COMPANY NEWSLETTER)
Columbus Telephone Co. announces the start of Columbus Long Distance service.
Now you won't have to wonder if your long distance calls will accrue to your
capital credit refund.
JANUARY 2, 2004 — COLUMBUS DAILY ADVOCATE
A special introductory presentation of the new fiber optic cable television,
telephone, internet system to be installed in Columbus in 2004....
DECEMBER 2004 — First customer is turned up with new triple play of telephone, video and data services over the new fiber optic system, and only one bill for all three.
A special THANK YOU to all past and present members of Columbus Telephone Company for the support you have given to YOUR cooperative telephone company for the past 100 years! Telephone Associates: Trish Carroll, Gary Spear, Kristi Saporito, Gene Hamilton, Melanie Kalar, Joe Schibi, Lisa Brown, Jim Dahmen. Board of Directors: Ron Boulware, Board President; Trish Carroll, Secretary; Wes Houser, V.P.; Larry Prauser, Treasurer; Paul Schmidt, Member; David Soper, Member; Evan McNemar, Member.
