Winnebago RTA Annual Meeting Set for Lake Mills
Winnebago Co-op telephone Association will hold its 93rd annual meeting at 7:30 p.m. on September 13 at Lake Mills Community School Gymnasium. An open house with coffee and donuts follows at the Lake Mills maintenance facility. Three directorships are up for election. RTA officials will present reports and prizes worth over $1,000 include a portable color TV and a KitchenAid dishwasher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustaf Gustafson
Forest
City
Winnebago Co-op Telephone Association
Lake Milla
Lake Mills
Plan Open House Following Meeting at Lake Mills Facility
The Winnebago RTA showcases new maintenance and garage facilities in Lake Mills and Thompson after the annual meeting. The Lake Mills site spans 2 1/3 acres with 375 feet of frontage and electric heating via sand-placed cables. The complex houses 12 trucks, four car washes, and office quarters for nine staff, plus a materials room and teletype link to Lake Mills. A 6500 square foot Lake Mills building (1970) and a 41 by 104 foot steel pole shed (1971) plus a fall addition, plus a Thompson building (1972) for west-end operations, reflect ongoing investments from about $300 per line in the 1950s to over $750 now, with expectations nearing $1000 per subscriber.
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Winnebago Rta
Lake Mills
Thompson
Highway 105
RTA
West End
Winnebago RTA Reports 1972 Tax Totals Reach $140K
Manager Glenn Bergland states that in 1972 the Winnebago RTA and members paid over $140,149 in taxes including Federal Excise Tax 65,951. Towa Property Tax 40,788. Minn 4% Gross Receipts 4,310. Towa Sales Tax 12,688. Minn Sales Tax 3,405. Towa Use Tax. Federal 8.5. Employer. Federal Unemployment 2,842. plus insurance premiums 1,078 and bonding liability 2,334,907.
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Glenn Bergland
Winnebago Rta
Trouble Calls Come From Many Sources
Mr. Marlin Senne of Lake Mills reports Winnebago RTA averages 2,354 trouble trips monthly for 4,700 telephones. Most faults stem from subsets and inside wiring while misinformed customer reports generate many unproductive trips. Total yearly reports reach 2,992 with decline goals below eight per month per 100 phones.
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Marlin Senne
Lake Mills
Winnebago Rta
Senne
RTA
Commerce Commission
Commission
Teletypes Assist In Good Service At Winnebago RTA
The Winnebago Regional Transportation Authority installed two teletype machines at Lake Mills and Thompson to type service orders and job tickets. Messages are printed at the other site for the outside plant supervisor Marlin Senne in Lake Mills. In the morning he in turn.
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Winnebago Rta
Lake Mills
Thompson
Marlin Senne
Direct Dialing Toll Billing Handles Calls by Machine
A historical look explains how direct dialing records dialed numbers on paper tapes, capturing time, date, origin tones, and end signals. The tapes feed a computer which bills customers monthly. On July 1, RTA switched from 4700 accounts to computerized billing at a Mankato Minnesota center.
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Toll
RTA
Mankato
Minnesota
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