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Retired Ohio Bell operator recalls 41-year career
Cindy Starr profiles Esther Thoelking who left the Dayton Middletown switchboard after 41 years. Born 190? in Dayton she joined the company in 1927 and witnessed the shift from manual to electronic switching. She says being an operator is fascinating and plans to live each day as it comes.
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Cindy Starr
Esther Thoelking
Miss Thoelking
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Dayton
Dayton Stivers High School
Middletown
Miss Thoel