John...I suppose you had a party line about then, as we did when the number was only 33996. We had *8* parties briefly, then 4...one of whom we knew was a few houses down, and the type who would listen in. It was interesting! I remember my parents' joy when we got individual, private numbers!

(and I even remember in 1947, in New Orleans before the hurricane that drove us TO Wichita, having the number 329-J and having the operator say "number, please" when you picked up the reciever!)