The Closing of the Cedar Vale Telephone Switch Board

I was going through a lot of old family stuff today and came upon this bit of doggerel verse by my mother.

The old switchboard it is no more,

And it makes me sorta blue.

Cause, while the new dial phones are nice,

They cut me off from you.

I'll miss your voice, when you "ring in."

I could tell just how you feel;

And if your world was all roughed up,

Or on an even keel.

I loved the many "little" things

That you asked me to do;

And tho I never saw you much,

I seemed a part of you.

Whenever trouble came you way

I was the first to care;

And tried to speed your service up

Tho twasn't my affair.

When you rejoiced, then I was glad;

When troubled I was blue;

For even if you didn't know,

Your voice, to me, was you.

Lila B. Call/White

What she doesn't say, of course, is that she also knew pretty much everything that was going on in CV! I wrote a post about that back near the beginning of the blog. Click Here.

CVHS Track Team

Photo from Pat Molder

Back Row:  Coach Harley Jacobson, Ronald Harp, Royal Kennedy, Richard Beuoy, Joe Hamby, Don Call, Coach Watts

Front Row:  Don Bohannon, Floyd (Pat) Patteson, Linn Wood, Raymond Couldren, Junior Bohannan

CVHS Basketball Team

Photo from Pat Molder

Back Row:  Johnny Radcliff, Donald Call, Basil Hindman, Richard Beuoy, Floyd (Pat) Patteson

    Front Row:  Donald Bohannon, Royal Kennedy, Kenneth Cole, Lynn Wood

The Class of 1946 in1996

Back row:Basil Hindman, Don Call, Royal Kennedy

Middle row: Johnny Radcliff, Joan Williams, Maxine Duncan, Betty Pack

Front row: Pat Pate, Billy Bohannan, Wanda Roach, Junior Bohannan