Vintage S & T (Sherman & Thomas) Telephone Annual Meeting 1981 Ceramic Ashtray

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Vintage Kansas S & T Telephone Annual Meeting 1981 Ceramic Ashtray.
Condition is "Used".
In excellent condition-please see photos.
The “S & T” in the cooperative name were initials representing Sherman and Thomas Counties. The company originally provided service to Brewster, Levant and Kanorado, Kansas. Through the years, the Grinnell, Winona, Menlo, Healy, Russell Springs and Dighton exchanges were purchased and added to the cooperative membership.
June 10, 1952- S & T Telephone – Incorporated
1957 – Dial telephones introduced to customers
1962 – Installation of Mobile Dial Service
1972 – Began laying buried telephone cable
Oct. 1972 – Open house for new S & T general office in Brewster
1973 – Conversion to direct dialing eliminating local operators
1985 – First Digital Central Office Switch installed in Brewster, first 911 service to Thomas County subscribers
1985 - Fiber optic cable network between Brewster, Levant, Winona, and Russell Springs
1995 – Purchased first CATV properties – Winona and Kanorado
1996 - Purchased the Dighton telephone exchange from United Telephone and added a subsidiary called S&T Communications of Dighton
1996 - Brought Internet service to S & T customers
1999 - Merged S & T Communications of Dighton into S & T Telephone Cooperative Association and brought all subscribers in as members of the cooperative
2000 - Started offering S & T Long Distance service
2002 - Digital Subscriber Lines (DSL)
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