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I have a mystery on my hands, and one that I hope a reader might help solve. A year or so ago, my friend Patricia Rogers mailed me a photo album that

John Miller Photo provided by Carol Gay. Operator Mabel Eddy is in charge of her switchboard at “Central.” “Hello, Sarah? This is Barney Fife. Get Sheriff Taylor for me.” This greeting sounds familiar on television but not necessarily for today’s communication standards. In the early days however this was as modern as the times allowed. “Central” was the hub of keeping the lines of communication open. That was where all calls were “put through” as the phrase went. In Matamoras during the time period of 1926 to 1936, Sophia and Nancy Way were the operators assigned at �...