Summary
The January 1962 Beaver Beacon reports two instances of unintended telephone voices appearing through local electronics and says a spring change to the telephone circuit was expected to stop the problem.
Evidence and limits
This is a contemporary anecdotal technology notice. It does not establish the telephone company’s technical diagnosis, the circuit design, or completion of the proposed repair.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, January 1962, “Spooks on Beaver?”Reports Joe Dillingham hearing unintended voices through a church-organ amplifier and Jewell and Rita Gillespie hearing Nellie O’Donnell’s telephone conversation interrupt their television program. Dillingham attributed the phenomenon to the telephone circuit and anticipated a spring change; the source does not identify the technical fault or document the later repair.