SPRINGVILLE TELEPHONE

The Springville Cable Company, a subsidiary of the telephone company, was formed in 1982. Service was provided in January of 1983. They started with 194 subscribers. In the beginning service was only available to the town people, but as time went on they went to the trailer court, Whittier, Viola, and Paralta. Springville Cable Company now serve 553 subscribers... In January of 1959, the Springville Co-operative Telephone Association, Inc. was formed and was incorporated in March. It began operations on April 1, 1959, with $5,000, which was borrowed from an individual. The first directors were: A.D. Pollock, President; A.W. McArthur, Vice-President; Allen Ross, Secretary-Treasurer; Merrill Gracey, Arthur Houver, J. Robert Williams, and Maurice Breen. They began to sell stock and purchased Springville Telephone Co. and Springville Switchboard Co. and all lines serviced by those companies. The first manager-serviceman was Lowell Schultz. The first annual meeting was held March 19, 1960..

Also known as: Springville Cable Company, Springville Telephone Co.

Primary location: Springville United States