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Post# 952934 , Reply# 1 8/14/2017 at 20:38 (2,445 days old) by DADoES  (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 952943 , Reply# 3 8/14/2017 at 21:39 (2,445 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL) |
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 The galaxy in which I attended school was sufficiently 'long ago and far, far away' that we ALWAYS had an intercom system - every elementary school I attended, every junior high I attended, and the high school. There were always morning announcements. The only time in my whole 12 years that I remember being called to the principal's office was in the 11th grade, during a chemistry class. Surprised the everything out of me, I did not know what to expect. Turns out that it must have been my 16th birthday and my father had come to school to take me to take the test for my drivers license. It was a surprise and I was totally unprepared, so it was put off until a later date and I returned to class.
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Post# 952950 , Reply# 4 8/14/2017 at 23:05 (2,445 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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 I recall the one in my elementary school. It was a Kellogg. The main unit was in the principals office and there was a mic on the desk beside it.. lots of switches on the front and seemed at the time to be about as big as a fridge, rounded corners to boot. Never saw the one they used in h.s. ,, just the speakers in each classroom and I can't recollect the name or if there was one on them. | ||
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Post# 952957 , Reply# 5 8/15/2017 at 00:24 (2,445 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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The ones I remember were made by DuKane-another by Newcomb.In one school it was Bogen. | ||
| Post# 952999 , Reply# 6 8/15/2017 at 10:23 (2,444 days old) by johnb300m (Chicago) | ||
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Post# 953004 , Reply# 7 8/15/2017 at 11:19 (2,444 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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We had an intercom system, IIRC it was from Philips. The speakers were medium brown metallic, the speaker front was slanted downward. Besides the intercom system, that was only used for general announcements (very rare), there was also a phone system. IIRC that was from Ericcson. The phones were black, no buttons or dials on them.
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| Post# 953006 , Reply# 8 8/15/2017 at 11:40 (2,444 days old) by Rolls_rapide (.) | ||
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We had no intercoms or public address systems. Secondary school had telephones in some classrooms (GPO style), linked to an internal network. I presume the phones were capable of external calls, but don't actually know. God knows what it's like now! | ||
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Post# 953011 , Reply# 9 8/15/2017 at 13:15 (2,444 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.) |
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The thing that I remember the most about school intercoms was what happened in Nov 1963 when I was in the 7th grade at Walter T. Helms JR High in San Pablo, Calif. On the 22nd of this month President Kennedy was assassinated and I heard about it over this school intercom during 3rd period Art class. During the days before this terrible announcment the Drama class had been coming over the intercom during this same time period, practicing a play. At first we all though that the announcement from Texas was the Drama class, but we soon realized that this was the real thing.
The country changed at this moment in time, not for the better, and has never really been the same since. At the time, I had just lost my father a little over a year before. The death of President Kennedy was almost as devastating to me. Those of us members that are in in my age group will know exactly what I'm talking about. This was a terrible day. I apologize if this story is a "Debbie Downer" moment for some, but this day should never be forgotten. Eddie | ||
| Post# 953026 , Reply# 11 8/15/2017 at 15:05 (2,444 days old) by cadman (Cedar Falls, IA) | ||
My elementary school was built in the 60's and added onto several times later, but I remember was the late 70's DuKane intercom in the main office and if you wanted, you could sign up to read the morning announcements or read aloud the bus numbers as they arrived in the afternoon for pickup as classes dismissed.
Actually, what I remember most was the red LED weather station next to the intercom. I learned later it was a Heathkit 4001 (link below). CLICK HERE TO GO TO cadman's LINK | ||
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Post# 953212 , Reply# 13 8/17/2017 at 10:05 (2,442 days old) by kenwashesmonday (Carlstadt, NJ) |
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My grammar school was built in 1927. When I attended in the 1960s the original intercom system was still in use. Every classroom had one of these on the wall by the door:
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Post# 953283 , Reply# 15 8/17/2017 at 18:19 (2,442 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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My Junior High had a DuKane and we listened to the morning and before you were dismissed in the afternoon. The one time I was soooo happy is when I was picked over the intercom for Drivers-Ed. My friend that lived right behind me swapped papers and I signed his mothers name and he did mine. We went back into school, turned the permission slips in and we laughed all the way home from school that our scheme worked. My parents were not happy I did that but his said fine, but you are not driving the car. So our dreams were crushed but both parents eventually gave us their 2nd car beaters that you pay for from now on. Too bad kids today dont learn the same lesson.
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