{"id":602,"date":"2023-11-03T07:06:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T07:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marcielsims.com\/?p=602"},"modified":"2023-10-23T20:07:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T20:07:17","slug":"ilona-cole-guest-author-story-154","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marcielsims.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/03\/ilona-cole-guest-author-story-154\/","title":{"rendered":"Ilona Cole, Guest Author, Story 154"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One of Those Many Callouts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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It was the year 1963 and my husband, Hal, working for AT&T was transferred from Seattle, Washington to a brand-new facility, a Radio Communications center built in North Bend, at the base of the Cascade Mountains. The original crew of six technicians were a close-knit group and the callouts for trouble shooting during some nights were covered by them equally and fairly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This night a callout came for my Hal, he answered, and I heard him say:\u201d I will be on my way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Usually I got up too, when a call came during the night, if it sounded that it could be a long while, whatever the problem could be with equipment and may take longer, I would make coffee and something to eat for my Hal to take, to be prepared for a long night. All the transmitter and repeater huts were along the Cascade Mountain ridges and had to be maintained. A locked gate at the entrance was to keep unauthorized people out. When Hal got to the gate that would lead to the station called \u201cRattle Snake Ridge\u201d he found the gate open, and a car parked by the gate. All six employees had two-way radios, they needed to communicate with one another, when out on a call to the different radio sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hal contacted his buddy, Neal, recognizing his car to find out what was wrong with a piece of equipment and if he needed anything from the office, before Hal would start up the mountain. My Hal found out\u2026NO\u2026 there was nothing wrong with any equipment. His buddy, Neal was out hunting that evening, shot a bear and had trouble securing and bringing this bear down the mountain to his car. Neal had a little flat bed, sat the bear on it, but had nothing to keep the bear on that \u201ccontraption.\u201d He needed another person to keep the bear from falling off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hal helped his buddy secure the bear and used a flashlight to show them the path. Finally, they made it all the way down to the gate and got the bear secure into Neal\u2019s car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When my Hal came home, I got up to see that he was alright and when he told me this absurd, oh so funny story with vivid descriptions, we both started laughing. Neal, Hal\u2019s buddy, always went hunting and foraging for food. He and his wife had nine children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Too bad there were no phones yet, like we have now. A picture of all three of them, a dead bear, sitting on a board upright, Neal behind holding on to the bear and Hal walking in front pulling the board and holding the flashlight. Priceless!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of Those Many Callouts It was the year 1963 and my husband, Hal, working for AT&T was transferred from Seattle, Washington to a brand-new facility, a Radio Communications center built in North Bend, at the base of the Cascade Mountains. The original crew of six technicians were a close-knit group and the callouts for … <\/p>\n

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