We had a party line in Baton Rouge when I was very young. I remember being told not to answer the phone.....that was not our ring. My Grandparents had a party line out in the country up in Missouri. After Grandma got finished with the morning breakfast and chores......she would "listen in" to find out what was going on with any of the neighbors.
We move into a new house my Dad had built when I was about 5 yrs old. We then got a 5 digit number [it was 35229] funny how you remember some things.
Next came the Exchange prefixes......ours was Walnut [WA].....so the new number became WA 35229.
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