Cemetery Colors, Vengekeep Prophesies, Plastic Bag Ban, Improv, and Rotary Phones

*Golden Eye Candy – Beautiful colors in the Golden Cemetery yesterday! – click to enlarge*

Virtual Events

6-6:55AM Cardio Lift Interval
8-8:55AM Tai Chi
8:30-9:30AM Virtual Power Training
10:15AM Virtual: Baby Time with the Library
3-5PM Hard Times Writing Workshop

Real World Events

9AM Golden Walks – Wednesday Morning Celebrating Life @ Golden Library

4-5PM First Chapters: The Vengekeep Prophecies by Brian Farrey (Tweens)

6-8:30PM Community Sustainability Advisory Board @ City Hall
The Sustainability Board will review a consultant’s report regarding the various sources of Golden Greenhouse Gas emissions. They will finalize a memo to City Council recommending a ban on plastic bags and Styrofoam takeout containers, and a fee for paper bags. They will draft “a recommendation to City Council regarding reporting of commercial building energy usage in Golden.” They will discuss water resilience and several other ongoing projects. Learn more….

*Improv tonight at Miners Alley Playhouse – tickets*

7:30PM SCRIPTprov @ Miners Alley Playhouse
SCRIPTprov

is an award winning show that has been described as a “wonderful surprise” and “redefining the rules”. Performed in Denver since 2009, SCRIPTprov

features the talents of traditional actors and the Dishwater Blondes improv troupe. Watch scenes get their scripts flipped. $17 Tickets

Live Music

6PM CW Wooten @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage – outdoor patio)
6PM Live Music @ Miners Saloon
6:30PM Open Jam/Mic at Over Yonder Brewing

Golden History Moment

*Announcement from the Colorado Transcript – October 27, 1955 – click to enlarge*

Golden joined the modern world in October of 1955–we got dials on our phones! Prior to that time, Golden callers placed all calls through a telephone operator. A $1,000,000 upgrade enabled the phone company to replace those operators with an electro-mechanical switching system. Every home and business in the service area got a new phone (with a dial!), and after the cutover, the company collected the “magneto” phones.

This change in the Golden central office covered Morrison and Lookout Mountain as well as the City of Golden. Golden numbers were assigned the prefix of CRestview. The C-R translated to 2-7 on the rotary dial. (That’s why landlines in Golden still start with 278- or 279-!)

The Transcript reported that many teenagers had been poised by their phones, waiting for the cutover at midnight Saturday night, so they could make their first unassisted phone call.

*Golden’s switchboards in 1949 – Colorado Transcript, March 3, 1949 – click to enlarge*

The Transcript bade a fond goodbye to the telephone operators:

Before all the “hello” girls scatter to the winds, The Transcript wishes to express its thanks to them for the very fine service we have had through the years. When service was needed most, particularly on press days, it seemed as if the operators concentrated on giving us their best…. All this was greatly appreciated, girls, and we miss you and your personal touch.

Thanks to the Golden History Museum for providing the online cache of historic Transcripts, and to the Golden Transcript for documenting our history since 1866!