Sherwood
Mutual Telephone Association was established February 2, 1906. Officers at that
time were Chairman: W.H. Miller; Treasurer: Fred Fraker; and Secretary: J.
Mitchell. They were elected to one-year terms.
Incorporated in 1935 as a
not-for-profit corporation, the company instituted it's "Constitution,
By-Laws, Rules and Regulations" (CB&R) under which the company is still
partially governed today.
Section 19 of the CB&R listed the
rates at that time for service:
(a) Party Line -
$2/month or $6 per quarter
(b) Private-residence Line -
$2.50/month or $7.50 per quarter
(c) Business Line -
$3/month or $9 per quarter
(d) Extension -
$0.50/month or $1.50 per quarter
(e) Re-establishment of suspended service
- $2
(f) Installation
$3/each
(g) Re-location
$ 2.50/each
(Watch below for comparison of these
rates to 1998 rates)
New resolutions to the
Constitution,
By-Laws, Rules & Regulations were adopted at the Annual Shareholders
Meeting held March 12, 1990.
We've Come Along Way,
Baby!
Over
the years, Sherwood Telephone has seen a lot of growth. We have seen our
services expand from beyond providing local telephone service to providing local
and high speed internet in cooperation with SAA. bright.net, local toll and
out-of-state long distance (Bright Long Distance), and cable television (Shertel
Cable, Inc.) With the introduction and resounding popularity of the Internet,
installation of second telephone lines have increased dramatically. Sherwood
Telephone now services over 1300 residential, business, and pay station lines.
Your local telephone company has come a
long way since it's conception, all with minimal increases in your rates.
Compare 1935 to 1998 below:
