Zelma Rural Telephone Company, 1917-1977

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Type of entity

Local Government

Authorized form of name

Zelma Rural Telephone Company, 1917-1977

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Dates of existence

1917-1977

History

The first organizational meeting of directors of the Zelma Rural Telephone Company took place on March 20, 1915, with George R. Duff elected President and director. Additional directors elected at that time were J.W. Cline, G.A. Campbell, Major Shout and James Murray. Charles W. Cline was elected Secretary-Treasurer, a position in held until 1964.

Regulated by the Saskatchewan Government Telephones Department, the company proceeded to construct telephone lines in the area serving the town and surrounding farms in the district. The board of directors decided rates, telephone extension applications, contracts and salaries.

In 1977, SaskTel absorbed the Zelma Rural Telephone Co. into its provincial telephone system. The last meeting of the directors of the Zelma Rural Telephone Co. took place on January 8, 1977.

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Related entity

SaskTel / Saskatchewan Telecommunications (1908-)

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temporal

Dates of relationship

Description of relationship

SaskTel/Saskatchewan Telecommunications is the successor of Zelma Rural Telephone Company, 1917-1977

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Authority record identifier

LGA 07

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Status

Final

Level of detail

Full

Dates of creation, revision and deletion

2008-04-21 (Creation).
2017-08-16 (Approval)
2017-11-29 (Revision).

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

  • Latin

Sources

Saskatchewan Archives: Zelma Rural Telephone Co. fonds (F 30)

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