Wesley Bull, P.E. - President

Association of Communications Engineers
1984

Fiber Optic Telecommunication Services

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Vern's Projects

April 1978 - March 1986
Vern traveled and participated on 15 projects
in eight states and one foreign country.

.........TELEPHONE.COMPANIES
Washington
Oregon
Alaska
Idaho
California
Nevada
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Friday Harbor and Asotin

Condon
Fairbanks
Troy
Olinda, Macdoel, and
Ducor
Pioche and Tonopah
UNITED STATES NAVY
Virginia / Maryland
Alaska
Philippines

Dahlgren,
.Quanticco,.and.Naval.Academy
Adak
Subic Bay

VERN HAS WRITTEN THREE BOOKS ON TELEPHONE PLANT RECORDS
                            



Our views from the forth floor - 3rd AV and the Sound
became interesting when watching people. Ask Barb :)

Barb was rally in charge

Here's Vern - Designing with templets - no computer yet!
At the 1979 Christmas Party, Wes, in Beige Suit.  Vern, 2nd to left had good time with Bob Thumlert. Further around the table was Chuck Keen, Jim Thompson and Chuck Turley. Draftsmen stand in the back.


Below are the draftsmen. that's Johnny Walker in the center. Larry is making a blue print.




One of the problems vern tackled in 1n 1979 was the storage of drawings. The existing system was the hanging clamp as shown in lower left. It really was cumbersome to pull the correct drawing out or get them clamped in place to store them. The standard flat files were messy also.

A new design came onto the market which made it possible to pick a single drawing out and not bother the other drawings in storage - the file is seen at left.




It did not fit the budget for this firm so Vern made one at his home. It worked until the company closed in 1987.

Another challenge while working here was the new personal computer. A North Star computer was purchased and Vern dove right in to learn programing in basic. His son, Bryan, just got his Apple about the same time.
To help Vern, Bryan put an 8 inch drive computer together, placing it with a cabinet Vern built. They worked together well.