Editorial: Work begins on 2018 phone book

Early in 2018, the Ledger will be publishing the annual Whitehall Area Phone Book.

The staff at the paper has currently started work on the edition and is using this editorial to remind residents and businesses about the publication.

While a phone book has become a thing of the past for many in larger communities, it remains a viable and well used in the Whitehall area. There are several people who come into the Ledger office each week looking for a book, and the 2017 edition was so popular that we have run out of them. The 2018 book will be inserted into each in county newspaper (both subscribers and store copies), will be available at the Ledger office, as well as various businesses in town. The book is also popular with new residents who make a stop by the Ledger to pick one up so they can have immediate access to local contacts.

I have a copy of the book and I use it numerous times a week. This book is well used and the perfect place of local businesses to advertise their services. It is also a chance for all those who no longer have a home phone to add their cell number if they so desire.

If you would like a number listed, have a change in number, or would like to remove a number, please contact the Ledger prior to December 31. The deadline for ads in the new edition will be the same date. We would like to get the edition out as soon as we can in 2018, so we would appreciate all those wanting in the book to contact us prior to the end of 2017.

There are many people that will come in when the book is published and grab two or three so they can have one at home, one in their vehicle, and one at work.

That says a lot about the popularity of the book and we look forward to publishing the next edition.

JHS