[patton]

Back when phone exchanges were identified by name (watch an old movie - someone will ask the operator for "newbank-5-3340" or some such), WE6-1212 was the ma bell weather report phone number. The time was available on TI6-1212 ("at the tone, the time will be 5:18 and 30 seconds...")

[Free State Four]

You mean, like PEnnsylvania 6 5 oh-oh-oh!? Or in the area where I grew up, BAltimore 6-5000. Or WEstport 6-5000. (Actually, I am so old and grew up in such a small town that my parents' business number - which is printed on a pot holder that I have hanging in my kitchen - only has 4 numbers. And we thought we were big stuff because we weren't on the party line. But I didn't recognize the number you gave. But then, I can be pretty dense and clueless sometimes. :o)

[mlmr]

And you could tell the neighborhood just from the number name.... You know, the old days had class!!