The 1945 Southern Bell local telephone book had less than two pages of listings for Pompano and the immediate surrounding area, and one page of instructions for making a call:

On all calls, remove the receiver carefully from the hook and listen for the dial tone before starting to dial a number. The dial tone is a steady humming sound heard in the telephone receiver indicating that the line is ready for you to dial.

When you hear the dial tone, keep the receiver off the hook and dial each figure of the telephone number. For example, if you are calling 2341, proceed as follows:
1. Place your finger in the opening over the figure"2."
2. Turn the dial around until your finger strikes finger stop.
3. Remove your finger and without touching the dial allow it to return to its normal position.
4. Proceed in the same way to dial the other figures.

If your finger slips, or you make a mistake in dialing, hang up the receiver at once, wait a few seconds and dial again. Before starting to dial a second call, always hang up your receiver for a few seconds in order to clear the previous connection.

Within a few seconds after you have completed dialing, you should hear either the ringing signal, an intermittent burr-rr-ing sound, indicating that the bell of the called line is ringing, or the busy signal, a rapid buzz-buzz-buzz, indicating that the called line is busy.

If you do not hear either of these signals within half a minute, hang up the receiver, wait a few seconds and make another attempt.

Pompano had switched over to automatic dial phones in 1931; prior to that it was necessary to connect with an operator to place a call. Still, even in 1945, many families were, or were about to, acquire their first home phone.