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Thursday. January 20. State Has Paid $160,000 In Owner Refunds, Boyles Says RALEIGH—Four-hundred seventy-six owners of unclaimed and abandoned property have now received refunds totaling $160,000, State Treasurer Harlan Boyles said today, in repor ting on the concerted effort mounted by his office and North Carolina’s newspapers to locate the property owners. Noting that locating owners of abandoned property is not an easy task, Boyles praised * - ' * , .•*. ■ ■ f s . ■ •••. • * - -> ,<> . - & && iMmmmmm ’ ,< • s, mi s* * ■ - THE BIRDS—Is Alfred Hitchcock’s movie of seagulls at tacking man coming true in Edenton? Could it be that at the end of Broad Street, the vicious birds are lining up on poles, ready to attack an innocent by-stander? (Photo by Clay Roberts) Phone Co. Offers Aid TARBORO—Carolina Telephone has established a “Tel-Aid Customer Assistance Program” to assist customers who find it difficult or impossible to make timely payment of their telephone bill due to serious financial hardship. Wayne Peterson, Carolina Telephone president, said, “The monthly telephone bill may be far from the biggest item in the family budget, but I want our company to go a step or two beyond the norm to help customers avoid ser vice disconnection for nonpayment.” As outlined by Peterson, the ■Tel-Aid program encourages' “"TeKTHnmr Customers a blem in paying their' telephone bill” to call their local business office or a special toll-free number, 1-800-682-7007, to request, assistance. Specially trained telephone company personnel will attempt to work out suitable payment ar rangements, provide advice on how to reduce future bills and pffer to assist the customer in contacting an ap propriate social agency for possible help with other critical needs. Peterson said, “We recognize the critical role telephone service plays in the lives of many of our customers. With today’s STORE HOURS: /■ld II Dncrll 9:30 A.M.-5:30 PM Daily C l osed 0n Sundays m I Jergens s° ap jfij* Paper ® ® ar Uni 88 /\Sr~tv\ Prestone ' Antifreeze North * r " PrestOße m Bathroom Tissue MOBTU I Roses HBT] "SET Potting Soil 4 lbs. wftwMML sqqoo Re«. 82- yk 2/ $ i°° Reg. $134.97 U/ X the many newspapers in the state which published lists of the property’? owners without making any charge for the service. The procedure pro vided by law, Boyles said, is for his office to provide lists of escheated property owners to each Clerk of Court in the state, for posting in local courthouses. This action has typically resulted in very few claims from the property’s lawful owners. unemployement and the high cost of winter heating bills, some people on a fixed in come or faced with an unex pected financial crisis have to make some difficult decisions when it comes to paying bills. We want to be certain that our customers, when faced with such decisions, are made aware of any arrangements we may be able to offer, as well as the services which may be available to them through various social agen cies to help meet their other needs. “Like any other business, we can’t say ‘pay us when you get the money,’ but as we’ve found through our own "efiifsnsyemjmistenHg' pra j|Bam, there |re times why people need help, financiaTor' otherwise. Often, they just need to know where to turn. What we’re trying to do is get people to call us when they’ve got a serious situation. We may be able to help with telephone payment problems or an offer to refer them elsewhere for appropriate assistance.” Hw, handbag, and ball, from large shower curtain hooks on closet rods. Unclaimed or abandoned property, the Treasurer explained, must first be re tained by the bank, corpora tion, or other holding institu tion, for at least five years. During this time, the institu tion is charged with the responsibility of locating the rightful owner. If all attempts to do this fail, the property must then be submitted to the Escheat Fund, which is under the authority of the Applications Being Taken Hie N.C. Arts Council of the Department of Cultural Resources is now accepting applications for summer in ternships in arts administration. Internships will be awarded to three people, each of whom will spend a total of three months at two community arts councils of different sizes and four days at the N.C. Arts Council in Raleigh. The intern program, now in its 10th year, is designed to advance arts administration professionalism in North Carolina through instruction and work experience. The program is conducted to help prepare participants for per manent employment in the field and to assist them in fin ding that employment. Os 31 participants in the program since 1974, 25 have been placed in arts ad ministration jobs of some kind. Qualifications for interns include a four-year college degree, strong administration and business abilities and wide knowledge and ap preciation of the arts. The ability to accept employment in September, if positions should become available, is desirable. However, people still atten ding graduate school are in vited to apply if they have committed themselves to a career in arts administration.« Applications are available 4rom: Summer intern Pro*J gram, N.C. Arts Council, Department of Cultural Resources, Raleigh, N.C., 27611. Deadline for application is March 1,1983. FOR ANNOYING B COUGH AND H STUFFY NOSE sflarß TRVUMNIC-DM COUGH FORMULA C 1982 Dorsey Laboratories. Division of Sandoz. Inc.. Lincoln. Nebraska 68501 THE CHOWAN HERALD Treasurer’s Department. It is at this point that the Treasurer seeks to locate the owner. Until the rightful owner is located, the money is invested Hoke Roberson, Jr. 1 Announces 4§|p ANNUAL I rate KII I - Buck, Oldsmobile, Pontiac Or GMC Trucks i. Now through March 31,1983, you can get Low GMAC financing on the finest line of low 11.9% GMAC financing on quality 1983 GM GM vehicles ever offered. Available from Hoke cars and light trucks.* And this low rate is not Motor Corp. on vehicles delivered by March 31. just limited to selected models. Qualified Vehicles ordered by February 28 are also eligi buyers can finance any new 1983 Pontiac, ble. Dealer financial participation may affect Oldsmobile, Buick or GMC light-duty truck or final negotiated price of the vehicle. So make van at just 11.9%. your best deal and get a big break with low 11.9% GMAC financing. •Excludes fleet sales and leased units. I PONTIAC GMAC BUICK I I OLDSMOBILE GMC TRUCKS I VISIT THE HOME OF THE *GM* GIANT I wiinur mot ° r c ° Rp - I JAI HllH r EDENTON4B2-8421 I & IIIUVILn Broad St Ext. i j by the Treasurer, and the in terest is remitted to the North Carolina Education Assistance Authority to be used for loans to worthy and needy North Carolina students in institutions of higher learning within the state. Last year, the interest teamed on escheated proper ty was in excess of two million dollars. Though this money served a worthwhile educa tion purpose, the Treasurer continues to emphasize that his first concern is that it be returned to its lawful owners. Toward this end, he instituted Page 3-B the current return progtiim, in the course of which the Department of the Treasurer has received substantial assistance from the state’s newspapers.
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