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jl |! Page 12A--THE BRUNSWICK BEAO ATA BY SUSAN USHER Changes underway by Atlantic Telephone Membership Cmjf. mi ?v>u exchanges will improve services to mnrp thnn half th*? rnnnpraHvp'?i customers at a total cost of about $2.5 million, spokesman Percy Woodard said Friday. ATMC began switching both its Holden Beach and Seaside-Calabash exchanges over to electronic computer offices this mor.th. Timber Sales A program uesigueu lu liclp woodland owners develop a plan for timber sales will be held Thursday, Jan. 24, at 7 p.m. at the Agricultural Extension Office at the county government complex in Bolivia. Sponsored by the Brunswick County Woodlot Committee, the program will feature W.E. Gardner, an extension forest resources specialist from N.C, State University. Among the tcpics Gardnei will I m m PRESSURE TREATED L Point .40 Treotm Ground Contoc * Whiteville ^ 754-4488 ^ ?HE 111 tfywji iwww i 1 "L.K.E, u*N<Jl f proundly ai UNNorii iniv I 1 AIMS' *j* ijni l\J (formerly of Wnecni (Lake Waceamav i ihf ^'ncral prat i Main Shailotte, INt (next to Th< OI1KI iioi its Mon., I iu's.. NX ? ?!., Ft *' p.m.-1 p.m., 2:.'i0 p.m.-6 Sat. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Ho 6^ O April O 4c Si gm.* choice of ways to put i Maybe with a lusher-y I Or maybe you want to bonds, or a combinatii Whatever you w; left talk over your IR/ you do, the sooner y.h start biting back. ON, Thursday, January 17. 1985 AC Improvir Additional toll cables or longdistance lines also are planned, he saiu, which should make it easier to get outside the area when dialing. Also, "remote" offices will be installed to improve the quality of service received by customers at the end of the line on both exchanges?the Calabash area of the 579 exchange and soon, Sunset Harbor on the 842 exchange. "It's going to make a world of difProgram Set CwVCr indu''" t mKnr> for volume information, seeking bids and the sale of by-products that woodlot owners have, such as pine straw and poles. The meeting is open to all woodlot owners who are thinking of selling timber. For more information contact the county forest ranger, the soil conservation office, the Farmers Home Administration office, or iiie Agriculture Extension Service office. rrm=s* rrcrmrcroTi 3Bp> iH ? J I STON, M.D. \ inoiinceH th<? ition of lctxwi i> A r iij i \ * .rt.o. maw iVledicai Center) t, North Carolina) n rtice of medicine it Street >rth Carolina >mas Dru^s) CALL K)H i. APPOIINTMKNTS p.m. TELEPHONE 751-8731 Don't just sit I thi?n? vvnitinn fi >r l -? o ? I i t.. .1 , o * . u:*~ J i i it. it. iv? vmv next April lil Start fighting back now with our Investor i Vxl.oe IU 4C v "j/vtvHi nvrw TnL*i> vfvnr nuscle in unir money ield, fixed-rate IRA. shift i?ears into stocks, >11 of investments, mt to do, come in and > situntionThe sooner i VkJR JPRuyjl vmi leuea ig Services ference for those two exchanges. I thinlr it rail! imnrnuo corinpoc tremendously," said Woodard of the changes underway. "They've had a lot of problems." The two exchanges serve more than half ATMC's customers?4,300 on the Calabash-Seaside exchange and 3,500 on the Holden Beach exchange. Among the most noticeable changes brought about by the computerized offices, customers will no longer hear a clicking sound when dialing and should get a dial tone immediately. But the changeover also requires a change in dialing habits: from now PEOPLE IN Eighteen Or Eighteen Brunswick County students attained the faii ?emester dean's list at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. 11-4 U a i ui uv.au o not iiuiiuia, a otuutnt taking 12 to 14 hours must earn a quality point average of 3.5 or better with no grade less than B, while students enrolled for 15 or more hours must earn a 3.2 average with nn nroiln Irwin (Knn D IV/ giuuv IVOO VI MX 11 L?. Students on the list are as follows: Jean Arthur Jones, Iceland; Cindy Ann Campbell, Route 1, Winnabow; Ellen Gore Milligan, Route 1, Ash; ??t? a - IT..LI 1 * n 1_ . Jill nmicuc iiuuuaiu, iaiiij; ucacu, Charles Edward Blake, Southport; Judy Abbott Snecden, Route 3, I.eland; Paul Simpson Chipley, Ocean Isle Beach; Sibyl Outcast Thearling, I eland; Renee Denise Pellom, Route 2, Iceland; Also, Timothy J. McGinn, Sunset Beach; Jamie Pilkcnton Chestnutt, Southport; Bruce W. Dillard, Shallotte; Gloria Fayc I.loyd, !>s!s?d* RorKat*a Ann WilHSTM-S Route 1, Bolivia; Beverly Bryant Marlowe, Supply; Judith I.ynne Jones, !<ong Beach; Dale Marus lewis, Route 1, I eland; Rose King Cook, Route 4, leland. To Head Bike-A-Thon Patricia E. Poulos of Holden Beach has been named 1985 Cycle for life tu. k.> v/iMaiiuaiH tvi miv uitauvvvc uita **j tlie North Carolina Chapter of tlie leukemia Society of America. HUlers will soon be sccKlng sponsors for the upcoming bike-a-thon. Proceeds will be used for research into leukemia, still the number one killer disease of children, and patient aid, including $5i5,u55 in research Courses w 11 o wv? A clothing and textiles "update" seminar will be held Wed., Jan. 23, from 10 a.m. until neon at the Brunswick County Extension Service office in Bolivia. New fabrics, equipment, notions and the like will be demonstrated and a 1985 fashions preview will be available. For more information contact o??-i to cinnu., heme economics extension agent. Also. Mrs. Stanley has avaibible MviTix .study course iTi invi'icy coritro! and baby care. "Money Control" can help both families and single persons or those with regular or seasonal Jobs in better managing their household income. "Baby Talk" is a series of 12 monthly leaflets for parents of babies under one year of age. it begins Jan. 21. i u uouun ciuwrr lirm ai no marge contact Mrs Stanley at 2&H42S. To Sponsor Ciasses Brunswick Technical College will sponsor a H-hour wallpaper hanging course at the Supply campus starting Monday. Jan. 11. Classes will be Uught each Monday from 6:JO p.m. to 10 p.m. by Harry Pigott Students will learn to choose and use correct tools, to estimate wallpaper needs and cost, and to use elements of color, pattern, and texture in creating continuity. Registration, which includes a fee of $15. will be held Monday during the first class meeting Also in January, a cake decorating Class will De new at west Brunswick High School cm Monday and Thurw day evenings from 6:90 p nv to 9 SO p m starting Jan IS Students will meet in room 12? for Uw course taught by Betty Jo Edge. A rcguiratior. fee U MS will be eolSectrd a! !h? fir;* iuv<?? For more information. contact the Continuing Education Department ?t Brunswick Technical College To Majority on, customers on the two exctianges will have to dial all seven digits rather than ihe last five when making a call to someone on the same exchange. The switch-over was made for 579 numbers the night of Monday, Jan. 7, while the Holden Beach exchange will be switched over about midnight Jan. 21, not Jan. 14 as first scheduled. Customer information has already been programmed into the system and the wiring completed, but the actual moment of switch-over still requires the manual pulling of "carbons" or protectors by hand from the old mechanical system and manually pushing in new carbons into the comTHE NEWS i UNC-W List projects granted within the state and financial assistance to 550 leukemia patients in the state. Airman Promoted Stephen M. Baccarny, son of Paul M. and Lois Baccarny of Route 1, Ash, has been promoted in the U.S. Air Force to the rank of senior airman. The 1978 West Brunswick High School graduate is an aircraft armament specialist at 1-angley Air Force Base, Va., with the 1st Equipment Maintenance Squadron. bervice Kecognized Atlantic Telephone Membership Corp. recognized employees with five, 10 and 25 years of service at an awards dinner and Christmas party w-1.1 in i ,1..... Ibiu a*. OCUUiiit/vi . Wilson Arnold of Supply received a 25-year service pin for his work as a BEMC director. Employees Steve Ixjng and Dan Russ were recognized for 10 years of ?orvice and Eugene Cox, Ginger Selleis, Phyllis Hewett and Delane Stanley for five years of service each. Lauzon On List Anne I^uzon, daughter of Mr. and mrs. u.c.. tauzon 01 snauoue, nas been named t,o the Brevard College honor roll for the 1984 fall semester. Siudcnts iiauieu iu uic liGtiCF toll must attain a 3.0 academic average or bettor on a 4.0 scale. Completes Basic Airman Wexler E. Clause, son of Thurman L. and Edie M. Clause of Shallotte, has been assigned to Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, after completing basic training He will now receive specialized instruction in aircraft maintenance. gassfjp it J-BM r*,\ |_ ga P jjn- gild ^ Hon mM&H M11UL ll?p! am w^rr mm jga ?~iM-f FP, H#Y. 17 3 ' Of Custorr puterized system, a process that takes about one hour with several people working, Woodard said. Then the system must be tested, both for local service and long-distance access. Installation of a remote office, Wood an 1 said, "should help the Calabash-Carolina Shores area quite a bit. They're at the far end of the line. You have to amplify it, but you still have problems with touch-tone dialing and especially with homes that have more than one phone." mm r a \ mam warn m n IIVICI II AT jl| n\i<j)ui>n i Lg| j' *cau / Storrr a nirt? 1 w ' W~ I UC II I all your wlnt W i HyiiggNc I i S Hwy 17? between Ocecr. ! ^ i = PARKER & ! FfTTrr^nj IJJJjJJCIden's BEST Latex F se Paint IwTBBl , saw ! w\ i m -ARKiR & SO? I 211 754-4331 " ^ Y I lers [ Work has begun on the remote offirp frtr Polahoeh TKp nr"fn hr; building will be set up on a concrete slab in a field behind the Calabash Volunteer Fire Department. Installation of the toll cables has been delayed pending arrival of all the materials ATMC ordered back in July and that were scheduled for delivery in October, Woodard indicated. Financing for the improvements came from a Rural Electrification Authority loan approved last year. c ivmiAfi ^ B_ IW VW i ffi .m rx 11.m wn iking K ) Doors isuiatlon i irization needs! I CHODI ISC^ ?ss&t I !.!? * juni?; S?uiii 579 33?i 4 ~~? SONS M \i~\r\ ra IWl UUtf i ..Jm i i~r/i m SH uaa ^A: I on Wj '\ REG. $19.99 W|| I! $8.00 11 jc lur til i
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