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customer where it would be of
fered, should be particularly
helpful in meeting the needs of
customers on low or fixed in
comes, or those with minimal
calling needs.
Under this option, customers
would pay between $6.15 and
$7.05 a month, depending on the
number of telephones in their
local calling area, for unlimited
incoming calls and nominal
amount of outgoing calling.
Outgoing local calls would be
measured in much the same
manner as long distance
calls—according to distance the
call travels, duration of the call,
and the day and time of day the
call is placed. Measured local
calls would enjoy the same time-
of-day discounts as intrastate
long distance calls.
This service will not be
available at this time due to the
type central office serving our
area.
If approved, the service would
be available immediately in ex
changes serving a third of the
company’s approximately
880,(XX) residence customers in
North Carolina. Under present
plans, the service would be
available to nearly 75 per cent of
the company’s residence
customers by year-end 1985 and
to 100 per cent in 1989.
In addition to the $1.85 in
crease in basic monthly
residence service rates,
customers in 17 exchanges will
receive additional increases
amounting to 20 or 25 cents a
month because the local calling
scope within these exchanges
has grown into the next higher
rate grouping. Business
customers in these exchanges
would receive additional in
creases of 50 or 65 cents a
month. These 17 exchanges are:
Fairmont, Lumberton, Pem
broke, Rowland, Lattimore,
Lawndale, Cleveland, Lin-
colnton, Shelby, Anderson, Cas
tle Hayne, Wrightsville teach,
Scotts Hill, Enka Candler, Black
Mountain, Swannanoa and
Kings Mountain.
The Southern tell proposal
also includes decreases in
charges for many intrastate long
distance calls to bring them in
line with interstate calls,
resulting in a saving, Thomas
said.
The initial rate period on all
operator-assisted calls would be
reduced from the current three-
minute minimum to a one-
minute minimum. The first-
minute and additional-minute
rates would be the same as for
direct-dialed calls. There would
be an added charge for the
operator’s assistance, amounting
to 30 cents for a customer-dialed
credit card call, 70 cents for col
lect and bill-to-third number
calls, and $1.70 for person-to-
person calls.
Other elements of Bell’s rate
proposal include the following:
—Proposed rates for service
connection charges for residence
customers would range between
$40.10 and $61.55, depending
on how much work the com
pany has to do to connect the
service and howjmucji customers
can save by picking up the
telephone sets at a Southern tell
PhoneCenter Store and install
ing the sets themselves. Present
service connection charges for
residence customers range from
$18.20 to $36.75.
—Proposed service connec
tion charges for business
customers with single-line ser
vice and one basic rotary dial
Southern tell telephone set
would be $81.15. The present
charge is $48.10.
—A change in the method of
charging for a residence exten
sion with a basic Southern tell
set was also proposed. The net
effect of the change would be to
reduce the monthly charge for
such an extension from $1.25 to
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—The monthly charge for
private number listings (those
numbers not listed in tele^one
directories and not available
through Directory Assistance)
would increase by 15 cents, from
$1.60 to $1.75 a month.
—The charge for additional
listings in the company’s White
Pages telephone directories
would increase 10 cents a month
for both residence and business
customers. The residence charge
would go from 75 to 85 cents a
month and the business charge
from $1.10 to $1.20 a month.
—The company proposes to
charge for requests made to the
operator for vertifications and
interruptions. The proposed
charges are 35 cents for requests
for vertifications and line status
conditions and 75 cents for inter
ruptions. There would be no
charge for verification of the
status of emergency agency
number, or if the line on which
verification is requested is out of
order. Southern Bell says
verifications and interruptions
cost the company hundreds of
thousands of dollars a year. The
proposal to charge for such ser
vices would put the burden for
such costs on customers who re
quest the service, and not on the
general body of telephone users.
Thomas said that even with
the proposed rate increases, the
David Hinshaws
Wed Saturday
telephone would remain one of
the best bargains available to
North Carolina consumers. He
said the bill for basic service now
takes a smaller percentage of the
average family’s income than it
did 20, 10 or even 5 years ago.
“The telephone provides ins
tant access to millions of other
phones around the world and
the convenience, companion
ship, security and peace of mind
such access provides,” Thomas
said. “Yet it costs less than half a
tank of gasoline or a small bag of
groceries or a meal for four at a
fast-food restaurant.”
Speaking of the optional
measured service proposal, he
said it would help the compiany
to ensure universal service at a
fair and reasonable rate level.
“Our success to date in keep
ing basic service prices at very
low levels is being jeoparized by
three developments,” Thomas
said. “Sustained inflation has
drive the cost of providing ser
vice to record levels. Second, the
today’s competitive environment
the subsidies that optional and
business services make to basic
residence service are rapidly
eroding. And, finally, the
restructing of our industry as
ordered by the Federal Com
munications Commission and
pending Congressional legisla
tion has made the status of cur
rent subsidies unclear. All of this
adds uncertainty to rate-setting
as we have known it in the past.”
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table. Serving punch were Mrs.
Irvin M. Allen, Jr. and Miss
Christine Still.
A four-tiered pink and white
wedding cake was topped with a
bridal nosegay and was cut and
served by Mrs. Jacob Cooper
and Mrs. Paul Hendricks from a
round table which was decorated
in pink and white. Champagne
punch was served in the family
room.
Dr. and Mrs. C. Jeff Mauney
greeted guests and Dr. and Mrs.
W. L. Mauney introduced the
receiving line which included the
bridal couple and parents of the
bridegroom. Assisting in receiv
ing and entertaining were
Mr.and Mrs. Robert Wilson,
Mr. and Mrs. Knox Winget of
Gastonia, aunt and uncle of the
bride, Mr. and Mrs. Lee McIn
tyre, Mr. and Mrs. L.E. Hin-
nant, Mr. and Mrs. George
Houser, Mr. and Mrs. Garland
E. Still of Gastonia and Mr. and
Mrs. W. K. Mauney, Jr. Miss
Laura Carpenter and Miss Julie
Durham presided at the register.
For traveling, the new Mrs.
Mauney chose a pink and white
two-piece suit, a Nardis Original,
with navy accessories and lifted
the orchid from her bridal bou
quet.
Dr. and Mrs. William
Lawrence Mauney of Kings
Mountain are parents of the
Brunch Honors
Miss Mauney
Mr. Hinshaw
Miss Jennie Gray Mauney
and David Hinshaw, whose wed
ding took place Saturday, were
honored on their wedding day at
an 11 a.m. Wedding Brunch at
the home of Mrs. Jacob Cooper
on North Piedmont Avenue.
Entertaining with Mrs.
Cooper were Mrs. George W.
Plonk, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Wilson and Mr. and Mrs. W. K.
Mauney ,Jr.
Upon arrival, members of the
two families and the wedding
party were served appetizers in
the living room which was
beautifully decorated with ar
rangements of pink roses.
The bride’s table in the dining
room was overlaid with white
linen cutwork and held a central
arrangement of pink roses in a
silver epergne. Smaller tables,
where guests were seated, were
overlaid with white linen and
centered with miniature ar
rangements of pink roses and
clematis. Pink and white place
cards marked the places of
guests, and Miss Mauney’s place
was marked by a pink and white
shoulder bouquet and a hostess
gift.
Labor Day
Get-To-Gether
For Murrays
A Labor Day weekend get-to
gether at the home of Mrs. Y.F.
Throneburg honored her son
and daughter-in4aw. Bill and
Beverly Throneburg, who have
been visiting from Salt Lake Q-
ty, Utah.
Joining in a supper gathering
were Mrs. Throneburg’s brother
and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
W.L. Murray of Maiden, her
brother and sister-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. WA. Murray of
Hickory and her sister, Mrs.
Ransom Mann of Forest City,
and her brother and sister-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Ray W. Murray of
Marion.
bride who is granddaughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. R.
Lawrence Mauney of Kings
Mountain and the late Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Knox Winget of
Albemarle. She is a 1975
graduate of KMSHS and in 1976
was presented at the N. C.
Debutante Ball sponsored by the
Raleigh Terpsichorean Club. She
is a 1979 Cum Laude graduate of
Salem College with B.S. in
Medical Technology and a 1979
graduate of Forsyth Memorial
Hospital School of Medical
Technology. She is employed as
Medical Technologist at Forsyth
Memorial Hospital in the
Microbiology Department in
Winston Salem.
The bridegroom is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Garl Edward Hin
shaw of Winston Salem and
grandson of Mr. and Mrs. G. E.
Crater and Mrs. Maude Hin
shaw, all of Winston Salem. He
is a 1975 graduate of West For
syth High School and is a 1979
cum laude graduate of North
Carolina State University with
B.A. in accounting. He is
employed as a staff accountant
by Ernst & Whinney in
Winston Salem.
After Sept. 14th the
newlyweds will be at home in
Clemmons.
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i-ii:': announces the removal of his offices to 110 •:§:
West Mountain Street (formerly Warlick's
ill: Insurance) for the general practice of law.
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