TT&T President
To Speak At
CCC Graduation
The president and chief
executive officer of Caroiina
Telephone and Telegraph
Company will deliver the
commencement address at
Craven Community College’s
graduation June 2 at New Bern
Senior High School.
Wayne Peterson, president
and CEO of the telephone
company since 1980, was
asked tp give the address, in
light of CT&T’s large role in
employment in Craven
County. New Bern is home of a
regional office of Carolina
Telephone. Mr. Peterson is
also a member of the State
Board of Community Colleges.
Born in Oklahoma, Mr.
Peterson grew up in Texas,
attending Tyler and Hender
son County Junior Colleges as
well as two senior institutions.
In 1957, he was employed by
Southwestern States Tele
phone Company in Texas. He
joined United Telecommuni-;
cations, Inc. in 1968 and held
several key management
''positions before coming to
North Carolina and CT&T.
Among his distinguished
activities are directorships of
North Carolina Citizens for
Business and Industry, East
Carolina University’s BB&T
Center for Leadership
Development and Center for
Applied Technology, the N.C.
-State University Foundation
and N.C. Japan Center. He is a
director and past president of
the North Carolina Telephone
Association, a member of the
Governor’s Business Council
for the Airts and Humanities
and a trustee of Pitt County
Memorial Hospital.
The college’s graduation is
scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in the
high school auditorium.
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May 1
Happy
Birthday
Jo-Lynne
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Means Giving^burAll!
Whether it’sa lOKruna-walkathcm
for charity, digging postholes for play
ground equipment, treating shut-ins
to a basketball game orbeingadesig-
nated hu^er at Special Olympics,
Carolina Telephone people are there,
giving their all.
More than being canpany employees,
more than being communications
professionals, we are all members of
communities we serve. And, we are
committed to doing all we can for the
good of those communities.
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We love you,
Daddy, Mama
Ricky and Lisa
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