INSTALLED - New officers installed at the Chamber of Commerce annual dinner meeting Tuesday night were (left to right) C.D.
Bounds, president; Walter Coley, secretary-treasurer; Graham Monroe, vice-president and Sam C. Morris, vice-president. (Photo by
Lee GilUs)
CP&L Asks For Rate Hike
Carolina Power & Light Co.
today asked permission to
increase its retail rates on
electric service in North
Carolina by 5.63 percent on an
emergency basis.
The power company asked
the State Utilities Commission
to allow the increase to be
effective no later than June 3.
It would add less than three
cents a day to the average
customer's bill for electricity
used at home, the company
contends.
Shearon Harris, CP&L
president, says the firm's
expenses have risen sharply
from the basis on which its
previous 11.86 percent increase
was based. The present rates
are based on an allowance for
fuel of 41.5 cents per million
Btu. But CP&L's cost of fuel
for the first quarter of this year
has been 52.02 cents per
million Btu. An increase of one
cent per million Btu amounts
to about SI,650,000 annually
for the company.
"Our expense for fuel
burned in the first three
months of-this year was 54.16
million more than the
estimated fuel cost on which
our present rates in North
Carolina are based," he
emphasized.
In its request to the
commission, the company says
presently approved rates do
not afford it the opportunity
for just and reasonable
earnings. CP&L recently
reported earnings of $1.31 per
share of common stock for the
12 months ending March 31.
That was a drop of almost 37
percent per share from the
$2.07 earned in the
comparable 12 months's period
for last year.
"We consider it essential
that we have rate relief now,"
Harris declared. "It is necessary
if we are going to recover our
operating costs, especially fuel,
and if we are going to attract
tremendous sums of money we
will require to finance our
construction program. We must
have this construction to meet
our customers' needs for
electricity."
He said CP&L's construction
program will require about
$2.4 billion by 1978, and
approximately S2 billion of
this must come in the form ot
new capital from people who
have savings to invest.
"We have to compete for
capital," he emphasixed. "We
can't expect people to invest
their savings in CP&L unless
they have reasonable
expectation of earning as much
from us as they would
elsewhere."
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H
oke
ighlights
by Debbie Anderson
Two lull weeks remain in
this school and the senior class
is looking forward to
graduation day with much
anticipation!
The seniors received their
cap and gowns Tuesday and
then Friday, received their
graduation invitations. These
two factors really helped to
boost their excitement.
The student body assembled
in the Hoke High gym last
Wednesday for the long
awaited presentation of Hoke
High's annual the "Ekoh" and
also for the tapping of the new
rising junior members of the
National Honor Society.
The Honor Society tapping
was first. Miss L.J. Mims
described the true meaning of
the Honor Society, then,
Kathy Sanders, this year's
president spoke to the newly ?
tapped members. Donna
Jackson also gave a very
comical and true description
on what it was like to be a
Society member. The fourteen
senior members tapped the
rising junior members with a
rose bud and a sea shell which
was a memorandum of their
senior weekend. The newly
tapped members are Tony
Littrell, Joe Cothran, Miriam
Ropp, Sally Austin, Donna
Clifton, Caroline Niven, Mary
Margaret Sawyer, Sherry
Shepley, Linda Kay Teal, Kim
Jordan. Joy Lent, Linda Kay
Harrell, Cynthia McNeill, and
Carolyn Staton.
Congratulations to these
members.
Friday, the members of
National Honor Society who
have been nominated for next
year's offices, attended an
induction service at E.E. Smith
Senior High School in
Fayetteville. The trip was to
familiarise the members with
induction ptocedures.
The second part of the
assembly was devoted to the
dedication of the EKOH. Mr.
Jerry Thompson presented Mr.
Autry and the senior's helpful
advisor Mrs. Cole their annuals.
Then the members of the
Senior Hall of Fame were
presented their annuals. Last
but not least the editor ? in ?
chief. Donna Jackson was
recognized.
Donna, the EKOH staff and
Mr. Thompson have done an
excellent job on the annual.
Forty - four pages were added
to its' content along with many
other improvements. The
students at H.H.S. really have
an annual to be proud of!!
This Tuesday the Hoke
County Chorale under the
direction of Mrs. N.A. McNeill
presented a concert at the
annual Raeford - Hoke County
Chamber meeting. The Chorale
sang a variety of music, ranging
from pop to patriotic.
Everyone is invited to the
Spring Concert presented by
the Moke County High School
Chorus and Chorale.
The concert begins at eight
o'clock and will be held in the
Hoke High gymnasium. It is
promised to be one of the best
yet!!
The annual Employer ?
Employee Banquet. The
president of the Distributive
Education Club Donna Owens,
presided at the banquet. There
were approximately six DECA
members and their employers
at the banquet. Other guests
were Mr. Raz Autry, Mr.
Donald Abemethy, Dr Riley
Jordan, Mr. Bobby Gibson, Mr.
Bill Howell, Mr. D.R. Hugg,
and Mr. Wilton Wood.
It has been decided that
seniors will be allowed to take
their exams Monday and
Tuesday. May 24th and 25th.
This will give the seniors more
time to practice for the
graduation festivities and also
relieve their mind from the
tension of exams!!
MARY^LY
YOURS
by MARY ODOM
In my efforts to share with
Kou this experience of being in
the General Assembly, I have
aid little or nothing about
:ducation. Since my concern
for children and those who
teach them more or less got me
into this, perhaps a report is in
3rder.
Membership on the
tducation committee has been
i disappointment. I have
attended all except one
meeting and missed that one
only to hear the proponents of
Save Bald Head. Most of the
bills before education
committee have been relating
to the election of school board
members in various counties.
There was one lively debate on
whether or not Kings Mountain
school could build a fieldhouse
without the customary bids.
Somehow I had it in my
mind that the education
committee carefully considered
what was best for children and
action was taken from that
point. Nothing could be
further from the truth and it
has practically shattered my
ego to make this discovery.
Apparently decisions on
school matters works this way.
Somebody (I'm not certain
who) decides how much
money ought to be allocated to
schools and you plan from
there. Representative George
Miller, Durham County, very
appropriately describes it as
like playing a game of
monopoly. Everybody has so
much money, Now how should
it be spent? Maybe this
approach to spending has just
grown like Topsy. I don't
know. I do feel there ought to
be a better way. I try not to be
guilty of knocking the system
until I know what it is all
about. I do confess to a
questioning attitude.
From my freshman vantage
point, I've tried to correlate
the many different sets of
statistics relating to school
affairs. The advisory budget
commission gives one set. The
audit division gives another and
the tax research division comes
up with something else. The
department of administration
has still another. Mary was
baffled for every person who
presented these figures seemed
to be an authority. There
absolutely HAD to be some
point of reconciliation and it i
took me hours and hours to
find it. Now I am preparing my
own set of charts and while
they may not influence
anybody or anything, at least I
will have some way of
evaluating figures that are
presented.
The school salary situation is
now in a sub ? sub committee
on appropriations and as of last
week they had three plans,
each costing a given amount of
money. It is my understanding
that when the word comes as
to how much money can be
used for education, they'll
offer the plan in the proper
price range.
Meantime, Dr. Craig Phillips
doesn't like any of the plans
and neither does Claude Farrel,
who lobbys for the North
Carolina Association of
Educators. Dr. Phillips seems
committed to the initiation of
a ten calendar months term of
employment with whatever
amount of money is allocated
and Mr. Farrel advocates a
gradual extension of the term
with whatever money is
available AFTER the
Governor's 5 and 57e
recommendations. 1 have the
feeling that NOBODY is going
to be very happy with the
outcome.
Speaking for myself, I see
little to be optimistic about for
this biennium. Absolutely
everybody is FOR God,
Motherhood, and Education.
There is wide disagreement as
to how to achieve the latter.
My guess is that it will take
something very unusual to
change things much from the
thiee plans of the sub ? sub
committee. Maybe this
pessimistic attitude of mine is
end ? of - school - syndrone.
Teachers just automatically get
hollow ? eyed and haggard
looking in mid - May. But we
always make it to the end.
Visitors this week included
Mrs. Ellen Newbold, County
Commissioner Kenny
McKenzie, James McKenzie,
Jim Sutherland, Colon
McArthur, and Bob Davis. The
latter four came up to have
breakfast with the Governor
and came by to see me, too.
Commissioner McKenzie came
up to hear Vice President Spiro
Agnew explain the revenue
sharing plan.
I frankly was a little
diasppointed in Agnew's
speech. He has so many
colorful speeches that it was a
definite let down to listen for
forty minutes to an exposition
on how to divide up millions
and billions of dollars I'm not
sure we've got to divide.
It was also good to see the
school children from Scotland
and Robeson counties.
Students from Shaw and Union
Chapel schools toured the
State House.
Saturday at the 7th
Congressional District
Democratic Women's meeting I
heard of a great idea that 1
wish I had thought of. I was
told that Norwood Bryan,
Cumberland County
representative brought home
copies of all the bills
introduced during the week
and left them at the
courthouse for anyone who
might be interested in reading
them. It is worth looking into
to see how many folks take
time to look them over.
Sewing Is
Booming Art
One of the booming home
arts today is sewing.
Technology has made available
a wide array of fabrics,
invisible thread, hidden
zippers, and sewing machines
that all but sew by themselves.
Learning to sew is no longer
the tedious, baste-and-rip, lime
consuming chore it once was.
More young girls are making
their own clothes today than
ever before - in school, at
home, and especially through
4-H Clubs.
Any girl ages 9-10 interested
in learning to sew and who
would like to participate in
summer sewing workshops
please call the County
Extension Office at 875-2162.
There will be classes for the
beginner, classes fur those with
little sewing experience, and an
intermediate class. Call today
because there is a limit on the
number of girls who can
participate.
Social Security News
By C. V. Shelton. Field Representati>e
Fayetteville Social Security Office
There is still a great deal ot
confusion regarding benefits
for widows ? that is the
benefits offered by our Federal
Social Security System.
Do you know the age at
which an aged widow may
begin to receive monthly Social
Security payments based upon
the contributions her laic
husband niade to the system''
Is it age 65 or 62 or what'.'
Actually, an aged widow
may choose to receive benefits
as early as the month she
reaches ;ige 60. At this point,
you may say to yourself, "That
man does not know what he is
talking about as I know sevetai
widows who are well undet 3ge
60 and they are receiving
payments!" The payments
these widows receive are not
widow's payments but
mother's payments. A widow
can qualify for monthly
mother's benefits based upon
the fact that she has one or
more minor children - under
age 18 - in her care or a
disabled child ? a child over a^'e
18 but who has been disabled
to work based upon a disability
which started before age 18.
Well, we have discussed
benefits for aged widows and
mother's benefits, is there
anything that can be paid to a
widow who has not reached
age 60 and whose children are
already grown? Yes, there is.
This is the newest - payable
since September 1965 ? type of
payment and which is payable
based upon the fact the widow
is disabled. ?
The rei|iiirei'ient} tliai mutt *''*
be mei tor a widov. u? .|tialtl'y
for disable. w<do?'> ^t'rielUs
are these
1 T h <? r?? iu-.st be
entitlement on het lute
husban-J?? "-.oua' Security
account whuti ? ? leans he uad to
have workeu enough
under S-Kui .Vn'i:!v piior to
his death to be i
2. I he ?.v.Jo- i mm be
between '.In. .1 i; ,.mI GU.
3 Site i.iUM ?. .11s iblcJ
that she is ui:ai"!e ei.tv^c .n
an> gainful e ? ..;ent and
the disabling <.??>...n m .st te
expected t< la-: -i l-'-.st one
tul! year.
It ! Lave coi:li ?- 1 *'?? -ii
of tn<?. or it a .i.is:,..r has
arisen it- yout v.:> ;! ? : ;:'un.'
widow's bcneii: ? -,r
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office a cal! 1' c ? u.i Ivr is
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Service Set
For Parents
A spccial service of singing
and preaching will be held
Sunday at 2:30 at Pittinan
Grove Baptist Church near
Rockfish by the Red Springs
Church of God.
The Rev. David E.Crain will
be the guest minister.
The service is being held as a
memorial to Mrs. Cattle Cheek
and to honor the birthday of
John Cheek, father of Mrs.
Catherine Walters of Raeford.