SYMPHONY ?? The North Carolina Little Symphony will appear in Raeford Nov. !. The Hoke Chapter of the N.C. Symphony has sold 655
season memberships.
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SYMPHONY
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educational matinees for N.C.
school children, has its own
repertoire.
The symphony, which re
ceived critical acclaim for its
New York debut at Carnegie
Hall in March, is the only major
orchestra between Atlanta and
Washington, D.C. Performing
evening concerts to adults and
educational matinees to N.C.
school children, the symphony
and its ensembles last year
traveled over 20,000 miles and
performed to audiences num
bering more than a quarter of a
million people.
For more information on the
concerts or on season member
ship, contact Anne Hostetler at
305 El wood Avenue, Raeford,
or call her at 875-2745.
TO ALL CAROLINA TELEPHONE AND
DOCKET NO P 100 SI B 45
BEFORE THE NORTH CAROLINA IT1LITIES COMMISSION
In Die Matter of
Investigation o( Intrastate Long Distance. WATS and In
terexchange Private Lines Rates of All Telephone Com
panics Under the Jurisdiction ol the North Carolina NOTICE OP HEARING
Utilities Commission
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the North Carolina Utilities Commission has instituted an investiga
tion into the rates, charges, and regulations applicable within North Carolina (or long distance WATS and
interexchange private line service This action is made necessary as a result ol the Southern Bell
Telephone and Telegraph Company application i which could affect the rates on long distance calls lor
customers of all North Carolina telephone companies i for a rate adjustment as filed in Docket No PS5
Sub 768. wherein Southern Bell proposes changes in rates, charges and regulations which if approved in
whole or in part lor Southern Bell alone, would result in non uniform rates for these services in North
Carolina
The Commission is of the opinion that it is in the public interest that uniform intrastate long distance
WATS and interexchange privaie line rates be maintained for all telephone companies under its jurisdic
tion Accordingly, the Commission has established a separate docket P-100 Sub 45. and instituted an in
vestigation into said intrastate long distance. WATS and interexchange private line rates made all
telephone companies under its jurisdiction parties to the investigation and set the matter for hearing The
Commission's investigation is (or the purpose of determining if changes should be made in the present in
trastate rates (or these services, and if so if the charges should be made applicable to all telephone inm
panies under the Commission s jurisdiction The Commission will also consider in its investigation
whether or not lo continue the concurrence provisions which are now applicable (or Enterprise service
and the uniform rates which are now applicable for foreign exchange serv ice
The primary changes in long distance rates herein under consideration include general increases in all
categories of intrastate toll calls, changes in the mileage bands and the establishment of two new discount
time periods during weekdays of 8 (JO A M to9 00AM and 12 Noon to 2 OOP M The present and proposed
schedules are shown below
St?itor> to Sfat'On
Each
TELEGRAPH COMPANY SUBSCRIBERS
Rate Discounts and Application Periods
7 00 PM
to
5 00 PM
11 00 PM
to
8 00 AM.
MOHI TUESlWED THURS FRI |SAT SUN
Daytime Savings Rate Period
25N DISCOUNT
Day Rate Period
FULL RATE
Daytime Savings Rate Period
J5N DISCOUNT
Day Rale Period
FULL RATE
Evening Rate Period
7S?? DISCOUNT
Nignt and Weekend Rate Period
SOS. DISCOUNT
DISCOUNTS
Discounts apply to total
charges tor Dial Station
to Station messages and
to total Additional Minute
Charges only tor operator
Station to Station and
Personto Person
messages with total free
tional amounts rounded
down to the lower cent.
Increases are also proposed in both initial and additional period rates for the Full Business Day and
Measured WATS services The proposed penod for Full Business Day WATS is ISO hours versus the
present 240 hours The present and proposed rates and charges are as follows
WIDE AREA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE
PRESENT
Full Business Da* J40Hours
Additional Hour
Measured Time. 10 Hours
Additional Hour
First live each
Each adcitionai
PROPOSED
Outward
Full Business Day 180 Hours
Additional Hour
Measured T ,m?. 10 Hours
Additional Hour
First five each
Each additional
1605 00
I 6?
220 00
16 50
14 X
1665 %
I 16
245 00
? 6 IS
15 '5
Additional
Wa'e initial init.ai imt.ai
1 3 Minutes 3 Minutes M.njte"
0 10 $14 ,45 r?o
" '* " to ?S
" 33 70 80 | 15
33 30 " as i jo
3' 26 95 t 35
41 55 ?! I 05 I so
* ;0 32 1 10 1 45
" 95 15 115 I 70
WIO0 37 l20 !M
101 1?4 39 1 35 , ,s
,}S ,4* <1 1 30 3 05
149 I9? 43 ,35 j jo
197 ?44
?45 W
1 35
2 45
??3 354 49 I 50 3 55
Rale Discounts and Application Periods
inward
Full Business Oay 100 Hours 7X00
Additional Hour 2 03
Measured Time, 10 Hours 270 00
Additional Hour
First five each
Each additional
19 9$
1190
Access un* E * tensions
Located n Same Exchange as Ma-n Termination "W('fNT PI>OPO''
Add?t?cna? termination in same building as main nstallat iqn
or other extension termination eacn S10 00 SS5 (
F <rst e? tension termination in different building.
same premise as ma?n or other extension ter
mination each 10 00 551
Located -n Different Exchange from Main
Telephone
Additional termination in same Ouiiding with
firstor other extension term. nating. each 10 00 55.1
Addit'Onai term. nation in different buildmg
same orem.se as tirst or otner extension ter
mirat.on eacn *
10 00 55 00
7 50 8 50
ii oopm
lo
?8 00 AM
vonItues wed I tmurs fri| sat sun
Day Rale Perio d
Full Rate
EveningRate Ppr<od
J5S Discount
EVE
li*.
Niqht and Weekend Rale Period
S0*o Discount
? to Bui not including
DISCOUNTS
Discounts apply lo total
charges for Dial Station
to Station messages and
to total Additional Minute
Charges only for operator
Station to Station and
Personto Person
messages with total frac
tional amounts rounded
down to the lower cent
PROPOSED
taigrig'KWi cinmi?W<
Cacti
Ra,f initial initial initial Additional
Mileage I Minute J Minutes J Minutes Minute
0 10 > |? t Ml tl 10
" n K 130
" " " 1 05 I 50
n 30 ? 110 I 55
31 40 33 I 70 I 70
" $5 J7 I 35 I 90
* 10 <0 I 40 J 05
" 1,4 44 I 50 J J0
'? >? ? t 55 ,45
??7 JW 5J I 60 J 40
7?3 430 55 I ?) j 4}
5? ? I 70 J 70
II
Full BuV*tt Day
Maximum Cans Completed i in & Out:
Measures Time
Maximum Calls Completed
Other changes in rales charges and regulations are proposed relating lo interchange private lines
foreign exchange and Enterprise Service Details ol the changes are available at all Southern Bell
business offices or al the North Carolina Utilities Commission Dobbs Building. 430 North Salisbury Street
Raleigh North Carolina. where a copy of Southern Bells application is available lor public review
The Utilities Commission has suspended the proposed rale adjustments has set the application lor in
vestigation and hearing and has required each company to comply with all provisions of law and Commis
sion Rules in support of the application lo show that the proposed increases are just Md reasonable
The hearing on the mailer has been scheduled lo begin on December 6, 1977 in the Commission Hearing
Room Ctobbs Building <30 North Salisbury Street Raleigh. North Carolina at 9 30 A M and will continue
through December 7. 1977 as necessary On Ihese dates the Commission will hear the testimony and cross
examination of witnesses for all telephone companies the public stall tntervenors and public witnesses
The Commission requires that each company inform lis customers of the following procedures by which
comments regarding the rate application can be made part of the record of the case n?i wtuch the Com
mission must base its decision Persons desiring to intervene in the matter as formal parlies of record
should file a motion under North Carolina Utilities Commission Rules Rl-6 and Rl 19 on or before
November 25. 1977 The testimony of inlervenors shall be filed on or before November 16 1977 Other per
sons desiring lo present testimony for l he record should appear al the public hearing Persons desiring to
send written statements lo the Commission should submit their statements prior to the hearing and should
include any information wfcich those persons wish lo be considered by the Commission in its investigation
of the matter The contents of letters and petitions w II be received in the official file as statements of posi
tion Specific facts however will be considered on the basis of testimony presented at the public hearing
Interv entions or statements should he addressed to the Chief Clerk. North Carolina Utilities Commission
Post Office Box 991 Raleigh North Carolina 27602
The Public Staff of the Utilities Commission through the Executive Director is required bv statute to
represent the using and consuming public in proceedings before the Commission Statements to the Ex
ecut ive Director should be addressed In
Mr Hugh A Wells
Executive Director
NorthCarolina Utilities Commission
Post Office Box 991
Raleigh North Carolina 27602
The Attorney General is also authorized to represent the using and consuming public in proceedings
before the Commission Statements to the Attomev General should be addressed to
Hon RufusL Edmisten
Attorney General
coUtilities Division
Post Office Box 629
Raleigh. NorthCarolina 27602
This the 17th da v of October 1977
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CAROL IN A TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COIO-ANY
Church News
y|Mi
Rev. and Mrs. William O. Hem
The First Baptist Church will
observe Missions Night Out Nov. 2,
at 7:30 p.m. A special program will
be presented by the Rev. and Mrs.
William O. Hern, Southern Baptist
missionaries to Beirut, Lebanon.
Before goint to Beirut in 1971
they were in Amman, Jordan,
where he ws involved in evangelism,
church development and work in
Egypt. Appointed for missionary
service in 1954, he has served as
Parkton Baptist Church will
celebrate the 18 anniversary of the
church's founding with special
homecoming services Nov. 6.
Special guest speaker will be Dr.
John W. Eddins, professor of
theology at Southeastern Seminary
and former interim pastor in
Parkton. Following special services
Ephesus Baptist Church will
hold fall revival services nightly at
7:30 beginning Oct. 31 and con
tinuing through Nov. 4.
Homecoming will be observed
chaplain at the Baptist Hospital in
Ajloun, Jordan, field evangelist in
Ramallah, Jordan, and book store
supervisor and evangelistic worker
in Jerusalem.
Mrs. Hern is a native of Greens
boro. N.C. She is a graduate of
Mars Hill College. Duke University
School of Nursing and attended
Southwestern Baptist Theological
Seminary.
The public is invited.
at 1 1 a.m., the ladies of the church
will serve dinner for all members
and guests. Also, copies of a revised
history of the church prepared by
Mrs. Horace Parnell will be avail
able Homecoming Day.
All former members and friends
are invited.
Sunday, Nov. 6, with services at 1 1
a.m. and a picnic dinner following
on the grounds. The Rev. Alfred
Sellers of Asheville will be the guest
speaker.
Deaths And Funerals
David Lathan
Funeral services for David
Lathan of Raeford were conducted
Oct. 16 from Rock Hill Baptist
Church with the Revs. Sylvester
Melvin and George Campbell
officiating. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Lathan. 63, a city employee, died
Oct. 10.
Surviving are his wife. Mrs. Ora
Lee Lathan; a son. Deavy Lathan of
Red Springs; a stepson. Arthur
Smith of Washington, D.C.; five
daughters. Mrs. Willie McBryde.
Miss Ann Lathan, Miss Letha Bell
Lathan and Miss Brenda Lathan;
all of Raeford, and Mrs. Arthur
Curtis of Durham; one brother,
Linburgh Lathan of Mt. Olive;
three sisters. Mrs. Louise Leach
and Mrs. Carrie B. Holmes of
Smithfield and Mrs. Letha Green
of Mt. Olive; and seven grand
children.
Willie Shaw
Funeral services were held for
Willie Shaw, age 64, on Oct. 14 at
St. James Holiness Church. He
died Oct. 9 in Moore Memorial
Hospital.
His survivors are his wife; Olivia
Shaw, three daughters; Delilah
Lawrence, Gloria Virgil, and Mar
garet Smith; four sisters; Vina
McAllister, Mary Shaw, Pauline
Williams, and Thelma Headen; 25
grandchildren; Five great-grand
children; four nieces; five nephews;
and a host of relatives and friends.
Buie's Funeral Home was in
charge of burial.
Infant Proptt
Mary Anna Propst, infant
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gary
Propst of China Grove, died Oct.
17 at Baptist Hospital in Winston -
Salem.
Graveside services were held Oct.
19 at 2 p.m. at the Prince of Peace
Luthern Church Cemetery in China
Grove.
Mrs. Propst was the former
Lorena Walters of Hoke County.
Attending the services from this
area were Mr. and Mrs. Horace
Walters Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Horace
Walters Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Walters, Bruce Walters. R.L.
Walters. Lee Walters, Mrs. J.M. *
Pendergrass, Mrs. Reuben Webb,
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Pendergrass
and Mrs. Ted Lunsford.
Walter T. Harden
Funeral services for Walter Tal
madge Harden. 42, were conducted
Oct. 24, at 2 p.m. at the Church of
God of the Prophecy. The Rev.
C.R. Tobin conducted the services.
Burial was in the Raeford Ceme
tery.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Shirley Harden of Newport News; a
son. Walter Harden, of the home; a
daughter. Mrs. Sherry Dale Giles
of Newport News; his mother, Mrs.
Lula Harden of Raeford; a brother.
Delton Harden of Raeford, and
four sisters, Mrs. Geraldine Gar
rett of Livingston. Tenn., Mrs.
Kathleen Hales, Mrs. Ernestine
Hinson, and Mrs. Clemeteen
Haynes. all of Raeford.
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