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Phone Company Maintains Record Of Consistently Seeking Higher Rates Carolina Telephone and Tele graph has been most consistent in recent years in trotting to the State Utilities Commission for rate in creases. In January 1949 the telephone company asked for a rate raise that would increase revenue by $700,000. In May of that year the utilities commission granted a rate raise that cost customers $003,958, or a return of 6.14 per cent on an in vestment of $16,233,338. Those increases ranged from 25 cents to $1.75 a month on business phones and 25 cents to a dollar on residential phones. On Dec. 11, 1950 the phone com pary again was given the privilege to increase rates by $750,000 an nually. Member Dissents Joshua James, a member of the State Utilities Commission, dis-1 agreed with other members of the ! commission who were in favor of i the raise. Mr. James said the increase was ' at lepst $100,00 in excess of what would be "fair, just and reasonable i to both the applicant and the pub-1 lie." He added that records show ed the company's stockholders j "have been realizing enviable earn ings on their investments". That was in December 1950. In less than a year and a half, on May 14. 1952, the utilities commis sion authorized a raise in rates that cost eastern North Carolina $1,072,000 annually. This raise al lowed the phone company a 0V& per cent return on its investment and constituted the fifth increase since 1947. At this time the pay station call rate was upped from a nickel to a dime. Wanted 7 4 Per Cent.' FOUR MOTTH3 LATER, in Sep tember 1962, Carolina Telephone and Telegraph, recognising that it had a real sugar daddy in the utili ties commission, applied again for permission to raise rates that would net them a 74 per cent re ; turn on their investments. The phone company claimed that the raise was needed to provide "a 1 fair return on its investment and I to allow the company to maintain its wage and salary scales on an equitable level". It took a long time, but finally the phone users of eastern Caro lina came to. Led by the city of Wilson, the eastern Carolina towns banded together and fought the rate raise ? just as they are doing now. The utilities commission ap proved a rate raise that increased rates by $537,210. The phone com pany had requested a raise of $2,150,000. If the phone users hadn't fought the raise, the phone com pany probably would have gotten | its $2,150,000! In several weeks, however, the attorney general's office filed a pe-1 tition stating that no increase i should have been allowed because "the record shows that the com pany was already earning a fair re turn on its investment." The increases went into effect, however. On the Beaufort-Morehead City exchanges the residential rates went up in August 1953 as follQws: residential ? one-party line, from $4 50 to $5.25; two-party, from $4 to $4.50; four-party, from $3 50 to $4 15; and multi-party, from $3.50 to $4.40. Sky's the Limit Business phonaa?one party, from I $9.50 to $10.75; two-party, from | $8.50 to $9.25; four-party, from $7 75 ' to $8 50; and multi-party, from - $5.75 to $7.00. I NOW the present request for an increase would raise even those | rates! As a matter of fact* those I rates are already in effect. They went into effect in November after the phone company posted a $750, 000 bond to guarantee rebate to the customer if the new rates are not approved. Carolina Telephone and Tele graph wants an increase in gross revenue of one and a half million dollars. To get that, the rates are now at $0.50 for a one-party residential phone; $5.50 for a two-party; $4.90 for a four party, and $4.90 for mul tiple party. The rate of increase is the same for business phones: a raise of $1.25 for one-party service; raise of $1 for two-party; raise of 75 cents for four party and raise of 50 cents for multi-party. All rates quoted are on a monthly basis. This maintains telephone service in eastern Carolina at the infamous status of being the most expensive utility furnished (spasmodically) to residents of the Carolina Telephone and Telegraph territory. Cattle Conference A beef cattlemen's conference is being conducted in Raleigh today. This is the seventh annual confer ence that has been held at State College. Nogales, Ariz. (AP)?The auto agency's newspaper ad made no claims about the cars on sale and no promises of the best deal in town. It proclaimed simply: "We cash soil bank checks." Fire destroyed a house at 305 N. 11th St., Morehead City, early Wed nesday morning. The wooden struc ture was owned by James and Mary Harvey of Harlowe. Living in the house at the time it burned were Margaret Davis, Janie Holmes and Henry Barker. The fire, of unknown origin, was | not discovered until Margaret Da vis woke up about 2 a.m. and saw I flames leaping in her bedroom | door. The Morehead City Fire Depart ment was called but it was too late to save the house. The firemen did save a building next door that was in serious danger of catching fire. A high southwest wind whipped flames and sparks north ward over other homes. Firemen left a standby hose at the house all night. They went back at 10:S0 a.m. Wednesday to put out a fire that had been smouldering in a mattress. Mr. Harvey says that the house was covered by insurance that should take care of the loss. Ruth Gray Godatto Wins Spelling Title Durham?Ruth Gray Godette, a junior of Queen Street High School, recently won the title of school champion speller of her school in first round eliminations of a state wide spelling contest. The contest is being sponsored by the Durham Business College of Durham. Ruth Gray will com pete against other school cham pions of Carteret County for the title of County Champion Speller. She ia the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Godette, route 1, box 62, Havelock. Rotarian Roberts Has Club Program Walter D. Roberts discussed types and uaes of cement blocks at the Newport Rotary Club meet ing. Rotarian Roberts it employed by a local block manufacturer. He said that blocks were the cheapest way to build a straight wall in this part of the country. His company manufactures 104 dif ferent sizes and types of blocks. Vice-president Junius Creech pre sided in the absence of president C. H. Lockey, who was out of town, Elbert Weeks of Moiehead City was the only visitor. Fire Destroys House Photo by Bob Seymour Fire razed this six-room house at 305 N. 11th St., Morehead City, early Wednesday morning. James and Mary Harvey of Harlowe owned the building. They plan to rebuild as soon as possible. DIRECT-HO CHAHCE JACKSONVILLE AND CONNECTIONS TO MOIE FLORIDA CITIES THAN ANY OTNEI AIRLINE hinlwi M 1m Tranl Afatf? HMi Raw hn nil HCKH OWKJi i Mill Minn NATIONAL AtHUNe Off THE *TAR& What Will a Nickel Buy? Photo by Bob Seymour Sitting on the short end of a five-cent ruler (lower right above) is one well-worn nickel. Twenty-seven nickels just like this one were used to buy the items pictured above. They are notebook paper, child's book, noise makers, tiny car, thread, chewing gum, straight pins, comb, emory boards, pencil, small box of raisins, stove bolt, cookie cutter, dart for a spring gun, candy bar, crayons, balloon, buttons, whistle, six suckers, eraser, party favor, shoe laces, plastic glass coaster, measuring spoon and a valentine. A newsstory on page 6 section 2 reveals what one little girl thought about the value of a nickel. (Continued from Page 1) store has a five-cent price tag on j it. Candy bars (considerably smal ler than they used to be), small apples (large ones are 15 cents), chewing gum and small boxes of raisins are a nickel. The school-age crowd can still | buy a nickel pack of notebook pa per. The only trouble with that is j that 14 sheets of paper don't last | very long. The young set can still find few items on store counters that they can buy for a nickel. Plastic whistles, tiny plastic automobiles, noise makers, crayons, pencils and party favors are some of the things children can buy for a nickel. Planning to build a boat? For a nickel you can buy one two-inch copper screw or one four-inch stove bolt. Bottled soft drinks still sell for| a nickel at a few places, and sev eral fountains still sell soft drinks | in glasses for five cents. Ice cream cones are seven or 1 eight cents in most places and | even popsicles (colored water fro zen on two sticks) are six cents | now. Poor Richard might even be tempted to advise his readers to spend their nickels while they can ?a few more years and they won't be worth having around. Fireman Pension Fund Ruling Taken tb Court The N. C. Fire Insurance Rating | Bureau has appealed to Wake Su perior Court from a decision of |S t a t e Insurance Commissioner Charles F. Gold in connection with the Firemen's Pension Fund. Gold ruled that the companies I would have to pay into the pension | fund one per cent of gross pre miums earned from the effective | date of the act Aug. 15. The insurance companies want the agents to collect the one per cent on fire and lightning coverage rates in protected areas, and ac count for the pension fund collec tions separately from the premium. I The agents want the companies | to take care of collecting and ac counting for the pension fund | monies. Dead Cow Met Fate on City Dump Shelby, N. C. (AP)?A cow of the Or* Mill farm herd died re cently. The mill dump is near the pasture. Farm Superintendent V e t u a Queen said a post-mortem dis closed the following in the cow's stomach: Three rasor blades, four nails one to. five inches long, a 14-inch chain from a pocket watch, a clothes pin spring, two large pieces of glass, a swivel and part of a gear from a fishing reel, pieces of wire of various lengths and thicknesses, plugs and several travelers, which are metal objects off textile machines. Geographical Differences Leslie Golden, identified in Tuee* I day's paper as being from Otway, | la from Bettie, and a reader f formed the newspaper yesterday I that the still found on the Crow Hill | Road was in "Straits territory." People in "Straits territory" sayl the still was located in the areal Where people get their mail "Beau fort RFC which makes It OtwajfH Pet Corner Mrs. Silas Thorne. Morehead City, has a small brown and white dog she would like to give away. He is about a year old and would make a nice pet for children. Her phone number is 6-5013. The Pet Corner is available to anyone who would like to find homes for pets or who would like to advertise the fact that they would like to have a certain pet. Just phone THE NEWS-TIMES, 6-4175 Church Observes Youth Week Youth Emphasis Week will be observed at the First Free Will Baptist Church. Morehead City, beginning Sunday morning. The week will end at 7:30 p.m. Friday with a banquet in the basement of the church, announces the Rev. Seldon Bullard, pastor. The purpose of the week, he ex plains. is to train the youth of the church through participation in work of the Sunday School and all phases of the church program. At each of Sunday s services, the Rev. Mr. Bullard will speak to the young people. At 7:30 p.m. Mbnday through Friday he will speak on the work of the differ ent departments in the Free Will Baptist Church. The primary children will make up the choir at the Sunday morn ing service and the juniors will sing at the evening service. Young people taking part in the program Sunday will be Junior Pospisil, Gloria Pittman, Johnny Morris, Frances Gaskins, Phillip Brinson, Ruth Luckham. Barbara Saratowski, Mary Lou Long, Claudia Saratowski, Johnice Doshier, Ruby Eubanks, Marie Piner, Phillip Brinson, Sandra Mc Elmon. David Marks, Bobby Mcintosh, Murry Scripture and Jack Simp son. Monday's theme will be Workers Together in Our Church, Tuesday's, Workers Together in Our Commun ity; Wednesday, Workers Together with Our Denomination; Thursday, Workers Together in the World, and Friday, Workers Together with Him. Women Attend All-Day Session Thirty Home Demonstration Club women attended the morning ses sion of an all-day meeting Tues day at the home agent's office, Beaufort. Thirty-eight attended the afternoon session. Miss Verna Stanton, assistant state Home Demonstration agent, conducted the officer training school in the morning. She told the women that the im portance of presiding successfully lies in planning the meeting. She stressed the importance of pleas ant appearance, tact, and full fa miliarity with the subject at hand. Miss Ruth Cox, district home agent, also spoke. She said the expertness with which they car ried out a job was directly propor tionate to their willingness to give of themselves. Each woman was asked to con sider the meaning of the club col lect, and not just mouth the words. Mrs. Dyon Simpson, president of the county council. Home Demon stration Clubs, presided at the af ternoon session. Mrs. G. T. Spivey, health chairman, reported on health goals for the year. She said a large number of adults had- not yet gotten polio shots, adding that many parents do not see that babies get all the shots they should when they are little. Getting tetanus shots is ex tremely important, she pointed out. Booster shots in everything, she added, are important. The women were told that they should have a physical check-up once a year. The group discussed the meet ing Feb. 6 where plans will be made for the annual district fed eration meeting in April. The Feb. 6 meeting, at Trenton, will be at tended by Mrs. Simpson, Mrs. Stan ley Gillikin, Mrs. D. R. Arnold, all county council officers; Mrs. Luther Salter, and Mrs. Floy Gar ner, home agent. Latest TB Seal Figure R. M. Williams, chairman of the TB Christmas seal campaign, an nounced this week that additional funds have come in, making the total $2,677.34. Several more dol lars are expected to be added. ' County to Take Part in Polio TV Telethon Carteret County will participate in the WITN March of Dimes* tele thon starting at 11 p.m. torrforrow night and continuing until noon Sunday. Persons who wish to contribute to the March of Dimes may phone Loftin's Shell Service Station, Beaufort, 2-9121, or 6-5047 in More head City during the telethon hours. From those numbers, the contri butor's name and the amount he gives will be phoned to WITN, and the contributor's name will be an nounced over the tv station. During the telethon, talent from eastern North Carolina counties will appear. Anyone from Carteret County who would like to appear on the show should phone Hal Wil son at WITN. The number is Whit ney 6-3131. Clint Faris will emcee the show and plans are being made for Carl Caudiil to return from Washington, D. C., for the telethon. Much of the talent will be pro fessional performers from Camp Lojeune, Cherry Point and Eden ton marine bases, according to J. R. Hooks, who is planning the pre gram. Money pledged during the tele thon will be picked up when the pledge is made. Should some con tributors not be called on that night, they are asked to send their pledges to Mrs. Clem Johnson, March of Dimes treasurer, More head City. O&R to Release 103WorkersSoon Due to a reduction in funds for the fourth quarter, April,* May, June. 103 civilian employees will be released from the Overhaul and Repair Department, Cherry Point, by March 31. The announcement was made | this week by the Cherry Point pub lic information office. Col. Guy Morrow, who is in charge of O&R, said that the num ber to be discharged may dwindle | by March 31. If some employees) quit between now and then, re placements will not be hired. The payroll for April. May and June has been reduced by $94,000 by the Bureau of Aeronautics. The number of employees remaining after the cut will be 1,650. Persons Attending Course Will Learn by Doing Persons attending the aluminum etching school next week at the home agent's office, courthouse an nex, Beaufort, will learn by doing. The aluminum and other neces sary supplies are on hand. The craft will be taught by Mrs. Floy Garner, home agent. The first ses sion will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday I and the second at 1:30 p.m. Thurs-1 day. Although it is preferable that per sons attend both sessions, some may attend only the second if they wish. New Building Goes Up Jasper Bell and Gerald Mitchell, Morehead City, are putting up a brick building, which will house two stores, next to E. W. Downum Department Store, Morehead City. Nrw? from , J* SOUTH RITES Jan. 22 ? Mrs. Rena Hall of Morehead City and Mr. and Mri. Otis Meekins of Norfolk spent last Friday with Mr. and Mra. John Wallace. Mrs. Lula Banks and daughter!, Mamie and Bessie Mae of Goose Creek spent Sunday afternoon with her sisfer. Mrs. Linzie Cannon. Mrs. Gladys llardy and Mrs. Cal vin Mason and son. Gerald, spent Thursday with Mrs. Ivey Pittman. Mrs. Mary Tosto spent Sunday with Mrs. Nannie J. Pittman. Mr. and Mrs. Monnie Norman visited Mrs. Mary Willis at Stacy Wednesday. Mrs. Gaston Hill and Mrs. Elijah Dixon visited at Atlantic Wednes day. Mr. and Mrs. Tinker Wallace and baby Barbara Ann, spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Luke Lewis. Mrs. Ruth Eubanks spent the weekend at North River with her daughter. Mrs. Joe Blake. Mrs. Luke Lewis and son, Paul, visited Mr. and Mrs. Levi Hardy Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs. Clarence Eubanks and daughter Betty of Bridgcton, came Sunday to see his mother, Mrs. Ruth Eubanks. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Wallace of Beaufort spent Sunday with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rone Wal lace and Mr. and Mrs. William Cannon. Mrs. Dick Carraway and daugh ters, Catherine and Anna Lou of Merrimon spent Thursday with her mother, Mrs. Ruth Eubanks. Mr. and Mrs. Lem Hardy went to Morehead City Sunday afternoon to see the Rev. William Anderson. He is in the hospital. We hope he will soon be better. ? Mary Tosto /WW? FUEL KIDS A CHILLY HOUSE IS ALWKtfSTRAStC. OUR <3000 OIL SURE W I9<?KS Why put up with chilly, uncomfortable rooms, when it's so easy to have a warm home. Just call 6-3414 for the Fuel Oil you need. Dll CO. ffH*. <*** . ? tA\A\ O' V1J ?V'A / Cs\(<X->l /A>'1 ??3 Jesse Lynch Williams won the first Pulitzer Prize for a theatri cal play, "Why Marry?" in 1918. CRAMPED FOR ROOM? There's more leg room & head room ... more spacious com* fort ... in '58 Studebakers., See them today. Studebaker Packard Stewart Motor Sale*, Inc. Havelock, N. C. rom DO-IT-YOURSELF to BIG BUILDING MASONRY UNITS TOP 'EM ALL BECAUSE THEY'RE so LIGHT ? EASY-TO-HANDLE DURABLE ? ECONOMICAL SELF INSULATIVE ? HEAT AND FIRE RESISTANT ? UNIFORM IN TEXTURE ? RUST AND STAIN PROOF ? BEAUTIFUL FOR INTE RIORS AND EXTERIORS YOU'RE SO RIGHT TO USE . and for a TV show to TOP 'EM ALL V WNCT-TV GREENVILLE 7-7:30 p.m. Saturdays mmwm SIMTA ?rONSotie ?rin coofiRATiON with Morehead Block and Tile Company, Inc. Morehead City, North Carolina
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