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Telephone News Information
By J.P. Wooten
The telephone is such an accepted part of modem life that
we hardly ever stop to think about it unless there’s some
problem with it. When the subject does come up, though, most
of us would agree that telephone service is pretty reliable and a
pretty good value for your money, all things considered.
But what exactly are the things to be considered in
evaluating telephone service? How do you measure telephone
service?
We at the telephone company are concerned about the
quality of your service every day, and we’ve devised some
measurements that help us determine what kind of service
we’re giving you, the customer.
One of the components of telephone service we measure, is
the number of trouble reports we receive. Over the last six
months, the average has been 5.6 troubles per 100 telephones.
That’s a very good average—although we’re always trying to
improve. Remember that the telephone instrument and the
system to which it’s connected are very complex. For example,
to make one long distance call about 30 separate connections
must be made through the telephone network. With all those
connections for each long distance call, the system is
amazingly reliable.
And when there is a problem with your phone, we’ll fix it at
no extra charge to you. Our objective is to repair 95% of all
reported troubles within 24 hours and much sooner, providing
the mountain weather permits. We know you depend on your
telephone.
Another objective is to install your phone within five days of
your request 90% of the time.
All in all, that’s good service. Think about how many
phones you can call-over 148 million in the United States
alone-with just the turn of a dial. Or consider how quickly you
get an operator, or that your phone will be repaired at no
charge to you.
What your telephone dollar buys is not simply the
telephone sitting on your desk or hanging on the wall, but
prompt dial tone, repair service and the use of billions of
dollars-over $ 110 billion nationwide to be more precise-worth
of telephone instruments, dial equipment and long distance
facilities.
Things do go wrong once in a while, and we do depend on
you to let us know when your service isn’t satisfactory. Nothing
is perfect-not even telephone equipment-but we’re constantly
working to make it as perfect as possible. And that’s our
promise 4o you.
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Mrs. Roberson Accepts Gift From Mayland Tech Faculty And Staff
Retiring MTI Dean Honored: j
Surprise Celebration
Employees of Mayland
Technical Institute and their
guests honored the Institute’s
retiring Dean of Student
Services, Mrs. Flora Belle
Roberson, with i surprise
celebration last Friday, March
18. Mrs. Roberson, who plans
retirement at the end of
March, was given the cele
bration in the private dining
area of the Mountain Breeze
Restaurant located at Ledger.
Nearly 60 persons were in
attendance. Special guests
were Mrs. Inez Mcßae of
Winston-Salem, a long-time
personal and professional
friend of Mrs. Roberson’s:
Mr. Brooks McClous, Assis
tant director of Admissions at
A recent issue of the Washington Post contained a very
brief story which carried the astounding news that the United
States is being given some foreign aid. Hearing of the winter’s
bitter cold, citizens of West Berlin have contributed $575,000
to help individuals, especially the poor and the old, most
severely hurt by the weather America has suffered.
As the West Berliners put it when they turned the check
over to the Red Cross, this was a return on the generosity
America showed them after World War 11.
Then, a few pages farther on in the same newspaper, there
appeared a guest editorial proposing we give aid to North
Vietnam to repair the damages of war.
Together, the two articles pose a question very forcefully.
Should American generosity again come to the fore—and could
we, years from now, have as good a friend in North Vietnam as
we have now in West Berlin?
I don’t think so. There are significant differences between the
German situation after World War 11, and Vietnam now.
The American response to Germany’s plight is legend, and
deserves to be. Such generosity to a vanquished enemy is
surely without parallel in the history of the world. That effort
paid off. By acting as we did, we helped put the axe at the root
of war in Europe for a long time, and made allies of hated
enemies.
But there are many differences between that situation and
Vietnam.
in Germany after the war, the people themselves recoiled at
the revealed horrors wrought by their government, and were
ready to repudiate everything it stood for. In West Germany
there was a willingness to build a democratic political system.
Vietnam promises to remain a willing adversary of what we
stand for.
Germany was beaten. But Hanoi controls North and South
Vietnam, and we do not hear pleas for help, but demands for
“reparations.” Reconstruction aid in this case seems to me to
be out of the question.
A separate issue is our ability to deal with the Hanoi
government on matters of trade and diplomacy. At this writing,
a delegation headed by Leonard Woodcock is in Vietnam, to
see if there is any possibility of establishing relations. We want
information on our soldiers missing in action. Hanoi is said to
want information our oil companies have as to possible
petroleum deposits in the South.
But here again, there seems little room for negotiation, rhe
North Vietnamese have repeatedly used thtf’MlA question as a
bargaining chip, and have always reneged on their promise to
reveal the information we want.
America has shown herself to be generous, and willing to
negotiate wherever possible. But in this case, there seems to
be little promise our generosity or our trust would be well
placed. This time, we had better proceed with a skepticism
sadly appropriate to the case.
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Appalachian State University;
and, Mr. Bill Wilkins, Chair
man of the Mayland Tech
Board of Trustees.
Mrs. Roberson’s retire
ment caps 40 years of service
to public education in Wes
tern North Carolina. A gradu
ate of Micaville High School
in 1933, Mrs. Roberson
received her Bachelors De
gree at Tusculum College in
1937 and later her Masters
Degree from Appalachian
State University. Additional
ly, she has studied at North
Carolina State and also
Western Carolina University.
Her 40 years of service
includes positions in both
teaching and guidance coun
seling. She taught six years in
the Columbus County Schools
and one year in the Buncombe
County Schools; and in the
Mitchell County Schools she
was employed for twenty
seven years, seventeen as an
English teacher and ten as
Guidance Counselor. Her last
six years of public education
have been spent at Mayland
Technical Institute in Spruce
Pine where she was the
Institute’s first guidance
counselor and first Dean of
Student Services.
At Friday night’s gather
ing, Mrs. Roberson commen
ted that even though nine
people she taught were now
on the faculty/staff at the
Mitchell County High School
Gudger Opposes
Plan For Change
A plan developing in the
North Carolina General As
sembly proposing a change in
the allocation formula for
secondary-roads funds has
drawn * expressed concern
from 11th District Congress
man Lamar Gudger.
Tobacco
Hearings
March 30
U.S. Senator Jesse Helms
announced today that the
Committee on Agriculture will
hold oversight hearings on the
flue-cured tobacco situation
on March 30 at 10:00 a.m. in
Washington. Helms ex
plained there will be no
legislation affecting flue
cured tobacco this year.
“These hearings are ne
cessary so that the tobacco
growers can bring the Senate
up-to-date on the flue-cured
tobacco situation’’, Helms
said.
There has been concern
for an increasing amount of
low-grade tobacco going into
stabilization and the hearing
will give tobacco growers the
opportunity to express their
views and make recommenda
tions on the problems fanners
face. Helms earlier this week
criticized the U.S. Depart
ment of Agriculture lor its
delay in publishing proposed
changes in ASCS regulations
which would require certifica
tion of tobacco acreage and
eliminate leasing speculation
by modifying fall leasing
procedures.
Helms added, “1 am
hopeful that these administra
tive changes will help elimi
nate the surplus of down-stalk
tobacco so that legislation
would not be necessary in the
future. Although no legisla
tion is pending before the
Committee, the March 30
hearing is important to North
Carolina tobacco growers and
I am making sure that as
many Tar Heel farmers as
possible will be able to testify,
I want North Carolina to take
the lead in development of
policy to strengthen our
tobacco program. I want to
insure adequate prices to our
growers and to minimize the
program’s cost.”
and six on the staff at
Mayland Tech, “the last 40
years seem short because of
all the happiness serving
people has brought to my
life.” She recalled having;
taught several of the grand
children of some of her very
first students.
Mrs. Roberson and her
husband, Harry, plan to work
around their home during the
month of April then travel out
West for awhile. She hopes to
remain active in her church
and civic affairs, and occa
sionally work part-time. For
her trip out West, the
Mayland Technical Institute
faculty/staff gave her a set of
luggage.
In a letter to state
representatives from western
counties Gudger said the
formula change would be,
“highly unfavorable to our
district” and that after the
hard winter the mountains
have experienced “we will
need every penny available to
restore and maintain the
secondary road system in
Western North Carolina.”
Gudger recalled a change
in an allocation formula that
resulted “in serious economic
loss” when the Powell fund
plan was developed in 1951.
“It is my recollection that
we were never able to recover
any of the money we forfeited '
to the urban populations on '
account of the change in
formula,” he said.
Noting the disporportion
ately high cost of road ’
construction and needs for
adequate roads Gudger ex- ;
pressed support for efforts!
being made by western;
county representatives in the I
General Assembly to defeat -
any further loss of road funds
to Western North Carolina, j
Region D
Gets New
Offices
Plans were announced last
Thursday, March 17, for the
construction of a new 35,000
square foot office complex to
house the operations of-
Region D Council of Govern
ments.
The site, considered one of
- more attractive pieces of
property in the Boone area, is
1.674 acres in size. It is within
the Boone City Limits.
Construction on the new
building, which will be of
steel frame and precast
concrete, is expected to begin
around April 15. It is expected
to be completed and ready for
occupancy by the end of the
year.
The Center, whose con
struction was endorsed by the
chairmen of the county jj
commissioners of the seven
counties within the region as
well as the mayors of
participating municipalities,
will house the operations of
the many levels of federal,
regional, state, subregional
and local government agen
cies which serve the area.