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Hackenberger
completes training
Navy Seaman recruit
Barry Hackenberger, Jr.,
the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Barry 'G. Hackenberger,
Sr., of Bainbridge, com-
pleted basic training at the
Naval Training Center in
Great Lakes, Ill.
Obituaries
ROBERT HUCK
Robert Huck, 61, of
Bethlehem, and the son of
Mrs. Charles E. Huck, S53
W. Chestnut Street, Mari-
etta, died on Friday, April
28, at St. Luke's Rewind),
Bethlehem.
He was buried at the
Waymart Baptist Church in
Waymart, PA.
In addition to his mother,
he is survived by his wife
Gertrude and one son, the
Rev. Robert Huck of
Elwood City, PA; two
grandsons, and one bro-
ther, Eugene Huck of
Kennesaw, Georgia.
GALEN WADE
Galen Wade, 93, former-
ly of Mount Joy RDI1, died
May 3rd at the United Zion
Home, Lititz, where he had
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telephone service.
Should big city
long distance
rates be lower
than yours?
Interstate long distance rates today are based on nationwide averages. This means the rates are
the same for everyone whether they are calling from a farm, a small town or a big city.
But, it actually costs telephone companies much more per call to provide long distance service
between rural communities and small towns than it does between large cities which are the same
distances apart.
The result is that long distance revenues from rural communities and small towns do not cover
the phone companies’ costs.
How can the telephone companies provide long distance service between small
towns and rural areas at a loss?
Revenue from the high volume of long distance telephone calls from and Beween the nation’s
major commercial centers is greater than the cost. The added revenue from these calls helps pay the
cost of providing long distance telephone service for small-town and rural customers. Nationwide
averaging, historically endorsed by Congress and the Federal Communications Commission, has
made it possible to offer long distance rates which are the same for all communities, regardless of
size.
But the phone companies may soon have to lower the long distance rates for big
city customers and raise them for people living in small towns and rural America.
Here’s why:
The Federal Communications Commission recently authorized companies called “specialized
common carriers’ to provide long distance telephone services between big cities such as New York,
Chicago and Los Angeles.
Those companies choose to provide service only to larger businesses in the major commercial
centers. They are able to supply long distance services for less than phone company rates which are
based on nationwide averages.
To meet this competition, the phone companies may soon have to reduce long distance rates
for calls between those same major commercial centers and i increase them for customers in small
towns and rural areas.
Nationwide rate averaging has made it possible for Americans everywhere to have long
distance telephone service at the same low rates.
We believe this national policy should not be changed to benefit specialized common carriers
and large businesses at your expense.
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May 10, 1978
been a guest for two years.
Born in Providence
Township, he was a son of
the late James and Christie
Yost Wade and the
husband of Barbara S.
Gibble Wade, who died in
1974.
He was a member of the
Lancaster Brethren in Crist
Church, the Brotherhood of
Maintenance Way Employ-
ees, the Columbia Fratern-
al Association, and the
Foresters of America.
Wade retired from the
track force of the Reading
Railroad in 1957 after 36
years of service.
Surviving are three sis-
ters, Mrs. Suey Brubaker,
Lititz; Ethel Knight and
Mary LeFever, both of
Lampeter; 10 grandchildren
and 36 great-grandchildren
and 6 great-great-grand-
children.
HAROLD WOLGEMUTH
The Rev. Harold Wolge-
muth, 70, of 4371 White-
head St., St. Leonard,
Michigan, died May 1st at
Crittenton Hospital,
Rochester, Michigan.
Born in Mount Joy, he
was a son of the late Ezra
E. and Lizzie D. Miller
Wolgemuth. He was the
husband of Ruth Hunt
Wolgemuth. His first wife,
Alice Hoffman Wolgemuth,
died in 1974.
He was a graduate of
Messiah College. He minis-
tered at the Brethren in
Christ Church in Leonard,
Michigan for a year and a
half. Before that he minis-
tered in Kentucky. He was
commissioned a Kentucky
Colonel by Governor Wen-
dall Ford.
Surviving are his wife; a
son James B., North
Carolina; a daughter, Mrs.
Dorcas VanKay, Florida;
five brothers: C. Miller,
Mount Joy; Paris M.,
Orlando, Florida; Martin
M., Mount Joy; Charles
M., Hershey; and Clarence
E., Dover, Delaware; and
sister Elizabeth, wife of
John Honsaker, Roaring
Springs; and 6 grand-
children.
GEORGE D. SHANK
The body of George D.
Shank, 21, of 202 W. Front
Street, Marietta, was re-
covered from the Susque-
hanna River last week. He
had disappeared on April
23rd.
Born in Columbia, he
was a son of Glen and
Florence M. Hitz Shank,
Jr. He was employed at
Musser’s Potato Chips in
Mountville. He was a 1976
graduate of Donegal High
School.
In addition to his
parents, he is survived by
nine brothers and sisters:
Carol A., wife of Steve
Nickey, and Charles R.,
both of Marietta; Glen E.,
Helen I., and Robert E., all
at home; Gloria J. of York;
and Tracey L., Yvonne J.,
and Daniel J., all at home.
Also surviving is his
paternal grandfather, Glen
Shank, Sr., of Marietta.