The Allen American (Allen, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 65, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 1, 1984 Page: 7 of 26
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Thursday, March 1, 1984 —ALLEN AMERICAN — Page 7
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But, they are always
present.
203 Allen Drive
727-4301
Southwestern Bell
Telephone
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Let us display your notices of events in The Allen American Com-
munity Calendar, call 727-3352.__
“What’s good about
Southwestern Bell?’*
While not addressed quite so
bluntly, that was the main ques-
tion we tried to answer in recent
group sessions with our custom-
ers. These “focus group"
meetings were held to give us a
better idea of what people per-
ceive to be strengths of our
company.
We also asked for. and re-
ceived, commentary on our
weaknesses as seen by these
customers.
Good service — particularly its
dependability and reliability —
was by far the main strength
cited in these sessions.
Here are some of the com-
ments made by our customers:
"We couldn't survive without
the phone service. I have to have
my telephone for communica-
tions. Ifyou have an emergency
or a fire, you need it. I could
live without the service, but I
wouldn't want to. It is a big part
of everybody’s life."
It's dependable
"I would stress the depend-
ability. I would point out to
consumers being able to rely on
your telephone for just about
anything: your business, your
home life, your social life."
"I’d say they have good service.
Their phones work, and you can
depend on the calls. Ifyou have
any repair work, it gets done. "
"I've called to ask questions
about rates and bills, and the
people I've spoken to have been
very polite and willing to answer
all my questions. "
"The phone company is every
day coming up with more effi-
cient ways of doing things, or
better ways."
"I think the strength of the
telephone company is that they
have been more economical as
compared to other items in your
household budget. They have
not gone up proportionately as
much. That has been a tremen-
dous asset for the lower income
people."
Rate increases in line
“In relationship to every other
company's rate increases,
they're in line. The regulated
companies have more trouble
than the unregulated companies
because they have to go beg
almost to get a nickel and unreg-
ulated companies don't. "
"Compared to what other
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J. B. King
SW Bell Telephone
PO. Box 518
McKinney, TX 75069
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version of the pa-
jama has a casual
look, whether it’s
Fairview Public Works—Fourth Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., Fairview
City Hall.
Fairview Volunteer Fire Department—Second Tuesday, 7:30
p.m., Fairview City Hall, last Saturday, 8:00 a.m., Fairview City
Hall.
Heard Museum Volunteers Guild—Second Wednesday of month,
10 a.m., Activities Room, Heard Museum.
Lions Club of Allen—First and third Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., Old
Middle School, Jerry Wilson, 727-5749.
Lovejoy PTC—Third Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., Lovejoy School
Auditorium.
Lovejoy School Board—Second Tuesday, 7:00 p.m., Lovejoy
School.
Lucas Allen Non-denominational Women’s Bible Study—Every
Tuesday 9:30-11 a.m., Grace Evangelical Free Church, FM 2170.
Nursery provided.
Lucas City Council—First Monday, 7:30 p.m., Lucas Community
Center.
Lucas Planning and Zoning Commission—Second Saturday, 9:00
a.m., Lucas Community Center.
Lucas Volunteer Fire Department—First Saturday, 9:30 a.m.,
Fire Station, third Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., Fire Station.
Lucas Women’s Club—First Tuesday, 10 a.m., Lucas Communi-
ty Center.
John McVeigh Republican Women’s Club—Second Thursday at
7:30 p.m. Contact Edna Staton, 542-3088 for location and direc-
tions. ;
Overeatrrs Anonymous—Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m., First Christian
Church, 1800 Hunt, McKinney.
Overeaters Anonymous—Thursdays, 9:30 a.m., First Baptist
Church, 1615 W. Louisiana, McKinney.
Plano Toast Masters—Every Wednesday, 5:30 to 7 p.m., Harr-
ington Library, 1501 18th St., Plano. For more information, call
Aaron Booker, 542-6690.
Power, Inc., Board of Directors—Second Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., 104
North Cedar, Allen.
Prairie & Timbers Audobon Society—Fourth Tuesday, Heard
Museum of Natural Science in McKinney. Call 542-5566 for more
information.
Senior Citizens Luncheon—Second Wednesday, Noon Luncheon,
First Baptist Church.
Senior Citizens Center—Blood pressure checks first Thursday at
center, Old Middle School. 11 a.m. till noon.
Tri Cities Political Women’s Club—Third Tuesday, 7:30 to 9:30
p.m. in individual homes. For more information call Linda Schen-
ck, 542-3269 or Marilyn Smith, 727-3330.
Wesley United Methodist Church Parents Night Out—For
parents with handicapped children. Second and fourth Friday,
7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., McKinney, Church 542-2228 or Jayne
Wolfe, 542-1072.
Young Homemakers of Texas—Allen Branch—First Thursday, 7
p.m. at Allen High School home economics room.
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things cost today, I would say
telephone service is a good value.
It saves me money because I do a
lot of comparison shopping
through the phone book. I make
the telephone work for me."
"You pay for contact with most
of the world. You can use the
phone to talk to anybody about
anything, check on relatives,
children, and you don't have to
worry about it. It always works.
What value would you put on
that? A call to poison control
when your child just drank a
glass of bleach. What do you do?
What's the value of that?"
"I like the bills because they
come with a return envelope. It's
one less address you have to
write out and one less envelope
you have to work up."
"I think the size of the com-
pany and the fact that it has
been such a good company for
people to work for has been a real
asset here."
Divestiture confusion
Some customers did tell us
they were still confused and
uncertain about our separation
from AT&T. Here are some of the
comments about life after
divestiture:
"I feel uneasy about it. I don't
really understand what is actu-
ally happening and how it is
going to affect me. I really can't
say anything about it because I
really don't know. "
"We will be able to tell shortly
how well Southwestern Bell Tele-
phone will do on its own — wheth-
er in the coming years it is going
to fall on its face or lay an egg.
Or spread its wings and fly."
Well, the breakup has come
and gone and I can assure you
Southwestern Bell Telephone
isn't laying any eggs. Our ser-
vice in Texas has never been
better. And we re going to work
hard to keep it the best there is.
How about you? What do you
think is good about South-
western Bell Telephone? What
faults do you find with us? I'd
like to hear from you either way
— just drop me a line at the
address below.
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Summer Accessories
The long, lean
clothes of. summer
demand a new ap-
Let’s
talk.
Information about your changing telephone service
from J. B. King. Manager-Community Relations
“Farming can be
complicated these days.
People who know their business go to
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their only valuable material things,
resource. brain power; all are
However, it’s im- valuable resources.
“With farming, one wrong step and it could cost you
down the road. The same is true with tax preparation,
and that’s why I always go to H&R Block. My pre-
parer is trained to know all the special problems that
farmers face. And that saves me money. So I’ll do the
farm work while Block does the tax work.”
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t-
way to underline the They’re striated, and leather.
whole They’re pale or
dresses are draped in bright <
toga-like folds of They’re
softness. It’s one They’re
new spring
oi mixed,
mitered.
Allen Chamber of Commerce—Third Tuesday, 12 noon luncheon,
Old Middle School, Don Brazeal, 727-5585.
Allen City Council— First and third Thursday, 7:30 p.m., Allen
Municipal Annex.
Allen Order of the Eastern Star—First Thursday, 7:30 p.m.,
Masonic Lodge, Marge Kannry, 727-4946.
Allen Community Playhouse—Second Monday of each month,
7:30 p.m., Community Room of Texas American Bank.
Allen Extension Homemakers Club—First Thursday, 2 p.m., Old
Middle School cafeteria.
Allen 4-H Club—Meets second Tuesday, Old Middle School. 7:30
till 8:30 p.m.
Allen Independent School District Community Education Ad-
visory Council—First Tuesday, 7 p.m., Allen High School
Library.
Allen Jaycees—Second and fourth Thursday, 7:30 p.m. at Old
Middle School, Mike Garvin, 727-4598 or Mike Roberts,
727-6685.
Allen Jaycee-Ettes—First and third Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Call
727-6709 for information and location.
Allen Masonic Lodge—Second Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., Masonic
Lodge.
Allen Municipal Court—Second and fourth Wednesday, 7:00
p.m., Allen Municipal Annex.
Allen Parent Teacher Association—Third Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.,
Ford Middle School during school term.
Allen Parks and Recreation Board—Second Monday, 7:30 p.m.,
Allen Municipal Annex.
Allen Planning and Zoning Commission—Second and fourth
Thursday, 7:30 p.m., Allen Municipal Annex.
Allen Rotary Club—Wednesday, 12 noon luncheon, Old Middle
School Cafeteria.
Allen School Board—Second Monday, 7:00 p.m., Administration
Building.
Allen Sports Association—First Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., Rountree
Elementary School cafeteria.
Allen Volunteer Fire Department—Second and fourth Thursday,
7:30 p.m., Fire Station.
American Business Women’s Association—Collin County
Charter Chapter—Fourth Tuesday, 7:00 p.m., Jean Williams,
727-5995 or 727-6522.
Bi-Weekly Club—Second and fourth Monday, 7:00 p.m.,
member’s home.
Chemical Abuse Prevention People of Allen—Third Monday,
7:30 p.m., AISD board room located in the AISD offices on Bel-
mont.
Collin County Archeological Society—1st Monday of the month,
7:30 p.m., at the Sandy Homes Model, 1001 Rivercrest. 727-3895.
Collin County Commissioners Court—Monday, 10 a.m., Collin
County Courthouse.
Collin County Hobby Beekeepers Association—First Monday,
7:30 p.m. at Texas American Bank/Allen, 542-7915.
Collin County Humane Society—3rd Thursday, 7:30 p.m., Lone
Star Gas Co./McKinney, 301 W. Louisiana St.
Epsilon Sigma Alpha—Second Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., member’s
home, Charlene Blackbum, 727-3036.
Fairview City Council—First Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., Fairview City
Hall.
Fairview Planning and Zoning Commission—Fourth Thursday,
8:00 p.m., Fairview City Hall.__________________________________
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you’ve been wearing
all winter break the
line, as do the
elaborately belted
buckles. Instead,
pick chains or beads
in the 30-inch or
longer lengths and,
if a belt is an ab-
solute necessity,
keep it small and
unobtrusive.
busier. That home management about. They might donated by Beatrice 4-H Congress in McKinney, or call
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Americans tend to Time,
think of money as energy,
Whatever projects from each state is located on the 4th
they choose, 4-H’ers receives an expense- floor of the County
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Spring is on the newness of your
way and, while it look.
may not be evident Another form of
just yet, soon softness can be seen
there’ll be a feeling in the 1984 Pajama,
of softness in the air. Neither a stay-at-
The cold won’t be home nor a party
portant to look Learning to mobilize sity System.
closely at another them to reach 4-H members in
resource that we specific personal and the program learn
seem to have less household goals are that decision-
and less of as we girls and boys from making is what'
become busier and 9 to 19 in the 4-H management is all
money, nifer Dodrill, county bills and come up arranged by the Na- If you want to
skills, agent-HE with the with cost-cutting tional 4-H Council, learn more about the
sharp angle has been budget conscious:
curved a bit. Last find some beautiful
year’s hard edge has mens silk or poly pa-
been gentled. While jamas and team
still crisp, clean and them with a
lean, this spring’s camisole for a very
clothes are not quite new look.)
so rigid as they
were. Stripes
One thing that The number one
gives a look of soft- trend for Summer
ness is the drape. ‘84 has to be stripes.
Whether found at They are all over the
the front of a place, in every fabric
blouson leotard or and for every time of
the back of a chiffon day. Naturally,
dress, there are T-shirts and cotton
drapes all over the knits are striped,
place. Wrap skirts But, now those same
are draped up in the stripes can be found
front, sleeves are everywhere. They’re
draped from the thick or thin or both.
Jewelry
A final note for
jewelry buffs—take
a look at some of the
jungle finery you’ll
find in stores that
specialize in the
unusual. Lots of the
country’s best
jewelry designers
are in a savage
mood, using animal
and African motifs
in the pieces they
created from natural
materials such as
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