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BADIN BULLETIN Vol. II MARCH, 1920 ' No. 6 dp ^ OF GENERAL INTEREST A** A** PROMINENT PIlTSBURGH VISITORS TO BADIN ^^'tertains Pittsburgh Visitors i?nd\ Tuesday, March 1 pleasure of a visit Mell' following gentlemen: Mr. R. B. Hu K. Davis, Mr. Schumacher, ; r^^.‘ Rickey, Mr. Mellon’s son. Khe came dov^rn to look over Pi'operties, taking in the Plant ® Power Developments at Yadkin and Yadkin Falls. Mr. Mellon’s first visit to Ist^ , * busy little town that now la f„ ^ ''vhere field and forest were only ' Pr! ; ^ Badin, the party went to Alcoa. I Anniversary of Boy Scouts ^ focug^ j country was the TV Scout Movement during the February 8 to 14, which was of anniversary of the founding Scoyf ^ Scouts of America. The Hobe t first originated with', iSir ! I9O9 ^ ^aden-Powell, in England, in I introduced into this coun- I are 0 ‘ At the present time, there ! four hundred and seventy-five thousand Scouts in the United States, and perhaps every nation and country in the world boasts of this organization. The secret of this popularity is the fact that it teaches self reliance, prepared ness for the growing boy, the principles of good citizenship, and the value of the Good Turn. This anniversary week was known as “Good Turn Week,” and the attention of all the people was directed to the good turn. Although non-sec tarian, it teaches the boy to be reverent toward God and loyal to his church. All Scouts must know and subscribe to the Scout oath and law. The oath is: On my honor, I will do my best to (1) Do my duty to God and my country, and to obey the Scout law; (2) To help other people at all times; (3) To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight. The law is: A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent. Troop No. 2, Boy Scouts of Badin, was organized in July, 1919, and now has a membership of twenty. They meet every Monday night in the School Build- {Continued on page 5) Why the World Needs Aluminum People in Badin are in such close touch with aluminum that it is doubtful if many stop to realize why large reduction plants are needed, or where the alumi num goes after it leaves here, or what various things are made from it. Seventy years ago, aluminum was a rare metal, known only to the most academic of scientists; today it is so widely used that it is almost impossible to outline its uses. The purpose of this article is to try to give briefly a better understanding of the economic position of aluminum, through a history of its rise from a laboratory curiosity to a world commodity. The first aluminum produced was in 1811, when Sir Humphrey Davy reduced aluminum oxide by a crude electrolytic process. However, as there was no source of cheap electric power, this ex periment was not tried again for many years. Frederick Woehler, a German, is usually given the credit for .the dis covery, aluminum having been produced by him by the reduction of aluminum chlorides with metallic potassium. In 1854, Deville, a Frenchman, produced aluminum in quantity by this same method, and in 1855 put several bars on exhibition at the Paris Exposition. It was labeled “Silver from Clay,” and at tracted a great deal of attention. Deville began to produce aluminum in larger quantities, and it came into use as an expensive novelty metal. The very first article manufactured from alumi num was a rattle, on which the imperial prince of France cut his royal tooth. It soon began to be used for jewelry. It did not keep its polish as well as gold, but it could be cast and carved, and was very popular for a short while. It was used in inlay work, sword han dles, saddle studs, and in numerous small ornaments. A helmet was made from it for the king of Denmark, which weighed only one and one-fifth pounds. Fine aluminum wire was produced,
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