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■ BADIN BULLETIN Vol. II JULY, 1920 No. 10 OF GENERAL INTEREST ip SP A Well Deserved Honor On June 9, 1920, the University of Pittsburgh conferred the degree of Doc tor of Science on Dr. Earl Blough. No Worthier conferree ever received this de gree, and the University and Dr. Blough are to be congratulated jointly. Earl Blough was born and raised near LaGrange, Ind.; of Pennsylvania-Dutch ancestry, who were pioneers in Pennsyl vania in 1706. He graduated from the University of Indiana in 1899 with the degree of Bach elor of Arts, and thereafter taught for two years in local schools. Intent upon specializing in chemistry,- he entered Cornell, where he studied for three years. Upon completing his course at Cornell, he entered the employ of the Aluminum Company of America, in the capacity of chemist. In a relatively short time, his ability and resourceful- ^^ess marked him for bigger things, and he was appointed chief chemist of the Company, which position he held until I'ecently. Upon the reorganization of the technical staff, he was appointed director of the technical direction bureau. In these days of great achievements ^hen men are working under ’heavy strain and high pressure, it is a liberal education to the younger men connected ’^ith the Aluminum Company of Amer ica, and a source of great comfort to those of more mature age, to know that hy diligent study and -^ise application ^t is possible to conquer the daily prob lems without losing one’s perspective, doctor Blough possesses this faculty to a very uncommon degree, and unlike ^ost scientists he combines sound busi ness judgment with his scientific work. Though called on for great sacrifices the giving of his time to scientific ^'esearch, he has ever been mindful of the other noble attributes of one’s life, ^^d has endeared himself to all who have the pleasure of his acquaintance hy his charming manner and his fond ness for and interest in the many activ ities of life. The aluminum industry the .world over will rejoice that so noble a character has received so well deserved a reward. It is our earnest hope that he may live long, and in his sunset years reap the golden harvest of his many success ful achievements. i ? I IMPORTANT HISTORICAL SERIES i i Beginning in tliis number of "The | • Bulletin,” we will publish a series of • : articles in which will be shown how ? I Badin grew. The plan’ is to take in i f chronological order as far as possible f \ the departments of plant and townsite ^ f as they came into full and complete • t operation. Of course, most of these | I were developing contemporaneously; | t therefore a strict chronological se- ? i quence is not our purpose. We will, ’ ^ • however, attempt to take in order the • ? departments which first attained a fair- ^ I ly complete and effective operating i I basis. Electrical construction, then, is f t obviously the starting point. The sec- | • ond of the series will be devoted to the | : Narrows Dam. | I . When completed, we hope to have | ? a satisfactory and somewhat detailed ? I history of the Badin works. We sug- ? • gest that all persons who may be in- • ? terested in this account should pre- | I serve their copies of "The Bulletin," • I beginning with this number, and con- f ? tinuing through several successive is- t I sues. —Editor i • ? j. : Thousands Attended Celebration People Were Here from, All Sections of the State—Croivd Numbered Thousands Day was a Huge Success The Fourth of July was celebrated in Badin, Monday,, the fifth, and we know of no town in the State that celebrated the birth of the Nation’s Independence {Continued on 'page IB) Electrical Development at Badin Many years ago (about five),-^when' Mr. Tallassee bought from the Southern Aluminium Company, their heirs and assigns forever, what there was at that time' of Badin and surroundings, he be gan to look around for a man to put his nervous system, or rather his elec trical system, into some kind of shape. As the problem was rather a lai’ge one, and as he needed a man of considerable experience, someone mentioned Mr. A. H. Scott, better known as Farmer Scott, as the right man. Farmer Scott had been around a great deal, pulling wires, wrest ling with motors, and busting bronchos on the side, and had been at very nearly every plant that Mr. Aluminum pos sessed. He was favored_by Mr. Tallas see, and was approached. The Farmer had just put in a couple of rather cold winters up along the St. Lawrence River, and remembering the sunny clime and the broncho ranch he had had in Maryville three or four years ■ before, thought it a mighty fine oppor tunity, and began packing up his or somebody.’s suitcase, and started imme diately. \ He arrived at Whitney about January 1, 1916, and began immediately on Mr. Tallassee’s electrical system. At that time the main, and only complete, hydro-electric generating station on the Yadkin, near Badin, was located at Whitney, and consisted of a 150-horse- power water wheel, and a 150-kilowatt genei'ator, an exciter, and a few pieces of marble and copper called a switch board. When the Farmer first viewed this plant, he wondered if this was all that he came ’way from Canada for. There was a canal about one-foui'th mile long, grown thick with bushes, a small forebay, and a total head of about six to eight feet. The few people who remained in Badin, after the Southern Aluminium Company had decided to give up operations in 1914, had obtained enough power from the Whitney plant ior a few lights, and sold some to a
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