Volume XX.—-Number 43.
Western Gas Service Grand Opening Oct. 23-24
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Here is pictured the new store of the Western Gas Service, located at 220 East Queen Street, where a Grand Opening will be held
Friday and Saturday, October 23 and 24. Employees of the concern in the picture are, left to right, Arthur Harrell, helper; Fred Brit
ton and J. B. Lee, service men; Caswell Edmondson, accountant; J. S. “Jim” Dunford, manager; Pruden Forehand and E. T. Phillips,
service men. Mrs. Irene Dunbar, wife of the late L. Thurston Dunbar, founder of the Western Gas Service, was not present when the
picture was made. —(Photo by Florian Arthur).
Cooking School Be Big Feature
Os Western Gas Service
Grand Opening October 23-24
Three Door Prizes Will
Be Awarded
In connection with the grand open
ing of the Western Gas Service Fri
day and Saturday, October 23 and 24,
a feature of the affair will be a cook
ing school cnducted by Miss Jane
Dowdy, of Atlanta, Ga. Miss Dowdy
is home sendee director of the Caloric
Stove Corporation and will demon
strate the wonderful cooking methods
developed for Caloric gas ranges.
Food as she prepares it Will be dis
tributed to the guests who visit the
cooking school at the store on East
Queen Street.
Three door prizes 'will be awarded
in connection with open house. First
prize will be a Caloric gas clothes
drier, second prize will be a RCA
radio and third prize will be a Sun
beam electric iron.
Anyone visiting the store during
open house days and until Saturday,
October 31. will be given a ticket. A
drawing will be held Saturday, Octo
ber 31, when the winners will be de
termined. It will not be necessary
for the winners to be present at the
time of the drawing.
J. B. Green
What began as a small enterprise
in 1932 has grown into one of the “Big
Five” in sales volume.
Green’s Fuel, Inc., was only o min
or league business in 1932. Today it
ha? shoved its way among the leaders
in the United States in volume of
sales.
The importance of the product is
indicated in the report that until 1932,
when Green’s first underground lique
fied petroleum gas system was in
stalled and subsequently patented,
there was no service other than “bot
tled gas” available outside of that
from gas mains in the largest cities, j
J. B. Green now the firm’s president'
was a heating and contracting engi
neer who settled along the west coast;
of Florida many years ago to continue
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Founders of Local Western Gas Service ]
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MRS. IRENE DUNBAR 1.. THURSTON DUNBAR
Pictured above are the late L. Thurston Dunbar and his wife,
Mrs. Irene Dunbar, who founded the Western Gas Service in Edenton
five years ago in connection with their other business, the Western
Auto Associate Store.
Invented “Mighty Flame”
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Tstudies into his opinion that a better
fuel for heating and domestic uses
could be found.
DESIGNED SYSTEM
Green designed and engineered the
system Green’s fuel underground and
was also responsible after consider
able research, for developing a fuel
formula which has since proved to be
one of the most efficient of the lique
fied petroleum gases.
To gain a general idea of what liq
uefied petroleum gases are, a descrip
tion'of the producing oil well is nec
essary. Here a mixture of crude oil
(and wet gas flows from the under
' ground reservoirs to the surface
[through a pipe. At the surface the
[mixture is led into a gas trap, a sep-
The absorbing medium is piped to
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, October 22,1953.
arator, where the crude oil comes off
the bottom and is piped to storage.
The wet gas comes off the top and,
is piped to the gasoline absorption
plant where the gas is run through
an absorber which removes the natur
al gasoline and the liquefied petrol
eum gas from the bottom and the dry
gas from the top.
a still where the combination of nat
ural gasoline and liquefied petroleum
gas is boiled off. This substance is
then piped to stabilizing towers where
the natural gasoline is removed from
the bottom as a finished product and
a mixture of liquefied petroleum gas
es is removed from the top. The top
mixture is broken into three parts—
butane, iso-butane and propane.
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Grand Opening Cook
Is Anxious To Meet
People Os This Area
Miss Jane Dowdy, Direc
tor of Caloric Stove
Corporation Consum
er’s Education Pro
gram
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Miss Jane Dowdy, director of the ■
consumer education program for the|
Caloric Stove Corporation, will dem-\
onstrate the latest methods of cook
ing on a Caloric gas range Friday
and Saturday, October 23 and 24 at
the Grand Opening 6f the Western
Gas Service at its new home at 220
East Queen Street.
Miss Dowdy is from Florence, Ala
bama, where she finished high school,
later receiving her degree in Home
Economics at Auburn.
Miss Dowdy was formerly with the
Alabama Gas Corporation in Birming
ham, Alabama and participated in
their weekly television show over Sta
tion WAFM-TV. She will be delight
ed to meet local people at the cook
ing school and to answer any ques
tions about the Caloric gas stove or
the food she prepares, which will be
distributed to the guests.
Gas Boils Water
Fasterjn Tests
Gas boils water faster than electri
city, according to actual results wit
nessed at Chicago Furniture Market
in June of 1950 and reported by the
Caloric Stove Corporation, Phila
delphia.
In 10 separate experiments, the Ca
loric Corporation reported the fol
lowing results:
Minutes required to boil water:
Gas Elec.
2:20 4:40
2:15 4:38
2:24 4:34
2:21 4:29
2:27 4:54
2:44- 4:43
2:17 4:37
2:15 4:26
2:16 4:37
2:09 4:07
Friday And Saturday
Big Days At Store At
220 E. Queen Street
[ Special Gift Offer! j
In connection with the Grand
Opening of the Western Gas Ser
vice Friday and Saturday, Octo
ber 23 and 24, ten diamond sets,
consisting of wedding band and
diamond ring, will be given free
1 to the first ten persons who buy
S2OO or more of merchandise.
These diamond sets are valued |
at SIOO and will he delivered upon 1
installation of equipment.
Gas For Oooking
Sunerioritv
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There are five basic superiorities
I claimed for gas as a cooking and
heating fuel. Here are some of the
’claims made for the product:
Gas service may he provided for
I urban communities and rural areas
'alike either by piped gas distribution
systems or by tanks or cylinders.
Gas has been called “the fuel of a
thousand heats.” It can be quickly,
readily and accurately controlled for
every domestic or industrial use
where “tailored heat” is required.
When gas is utilized in modern-ap
pliances, it delivers heat when and
where it is needed, with a minimum
of loss.
Gas is ready for instant use at the
turn of a valve. It banishes needless!
drudgery in the home and speeds up 1
industrial and commercial processing. l
Gas saves boon time anrt money;'
its many advantages are obtainable at
remarkably lo%v cost.
And gas lines seldom go cut in
storm or shine, thus insuring ciepend
able service.
I
DEMAND TO RISE
liquefied petroleum gas demand will:
jump 12 per cent this year with do- 1
mestic use leading the way. Indus-]
trial, chemical and export require-;
ments will be up only slightly. Pro-j
duction should increase about 19 per j
cent, according to predictions by pe- j
troleum planning experts advising
Washington officials.
Demonstrates Cooking At Grand Opening |
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MISS JANE DOWDY
Above is pictured Miss Jane Dowdy, home service director of the Caloriq
Stove Corporation, who will demonstrate the newest cooking methods on a
Caloric gas range at the Western Gas Service Grand Opening Friday and Sat
urday, October 23 and 24, at the company’s show room, 220 _ East Queen
Street. The public is cordially invited to attend the demonstration. _
SECTION TWO
Cooking School Will Be
] Feature of Concern’s
Grand Opening; Valu
able Prizes Given
Grand opening of the Western Gas
Service, Inc., will be observed with
a two-day. open house at the pew
store, at 220 East Queen Street Fri
day and Saturday., October 23 and 24,
to which the people of this and ad-
I joining counties are cordially invited
to attend.
The Western Gas Service is distrib
utor of Green’s Fuel (Supplement)
! with a franchise covering five coun
ties, Chowan, Perquimans, Hertford,
Bertie and Washington.
The Western Gas Service was start
ed five years ago by the late L.
Thurston Dunbar in connection with
his Western Auto Associate Store
and it was incorporated January 1,
1953. The business gradually increas
ed and in June, 1951, a bulk gas
bottling plant was erected on East
Peterson Street, from where. Green’s
Fuel is sold wholesale and retail.
From a modest beginning, the con
cern had added many gas customers,
attributing the growth in business to
satisfactory service rendered.
The concern's store room is locat
ed on East Queen Street, where a
large stock of gas and electric ap
. pliances are sold. At the store will
be found RCA television and radios,
RCA air conditioners, Sunbeam elec-
I trie table appliances, Leonard kitchen
1 cabinets, Rheem water heaters and
floor furnaces, Dearborn space heat
.ers, Reznor commercial heating units,
1 .Universal-Rundle bathroom and
'; plumbing fixtures, Caloric and Tap
* j pan gas ranges, Whirlpool laundry
t equipment and other household items.
I James S. “Jim” Dunford assumed
ij the duties as manager on August 1
■; of this year. Mr. Dunford came to
I Edenton from Thonmston, Ga., and
' was formerly connected with Green’s
|Fuel at Sarasota, Florida. He has
;had a considerable amount of experi
ence in liquified petroleum gas busi
] ness, and he personally extends a cor
: dial invitation to everybody to' attend
jopen house Friday and Saturday.
I Aside from Mr. Dunford, who is
manager and Mrs, L. T. Dunbar, those
'associated with Western Gas Service
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