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. • • Page -2- HORRIFIED by your electric bills this cold winter? So were v;e all, and most of us moaned and groaned and resigned ourselves, but Ken Knight checked into it. He found that Co-op members jjay a high wholesale pov;er adjustment rate, partly because of a "ratchet” clause which means that our rates through out the year are determined by the peak demand for electricity, and in a tourist area, summer deuiand is very heavy. Also, increases are granted on a temporary basis by the Federal Power Commission, subject to future appros^ Because of the work load at the FPC, raises are still v/aiting for approval, even the one in 197^« Ken v/orked with the tovm Commissioners who sent letters to our congressmen. Now townspeople have joined in following up the Commissioners’ letter. Organizing circulation of the petition are LeRae Kesel in PIKSCO, Irma Brossman and Peg ICnight in the Pine lOioll Association area, Dody Wylie in Pine Knoll Townes, and Martha Flynn in Salter Path, Arnold Smith is contacting the mayors of Indian Beach and Emerald Isle, (Atlantic Beach is not affected by the Co-Op regulations,) This is a com munity effort on which many people have ^^orked hard and cheerfully, and we citizens might v/ell award all of them A for Effort. ELEANORE and FRED MEHLIN would like to rent their house on Elm Court while they are in Vermont, The house v/ould be available liay through October, a real advantage to anyone wanting to live here v/hile building. Call 726-2915 NEED HELP with yard work? VJalter Settle (726-5906) would like contract work in PKS, Irma Brossman told us about him and says he works quickly and well, THE EAST WING of the ^-Jhite House in ^'ashington, DC, is where KilTHRYN CADE, daughter of Clarence and Charlotte Cade of PKS, is vicrrldLng as "Director of Projects, Issues, and Research" on the personal staff of Rosalynn Carter. Kathryn, 29, a Radcliffe graduate, began working for Mrs, Carter by helping make arrangements for campaign visits around the country. Mrs. Carter, says Kathryn, is "a super lady,..with a tremendous amount of energy...who really cares about people...and reflects that in every activity she under takes.” Earlier, Kathryn vjas employed in the mental health services and with PBS, v/here she was involved in producing mental health television programs (es pecially ”The Thin Edge”, a series on this subject) and she feels this ex perience will stand her in good stead novr since Rosalynn Carter expects to be very active in mental health and the problems of the elderly, ON THE ATLiiNTIC BEACH causeway much is nev/! Beside Upchurch Drugs Dr. Irl Wentz, Orthopaedic Surgeon, has set up his practice. His wife, Isolde, is his receptionist, and a daughter, Carmen, is an aide* Dr. Wentz has been serving for a year at Carteret Hospital in the emergency room, and before that had a practice in Wilmington, H.C. He is originally from Pennsylvania, is a member of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He will see his patients by appointment. Daisy Patch shop in next, to Dr, ^'en±z. , She_has expanded the children's wear, and Carrie's Boys' sizes up to 7 and girls^ up to 1^, as well as many baby and shov/er gifts and an assortment of gifts for the home. She vjill be open from 11 to 6 daily, but closed Wednesday after noons. Moving right along, one comes to SEA RdNCH, not open v/hen we visited the area, but expected to be carrying lots of water sports merchandise as well as jeans and casual items of clothing, RiiNDI POUND vdll be holding her dance classes in the back part of the build ing. She has taught in Morehead; her place is called The Dance Studio^ v;ill offer ballet, tap, modern jazz, and acrobatics for children four and older, and she hopes to include an etiquette class for 7th graders (she found this a big success v/hen she tried it in Hacon, Georgia), and plans exercise classes for adults, and maybe a ballroom dancing class, too. She will let us know through advertising v;hen classes will begin. A FRIS'ID of ours has passed through our toi-m after spending the winter in Beaufort (that’s Bew-furt), S.C. She met there a charming lady named Sara Bayley, active and enthusiastic, who has been heard to say, brightly, "Beau fort is a wonderful place; there’s too much to do, and none of it has to be done, seems applicable in other spots as well, hmmiiimm? I
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