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Haywood Electric Co-op
Is A Big Business Firm
The Haywood Electric Member
ship Corporal ion with home ot
flros lure, and with 3,450 electric
ixmer customers scattered through
si counties in this area, is one of
We-terii North Carolina's bis busi
ni sses
The cooperative is a home-owned
corporation, because it is owned
ai d managed directly by the cus
tomers that it serves, allhough it
bonowings to construe' the mori
than (ISO miles of transmission lines
now in use was made from tin
Federal government.
It 1 uniquely successful becaus.
fi
.li obscure beginnings ten vears
, it has responded to the needs
l be rural population to bring
lit
light and power to farm homes.
1 1 I as aUn been uniquely sue- j
cvs-t-.l because of the vision and I
eni. i pris,. ot the rural citiens !
;-.-naii and others, who un
,k to do this job of building
huMi-ess and one that serves
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'he lennd lor the corporation
i Hi, past ten veal.- has been
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ti has been ten suceess-
i a gardless of the hamp-
!o and hirdering dil' ieult les oil
ii seal's ni war that intervened j
., I , . ih,. liav wood F.U'ct ne .
nib. i-slnp Cnrporation is a stead-
. giowvig loneern. with construe-;
-ii mil. ,ilvjv- at work install-;
; ii. ,v I n;. s ,u-d eonnecting ir.or,
l ie h.ii i. In 1 he lines.
I I -no e-s ,,i t lio Haywood F.U e- I
:, Mi r;herhl! Corporation has
t Mii.il.it H m in the need and de
:. nt lis members for the serviie
i . inii i s Farm tamilies throus.u-
i - i . i i : n e -eel ion needed . :i '.
i. i oIim ti ;c power, lights an 1
n,.',!iir, c onv fniences that cat.
- i i only with electric power to ,
' i ,iii them Hut they could me '
i ih. necessary transmission liin s j
:i'i bv the power companv. It i
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w a
-aid that the investment neces- I
r to build the lines was too great
i the revenue that would come in '
:n I he farm customers who would
-l ived, that there would be no
.lit in it and it would be bad
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I'.ut b act of Congress funds
w el i
appropriated whereby groups
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tar. neis could borrow govern-'
lit tunds and build their own;
i - and go into the power bust-,
cooperatively for themselves,
provision was that thev charge
'h,
1 in ,-nselvi s m proportion to the cur
icnt each used, at a rate sufficient1
to pay for the current purchased,
at wholesale, plus a small profit
th;.t would be used to repay the,
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Ruth Nichols
FAMED American flier Ruth Nich
ols (a'covc) was known to be safe
in the crash of a Transocean Air
lines DC-4 off Ireland. Miss Nichols,
who had been traveling in Europe,
suddenly decided to return home
and shipped on the plane as a
hostess. Thc:e were 58 persons
aboard the transport when it
plunged into tea. (futgri.afiona!)
Civ 1 1 um-.i as a lii r and blend
er in pi iiiinie oiiJinaiiv was nil
ploved lo sci p: glovo leather.
The IT) home runs which won the
National l.ea ia- i hamploiishi;; for
Ralph Ki: i r in HHIi -.omprised the
lu'.t't '.'..'..i.;;.- to'.il siju-. 192ii.
gov a mini il a,.'; t.ur a period of
thirtv-ll.c vc.ii
Ti.at i- what t'e I i ay wood Klec
t lie Member hip Corporation did
and has been doing for the past
ten years has gone in the power
distribution business out of neces
sity in compel i 1 ion vviih the local
power lompanv. It is operating
successful!; Il growing in serv
ice and I'c demand tor its service
is glowing.
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The REA uses dependable Ford Products
and service for their automotive
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Elevators, Hoists and Conveyors
Take Over Many Chores on Farm
By IRA MILLER
Farm Electrification Bureau
Elevators, hoists and blowers are
laving steps, patience and lots of hard
work on the farm. For they have
been adapted to fit into many farming
operations where "back-breaking"
lifting and moving jobs are the rule
rather than the exception.
It makes little difference whether
the produce Is sacked, boxed or loose,
mechanical equipment Is available or i
can be bum wmrn win nanuie me
required chore. Commercial equip
ment is available for most general
work of this kind, but in some cases
lesourceful farmers have made their
own conveyors for specijl lobs A
blueprint, a farm welder, some scrap
metal, an electric motor and the
mechanical know-how, which most
farmers possess, seem all that are
lequired to make new equipment or
adapt conventional models for un
usual elevating or conveying tasks
In most of the popular drag typo
elevators, used for nosing gra.u, ear
coi n or baled hay, ninon s .if from t to
Vt horsepower arc used. This type is
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LI AM) INTO Tilt CRIU goes the 'iirn, xitli llie aid of an elevator.
Official Mace Is Highly
Guarded. In Washington
By ,.NK FADS
(AP Ncwsfeattircs)
WASHINGTON' Viclor Hunt
Harding's task has become more
arduous now that the House ot
Reprcsctativcs is holding forth in
the new House oil ice building
across two busy intersections iron,
the Capitol building. Kvery clay
"Cap" Harding makes I wo I rips
from the Capitol to the ollice builo
ing carrying a 4(i-iucn pillar of
ebony, weighing 18 pounds and
worth about S4IKI. i companv in.;
Mr. Harding and his precious arm
tor
ed Ford Dealer
THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER
6 inches wide, has sloping top boards
and a hopper at the receiving end.
Some are equipped with two or four
wheel trucks. Cup type elevators are
used in granaries to raise grain or
ear corn into overhead bins. Motors
of from 1 to 5 horsepower are rec
ommended for this operation. Some
idea of the small cost involved In the
operation of elevators may be gleaned
from statistics which show the ex
penditure of only 1 110 to 5 kilowatt
hours of power are needed to raise
I .lino bushels of grain with an elevator
equipped with a b horsepuvvei motor
The most common hoist on the farm
is the hay hoist. It can be operated
by one man standing on the load and
is applicable for use wuh both slings
and forks Motors of from 3 to 5
horsepower will handle the job at an
electrical cost of about 13 killowatt
hour of power per ton. Single drum
hoists generally are used. They em
ploy weighted pull-backs which re
lurn the fork to the wagon after the
h ay has been moved upward and
along the mow track to the place
where It is to be dropped. Ropes are
used for controls.
ful are two uniformed capitol po
licemen. Mr. Harding, short, 200-pounrl
veteran of World War I, is deputy
sergeant-at-arms of the House. The
pillar he carries is the mace the
only visible symbol of government
al authority in the United States
other than the flag itself. The mace
is so precious that it is guarded be
hind locked doors by the sergeant-at-arms.
Joe 11. Callahan, and is
never taken from his office on the
ground floor of the capitol except
Waynesville
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14 Schools Furnished
Power By Haywood REA
Among the 14 schools now serv
ed by Haywood Electric Member
ship Corporation, none has had a
more interesting history nor has
been more closely tied in with the
ro-op's history than SpringdMe
School and High Valiey Camp. Not
only was the first 01 "anization
meeting of the cooperative held
there, but in the co-op's early days
of struggle, the school, then known
as New College, proved to be "r
friend in need" by guaranteeing to
use at least $215 worth of electricity
a month. Today the combined
ichool and camp is perhaps the
heaviest user of electricity on the
entire lines of the co-op.
Dr. Thomas Alexander, noted
educator, was no stranger to the
Carolinas when he brought down
a group of bovs from New York
City during the Kaster season in
1933 and pitched camp at the pres
ent site of the school and camp,
about 10 miles east of Waynesville,
between Bethel and Cruso. Earlier.
Dr. Alexander had reorganized the
city school system in Kaleigh and
had done a similar work with the
schools of the Parker School Dis
trict at Greenville. S. C iDr. Alex
ander recently returned from Eur
ope, where he spent three and a
half years in charge of the schools
in the American zone of occupation
in Germany. i
Considered one of the most un
usual experimental schools in the
country. New College was formed
as a division of Teachers College
of Columbia University in New
York City. The sludenls. mostly
sons of well-to-do parents from
such large cilies as New York,
Philadelphia and Chicago, did
plenty of good hard farm work,
spent part of their training period
in actual work on a given job in an
industrial plant, and were required
to study from live to thirteen
months at some university in Eur
ope. Haversham College was estab
lished ia Georgia as an off-shoot of
the college in Haywood County,
and is now operated by the State
of Georgia.
New College was discontinued
some years ago, due to difficulty of
securing a charier under the laws
of New York, and the school was
reorganized under the name of the
Springdale School. The school has
j retained many features of New Col
lege and offers a general high
school course, closely tied in with
rural life. Students at the school
and camp still come mainly from
the large cities, and they still do
plenty of good, hard farm work.
The other 13 schools served by
Haywood Electric Membership Cor
poration are listed here, by coun
ties: HIT TJft 1VI li TT PnOMTr P 1...1,,
UUIII.W11IULI ivin i VJItlUJ
1 School, Stony Fork School.
! HAYWOOD COUNTY Cecil
School, Cruso School, Fines Creek
School. Rock Hill School, Crab
tree School.
JACKSON COUNTY John
Creek School. Hock Bridge School.
MACON COUNTY Scaly
School.
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
Lake Toxaway School. Quebec
School, Silversteen School.
when he or Mr. Harding carries it.
The mace is made of 13 small
ebony rods representing the 13 ori
ginal states, bound together with
narrow bands of silver and lopped
by a silver globe which in turn is
topped by a silver eagle with wings
outspread. It traces its origin lo
the fasce of early Rome. The Ro
man fasces, a bundle of rods con
taining an axc with the blade pro
truding from the rods, was carried
by servants of the magistrate to
quell unruly Romans. The rods
were used for flogging, the axe for
beheading. The very sight of them
was alone enough to restore order.
With the Roman conquest Ihe
fasces was introduced into Britain
and eventually became (he emblem
of authority in the House of Com
mons and later was adapted by our
House of Representatives. The
mace has two positions in the
House. Both are at the right of (he
speaker's desk. When the House is
in regular session ,that is when 218
members constitute a quorum, the
mace is on a tall green marble
pedestal. When the House is in
Committee of the Whole, with only
100 members needed for a quorum,
it stands on a white marble pedes
tal. The authority of the mace is oc
casionally used more directly.
When the speaker has diiTieMitv
restoring order after some stormy
ouioursi ne asks the sergeant-at-arms
to assist him. There have
been times when the sergeant has
had to hold the mace between an
gry and boisterous congressmen.
There have been numerous scuf
fles on the floor. Once a volume of
the U. S. statutes flew through the
air. Once upon a time a knife was
flourished. The mace restored or
der. The present mace is the third
to be used. The first was burned
when the British set fire to the cap
itol in 1814. The second was stolen
In addition to Jim Barnes who
won the first PGA title, Bob Ham
ilton also won the championship
m his first attempt in 1944.
The highest pitching percentage
of the major league pitchers who
won more than 300 games was
posted by Robert (Lefty) Grove
.680.
Seven Field Day
Programs Set
For This Week
Fourteen of Haywood County's
24 communities organized under
Ihe Development Program will
take part in inter-community Field
Days next week.
The schedule released today by
Assistant County Agent Turner
Caihey, supervisor of the Program,
is as follows:
Ratcliffe Cove citizens were at
Lake Junaluska today.
The rest of the schedule:
Tuesday Hominy at Thickety.
Wednesday Cruso at West Pi
geon. Thursday Jonathan Creek at
Dellwood.
Friday Clyde at Iron Duff;
Morning Star at Horniny.
Saturday Francis Cove at Al
iens Creek.
County Agent Wayne Corpen
ing's office explained that the
"double-header" scheduled for Fri
day was brought about by the post
ponement of originally scheduled
events because of the second an
nual Haywood County Farm and
Home Field Day, which was held
last Friday.
Roadside Player Proves
He's 115 Years Old
ALAMOGORDO, N. M. (UP)
State police captain Al Hathaway
stopped to tal to a man playing a
harmonica beside a New Mexico
highway.
The man told Hathaway lie had
gone for a walk near his home in
Las Cruces, 67 miles away, and
became lost. He told the officer
he was 1 15 years old.
A check with Las Cruces offi
cials revealed that David Romero
was telling the truth. Romero said
the secret of his long life is that
he never had married. .
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Corn drying once wat one of m ,u
Natur.'. exclusive fa X ?lMo!er
she wasn't always verv m, a
about it. There . 0"sclem'Wi
springs and earl, tails ,nT? w
sonal grab bag. And they ',, 'im
mature corn at harvesting
Farmers didn't like It Thl
their story to the nation'? look
cultural engineers Tho
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U inclined plane elevator t ' "'H
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"orate loll.
gency session to solve the problem t-i
And solve it, they did. a' . .V
using meir experience in barn
curing hay as a starting point, thev
to r
shitted electrical fans and motois t '
from mows to cribs; made some com-' .
paratively minor changes in the n. v V
isting structures, and blew the excei
sive moisture right out of the kerne s ' J' .
In single cribs, wooden duel? or , A"
frames are laved down the center o! ;e s
the floor and the air is blown directly iTv
into them. When double cribs are I 'r,a' a
used, the air blast enters through one ! 0".
end of the driveway. The opposite
nd is sealed up, and heavy paper
placed on the walls of the cribs from
the peak o! the roof to the top of the
corn layer. Openings around the fan
and In the floor lo sh4ii!d be closed.
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