Duplin AARP Elects Officers
At Organizational Meeting
? The Duplin chapter of the
American Association of Retired
Persons elected officers at the
organization dinner meeting held in
Kenansville October 29. More than
100 people attended.
Featured speaker was AARP
National President-elect John T.
Denning. Elected to serve as Duplin
AARP Chapter officers were: presi
dent, Lois West of Warsaw; vice
^ president, Troy Mullis of Kenans
? viile; secretary, Mae Spicer of
Kenansville; and treasurer, Minnie
Kitchin of Warsaw.
Named to committee chair posi
tions were: publicity, Ruth Jones of
Kenansville; membership, Frank
Sawyer of Beulaville; tours, Cleo
kobbs of Warsaw; legislative,
Christine Williams of Pink Hill; and
programming, Adalaide Rice of
Kenansville.
According to Denning, more than
9 17.3 million chapters of AARP are
active in the United States today.
The organization was founded in
1958 and the large membership has
generated from a interest in
health care.
"The AARP organization allows
people to come together with
common interests and work toward a
common cause," Denning said at the
Duplin AARP organization meeting
last week. "And, the membership is
going to continue to grow because of
the interest we have in quality
programs."
A major campaign of the AARP is
health care programs and Denning
pointed out five goals of the organi
zation in this area. Its goals are to
reduce the rate of cost increases in
all areas of health care, protect and
strengthen the Medicare and Medi
caid programs, encourage the
development of alternative health
care systems, encourage Americans
to adopt more healthful lifestyles,
and provide information to con
sumers on health care costs and
options.
Denning is a former Duplin and
Sampson County educator and was
installed as national president-elect
of AARP during the association's
biennial convention in April. His
term is two years.
He is a former principal of Rose
Hill School and since his retirement
in 1975, Denning has worked to
promote educational programs for
older people and has organized rural
health clinics. He has served on the
Governor's Advisory Committee on
Aging and on the N.C. Legislative
Research Commission's Committee
on Aging.
AARP membership is open to
persons 50 yearn if ?.*e or older.
Membership in the Duplin chapter is
$2 annually and < ational member
ship is $5 per year. National
membership is required before join
ing a local chapter.
A proposed meeting schedule for
the upcoming year was presented at
the organizational dinner. The next
chapter meeting is November 15 at 1
p.m. at the Senior Citizens Center in
Kenansville. Additional information
is available through chapter officers
and committee chairpersons and
chapter advisor, C.M. Rice of
Kenansville, assistant state director
of A.ARP.
Duplin Names AARP Officers
During the organizational meeting of the Duplin
chapter of the AARP October 29 at the Senior Citizen
Center in Kenansville, officers were named. Pictured
above, left to right, are AARP officers, Minnie Kitchin,
treasurer; Lois West, president; Rev. Troy Mullis,
vice-president: and Mae Spicer, secretary.
Saves On Bills
Jim Woody and Chuck Lewis of
? Fast Fare know the importance of
good timing when it comes to
running a convenience store. They
know the store should be ready for
shoppers who want a loaf of bread at
midnight or a cup of coffee at 5 a.m.
But Woody and Lewis also know
that good timing can pay off when it
comes to using electricity.
Their company, the Convenience
Store Group, has 82 Fast Fare and 6
Zippy Mart stores in the Carolinas
that are on Carolina Power & Light
? Co.'s time-of-use electric rate. And
they report dollar savings of up to IS
percent.
The Fast Fare store in Kenansville
is among those on the optional rate.
On the time-of-use rate, electricity
costs less during the hours of the day
when electricity demand is less on
the utility company system. It costs
more when power demand is high.
Woody and Lewis are project
managers for the Conveninece Store
? Group based in Raleigh. Their
specialty is finding ways for the
company to save money by manag
ing energy use better.
"I heard about the time-of-use
rate last April in a radio adver
tisement and decided to see if our
stores in the CP&L service area
could save money on the rate,"
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Lewis and Woody met with CP&L
representatives in Raleigh in April, {
1983 to learn more about the
? voluntary rate and to estimate the j
potential savings.
"After initial studies we projected
an annual savings of SI 15,000 for the
88 stores in the service area,"
Woody said. "That would have
meant a 10 percent savings over the
standard commercial electric rate."
The Convenience Store Group's
savings so far in 1984 are running
ahead of the initial estimate, Lewis
reports. "As of right now, we're
? saving 12 to 15 percent ? about
$13,000 per month in the winter and
$5,000 per month in the summer."
The time-of-use rate gives cus
tomers the financial incentive to shift
some of their electricity usage to
off-peak hours, according to John S.
Monroe Jr., manager of CP&L's
conservation and load management
department.
Peak hours from October through
March are weekdays from 6 a.m. to 1
p.m. and 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Weekends
? are always off-peak.
"These convenience stores are |
well suited to the time-of-use rate,"
Monroe said. "They are open a large
number of hours year round, and
there are several appliances in each
store that are cycled on and off
during on-peak times."
Time-of-use rates are also avail
able for residential and industrial
customers.
Woody and Lewis have recom
mended several ways to maximize
their savings without interfering
with customer service. For example,
some appliances in the stores are
programmed to cut off when certain
other appliances begin operating.
In addition to shifting some uses of
electric power, Woody and Lewis
have recommended general conser
vation measures. These are included
in the store operations manual at
each store.
"We've tried to show our em
ployees that every little conservation
measure can add up and take money
off the total store operating bill,"
Lewis said.
CP&L's Monroe explained that the
power company is providing its
customers with ways to save money
now while helping the company hold
down overall electric power costs in
the long run. "The time-of-use rate
is one option," he said.
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In Peace College Drama
Warsaw resident Julie Carlton plays one of the major roles ? that of Mrs.
Van Daan ? in Peace College's Nov. 6-10 production of "The Diary of Anne
Frank." Here she is with the other members of the Van Daan family (from
left) Bob Klotz of Raleigh as Mrs. Van Daan
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Eastern Star
Ten members of Kenansville
Chapter #215, Order of the Eastern
Star, attended the official visits of
the worthy grand matron and the
worthy grand patron of the grand
chapter of North Carolina on Wed
nesday night when they met in the
Newton Grove chapter. Among them
were: Celia and J.B. Stroud, Joyce
and Kermit Williams. Thelma
Murphy, Ruby Newton, Edna E.
Brinson, Hazel Holland, Louise K.
Boney and Gloria Brown.
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