Kinston Electric Rates
Not Highest or Lowest
Used in East Carolna
. Discussion Is frequently heard
on the subject of electric pow
er rates In the Kinston vicinity.
Generally speaking not too much
is known by too many people on
this subject and discussions
usually consist of assertions that
are seldom backed by facts and"
figures.
Some people on sone side of
the question assert that rates
charged for electricity in Kin
gton are much higher than In
other towns In the state and
particularly In this Immediate
area.' Others Insist that the rates
are lower in Kinston. Here are
the rates and as usual neither
side Is correct. Some rates In
this area are lower and Some are
higher. These figures are from
the annual report on communi
ties of more than 2,500 popula
tion by the Federal Power com
mission. %
On one point, and this favors
the small consumer, Kinston
does rate on the low side of the*
argument. The minimum charge
In Kinston is77 cents per month.
Minimum rates In other sur
rounding'communities are: New
Bern $1, Morehead City $1,
Rocky Mount $1.25, Wilson $1.20,
Washington $1.25. „
For the first 25 kilowatt hours
Kinston electric consumers pay
5.5 cents per KWH, Goldsboro 4,
New Bern 7.8, Rocky Mount 4.8,
Morehead City 4.9, Greenville 6
and Washington 6 cents.
For up to 500 KWH the Kin
ston rate Is 1.7 cents, Goldsboro
.9, New Bern 2, Wilson, 1.9, Rocky
Mount 14 and Washington 2.
These are residential rates for
each of these communities.
Goldsboro Is served by the
Carolina Light and Power Com
pany which has the cheapest
rates in North Carolina. More
head City Is served by Tidewater
Power Company. The other com
munities listed own their electric
power plant facility.
Industrial rates begin higher
and taper off for large consum
ers to a much lower rate than
that of residential consumption.
The cheapest electric rate in
North Carolina Is enjoyed by the
people of Kannapolis where
power is supplied from a plant
owned by the Cannon Mills,,
which also owns the town.
SEEING STARS
By LYN CONNELLY
PjONNA REED, who has played
*r the girl-next-door sort of role
during her entire film career, will ,
get a chance to show herself off
In the brighter
plumage ot
the girl-who-geips
the-boy in ‘“The
Hero” in .which
she play* op
posite Jofcn Der
ek . . . Donna
wears one eve
ning gown, two
cocktail dresses.
two pairs oi
Donna Reed lounging pajam
'fflhivi jfr- a*, one fur coat
anil* one White mink during the
coulee of the movie — all of which
pleases her no end ... Inciden
tally. more than 290 college and
professional football players par
ticipated in the college football
games in "The Hero."
OOdersleeve found himself
‘‘stuck with” 200 pounds of cara
mels at Hollywood’s recent Sapta
Claus . Lane parade . . . When
police ruling forbade tossing the
candy to youngsters lining the
sidewalks, Gildy hauled the load of
gpodies to the Los Angeles orphans’
home and personally presented it
to the kids there . . . Washington
brass is reported to be disappoint
ed at the lack of talent volunteer
ing to entertain troops in Korea
and Europe . . . An official “bon
fire” may be started: to get co
operation from top studios . . .
Jack Benny obviously thrives on
top competition . . . His latest
rating went up three points-plus
- hi spite of TaUalah Bankhead’s
star-studded rivalry.
Shirts Now On Sale
Made From Fiber V
Announcements at the year
end from.' John Wanamaker In
Philadelphia and The Marshall
Field Co. ol Chicago reveal that
men’s 'dress shirts made from
the du Pont company’s newest
synthetic, Fiber V, were on sale
during the Christmas shopping
period with a handsome $10.95
price tag.
The shirts are being made by
Raab Meyerhoff Inc. from small
quantities of the new miracle
fiber that are being produced In
a small pilot plant now In op
eration at the du Pont com
pany’s first nylon plant In Sea
ford, Delaware.
The plant to be built in Lenoir
County’s Contentnea Neck
Township is to be the first mass
producer of this new material,
which Is expected to cut as wide
a; swath in the textile Industry
|$s nylon.
Special Master Is
Holding Hearings
In Property Prices
On Tuesday of this week Spec
ial Master hearings were begun
in the offices of the Clerk of the
Lenoir County Clerk of Superior
Court in order to set prices that
will be paid property owners
whose holdings in the two-block
area between McLewean and
East and between Bright and
Shine streets have been acquired
by a condemnation proceeding
by the Kinston Housing Authpri"
ty.
Attorney E. W. Price has been
named Special Master in the
proceedings and after he has
heard from both sides in the
proposition his will be the1 task
of deciding how much the sev
eral property owners will receive
for their houses and lots.
First of these Special Masters
hearings was at 9:30 Tuesday
morning and It concerned prop
erty owned by Ely Perry, Tues
day afternoon hearings were be
gun into the property owned by
Sybil and Delia Hyatt.
Work has already started on
the 178 unit low rental housing
group that Is to occupy the site.
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