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figmMW . f 'Coal By Wire’ Takes Bite Out of Winter COAL BY WIRE—Fifteen roil cars of coal head into Caro lina Power b Light Company's Cape Fear steam-electric generating plant near Moncure, N. C. This shipment, about 1,350 tons, will supply the plant for eight hours. Inset, a bulldozer and coal cars are dwarfed by the gigantic 115,000-ton coal reserve at the Cape Fear plant. Here coal Is converted into electricity—"coal by wire"—to serve CP&L customers in the two Carolinas. “Coal by wire” is taking the bite out of winter in a grow ing number of Carolina homes, adding another to its long list of chores performed without the coal storage problem, the scuttle and the clinkers of yesteryear. William S. Holcombe, man ager for Carolina Power & Light company, explained that “coal by wire” describes the transformation of energy from coal into electrical energy. “For years electricity has performed the tasks of light ing, cooking, cooling, grinding, mixing, lifting and pulling in the home,” he said. “The ad vent of electric space heating adds a new chapter to the story of coal by wire. “Those who have expet ene ed the messy job of carrying coal into the house, stoking a coal furnace or hauling clink ers can appreciate the fact that coal by wire is available at the flick of a switch.” The transition has retired many coal furnaces and has relegated the coal scuttle and tong's to ornamental idleness beside the fireplace. In fact, many new homes with electric heat have done away with fireplace and chimney alto gether. Coal produces most of the electric energy us«d in the home, business place and in dustry, but does the job at CP&L generating plants far removed from the point ot con sumption. The volume of coal consum ed in the process staggers the imagination. CI’&L coal piles are veritable mountains, con taining thousands of tons. So huge are they that over-sized bulldozers are kept busy shift ing the mass to make way for new shipments. Last year CP&L purchased 1,590,907 tons of coal to keep its steam-electric generating plants going. That’s ILi bil lion pounds—enough to load 17,670 rail cars. That much coal would heat 331,500 aver age homes for a year. At the plant, coal is taken from the pile to the boiler by conveyors. The coal is pul verized to face-powder con sistency and blown into the boiler's “fire-box.' The fine coal burns with tremendous heat, producing high-pressure steam to turn the plant's tur bine-generators. So completely is the coal consumed that only a fine res idue called “fly ash’” remains. This powdery substance is piped off to settling basins, and a system of fans, filters and air purifiers reduce the plant’s exhaust to little more than a thin white wisp of smoke discharged through 200 foot and higher stacks. About 85 per cent of CP&L’s total power supply is generat ed at coal-fired steam plants’. Hydroelectric plants that once earned the company s enure load now produce peaking power. Consumer demands in recent years have made it nec essary for CP&L to concen trate on larger, more efficient coal-fired plants. Since World War II it has built 1,355,000 horsepower of steam-electric generating capacity, and a 320,000-horsepower generator is now under construction at its Goldsboro plant. Each new generator is larg er than its forerunner. Not many years ago production of one kilowatt required three pounds of coal. Today, at its more efficient plants, CP&L produces a kilowatt with less than a pound of coal. The voltage is stepped up at the plant, carried over trans mission lines, stepped down at distribution substations and delivered to the customer— leaving the coal pile far be hind. “Coal by wire" assumes the largest role in its history as a medium for space heating. There were 4,075 electric heat ing jobs, including homes, bus inesses and industrial plants, on CPCI, lines at the end of November. The company’s fuel bill in supplying these and other needs will run to about $18. *0,11(30 this year. This is CPCl.s second largest opera tional i ' pense, topped only by a $17 G million tax bill. Music Lovers Entertained By Organ and Harp Music lovers of the Black Mountain area enjoyed a rare treat on the evening of Dec. 30 at the First Presbyterian -church on Montreat road. Misses Peggy Cooley and Miss Alice Lee Bourne of Ly ons, N. Y., appeared in a joint recital for harp and organ. Miss Cooley who is a sen ior at Wilson College, Pa., is majoring in organ under Ken neth Landis. Miss Bourne, one of Amer ica’s best known harpists, made her first professional appearance in Black Moun tain this year. She is enroute to Florida where she has ap peared annually for many sea sons. Miss Bourne also presents a program to schools and col leges which is played on the concert-grand harp, the Irish harp, and the harpette. Each artist presented three gro ups as solos and a final group of four members' as duets. The variety and qual ity of their selections gave evidence of versatility, and musicianship m their chosen instru ments. Many requests have been made for these artists to make an annual appearance in re cital in this area. Miss Bourne has been the house guest of Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Leitenberper of Farm School road where she enter tained for their friends Dec. 2(5. —'The farmer got only 38 cents of the food dollar in 1959. He got 40 cents in 1940 and 53 cents in 1945 (the peak war year.) - - The only people you should want to get even with are those who have helped you. PRINTING WHY PAY HIGH BIG CITY PRICES FOR FINE PRINTING? SAVE TIME AND MONEY BY HAVING IT DONE RIGHT AT YOUR DOOR. Black Mountain News Phone: NO 9-4101 We Salute - We Salute YOU on Your Birthday! January 5— Joe Pertilor, Connie Con nor, Del mar Watson, Jr., Mary Bunch Love, Paul Fisher, Dean Halford, June Claire Boone, Clarise Patterson, Barbara Robertson, Glenn Howell, Bob Glenn, Frances L. Foster, Ban ner Oakley. Leona Harris. January 6— Jessie May DeHart, Mrs. Jake Robertson, Waiter Ball. Mrs. W. C. Green, Agnes How ell, Clyde A. Stubbs, Sarah Hubbard, Judy Evans. Jimmie Helgreen, Mrs. L. H. Stepp, Mrs. Theo. Weaver, Bonnie Bastarache, Myrtle L. John son. Jean Roberts, Mary Ann Rhodes. January 7— Wallace Tucker, Edward Perkins, Raymond M. Rich ardson, Jr., Dian Stepp. Leslie Smolen, Matriss Robertson, Edna Guyton, Holly Ledbetter. Steve Ensley, Rickey Hunt singer, Cynthia Marlowe, Lu cius Blair, Carl Edmonds. January 8— Richard B. Stone. Harry E. Barkley, Mickey Corbin, R. A. Simpson, Nancy Gillis, Hardy Lee Goss, A1 Droller, Mrs. Douglas Jones, Ralph Massey. James Nolan, W. M. Fortune, Jr., Jean Mackney, John Chase Bennett III. Joey Powell, Joyce Jolly, Frances Hensley, Carolyn M. Wilhide, Mrs. James D. Kennedy. January 9— Geraldine Langford. Elsie Ball, Shinlea R. Smyre, Eliza beth Keith. Lila Crisp, T. G. Stafford, Mrs. S. W. Odum, Nilla Hall, Dave Jones, David Brandon, Clara Rondel, Lester Roland, Charles Reid Ownbey, Mary Lee White, Jonnie Ray Cook, Nancy Brown. January 10— Buddy Greenwood. Jerry Stephenson, Mrs. Minnie For rester, Hattie Perry, A. N. Simmons, Terry Reese, Blan che Slade, Mrs. Florence L. Hudson, Barbara Dell Bain, Mary E. Upton. January 11 — Shelly Connor. Bertha Nor ton, Roger Medford, Harold LeMaster, Jack Clevenger, Mrs. W. A. Huneycutt, Cora Robertson. Connie Bell, Jack Briggs, Herman Owenby. Kearfol! Party Huge Success For 600 Guests On December 17, Kearfott's Children’s Christmas party was held in the Owen High school auditorium in which there were (>00 in attendance. The party started at 9:30 a.m. and lasted until 12:00 at which t;me cartoons were shown by Chris Bauer, plant engineer. Mr. Bill from WLOS-TV Chan nel 13 entertained the children : nd was master of ceremonies for the program. The highlight of the pro gram. of course, was the visit from Santa Claus who gave each child a present, stocking full of candy, and a rubber ball. After the visit with Santa, the children were treat ed to ice cream, soda and cook ies in the cafeteria. Committees for the Christ mas party were as follows: Jessie Glenn, general chair man; Margaret Golden, pub licity; Kenny Woods, ticket; Mary Wagner, gifts; Carolyn McMillian, refreshments; Mike Hodge, entertainment; David Silver, decoration and location. CARD OF THANKS The George Whitaker family of Montreat wishes to take advantage of this most inade quate means of expressing their deep and abiding appre ciation to the many, many friends, known and unknown who showed their interest in the recent illness and passing of their little daughter and sister Dale, by their gifts and their prayers for her and us. Words fail us when we try to give expression to our sincere gratefulness for all that was done. We cannot express our feelings personally and indi vidually because there are so many whose names we do not even know. All we san say is, “God bless you!” WNC Lions Will Meet January 21 John L. (Jack) Sticklcy of Charlotte, a past president of Lions International, will par ticipate in the mid-winter con vention of Western North Carolina Lions Clubs Satur day, Jan. Ill, in Henderson ville. Jack Stickley Stickley served in the as sociation’s highest office dur ing the 1956-37 clubs year, traveled more than 250,000 miles during his year as pres ident, visited Lions projects throughout the world. He is a former leader of the world’s largest service club organization which now has 622,606 active members in 15. 314 clubs in 110 countries of the free world. Stickley has been decorated by several gov ernments. A past president of the Charlotte Lions club, Stickley served as zone chairman, dep uty district governor and dis trict governor prior to his election to the international board of directors in 1051 at Atlantic City, N. J. Stickley was elected third vice president in 1953 at Chi cago. 111., second vice presi dent in 1054 at New \ ork City, and first vice president in 1955 at Atlantic City, X. J. A Key Member, the Lions official is the holder of the 100 per cent District Gover nor's Award, the Extension Award, and has been named an Ambassador of Good 4\ ill. Stickley operates a nation ally known sales agency by the name of John L. Stickley and Co., which specializes in yarn and raw materials, na tural and synthetic. He is al so an officer of Stickley Spec ialty Yarn Corp., Realdevelco Corp., Textile Realty Co., Real ty Associates, Inc., and a di rector of Package Products, Inc. HEALTH FOB ALL Your Baby Sitter What <io you know about your baby sitter? You hire someone to come ! into your home and stay with your children while you take a well-deserved evening out. She plays with your children, gives them their supper, puts , them to bed, carries them the | glasses of water they demand | before settling down. For a few hours she as close to your children as you normally are. Of course, you know her. She’s that elderly woman from down the block, or from the agency, or the teen-age daugh ter of your best friend. You know that she's reliable, that ■ the children like her. But are they safe with her? Are you sure that she doesn’t have an infectious disease that might be passed on to your children? Are you as cau tious about your baby sitter’s health as about her character If the baby sitter arrived coughing and sneezing you’d send her home, sorry as you might be to miss your fun. But—tuberculosis has no warn ing symptoms in its early stages. Unless you know that your baby sitter has been ex amined and found free of tu berculosis and other commun icable disease, you can’t be sure that your children will be safe with her. Many older women, when asked about their health, will say proudly, “I haven’t been to a doctor in years.” It's’ nothing to boast about. Tu berculosis has no respect for | age and gray hair. In fact, it is becoming increasingly a disease of older age. You owe it to your children to inquire into the health of your baby sitter. And if she’s offended ? Well, they’re your children, aren't they"? What to Do in Black Mountain Jaycees meet 1st Thursday for business, 7:30 p.im; 3rd Thursday for dinner at Monte Vista, 7:00 o’clock. Black Mountain-Swannanoa Rotary club meeting Don’s Outpost, Mondays, 12:15 p.m. Black Mountain Lions club, Monte Vista, second and fourth Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. Black Mountain-Swannanoa Kiwanis club each Thursday noon, Monte Vista hotel. The following events, sponsored by the Get Acquainted club, to which all interested persons are invited: v ♦ Every Thursday night, 7:30 p.m., Monte Vista hotel duplicate bridge; instruction by Max Wood cock. J Blue Ridge Duplicate Bridge Club, Don’s Rest aurant, Tuesday night, 8:00 p.m. t C!a.is®s in Millinery, Wednesday mornings, St. James Episcopal Parish house, 9 o’clock. For further information call Mrs. Townsend Hay, NO 9-7844. Other purely social activities listing in this col Ur^nJn?ay,.ca11 the Black Mountain News. Save this schedule for easy reference. FACTS ABOUT YOUR BLOOD You own the longest, fast est, and busiest waterway in the world. That’s your 60,000 miles of blood vessels, through which blood circulates com pletely every 30 seconds. Your bloodstream conducts a speedy, efficient pick-up and delivery service that makes the best-run railroad look like a scatterbrained tortoise. The blood collects life-sustaining materials, delivers them where they’re needed, picks up wastes, and drops them off at the proper dumping grounds. Never a mistake. You've got about six quarts of that useful red stuff- five in circulation, one in reserve. When you donate a pint of blood, it’s replaced from the reserve in a few hours, but it takes about seven weeks to build up another pint in the reserve again. The blood is so chock-full of Chemicals, hormones, vita red cells, white cells . pl»* 1 ^ and what have you that it s wonder it can move at all, much less zip around the way it does. Red cells carry oxy gen around. White cells bat tle disease perms and mop up afterwards. Platelets help blood to clot. Quick loss of a quart or more of blood spells curtains, unless it’s replaced fast, by a 1 Jood i ransfusion. than You ran bleed to death a major artery in le?, two minutes. That’s heavy bleeding shouM Y stoppeod first, even wh.. • accident victim isn’t &ri ing. He’ll die faster loss of blood than fr0. of air. Oh, yes. and there’s ., thing as blue blood. what’s left of it V same red fluid circula' the rest of us. • i en 18nt breath, lack •such i-alty the S aa "SUPER-RIGHT" HEAVY GRAIN FED BEEF CHUCK Bl' Of BONE-IN BONELESS CHUCK ROASTS BONELESS LEAN STEW BEEF Lb. 55: 55r "SUPER-RIGHT" LEAN, FRESHLY GROUND Pure Pork Sausage 67c 3 $1. Frozen Beef — Chicken — Turkey or Ham Morton Meat Dinners ll-Oz. Pkg. White House — An A&P Exlusive Brand EVAPORATED MILK Outstanding Low Price — Prepared AUSTEX DEEF STEW Chocolate — Vanilla or Banana Flavored Coating BREMNER JUMBO PIES IANE PARKER LARGE ANGEL FOOD OR LARGE CHERRY 6 Tall Cans Tft. In A Carton / Jjy 65c 15-Oz. Cans pi? 39c FREE! One Package Sparkle Reg. Pudding With Purchose of Four Packages at Reg. Price! YOU PAY ONLY . . . . 5 & 29c Regularly 4 Pkgs. For 29c Ann Page Pure Fruit Strawberry Preserves ANN PAGE SALAD Dressing 43c (IT. JAR 2-Lb. Jor 55c Ann Page Tomato Ketchup 14 21( Large 2J4 Dozen Size FRESH CELERY L Fresh Florida GRAPEFRUIT Q Crisp York APPLES POUNDS FOR MILD & MELLOW Pr EIGHT O’CLOCK "ices in this ad 'fective tl January 7th
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