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