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RN Na, Arnold Adams Joins Collins & Aikman Firm SPINDALE, NC - Arnold E. Adams has joined Collins & Aikman’s Decorative Fabrics division as a designer for its Mastercraft upholstery lines. The announcement was made ‘ by Stanley Valenta, vice presi- dent of operations. Cpl. McClain Is Promoted Marine Cpl. James L. Mc- Clain, son of Winslow and Betty J. McClain of Route 1, Box 119C, Kings Mountain, has been meritoriously promoted to his present rank while serving with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines, Camp Lejeune, N.C. He received the accelerated promotion in recognition of outstanding performance, duty proficiency and demonstrated professional abilities. A graduate of Kings Moun- © tain Senior High School, he join- ed the Marine Corps in June 1980. HIs wife, Andrea, is the daughter of Willie M. Partlow of 3133 Springvalley « Drive, Gastonia. Ernest Ozeretny Graduates Basic . Navy Hull Maintenance Technician Fireman Ernest H. Ozeretny Jr., son of James W. Stevenson of Route 1, Grover, was graduated from Basic Hull Maintenance Technician School. During the 8-week course at the Naval Training Center, Philadelphia, students received instruction on the basics of welding, pipefitting and metalsmithing. They studied the procedures used to fabricate, in- stall and repair all types of ship- board structures, plumbing and piping systems. i He'joinedithe Navy! iif March 1980. Ed = JOSHUA COLLINS Joshua Is One Joshua David Collins, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Collins of Gastonia, celebrated his first bir- thday February 24. He was honored at a Mickey Mouse party, attended by relatives and friends. He is the grandson of Mrs. Grace L. White and Mrs. Jessie H. Collins, both of Kings Moun- tain. His mother is the former Lynn White. IT'S A BOY Mr. and Mrs. Lanny Thorn- burg announce the birth of their first child, a son, Brian Newell, March 8 at Cleveland Memorial Hospital. The baby weighed seven pounds and 9'2 ounces, and was 19% inches long. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. John J. Tria Sr. and Mr. and Mrs. Newell Thornburg, all of Kings Mountain. Great- grandparents are Mrs. Gertrude ‘Champion “and Thomas E. Wilson of Kings Mountain. The mother is the former Diane Tria. . 40TH ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. Paul T. Smith will observe their 40th wedding ' anniversary-Sung:Mar. 22 from. umes 24 pm. at--Grace United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. The couple’s children in- vite all relatives and friends to at- tend. Adams is a graduate of Belmont Textile Institute with an AAS in textile technology. A native of Kings Mountain, he previously was a designer in charge of fabric development with Minette Mills. Mrs. Adams is the former Kite of Blacksburg, SC. Collins & Aikman is a major producer of specialty textiles and wallcoverings with sales of $650 million. RN I RSS " mi reer AP re Po WE SS SS SG GG GP SP SS ! Thursday, March 11, 1982. KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Page 9B Mark Cloninger Attends Presidential Classroom Bryon Mark Cloninger of Kings Mountain High School participated last week in a Presidential Classroom for Young Americans in Washington, D.C. The Classroom had 415 outstanding high school students from all 50 states plus schools overseas represented in the National Stu- dent Body. : Presidential Classroom is an educational program for juniors and seniors in high school which introduces student leaders to the people who make and influence ment. The Classroom presents an overview of “Power in ‘Washington” through the students meeting with decision makers from the three branches of government, the diplomatic community, the news media, and the business and labor sec- tors. "The students met with many policy makers, including syn- dicated columnist Vic Gold; the Honorable Paul C. Warnke, former Chief U.S. Negotiator for SALT; Representative Robert H. Michael; former astornaut and Senator John Glenn; Sol Chaikin, President, International Ladies Garment Workers’ Union; Washington Post col- umnist William Raspberry; and Cynthia Helms, author and wife of former CIA Director Richard Helms. Students will also have appointments with their elected Members of Congress and attend committee hearings on Capitol Hill. The Classroom was chartered in 1968 at the recommendation of President Lyndon B. Johnson. responsibility and civic awareness through a forum for independent thought. Since the program receives no government funding, students depend on rais- ing their tuition from local civic groups and their schools. Students are selected by their schools to attend the Classroom. In addition to the program for high school students, the Classroom offers a program for college students and profes- sionals called The Federal Forum. GG lg a pe the policies of the federal govern- The program promotes citizen BEING BEST SNT GOOD | In 1974 our coal-fired generatin system was selected the most effi- cient in the United States. It was selected again in 1975. And 1976. And 1977. And 1978. And 1979. And 1980. The results for 1981 aren't in yet. But we expect to find ourselves on top again. That's a great record. A _ record we're proud of ...but not satisfied with. Because efficiency translates directly into dollars. And the more efficient we become, the less you'll have to pay for electricity. It’s that simple. | HOW EFFICIENCY IS DETERMINED. Virtually all power plantsuse some kind of fuel to produce heat, which produces the steam that turns the electric generators. And a plant's efficiency is deter- mined by the average amount of fuel it takes to produce a kilowatt hour of electricity. The less fuel it takes, the more efficient the plant. In 1980, Duke’scoal-burning generating plants used an average 9,398 BTUs of fuel to produce each kilowatt-hour of electricity. Our nearest competitor used 9,580 BTU'’s to achieve the same result. Let’s translate that into dollars. If our system had operated in 1980 at the level of the second best com- pany our customers would have ad to pay nearly $1 million more a month in their electric bills. THE TOP TEN. Power companies are ranked not only on the basis of overall effi- ciency, butalso on the performance of individual generating units. In 1980, the latest year for which industry operating statis- tics are available, six Duke units were among the 10 most efficient individual generating units in the country. Nation's Most Efficient Generating Units for 1980 1. Belews Creek 2 6. Marshall 2 (Duke Power) (Duke Power) 2. Brayton Point 3 7. Marshall 4 (New England (Duke Power) Gas & Electric) _8. Trenton Channel 9 # 3. Marshall 3 #4855 Git ss SS Detroit Edison) (Duke Power) 9. Stryker Creek 2 4. Marshall 1 (Texas Utilities) (Duke Power) 10. John E. Amos 2 5. Belews Creek 1 (American Electric . (Duke Power) Power) Source: Electric Light & Power Magazine WHY SO EFFICIENT? We're the only power company in the country thatdesignsand builds its own plants. Which means we not only build those plants at a lower cost, we build them with efficiency in mind from the ground up. But good plants alone aren’t good enough. It takes good people to operate them. | ~ Highly trained people. Highly motivated people. And that’s the kind of people we have. Winning those national efficiency titles was a significant achievement. That's one reason our electric rates have increased less than those of most other power companies. Still, we can’t rest on those laurels. Because even though it’s getting tougher to top our own efficiency record, we know that even a slight improvement will re- sult in millions of dollars of addi- tional savings for our customers. ~ That's why we'll never be satisfied with just being best. DUKE POWER Paid for by shareholders of Duke Power Company
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