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T.M. Graham Announces
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First Successful Solar Test Came 25 Years
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Sunlight as a source of energy
is one ol the most promising
future alternatives to Ol'l-.C oil.
. With all of the increased atten
tion being given to solar |X)wer
today, few people realize that
t)ne of the llrst successful ap
plications of solar energy ikcui-
red 25 years ago this month.
T.M. Graham Southern Hell
District tnanager said that the
first successful test of solar
energy for telecommunications
began on October 4, 1955. Hell
V l aboratories, the Bell Systetn’s
research and development unit,
teamed w ith Srmthern Hell to use
pole-mounted sttlar batteries to
power rural telephone lines near
.Americus, Georgia.
Graham explained that the in
vention of the solar cell and the
solar battery were by-products of
Hell labs’ pioneer research in
semiconductor technology, the
9 same type of research which led
to Bell Labs’ invention of the
transistor.
Bell Labs scientists. Daryl
Chapin, Calvin Fuller, and
Cierald Pearson found that
sunlight energy striking wafer-
thin silicon material (same
substance as common beach
sand) relea.ses electrons in the
^silicon that could then be ca|v
^tured in the form of electrical
current. Their invention was
Duo To
Appear
*At Abbey
The llute and classical guitar
duo of Irene Maddox and Doug
•lames will present a concert at
Belmont Abbey College on
Monday, November .1, at 8 p.m.
in the Abbey Church.
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Ihe Maddox/.lames duo,
which has been concerti/ing for
six years, played in August by
special invitation at the annual
coiu<ention of the National
Fifie AssOc?lation'. The
November 3 concert will lie a
return to a favorite place for the
duo, who claim that the
acoustics of the Abbey Church
0are marvelous, Ixith for the |X‘i-
formers and audience.
Irene Maddvix, who made a
national concert tour earlier this
year, is an exix'iienced sym
phony llutist as well as concert
artist. She has held principal
llute (Kisitions with the sym
phonies of San Antotiio and
Odessa, Texas; Augusta, Ga.;
I Columbia, S.C.; Charlotte and
.Asheville, N.C.; and the
.American Wind Symphony of
Pittsburgh, Pa. She has appeared
as soloist in live southern states
with the Charlotte Symphony,
Chamber Orchestra, and in
Charlotte with the Summer Pops
Orchestra.
The founder of the Charlotte
Flute Club, Mrs. Maddox has
J St tidied with such world leading
llutists as Jean-Pierrc Rampal,
Frederick Wilkins, George
Morey, .lulius Baker, Maxence
Larrieu, Andras Adorjan, Alain
Marion and Marcel Moyse.
Doug James began playing the
guitar at age 1.1, and has since
studied under such artist as
Oscar Ghiglia, Jesus Silva of the
)North Carolma Schixil of the
Arts, Ciiis Fixile of Charlotte,
and Mike Mosley of UNCC.
Fie currently divides his time
between teaching guitar in his
private studio in Charlotte, and
IX'rformmg, both solo and duo
with Mrs. Maddox.
Fhe Belmont Abbey College
concert is open to the public, and
admission is free.
Harper Attends
-Alumni Meeting
CHAF’EL HILL — Ragan
Harper, pharmacist of Kings
Mountain, was recently installed
as a member of the Board of
Directors of the newly created
School of Pharmacy Alumni
|Association at the University of
"North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
A member of the Schixil of
Pharmacy class of 1965, Harper
will serve a one-year term on the
Board of Directors.
The Pharmacy Alumni
Association was organized in
honor of the Centennial of Phar-
J maceutical Education on the
[campus of UNC-CH. More than
250 alumni attended the Oc
tober organizational meeting.
made public in April, 1954.
The solar cell, the solar bat
tery, and subsequent im
provements were stimulated by
Bell systetn efforts to improve
telecommunications technology.
So far, the most notable success
has been in the use of solar bat
teries to power communications
satellites and other space hard
ware.
The Bell System’s policy of
sharing such technical contribu
tions with industry, government
and institutions of higher learn
ing has insured that the solar cell
and the solar battery also would
be available for other uses far
beyond the field of telecom
munications.
“We in the Bell System are
justly proud of these two inven
tions and scores of others that
not only improve basic
telephone service, but also
unlock new technologies in new
or unrelated fields,” said
Graham.
‘Today, similar work to im
prove old technology and invent
new ones is progressing towards
making the telephone even more
valuable in an approaching age
of expanded communications
and information services.
“We cannot sell all that lies
ahead,” said Graham, “but we
are confident that great things
are in store for the future. The
history of our inventions is a
good indication.
“Who would have ever
thought,” he added, “that an ex-
rx-riment to improve telephone
service to Georgia farmers
w ould usher in an era of satellite
and lightwave comtnunications
and be a major altenative source
of energy in America’s drive for
energy independence.”
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FOR STATE OFFICERS,
UNITED STATES SENATOR
and MEMBER of CONGRESS
GENERAL ELECTION
Gaston County, North Carolina
November 4,1980
INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTER
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party for whose candidates you wish to vote.
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box, but fill in the box at the right of the name
of each candidate for whom you wish to vote.
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one of the parties at the top of the ballot and
also fill in the box at the right of the name of
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STATE
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