Vol. 9
R u r a l G eo r g ia
“M i f the Interests of Over 200,000 Electrified Farms in Georgia”
— MILLEN, GEORGIA, APRIL, 1954. No. 4.
CO-OPS FINALLY INVITED AS EQUALS TO
PARTICIPATE IN CLARK HILL CONFERENCE
Pollock Letter Outlines
Tri-Contract Objections
(EDITOR'S NOTE: The following letter to Hon. Douglas
McKay, Secretary of Interior, and signed by D. Marshall Pollock,
Georgia EMC President, was submitted to him through his Asst.
Secretary, Fred G. Aandahl, at a meeting attended by the Power
Committee of Georgia EMC, and their attorneys and engineers,
on April 19th. It explains the Co-ops' legal and economic objections to the Tri-Contract proposal—and outlines their counter
proposals. Every member of every Rural Electric Co-operative in
Georgia should read this document. Georgia EMC—your statewide association—is- fighting for the future security of your
member-owned, controlled, and managed Co-operatives.)
Aandahl Requests Power Company And
Ga. Co-ops Meet With Interior On April 26
Washington, D. C., April 19, 1954—Fred G. AandahL
Asst. Secretary of Interior, after listening to two new proposals from Georgia's Co-operatives to buy all of the Clark
Hill power, invited Georgia EMC and the Georgia Power
Company to sit down with the Interior Department in Wash-.
Honorable Douglas McKay
Secretary of the Interior
Washington 25, D. C.
Attention: Honorable Fred G.
Aandahl
Dear Mr. Secretary:
On February 17, 1954, you submitted to representatives of the
Georgia Electric Membership
Corporation and to its member
rural electric co-operatives who
had been invited to Washington
for that purpose, a “draft for
study” of a tri-contract proposal
for disposition of the powers and
energy allotted to Georgia from
the Clark Hill reservoir project.
You advised us then that the
tri-contract proposal had been
worked out at conferences between the Department of the Interior and representatives of the
Georgia Power Company extending over a period of some five and
one-half months from September
1, 1953.
We were granted a period of
thirty days to study and comment
on the tri-contract proposal. We
found it necessary to request an
additional period of 60 days to
study the tri-contract proposal;
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Pafaula Manager
Prince Recovering
J. D. Prince, Manager, Pataula
EMC, Cuthbert was seriously injured in an automobile accident
last month. His friends in Georgia will be very happy to hear
that he is back at work. It was
one of those freak occurrences
that could happen to any of us
and points up the necessity for
even more careful driving on the
highways, as well as in town.
According to reliable sources
the accident occurred when a 17
year old boy—allegedly without
drivers license—turned into a side
road immediately in front of Mr.
Prince, without benefit of signal.
Observers stated that Prince
was driving well within the speed
limit, but he didn’t have a chance
to avoid ramming the boy’s truck.
Prince was carried to the hospital with head and leg injuries.
He’s better now, but LET’S ALL
BE MORE CAREFUL.
Mitchell County,
Planters EMC, In
Study Of Future
This month two of Georgia’s
rural electric cooperatives, looking to the future, have asked their
members to help them plan. Both
Mitchell County EMC, which has
already mailed our return cards,
and Planters EMC, which will do
so in the very near future, are
asking members to list the electric appliances and machinery
they now own—and what they intend to purchase.
This information is most necessary to the cooperatives for
Co-op Personnel
Training Schoois
Start Next Month
Working closely with the Safety and Job Training Committee
of Georgia EMC, the State Department of Education has arranged for two training Schools
for Foremen and supervisory persorinel. Managers are especially
invited. The announcement was
made by W. M. Hicks, State Supervisor, Trade and Industrial
Education. One will be held from
May 4th through 6th at North
Georgia Vocational School at
Clarksville. This is for employees of the Cooperatives served by
Safety Instructor J. L. Langston.
The other will be held at the
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Managers Hold
Atlanta Meeting
The Co-op Managers’ Association met in Atlanta March 29-30.
This was a well organized meeting, spearheaded by Ira Griffin of
Americus, H. S. Glenn of Moultrie, Bob Armstrong of Jackson,
and John Taylor of Monroe.
Much of the discussion was on
highly technical subjects, of intense interest to the managers
who are striving to do a real—
economical—job of management.
Needless to say, attendance was
good—although a few faces which
ington on April 26.
A committee representing each
of the interested parties in this
controversy will be named to attend this meeting. It is hoped that
this will result in an amicable solution to the problem, which has
attracted nationwide attention.
Members of the Georgia Cooperatives will be represented by
the Power Committee of Georgia
EMC, J. B. Polhill, Jr., Chairman;
Arthur Reynolds, Donalsonville;
Schley Moore, Sandersville; and
J. R. Chambless, Alamo. D. Marshall Pollock, GEMC president,
and Walter Harrison, state manager, as well as Special Legal
Counsel Ellis Arnall and T. Foley
Treadway, of Southern Engineers,
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Mrs. Lumsden Resigns
At Upson County EMC
Shortly after her husband, Cornelius Lumsden was appointed as
project manager at Upson County
EMC, Thomaston, his attractive
wife, who has been acting as Electrification Advisor, submitted her
resignation to the Board of Directors. Lumsden has been with
Upson County EMC since April,
1953. is an agricultural engineer
and is a native of a neighboring
county. He succeeded Frank Hawkins as manager, last month.
Film Will Depict
Georgia Progress
In Electrification
A wonderful motion picture, in
full color, is being produced by
Georgia EMC, acting for the
Georgia Rural Electric Cooperatives. Beeland-King of Atlanta
was chosen to do the work. A
motion picture committee was set
up last year by President Marshall Pollock, consisting of T. S.
Mason, Hartwell; H. C. Glenn,
Moultrie; R. F. Armstrong, Jackson; S. J. Tankersley, Reynolds;
and J. B. Polhill, Jr., Louisville.
The committee announced on
March 30th that the contract had
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Special Edition
Of Jackson Herald
On Co-op Birthday
Jackson EMC, Jefferson, G i,
was 15 years old on April 10th.
To celebrate this important birthday their county newspaper, The
Jackson Herald, issued a special
edition containing more than
twenty pages devoted to the Coop.
Incorporated in 1938, Jackson
EMC has grown to be one of the
three largest Rural Electric Cooperatives in Georgia, with a
membership of over 11,000 who
use almost 3 million kilowatt
hours of electricity each month.
It serves the rural folks in eight
northeast Georgia counties.
In commenting editorially, on
the Clark Hill matter, the Jackson
Herald said', “It will he interest-
(Continued on Page Four)
Blue Ridge Co-op Gets
New Headquarters
Blue Ridge Electric Association,
of Young Harris, Ga., announced
plans for the construction of a
new office and warehouse building, early in April. “The-contract
was let to J. M. Hughes & Son of
Murphey, N. C.,” said E. C. Nicholson, “It was for $119,900.”
The building was designed by
Southern Engineering Co., who
will also supervise the construction: It is to be of cream gray
brick, with plenty of glass, and
is arranged to take care of office
and warehouse space for the
J | foreseeable future.
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CLARK HILL DAM. on the Savannah River, near Augusta, is the "Key to
Low Cost Power" for Georgia. Here electric power is generated at low cost, using
the falling waters of a river that belongs to all of the people. These generating facilities were built with PUBLIC FUNDS, accumulated from the taxes paid by ALL
THE PEOPLE. Now efforts are being made by PRIVATE INTERESTS to secure
both the power and the benefits. Georgia EMC is taking a firm stand in this matter.
Elsewhere in RURAL GEORGIA you will read the latest events in this long drawn
out controversy.
Page Two. RURAL GEORGIA April, 1954.
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The Mare Go!
As of April 1954, most of America’s Rural. Electric Cooperatives have completed their original construction programs. Proof of this is the fact that over 4,000,000 meters
(about 90% of all those who might want service) are connected to rural lines. But the job is nowhere near done. Rural
folks are requiring about twice as much electricity every four
years, as they did in the preceeding four.
Every Co-op in Georgia is faced with a “heavying-up”
program—to supply this ever increasing demand.
That will take money! The money will have to be borrowed from the Rural Electrification Administration—the Coops’ bankers. Will they get it? It depends upon Congress.
Some members of Congress have adopted the false idea that
appropriations for Rural Electric LOANS are expenditures
of the federal government. That is obviously not true. These
appropriations serve only to place a MAXIMUM on the amount which can be LOANED by REA to the Co-ops.
These loans will be PAID BACK with INTEREST when
due! They have been paid back for about eighteen years—
many in advance of due date! The Rural Electric Cooperatives
— which are the farmers of America banded together to provide for themselves a service which no one else would provide—have the best repayment record in history for any public or private borrowers.
For fiscal 1955, the administration budget requested only
$55,000,000 (total $140,000,000 with carryovers), in new appropriations for loans to electric systems, $75,000,000 for telephone loans, and $7,850,000 for administrative funds. NRECA
•—our national association—asked Congress for a total of
$254,000,000 in electric loans funds, $200,000,000 for telephone
loans, and $9,000,00 for administration. The House of Representatives, feeling that budget requests were not large enough
to do the job, has approved $100,000,000 (total $185,000,000 with
carryovers), in new electrie loan funds, $75,000,000 for telephones and upped the administration request for administrative funds to $7,285,000.
NRECA’s figures were based on a survey made late last
year. They are realistic figures. They come very close to the
actual need. The House realized that the budget requests
were too low. They upped them some. Now it’s up to the Senate. Georgia’s two fine Senators, Walter F. George and Richard B. Russell, have gone on record time and time again that
they will let nothing stand in the way of the progress of the
rural electrification movement in Georgia. Why don’t you, as
a member-owner of a rural electric co-operative—that may
not be able to make needed improvements in time for lack
of necessary loans—write to both of your Senators? They
.know these figures. And when they know you are supporting
them, will be inclined to fight harder for you—and the Cooperatives of the nation.
LIG H T LIN ES
(By J. B. Polhill, Jr., Chairman,
GEMC Power Committee; Manager, Jefferson County EMC)
When we went to Washington
earlier this month our Power
Committee had two purposes—
first to decline the proposed TriContract as proposed by Interior
and the Power Company. This
contract proposes to turn all of
the power and other benefits- of
the Clark Hill project over to the
company who in turn will pass on
to the Cooperatives a few crumbs.
Under this proposal the ratio of
benefits appears to be in the ratio
of about 15 to 1 in favor , of the
Power Trust.
Second, the committee will present the Cooperatives’ definitive
proposal for the handling of the
Clark Hill power. This proposal
divides the benefits and leaves to
the company the actual distribution of the power at a profit. The
difference between the Tri-ContrSct proposal and the proposal of
the Cooperatives is that the former is unfair and illegal, while
the latter is completely fair and
clearly legal. The first proposal
could and doubtless will (if the
infamous contract is put through)
put the Co-ops out of business
whereas the Cooperatives proposal will work fairly for the interest of all concerned including
ALL OF THE PEOPLE.
This Clark Hill fight has been
going on a long time. It may yet
require much more time because
“right crushed to earth will rise
again.” If the rulings are adverse
to the PEOPLE’S INTEREST, the
fight will not end and there have
been adverse signs insofar as a
fair and equitable ruling is concerned. At any rate, this writer
was a part of the committee
which received the verdict on the
Monday after Easter.
This month of April is a most
important one in the life of your
Cooperative for another reason.
April marks the anniversary of
rural electrification in your Co-op
area. Back in 1938, the first electric current flowed over YOUR
electric lines. The first project
consisting of a mere 75 miles of
line was energized in April 1938.
There were less than 300 members
being served from that first line.
Now there are more than 1,800
miles of line and over SIX THOUSAND MEMBERS.
I shall never forget the week
the first lines were energized and
lights came oh in homes where
good people had tried and tried
for years to get the comforts and
conveniences of electricity but
had failed in their efforts because
the proposal was thought to be
impractical, unprofitable and
even ridiculous. Also because
there were those who wondered,
“What is wrong with kerosene
anyway?”
As the linemen of the contractor went up the road from house
to house testing and energizing
transformers, grownups as well as
children showed great excitement
and glee. There was yelling and
shouting, cheering and gleeful
weeping. Though I had worked
day in and day out with the program I had not even begun to
realize what electricity would
mean to the farm home. The day
the lines were energized there
somehow came to my heart a new
view of the whole proposition.
Discouragement and doubt gave
way to courage and determination, and I knew then and there
that I had become associated with
a program—a movement that was
as big and as wonderful as man’s
fight against the wilderness, as
noble and as necessary as man’s
fight for freedom and liberty. I
had come into the program by accident, but then and there I determined that I was in it to stay,
and then and there I breathed a
prayer asking that I might be permitted to have a small part in
making electricity available to all
farm homes and to all farm families. That day I had never heard
of Clark Hill but the things I felt
and thought that day have grown
in my mind and heart and account for my keen and undying
interest in trying to save for OUR
PEOPLE the power from Clark
Hill. On my side was the LAW.
The act of Congress provided for
the people of the Jefferson County Electric Membership Corporation to have PREFERENCE to the
Clark Hill power. You have not
been given the PREFERENCE
provided by LAW and you may
never be given that preference^
but this writer, your servant, will
be working to the end of his days
trying to get what is YOURS.
Electricity has meant much to
you. Do not take it for granted.
Do not be lulled to sleep by tha
sweet promises of people who
wondered, “What is wrong with
kerosene anyway?”
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Long Distance is quick, friendly and courteous. And the
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April, 1954. RURAL GEORGIA Page Three.
CO-OP POWER REPLACES TR U C K FLEET—
RURAL POWER SERVICES INDUSTRY, TOO!
Washington County EMC Supplies Power
To Move Kaolin Cloy Nine Miles By
Pipeline From Mine To Sandersville
Most of us have come to think of Co-op electricity as
the farmers’ best friend. And so it is! But listen to this story
of a rural industry which couldn’t operate without tremendous amounts of electric ppwer—which is supplied by Washington County EMC, Sandersville, Ga.
Theile Kaolin Company own system
and operate a deep pit mine about
thirteen miles, by road, southwest
of Sandersville and the Sandersville railroad which starts the finished product to market. From
this mine, annually, is dug thousands of tons of Kaolin Clay.
The clay must be transported to
Sandersville, where it is washed
and processed before it starts its
long journey north and west.
This clay is an invaluable ingredient in the manufacture of many
everyday products.
Variety Of Uses
It is used to put the “slick” surface on the paper of many of the
magazines you read, and it is used
in the manufacture of your plates
and dishes, even in the medicines
your doctor may prescribe for you.
Georgia is fortunate in having
huge deposits of Kaolin Clay beneath its surface. Some of the
best and purest deposits are found
in the Dry Branch-Sandersville
area.
It is not hard to mine. After removal of surface dirt, the miner
comes to the valuable mineral.
But it requires a large investment
and expensive machinery to mine
it economically.
For- instance a gigantic “steam
shovel” with a 180-foot boom and
a six-yard bucket is used to take
tremendous “bites” out of the pit.
This cost $400,000 and had -to be
brought to Georgia in sections
and assembled at the mine. It is
one of the largest in use, anywhere.
Had Truck Fleet
Up to a few years ago, Theile
used a fleet of sixteen big trucks
to “tote” the clay from mine to
mill in Sandersville. They shuttled back and forth, a distance
of/about 25 miles per round trip.
Full one way—empty going back.
This was an expensive and slow
method of transportation. Rut
how else could Theile move the
clay?
This was an engineering problem which had been partially
solved previously by using a pipeline, and mixing the clay with
water, so it would flow downhill.
But the distance between mine
and mill, in this case, was full of
uphill grades. Obviously high
powered pumps, powered by electricity, was the answer.
Theile engineers designed the
which includes a 6-inch
pipe, nine miles long, a conveyer
belt with water acting as the vehicle. A booster pump was installed at the halfway point. The
Kaolin was mixed with water at
the mine—a 40% solution of .clay
can be carried safely, without
clogging the lines—and Kaolin
started flowing up and down
Georgia’s hills and dales, pushed
by giant pumps, and powered by
Co-op electricity. For among the
first to be consulted by Theile engineers was the Washington County EMC, who have supplied a
firm, unfailing source of power.
Special Power Lines
Power lines—two of them—to
make sure there is no interruption which would be disastrous,
as the pipes would fill and solidify if the clay was not kept in constant motion, were built. A circle
of lines was built around the mine
pit. A portable sub-station to power the first mixer was brought to
the site. It now follows mining
operations, being moved from
place to place along with the mixer.
This system replaced the sixteen trucks, and in a normal eight
hours of operation can transport
to the main plant at Sandersville
as much tonnage of clay as could
be handled by the old method.
When the eight hours are finished—unless overtime is necessary—the pipes are washed clean
with running water, to be ready
for the next shift. A vast quantity
of water is necessary to this operation. This is drawn from several lakes and ponds, in pits dug
for previous operations, and kept
full by water- pumped from a deep
well—by. electric power.
Benefits Many
Thus, you see, the combination
of Theile engineering, an age old
principle, and electric power supplied in sufficient quantity by
Washington County EMC has
solved a problem in an industry
which affords employment to over
200 in the Sandersville area. And
the power purchased in such huge
quantities from the Co-op,, makes
it possible for Washington County
EMC to bring low cost electric
power to ALL farmers in its area
—which is the really basic principle behind Rural Electrification.
IT TAKES WATER! Plenty of it, to move Kaolin Clay
from the mine to Sandersville. This lake, filled by springs,
and the pump in the foreground is man-made, and kept full
at all times by Co-op power.
THE CLAY STARTS ON ITS WAY. Here a giant machine picks up the raw clay and carefully dumps it into
mixer, mounted on a portable machine or shed. Water is
added, and the solution is pumped into pipelines which carry it to the washer and storage tanks.
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AT THE MINE. This battery of transformers give evidence of the tremendous amount of Co-op power required
to mix, wash and move the clay to Sandersville. At rear is
giant storage tank. An indication of its size are the figures
of Schley Moore and Chappie Chandler of Washington
County EMC, who are on lop.
JOHN WILLIAMSON, Thiele Kaolin Co., and Schley
Moore, Washington County EMC, inspect the portable substation. Co-op power circles the pit. This sub-station can be
moved and cut in on the power line as mining operations
are shifted from time to time.
Managers H e ld
Atlanta Meeting
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should have been seen there were
missed.
The meetings were addressed
by real experts. And those who
attended were sure to bring much
valuable information back home
to be used on their local situations.
These meetings serve a real
purpose. They help the Co-ops
serve their members better each
year.
Hold fast to the Bible as the
sheet-anchor of your liberties;
write its precepts in your hearts,
and practice them in your lives.—
General U. S. Grant.
Film Will Depict
Georgia Progress
In Electrification
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been signed—and work was begun. x
Beeland-King have assigned
outstanding writers, directors and
actors to this project, and hope to
have prints of the film ready for
dfstribution by September or October, 1954. It is fitting that
Georgia, the birthplace of the
Rural Electrification movement,
when President F. D. Roosevelt
was in residence at Warm Springs
about twenty years ago, is to have
a pictorial history of the amazing
progress which has occurred since
that date.
Col. Mason said, “Rural, Electrification, aided by good roads, improved farm machinery and
methods, as well as modern fertilizers, has changed the very face
of the earth in Georgia. Today
rural living is as convenient and
comfortable as any urban family
could desire. But this is just the
beginning of a new era of progress and prosperity in Georgia.
We hope our motion picture will
tell this story to all Georgians—
and to the world.”
DELEGATES TO
NATIONAL 4-H CAMP
Joyce Venable, JacRson County; Katheryn Fricks, Dade; Marion Carson, Troup; and Eugene
Gibbs, Colquitt, have been chosen
to attend National 4-H Camp in
Washington, D. C., June 16-25, according to W. A. Sutton, state 4-H
leader.
Mitchell County,
Planters EMC, In
Study Of Future
(Continued from Page One)
planning their “heavy ing-up”
programs. Co-op members double
their needs for electric power
every four years. The Co-ops
must continually add to and rebuild their present lines to carry
the load.
Electricity may be compared to
water going through a pipe. For
more water you need larger
pipes, valves, etc. For more electric power the Co-op must install
more and heavier wire, transformers, etc. If they know in
which sections demand will be
the greatest, they can direct their
efforts that way.
RURAL GEORGIA hopes that
Mitchell County and Planters
members will cooperate. If they
do, their managements can plan
to give them even better service.
Other Co-ops are laying plans for
similar surveys. When you receive a request for this kind of
information be sure to give it at
once. It will help your memberowned Cooperative serve you
even better in the future.,.
Washington EMC
Loan Approved
For $355,000.00
Schley Moore, manager, Washington County EMC, Sandersville
announced on April 1st that the
Rural Electrification Administration had approved the Co-op’s
application for an additional loan
of $355,000.00. This will be repaid,
with interest, out of income from
electric power sold to Washington
County EMC members.
This loan will be used to finance the construction of 103 additional miles of distribution
lines, which will bring power to
605 new members. 27 miles of tieline will be built. All of this is
part of the Cooperative’s continuing effort to bring electric power
to all who desire it—and to bring
more power and better service
to those members who already
are finding the need for heavier
lines—as their use of electricity
is stepped up from month to
month.
If you want steak on your table, you’ll have to guard your
stake in the land.
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STRAWBERRY CREME' TARTS
Pastry
1% cups sifted enriched flour
% teaspoon salt
% cup shortening
3 tablespoons cold water (about)
Sift together flour and salt. Cut
Or rub in shortening. Sprinkle
with water, mixing lightly until
dough begins to stick together.
Divide dough into 6 portions. Roll
each portion out to circle Vs-inch
thick. Line tart pans with dough.
Trim and flute edge. Prick dough
with fork. Bake in moderately hot
oven (400° F.) about 15 minutes,
or until golden brown. When cool,
fill with Strawberry Creme’.
Strawberry Creme'
1 cup whipping cream
2 tablespoons confectioners’
sugar
Dash salt
!4 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups sliced strawberries
Whip cream until stiff. Add confectioners’ sugar, salt and vanilla
extract, and mix until blended.
Fold in sliced strawberries. Fill
cooled tart'shells.
Makes 6 Strawberry Creme’
Tarts.
Flaky pastry shells make dishes
in themselves—perfect to carry
this fluffy creme’ filling. They
make a truly gourmet dessert—
and yet are so quick and easy.
Prepare the pastry shells the day
before the -big party or dinner.
Then minutes before serving time,
fold sliced red-ripe strawberries
into the whipped cream. This
favorite dessert will bring you
new laurels as a hostess.
Tender pastry shells are one
of the secrets of the success of
this dessert. And really, there’s
no secret to making good pastry.
First of all, select a good standard
recipe that you can rely on. Remember to handle the dough as
little as possible.
The attractive fluted edge on
these pastry shells can be fashioned with a little practice. Press
the dough between the thumb
and forefinger of one hand, with
the index finger of the other
hand.
Feature these menu-charmers
for special occasions. Your guests
will be eating in elegant style
style when you serve Strawberry
Creme’ Tarts.
Special Edition
Of Jackson Herald
On Co-op Birthday
(Continued from Page 10)
ing to see whether the Department of Interior will go against
the best interests and wishes of
the people and side with private
power interests. We are opposed
to any plan for use of Clark Hill
power which does not follow the
letter of the law. It seems that
some politicians are playing
around with an issue that was
decided in 1944 under the Flood
Control Act.”
RURAL GEORGIA congratulates both Jackson EMC on its
birthday—and the Jackson Herald
for its fine stand on the side of
all the people of Georgia in the
Clark Hill controversy.
Grady Co-op Gets
Additional Loans
ToHeavy-UpLines
Pointing up the cost of the
“heavying-up” job being done
by the Georgia Electric Co-ops is
an announcement from Adron
Rpsser of Grady County EMC at
Cairo that the Rural Electrification Administration has okayed
the Co-ops request for an addiROQUEFORT MACARONI WITH CUBE STEAK
tional loan of $415,000.00.
These extra loan funds will be
used to bring Grady County’s
lines up to the minute, and to
provide even better service for
present members. An additional
65 miles of line will also be built
to serve 350 new members. The
job of electrifying Rural Georgia,
and getting enough power where
it is needed will never be done.
Yet the administration- jrecommended a big reduction in loan
funds for Rural Electrification.
See our editorial on this subject,
this month.
4 ounces elbow macaroni
2 tablespoons enriched flour
V4 teaspoon salt
% pound cube steak, cut into
bite-sized pieces
1 tablespoon fat or. drippings
3 tablespoons butter or margarine
3 tablespoons enriched flour
teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
1 3-ounce package cream cheese
V3 cup crumbled Roquefort or
blue cheese (about 1 ounce)
1 tablespoon milk
% teaspoon Worcestershire
sauce
SO PRACTICAL and yet so gay, this heat resistant
place mat and hot plate mat set is made of bottle caps
covered with crochet. Large caps (as on baby food jars) are
covered in brown with a single row of white. Smaller bottle
caps are covered in solid white. Caps are arranged as in
picture and sewn together to form mat.
1 tablespoon finely chopped
onion - ,
Vi cup buttered bread crumbs
Cook macaroni in boiling salted
water until tender (about 8 minutes). Drain and rinse. While macaroni is cooking, combine 2 tablespoons flour and V4 teaspoon salt,
and coat steak. Brown in fat or
drippings. Melt butter or margarine in saucepan. Stir in 3 tablespoons flour and V2 teaspoon salt.
Add milk and cook until thickened, stirring constantly. Combine
cream cheese and Roquefort or
blue cheese. Blend with milk and
Worcestershire sauce until smooth.
Add onion. Stir Roquefort mixture into white sauce. Fold in
macaroni and meat. Pour into
greased IV2 -quart casserole. Sprinkle with bread crumbs. Bake in
moderate oven (350° F.) 20 minutes. Makes 4 servings.
A cheese sauce with lively
flavor brings this macaroni and
cube steak casserole out of the
ordinary. Rather than the usual
cheese sauce made from cheddar
or American cheese, this one uses
cream cheese and blue cheese for
a new taste dimension.
To a basic white sauce, add the
softened cream cheese and blue
cheese. Fold cooked macaroni and
the browned cube steak into the
sauce. The casserole bakes for
only 20 minutes. Buttered lima
beans, crisp relishes and brown
’n’ serve rolls round out the
menu.
It’s a smart homemaker who includes casserole meals using macaroni foods in her menu plans. In
spite of their low cost, they provide valuable amounts of plant
protein and food energy. Macaroni foods lend themselves to
many food combinations. Serve
them often.
Here’s the Way to
Curb a Rupture
Successful Home Method Thai
Anyone Can Use On Any Reducible Rupture Large or Smell
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A collection of new designs for an old technique—
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diagrams of stitches and charts for designs on all articles
pictured.
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^Pollock Letter Outlines
Ifri-Contract Objections
■ (Continued from Page One)
™30 days of this requested extension was granted and a subsequent
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 request for an additional 15 days
was denied.
Pursuant to a resolution adopted by a meeting of the Executive
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 and Power Committees of Georgia
Electric Membership Corporation
at Macon, Georgia, on April 16,
1054, we respectfully reject the
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 tri-contract proposal in its present
form.
Our studies have convinced us
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 that the tri-contract proposal in
its present form must be rejected
both because it would fail to comply with the requirements of SecI
tibn 5 of the Flood Control Act of
1944 and because it would deprive
the co-operatives and other preference customers in Georgia of a
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 fair share of the economic benefits of this multi-purpose Federal
Power Project—the major portion
of these benefits going to the
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 Georgia Power Company under
the tri-contract proposal.
We are submitting herewith a
concise statement of our legal-and
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 economic objections to the tricontract proposal, each of which
we are prepared to support in detail at your request, although the
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 legal objections were substantially
covered in our brief which was
furnished to you after the meeting of September 1, 1953.
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 You may recall that 23 of the
member co-operatives of Georgia
Electric Membership Corporation
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 have actually signed contracts
with the Administrator of the
Southeastern Power Administration which we understand have
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 been approved by the Secretary
of the Interior for purchase by
the co-operatives of the Clark Hill
power at the dam.
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 Those contracts were predicated
upon the duty of the Secretary of
the Interior under Section 5 of
the Flood Control Act of 1944 to
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 provide for the transmission of
the power to the co-operatives.
We believe that is the legal obligation of the Secretary. However,
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 no effort was made on the part of
the Secretary to effectuate those
contracts, and, in fact, the Department withdrew a request for
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an appropriation to transmit power as a means of providing for the
delivery of power to preference
customers. I
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The Georgia Electric Membership Corporation also submitted
to you two alternate proposals to
purchase all of the power at the
busbar of the project at rates fixed by the Government and approved by the Federal Power
Commission. Under one of those
proposals the Georgia Electric
Membership Corporation would
enter into an agreement with the
Georgia Power Company for
wheeling by that company of the
power to preference customers at
rates satisfactory to both parties;
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or, in the event the Georgia Power Company refused, would apply
to the proper regulatory body for
jurisdiction and authority to require such transmission.
Under its alternate proposal the
Georgia Electric Membership
Corporation would sell or exchange to the Georgia Power
Company at cost all of the power
purchased from the Government
in return for which the Power
Company would deliver to the
member co-operatives of Georgia
Electric Membership Corporation
all or part of their power requirements at rates which would guarantee that a reasonable proportion of the benefits to be derived
from the operation of the Federal
Project will be passed on to the
preference customers.
Both of those proposals are based upon the precedent of other
contracts which have actually
been entered into by the Department of the 'Interior and which
are now in effect. The Georgia
Power Company also now has in
effect contracts under which it
“wheels” power for and on account of others.
The proposals signed by the 23
member co-operatives and those
which were made by the Georgia
Electric Membership Corporation
are firm proposals, and continuing
ones, and we urge your careful
consideration of them.
In keeping with the latter proposal of Georgia Electric Membership Corporation, we have prepared and herewith submit, a
“draft for study” of a three party
contract which is, in effect, a
modification of your tri-contract
proposal, but which meets our
legal and economic objections to
the tri-contract proposal and
which would fulfill the requirements of Section 5 of the Flood
Control Act of 1944.
We are also submitting in definitive form an alternate proposal to purchase all of the power
assigned to Georgia from the
Clark Hill project under the conditions and at the rates provided
in the tri-contract proposal, with
the obligation being on the Georgia Electric Membership Corporation to provide for distribution of
the power.
However, this offer is submitted
for your consideration and acceptance only in the event that you
reject the other proposals which
have been made by Georgia Electric Membership Corporation and
its member co-operatives.
We wish it understood that both
of the offers submitted herewith
are firm and continuing offers to
purchase all of the power and energy assigned to Georgia from the
Clark Hill project, or so much
thereof as we are permitted to
purchase, at the rates and under
the terms and conditions set out.
However, as these offers had to
be prepared without the opportunity of participating in the conferences and negotiations which
resulted in the tri-contract proposal, we would welcome the opportunity of negotiating with you
concerning the quantity and classification of the power, the rates
for sale of Project power, or any
other provisions of the proposals
on which we do not agree.
Again let us urge you to accept
one of the alternate proposals
which will meet the requirements
of Section 5 of the Flood Control
Act of 1944.
Yours very truly,
Signed: D. M. POLLOCK,
President, Georgia
Electric Membership
Corporation.
Co-op Personnel
Training Schools
Start Next Month
(Continued from Page One)
South Georgia Vocational School
at Americus May 11 through 13th,
served by Alfred Cofer.
The program is designed to
help foremen train new and old
employees in job “knowhow”. It
has been demonstrated that well
trained personnel have fewer accidents, less tool and equipment
breakage, increased production,
and less turnover. Training also
improves employee relations and
shortens “break-in” time, improving the employees chance
for promotion.
Those attending the schools are
asked to bring their own sheets,
pillow cases, towels and other
personal items. Blankets will be
furnished. Cost, per person, will
be only $10.00 for the 3 day
school, including nine meals.
RURAL GEORGIA
Frost on the freezing unit of a
refrigerator should never be allowed to get more than one-fourth
inch thick.
More boys will stay “down on
the farm” when ponds and wildlife are developed.
Page Five.
THIS STRIKING CARTOON tells better than ten
thousand words the difficulties which have faced
Georgia's Cooperatives in their battle to save the benefits which flow from Clark Hill Dam for ALL THE
PEOPLE of Georgia. Is was first published in REALITE, the Newsletter of Sawnee EMC. Cumming, Ga.,
and was drawn by Julian Gravitt, the Co-op's Office
Manager. RURAL GEORGIA proudly reprints it this
month, with permission of the Co-op and artist, as a
true expression of "grass-roots" opinion on the highly
controversial Clark Hill matter, which is discussed in
detail elsewhere in this paper.
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Page Six. RURAL GEORGIA
Co-ops Invited A s
Equals In Conference
(Continued from Page One)
will also be present.
Meeting with Mr. Aandahl,
Asst. Secretary Tudor and Solicitor Davis of the Interior Department, Vice President W. H. Booth
of GEMC presented a letter from
D. Marshall Pollock, Statewide
President, to Secretary McKay.
This letter (printed in full in this
issue of RURAL GEORGIA), outlined the Co-operatives’ objections
to the Tri-Contract proposal—and
offered two alternatives.
Ex-Gov. Ellis Arnall, Co-op attorney, blasted the Georgia
Power-Interior proposal as illegal,
listing seven objections. Foley
Treadway, Co-op engineer, attacked the Tri-Contract proposal
on economic grounds, stating that
the power company would “get
an annual profit in excess of $1,-
000,000—compared ,to annual savings to the Co-ops of $101,051—a
ratio of 10-to-l in favor of the
Georgia Power Co.”
The Co-operatives offered Interior a firm bid to buy all Clark
Hill power, assigned to Georgia, |
at the same rates offered by In -'
terior to the Georgia Power Company. The Co-ops’ “Three Party
Contract” provides that the power
be resold to the power company
at no profit—exactly the same
rate paid by the Co-ops to the
government. The power company
would then re-sell to the Co-ops
a quantity of this power, (40,077,-
000 kilowatt hours per month—at
a rate of 5.4 mills). Member Coops would remain customers of
the power company, purchasing
all additional requirements from
them.
“The sale of Clark Hill project
power to Georgia EMC, a cooperative, complies with the law,”
said Walter Harrison of Millen,
State Manager for the Co-ops. He
continued, “Both the Co-operatives and the Power Company
will get a fair share of the benefits. Full use will be made of the
power company’s transmission facilities. No duplicating lines will
be built. The public is protected
on rates. And the power company
gets a bonus of 120,000 kilowatts
of peaking power at $9.00 per kilowatt. which would cost them at
least $19.00 to generate with
steam.”
Georgia EMC President D. Mar-
: hall Pollock of Monroe said, “This
proposal is fair to everyone concp-ned—the government, the peo-
' of Georgia, the power confirm v and ourselves. We hope the
G orgia Power Company and the
Interior Department will accept
it without delay—and thus settle
the Clark Hill matter for once
and all.”
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Ramblings
(By Terry Gunn)
THANKS, MR. WINGATE!
H. L. Wingate, President, Georgia Farm Bureau, made front page
headlines this month. His testimony before the Committee on
Agriculture, House s>f Representatives, must have shocked the Bureau’s national officers, of which
he is one.
Wingate stood up—and was
counted—as a real friend of the
American farmer, and established
himself again as one of the nation’s leading farm economists.
We salute him for his courageous
stand against Secretary Benson’s
(and the American Farm Bureau’s) flexible price support policies.
Refrigerated Egg
Storage Possible
For Average Farm
Almost any farmer who is
handy with tools can build his
own egg refrigerator, at a minimum of expense. Frigidaire Division of General Motors says it
should be about 7’4” wide by
about 11’4” long, and have a
peaked roof. The rough plan
He let the cat out of the bag
when he testified to Congress
that, "The flexible, or sliding
scale, program started with our
(Farm Bureau) leaders. They
have been six years trying to
sell it to the farmers, but I feel
certain a good majority of the
nation's farmers . . . would vote
for the 90% program."
Now that the challenge of the
big, industrial farmers has been
accepted by a Farm Bureau leader—representing the family-size
farmers of Georgia and the nation,
we won’t be surprised to see other
Farm Bureau leaders dare to stick
their necks out.
You may remember that
RURAL GEORGIA, editorially,
last year urged Georgia farmers
to join the Farm Bureau and
support Mr. Wingate. W e noted
then that Georgia had about as
many farmers as, for instance,
Illinois. But Illinois had four
times as many Farm Bureau
members. This is unfortunately
true throughout the south, and
southeast. We just don't have
the votes when it comes to electing the men who set national
policy for the Farm Bureau.
To switch an old phrase, we
might say, “To beat ’em—we must
jine ’em!” We haven’t changed our
minds about this. It will be to the
advantage of all Georgia farmers
to hold up Mr. Wingate’s hand.
We need a strong voice in Washington. And we greatly admire
Wingate’s stand. He is willing to
risk his neck in Farm Bureau
policies (nationally) to stand on
his own two feet in Washington,
and say what he knows is right—
regardless of personal consequences.
A man with this kind of backbone deserves the wholehearted
support of the Georgia farmer.
Let's give it to him.
Air Force Needs
Georgians For
Ground Observers
Many rural citizens are needed
to watch for airplanes and report
them to the warning network of
the U. S. Air Forte. Members of
Georgia’s Rural Electric Cooperatives are' asked to volunteer as
members of the Ground Observers Corps.
Reports from the GOC volunteers are sent to filter centers at
Atlanta, Savannah, Jacksonville
and Knoxville. 255 posts in Georgia and 66 in South Carolina report to Atlanta. Savannah has 409
posts in Georgia and 150 in South
Carolina.
At city posts, observers stand
one, two-hour, watch each week.
In rural areas as many as two or
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shews the general outline. It
should have a peaked roof, well
ventilated, to cut the cost of refrigeration.
Walls should be painted with
white, buff or aluminum paint to
reflect heat and still further cut
refrigerating costs. Inside the
ceiling should be at least 8’ high
to provide space for cooling coils.
The storage room should be insulated with three inches of cork.
It’s a good idea to consult a commercial refrigerator dealer before going too far with your plans.
The compressor is not housed in
the storage room, but outside in
a well ventilated weather tight
compartment. Selection of the
proper refrigeration equipment is
one in which most of us will need
some advice. Your Co-op Electrification Advisor, Manager, or
Engineer can help you find this
advice.
Plan^ for the constructoin of
illustrated unit are available from
Professor I. P. Blauser, Ohio Ag
Extension Service, 205 Ives Hall,
Ohio State University, Columbus,
Ohio for only 30c.
three neighboring farms share the
responsibility. All posts in Georgia are on a standby basis, meaning that they make reports only
during exercises or on special
alert.
Stand-by volunteers agree to
provide a 24 hour watch when
needed.Of the 756 posts in Georgia, only 664 were organized by
the end of March. Of 16,500 volnnteers needed to report to Atlanta and Savannah, only 9,000
had been enrolled.
Members who want to learn
more about this opportunity to
serve their community and nation
can secure full information from
County Civil Defense Leaders.
Ladies can be very helpful. This
is a wonderful opportunity to be
of service to our nation.
RURAL GEORGIA knows that
members of the Rural Electric
Cooperatives will come forward
and volunteer.
Georgia is famous for its bird
hunting; with wildlife conservation it should never be surpassed.
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April, 1954.
Negro Boy K ille d *
In Line Accident1
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CUTHBERT, Ga.—A colore
hoy was tragically killed inwell digging operation on Marc
28. A pipe handle touched
7,200 volt line which ran direc
over the well, located on the farm
of Roy Merritt, eight miles nortl]
east of here. A brother workir
with him tried several times
free the young victim of carelessness, but when freed—it was to
late.
The boy was rushed to the Pat
terson hospital, but was pronounced dead on arrival. His br<|
ther survived. This accident
strikingly similar to several re^
ported previously in RURAL
GEORGIA—along with a w a n fl
ing to watch those overhead lirs^B
when working with metal pipes
or poles long enough to reach
them. A moment’s carelessnessand bang! Another young life
snuffed out.
If it is necessary to dig a weH
—or erect a TV antenna—unde
a power line, and it usually isn-j_
the first thing the Co-op member
should do is phone his nearest
fice. Co-op linemen, and engir
eers, are trained to handle “hot|_
wire—although they prefer to
“cool” it off before coming tofl
close. They will be happy to ac
vise—and help.
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HERE’S OUR BIRTHDAY GIFT TO YOU— celebrating Kelvinator’s 40th year of service to American homes. It’s a bonus
broiler in a single-oven range. Imagine, with this Electric
Range you can now broil and bake at the same time with the
same ease as with a double-oven range . . . and at a singleoven price! You’ll cook bigger farm meals with greater ease.
The separate bonus broiler on the left cooks steaks and chops
as tender and tasty as an open charcoal fire . . . and the giant
oven at right bakes evenly and exactly, assuring professional
results with every cake you make.
See Kelvinator's 40th Anniversary Special! A range only 30 inches wide
. . . for small farm kitchens. Giant Great Scot Oven, 7 inches wider
than most; Automatic Cook,
Picto-Heat Switches. Sensationally low priced! O n l y $ 1 9 9 95
Model 474 illustrated
for as little as
a week
after small down payment
* Manufacturer’s suggested retail price.
SEE Y O U R KELVIN ATO R DEALER A N D SAVE D UR IN G
40™ ANNIVERSARY JUBILEE OF BO N U S VALUES
NEW! “ IN S TA N T-H EA T” surface units
start cooking fast! Economically, too,
for inner and outer parts heat independently for big or small pans. And easycleaning new bowl-type drip pans lift
out, wash like a dish.
NEW! N O MORE HUNTING FOR PAN
LIDS__the roll-out utensil drawer has
a built-in rack! Handy as a pocket, it
lets you file pan lids so they’re at your
fingertips. Added utensil space below
broiler.
N EW ! E A S Y -C L E A N O V E N ! Let pies
drip over . . . your worries are over.
Just slip out the new oven bottom . . .
wash it at the sink. And a new selfcleaning heating element surrounds
oven for more even baking.
! “ PICTO -H EAT” switches picheat you pick. No more
.. see easily whether inner
surface unit is on;
:h o f 7 accurately measured
5 you’re using.
KELVINATOR’S 40™ A N N IV ER S AR Y BRINGS FARM FAMILIES
A Bonus Broiler in a Single-Oven
Electric Range at a Single-Oven Price
Plus brand-new features that cut hours from your w ork!
(rrlvinator, Division of Nash-Kolvinator Corporation, Datroit 32, Midi.
Page Eight. RURAL GEORGIA April, 1954.
U P and down Co-op Lines
JEMCO NEWS, the monthly
publication of Jackson EMC at
Jefferson, Ga., announces an Essay Contest, sponsored by the Cooperative, this month. Any sixth
through twelfth grade student,
whose family is served by Jackson EMC is eligible to enter. The
theme is to be “ Living Today on
an Electrified Farm”. $285.00 in
cash awards await the winners.
Copies of Marquis Childs’ famous
book on the Rural Electrification
Program, “The Farmer Takes a
Hand” will be supplied to all entrants. Purpose of the contest is
to encourage the rural citizens of
tomorrow to take more active interest in their electric cooperative. August 21st has been set for
Jackson EMC’s Annual Meeting.
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Charlie Goodroe, who lives east
of Unadilla, and is a member of
Middle Georgia EMC, reports that
he has finished brooding 2,500
broilers. He used the Underheat
Concrete Slap Type Brooder.
They were brooded in January
and February—real cold weather
—and the cost, per chick, for electric current amounted to less than
V?.c.
In March Troup County EMC at
LaGrange used practically all of
its Newsletter, THE POSTER to
tell the story of the wonderful
work being done by the 4-H
Clubs of Georgia. Mrs. Clyde C.
Sprayberry wrote a mighty interesting article, giving the history of 4-H Club work. She is
Harris County Home Demonstration Agent, and a leader in the
4-H movement. W. B. Land also
wrote a fine piece on Curing and
Storing Sweet Potatoes.
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The former manager of the
rural electric cooperative at
Mountain City, Tenn., Clyde M.
Elsea has become a Georgian, establishing his home at Tifton. He
has recently been appointed
Georgia representative for the R
T & E Company, makers of transformers. Right now Mr. Elsea is
busy getting acquainted with the
management and personnel of
Georgia’s 41 rural electric Cooperatives.
* * *
Flint EMC announced to members, a| the recent Annual Meeting, thsK by adding over a thousand new members and accomplishing certain economies, a
small rate reduction was made
possible. It amounts to about $48,-
000.00 in 1953. This fine Cooperative system is working toward
10,000 members. Quite a gain in
the few short years sipce 1935!
* * *
Wayne Johnson, manager TriCounty EMC at Gray says “20
years ago Rural America was unelectrified because the power
companies would not serve the
rural folks. We (The Co-ops) had
to bring electricity to the farm.
We have done it with a partnership between the farmers, the Coops and the federal government,
not through federal distribution.
We have avoided socialism. We
have avoided monopoly. We think
we have achieved a “middle
way” . We have created a $2 billion business. What 12 million
farm folks have created, they will
not see destroyed .... our federal-local “community of people”
partnership.”
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CURRENT LINES, Tri-County
EMC’s newsletter carries the following classified ad this month,
“HELP WANTED, man of good
character, outstanding ability to
assume responsibility of multimillion dollar business. Must give
freely of his time, even if it interferes with his own business.
No salary.” Do you think you
would want that responsibility
for nothing a year. Never mind—
the job has already been filled!
You’ll find that every member of
your Co-op’s Board of Directors
has accepted a similar proposition
and are working on it—for your
interests—right now !
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McBride of
Rt. 3, Sylvania, have become
members of Planters EMC at Millen. Mr. McBride is 76—his fine
wife is 72. This is the first time in
their whole lives that they have
been able to enjoy the comforts
and conveniences of electric service in their home. Georgia is
90% electrified, but the job of
stringing the lines goes right on—
and will until everyone who
wants electric power will have it.
* * * •
Fellow workers, and members
of Walton EMC, Monroe were
saddened last month to learn of
the tragic and untimely death of
Miss Elvira Reeves, longtime
bookkeeper for the Cooperative.
She was kindly of heart, sunny in
disposition, and devoted to her
church, her friends, her job. Miss
Reeves was killed in a traffic accident. She will be sorely missed
by all who knew her.
* * *
Bulloch County Telephone Cooperative has received a supplemental loan from the Rural Electrification Administration. It
amounts to $87,000. and will provide telephone service for 158 additional Georgia farm families.
f l o u r ! Hofpoint
quality at an
amazing low price!
■rSSsTl $191.24
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S o f i & l O t / e t l ELECTRIC R A N G E
MitcheU County
Gets Hew Loan
For Expansion
Nowhere else will no low a price get you
so much in a brand-new electric range,
"Hotpolnt” on a range is the mark of
quality that cannot be equalled.
• Super Oven— biggest In any full-six* range
• Deep-Well Thrift Cooker
• Automatic even temperature control
• Fastest broiling— no pro-hoating
• Super -Calrod® Instant Heat
To expand facilities, build 191
more miles of distribution lines
and to serve 800 new members,
Mitchell County EMC, the fast
growing rural electric cooperative
located at Camilla, went to the
Rural Electrification Administration, recently, and requested an
additional loan of $440,000.00.
This was approved by the bankers for the nation’s Rural Electric
Cooperatives on March 31st. RURAL GEORGIA understands this
new construction is already underway. Ernest Smith, Mitchell
County EMC’s able manager,
says, “Our repayment record on
previous loans was so good that
REA was happy to loan us the
additional funds necessary to give
even better service—to more
members.
W HAT IS OUR FATE?
By CLYDE T. ELLIS
Executive Manager, NRECA
(A new monthly feature of Rural Georgia)
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What is to be the fate of the rural electrification pro®
gram? Will the lines and other facilities of the rural electric®
systems be enlarged as necessary to meet the rapidly growing needs of the farm people for more and more electricity^
Or will the program shortly reach its peak and then tend t<®
wither away like the farmers’ mutual telephone program d id ®
Fewer farm people have telephones today than had
them in 1920. Less than half the farmers now have telephones. In 1920 less than 2 farms in a hundred had electricity. More than 90% of them have it now. Is there a
warning for us in this comparison? ■
- Well, that’s what this little column is about. This columr®
inaugurates a new service of 'the national organization of
the rural electric systems. It is an information service to th<^
owners themselves of the rural electric systems. It is in re®
sponse to more than 400 requests from rural electric system,®
and th,eir state associations.
The objective of-lhe rural electric systems is to provide their consumer members and others in their areas
who can and want to be served with a continuous, adequate supply of electricity at the lowest possible cost.
The objective of the state and national organizations of
the rural electric systems is to assist the rural electric
systems in carrying out their objectives.
That again is what this column is about. Many of us wh(j
have been working in the rural electrification program for
long while are now convinced that unless the member consumers of the rural electric systems take more interest iifl
their electric cooperatives and power districts than they hav®
in the past, there is real danger ahead for the rural electrification program. For instance, farmers, once served, continui
to use 100% more electricity every 4 to 5 years. Many ne
and better uses of electricity are available to them ever
year. This means that the rural electric systems, like the
power companies, must keep on building their facilities b ig ^
ger and bigger. It means that the rural electric systems mus®
manage somewhere to purchase twice as much power ever-®
4 to 5 years as they did before that.
Now where are the rural electric systems going to V
borrow the money to keep on expanding and where are |
they going to be able to buy the wholesale power they
need? The biggest job ahead is expansion to adequately
serve those already served, as they need more and more
power. The rural electrics have to keep on borrowing for
expansion because they are required to turn in their revenue to Uncle Sam to pay back their existing loans and.
therefore can't accumulate sufficient reserves to build
with their own funds.
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There is evidence that the American people, including
some Congressmen and public officials, are getting the erl
roneous impression that the rural electrification program is
about finished. It will never be finished as long as rural
America continues to grow. It will never be finished unless
it just plain fizzles out like most of the farm mutual tele!
phone program did. We can’t afford to let that happen.
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Electric Co-ops
Set Proud Record
In Repaying Loan
Any commercial bank would be
proud of the record of loan payments of which the Rural Electrification Administration can boast.
At the start of 1954, overdue electric loan payments to REA were
down to the lowest point in nine
years.
REA reports that at that time,
only twelve of 1045 borrowers in
the electric business had payments overdue more than thirty
days on their construction loans.
This compares to twenty-five such
delinquent borrowers one year
earlier.
The amount overdue, $343,352,
was the lowest since 1944. Construction loans accounted for
$250,078, of the delinquent payloans to $93,274.
Ten borrowers of funds for consumer facilities were delinquent,
compared to nineteen a year ea
lier. Six of the ten were organizations that borrowed funds ta
build refrigeration locker plantq
Advance payments by REA bor
rowers had reached a total of
$2,500,000 at the start of 195
a gain of $10,000,000 for that ye
Comparing this with the amounl
overdue of only $342,352, makes
commercial bankers shake their
heads. They wish they could coI|
lect as well as does REA.
This is one more illustration of
the fact that when the American
farmer decides he wants some!
thing, decides he will do it for
himself, borrows money and says
he will pay, that he meets his obs
ligations on time and with inter-)
est.
There are no delinquent borrowers in Georgia. All Georg
Co-ops are paid up and most
them have made advance pay--
ments. Nekt time somebody mentions that the Rural Electrifica-I
tion Program is a “ Socialistic” orl
“Give-away” program, It will be*
possible to point out to them that
the Co-ops are paying their way
—even ahead of time.
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