There are two ways of
spreading light: to be
the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
The ric hest people in
th e world are th ose
who have the price of
a little optimism.
KENTUCKY POWER COMPANY
APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY
KINGSPORT UTILITIES, INC.
October 1961
OF THE AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM
Vol. XIII, No. I
Ma1n:moth Develop1nent Progra1n
For Po"Wer Trans:mission Planned
By Our Co1npanies, AEP Syste1n
Since this photograph was made the Roanoke River at Leesville has been
diverted to flow through the gap at the left. This shot looks upstream, with
the spillway section at the right, the south gravity section just visible at the
left. The spillway, and the work in progress on the north side are protected
by an earthen dike from the river.
Clearing, Diversion Work
Begins In Hydro Project
Ground clearing work around the
perimeter of the Smith Mountain
reservoir has begun. Seven thousand
acres of land, requiring 15 months
of work, are slated for clearance by
Nello L. Teer, Durham, N. C ., contractor. The contract was for $900,000.
Everything on the perimeter of
the lake between Elevation 768 and
Elevation 797 will be removed and
disposed of. The maximum height
of the lake, according to the terms of
the license granted Appalachian, will
be Elevation 795 . The clearing
started near H ale's Ford bridge, on
Route 122, and will move toward the
dam along the south side of the river.
The work is to be completed by D ecember, 1962.
Topping of trees in the lake itself
will be done when the reservoir begins to fill. The license specifies that
no trees within the reservoir shall be
higher than Elevation 782. This is
13 feet below the level of the lake
when filled to maximum.
At the dams themselves, the
scenery has aga in undergone a major
change.
The river has been diverted at
Smith Mountai n to run along the
north side of the channel. The coffer
dam to seal off the south side has been
completed and excavations for the
foundat ions of the dam structure have
begun. About 5,000 cubic yards of
concrete have been poured, mostly in
the keyway section on the north side.
At Leesville, the second stage of
rive r diversion is complete. H ere the
north side of the river has been
blocked off with a coffer dam, and
the river has been channeled through
the gap between the spillway section
and the south gravity section. Around
4-2,000 cubic yards of concrete have
been poured at Leesville, virtually
completing the spillway and the sou th
gravity sections. Ultimately the Leesville dam will require about 14-0,000
cubic ya rds of concrete, and the
Smith Mountain Dam about 158,000
cubic yards.
A blueprint for continuing growth in the next decade was unveiled last
month by the American Electric Power System.
It revealed plans for the operation by 1970 of a vast network of transmission lines total ing 15,000 miles to main tain the assured delivery of an
abundance of electric power in the 7-state territory served by the AEP System.
Philip Sporn, president of AEP
and of our companies, disclosed that required and which we will build
between now and 1970 is but a conduring the period 196 1-70 the AEP
tinuation
of the program and policy
System will build and place in operaof the AEP System-repeated on the
tion an additional 4-,500 miles of new
transmission lines. H e estimated that whole in other parts of the nationto meet all of our area's power needs
total expenditures for these lines, tolooking
ahead as far as one can posgether with the substation and switchsibly
and
effectively project.
ing facilities required to operate and
protect them, will approach $250Private Enterprise
million.
" It is our determination to meet
through the mechanism of private
1600 Miles
enterprise-by investor-owned gener"The share of this unprecedented
ation, transmission and other electric
transmission construction program to
facilities-the vastly greater quantibe carried out by Appalachian Power
ties of electric energy t hat are visualCompany, Kentucky Power Company
ized for our area. It is part of our
and Kingsport Utilities, Inc.," Sporn
determination, too, to continue to do
said, "will total 1,600 miles of new
this job on a basis so that our plants
line at a cost of over $90-million.
and transmission networks take their
And this does not include additional
place in this area, not only as electric
thousands of miles of lower-voltage
energy producers, but as taxpayers
distribution lines and stations to be ... and not as users of taxes.
built during this same period and in"The AEP System lies in the heart
volving the expenditure of add itional of a 32-state interconnected power
tens of millions of dollars."
network--extending from PennsylThe AEP System's I 0-year pro- vania to Texas and from Montana to
gram was disclosed simultaneously
Florida-made up of some I 00 utilwith an announcement by Edison
ity systems that in 1960 supplied
Electric Ins ti tu te, association of the about 50% of the total electric power
nation's investor-owned, electric util- requirements of the United States,"
ity companies, that these utilities plan
Sporn said. He explai ned that, in
to spend approximately $8-billion for
effect, the tremendous block of power
new electric power transmission fasuppli
ed by the AEP System's series
cilities through 1970.
In commenting on the AEP Sys- of major power plants-some 60tem plans, Sporn stated: "The vastly million kilowatts - supports this
expanded high-voltage transmission power network and in turn is backed
network which we visualize will be up and reinforced by the additional
"The AEP System today is the
most in terconnected util ity system in
the world," he continued. "At the
present time, the System is directly
111~e.r~onncctcd with 18 neighboring
utd1t1cs at 65 different locations
around th e periphery of its service
area ."
Sporn pointed out that, of the 18
utilities, six are directly in terconnected at 21 different points with
Appalachian - Kentucky - Kingsport.
They arc: Ohio Valley Electric Corporation on the north, Virginia Electric & Power Company on the east
Ca rolina P ower & Light Compan;
and Duke Power Company on the
south, and Kentucky U til ities Company and the Tennessee Valley Authority on the west.
"What all of this means to a
customer," Sporn su mmarized "is
simply that he has at his fing:rtips,
at his electric switch, the most fabu lous su pply of encrgy--energy in its
finest form-- in the history of man.
It also means that the quality and
dependabi lity of this electric energy
supply is being maintained at th.c
high est possible sta ndards."
1'9 70 Capability
The AEP System's I 0-year blueprint, according to Sporn, also calls
for the construction of a number of
new power plants and additions to
existing plan ts to bring the System's
total generating capacity to close to
l 2-million kilowatts by 1970-almost double its capability today.
(See Power Tran smission, Page 3)
Good Start Made
On Heating Sales
AEP, Appalachian
it New Peaks
new one-hour peak load of
4-,888,000 kilowatts has been established by the American Electric Power System. It occurred
from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
(EST) on Monday, September
11.
The peak took place on a day
that was generally hot and humid
throughout the 7-state AEP System territory. In addition, had
not the General Motors strike
started on the same day, the peak
would have reached an estimated
4-,94-8,000 kw.
The new peak was the second
to be established within a 6-day
period. On Tuesday, September
5, the AEP System hit a peak of
4-,887,000 kw. The prior high of
4-,877,000 had been set December 21, 1960.
In addition to the AEP System
peak, Appalachian Power Company also has hit a new high1, 728,000 kw occurring on
September I , from 10 :00 to 11 :00
a.m.
80-million kw of generating capacity
of this I 00-company interconnected
group.
This is an artist's rendering of Appalachian's Project
Decision shell building for industry, now under construe-
tion in Abingdon. Two contracts for the building hove
been awarded.
Contracts Awarded In Project Decision Work
Appalachian's Project Decision took two big steps
forward in recent weeks with the awarding of two contracts.
Burl Blevins of Abingdon began grading work on the
14--acre site chosen for the shell building September 18,
and was joined the following week by Johnson Brothers
Building Supplies, Inc., the firm that was awarded the
contract for the structure itself.
Grading work is scheduled to be completed October
5, and the building by December 1.
Approximately 3 8,000 cubic yards of earth will be
moved, and the site leveled for construction.
The building will cover 50,000 square feet of floor
space, and will be built of concrete block. Brick will face
the building in the front. The office section, projecting
outward and to one side of the manufacturing area, will
be of block, glass and Fiberglas panels. Provisions will
also be made for truck and rail dock services.
The building was designed by Robert L. Johnson, of
Abingdon, an associate of Beeson and Beeson, Architects,
Johnson City, Tenn.
R. E. Hodges, Appalachian vice president and general
manager, said that the next step in Project Decision was
to find a suitable industrial tenant for the building.
Abingdon was selected as the first Project Decision
last July after months spent in evaluation of 73 com munities in the Virginia-West Virginia service area of
Appalachian.
Forty-three new home and conversion sales already have resulted
from 302 prospects turned in by Appalachian employees in the first
month of the second Employees'
Home H eating Prospect Campaign.
This second campaign, which follows one run from February I
through April 30, began August 15
and the first report date was September 15. It will end November 15.
In the first campaign, employees
turned in 1,882 prospects resulting in
289 sales. Many of these prospects
are still being worked by dealers and
our commercial representatives.
In announcing the second campaign in August, R. E. Hodges, Appalachian vice president and general
manager, pointed out that "sales of
electric heat are important in our
business, and every employee should
continue to do the vital job of promoting it and selling our custo~ers
on Living Better Electrically. In this
way we are enhancing the future of
our company, and the future of our
company determines to a large degree the future of each of us as
employees."
Page 2
THE ILLUMINATOR
October 1961
Real Secret Weapon
We're paying a great deal of attention
lately to our atomic and outer-space
race with Russia.
I hope you and I don't make t he mistake of thinking this is strictly a scientists'
show and leave it all to them. Because
t he i'ndividual citizen and his personal
effort are still going to decide whether
t he world will be free or slave. We're the
real secret weapon in the battle for world
power and peace.
Sometimes, though, I'm afraid we forget t his.
We forget it when we tax profit so
excessively we discourage a man fror;i
risking his savings to found new businesses o r expand existing ones. We forget
it when we confiscate as taxes so m~ch. of
what a man earns we destroy his mcentive to produce and contribute more.
We forget it when we deman.d and get
higher wages and shorter ".'orkmg hours,
with no thought of producmg more. We
forget it when we fail to share the be?efits of a business with the productive
people who help make it.
We fo rget it when we take our freedom
and way of life smugly for granted and
fail to work to preserve both.
Our scientists can creat e new weapons
and new tools for our survival. But these
are only the start.. It still takes t he best
you and I have t o give.
BILL BUTLER,
Union Oil Company of California
In The Same Tradition
In pioneer days on the frontier, they
used to have something called a barnraising. A man built a new ba.rn, a?d
all his neighbors came to help him ra!se
it up· the womenfolk came along with
meals' and to watch the young'uns; everybody pitched in and they g.o t the job
done, in a spirit of help and kmdness.
Today, there's less need fo r. barnraising, but the need for cooperation, for
helping the other fellow over a rou~h
place, is greater than ever. You can still
lend a hand across t he back fence, but
t here are many places needing help you
can't reach.
The one sure way is by a generous
contribution to the United Fund, or
Community Chest, o r Uni~ed Givingwhatever'.it might be called m your town.
Your giving dollar is apJ?orti?ned among
t he agencies most needmg 1t, a nd one
gift suffices for all. You c~n, of cou~se,
designate an agency to rece!ve your gift:
it might be the Cancer Society, the Red
Cross the Boy and Girl Scouts, the
Famiiy Service Association, t he Salvation Army, or anyone of a doz~n or more
organizations devoted to helpmg others.
Helping others t~r_ough collectiv<: ~iv
ing is in t he trad1t1on .o~ barn-ra1smg.
And it has become a trad1t1on among employees of our companies t<? give generously to this most worthwhile of causes.
The llluminator
Published monthly for employees of
Appalachian Power Company, Kentucky
Power Company and Kingsport Utilities,
Inc., and their families. Articles herein
may be reproduced.
What ore your opinions os to the need
for people to develop hobbies?
a living, the dessert course of life. D eveloping
hobbies gives you interests to counteract the
monotony of every day work, and prepares a
foundation for conti nued interest in life after
you leave the daily job, and should you survive all the hazards of life after you retire.
I believe people with an active interest in
a hobby, like golfing, bowling, bridge, civic
activities, hunting, fishing, the care of a home
site, the lawn, or a flower garden will be
happier and better citizens.
W. C. HADDIX, Hazard
I feel that hobbies are essential to a person's
health, because they permit one to divest his
mind of many worries, and in this way give
many hours of relaxation. There are many
types of hobbies, some producing relaxation
and enj oyment, wh ile others ca n be very
profitable.
Often a hobby will cause one to produce
something that is both valuable and un ique,
thus making him feel proud of his accomplishment. As long as a person, especially an older
person, can feel that they can be a help rather
than a burd en then they are less likely to get
"down in the dumps".
JOAN H. BAIRD, Clerk-Stenographer,
Point Pleasant
To my way of thinking, the need for a
hobby is something to keep one's mind occupied in spare time. That is, a hobby relieves
tension, helps eliminate worry and keeps you
busy on something you enjoy doing.
I find that sewing, being my hobby, is very
interesting as well as beneficial. Therefore,
it enables me to have most any kind of clothes
I want without depending completely on the
d r'ess shops.
I think when a person returns home from
work, tired and sometim es irritable, that if
you relax working on your hobby it changes
you r mood and gives one an entirely different
outlook on the everyday routine.
For those who work in offices, hobbies provide an outlet for pent-up physical energy
and a chance to relieve our minds from the
strain and tension inherent in our jobs.
H obbies such as woodworking afford lasting
enjoyment and a sense of accomplishment as
well as furnish ings for the home. Through
this handiwork we acquire a circle of friends
with similar interests. Although some hobbies
are profitable, the profit motive should not
be controlling. If it is, the hobby becomes
work, and its purpose is defeated.
We all look forward to the day we can
retire and take it easy, but most people are
miserable after retirement unless they have
developed a hobby to occupy their leisure
time.
HOWARD G. HUDSON, Tracer, Kingsport
I think everyone has a hobby whether they
realize it or not. Developing a hobby to most
people would be doing what they enjoy themselves. To others, it would be building or
exploring new ideals. Many great inventions
have developed from someone's hobby. Hobbies can be classified many ways: some make
their living by selling what they create; some
have their hobbies for recreation such· as hunting, fishing, etc., but still their hobbies produce.
If people develop hobbies, their minds will
develop as to the needs of the world.
POLLY G. WRIGHT, T & D Clerk,
Fie Idale
..__/
VIRGINIA E. HOYT, Clerk-Stenographer, Philip Sporn Plant
EDITORIAL STAFF
ROANOKE MAIN OFFICE
40 Franklin Road
Roanoke, Virginia
G. S. DuNN .... Public Relations Director
C. R. LovEGROVE . . . . . . .•. . . . . . . Editor
J. D. PIEDMONT .. . • . . . . . Feature Writer
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
C. B. YEAR OUT . . . . . . . Bluefield Division
L. M. Co BBS .. . . . . . . Charleston Division
W.R. WITZEL •.... . Huntington Division
J. G. HARVEY •.•••.... Roanoke Division
J. A. MUNDY . • • • . . . . . • . . . . . . • . . System
R . F. MILLIKAN . . . . Kentucky Power Co.
W. Z. TRUMBO . . Kingsport Utilities, I nc.
W. L. SUTOR, General Bookkeeper,
System
O. F. TOALSTON, District Record
Supervisor, Logan
A hobby is an interest or activity in a subject aside from your regular pursuit of making
I believe each individual should have a
hobby for his own enjoyment, whether it be
avocational, handicraft or cultural. Today, the
average person has more spare time and opportunities to indulge in hobbies than ever before. It is one of the most relaxing and
satisfying ways we can find to spend our spare
time and can be very educational.
In· developing hobbies, we gain many new
friends whose interests are the same as ours
and who share our enthusiasm. I have found
this to be true in my hobby of collecting salt
and pepper sets. Friends who have traveled
to parts of the country where I haven't been
have helped add to my collection representing
the majority of our own states and some
foreign countries.
T oday as nuclear weapons are being tested,
manned missiles are being launched into outer
space, and plans are being made to travel to
the moon, it seems very important that we
develop a hobby in which we may retreat to
escape the rapid pace of living.
A hobby should offer an outlet of emotions.
For me the sewing machine offers that outlet.
Very often when I begin to sew, I h ave a
mixed feeling of depression, confusion, or
bitterness but the "whirring" of the machine
drowns any thoughts of unhappiness as I begin
to concentrate on my achievement.
Relaxation is the reward of a hobby cultivated by interest and time and harvested by
enjoyment and pleasure.
New Vistas
Opportunities today are more plentiful than ever before. Each new thing
that is discovered does not cut down by
one the sum of discoveries to be made.
It rather opens up a whole new vista of
discovery and development in a new
direction.
Page 3
THE ILLUMINATOR
October 1961
'llluminator' Survey
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM
MILES OF TRANSMISSION LINES
(23,000 Volts and Above)
15,000
10,500
1
7,ODO
4,700
t
1930
I
5,300
I
1940
1950
1960
GENERATING CAPACITY
(In Kilowatts)
11 ,735 ,000
6,561 ,000
926,000
~
1930
1,183,000
8
1940
MM
2,440 ,000
1950
1960
1970
Power Transmission Plans · . .
(Continued from Page 1)
" W e have already announced and
are buildi ng the additional capacity
that we shall need fo r the period
through 1 964-. In Appalachian, this
capaci ty includes the 225,0 00 -kw
uni t to be completed later this year at
t he Clinch River plant and the
4-4 0,000-kw Sm ith M ountain hydroelectric development sched uled for
comple tion in late 1963; in Kentucky, it includes the 265,000-kw
unit to be completed la te next year
at the Big Sandy plant," Sporn said.
" W e ca nnot annou nce at this time
where on the AEP System we w ill
bu ild additional capaci ty visual ized
for th e years beyond I 96 4," he conti nued, "but we do know that we
w ill build it. And we are pretty sure
that this capacity will include at least
one and possibly several genera ti ng
un its with a capacity of I-million kw,
an amount suffic ient to supply more
E. E. Heyl Retires
At Ashland
than 2-mill ion average American
homes. In contrast, our largest uni ts
operating today are a half-millio n
kw in size, and we are buildi ng another in Indiana w ith a capacity of
5 80,000 kw."
High Voltage Lines
Readers' Trend Continues
To More Company News
Em ployees think THE ILLUMINATOR should be a source of information about their co mpanies and t he
electric industry.
T his opm10n,
established in readership surveys made
in 195 2 and 19 56, was re-affirmed
in another sun·ey of ILLUMlNATOR
readers just completed.
Throughout the survey, story subjects deal ing with t he company or
industry consistently rated h igh m
readership, and employees asked to
see more material on a number of
other company-related subjects.
The survey was cond ucted by
I LT, UMINATOR corresponde nts in the
districts and plan ts, who were asked
to survey a cross-section of employees
accordin g to age, Eex, years w ith company and department. A total of 206
employees, or five per cent of the
total, was surveved. O f the 206 . 20 )
sa id they read the paper, and. in
add ition, 296 members of their
fa mil ies also read it.
In a listing of types of material
used in the paper, five types ranked
tops in readership- Cam era Roundup, company activities, service anni versa ries, promotions and transfers
( Familiar Faces In New P laces) , and
ployees indicated they are pleased
w ith T1rn ILLUM INATOR , they read
it, t hey agree wi th most of the types
of material used. But they do want
to see more information on Eeveral
topics of a company and in dustry
natu re.
T his trend was established in th e
-.earlier surveys, and adjustmen ts were
m ade at that time in the content of
the pape r to more nearly meet the
desires of the readers. The resul ts,
o pinions and trends in this latest survey will also be studied by the staff
to furthe r imp rove THE I LLUM INATOR.
Whitley Named
To New Post
E. L . Whitley has been named to
the newly-created post of plann ing
eng i nee r for
the B lue fi eld
d ivision, effective O ctober I .
H e moves to
Bl uefield from
t he job of assis tan t Pulaski
d istrict m anager.
A graduate
o f V i rg i n ia
Mr. Whitley
Military Institute, M r. W hitley j oin ed Appalachian in 193 4 in the distribution
department in Roanoke. H e moved
to Lynchbu rg as power sales engineer
in 1936 , and after serving in the
Army d ur ing the second W orld W ar,
moved to Blue field in 195 1.
H e wen t to Pulaski as district
commercial manager in I 95 2 and
ecame assistant district m anager in
.
19 59
H e began his public utility career
in 193 0 when he joi ned Sou thern
Public Service Company. T his company's properties were acquired in
1939 by Kentucky Power Company,
and Mr. H eyl transferred to Ashland
to the accounting departmen t.
H is interests include church work,
th e American Legion, the Civic
C horus, and service on the Ashland
Selective Service Board, a job that
won h im a Kentucky colonelcy.
H e was born in Columbus, Ohio,
and is a veteran of the firs t W orld
W ar.
In retirement he plans to live in
Ashland with his wi fe, and has no im.m ediate plans.
Carl B. Burner, personnel supervisor at Cabin C reek plant, will move
to the same job
~.
in Kent u cky
'3. \
P owe r Co mpa n y's
Big
Sandy plant.
M r. Burner
joined Appalachian in 195 1
as personnel assistant at Cabin
Creek and became plant perMr. Burner
sonn el supervisor in J une 1952.
Announcement of the change was
made by Ronald Marshall, Big Sandy
plant m anager. The $39- mill ion
plant is presently under construction
near Louisa, and is scheduled for
completion in the fall of 1962.
M r. Burner is a native of W est
·
Virgi nia and a grad uate o f M oms
C
B f
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H arvey
ol lege.
e ore JOinmg
d
· h
h
Appalachian he serve
w it
t e
W est Virgin ia State Pol ice, was a
S
D
case supervisor for the tate eparth
ment of P ublic Assistance, and taug t
L'
b
school. H e is a IOn, a mem er o [
the American L egion, and a M ason .
· w1'fe are t h e parents o f
H e and lus
a married daughter.
1
Ret iree1s Medical
employee bene fits.
T he personals page, H appenings
Around The Circui t, was treated in
Plan Earns war
a separate question, and con tinues to
T he AF.P System has rece ived national recogni tion for the introducprove h igh in popularity. Only one
person answering this questio n said
tion last year of its Comprehensive
he did not read this page .
Med ical P la n for retired employees.
This plan is si milar to that available
Readers were asked what types of
to active employees.
mate rial they would like to see more
" On ly eight years ago, in 1953,"
on in t he paper, and 107, or over
T he recogn iti on came in th e fo rm
Sporn observed, " the AEP System
SO per cent, said they would like to
of an "honorable mention" award
became the first electric u tili ty to
see more stories on new developments
presented by the Council o n E moperate transmission lines at 345,000
ployee Benefi ts, a national organ izain our industry. Ninety-one want
volts. Today, this voltage level is
more o n fun ctions of vario us departtion of industry and business perin common use t hroughout the
ments in ou r companies, w hile 89
sonnel engaged in the employee beneU nited States, while the AEP Syswould like to see mo re on employee
t fie . T he 196 1 awards were the
tem, at Apple G rove, W . Va., is
benefi ts.
Ind ustrial--El-.~~~l-t,.-+~==============:_µ;:~~>aQ~b¥--t1~Council.
11
researching still hi gher transmission
safety, our competition, and person•
••
Where The
In a co ngratulatory letter, R. H.
voltages. T hese tests are investigatality stories on managemen t also were
flying
fishes
Play
.
.
/
'
Hubbard, J r., Council preside nt,
ing voltages up to 775,0 00 volts to
requested by many readers.
said : " P rogressive think ing, such as
determine the best vol tage levels for
" W hen your bait leaves the
this ( plan), serves to m eet a pressing
Pictures in T HE ILLUMINATOR
the h igher-capacity li nes which wi ll
water and star ts skyward, it's time
econom ic problem which is presently
arc as popular as ever. In addition
be requ ired to handle the much
to the Camera Round- Up rating in
to stop fish ing." So says C . H .
the subject of m uch debate in Congreater power needs of the future.
the top fi ve in readership, 66 of
Morris, T&D clerk in the Lynchg ress. Yo ur leadership in this area
" vVith this work under way, we
those surveyed asked that we use
burg meter section.
will influence other corporations to
are qui te certai n that, when these
more p ictures, despite the fact the
Duri ng his vacation in Aug ust
adopt si milar programs for reti ree>
super-high-voltage li nes are needed,
paper averages over 100 pictures an
Mr. M orris was fishing at Virand t hus elim inate th e need for legiswe will be ready to build them and
1ssue now .
ginia Beach . I t had been a fruitlation in this area."
Ge nerally, m the survey, emless--or rather, a fishless day, and
will build them,'' he concluded.
M r. M orris was reeling in his line.
Sudden ly the li ne rose fro m the
11
11
w ater and started up. After a secR. P. T homas, Kentucky Power's
o nd look, he saw w hat had hapind ustrial development represen tative,
pened : a sea gull saw the bait
has been chosen to head two impor(EmToR's NoTE: T he following Jetter, printed exactly as received, show~
w hat one customer th inks of the indispensability of electric service.)
moving through the water, mistant
developtook it for a fish , dived on it, and
Appalachian Power Company
ll d ·
me nt groups.
pu e 1t out.
H
1
40 Franklin Road, S. W .
e was e ectMr. M orris gave the line a
d h ·
Roa noke, Virgi ni a
e c airman of
stou t tug that pulled the bait from
the Boyd CounGENTLEMEN :
the gull's mouth, but tangled t he
ty Area ProIf I were going to write a short story with truly epic proportions, I'd
l ine around a w ing. H e hauled
gram Cou ncil
t he bird in, then set hi m free. If
on Area Redeentitled it " THE D AY T H E E LECT RIC ITY DID NOT W O RK." As
its plot, I would detail the efforts expended by its characters in an endeavor
you can't do it one way, do it
velopment, and
to con tinue li ving as they are accustomed.
t'other way, according to the old
was named head
I am si tting at the desk in the di ning room of my home watching two
saying; to which M r. M orris adds
of the special
· g,
another old saying he j ust made
men w h o are wor k.mg near t J1e top of a utJ·1·1ty pole. E ar1y th 1' s mornm
M r. Thomas
pro]. ects com8 :4-5 a.m. to be exact, the door bell rang. A well-m annered young man
up: if you can't catch a fish, catch
m ittee of the
asked me if I could get along without electricity for several hours as they
a bird, but use a good line.
Central Ohio Valley Industrial Counhad to nretth or switth smn e wi r~ and innall a new transfonner.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~c~1t.~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Quickly I thought, " H ow shall I warm the baby's bottle"?
tee] Contract Let
In the Area Redevelopment CounT he answer came immediately. " There would be enough ho t water
New 1.rM Uni"t
cil work, M r. Thomas and the men
Uworking with h im have already subin the tank to heat a bottle for he r next meal. "
Whitehead & K ales Company, D em itted a provisional overall program
I said, " Yes."
It is 2:00 p.m. now. The washing m achi ne did not wash today . The
roit, has been awarded the contract
to the state admin istrator, who has
or steel fabrication and erection fo r
fo rwarded it to the federal adm in isiron did not iron. T he toaster did not toast. And , the stove did not cook.
Eve ry electrical appliance in this house has had a holiday. And, so have I,.
he 580,000 kilowatt U ni t 4- at
trator of the program. They await
anners Creek plan t of Indi ana & federal approval of the plan.
because I know the situation is tem porary. Tomorrow the work will be done .
L et those who w ill, long for the "good old days." I am in favo r of
ichigan Electric Company.
T he O hi o Valley group, COVIC,
the "good present days." H ow grandma ever got her work done is a
About 4-,000 tons of steel are inis composed of industries bo rdering
volved in the contract. The uni t is
the Oh io River from Portsmou th, 0 .
mystery to me? ? ? ?
No ! This is not a letter of complaint. I w ish to tell you that bei ng
scheduled for completion in 196 4.
to Ravenswood, W . Va. Mr. Thomas's
At 580,000 kw, the uni t w ill be
committee is presen tly concerned
without electricity has made me th ink. If your young man asks again if I
can get along without electricity, the answer is " NO."
the largest ever built by an investorwith the planning of a "Salute To
Very truly yours,
owned electric utility.
Industry" D ay, October 25.
A large part of the future transm ission lines needed to carry the
. 12-million kw of capacity seen by
1970 will be 345,000-volt lines, but
there is a possibility that the voltage
of the pr incipal li nes migh t be raised
by then to someth ing as hig h as
77 5,000 volts.
A
d
Employee Heading
Development Groups
The Day The Electricity Stopped
E. E . H eyl, general bookkeeping
supervisor in the Ashland system accounting office, retired September 1
w ith 3 I years of service.
Burner Named
Personnel Chief
At Big Sandy
or
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October 1961
elected social chairman of the Tllg
Va.!ley Junior Woman's Clllb, and
program chairman of the Women of
the Church ; and Mrs. Fred Varney,
w ife of the line forema n, was chosen
president of the Women of the
C lrnrch.
Logan
Mr. and Mrs. M. A. White recently attended the state Elks conven tion in Princeton. Mr. White is
a working foreman, and also exalted
rnler of the local Elks.
Point Pleasant
Two Point Pleasant boys figure in
sports news. R . D . Tillis, Jr., son of
the customer service clerk, was one
of I 8 boys selected from 3 8 Little
League teams to man the All-Star
squad. He received a trophy to go
with the honor, the second year he
vvas so chosen. Andy Wilson, whose
mother is Bessie M. Wilson, PBX
operator, plays righ t end fo r the P oint
Pleasant Junior High School Redskins .. . Frances Jordan is the new
clerk-stenographer in the engineering department. She replaces Bessie
J. Rhodes, who resigned ... Suzanne
Crump, with a vocal solo, won third
place in the 4-H State Talent Roundup at J ackson's Mill. She's the
daughter of ]. R. Crump, line fo ren1an .
Charleston
There were two holes-in-one shot
recently by Charleston golfers, R. ].
Pinnell got his ace at Knob Hill in
Barboursville and Dick Speas went to
Beckley for his . . . Pat Cummings,
J o Ann Jarrett and Elsie Walker have
returned to work, J oyce Vealey has
resigned, and Bon Harper, draftsman,
left at the end of August for two
years of Army se rvice . . . Handling
Appalachian's participation in Charleston's Un ited Fund Dri ve is Guilford
Smith, district admi nistrative assistant. John Frazier and Kermit Fisher
arc lieutenants in charge of solicitations at Virgin ia Street and North
Charleston, respectively. Other workers arc J ane P atterson,]. R. Lowthe r,
J. L. Darby, Golda J ohnson, Bonnie
Jarrett and John Griffee at Vi rg inia
Street; and Conda Fisher, Jo Ann
Jarrett, J anet Hypes, Ann Surber,
Glenn Cook, Bob Isner, John Kauffman and Lenzie H edrick . . . Mr.
Smith, as secretary-treasurer of the
Electric League of Charleston, attended a meeting of the International
Association of Electric Leagues at Atlantic C ity, N. J.
gun her teaching career by teaching
English at Ruper High School. She '
is a g raduate of Concord College . . .
Mrs. E. F. Eager, wife of the Beckley power sales engineer, was staging
chairman of the annual Raleigh
Coun ty Garden Council Flower Show
in August . .. A bridge club is the
latest project of a group of Beckley
office girls. They will meet twice a
month to play.
Abingdon
Fillmore McPherson, Jr., district
manager, and vice president of the
Abingdon Kiwanis Club, was a delegate to the Capitol District K iwan is
Convention in Washington.
Welch
Civic du ties and church work kept
many Wclchians occupied in recent
weeks. Earl Belcher, Grundy area
serviceman, has been appointed to
the Buchanan County School Board;
Robert D. Lawrence, pre-audit clerk
at Grundy, has become a member of
the Volunteer Fire D epartment; and
W. C. Groseclose, administrative assistant, was a delegate to a district
Kiwanis meeti ng in Black Water
Falls . . . I n church work, Peggy
Reese, Grundy con tract clerk, was
appointed assistant secretary of the
Bllchanan First Presbyterian Church.
Sunday school teachers include William T . Collins, local office supervisor,
and his wife, and Miss Guinelene
Mitchell, utility clerk . . . Sank
Smi th, Welch personnel Sllpervisor,
atte nded the Presbytery Meeting at
Beckley as an elder fro m the W clch
First Presbyterian C hurch . . . Mrs.
Ronald C . Keith , d aughter of B. M.
Nuckolls, Grundy area supervisor,
graduated from the School of N ursing, Grace H ospital, Richmond, Va.
She was vice president of her class .. .
J ames W. Nllnncry, meter serviceman, has resigned to join the Dover
Electric Company in Dover, Delaware.
Beckley
Bluefield
Miss Barbara Vines, whose father
is J. E. Vines, line fo reman, has be-
Shi rley Jackson, wife of Earl Jackson, Pearisburg local office manager,
rece ived the award of disti nction and
was sweepstakes runner-up in t he
Mollntain Mist Garden Clllb flower
show . .. Chalmers Bailey, right-ofway agent, has been appointed by
Governor W. W. Barron to the Mercer Collnty Welfare Council for a
three-year .term . .. O ne of the instructors in the fi rst aid program being sponsored by the Bluefield Red
Cross chapter for firemen is Dixon
J ones, T&D clerk in the line department ... Raymond Nllnnery, meterman in the division meter department, has been elected treasurer of
the Westm inster P resbyterian Church
... Welcome back to Anne T. Bailey,
former stenographer in the personnel
department, w ho will be working
part- time.
Roanoker Retires
From Army Reserve
Emmett C. "Dutch" Rankin of
Roanoke has retired as a Lt. Colonel
of the U. S.
Army Reserves.
A 20 - yea r
Army veteran,
Mr. Rankin, assistant
system
station superintendent, was
wit h the
20 12 th Army
Reserve Logistical Command.
Mr. Rankin
D uring Wotld
War II he was on active duty with
the H eadquarters H arbor Defenses
of Chesapeake Bay, Fort Monroe.
He was honored at ceremonies at
th e Reserve Center in R oanoke, and
was presented a letter of appreciation
from M aj. General Ralph C. Cooper,
XXI Army Corps commander.
Pulaski
Claytor hydro plant was visited by
2 5 members of the Virginia Section
of the American Society of Chemical
Engineers. P aul T . Gross, commercial sales representative, was their
guide .. . Leslie Payne, groundman
at P ulask i, and Philip S. Bennington,
groundman at Galax, have resigned
to enter college . . . The district
also counted an election, an award,
and an appoin tment: W. C. Hager
was elected president of th e Newbern
Elementary School PTA. H e's the
division agricu ltural sales engineer
. . . The award went to Carl A.
Schm idt, customer service clerk, who
was honored with a pin and honorary
l ife membership in the United
Lutheran Church Men . . . Mrs.
R . .J. Blair, wife of the d ivision agricultural sales coord ina tor, was appointed to head the general soli citation drive for the Pulaski Community
Fund Dri\·~.
Clinch River
Several employees played active
roles when the Lebanon Junior
Chamber of Commerce and the Russell County Fair Association sponsored
the Russell County Fair and Horse
Show. H arvey G. Gillespie, J r., directed J aycce acti vities, and other
employees work ing on the fair were
Mason A. Vallghan, J r., Jack R .
Blankenship, and Thomas D. Watson.
The Abingdon district encouraged
all-electric living in a booth with the
fa ir.
Huntington
The Huntington Red Cross and
the Huntington Kiwanis Club chose
employees for important positions last
month. W. R. Wagner, area supervisor, was elected to the board of the
Hllntington-Cabell Collnty Chapter
of the Red Cross, and C. M. Dunn,
administrative assistant, was elected
first vice president of th e Kiwanis
Club.
Pikeville
Guialenc Smith and Biddie Williamson, home economists of Pikeville, and Barbara Ward, home economist at Ashland, condllctcd a meeting of all home economics teachers in
the Pikeville district. The purpose
was to demonstrate all of the new
equipment to be used in the schools.
The demonstration and ]llnch has become an annual event . . . Buford
Williamson, clerk- trainee, has resigned to teach school . . . Donald
W illiamson is the new clerk-trainee
in the meter section.
Kentucky System
Williamson
Mrs. Joanne Hight, dallghter of
Leroy Hairston, janitor, received her
d iploma in practical nursing in
Youngstown last month. She plans to
work in Choffin Memorial H ospital
in that city. She attended West Vir ginia State College . . . The Civil
Defense uni t in Belfry, Kcntllcky, is
counting on three employees. H . W.
Cerrato is chairman of fi rst aid, Gene
Hall, assistant police, and J. E. Runyon, fire prevention assistant . . .
Elections in the district selected two
employees and the wife of another:
E . ]. Clouser, district personnel Sllpervisor, was elected director of the
Williamson Kiwanis Club, Mrs. Patsy
Hackworth, clerk-stenographer, was
St. Albans Youth
Given Scholarship
A scholarship to West Virginia
State College has been awarded to
Ralph Berry Allen, Jr., son of the St.
Albans collector
in t he C harleston district.
Ralph re ceived a Claude
Worthington
Benedum scholar'ship to study
chemistry at the
school. His sister, Carolyn, already attends
Ralph Allen
the college on
a State Board of Education scholarship.
R alph is a graduate of Poca Hig h
School, where he maintained an A
average. He was acti ve in school
sports and several school clubs, and
was a member of the N ational Honor
Society and won the Science Award.
Miss Kay W illiams, cashier, was
recen tly selected as M iss Congeniali ty
in the Miss K ingsport pageant. Due
to illness, however, Miss Williams was
unable to take part in the pageant.
Jim Saltz, as chairman of boys'
work for the Optimist Club, accepted
a check from Sen. Th ruston Morton
as a contribution to aid in the clllb's
new junior football league . . . J. A.
P almer, d ir'ector of pL1blic relations
and advertising, has been appointed
Jlllblicity chairm an of t he COVIC
I ndustry Recognition Activi ty . . .
Ashland employees who will be active
in the annual Boyd County Community Chest-Red Cross drive this year
are ]. A. Palmer, publicity chairman;
G. A. Wcatherton, chairman, professional division, and Roger Thompson,
captain in the professional division.
Ashland
I ra See, retired right-of-way agent,
now living in Lakeland, Fla., was a
recent visitor' to the d istrict . . . Employees Roger Thompson, Richard
Nash and Charles Stayton and Reddy
Kilowatt and Allnt Jemima helped
put on a pancake sale for the Ashland
E lks Club.
Smith Mountain
New employees at Smith Mollntain are Thomas F. Fralin, assistant
structllral engineer; Chapman E . D illon, Kenneth W. Parks, and Donald
\
B. Dudley, all cngineer-rodman- ...__,/
chainman.
Roanoke
Peggy H llbbard, wife of K . K.
Hubbard, engineeri ng aide, and
Dorothy Bryant, wife of B. T . Bryant, meter reader, were members of
the Ten Pin ners, champions of the
North 11 Lanes ladies' summer bowling league. Mrs. Bryant was elected
league secretary-treasurer for the
1962 Sllmmer session . . . W. H.
Rad.e r, groll ndman, has resigned.
Fieldale
E. L. Mllnday, Jr., district manager, has been appoi nted United
Fund leader for the 1962 Martinsvi lle-Henry County Un ited Fund
campaign.
Appalachian System
G. S. Dunn, public relations director, was elected first vice president of
the Pllblic Utilities Association of the
Virginias at its recent meeting .
]. A. Deyerle, J r., has resigned.
Logan Man Heads
New Chamber
The newly reactivated Madison
C hamber of Commerce has chosen
P aul C. Gosney, area supervisor in M adison, as its president.
Mr. Gosney
is also a member of the City
Council and
Rotary Clllb,
and has been
associated with
Mr. Gosney
civic affairs for
a number of years.
H e was employed in 1936 in the
Logan district as a g rollndman. He
worked as clerk, district serviceman
and local representative before being
named area superv isor in December
19 5 3.
Before And After In Cooking
From this to this means better meals for the 700 grade and high school students at the Letcher Consolidated School near Blackey, Ky., in the Hazard
district. One of the newer schools in the district, it was built to use another
method of cooking, but the old equipment has now been replaced with gleaming new, efficient electric equipment, such as the oven in the picture at right,
which took the place of the equipment at left.
THE ILLUMINATOR
October 1961
Page 5
Veterans 0 'f Our Companies Receive Pins
Mud Makes Job
A Bit Different
Lois Sheppard
Fieldale
30 Years
S. H. Wise
System
30 Years
C. R. Mills
Roanoke
30 Years (
E. T. Gills
System
30 Years
C. M. Jackson
Abingdon
25 Years
S. F. Bowling, Jr.
Abingdon
25 Years
D. 8 . Stone
Charleston
25 Years
It was a routine wor k assignment for four W elch employees,
except for one small detail-a
sin king transformer.
Th e four Earl Belche r,
Alon za H ardy, Walter Crouse an:!
William G. R ichardson-were installing the 25 kva transformer
for a mine in Buchanan County.
They removed the transformer
from the truck and se t it on the
ground. I t qu ickly disappeared
from si ght.
The area h ad had hard rains
and th e earth was soft whe re the
transfo rmer was placed-so so ft
it gobbled up the piece of equipment.
Th e follf soon recovered it and
cleaned it wi th water and cloths.
After they in stalled it on the pole
they left, much of the mud from
th e transformer now on them to
remind them how the "routine"
can be taken ou t of a job.
Cabin Creek Man,
V. K . .Casto, Dies
E. P. Owens
Pulaski
25 Years
E. H. Conner
Pulaski
25 Years
R. W. Swain
Roanoke
25 Years
D. R. Hunt
Roanoke
25 Years
H. C. Johnson
Sporn Plant
25 Years
__-,
Ira Henderson
Bluefield
25 Years
R. W. Schweitzer
Ashland
20 Years
W. E. Warren
Logan
20 Years
uard Unit Called To Active Duty;
Five Employees, Relatives Affected
J.P. Rose
Bluefield
20 Years
W. M. Gordon
Bluefield
20 Years
P.H . Fry
Bluefield ,
20 Years
F. 0. Hancock
Roanoke
20 Years
R. D. Carson
Pulaski
20 Years
Point Pleasant's 3664th Ordnance
Compan y of th e West Virginia National Guard was orde red to acti ve
duty Sep tembe r 2 5. Among the 13 5
Point Pleasant men affected are three
employees and two son s of employees.
F.mplo_vees called to active <luty
were K. C. Morri s, engineering aide,
--~:_~~!---.-,~~e:Cco
o nd li eu tenant; C. E. F owler, Jr. ,
lineman , staff se rgeant ; and Fred eri ck
Nibert, T&D clerk, sp ecialist 5.
Sons of em ployees included SP 4
Ro nni e Roush, son of L. I. Roush,
lin eman , and SP 4 David L. Sprouse,
step-s(' n of J. R. H offman, area
serviceman.
L t. M orris served six months in
th e Armv and has been a membe r
of the Guard for two years. Sgt.
Fowler has been in the Gua rd fo r
14 years, and SP 5 Nibert w1s in
the Air Force fo r four yea rs, in the
inactive reser ves for 3
years an1
in the Guard fo r two yea rs. SP
Roush has been in the Guard for
2;/z years, while SP Sprouse was in
the A rm y fo r two yeats and hq3 been
a Guard member fo r nine months.
The un it was named top N ationa l
Guard uni t in W est Virginia three
times in the last five vears. T he
un it, which reported to Fc r t P olk,
L a., is the fir st in the state to be
called to active du ty.
Yz
Mr. Costo
Virgi l K. Casto, 5 1, Cabin C reek
p lant maintenance fore man, died August 29 after a th ree-mon th illn ess.
Employed in 1938, h e was a
maintenance fo reman in th e transforme r maintenance depar tm en t, and
at va rious times was under the supervision of the substati on transmi ssion
and distr ibution and production depa r tmen ts.
A K anawha C ity resident, where
he was an elder of the Presbyterian
C hurch, h e was also an associate
member of the American l nsti tu te
of Electrical Engineers.
H e is Sllfvived by his wife and
three sons.
M. T. Akers, Jr.
Pulaski
20 Years
Appalachian Power Company
SERVICE
System
20 Years
L. D. Balding •
Point Pleasant
20 Years
E. E. King
Williamson
20 Years
These pins are
awarded in
recognition of
years of faithful
service. Each of
these pins also
recognizes the
part the emp I oye e
has
played in the
progress of the
company during
these years of
service.
1'wo Plant Men
Called To Duty
Charleston District
T wo Philip Sporn plant employees
have been called to the armed forces.
Jam es L. F ry, coal handler, was
called to active du ty with the Nat ional Guard, and has reported at
Camp Polk, Louisia na. J ack L.
Pickens, aux il iary equipment oper·ator, was called to d u ty Septem ber 2 1.
Mr. F ry joined the company in
M ay 1960 as laborer, and became
coal handler later that year. H is wife
resid es in New H aven, W est Virginia.
Mr. Pi ckens was lirst employed
in J une 1956 as laborer, wor ked as
utility operator before his promotion
in June 196 0 to auxiliary equipment
operator.
Lynchburg District
STEVE CARPENTER, electrical engineer, from P t. Pleasant to Charleston;
PAUL IT. P AR SONS from senior personnel assistant-C to senior personnel assistant-B; GLENN A. P AUL from groundman to lineman-C .
\V. A. ROBERTSON from station man-C to station man-R; C. E . SANDERSON from meter service helper to groundrnan; WILLIAM I-I . STI NNE'ITE from
grou ndman to meter service helper.
Philip Sporn Plant
VIRGINIA E . HOYT from clerk-stenographer to stenographer-accounting;
CH ARLES E. LYTLE from assistant stores supen·isor to material clerk-stores.
Roanoke District
R. G. GARR ETr fro m draftsman to engineering aide; JOAN VANDERGRI FT
from clerk-stenographer to stenographer: JT ELEN YOUNG from draftsman to
engineering aide; W. R . ZIMMERMAN from appliance serviceman to division
service representative.
Kentucky Power Company
Ashland District
LOUISE DOOLEY from utility clerk to secretarial-stenographer; MARY BETH
DUREN from cashier. senior to stenographer; MARTHA RUTHERFORD from
cashier to cash ier. sen ior; RUSSELL A. SCAGGS from groundman to truck driver;
WILBUR G. SLONE from engineering record clerk to engineering aide.
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October 1961
Educational Awards Winners
Fulfilling Promise Of Ability
Science, reli gion , education, th e arts-the fir>t step to careers in these
nclds has been provided to 26 youths, sons and daughters of employees of
ou r three companies through the American Electric P ower System Education
Awards.
Si nce the awards were establi shed in 1956, started by the $I 000 gift that
went w ith the Coffin Award, more
than two dozen children have passed
visor, is majoring in physics at VMI
hrough the big ad venture of a freshin L exington, Va ., w here h e also plays
.tan year in college. Have their
varsity footba ll. H e wants to go on
records and achievem ents matched
to M I T for postgraduate wor K after
the promise of their scores on the
graduation in June 1962.
competitil'C examinations for the
A co-op student at VPI, R ichard L.
Awards?
Booth, son of W. L. Booth, Jr. ,
The answer to this question is a
L ynchburl?; electrical en i?in eer, also
:lefinite affirmati1·e, judging from the
works with Union Carbide at O ak
re ports received by our companies.
Ri dge, Tenn., as a process engineerSome have finished school, some
ing student.
began this fa ll. Following, in brief,
And Barbara Ellen Vines graduis their story si nee they were anated from Concord College in Aug ust
nounced as Education al Award winof this year with a B.S. in education
n ers.
after m ai ntaining a B average. The
daughter of J ohn E. Vines, Beckley
1956 Winner
line fore man, she p lans to begin
L. F. M cPh erson Ill was the first
teaching this fa ll and sta r t work on
winner from our companies. The
her Maste r's D egree n ext summer.
son of L. F. M cPherson, Jr. , Abing1959 Winne rs
don district manager, he received hi s
B.S. degree in electrical eng ineering
J ee] Millikan, son of R. F. Millifrom M assachusetts 1nstitute of T echkan, safety and employee relations
nology in 1960. On g raduation, he
supefl'isor for Ken tucky in Ashland,
was commission ed in the Navy for
has a B a1·e rage for his first two
a two-year tou r of duty, and is servyears at Oberlin College. H e is playing on the USS Independ ence.
ing varsity football and lacrosse.
1957 Winners
Three wi nners were selected from
our compani es in 1957. R onald Collier, son of Newton W. C ollier,
Whitesburg area representative in the
Hazard district, becam e the first
Kentucky winner. Ronald has entered the Loui sville Medical School
this fall after receiving a degree in
chemistry and b iolo11;y from Union
College at Barbou rsville. H e carried
a B a1•erage during his four years,
and in 1960 he was married.
Da1·id J. R oomy, son of Nicholas
R oomy, Jr. , H un ting ton division
builder heating and builder sales coordinator, entered Bethany College
at Bethany, W. Va. as a pre-ministerial student. The su mmer of 1958
he was nam ed president of the C hristian You th F ellowship of Chri stian
Chu rches, mea ning a one-year delay
in his studies.
I n 1959 h e entered T exas C h ristian University, gradua ti ng in July
of this year, M agn a Cum L aude.
Al•o m arried , D avid entered U nion
Theological Seminary of New York
City this fall to work toward a B.D.
degree in Christian Ministry.
Graduating from VPI as an electrical eng ineer this year was R obert S.
Runyon, s0n of Clyde Runyon, Willi amson right of way agent. H e spent
this past summer in the Army as a
•econd lieutenant, and p lanned to go
back to VPI this fall to work for a
M 1ste r's D egree in nuclear science
a:id enginee ring.
1958 Winners
A scholasti c average of B h as been
Virgi l Brewer's record through his
fi rst three years in civil eng ineering
at the University of K entucky. Virgil,
son of V. L. Brewer, Ashland d istrict
draftsman, h as returned for his fou r th
and fi nal year.
ancy R ichardson, daughter of
C. F.. R ichardson, R oanoke heating
and builder sales r e presentative is
studying psychology, h istory and
mathemati cs at W esthampton College
in Richmond . She recorded a grade
average of 2 . 3 out of a possible 3.0
during h er first t hree years. She
hopes to do counseling 01' relig ious
work on graduation.
Robert A. Armistead , Jr. , son of
che Roanoke l ine and stati on super-
Carolyn F.. Chapman, d aughter of
Carroll S. Chapm an, Roanoke right
of wav agen t, entered th e Uni versity
of North Carol ina to study journali sm
this fall. This follows two years at
Greensboro College, w here sh e was
active in many school fun ctions.
Jimmy D. Kea tley, son of J ames
C. Keatley, Glen L yn plant mainten ance mechanic, is a junior at W est
Virginia Un iversity, w here he is
studying electrical eng ineering. He
h as been on the D ean 's Honor List.
M ajoring in zoology, Mary Sue
Skaggs, daughter of H. C. Skaggs,
J r., Kanawha R iver plan t m anager,
is a junior at Duke University. She
wants to do zoological laboratory
work after graduation.
1960 Winners
The first w inner from Kingsport
was named in 1960. Sarah J. H olyoke, daughter of Charles E . Holyoke,
superintendent, has completed one
year of her history maj or at the College of W ooste r, 0.
J ohn Fred Gesl ing, son of W. D .
Gesling, Ashland distribution engineer, is study ing archi tecture at the
Un iversity of Cinci nnati. Hi s first
year he had an average of 3.78 out
of a possible 4.0.
Stephen M. Hodges, son of R . F..
H odges, Appalachian vice presiden t
and general manager, is in hi s second
year at Duke Unive rsity, where he
has been active in m any school functions.
Enrollin11; at Ceda rville, 0., College this fall was Philip B. Buchanan,
~on of W. J. Buchanan, K anawha
Ri ver plant maintenance supen·i•or.
This fnllows a year at Bob Jone~
Universi tv. Ph ilip hopes to become
a foreign mi ssionary.
Da,·id W. C offee, son of W allace
Coffee, assistant tax and statistical
supervisor in system accoun ting in
R oanoke, is in his second year of
electrical engineering at VPI.
Another journalism major, Melinda Lou H ervey, daughter of G. E.
H ervey, P oint Pleasant district manager, is a sophomore at Ohio University. H er fi rst yea r h er scholastic
average was 2.9.
James L. Richmond , son of J. L.
R ichmond, Logan distr ict superi ntendent, is majoring in electrica l
engi neering at VPI, w here as a
sophomore he is en rolled in ROTC.
1961 Winne rs
J ane Matney, d aughter of Harry
Matney, retired Lou isa serviceman
of the Ashland district, is studyi ng
li brary science and Eng lish literature
in this, her fi rst year in college. She
was second m h er grad uating hi gh
school class.
William E . M cAlpine, son of
Louise B. M cAlpin e, Kingsport home
service representative, entered Davidson College this fall after an active
h igh school career.
Valedictorian of hi s class, Larry A.
Massie, son of J ames A. Massie,
Clinch River plant equipm ent opera·tor, has entered the University of
Richmond as a pre-med ical student.
Linda K. Hudson, daughter of
L awrence R. Huds0n , Lync hb ur~
T &D clerk, entered Agnes Scott College.
Mary C. R ankin, daug hter of
E. C. R ankin, assistant system station
superin tendent in Roanoke, ranked
7th in her class of 5 36. She g raduated w ith a National Guild Diplom a,
and entered Madison College to
study music.
Graduating with an average of
4.78 ou t of a possi ble 5.0, Linda C.
Combs entered Willi am and M ary
to study biology. She is the d aughter
of W alter H. C ombs, data processing
supervisor in system accou nting in
Roanoke.
Deadline Set For AEP Education Aw
Friday, O ctober 2 0 , is the deadline for registration for the 1962 American
Electric Power System 's Educational Awards com petition. R egistration w ill
begin on M on d ay, October 2 .
If your son or <laughte r plans to enter the fre shman year of college in
1962, he or sh e is eli g ible to compete for one of the 14 awards of $ 500 each
being g iven in the program. Each
applicant must take the standard ColBl uefield, Charleston, Hun tington
lege Entrance Board Scholastic Aptiand Parkersburg.
tude T est. It will be given at key
The company will pay the cost of
locations throughout the System o n
the examination, but contestants must
Satu rday, D ecember 2.
pay for thei r own travel expenses, if
Following are the closest test locaany . An applicant may take the test
tions for children of employees of our
in another state if that location is
com panies:
nearer or more convenient than one
KE TUCKY-Ashland, P ikeville
in his own state.
and H arlan.
Register How
OH IO- Athens.
All company personnel supervisors
TENNESSEE- Bristol.
h ave complete information and forms
VIRGINIA - Blacksburg, C h atfor enter in g th e competition ; eith er
h am, D anvi lle, L ynchbu rg, M arion,
the employee or his child m ay obtain
M ar tinsville, Radford, R oanoke and
them, but they mwt be completed
W yth eville.
and r eturned to the personnel superWEST VI RGINIA Beckley,
visor not later th an O ctober 20.
Fish and antlers-symbols of years of fishing and hunting-bracket John
McDermott of Lynchburg. It doesn't matter whe re he fishes, or even if the,.. \
catch is good, he enjoys it. "And the best port," he adds, "is that my wife ...._/
enjoys it as much as I do."
Lynchburg's Mr. & Mrs. John McDermott
Have Made Fishing A Family Affair
One of the favorite subjects of
cartoonists is a husband going off to
fish w hile his wife stays behind, g laring after him.
Tha t's n ot the case with Mr. an d
Mrs. John P. McDermott of L ynchburg, w here he is foreman in the
transportation department. " Fishing," he says, "keeps a man young,
keeps him healthy, and keeps him
alert; and the best part of it, is
that my wife enjoys fishi ng as much
as I do."
It makes no differen ce to the
M cD ermotts wh ether they fi sh in
salt water or fres h, as long as they
have fishing rods in their h ands.
Th eir hauls h ave ranged from a
minnow in a brook to a 52-pound
black drum caugh t off Fisherman's
I sland near Cape Charles, Va.
Preparing for the retirement that
is three years away, Mr. McDerm ott
has recently bough t a 170 - foot
cruiser, equ ipped w ith a 75 -horsepower engine. This craft is equipped
with a depth finder, a radar-type de1·ice which shows the depth of the
water below the boat, and su nken
objects. When the boat passes over
a school of fish, this fact is also indicated, and Mr. and Mrs. M cD ermott
throw their lines over. I t sounds
easy, but after years and years of
fish ing, he h as cc me to two conclu sions: fi rst, fish w ill never b ite
unless they are hungry, and second,
the big ones always get away .
Hunts, Too
Along with his fi shing hobby is
its natural counterpart, hunting. Mr.
McDermott is as proficient in one
as in the other, and c1·ery year he
gets his bag. Some say this is luck,
but Mr. M cD ermott knows better.
H e says the wild turkey is one
of the hardest game to ki ll, because
he is smart and cun ning, has a keen
eye and can get away easi ly . H e's
got to be cunning to get away from
Mr. M cD ermott, w ho approaches a
h unting trip w ith the sam e care and
planning as a surgeon preparing for
an operation. For example, the deer
h•s an acu te sense of sm ell. Mr.
M cD ermott sets out to n e utralize
human scent as far as possi ble, even
t<J the extent of avoid ing the use of
after-shave lotion or scented soap,
rubbinl?; his shoe soles w ith an apple,
and rubbi ng his coat against a tree.
As befits a m an who spends much
of hi s time <>n a boat, or with a g un
in hi s hand, Mr. M cD ermott is a
staunch believer in safety. Si nce
19 34 he has been in charge of the
Lynchburg garage, working an average of th ree em ployees. Du ring this
period the garage has not h ad a single
lost- time accident. His boat has everv
safety device recommended by the
Coast Gu ard and wardens, and a
strictl.v- enforced rule is that no alcoholic beverages arc allowed aboard
th e boat.
With practices like the~e, and a
philosophy dedicated
to staying
young, healthy and alert, J ohn M cerm ott gets a lot from his hobbies.
lerk Bell, 64,
ies In Logan
om petition
Th e examinations will be administered and scored by the agency
which prepared them, the Educational T esting Service of P ri nceton,
N. J. An impartial and p rominent
educator w ill judge the com ple ted
exam s. Winners wi ll be selected on
the basis of: ( a) the test scores; (2)
the school records fu rnished by the
applica n t's high school principal, and
( 3) other information about the applicant provided by hi mself or herself.
Winners of this eighth annual
awards program will be announced
about February I , J 962. The 14
awards wi ll be distributed among the
System companies as equitably as
possible, based on th e number of employees in each company. Once a
wi nner has en rolled in college, his
$500 award will be d eposited w ith
the col lege treasurer for use in paying
ch arges for tu ition, room, board,
books or lab fees.
Mr. Be ll
Clerk Bell, buildi ng ser vice J m ployee in the Logan -district~ 'tlied
September 18. H e was 64.
A nati1·e of Logan County, Mr.
Bell joined the company in O ctober
1922 as a groundman in the Logan
district. H e later worked as lineman
and station man h elper before being
made head janitor in J une 1960.
Mr. Bell was active in chu rch
work, and was an o fficer of the First
Baptist Church o f Logan . H e is survived by his w ife, two sons and two
daughters. One son, J ohn , is emp loyed in the Fieldale district.
October 1961
Page 7
THE ILLUMINATOR
What daes the warld laak like from the top of a 602-foot stack? Many
people would like to know, but few have whatever it takes ta climb up there.
One who did was Bob Herndon, test engineering aide at Philip Sporn plant,
who made the trip and took these pictures to prove it. He got a good view,
as you see, af the parking lot, and the coal unloading facilities downstream.
The stack in the picture is for Unit S; the stack from which the picture was
made will serve the other four units.
0
New officers were elected by the Bluefield Employees' Benevolent Association
recently. Chosen were, from left, Archie G. Phlegar, president; Patsy Mahoney,
secretary, and E. N. Maynor, treasurer.
Old King Coal and Reddy Kilowatt, father and son, was
the theme of the Kentucky Power Company float in a
recent Coal Carnival held in Hazard. David Begley was
Reddy and Jack Caudill was Old King Coal.
fram the commercial department.
Both are
~ROUGHT OF Tl
TAKE TIME
TO BE SAFE
Posed symbolically with pint jars,
partially representing the amount of
blood he has donated, is Walter T.
Lanter, head material clerk in the
Welch stareraom. Mr. Lanter recently
became a member of the Two Gallon
Club. His actual donations have been
more than that, because for several
ears no records were kept.
0. W. Adams, Princeton area supervisor, has a new idea to promote safety thinking. Line crew members think
up their awn slogans, vote for the
best, and put it up under a sign
reading "Thought of the Week" that
hangs in line crew headquarters. A
new slogan goes up each week.
Twa Turtle Club installations recently again demonstrated the value of the
hard hat on the job. In the picture at left, W . D. Grimmett, groundman in
the Charleston district, receives the badges of membership in the club from
John C. Frazier, Charleston division safety supervisor. Mr. Grimmett was
struck on his hard hat by a four-pound wire grip that fell 30 feet, but he
Attracting considerable attention in Beckley is this heating display created
by Toney Pallares and Walt McGraw, and put up in the Beckley office lobby.
It emphasizes the trade-in value of an old and dirty heating system toward ·
installation of electric heat.
escaped injury. J. R. McGinnis, area supervisor, looks on. In picture at right,
L. A. Philpott, Roanoke district lineman, center, receives his membership
certificate from A. G. Adams, truck driver-groundman, who also is a Turtle
Club member. J. C. Shelton, line foreman, holds the four-pound winch line
hook that fell on Mr. Philpott's hat.
Fieldale district narrowly missed a
costly interruption when lightning
struck this 34.S kv wood pole structure on the Fieldale-Henry line, and
brake 20 feet off one of the poles.
However, the remaining pole supported the structure until the damaged member was replaced.
K. P. Counts, Charleston district office supervisor, has been commissioned a Kentucky Colone l, by Governor Bert Combs. He won this honor
for his active participation in patriotic
organizations, civic affairs and fraternal orders.
THE ILLUMINATOR
Page 8
October 1961
R. L. Davis Has Three Reasons For Gardening Beckley Station Work Finished Ahead
One Saturday morning a few years
ago, a woman and her th ree sons
stopped at the ample garden being
worked by Ly nchbu rg's R aymond L .
Davis. They were having sickness at
home, she told Mr. D avis, and cou ld
they buy some of his vegetables for
canning ?
Mr. D avis comes from Georg ia,
where the custom is to give p roduce
to any neighbor who wan ts or needs
it, and besides, he is a most ge nerous
man. " H elp yourself," said he. A nd
the woman and her three sons began
to pick.
Late r th at afternoon, M r. D avis
drove up the road to Amherst, md
saw a small roadside stand, at which,
and under a large and crudely-lettered sign that read " H ome-G rown,
F reshly - P icked
Vegetables,"
the
woman and her boys were doing a
land office business selling M r. D avis's
produce.
An experience such as this wo uld
be enough to shake someone less
am iable than Mr. D avis, but he
shrugs it off. After all , one o f th e
reasons he raises a garden every year
is that he li kes to see th ings grow.
H e has worked in gardens all his li fe,
and a second reason for th is hobby is
exercise. " I n my j ob in the stores
d epartmen t ( where he is assistant supervisor), I work at my desk most of
the time . . . in my garden I get
plenty of fresh ai r and exercise." And
l thi rd reason for garden ing, !f one
is needed, is that vegetables canned
Of Schedule To Strengthen Service
Surrounded by his--and nature's-handiwork, Lynchburg's Raymond L. Davis
inspects some of his tomato plants.
or fro zen d uring the summer heat
" taste mig hty good in t he dead o f
win ter."
Although p rimar ily a vegetable
gardener, M r. D avis has b ranched ou t
in to o ther fie lds. T his year, for example, he has a blackber ry patch
measuri ng 50 by 150 feet, and about
600 strawberry plants. I n the past he
has experi mented with plants and
sh rubs brought from southern Georgia
and northern Florida. H e once transplanted some cam phor trees that
thrived for about th ree years, u n ti l
Ly nch burg's northern winters fina lly
killed them this past year. Mr. D avis
has been more successful w ith the
long leaf and sou thern yellow pine,
w h ich arc very popular farthe r sou th.
Previous experimen ts with sugar cane
stalks have fai led when they became
"water-sogged" duri ng th e w in ter.
H owever, M r. D avis believes he has
discovered the reasons for the cane's
fail ure, and he is going to t ry agai n.
" I n Florida, you work your garden e1·ery month; in Georgia, you
start in February, but in Virginia,
you have to wait until the middle of
the year," he says. Just the same,
that gi1·es you some extra time to
raise cane, if you're so inclined.
Beckley district crews bested their
district manager's estimate of six
weeks w hen they took less than a
month to install a 5,000-kva transfo r mer and two oil circuit- breakers in
the Beckley sta tion. Th is fac ility
serves most of the downtown business section, two hospi tals and a
la rge reside n tial section.
The station was st rengthened because many electrically-heated plants
and homes, and several sidewalk
heating installations for ice melting
had increased the load . The ncv,;
equipmen t helps insure ample and
continuous power for these increased
present needs and for the future,
W. C . M cMahan, district manager,
said . Cost of the work was about
$90,000.
P ractice sessions in the eq ll ipmcnt
yard with simula ted condi tions were
thoroughly studied p rior to the actual
tapping of the energized 4-6- kv line.
T he wor k was done by Tom Di ckc nson's crew.
0. E. Freeman,
Retired, Dies
Bluefield Man
Frees Youth
W hile his mother was at a
movie called " Parent T rap," I 4-year-old George Snider of B luefield was at home getti ng into a
boy trap, and it took Appalachian
to spri ng h im.
Work Simplification Proposals Total 31
T hirty - one work simpli fica tion
proposals from employees of our three
compani es we re adopted in July and
Aug ust. The latter mon th showed the
bigger p roduction, wi th 20 usable
ideas. H ere is the d ivision-by-divis10n report for J uly:
Charleston Division
L. W. P rice suggested substituting
a piece of rope for a paint brush in
apply ing no oxide to copper conductors and hardware.
Huntington Division
T wo proposals from T . R. Templeton , t ransportation in H un ti ngton,
were accepted, one for a p rotective
rack to be used in inflating t ruck
tires, and the other the installation
of a safety drop-stop fo r h ydraulic
li fts. M . A. Fotos, Hun tington T &D ,
devised a new m ethod for exterm inating wasps on poles. G . F. Sc hwartz,
A. L. M errifield, also H untington
Kiwanis Elects
W. C. Groseclose
W illiam C. G roseclose, administrative assistant, was elected president
of the Welch K iwanis C lub, moving
up fro m the
post of vice
president. I n
his live years of
membership he
has se rved on
several comm ittees and on the
board of d i recto rs.
H e joined
the company in
Mr. Groseclose
1 948
and
worked in Pulask i in various accounting jobs, and transferred to Welch in
195 5 as administrative assistant.
M r. Groseclose, in add ition to h is
Kiwanis activities, is president of the
Presbyterian M en's Club, and a di rector of the same church; is blood
chairman of the local R ed Cross
Chapte r, and p ublic relations chairman for M cD owell County Scou ting
activi tics.
T &D , suggested using d uplex cable
on d usk-to-dawn extensions. Use o f
sa fe tv tab to prevent obiccts from
rC'll ing w hen pbced on an inclined
surface was the sug-e-estion o f Gordon
Ch 1in, another H unti ngton T &D
m an.
I n Williamson, there were seven
proposals, all fro m T &D. C. L. M iller offered one to pad the distribution
ooeration report in single copies and
eliminate an unnecc~sarv second copy.
H e also authored, with P rice Copley,
a pr"oposal to distribute and ci rculate
a lim ited nu mber of copies o f the
mon thl v report of unsafe conditions.
G. B. Tren t devised a new method
to take off a single p hase primary tap
fro m a th ree-phase line which w ill
resu lt in savings o f about $4-5 0 a year,
and aho p roposed a new d istribu tion
method o f employees' elect ric service
hills. C. F . Alley suggested a bolt
bin fC' r different size bolts.
Roanoke Division
J. P . McDermott proposed that
anti-freeze solution for automotive
equipment be pre-mixed. Mr. McDermott works in Lynchburg transportation.
I n August these simplification proposals were accepted.
Blue field Division
C. M. J ackson, Abingdon T &D ,
had an idea for p rotecti ng piles from
dirt and grease and from damaging
other tools. I n Pu laski, R. W . R uble,
T &D , came up w ith fou r proposals:
replacing street lig ht bu lbs with attach men ts devised to be used on GCA
street ligh t sticks; rcplaci ng old type
meter boxes with meter sockets; storing fuses in service truck, and installing a new tool box on service
trucks.
T h ree proposals came from Welch,
all from T&D . W. T. L anter suggested that the display dusk- to-dawn
light be used to test new ones before
installation. J . J. Lane and H . S.
W h ite recommended using collapsible
power pick-up reel to hang transfo rmers and other heavy equ ipment
on poles. Charles J. Brown suggested
use o f old bill ing register sheets by
It seems that G eorge and a
friend were carefully studyi ng a
souvenir pa ir of leg irons, wh ich
study i ~cl uded try ing them on,
and closmg the lock.
servicemen to Ii nd customers.
Charleston Division
R. J. Fairfield, Charleston T &D .
came up w ith the suggestion to me
5 5-foot to 80-foot ceda r poles instead
o f pine fo r 4-6-kv and 69-kv transm ission construction because thev arc
lighter and easier to work with. J. F.
D ooley and H . H . Carrico, also
C harleston T&D , thought of usin~
detachable hooks that could be in stalled on a regular ladder, perm itting
one ladder to be used either for installing services or on a cross arm.
Roanoke Division
T he li ve ideas from this division
all came from two men. J. C . I rby,
transportation, h ad th ree: b uy a
chai n wrench to remove oil filte rs
from certai n makes of cars; buy a Safe
Service battery Ii lier w h ich not only
fills batteries to the prope r level, bt;t
also stops the overflow of acid solution from the battery, and, third, buy
a pneumatic gun with special cutting
chisels to replace tail pipes and
mufflers. G. H . Broyles, T&D line
and station, suggested using plastic
water pipe as an insulating tube on
p rimary lead between cutout and
transformer to bird- and squirrelproof t he transformers. His second
proposal was a simple, inexpensive
method of testing p hotoelectric controls on D usk- to-Dawn l ights.
Plants
Two proposals came from Cabin
Creek plan t in Allgust. S. D. LaC roix, results, found a way of reducing the cost of oxygen analyzer
head assemblies, and R. E . Morrison
production, proposed that disposable
wipi ng rags be laundered instead of
th rown away.
A. G. Gose, Clinch Ri1·er plant
results, suggested a method of a1·oiding locking of dials in the coal
coun ter instruments. R. I. Pawliger,
results, developed a quick method for
balancing primary-air fans, and
V. Adams, Tr., resu lts found a way
of pi npo inting condcnsor watcrbox
leaks.
Eustace Robertson and Arnold Yost
are on the ladder completing their
hot line work during the e nergizing
of the ne w equipment at Beckley
station.
Mr. Freeman
Oakley E. F reeman, 54-, retired
H untington employee, d ied September 3.
He joined the company as a
laborer October 22, 1934- and was
station man when he elected early
reti rement because of health M ay I
th is year.
A native of North K enova, 0., he
attended schools at South Poin t.
Su rvi ving are his widow, one son,
th rec siste rs and th ree brothers.
Fu neral services were conducted at
Chesapeake, 0., and burial was in
Wood land Cemetery in Ironton, 0.
T he study did not include making sure the key was still available.
It wasn't. For four hou rs George
sweated in the irons, all the whi le
trying every key he and his pal
could locate. A friend took them
to the police station, but t he police were not accustomed to picking locks. I n a burst of inspiration
t lie police took the boys to the
Appalach ian service build ing.
T here, with two sn ips o f a bolt
cutter, Ja mes R. Bai ley, general
serviceman, set the you th fr ee, and
sent h im off to the swi mming
pool
Mother, Son Travel From Huntington
To 'Point Pleasant, But In Unusual Way
It's 4 2 miles from Huntington to
Point Pleasant, as the bicycle pedals.
Mrs. J une A. Deal, AEP lab tech nician in H untington, and her I 2year-old son, Mike, can attest to this.
The two made the t rip by bike
"partly because my son has a new
bicycle and wanted to try it out and
partly to prove a point." The poin t
was that she wanted to prove to the
people at the lab she could make the
trip. "But I even doubted a little,"
she sa id.
T he trip took about four hours.
Mrs. Deal rode a 23-year-old bike
w h ich M rs. Mary Anderson, lab
chemist, had painted, sanded and
made repairs on.
Mrs. Anderson provided the moral
and material support, preparin~ a
picnic lunch and providing Mrs. Deal
with a box of change to use at pay
stations to call along the way and
report progress to the office. Each
time Mrs. Deal called in, a notice
o f their progress was posted o n the
bulleti n board .
T he two suffered no ill e ffects,
Mrs. June Deal and her son, Mike,
stand beside the bicycles that took
the m from Huntington to Point Pleasant.
excep t that Mrs. Deal was a Ii ttlc
stiff the next day. H er commen t:
" I just may do it again."
THE ILLUMINATOR
October 1961
Page 9
Fourteen Couples Married In Recent Cere:monies
Married in recent weeks were, top row
from left: Mrs. Clarence Eugene
Bryan, Kingsport; Mrs. Larry Mac
Benner, Huntington; Mrs. Arthur R.
Bacon, Kanawha River plant; Mrs.
Richard Herman Perdue, System; Mrs.
Richard Chambers Flora, System; and
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Wayne Hawkins,
System. Bottom row from left: Mrs.
Loren Haines Walker, System; Mrs.
Lawrence E. Rodabaugh, Roanoke;
Mrs. Gerald W . Arnold, Philip Sporn
Plant; Mrs. Walter Lewis Young, Jr.,
System; Mrs. Ronald C. Keith, Welch;
and Mr. and Mrs. William McCracken, Kingsport.
Abele-Bacon
Pittman-Flora
August 26 was the wedding day
of J oanne J ones Pi ttman and Ri chard
Chambers Flora, who were married
at the Thrasher Memorial M ethodist
Church of Vinton, Va. Mrs. Flora
is machi ne operator in the Roanoke
system accounting department.
Hawki ns is the son of 0 . A. H awkins,
general bookkeeping supervisor in the
system accounting department m
Roanoke.
McPherson-Bryan
Pamela Ann Abele was united m
marriage to Arth ur R. Bacon J une
22 at the H yattsville Presbyterian
Chu rch, H yattsville, Md.
Mrs.
Bacon is the daughter of W. B.
Abele, ch ief chemist at the Kanawha
River plan t.
the Church of Christ in Charleston.
Mr. Arnold is a barge attendant at
the Ph ilip Sporn plan t.
Dunn-Benner
Nuckolls-Keith
Patricia Ann Dunn became the
bride of L arry M ac Ben ner on August 26 in the Baptist T emple in
H untington. Mrs. Benner is the
daughter of Carl M. Dunn, administrative assistan t in Hun tington .
Van lnuagen-Marr
A double ring ceremony performed
July I in the Racine Baptist Church
un ited Cora Mae Van l nuagen and
Paul F. M arr. Mr. M arr is a laborer
at th e Philip Sporn plant.
Pulaskians Learn
01 Other Faiths
A desire to see some of the early
churches in America and to learn
more about other types of religi ons
resul ted in a modern-day safari on the
part of I 9 young people and 6 counselors from th e Pulaski First M ethodist C hurch.
Among the group were six . em'oyees' children and one of the
"--i:ounselors was an employee' s wife .
They were Mary Kathryn, daug hter
of R . E. Sheets, meterman; Mrs.
C . N . Robinson, w ife of the heati ng
and builde r sales representative; the ir
daughter, Carole; Martha and Bobby,
child ren of A. E. Lemons, dealer sales
representative; Bobby, son of R. H.
L ove, electrical engineer; and Harry,
son of C. H. Rhett, engineering aide.
T he group's destination was Ocea n
Grove and Asbury Park, N . J., but
on the way they visited many h istorical spots. Riding in five cars and
a Safari Trailer, they visited the
W ashington E piscopal Cathedral, an
Islam ic Mosque, the Lovely Lane
M ethodist Chu rch, D awyer's Presbyterian Church in Delaware, Old
Swed's Episcopal Church and Barrett's Chapel, oldest early American
M ethodist Church and the "cradle
of M ethodism".
T hey camped along the route and
held daily devotional services and d iscussion periods, where they reviewed
what they were learni ng of other
fa iths.
Frances Nuckolls and Ronald C.
Kei th we re united in m arriage in a
double r ing ceremony at the Williamsburg Method ist Church on J une
I 0. Mrs. Keith is the daughter· of
B. M . Nuckolls, Grundy area supervisor.
Stultz-Young
T he St. J ames Episcopal Church
in Roanoke was the setting of the
August 26th wedding of Doris M arie
Stultz and Walter L ewis Young, J r.
Mrs. Young is a service audi t clerk
in the system accounting department
in Roanoke and M r. Young is a
methods and procedures analyst m
the system operating department m
Roa noke.
Edwards-Arnold
Patricia E dwards and Gerald W .
Arnold were married August 27 at
Employee's Wife
To Head Observance
State Chairman fo r the observance
of Uni ted Nations Day in W est Vi rginia this year
is Mrs. H oward
S. M ea d ows,
w ife of the
Bluefi eld
d istrict engineer.
W ell-kn own
m West Virginia broadcastin g ci r c l es,
Mrs. M eadows
i s exec uti ve
Mrs. Meadows
secretary of the
M ercer County H eart Council, and
is a free -lance broadcaster.
Mrs. M eadows served three years
on the International Relations Commi ttee of the Bluefield Civic League,
is past president of the Bluefield
area chapter of the American Association for the U ni ted Nations; was
public inform ation chairman for the
Red Cross in Blue field, and has been
a member of the choir of the Bland
Street Methodist Chu rch.
Robison-Perdue
A candleligh t double ring ceremony perform ed at the Evangelical
Uni ted Brethren Church in Roanoke on August 28 united Gladys
M arie Robison and Richard Herman
P erdue. Mrs. Perdue is the daughter
of Chester L. Robison, J r., system
supervising breaker engineer in Roanoke.
Barrett-McCracken
Ann M arlene Barrett and William
McCracken were married August 20
in the Ketron M emorial Method ist
Church. Mrs. M cCracken is the
daughter of Edward R. Barrett, general serviceman in Kingsport.
Sweeney-Rodabaugh
Coleman- Hawkins
August 27 was the wedding day
of Oneida Lou ise Coleman and Alan
Wayne Hawki ns, who were married
at the Seventh D ay Adventist
Church, Rock Hall, Md.
Mr.
Betty Jean Sweeney and Lawrence
E. Rodabaugh were united in marriage at the Ga rden City Church of
th e N azarene on August 2 7. Mrs.
Rodabaugh is a former Roanoke local
accounting office contract clerk.
I
J\t\\1 S!rrinals
Abingdon
MR. AND MRS. JOHN D. DORTON, a
son, John Rollins, September 13 . Mrs. Dorton
is a former home se rvice rep resentative.
T he M onticello M ethodist Church,
M onticello, Mi ss., was the setti ng
of the August 12th wedding of Ann
Smylie M cPherson and Clarence E.
Bryan. Mr. Bryan is the son of C. J.
Bryan, assistant general manager of
the Ki ngsport U til ities, Inc.
Rice-Trimble
M ary G race Rice and H arry D .
Trimble were married September 9.
Mr. Trimble is a serviceman at the
P ain tsville office of the P ikeville district.
Doss-Walker
Barbara Gtay Doss became the
bri de of Loren H. W alker o n August 26 in the Second Presbyte rian
Church in Roanoke. Mrs. Walker
is a former stenographer in the Roanoke system personnel department.
Mary L. Goodman
Retires At Logan
ROLL. a daughter, Lisa Lyn ne, August 27.
Mr. Carroll is a relay engineer's helper.
Clinch River Plant
MR. AND MRS. HAROLD 0. GAR RETT,
Bluefield
MR. AN D MRS. DAVID R. MANN, a
daughter, Myra Jani ce, August 27, 196 r. Mr.
Mann is lineman in the Pearisburg line depart-
a son, Randa l H., Augu st 24. Mr. Garrett is
a ut ili ty man.
MR. AND MRS. RAY STAMPER, a son.
me nt.
D avid R ay, Sep tember. z. Mr. Stamper is a coal
equipment operator.
Charleston
Gle n Lyn Plant
MR. AND M RS. G. E. "JERRY" CAR-
MR. AND M RS. E. V. H ARRIS, a daughter, Li nda Ma rie, August 19, 196 1. Mr. Harris
Majorette
is a chief chemist.
MR. AND MRS. GEORGE A. TI-IWAITES,
a son, George A. , Jr., A ug ust 28, 19 61. M r.
Thwaites is a uti li ty man and Mrs. T hwa ites
is a former clerk-stenographer.
Kanawha River Plant
M R. AND M RS. J. E. FRAZIER. JR., a
son, Jerry Lee, Aogu st 19, 196 1. Mr. F ra zier
is a conveyor operator.
Mrs. Goodman
Pikeville
MR. AND MRS. JERRY BARTLEY, a
daughter, Robin Renee, August 22 1 1961. M r.
Bartley is an appliance su,viceman.
Roanoke
M R. AND M RS. ARTHUR W. BONDS, a
son, Boyce Nathan, A ug ust
Bonds is a car washer.
16,
196 1,
Mr.
MR. AND MRS. C. J . PUFFENBARGER,
a son, Christopher J a mes, July 24.
barger is a lineman.
Mr. P uffen-
Smith Mountain
MR.
Leah Sue Farris, 15-year-old daughter
of Hazel Farris of Williamson, has
been selected majorette of the Williamson High School band. She was
chosen on the basis of ability, personality, and attractiveness. Musically-talented, Leah plays the piano and
clarinet, and sings in the First Baptist
Church Choir. Her mother is premudit clerk in Williamson .
AND MRS. H OWARD
HUCK, a
daughter, Laura Lea, A ugust 23, Mr. Huc k is
a cost engineer.
M ary L. Goodman, maid at Logan,
retired September I after over 17
years' service.
She was employed May 2, 1944
as maid. F ellow employees presented
her with several gifts on her retirement.
A resident of the Draper Addition
of Logan, she plans to rest up awhile,
enjoy her flowers and home and visit
her daughter and grandchildren.
System
MR. AND MRS. GEORGE T. GOODALL,
JR., a son, George Torman, III, September 14)
196 1. M r. GoodaH is system transmission man.
Welch
MR. AND MRS. HASSEL WOOLDRIDGE,
3 son, David Lee, Augu st 25, 1961. Mrs. Wooldridge is a former Grun dy office pre-audit clerk.
SUSAN VINES to James R. N utter. M r.
Nu tte r is a li ne forema n in Rainell e.
SHIRLEY JEAN KE FFER to T ony Clarke
Garma n.
Roanoloe.
Miss
Keffer
is
a
clerk-typist
in
'l'HE ILLUMJNATOR
Page 10
Little League Honors Go To Roanokers
Three Employees
Win In Tourney
T hree Williamson employees
were among the flight leaders in
the recent Tug Valley Country
Club annual golf tournament.
E. E. King, district superintendent, was first flight runnerup; C. R. Wilson, division power
sales engineer, second flight winner, and E. J. Clouser, district
personnel supervisor, fifth flight
winner. All received trophies
from the sponsor.
These three boys were the heart of the Edgewood Lions Club Little League
team this year, and were all selected on the Salem All-Star team. Fram left,
Richard Watkins, Randall Smith, J. R. Watkins, ca-manager and coach, and
Stephen Watkins. Randall took time out from football practice for this
baseball picture.
A bushel full of baseball honors
came to sons of Roanoke employees
at the close of the recent Little
League season.
Stephen, 9, and R ichard, 10, the
sons of J. R. "Shorty" Watkins,
were picked to the Salem Little
League All-Star team, and R andall
Smith, 11, son of C. E. Smith, air
conditioning engineer, won a bicycle
and an all-expense paid road trip
with the professional Salem Rebels
for having sold the most tickets to
the Roanoke-Salem All-Star Little
League game.
All three boys played on the Edgewood L ions Club team, co-managed
by Shorty Watkins. Richard Watkins,
pitcher and third baseman, was voted
the most valuable player by his teammates. H e hit .397 for the year.
H is brother Stephen led the team in
hitting with .585, and won a trophy
for it, and R andall Smith, the
catcher, hit .43 8.
Randall has swapped the catcher's
mask for shoulder pads for the fall,
Y ounqster Swims,
Dives To Titles
Last year he couldn't swim, but
today he is a champion in the sport.
That's the
12-month story
of 9- year-old
Jimmy Crum,
who recently
won first place
in four events
in
the
first
Swimming Derby at R ipley.
J immy is the
son of ]. E.
Jimmy Crum
Crum, Ripley
meter reader m the Point P leasant
district.
Swimming in the Midgets Class
of Division A, he won the 5 0-yard
freestyle, 50-yard backstroke and 5Oya rd breaststroke. To top off the day,
he took first place honors in diving.
Jimmy's lessons came with the
Cub Scouts, and earlier this year he
went on to advanced courses.
October 1961
Three Veterans
Receive Emblems
and is playing football with the Naval
Resen·e midget team .
Appalachian Power Company
Abinqdon District-25 YEARS: S. F. BOWLING, JR., meterman; C. M. JACKSON, area supervisor. 5 YEARS: A. S. BUCllANAN, pre-audit clerk.
Bluefield District-35 YEARS: DAVE ROWE, area supervisor. 25 YEARS:
IRA W. HENDERSON, administrative assistant; ROY J. KIDD, meter serviceman.
20 YEARS: PHIL H. FRY, meter serviceman; \VTLLlAM M.. GORDON, meter
serviceman; JAMES P. ROSE, lead draftsman. 15 YEARS: ALFRED II. WIIITE,
photographer and reproduction man. 5 YEARS: JACK D. SPRAKER, station man.
Clinch River Plant-10 YEARS: N. E. MIN ICK, unit foreman. 5 YEARS:
G. C. BRADLEY, guard; P. G. CAMPBELL, guard; DONALD LASLEY, utility
man; C. \V. MUSICK, guard; R. L. PARKS, helper; G. E. PUCKETI, utility
operator.
Charleston District-25 YEARS: JOHN G. IIARRISON, right--0£-way agent;
DALE B. STONE. area serviceman. 15 YEARS: STEVE DIDIER, station foreman; FRANK IIARKlNS, collecto~; RALPII E. MY l-:RS, engineering aide; CLIF- (
J
FORD PICKLESlYIER, line inspector; WILLIAM N. WALKER, T&D clerk. 5 ...J
YEARS: ROBERT II. WELLS, coal procurement clerk.
Fieldale District-30 YEARS: LOIS SHEPPARD, cashier-clerk. 25 YEARS:
~I. \V. BRO\\', , district office supervisor; E. L. i\IU:\'DAY, district manager. 15
YEARS: B. C. HARLOWE, working foreman.
Pulaski Golfer
Helps Her Team
To Championship
Glen Lyn Plant-20 YEARS: II. F. DAVIS, equipment operator.
Mr. Mitchell
Miss Brown admires her trophy as a
member of a state golf championship
team.
Playing for the first time over an
18-hole course, Elizabeth Brown
helped lead the T ech Golf Association of Blacksburg to the Class B
championship of the State Women's
Golf Association.
A former employee and daughter
of J ames M. Brown, P ulaski office
supervisor, Miss Brown and her partner defeated another twosome as her
club won over the Farmington Country Club of Charlottesville 70 to
10 .
A 12- handicapper, she has played
most of her golf over the 9-hole
P ulaski Country Club course, where
she holds the ladies' championship.
H er father, who shoots in the low
80's, taught her the game.
AEP Man Promoted
In Army Reserve
F . V. Austin, Jr., head of the
AEP Service Corporation's coordination and budget divisio n, has been
promoted from colonel to brigadier
general in the U . S. Army Reserve.
Mr. Austin commands the 4 10th
Engineer Command (Amphibious
Support).
Booming Bat
Pf EVllLE
8A8£RVTff LEAGUE
For the second year in a row, W. W. Zoellers, Pikeville power sales engineer,
coached the batting champ of the Pikeville Babe Ruth League. Here, Mr.
Zoellers, right, looks on as L. M. Newsom, records supervisor and secretary
and player agent of the league, presents a Louisville Slugger certificate to
Larry Don Newsom. Larry Don, Mr. Newsom's nephew, batted .575 as pitcher
and catcher for the Jaycee team, managed by Mr. Zoellers. The team won
the league championship.
Mr. Rowe
Service emblems for 45 and 3 5
years have been presented in Roanoke, Ashland
and Bluefield.
A l vin H .
Firebaugh observed his 4 5th
year, and completing 3 5 years
were H . T.
Mitchell of
Ash l and and
D ave Rowe of
Bluefield.
Mr. Firebaugh
M r.
Firebaugh, Roanoke m eter serviceman,
was employed as a meter installer in
I 9 16 and became a serviceman in
1920.
H e is a member of the Melrose
Methodist Church and a native of
Botetourt County. He has two
daughters and five grandchildren.
M r. Mitchell, Ashland district
stores supervisor, joined the company in 1926 at Roanoke as a clerk
in system accounting. He was storekeeper, assistant chief storekeeper and
assistant stores auditor before going
to Ashland in 1950.
H e is a native of Glenrichie, Pa.
and a member of the Presbyterian
Church.
Mr. Rowe, Tazewell area supervisor in the Bluefield district, was
born in Wise Coun ty. He joined
the company in 1926.
H e is a member of the Baptist
Church, Masonic Lodge and the
Lions Club.
Huntinqton District-25 YEARS: WILLIAM L. HALSTEAD, meterman helper;
CLYDE R. JOHNSON, chemist; WILLIAM M. LANGSTAFF, division power
sales engineer. 20 YEARS: PAUL M. BAKER, commercial sales representative;
IIERSIIEL V. MAYO, groundman. 10 YEARS: CHARLES E. PORTER, lineman. 5 YEARS: ANNETIA M. ABSIIIRE, stenographer; DOROTHY C. SMITH,
cashier clerk.
Loqan District-20 YEARS: WAYNE E. WARREN, assistant stores supervisor.
15 YEARS: RALPH II. BRAGG, met~viceman.
{
Lynchburq District-ZS YEARS: L. L. CROCKER, area serviceman. 20 YEARS:
E. D. LAYNE, T&D clerk; \V. T. SUBLETT, collector.
Point Pleasant District-20 YEARS: L.i)."'BALDING, Ripley local office supervisor.
Pulaski District-25 YEARS: E. II. CONNER, station man; EARL P. OWENS,
assistant district office supervisor. 20 YEARS: M. T. AKERS, JR., lineman; R. D.
CARSON, electrical engineer. 15 YEARS: J. G. LEONARD, meter serviceman.
Radford Arsenal Steam Plant-10 YEARS: A. J. KEATLEY, auxiliary equipment operator.
Roanoke District-30 YEARS: C. R. MILLS, head contract clerk. 25 YEARS:
D.R. HUNT, line foreman; R. W. SWAIN, station man. 20 YEARS: G. G. BIAS,
meter service helper; F. 0. HANCOCK, station man helper. 15 YEARS: M. C.
SilORT, instrumentman. 10 YEARS: ELIZABETH SYDNOR, elevator operator.
5 YEARS: K. E. FRENCII, draftsman; EDITH M. RUSHER, secretarialstcnographer.
Smith Mountain-10 YEARS: JACK G. FACEMIRE, assistant structural engineer.
Philip Sporn Plant-25 YEARS: HAROLD C. JOHNSON, assistant shift operating engineer.
System-30 YEARS: E. T. GILLS, system supervising transmission engineer,
S. II. WISE, system station superintendent. 25 YEARS: C. V. SMITH, headstores accounting records audit section. 20 YEARS: T. W. OLD, system senior
station engineer. 15 YEARS: W. M. HAULSEE, system station operator; J. L.
WARD, system station operator. 10 YEARS: M. R. CREEDLE, engineering
aide. 5 YEARS: M. L. CROFT, machine operator; C. C. GARRE1T, system
transmission man; G. J. IIODOCK, system transmission man; PATRICIA \V.
HUBBARD, accounts receivable clerk; K.A11IRY R. WEDDLE, stenographer.
Welch District-5 YEARS: ELIZABETH A. MARINE, clerk-typist; JOE L.
MULLINS, general clerk.
Williamson District-20 YEARS: E. E. KING, district superintendent. 15
YEARS: THURMAN BALL, working foreman; J. E. HATFIELD, lineman;
WAYNE HERALD, meter reader.
I
Kentucky Power Company
Ashland District-35 YEARS: H. T . MITCHELL, stores supervisor. 20 YEARS:
R. W. SCll\\'EITZER, power sales engineer.
Hazard District-15 YEARS: A. R. BRASHEAR, serviceman.
Sports Marks
u
Boy Saves Friend
In Lake Incident
Quick action on the part of 13year-old Bobby Sheaff of Roanoke
saved the life of a friend when he
fell into water
over his head
recently.
Bobby, the
son of R. W.
Sheaff of system
meter,
and
some other children were playing after dark
on a cabin
cruiser tied to
Bobby Sheaff
a pier at Claytor L ake. A six-year-old boy, who
couldn't swim, fell from top side.
Bobby quickly jumped in and swam
to safety with the child.
Bobby is a Boy Scout in Vinton
Troop 235, wl1ere he received verbal
instruction in life saving.
Achievements in two different sports were recorded by Ashlanders recently.
At left, Roberta " Bo" Humphrey wa s the winner of the Woman's Club Championship at the Twin Valley Golf Course. She is the wife of Edward Humphrey, Ashland engineer. At right, John Shutt, meter reader, poses with the
15-pound, two-ounce Northern Pike he caught at Wenebegon Lake, Sultan,
Ontario, Canada. The fish measured 39 !12 inches and was caught on o
Johnson Silver Spoon.
THE ILLUMINATOR
October 1961
Page 11
Baseball Strikes Out, Golf Lands In Rough
The Sound Of Bowling Is Heard In The Land
Here is Barbara Adkins, fast becoming powerful opposition in the
Charleston League. She has bowled
less than two full seasons, but has
already pushed her average from 116
to 162, and swept all women's honors
in a summer league, the trophy for
which she holds.
Angler Outlasts
Shark In Unusual
Fishing Battle
Ralph Allen, not unlike a lot of
people, is an active person in sports,
home li fe, his
job. But unlike
many others, he
has only one
arm to use in
pursuit of his
in tcrests.
The St. Albans collector
in the Charleston district, in
addition to his
Mr. Allen
job, raises five
acres of vegetables, serves as County
Commissioner of Putnam County
Court, shoots 90 on the golf course,
plays tennis, swi ms, bowls and hunts
(in the last 9 years he has brought
home 8 deer).
Bu t now comes a story that tops
them all- Mr. Allen on a recent
vacation landed a 4-foo t, 60-pound
shark. Fishi ng off Chesapeake Bay
w ith a small 20-pound line, he had
caught some flounder and croakers.
Suddenly the shark hit his line and
Mr. Allen decided the only thing to
do was to let the shark weal' himself out.
The battle lasted 30 minutes before the shark was finally hauled
aboard the boat. Later when asked
about the catch, MI'. Allen laughed
1nd said, "Any fisherman would unU
erstand that one arm was not nearly
the handicap in this instance as when
trout fishing."
P ack away the baseball gloves, and make room fol' bowling. Fall is on the
land, and that means we shall hear the ru mble and clatter of balls and pins.
At P hilip Sporn plant, a 12-team league has already started action. Guiding
its fortunes are three re-elected officers-Cricket Searls, president,
elson
Roush, vice president, and Ka rl Wiles, treasul'er-and one new officer, Bob
Couch, secretary. Captains of the
At W illiamson too, new officers
teams make up the board of directors.
have been chosen to lead the league
T eams and their captains are:
through the coming season. H enry
Pi pctccrs, G erald M ichael; Kilowatts,
D . H atfield was elected president,
Nelson Roush; Trippers, Wyllis D aAlberta Shelton, vice president, H azel
vis; Coal Docks, J erry Arnold; Half
Farris, secretary, and M yrtle Bevins,
& H alf, Bill Gibbs; Green H orns,
treasure!'. Captains of the six com George Wrigh t; Gri mes Shift, D elpeting teams arc A. 0. Ha tfield, Bill
bert Murray; Emmerts Shift, Charles
Barbour, J. E. "Sonny" Runyon,
King; Carroll's Shift, Charlie CarJerry Akers, Gene H all, and Fred
roll; Pulverize rs, Willis D udding;
Varney.
H ydrovactors, Butch W chr'ung; T cnIn Charleston, the venerable Kilonant's Shift, M ark W ark.
wa tt League started its 3 3-week acA more cen tral location and new
tion September 15, and included
lanes await the 14 teams from Cabin
among its members three men who
Creek and Kanawha plants, M ontha,·e bowled with the league since its
gome ry Office and the Central Appastart in 1938. C. B. T alley, Wallace
lachian Coal Company. This league
Mason and Dick Speas are the vetchose as its officers G. S. Farthing as
erans.
chairman, J eanne Bryant, secretarv,
Again this year the Kilowatt
Betty Sm ith, treasurer', and B. E.
L eague has 12 teams with some
Sheets, J. R. M cGinnis and Robert
changes in both team names and perFleming, board members.
sonnel. The Commercial Department
has a new team, appropriately called
the "Medallions" and there is an allgirl team named " T he Five Amps."
The other teams are the Reddywatts, Systematics, Engine-ears, Eyeballers, Divisioncers, Pulverizers, Live
Wires, P en P ushers, Meterites and
Li ne Tamer's.
The league is bowling th is year at
the remodeled Boulevard Recreation
Center, which features new alleys,
automatic pi nsette rs, under-alley ball
re tu rns, and plush carpeti ng. The
league w ill bowl straight through the
schedule with only one Friday off,
for the Charleston district Christmas
party on December 15.
League Champs
New Champion
William B. McGlothlin, Jr., Marion
meter reader in the Pulaski district,
coached his VFW team to the Little
League championship over 9 other
teams in Marion this season. The
team posted a 12-2 record. Playing
third base was his son, Jackie, at left
on the front row, and cheering the
team on as mascot was his daughter,
Rhonda Lynn, right front. This is
Bill's fourth year as coach.
Wiping out a narrow defeat last year,
Robert Sheffey, Abingdon district engineer, won the Gle nrochie Country
Club golf championship by de fe ating
a former club champion 1 up on the
21st hole. In 1960 he reached the
finals but lost on the 20th hole . Here
he points his dub at the place his
name will be engraved on the golf
championship plaque.
Lucky Seven
Outstanding
Forty Golfers Compete
In Huntington Tourney
It's lucky seven for sure for H. H.
Kincaid, Pikeville district manager.
Last year he made a hole-in-one on
the seventh hole of the Gree n Meadow
Golf Course, and just a few weeks ago
he repeated the performance. The
hole is a par 3 , 103-yarder. This second hole-in-one happened on National
Hole-In-One Day and made him eligible fo r a possible trip around the
world in a sweepstakes drawing.
The outstanding player in the Abingdon Little League this year was 12year-old Charles Gregory, son of Roy
R. Gregory, Washington County crew
lineman. His season's accomplishment included a batting ave roge of
.450, and sele ction to the League
All-Star team for the second year in
a row. 'He played shortstop and caught
for the Jaycee team. His father wos
Jaycee coach and All-Star coach this
ye ar.
Huffillan Wins In Kentucky Golf
R. L. Huffman of Pikeville, right, is
the new champion of the Kentucky
Power Company golf tournament.
Here, he receives the winning cup
from Waldo Lafon of Ashland, 1960
champ.
It's election time for bowlers. At the top are the officers of the Philip Sporn
plant bowling league: Bob Couch, secretary; Karl Wiles, treasurer; Cricket
Searls, president, and Helson Roush, vice president. The last three were reelected to the same jobs they held last year. Bottcm picture shows the new
officers of the Williamson Bowling League. From left: Alberta Shelton,
vice president; Hazel Farris, secretary; Henry Hatfied, preside nt, and Myrtle
Bevins, treasurer.
Leon Huffman of Pikeville defeated Russell F ields of Kanawha
Ri,·er plant on the 2 1st hole to win
the championsh ip flight of the an nual Kentucky Power Company golf
tournament.
A record number of 5 8 employees
and for mer employees took part in
the tourney, played at the Paintsville
Country Club September 23 and 24.
A large gallery followed H uffman
and Fields in the final match and
watched as Fields repeatedly sank
long putts to keep pace with Huffman, before finally losing out on the
third extra hole. Fields defeated
Waldo Lafon and Bob Flynn and
H uffman beat Max Barrett and
Bronson Callihan to advance to the
finals.
· Bar!'ett went on to win the first
flight of the double elimination
tourney from South Dunn. Gary
Layne defeated Bob H ornbuckle in
the second fligh t and Dick Wilson
won O\'er Bill Baird in the third
flight.
Jarrett Wood took fourt h flight
honors O\'er Bill Zoellcrs, while Jim
Bogardus stopped C hester Smith in
the fifth flight. Sixth flight winner
was C. A. Zoellers, who defeated
Craig Fields, and Herb Charles won
by default in the seventh flight.
Other winners were: eighthClifford Boyd over C handos Tackett;
ninth- H erb Kincaid over Stanlcv
Slone; tenth-Tom Watkins, J~.
over J oe Clouser; eleventh-Ed
Humphrey over Don Bryan; twelfth
-Don Gesl ing over Jack Palmer;
thirtecn th-Gaine Stidham over J im
Bu rdsal; and fourteen th-Jim Saltz
over Gus Zopp.
Forty H untington di1·ision golfers turned out September 9 at the Logan
Country Club for the annual division 18-hole golf tournament, and 29 of
them won something.
H ere are the winners: low gross, John Browning, 70; runner-up, Paul
Baker, 74. Low net, Dick Smith, 7 1 ; runners-up, low net, Gene King,
Monte H uffman, Austin Neal, P aul Gosney.
Low putts, Bob Waggoner, Dick Wilson; low gross, six par 3 holes, Jim
Richmond, Bill Witzel, Coy Marshall; high gross, six par 3 holes, Kyle
Moore, Joe Clouser; low gross, two blind holes, Red Bivens, Paul Vannoy,
Bob Musgrave; high gross, two blind holes, Ralph Bragg.
Most pars, front nine, D ean Jenkins and Max Worthington; most pars,
back nine, Carl Elkins, Mi ller Porterfield, Don Coffey, Sonny White,
Cat Everett, Hal Burns; most birdies, H omer Hagaman; high gross,
Corbett Brumfield.
The arrangements committee was R. S. M usgrave, W. R. Witzel, Paul
B:ikcr and M. C . Porterfield. Ernest Bevi ns and Howard Collins were
scorekeepers.
He re are some of the 40 golfe rs who took part in the Huntington division
golf tournament last month in Logan .
October 1961
THE ILLUMINATOR
Paqe 12
A E P Engineering Is Strea:mlined
John D. Dolton pouses in his workshop, surrounded by some of his hondicraft.
Following Advice, Retired Welch Man
Finds Hobby, Is Enjoying Himself
John D. Dalton, retired Welch
line supervisor, took the advice of his
fri ends and found a fine hobby for
himself.
Since retiring March I, 19 58, Mr.
Dalton has bought some woodworking tools- saws, lathes and sandersset them up in the large basement,
and started making corner shelves,
napkin holder's and wall decorations.
Some he keeps, some he gives away,
and some he sells.
Financially, he reports, he hasn't
done any better than to break even.
But that's no real problem: he has
earned enough to buy more tools, and
that's all he wan ts.
Without a roomy basement to head
for, and without a hobby to keep his
m ind and hands busy, Mr. Dalton
says time would hang heavy on him,
especially in the winter.
In doing his work, M r. Dalton
relies on designs that he or members
of his family make, and sometimes he
will borrow ideas from magazines and
woodworking pamphlets.
Now living in Roanoke, Mr. Dalton drove over to Claytor Lake for
the Welch employees' picnic and
showed off many of his products to
his old friends.
Flow Of Time, Work-Savers Continues
As Employees Highlight 'AEP Ideas'
Suggestions by 9 Appalachian employees on better ways to do things
highlighted the September issue of
AEP Operating Ideas.
R. F. Cooke, Roanoke district
office supervisor, in "Bill-Paying
Plan Improves
Customer Service", describes
a sight draft
plan begun in
Roanok e,
whereby customers can aut h orize the
company to issue
drafts
against the i r
Mr. Cooke
c h ec king accounts for their electric service accounts. The plan is being put in to
effect throughout Appalachian.
Three Cabin Creek men-R. E.
Morrison, test engineer; and L. H.
Carn ifa x and J. W. Darlington, mechan ical maintenance men, wrote
"Reclassify Hardinge Mills The Easy
Way." They describe improvements
made over the last several years in
the procedures for reclassifying balls
for the Foster Wheeler, Hardingetype pulverizers that have made the
job easier and safer.
L. W. Price and H. R. Allison of
Charleston's distribu.tion departm ent
tell of a bolt welded on the rear of
a truck to aid in the ground assembling of street light fixtures. The
bolt helps hold the bracket for the
work in a way that the bed of the
truck is still accessible.
"Save By Recovering Inactive
Transformers" was written by C. A.
Simmons, electrical engineer, and
W. F. Machir, T&D record supervisor) of Point Pleasant. The two
describe in detail how the district
recovers inactive distribution transformers at the lowest possible cost.
S. K. Pennington, Glen Lyn plant
test engineer, wrote "How To Maintain Exciters And Avoid Trouble"
with J. A. Oliver, AEP Service Corporation senior electrical engineer,
when Mr. Pennington was on a
training program at the Service Cor-
Mr. Morrison
Mr. Cornifax
Mr. Dorlington
Mr. Price
Mr. Allison
Mr. Simmons
A major reorganization
and
streamlining of the AEP Service
Corporation's engi neering department, effective October I, has been
announced by President Philip Sporn.
Several new engineering divisions have been
created and responsibilities realigned in other
d ivisions.
The changes
were put into
effect, Mr.
Sporn said, "to
strengthen the
Mr. Zimmerman
department's
present operation and to utilize at
their maximum effectiveness t he
many talents and abilities we have
in the organization." He added that
the move will help assure a continuity of experience for future years
"so that we can raise from within
the ranks of the company the great
leaders in engineering and engineering operations and so that we can
also train through engineering great
leaders for the company's needs in
future years."
Newly created by the reorganization are the Civil Engineering Division and the Design and Drafting
Services Division, formerly combined
in the Design Division. In addition,
the Canton (Ohio) Engineering
Office has been redesignated as the
Canton Engineering Division, and
the Computer Applications Section
as the Computer Services Section.
Over-al! direction of the AEP
System's engineering program will
continue to rest with H. A. Kammer,
Service Corporation executive vice
president for engineering-construction-purchasing, and S. N. Fiala,
Service Corporation vice presidentengineering. Both are also directors
of the Service Corporation and of
the parent AEP Company.
The Engineering Department w ill
be headed by Carl P. Zimmerman,
former head of the Electrical Engineering Division, who has been promoted to chief engineer of the Service Corporation. In this capacity he
succeeds Mr. Fiala, who previously
had held the dual responsibilities of
engineering vice president and chief
engineer, and thus becomes only the
third chief engineer in the past 28
years.
Three new engineering posi tions
have been created by the reorganization in a move described by Mr.
Sporn as designed to make the most
effective use of the engineering
knowledge and capabilities of the
three veteran engi neers assigned to
these posts. They are: E. A. Kammer,
former' head of the Design Division,
who has been named consulting civil
and design engineer; T. T . Frankenberg, former head of the Mechanical
Engineering Division, appointed consulting mechanical engineer; and
John H. Kinghorn, deputy head of
the Electrical Engineering Division,
named consulting electrical engineer.
Logan District
Retiree Dies
Mr. Machir
Mr. Pennington
poration. The article, which runs
over six pages, points out some of
the problems that may be encountered w ith generator exciters at plants,
corrective measures to be taken and
preventive measures necessary to
avoid these problems.
Mortimer L. "Buck" Collins, reti red Logan district employee, died
August 22 in the Veterans Hospital
in Huntington. H e was 69.
Mr. Collins started work for the
company September 8, 192 5 as a
lineman, and retired January I,
193 1. He took early retirement due
to a disability which resulted in the
loss of a leg.
He was born in Gravesmill, Virgin ia, and served in the first World
War. H e is survived by two brothers.
Mr. Kommer
Mr. Frankenberg
Mr. Kinghorn
Mr. Hroncich
Mr. Dolan
Mr. Tillinghast
Mr. Bornes
Mr. Hunter
Mr. Stagg
Mr. Zobel
Functions of the former Design
Division have been divided between
the two new divisions. Mark J.
Hroncich, former head of the Civil
Engineering Section of the Design
D ivision, now serves as acting head
of the new Civil Engineeri ng Division. John E. Dolan, former staff
engineer in the Nuclear Power Section, has been named head of the
new Design and Drafting Services
Division.
Appointed head of the Mechanical
Engineering Division succeeding Mr.
Frankenberg is John A. Tillinghast,
forme r staff engineer in that division
who in recent months has been serving as project engineer for construction of the new 580,000 kilowatt
Unit 4 at the Tanners Creek plant
in Indiana.
Howard C. Barnes, former assistant
head of the Electrical Engineering
Division, has been elevated to division head replacing Mr. Zimmerman.
Assigned as project engineer for
Tanners Creek Unit 4 in place of
Mr. Tillinghast will be Robert S.
Hunter, former assistant head of the
Nuclear Power Section.
The newly designated Computer
Services Section, headed by Glenn W.
Stagg, which handles all of the nonaccounting computer application work
of the entire AEP System, will report to the chief engineer under the
new set-up. Previously it was part
of the System Planning and Analytical Division.
In another realignment, the Trans-
mission Section, headed by E. S.
Zobel, was moved from the Electrical Engineering Division; it too will
report to t he chief engineer.
Also, most electrical construction
work has been removed from the
Construction Division. Robert E.
Bair, newly named manager of transmission line construction, and Richard C. Miller, new manager of substation construction, will now report
to the chief engineer, except for
power plant substation construction,
which remains in the Construction
Division.
In his announcement, Mr. Sporn
said that the reorganization would
help ensure that the AEP System w ill
continue to have "an excellent engineering department-perhaps the
best of any utility in the United
States." He added that it would
"bring fo rward a group of our very
able younger engineers to posts of
h igher administrative and technical
responsibility which it is clear they
are ready to assume and which they
need to assume in the interest not
only of the work they are able to
perform now but also in the in terest
of the future of the company."
Average age of those involved in
the promotions wi thin the Engineering Department is 42, he pointed
out.
Retired Employee
Dies In Charleston
A. W. Huseby Named
To AEP Position
Albert W. Huseby has been named
administrative assistant to H. A.
Kammer, executive vice president in
charge of engineering and construction of the AEP Service Corporation.
For the past five years Mr. Huseby
has been chief of the Planning and
Construction Department of the Sao
Paulo Light and Power Company of
Brazil.
Mr. Huseby previously
worked in the relay and control engineering fields for the AEP Service
Corporation from I 94 7 to I 9 5 0 and
for Ebasco Services, Inc. from 1950
to 1953.
He holds both B.S. and M .S. degrees in electrical engineering from
Columbia University.
Mr. Asbury
H oward P. Asbury, 7 1, retired
Charleston district lineman, died
August 26 after a long illness. H e
retired in I 9 55 after more than 3 5
years of service with the company.
Born at Heizer, W. Va., he was a
life-Jong resident of Kanawha County.
Mr. Asbu ry was a veteran of the
fir'st World War, having served in
the artillery in 191 8- 19, and was a
member of the Bethel Baptist Church
in Spring Hill.
Survivors include his wife, a stepson, a stepdaughter, and seven grandchildren.
