The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-31

| WINESS UPEKAIlUN
OF new GENERATOR
City officials, citizens and light
plant employees aliked halted their la
| bors temporarily Saturday afternoon
| to pay tribute to the starting of the
new 5,000-kilowatt turbine generator
at the municipal light plant. Steam
was turned into the turbine at 1:20
o'clock Saturday afternoon. The full
| load was switched on the generator
about 20 minutes later, and the new
! machine started a 20-day test run.
William B. Kennedy, a representa-
tive of the Westinghouse company,
and Mayor Zimmerman were the first
to turn steam into the machine for
! it's official start.
| American Flag Raised
! Air used to yentilate the generator.
rushing from a vent on top of the
J machine. raised an American flag and
! brought a cheer from the crowd.
The new generator was started at 4
pressure of approximately los pounds
I
quired to get the machine under way
and warmed up to its work, accord
ing to the statement of Mr. Ken
nedy.
Engineers Present
| ]. p. Dillon, superintendent of the
plant, ]. d. Lyon, consulting engineer,
and others who helped assemble he
huge machine were present to attend
irc rIr hoI e,f-o
toned at all dangerous points in the
plant, to insure safety to the citizens
passing by. Members of the working
force of the plant had been assigned as
| guides TO conduct citizens to all parts
of the plant.
/ The new machine turns over at a
speed of $500 revolutions per minute
and a total of % tons of metal is in
motion when it is running. 1t is
capable of carrying all the load thai
had hitherto been handled by foul
units in the plant. 1t weighs $50 tons
tan church have been invited to be
the guests of the ladies of the Chris
tian church at Cambridge City. Tues
day afternoon, Jan. 2. Mrs. Lawrence
Wissler of Abingdon. has been yer.
sick at the home of her mother, Mrs
John Kellum - The 500 club me
Wednesday afternoon with Mrs Jane,
Doddridge. -. The Cary club will NEE
Thursday afternoon, Jan. 5, with Mrs
E. P. Jones.
NEW MADISON, Ohio-Will Hol
lingsworth and daughter, Marjorie, o
Richmond were the Tuesday dime
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John Heironi
, mus. e.. Mr.. and Mrs. George Izor, MI
and Mrs. Charles Morris and Mr.. ant
Mrs. Ed. Grubbs of Greenville wer
2 callers Monday at the home of Nj
and Mrs. J. F. S. Hageman . . Mis-
, Edna Smalker of Dayton is spending
her vacation with her mother, Mrs
1zetta Smoker. R. P. Bennett wa
called to Palestine to take charge o
the funeral of Henry Juday Wednes
day. A choir from the U. B. churcl
here also was in attendance. E. Con
siderable excitement was caused a
f the Chenoweth garage Wednsda
/, afternoon by the ignition of som
pitch which was being heated in tn
welding room. Although there wa
:. quite blaze and the fire engine wa
called out, no serious damage resulted
Z MlS. NdtS muse W DIS NItSns
= visitor Saturday w Mr. and Mrs
George Eley were near West Manches
ter Wednesday assisting Mr.. and Mrs
Joe Folkerth with theire butchering.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Ruse spent Sur
day in Richmond with Mr. and Mrs
Ed Rogers and Mrs. Lou Ebling $500.
George Eley is preparing to move hi
family to Columbus where he ha
> n
; operator by the railroad company. ..
! Mr.. and Mrs. Eley spent Wednesda,
with Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Folkertl
near West Manchester. Mrs. Oma
, Coblentz returned Monday evening
= from Georgetown, KY, where sh
. spent Christmas with Harry Coblent
, and family. . Mrs. Sarah Zechman o
= Germantown is spending the holiday
!, with her daughter, Mrs. Ezra Price.
Frank Coblentz and son, Walter, O
= Preble county were in town Wednes
t. day.
= CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind.-Claud
Evans has been i'll. . Mrs. Gather
of Pershing is i'll at the home of he
= daughters, Mrs. Charles Close. -. CHI
; ford Oldham is ill. The Baptist vii
! night, New Years eve. An entertain
ment will be given at the Christia
church, Saturday evening for the ne7
i converts The Eastern Star chapte
of Centerville, will entertain the Mi
ton chapter, Friday at installation.
7 Mrs. Cornellia Boyer is very i'll 49,.
= Mr.. and Mrs. c. T. Wright of Indiar
! apolis visited relatives here recent
! . Mr.. and Mrs. g. D. Filby of Ii
dianapolis spent over Christmas wit
his mother Mrs. Anna Filby. Mr.:
Arthur Hodson, Mrs. Roy Copelan
, and Mrs Halle Kerlin, entertained tn
! children of the Christian church, i
= the auditorium, of the church Wedne!
day afternoon to a Christmas part!
The decoration of Christmas tree
: and colors. The afternoon was d.
lightfully spent in games and contests
/ also an amusing feature was the e.
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