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ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-08-31

Putokaz "a clanstvo pri-
jatelje IL Philadelphia i Cam
den, N. J. okolice: Uzmite
Bus broj 21 81 Public Ser
vice, Black Horse Pike do
Anderson Avenue, te tn kre-
mute ma desno i slijedite u
pute postavlj jenih znakova "a
piknik.
Ma ranijem nasem sastan-
ku SrediSnji Odbor je bio "a
kljucio, da mi priredimo i po-
casni banket "a delegate u
ponedjeljak, 10. septembra,
isti dan kad pocne konven-
cija. Ali poslije u sporazumu
sa Izvrsnim Odborom H.B.Z.
oval zakljucak Sc je izmije-
nio, te &c Sc banket odrzati
Il ime Zajednice u srijedu ve-
Ger, 21. septembra.
Stoga pozivamo sve nase
clanove i njihove prijatelje,
kao i sve ostale naSe jugo-
slavenske narode u Philadel-
phia Camden, N. j., da mas
posjete ma ovom pikniku u
sto vecem broju, jer cete svi
imati priliku da Sc upoznate
sa delegatima i ostalim od-
bornicima casnicima nase
Zajednice.
Sredisnji Odbor zeli sretan
dolazak svima delegatima
delegaticama u Philadelphia,
Pa, kao | dobar uspjeh ma
devetoj konvenciji nase Ia
jednice.
Svi nam dobro dosli!
Ia Sredisnji Odbor:
Blaz Culjak, predsjednik;
Sine Bacinich, potpredsj.;
John Opacak, blagajnik;
Thomas Koss, tajnik.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-08-31
Brat Juraj kuIas 50-god.
Clan Hry. Brat. zaiednice
Oakland. Calf. =

Oakland, Calf. - Mas sta
ri i uzorni zajednicar, brat
Juraj Kulas, clan odsjeka 356
"Velebit" H.B.Z., navrsio je
so godina u mjesecu maju o.
We godine, sto je Clan Hrvat-
ske Bratske Zajednice.
Brat Kulas je rodjen u Sc
lu Ravno, Herzegovina, odak-
lie je dosao u ovu zemlju 60
dine 1908. u Cementon, N. Y.
Dvije godine nakon svoga do
laska u ovu zemlju on je po-
krenuo pitanje medju svojim
znancima i prijateljima, da bi
trebali organizirati bratsko i
potporno drustvo u nasem je-
ziku. III znanci prijatelii su
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-08-31
Ia povetanje hrv.
DijeIa zajednicara

Melcher, Iowa. Citao sam
dopis u Zajednicaru Cd brata
Antona F. Sroka, Clana od-
sjeka 255, gdje preporuca da
Sc Zajednicar poveca ma wise
stranica. ia sam isto u pri-
log tog misljenja, te prepo-
rucam delegatima nase iduce
konvencije, da povecaju Ia
jednicar ma wise stranica, Ia
ko da urednik imade wise pro-
stora "a aktivnosti nasih od-
sjeka i Zajednice, i da uvijek
ne moljaka urednika engle-
skog dijela Zajednicara, da
mu ustupi koju starnicu, jer
to nije dobro nj lijepo.
Po MON misljenju, nije to
dosta donasati samo aktiv-
nosti naSih odsjeka i Zajed-
nice u Zajednicaru, nego bi
Zajednicar tre b a o da bude
dobra i poucna novina, da
nam donasa novosti IL sta
re nam domovine Hrvatske i
cijelog svijeta. Takodjer da
donasa clanke i dopise ucenih
ljudi, bill oni clanovi H.B.Z.
iii ne. Takvi clanci bi mas pro-
svjescivali svi bi Sc wise Ia
nimali "a nasu organizaciju.
Medju takove uc e ljude
spada gosp. P. D. Ostovic,
koji pise poucne clanke o Ju-
goslaviji, narcotic o Hrvati-
ma i Srbima. Neslazem Sc da
bio tko raspiruje mrznju IL
medju bilo kojeg naroda, a
osobito izmedju brace Hrva-
ia Srba, ali Sc slazem sa
gospod. Ostovicem, koji mje-
ri jednakom mjerom Hrvati-
ma i Srbima, te koji zago-
vara slozni jedinstveni rad
"a dobrobit njihove zajednic-
ke hrvatske domovine.
Neki clanovi prigovaraju,
da nemaju poucnih clanaka
u Zajednicaru, jer ovo sest
stranica u hrvatskom dijelu
nije dosta niti "a nase aktiv-
nosti, a kamo Ii "a nesto dru-
go. Procitaju ono Sto iii Ia
nina, a ma engleskim strani-
CANA pregledaju slike, posto
malo ina starijih clanova, ko-
il razumiju citati englesko
stivo. Ako koji cd starijih i
razumije nesto engleski, on
ipak najradse cita hrvatsko
stivo.
Stoga mislim da delegati
ma prosloj konvenciji nisu do
bro ucinili, kad su hrvatski
dio Zajednicara smanjili sa
osam ma sest stranica, a en-
gleski dio povecali sa cetiri
ma sest stranica. Neki SUI moz-
da mislili da &c time udovo-
ljiti nasim mladjima, a neki
SUI to chill il osvete uredniku
Vukelicu. No oni Sc nisu O.
svetili Vukelicu, nego su sc
osvetili mama starijim clano-
vima. Zato prosim sve dele
gate, da uzmu u obzir mas
starije clanove, koji vecinom
citamo samo hrvatsko stivo,
pa da zbog toga povecaju hr-
vatski dio Zajednicara ma vi
Sc stranica, pa ako je mo-
guce da Sc poveca engleski
dio.
Sada brace delegati Sc
sire delegatice, zelim vam do
bro zdravlje i da uspjesno
provedete nasu iducu konven-
ciju, "a dobrobit nase Zajed-
nice njezinog clanstva.
Vinko Krizman,
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-08-31
Frank SuIentich, Jr.
Princeton r. &. Can.

Princeton, B. c., Can. -
Odsjek broj 715 javlja RADIOS
nu vijest swim prijateljima i
clanovima H.B.Z., da je po-
vecao svoje redove S mladim
clanom, bratom Frank Su-
lentich, Jr., koji je presao IL
gnijezda Pomlatka u redove
odraslog clanstva. Njegovu
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-08-31
Doeek delegate Devete konvencije sa
Piknikom pros|avom b1-god. H. B. Z.

Philadelphia. Pa. - Sredsnji Odbor Odsjeka H.BZ.
Philadelphia, Pa Camden N j. priredjue o cetvrti
jedni6arsk pknk, koj ce odrzati nedeu, Is. sep
tembra 1885, u Belmaur, n. j.
Posto deegati dolaze subotu H. septembra Phia-
depha Pa soga e Sredisnji Odbor zakluco, da do
Geka delegate stanici kada stgnu grad Philadelphia
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-08-31
DieCii Dom Hrvafske Brafske zaiednice
Sto Clanstvo misli Diecjem Domu

Des PLANES, Ill. - vrijeme nije bas najzgodne
pisat Djecjem Domu, jer zagovarat ga, da je po-
treban, ima MENU onoliko djece kolko bi
gao prmiti = namece panje so &c mama Djec Dom
No, nije ptanje nj koliko djece ina MENU, vec e
ptanje da ist moze uzdrzavati danasnm uplata-
da drzavni nadgednici budno paze. kako
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-08-31

ovog ne bi trebalo pitati, da
Ii je dijete clan iii nije. Ako
nije clan, takovom bi Sc, po
misljenju naplacivalo
$500 tjedno, a clanovima
$1,000 tjedno.
Ovo je moja preporuka, ali
Sc ne mora primiti. Ovo je
kao predocenje delegatima,
da bi Sc ovako moglo maj
bolje proci, pa ako je pro-
vedivo, a ia mislim, da jest,
onda Sc upustimo u takav po-
sac, pax &c nam i Dom i H.
B. z. doci i ma bolji glas i do
boljeg uspjeha.
Ovdje u okolici postoji je-
dan zavod "a djecu cd do
seljenika IL prekomorskih ze-
malta, liz jedne skandinavske
drzave, ali cije ime necu spo-
minjati, jer neznam, da Ii Sc
to smile iii ne. Oni imaju u
svojem zavodu nesto oko sto-
thu djece, a mi kroz ljeto
tako nesto imamo, te potrose
godisnje ma popravke i raz-
no oko 100000 dolara. Mi
hov godisnji prihod = bas j.
mann pred sobom njihov IL
vjestaj - "a godinu 1854.
bio je $123,255.26. Dakle, ka-
ko Sc veil u izvjescu, izdatak
je bio veci Cd primitka "a
$16,255.26 ill sa "deprecia-
tion" $26,348.12. Nesto oko
jedanaest i pol hiljada wise
nego u godini 1858.
Oni su samo "a hranu po-
trosili prosle godine blizu
$27, 100000, a place svemu O.
soblju SUI iznosile $66,174.09.
Kada sam usporedio sa ma
Sim, onda SUI njihove place
bile wise cd nasih tri prema
jedan. No, ali ovo ne znaci,
da mi moramo u ovom slije-
diti nekoga, jer oni sami ovo
ne wade IL svojih dzepova,
vec je tn drzava, koja iii po-
maze, pax onda razni "Tag
Days., sve drugo, sto Sc
ubraja u pomoc i fond Mi
hove institucije. Oni say no.
vac, koji drzava daje djeci,
ubiru kao uplatu "a dijete, i
onda il toga Sc oni naplacuju
i uzimlju djetetu, sto mu tre-
ba.
ia znam, kod mas nije ia
ko, ali bas zato mi Sc mora
mo maknuti sa mrtve tocke
i poe e i poslovati ma neke
vrsti trgovackoj podlozi, jer
drzati Sc stare prakse, koja
je kroz dvadeset godina "a
starjela kao zidovi i podovi
u kuci, mi necemo daleko do
ci, jer iii cemo morati pre-
stati sa Domom, iii &c ga dr.
zava sama Cd mas uzeti, ako
Sc ne bi cinilo ono i onako,
kako to odgovara danasnjem
duhu vremena.
Meme jadi, kad Sc pise, ka-
ko je neko imao sastanak ov-
die iii ondje, i koga Sc je
htjelo da bude iii ne ,bude
predsjednik; odnosno ko Sc
iznevjerio kome, ali Sc malo
posveeuje paznje, kako da do
vedemo H.B.Z. njezin Die
cji Dom, da nam olaksa, a
ne da nam je uvijek ma te-
ret. Ear i mi nemamo pravo
staviti sve ma trgovacku pod
logu, i gdje to stoji, da bi
u protivnom bill oporezovani.
Recimo, da iznajmimo nasu
bascu "a Nlete (picnic grove)
dvadesetak puta ma godinu
po $500, i da sc stavi u bla-
gajnu 81, 10000, odakle bi Sc
ako nista wise, barem plati-
10 potroske oko popravaka i
bojadisanja kuca, pax onda
da iznajmimo nase ljetovalis-
te doticno kupaliste, jedan sat
ma dan "a nekoliko raznih
grupa, koje mas to traze, pax
bi i tn doslo toliko, da sc
pIati OnOp ko 1lnrav1ia lieto-
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-08-31

sve Il Domu razvija. ia imam
priliku sastati Sc S NINA ba-
rem sest puta ma godinu, te
svi oni j u svako vrijeme ira
Re neke preinake. Jednom ira
ze ormare u swim sobama i
u swim kucama, a drugi put
male ormare sa lampama;
treci put ormare sa ogledali-
ma; zavjese po swim kucama,
po swim sobama; pokrivace
"a podove, sofe, televizije i
sve redom. Traze oni uredje-
ME u swim kucama tako, da
bi islo uporedo sa jednom bo-
lie stojecom americkom obi
telji.
Danas sc djeci ne moze da-
ii stanovita svota novca on
da traziti cd njih obracun.
Novac Sc daje djeci i djeca
moraju sama, bez naloga u
pravitelja, potrositi tai no.
vac, kako oni misle, da je
najbolje, jer owl drzavni mad
glednici kazu, da sc tako die
te priprema sa upravljanjem
novca kad odraste. Naravski,
ia sc ne slazem u svemu S Mi
ma, jer je lako trositi tudje,
ali ko mas pita, jer tn je "a
kon, tn je organizacija, koja
sc zalaze "a djecu, pax ako
sc ne cini, sto oni nalazu, do
bije sc cd njih odgovor:: Con-
da predlozite vasem clanstvu,
da ga zatvore." Tako nam ne
XII cd nadglednika kazu, pax
prema tome morat &c Sc u
zeti u obzir, sto da Sc radi
s Djecjim Domom.
Naravski, ia sam daleko
Cd toga, da predlozim, da ga
Sc rijesimo. Ne cato, jer sam
ia upravitelj Donna, vec "a
to, jer je on potreban "a o.
no jedno dijete, koje je O.
stale bez roditelja, pax treba
njegu, odjecu i obucu, a mi
smo sc, maine, oni koji su
zasnovali Djecji Dom, zavje-
tovali, da cemo toj takovoj
djeci pomoci. u tome je ma
sa snaga i mas uspjeh, da Sc
"a djecu zauzimljemo da
djeci pomazemo, a po samom
Domu "a mas sc narod sauna
10 u ovim drzavama ma da-
leko i siroko. Dom je jedini,
koji mas pred Amerikancima
prikazuje, sto smo i ko smo.
Dom je trosak "a clanstvo
H.B.Z., no ako pomislimo, da
do sada placamo samo pet
cent? po clanu "a uzdrzava-
ME Djeejega Donna, onda Sc
covjek malo i zasrami, jer
koliko puta bacimo po pet
cent? u kakovu ludoriju, a da
nj ne govorim, kad Sc napije-
mo, da nam piva curl umje-
sto u usta oko ovratnika u
njedra. Dakle, "a uzdrzavati
Djecji Dom - malo je pet
cent?, pax ako ga Sc misli i
dalje imati, morat &c Sc vrati-
ii ma nesto wise, dok sc oko
MEGA sve sredi uredi onako,
kako Sc danas, u modeno
doba radi.
Da Sc Djecji Dom danas
pusti il ruku clanstva HBZ,
vjerujte mi, da bi Hrvatskoj
Bratskoj Zajednici bilo, kao
da bi kljastom covjeku od-
nio Stake il ruku. Dom je
mama potreban sve dok ina
mo i jedno dijete u MENU,
pax vec sada molim clanove
H. B. T., da svojoj delegaciji
preporuce, da Sc "a isti po-
wise uplate, ako cato nema
drugih dohodaka, da Sc mo-
ze Dom i sve oko MEGA sta
viii ma takav stepen, da od-
govara ovoj okolici, koja je
u svakom pogledu uznapre-
dovala u zadnjih deset-pet-
naest godina.
Ako Sc ne moze dobiti die
ce bez roditelja, ia bib vec
sada preporucio, da Sc otvo-
re neke kuce "a djecu kao
Nursery Home, da Sc po
svakom takvom djetetu ma
placuje deset dolara tjedno,
n J. on
The Nome nugget., 1955-01-03
ALASKA AIRLINES

To Anchorage: David Kakaruk, Roger Atoruk, Peter Norton, John Heafer, Ellen Tootkaylok, Janet Amuktoolik, Robert Jacobs, Dr. and Mrs. J. Weinberg, Ray Ken nedy, Bill Tweet. To Unalakleet: Rosaline Okit- kan.
 From Moses Point: Elmer Hou- gar, Loretta David.
 From Unalakleet: Theresa Kout- chak and infant
 From McGrath: Raymond SOule
The Nome nugget., 1955-01-03

Fine Job Printing at The Nugges
The Nome nugget., 1955-01-03
Helen Sahlin And Harold Bell Are Married On Jan. 1st.

Helen Sahlin, daughter of Si Sahlin, and Harold Bell, son of MT. and Mrs. Bert Bell, were married on New Years Day by US. Commissioner Robert Oliver.
 Standing up for the couple were Katherine and Stephen Dickson. Many friends of the families were in attendance.
 After the marriage ceremony a reception was held at the home of Si Sahlin for the young couple.
 Both the bride and groom are former High School students and Harold is employed by the US. Smelling Co. in the power plant.
The Nome nugget., 1955-01-03
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by the

Compiled by the US. Dept. of Commerce Weather Bureau Forecast Nome: Continued cold and clear. Low temperature ex- pected tonight -27, high tomorrow -12.
 Nome data last 24 hours as of ' am. today: highest temperature 2, lowest 20. Max. wind 26 mph from the NV. Sunrise at 9:55 a.m., sunset at 2:16 pm.
 A year ago today: high temper ature 25, low g. Extremes this date since 1907: highest 34 in 1922, lowest -34 in 1949.
The Nome nugget., 1955-01-03
DAVID RUSSELL MARRIED

David Russell, son of Margaret Russell of this city was married in Fairbanks on Dec. 23rd.
 MT. Russell who is with the US. Engineers, is we'll known in Nome having been at Nome Field for several years and has mined in the Seward Peninsula area.
The Nome nugget., 1955-01-03
NEW BARBER SHOP OPENS

George Chapman, son of Mrs. Robert Oliver, returned to Nome after completing four years service in the Navy and graduating from barber college.
 He is opening a barber shop today in the basement of the Boring Sea Club and plans to keep open until in the evening.
The Nome nugget., 1955-01-03
WEEK OF PRAYER

Gatherings of Christians are meeting all over the world this week for a special Week of Prayer. Nome Gospel Home is planning special prayer periods ali II am. and , pm. daily. Come and fellowship in prayer with us before the throne of grace.
The Nome nugget., 1955-01-03
Margaret Heller 10 Koizebue

Margaret Heller, station man ager for Alaska Airlines in this area, left for Kotzebue today on an orientation and familiarization trip.
The Nome nugget., 1955-01-03
MIMI HOSPITAL

Admitted: Loretta David.
 Discharged: Pauline Curran, Wilfred Eakon, Genevieve Rock
The Nome nugget., 1955-01-03

Summer is the season when children slam the doors they left open all winter.
The Nome nugget., 1955-01-03
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Inventory Blanks al Nome Nugget
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
Stone Family Is Supplying
County Buildings with Stone
From Stoneyhurst Quarry

Capt Moore became enthusiast
tic over the building of the C&O
Canal, and bought the tract so
that he could provide stone to be
used in its construction.
The quarry produced enormous
regularly-shaped pieces of very
hard blue gneiss. The stone was
transported with oxen, over a
private right-of-way to the canal,
where if was loaded onto barges.
Quarrying was done by hand with
hammer and drills, and fuses for
blasting were lit by hand
When Capt. Moore died, his
son sold a quantity of stone to
Oak Hill Cemetery for steps and
slabs for graves, but this line be.
came Improbable and was aban-
doned..
For years after that the stone
lay untouched. In 1921 Mrs.
Stones husband died, and three
years later the barns and equip
ment on her farm were destroyed
by fire, along with the whole
years harvest.
Mrs. Stones friends advised
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29

parents, to be sure their chill
drenS kites have no metal in the
cords. Kites o f e become
tangled in power wires, he said,
and metal in the cord will carry
current right to the child holding
the kite.
Currently, do-it-yourselfers are
a big headache to the service de-
partment. HomeoWnerS w III o
don't bother to call in an cleo
trician to wire the new rumpus
room because they're sure they
know how to do it sometimes
blow out all the power in their
houses, then call the experts
from the electric company to re-
store service.
One man who thought he knew
how to make a new electric out
let burned his hand severely -
and blew out his lights - when
he plugged the cord in.
An increasing number of home
power failures are due to the
fact that householders use many
more electrical appliances than
their houSeSe were originally
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
Book Written
After Question
ByLOcalGirl

A book, This Created World"
by Rev. Theodore Parker Ferris
was inspired by letter written
to the editor of the Washington
Post by a Rockville Elementary
School siXth-grade pupil.
The little girl wrote, 1--WE are
studying the world in our school
and we would like some informa-
ton on the following topics: %
How the world started; (2) How
the world changed; 90 How the
world actually is now; (4) Our
relationship to the world; and 90
How we can best leave the world
for those who follow us.
The editor replied, eve can an
swer just one point: How the
world is now. The answer is,
Terrible. All the other answers
are in the Bible, particularly in
the story of Jesus"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29

wired to support, Mr. Weddle
said.
This is a nationwide problem.
Here. he said, the only thing that
can be done is to try to educate
the public about the necessity for
adequate wiring. This is being
done. Eventually he feels, the
situation may lead to a change
in building codes.
MIR. Weddle is justifiably
proud of the fact that many
letters from customers praise
PEPCO's service crews. The
company makes sure all of itst
workers know that their function
is to serve the public, he said.
Asked whether he thinks the
future will Sc a substitution Of
atomic power for conventional
methods of production of cleo
tricity, Mr.. Weddle says it will
be "a long, long time"
Even now, he says, PEPCO and
other power companies are en-
gagged in research on the feast
bility of power plants run by
atomic energy
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29

her to sell the farm and come to
the city, but she refused because
she loved the county where she
was born.
81 was desperate and prayed
to God for guidance" she said,
but / had no thought of the
quarry, when a gentleman l had
never seen rode up to me on the
lawn and said, Mrs. Stone, you
have fine stone on your place.
If you will have it quarried and
delivered, l will buy it.
at seemed a Stupendous under
taking for me, but 1 hired some
men and bought a secondhand
truck guaranteed for two years.
and started in. Before the two
years expired 1 ordered new
trucks.
81 took samples to the Bureau
of Standards and received a fine
report. l was told by the direc-
tor that it would create a new
era in building" Mrs. Stone con-
tinued.
The six quarries now being
worked on the place produce
eight distinct colors with varia-
tons. The workings have yield.
ed up to 100 tons day and EN-.
ployed 80 men.
Stoneyhurst QuarrIes have fur.
nished stone for the Mount Yer.
non Boulevard, the Washington
bridges at P Street, K Street and
Massachusetts Avenue, and for
many residences and churches in
the area.
The Washington Cathedral
used the stone in the floor oil
crypt number two, College of
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
Since 1892

Now operated by a great-grand-
son Of the first owner, the Stoney-
hurst Quarries, near Cabin John,
off River Road, have been fur
nishing building materials for
homes, roads and other construc-
ton in the area for 122 years.
]. Dunbar Stone, of Glenmore
is the present quarter on the
site.
His mother, Mrs. Lilly c..
Stone, who just turned %, ran
the quarry for about 30 years.
She has the original deed, dated
December /, 1882, which recog-
niZed the sale of the quarry land
to Capt. John Moore and John d.
w. Moore for $2,159.39h2.
Robert Davidson sold the land
to Capt. Moore, who was one of
the defenders of Fl. McHenry in
Baltimore during the war of 1872.
The purchaser, incidentally, is
the Captain John for whom Cabin
John is named. The Cabin" in
the name is a corruption OF cap
tain. He was Mrs. Stones
grandfather.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
First Electric
Lines Baffled
Some Users

"The coming of electricity has
revolutionized farming and house
keeping" says Dan Weddle,
assistant superintendent of the
overhead lines division of Poto-
mac Electric Power Co. for the
Rockville area.
Mr. Weddle, a former mayor of
Rockville, has worked with power
companies for 43 years, 30
of them with PEPCO. When he
started working in Montgomery
County, only a few sections of
Rockville were electrified. The
lines were carried out into the
country, until the entire county
was electrified.
Some people were baffled by
electricity in its early days, Mr..
Weddle says. One DarnestoWn
homeowner had his home wired.
Shortly afterward, a visiting
neighbor asked him why he had
no lights.
"They haven't filled them up
yet" the householder said. No
one had told him that he had to
put bulbs in the sockets.
Until about 1915, many COM
panieS used mules to do all the
work. By 1910, radios had been
installed in company trucks to
tell service crews where they
were needed.
About 1916, two way radio
equipment was introduced. This,
says Mr.. Weddle, has been the
biggest factor in making emer-
gency service quicker and more
efficient.
Throughout the years, he says,
the biggest problem for the cleo
trio company has b e n big
storms, which knock down wires
and cut off electricity in whole
areas. Mr.. Weddle himself is on
call "a hours day for emergency
work, and service crews some
times work 20 to 80 hours at a
stretch to restore service.
About six years ago, an eX-
plosion at the Bethesda substa.
ton damaged the building. Work.
ing constantly PEPCO workers
restored service to a large black.
ed-out area within IS hours.
Mr.. Weddle pointed out the
danger of touching any wire
hanging from a pole or tree. The
company, he said, considers any
wire to be "alive" that is
carrying current - until proved
dead. IA constant safety cam
paign is carried on to educate
workers and the public about the
danger of carelessly handling
wires.
He sounded a warning t
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
LEAD IN TAXES

Montgomery County had prob
ably the first fire taxes in the
state, starting with those levied
by the fully-paid Bethesda and
Chevy Chase departments. Today,
most fire areas in the State col
lect taxes to support their fire
departments.