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<br />$tate Rural Electrics$105 Million
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<br />33t553.Mi'~s 6f'PoW'~t Lines
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<br />NoW' Serve 81,549 Consumers
<br />By VIRGIL COBY
<br />The member-cOnsumers of Oolorado Bural Electrlcs that are
<br />reading this are part, owners of one 01 the state's bI~t Industries.
<br />Most 91 you are 'familiar _with the total 'membership. and the
<br />directors at).d persollIlel of your own Rural Electric ASllocil1tiQllll. In
<br />tl1.e entire state of COlorado today, according to REA:fjgui'es; tl;1e~
<br />are 33,553 mlles of.-line serving 81,549 member-consumers. The total
<br />investment-by you member-consumers in your systems totals $105,-
<br />728,157. -,'- ' ,',-
<br />Th1a 1I)oney that yoq-have borrowed
<br />mm REA, you are.- payin~ back at
<br />2% interest. Some day you will own
<br />your own Rural Electric systems o-Jlt.
<br />rjght. Xou will pass on to your chU.
<br />"-rea and, grandchUdl:en an electric
<br />system that you own yourselves and
<br />that some day will-be free and clear.
<br />, " Here on this page are only a very
<br />tew, ot- the dedicated' Colorado men
<br />and wonten who eIther ri\anage your
<br />/lY8tems or, Who serve as your ~ec.
<br />tors without pay In order to insure
<br />that you get, IUnple." low.eost electric
<br />power no 'matter how' far you mIght
<br />llvetrOni.ato~or:clty. "
<br />. Jan What IIf the eCOnomic, Impact
<br />ot. JoDi' Rural ElectrI9 In your oWn
<br />communtty In doBars and cents!'
<br />In ildd!tlon toO-the millions of dol.
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<br />George WIlson Jack Wagers'
<br />Stale Pres. Morgan Dlr.
<br />Jars that members have spent for
<br />wiring in their homes and for their
<br />own electric appliances, a l.'ecent sur-
<br />vey ot wages paid Rural'Electric em-
<br />ployees and money spent "at' home"
<br />19 an eye-opener.
<br />Some of the facts-show that Colo.
<br />rado Rural Eleetrici" employ nearly
<br />500 full time personnel and that the,
<br />annual payroll is nearly, $2 million,
<br />money whlch is spent at home. ',The
<br />flgUrea also show that ,rno~ thah $1
<br />miWon is spent by. Rural Electrlcs at
<br />home for variouS .~~" jmd sup.
<br />plies, not counting llure~n"g power.'
<br />A bl&" ncent ~r-'~~MPg up In
<br />the econoiny reoontlyAinww head-
<br />qU8l'ters buUdIngiJ" tbat BtiraJ Eloo-
<br />*des have erected.:1D all' ClIlIeIl. con-
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<br />J.-A.AniIel'I!oa
<br />PoodNIDh'.
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<br />'R. Newman
<br />~'11nePres.
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<br />0. L Wilkins
<br />y-w Mgr, ~~rgan ~ir.
<br />a,Kuctlon workers aD. these :jobs OVa_
<br />and 8]);eJ;ld their money In the towns
<br />while tJWTre oj)" the Job.' AnOIhflio' big
<br />taotor, In 8outk\Vel:lte1'D ColoradO' Is
<br />tM.~~n of the $10,% ~
<br />eolonulo:Ufe cen6ralton - and tranS-
<br />mlsSIon POWOl' plant. , ; ___' '
<br />Headquarters buUdings'jUa1~ed. -.
<br />Include that 01 :r,(ountaln Parks-$1ec-
<br />trlc at Granby at a cost of $70,000, last
<br />December. The Yampa Valley -Elec-
<br />tric Association opened a new $155,-
<br />000 building at steamboat Springs last
<br />summer.. Sangre de CrIsto Electric
<br />spent,$54,OOO on-its new building at
<br />Sallds and soon will build a branch
<br />o1f1ce at Buena VIsta. The' Hlghllne
<br />Electric Association 1n 1953 bullt a
<br />new headquarters at Holyoke for
<br />$110,000, while Y.W Electric ereeted
<br />a building of s1mllar cost at Akron.
<br />The Grand Valley Rural Power Lines
<br />soon will finish and dedicate a new
<br />headquarters costing $150,000 at
<br />Grand_,,J"llnct!on. ,,' . :
<br />So It loes In ltuJ:'al Eleetrlc clreIea
<br />throughout the state. AU -, 01 these
<br />bulldlng1; are, Important; new_ addi-
<br />tionS - 'to: :the' c1t1eli "whete they are
<br />l~ted.",' , ".'
<br />Yes,_ ~_ btl.niling fQgether of COl?"
<br />rMQ~iI""farinm, \uid ~'llanchers to- pro,
<br />vide the~lves.-eteeb;Jclti-all1n the
<br />past 20; S:e8!~~, Qro\,\ght about a
<br />pbenomEinll1 new ad4l"#,on.', to -the
<br />sta~E:!'8"- economy., These are_ all home-
<br />o\Yfli!di ' ,home . oper'\lted - _ businesses _
<br />that 'are PrQvidlng a vItaI-servlce that
<br />Is provi.ng profitable not only to the
<br />:~~vI= :~:o~~~ -==e:t n':J : '
<br />d.ollars hitl:! Colol'lldo to stay.
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<br />N.wFunds
<br />SeVeral Rural E1ectrlcs will benefit
<br />from ,8. $200 million supplemental
<br />REA toan' fund voted,_by'Congress
<br />and ,app,roved:br the _President Aprll
<br />:l61,,",:' ;
<br />Much of the new money wm go for
<br />heavier lines and generating systems.
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<br />Oilcloth is the Ideal cover tor pan-
<br />try and ~oset shelves. Long l~.
<br />It :can. be' cleaned easily.
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<br />What's. 'us,''',,,
<br />An .'ETro""''-
<br />, are bvtlt to
<br />RTE'- MmfOr~~
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<br />, "It - 9ra~, ~e;ep. r1s trantrntt.,
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<br />RadiO 10<...1'
<br />Reception?
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<br />WAUKUHA. WISCONSIN
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<br />Business
<br />Slime' of' Your' ManagefS1Dil'ectorsj
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<br />,OWP .DOObs'
<br />8. Mlguel Mgr.
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<br />w. Tormohlen
<br />Morgan ~lr.
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<br />I. ShermaD
<br />Y8lDl*' Pres.
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<br />R.M~
<br />Mt. View Hgr.
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<br />I. Kaloovlc
<br />Union Mgr.
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<br />A. I. Letey
<br />G, Val Mgr.
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<br />lohn Cross
<br />Pondro A~.
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<br />Bay VtByard
<br />S.LV. Mgr.
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<br />"JUI,'^i:.yowl
<br />_,Y~_Dlr.
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<br />F.Gueuzl
<br />R'lIneDIr.
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<br />W; A:Besel
<br />Poudre Mgr.
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<br />Tom Bonar
<br />Union Pres.
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<br />F. II. Peterson
<br />, Delta'Mgr.
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<br />Arthur Galnes
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<br />John ....
<br />Ii. Co Hgr.
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<br />loe.G~n
<br />UnIon.D.b'.
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<br />Beaver Gives
<br />Up ,at Big Dam
<br />,UmatlUa, Oreg.-Joe, the eager
<br />*v~ who _ insisted on repairing
<br />."w:~r1t^e consIdered \0 be,damage to
<br />Ii1$ C~II'!p:ete, dam-McNary Dam--
<br />!a;>t--m,ontli _gave' up the work 88 a
<br />bad constrUction job'unworthy,of his
<br />Cq!ttfu~ril.Q.l1entlon t\:nd el~ort.' , ,
<br />F.Q;J:, a__week" 108_ paddled, to_8
<br />"1~~bt1he giant dJurr.. Dot knowlng-
<br />ho was worktng on tbe' dam's DavlP_
<br />Uon _~,.~ Umo-,the l~ ~
<br />openeC(iMttJ irwiS' l:tf J()eos,labor 'were .
<br />WliJed."out.
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<br />REA Loan Repaid
<br />.19 Years Ahead
<br />'The Public UtiUtles Board of Car.
<br />roll County, Te,*eSSjle.- has repaid
<br />the money It borrowed from the
<br />Rural ElectrlflcaUon, Adn$Wrtratlon
<br />19 years In advance of the final due
<br />dates of the loallldhe U. S. DeJ)8rt-
<br />ment of AgrIcul~ announced.
<br />The bOatd. hu' _sent to the BuiaI
<br />Electrlflcatlon AdrillnIatratfon lIlhecks
<br />totalllng $17M78 )0_: re~ with In-
<br />=the~~,~ODlfB
<br />": 'beginning In 1940, the Carroll Coun-
<br />ty ,board obtained REA loans total-
<br />01"~rs at the-dam feared ,1l~g_,~6,OOo. .or~t amounHt.was
<br />'ll,ve'r malnteljiu{ee' crew ~4vanced .$766,Qfl9. All of this now
<br />,_Wd . ',' ~.fu 'sJ1ore..-,'~~ }H~en~.~,!.t~E&'OM,.\V-lth. )ntetest
<br />up "M'tlp~nt1ydld ANtilments"Of'~,tro: itt"K1Iiianclng,
<br />not_ wish to embarrass htJnSe1f with -enahled .the.bOal'd. to-lilxtei1d-~1ectrIc
<br />the contl'al'y coristructlon' jo~ He. fin- service, to a b 0 U t 4,800, rural 'con-
<br />,ally ll8ve up)n, disgust and was last surners.
<br />seen"'sw1'tntn'ing off downsfream
<br />',where Iit'JI pr,oballly,take out his per-: . ~nltlon: Temperament Is temper
<br />$ten~, pn a_more rellable _structure, that 1s too old'to be 'spanked.
<br />lIke a lOW-head, multi-purpose beaver
<br />dam' of ,his own design.
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<br />Tooay, SCIentists offer ,over 11 mil.
<br />llon _posSIble variations In eye lenses.
<br />And, j~-to, he liIure at J:;Qplng wlth"
<br />your particular requIrements, a tech-
<br />nique has been developed which per-
<br />mits proUssional eye-men to pre-
<br />scrtbe accurately for 61 bUllon pos-
<br />sible errors In vision.
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<br />TYNES AND LOFTIN
<br />Eng;neers
<br />uo KORHD.IILDQ.
<br />~o.~1oIeJdoo
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<br />May, 1957 _ _ tolO: kal Eltdrlc New. -_I.r;.:.
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