Heppner Gazette Times, February 17, 1944 7
Mrs. Carl Brownell is here on a
visit with her mother, Grandma
Graybeal. She arrived Monday. Mrs.
Graybeal has been quite ill.
. The high school is having a play
in the gym Friday at 8 p. m.
M. Walker, head telephone man
and the J. S. Woods spent Sunday
with the H. Fishers in Hermiston.
Frank Leight S lc has been sent
to a i est camp he wrote his sister
Mrs. Umiker. He is in the south Pa
ciik: area.
Tommy Lee and Patty Jo Coul-te-,
left Sunday for Pendleton to en
ter St. Mary's 'academy Monday.
Pvt Fred Lenz left Tuesday
for his camp in Camp Hood Tex.
after spending his furlough with
Mrs. Lenz. Mrs. Lenz lives in Pen
dleton but isi visiting with her par
ents, the F. E. Forbes, and their
little son who Grandma Forbes
cares for. ' . ' -
Betty Acock was a Pendleton
visitor Saturday.
Crondma Peterson, was buried
Wednesday at Pendleton. She had
been living in Irrigon most of the
time since 1929 when Mr. Peterson
passed away. She lived with her
daughter Mildred Aldrich and left
two sons also. Lloyd and Joe
Peterson and their families.
Dorothy Kendler and daughter are
leaving for their home in Portland
after spending a few weeks with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Isom.
The J. A. Shouns went to Moses
Lake Wash. Saturday to purchase a
pure bred bull from the C. W,
Wheeler registered Red Poll herd.
Mr. Wheeler reported that Vie lived
in Oregon for years when he was a
young man. He is now 78 years old.
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Ever since PP&L was formed in 1910 we
have been building our power resources.
In 1920, for example, we supplied
82,000,000 kwh. Now our system is meeting
an annual demand for more than seven
times as much energy 630,000,000 kwh.
We developed a time-tested organization
of men who have the practical "know how"
the skill and experience to keep things
running smoothly. It's this ability that
helps meet wartime problems today.
We invested, altogether, about $28,500,000
in buying and building additions and im
provements to the original PP&L system
so as to serve the growing needs of old
customers and bring service to thousands
of new ones.
An important part of our job was to de
velop the use of more electrical appliances.
With all our lines carrying more contin
uous loads, we could increase their output
and give you the benefit of lower and
lower costs.
We spent an additional $3,450,000 on
maintenance work, to keep the generating
pi., lines and other facilities in condi
tion to furnish reliable electric service at
a'l times.
We cooperated with neighbor companies
to exchange power between systems and,
working with them, perfected operating
techniques that have proved invaluable to
th present Nordiwest Power Pool.
Year by year, we extended our electric
lines in rural areas, so that today there are
13,000 Washington and Oregon farms on
which PP&L electricity is a cheap and
willing worker.
And throughout the years, as more cw
tomers have used more electrical equip
ment, we have been able to make one rate
reduction after another. On the average,
PP&L household rates have gone down
more than 55 since 1920. ,
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PP&L is maintaining its service at prewar quality;
. . . "coming through" the unprecedented wartime or
deals without increasing rates despite higher taxes and
other expenses that we, like you, have to pay.