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• generatingcomplex20 milessouth Wadesbom....................... :,..,.AgalhaWaltelsot Raleighwith a special+'fish- w,lltace.....................................A.W.McNeitl weye"+lens.For the complete story Wallei_Planl.......................... ChidesA.E_amtt_'arienlon ................................ Ann M. Gatkill

on this $1 billion project, turn to Whii_ille ...................................MarilynL_.page 4. INllu*iii_ij_lO I'l -._................. Emma ILe¢ Camel I

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C 8"__ _ d'_ $2.0Z P&Leameddurin the_ - previous year whenla smiler

_i : _\-.,:: I)DWer between number of shares were outstandins,.%" : : .... - " _between other Althoush the Company's energy

_/ will become the 30]h Chairman of.". sales increased 9_ percent and, the Edison Electric |mtizute (EEl), Council, and its operating revenues were up

durtnR the 8roup's annual con_n- _ Other reliability councils. 13.4 percent over the previousor tion in Clevebnd, Ohio. June 7.9. The Vtrllinia.Carolinas Subreston y_ar, net income dropped 17.2

EElis an association of d0se to " report indicates that the seven percent to $23,4 million.200 electdc P0_r companies, in- memhelS will have 20,955,000 kilo- Shearon Harris, CP&L president,volvin 8 3,000_fthe nation's top watts of capacity this summer, and said a major factor in our rlsinB :electric utility pet_onnei, expect apeak load of 18,9e6,000 costs is the expense of fuel. Fo_

When Harris takes over as kilowatts. The marRin of reserve the year, he said the Company's"' head of EEl, CP&L will become capacity is 9.96 percent, expense for fossil fuels burned:k the first utility to have two of its rose per million btu over 39d chief executives _ as EElhead. percent.

The o.t,v.S=.n, Itlartsville N.zelar "For the same amount of fuelP --p&- --- - - , ---.------ we b.roed in the precedin8 year,is _ &L cole_ executi_e_r,_eo as - ,; _.,_:-,- ae '-. an EElChairman in 19S0-5i.-: .:_ _, _::_ :uil_!_i:!L_e(ll_|e_ our expense increased $20.6

One of Hards_fieM_C%sas head_ _ For,: i _e -_ - n million;' he emphasized, ':__-n ; of EElwilt be an _rance be-_: _ _ ¢P,c_|o of_ H.B. Rate increases put into effect _

* " fore the National RressClub in __nt's nuclear unit, near at various times durin8 the yearWashinston on June 18. He is also Ha/tsVi_ was scheduled for increased revenues for the 12 .::

, slated to appear on the NBC-TV Thursday; M_y Zl)th; months endin 8 March 31 by $7.2 ]"Today" show soon after his ele- S.C. Guy. John West was to million, Harris observed, The

:l vation to EElChairman. i_resideat the one-hour oeremony, increases now authorized on retail_ with Sen. _tromThurmond and service, based on 1971, are

Pep. John McMilian---also of South p_ojected to add $22.3 million

" Adequate Reserves Carolina--both participating, annually to the Company's reve-Amon8 other featured speakers: nues. The authorized increases

, Seen for Summer sen. John Pasture, member of are 11_6 percent in North Caro-II

The combined capacity ol the the JointCommlttee on Atomic lina and 14 percent in Southseven electric power systemsin the En.ergy;John Simpson, President Carolina on retail service.Virsinia-Carolinas subreSion of the of Westinshouse Power Systems;Southeastern Electric Reliability lames Ramey, AEC commissioner;

Council will he almost 10 percent John Nassikas, Federal Power Brunswick Plant,_ more this summer than their peak Commission chairman; and CP&L

load is expected to he, accord|n8 President Shearon Harris. ConstructiontO reports filed with state re8U" Advancedlatory bodies and the Feclera| ._-_-"_

PowerCommission. 12 Month's Earninss cons. ionhdulefortheMembers of the Virginia- For Stock Decline se_o.d 8Lrl,OOOkilowatt nuclear

Carolinas Subregion am CP&L, unit at BrUnswick _ear SouthportOuice Power Co., Virsinia Electric Caro!_._.__Po.,,_._ & L_gh_tCo_ re- has beerz moved up from 1976 to

, • and Power Co., Souzl_Carolina ported April 2i that o.ttr earninss "t9_5 to n_eet iflc_,_sing needs forElectric & Gas Co.. Southeastern _or the t2 monzhs ending _rch electricity. The p_ject _ aboutPower AcS;_inistratiol%South 3t dropped to $1,31 per sh_t_ Of 18 percent comp_te, an_ the fi_.,t

.. Carolina .Public Service Auchority common stock, uni¢ _ e_c_e_.! to be in opera, ionand YadEi_. Inc. This is 37 percent tessthan in 1974.

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Pans for a 51 billion energy-gen- of the Wake County boundary, research, education and training."erating complex in Wake County Construction on the lakes is ex- He pointed out that the Corn-were announced April 30 by Corn- pected to begin early next year, pany expects to cooperate withpany officials, with four nuclear with completion of the filling nearby universities, state and fed-power units scheduled to be corn- anticipated for early 1976. era agencies, and the Research

pleted by 1980. "In seeking a site in this part of [riangle in conducting researchCP&I. President Shearon Harris, the CP&L service area, we have and training programs.

speaking to Wake County officials found the White Oak and Buck- Discussing the tax value of theduring a breakfast meeting, re- horn Creek Watershed outstanding complex, Harris said that a billion '-ported that the 3.6 million kilowatt for several reasons," Harris said. dollar investment in 1970 would Icapability of the four-unit plant "In our judgment, this develop- have increased the value of all

would equal power output of the ment will be excellent utilization taxable property in Wake County sentire CP&L system at the begun- of land presently devoted pri- from $1.8 to $2.8 billion, or aboutning of 1971. marily to growing pulpwood," he 55 percent.

Harris said it is proposed that continued. "Plus it is a sparsely- Harris indicated an Order has

the first unit would come into populated area, and a minimum been placed with Westinghouse foroperation in 1977, with the sec- number of families will have to the four nuclear steam systems forond, third and fourth units sched- move." the plant, including initial fueluled for completion in 1978, 1979, Jones noted that fewer than supply.and 1980, respectively. Each of the 50 families currently live within Harrissaid a construction era-

four units will produce 900,000 the proposed plant development ployment peak of 1_500 workers

kilowatts, and less than 150 people will be is expected to be reached earlyThe 18,000 acres required for displaced, in 1975, remaining at that level

the complex are located in the "We believe the development for about three years, with an

southwest corner of Wake County of this project will benefit the en- estimated construction payroll ofand the adjoining area of Chatham vironment," Harris said. $100 million. The completed plantCounty, about 20 miles south of Harris also noted that the site is to require an operating staff ofRaleigh. Closest community to the is centrally located, and near about 180 people.site is Bonsai to the north with "major load centers" in the CP&L "Units for the plant will beApex, Holly Springs and Fuquay- system, equipped with the very latestVarina to the east of the site. He noted that in addition to technological devices, the best

J. A. Iones, CP&L senior vice serving as a source of essential equipment that is available topresident and group executive for electric energy, "we visualize this maximize protection of the envi-engineering and operations, re- plant and its 1C)_500acres of lake ronment," Harris noted.

ported that a major feature of surface will be a public resource "Contribution of this plant tothe energy complex would be two with great recreational, educational the radioactivity level will be lessconnecting lakes covering 10,500 and research values." than the increased radioactivityacres. The plant will be on the Harris announced that an that one would experience if he ,north side of the lakes, about one integral part of the development moved from Wilmington to Ashe-

and one-half miles south of U.S. 1. will be establishment of "an ville, N. C.," he continued. ThA portion of the lakes will be Energy and Environmenta Center Announcement of the Wake . el_

located in Chatham County, south where our programs wil include County nuclear plant brings to th_FOUR

MAY 1971 ,_'C

three the number of such operat- pleted in 1975, about one-third

ing or under-construction plants of of the Company's generatingCP&L. The Company is pu_r,_ it> capability will be in nuclear plantsRobinson nuclear unit near Harts- --from which CP&L expects toville, S. C., into operation this produce almost one-half of itsmonth, power requirements.

CP&L also has under con-

struction in Brunswick County, al ,"_- _.._'-'°j "--Southportj two nuclear units of --"821 ..000 kilowatts each. _

Harris said that when the

second Brunswick unit is com- -,-_ ,,-,

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electric 8ene ratin 8 plant is indicated by JH[,_I_I _l_iL COUNI_ , ""

the star near the cenler of the map. I •

SPOTLIGHTFIVE

DirectorsinProfile

FultonCreech

by Charles Hooks

Hard work and right living."That's how former South Caro-

lina Governor I. E, Harley oncesummed u p CP&L Director FultonI_. Creech. No better assessmen!

could possibly be provided, be-cause Fulton Creech is livingproof that the American Dream ofa +'poor boy making good" is areality.

The oldest of seven children,Fulton Creech was born on his

family's small farm in BarnwellCounty, S. C., in 1889. He recallsthat his father, mother, threebrothers and three sisters all

worked together to bring in thecrops.

"Unless a person has pulled thebell cord over a hay burner (mule)on a hot July day in a corn field, hehasn't farmed," says Creech. who bythe time he was 17 had plowedand made three crops.

He left the farm at 17 to enter

Orangeburg Business-College. +'Myparents couldn't afford for me togo to a four-year college," saysCreech, "but they did want meto get some education so that Iwould have a better chance in life

than they had."Creech completed the business

course at the college, and wasemployed by the Marion, S. C.,Lumber Company as a stenographerand assistant bookkeeper.

In 1909 he came to Sumter as --

a bookkeeper and stenographerfor the Trexler Lumber Company."Accordin 8 to a lot of people,"says Creech, "1 had the best job + ,in town." His salary was $65 a

SIX MAY 1971

month, quite an increase from the city's history, reference to growing and harvesting" $35 a month he had been making "Those were hard times," re- timber.

in Marion. calls Creech. "Most plants were Creech has also served on theCreech rapidly rose to a man- closed and people were hungry board of directors of the Sumter

agerial position with Trexler, but and looking for work." Under his YMCA for 20 years (includingthe company, which was owned direction, the city set up a relief eight years as president), was

_/ by an out-of_state firm, ceased program to distribute surplus food. commander of the Sumter Ameri-operations in the state in 1913. Creech points out with pride that can Legion Post, president of theHe was offered a iob with the the city government during this Sumter Kiwanis Club and president

J company in Mississippi, but by period always met its payroll and of the Chamber of Commerce. Hethis time had decided to start a never paid in scrip, as did many is a life deacon at the First Baptistbusiness of his own. other cities. Church of Sumter where he has

Forming a partnership with a One of the major accomplish- served as chairman of the board)oks friend, Creech established the ments during Creech's term as of deacons and taught the Men's

Imperial Lumber Company in Sum- mayor was the establishment tn Bible Class for 42 years.ter. Going was rough at the start 1941 of Shaw Air Force Base in At 81, Creech still puts in aand after the first year's operation Sumter. Learning that the Army full day at his office in Sumter.the balance sheet showed a profit of Air Corps was interested in Iocat- Heattributes his good health to$79.81. They almost decided to go ing a base somewhere in South the fact that he has always takenout of business at that time, but Carolina, the City and County good care of himself and exerciseswith the beginning of the new year, bought options on 2,800 acres of regularly. He enjoys quail hunting

)f business improved and the profit land and offered it to the Army and fishing, and many late sum-increased for the second month of for $1 a year for 99 years, mer afternoons find him wettingthe new year to $1,800. After World War II, Creech a hook at Cains Mil Fishing Club

With U. S. entrance into World recalls, the state-owned Santee- just outside Sumter.

War I, Creech decided he would Cooper power project sought to Creech Lumber Company IS nojoin the Army since he was single expand its operations across South longer invol_,ed in the manufacturingand younger than his partner, Carolina and announced plans of lumber, but rather engages inwho remained at home to run to construct a dam and other the buying and selling of lumberthe business. Creech saw action facilities in Sumter County. Creech and timber, and owns several thou-in France and Belgium, including led a citizens' committee in op- sand acres of timberland in the State.the Muse-Argonne offensive, and position to the project, and testi- He and his wife, the former

le received the Silver Star for gal- fled against Santee-Cooper expan- Mary Adda Booth of Sumter,,) lantry, sion in hearings held by the Corps have two sons, Fulton, Jr.; man-he He returned to Sumter in 1919, of Engineers in Sumter. The proj- ager of Creech Holding Corpora-by and two years later ended his ect was killed, tion in Sumter, and John, district

partnership in Imperial Lumber Present during these hearings engineer for CP&L in Sumter.Company, forming Creech Lumber was CP&L right-of-way manager Unlike some self-made men,Company. J.S. Mclnnes, who was so ira- Creech does not boast about how

ly For the next 40 years, Creech pressed with Creech's performance hard it was when he was corn-Lumber bought timber rights, that he recommended him for ing up. "1 was always associatedlogged timber, cut and manufactured membership on our Company's with older people who helpedlumber in various sections of the board of directors. Creech was me along the way and encourage(]State, shipping largely to the markets first elected to the board in my development," says Creech.in the North and East, some of September of 1946. He points out that it was muchwhich was shipped by steamer from Creech's leadership in the field easier years ago to start a busi-

s Charleston and Georgetown. of timber and forestry led to his ness than it is today.While Creech was building his appointment as a member of the But Creech's modesty cannot

business, he was also taking an S.C. State Commission of Forestry hide the fact that his journey fromler active part in the political and in 1950 and his election as Chair- that small farm in BarnwellCounty

business life of Sumter. He was man in 1954, a position he has helcJ to the head of prosperousenter-elected to the city council in 1928, since that time. The Forestry Corn- prises and leadership n public

P and four years later was elected mission owns and operates over office in Sumter was made possible" mayor. He served as mayor of 100,000 acres, operates nurseries, by his dedication to those prin-! Sumter for 12 years, the second marks and estimates timber and ciples of "hard work and right: , longest term of any mayor in the gives advice to landowners with living."

1971 SPOTLIGHT SEVEN

"What Will IT ell My +.E,+,,a+tert,+,++,+,-a,°•adjustments, CP&L's residential _ irates would compare favorablywith rates elsewhere. Our custom-

Iilu" Lue''-LLOF$ . e. average residential rates, in

spite of a 4% interim rate increaseduring the last half of the year,were 21% less than the nationa!

CP&L on May 3, filed with the average.

North Carolina Utilities Commission 4. Tell your neighbor we needan application for general increase the rate increase to maintain goodin rates -- asking for 5.63% in credit ratings for anticipated debtaddition to the 11.86% we were financing, to maintain investorgranted in North Carolina earlier, confidence in CP&L stock. Explain

This request, as extremely that most of the money needed to

important to us as it is, will no build new plants -- to supply hedoubt raise questions. All of us, and his Carolina neighbors withespecially those living in North the electricity they are demandingCarolina, are going to be asked -- comes from the sale of stockswhy the cost of electricity is going and bonds.up.

What will we tell our friends Incidentally, you can point outto your neighbors that more than

and neighbors? How can we best half of CP&L's nearly 45,000 share-answer them?holders live right here in the

1. First, we should not apologize Carolinas (your neighbor may befor having to charge more for ourproduct. We can point out that one of them). But no one canrates to customers have been be expeded to invest in our

_'educed 27 times since 1934, saving Company in the years aheadCP&L customers millions of dollars, unless they can earn from their

investment in us as much as theyIn fact, the recent rate increases

can get from investing elsewhere.granted us in North and SouthCarolina were the first general rate 5. Your neighbor is probably

hikes our Company has ever put interested in the environment.into effect. So is CP&L. Point out that we are

2. Remind your neighbor that spending millions of dollars forhe is using more electrioty now equipment to protect the environ-than ever before -- and paying ment, equipment that does notless for it than he did 10 years produce one kilowatt of electricity.ago. In 1960. CP&L residential 6. Explain to him that the

customers used an average of plants and facilities we are now5,067 kilowatt hours and paid an planning are for the power iaverage of 1.92¢ per kilowatt for requirements of 1975, 1976. andit. Last year, the average CP&I even 1980, and that we mustresidenlial customer used 9.794 spend billions of dollars in the

kilowatt hours and paid an average months ahead to assure that he !

of 164¢ for it. and his family will have electricity iCan your neighbor say he is ir_ the future, i

paying less now than in 1960 tot Tell your neighbor we n_ed !bread, mi!k, gasoline, or anything his help so we can continue to _.else he buys? meet his needs.

-- A

T,,rnin, Wheeler, CP&L land and timber mately 1.000 trees per acre, covered:.:_,_._ agent. Trees have been planted the 30-acre pit with 30,000 slash

!_ . II_ll El _ at ash pits near Goldsboro, Mon- pines.

the Desert cure, and Hartsville. Because of preliminary success_- "'Within 15 years you won't with the pines, CP&L decided to

be able to tell the trees we continue the program when other: - planted from the nearby forests," ash areas became filled and

into an said Wheeler. "Our trees replace available.carbon dioxide with oxygen, Last year CP&L planted a total,-_ provide a natural habitat for wild- of 17,000 sycamore, poplar, short

Oasis life, have aesthetic value and cut leaf pine and Ioblolly at the H. F.r_ ' down wind erosion, just like any Leeplant in Goldsboro. An

other forest," Wheeler said. additional 63,000 trees are plannedCP&L plants the trees in ash for the Goldsboro ash site. Earlier

_il disposalareas coal-fired this of mixednear year, 20,00O trees

Ih the goal of turning barren generating plants. Each power variety were placed at the Cape,ash pits into green forest, Carolina plant has a disposa area to handle Fear plant near Moncure. NearlyPower & Light Co. has planted the ashes, which are the result of 40,000 trees are scheduled for

nearly 67,000 trees next to its coal combustion, placement at CP&L's plant ingenerating power plants in the The first trees were planted six Roxboro, N. C., wnen the area

-" ": • Carolinas.years ago at CP&L's Robinson there becomes filled, according to

The program, which has the Plant near Hartsville when the E E. Utley, manager of theeffect of turning a "desert into an original ash area filled. The generation and systems operations

"' oasis", was developed by Bill Company, which plants approxi- department for CP&L

I_ SPOTLIGHT NINE

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4'

Nineteen work groups within CP&L earned i-/certificates of commendation early this year _ %,,rr,_for completing at least ten years withouta personal injury accident.

Thirteen of these groups were featured /in last month's issue. Presented here are Jthe remain'ng six groups.

: I0 Years--Mannin 8Une Crew

From the left are fore-

man Roy Avin, RoyBrewer, Dewitt Geddings

and Bert Waring.

16 Years--FayeltevilleSubstation MaintenanceCrew

From the left are Steve

- Lamlaley, foreman LeRoyBaucom, Clarence Hall,Claude Canipe and DavidStewart. Robert SchaberWaS On vacation.

4

14 Years_Sumter

Line Crew _/From the le[t are foreman

W. E. Robinson_ Phil

Rogers, Johnny FlowerLSammy Hening, Billy Steele,

Bill Barns and J. R. Griffin.

TEN

11 Years--Ashelx)roUne Crew

Left to right are Don Rich-burg, Lee Browl,.. JoeConley, foreman1 L W.McLearl Otto Smith, 1". WBirckhead and Ronnie York.

IR

14 Years--RoxboroLine Crew

From Ihe left are foreman

C. B. Dunkley, FredSolomon, Tom Daniels,

Austin Riley, Wiley Emmert,John Gentry and Charles

Clayton.

4

I

., 15 Year$_Aberdeen

Relay Group'f" From the left are Ioe

Hawkins, Howard Frye,sen_or engineer DavidMoore and Broadus Combs.

ELI_VEN

New AppointmentsRobed M. Williams of Garner has graduated from New Hanover Baptist Church in Jacksonville and

been promoted to assistant to the High School and received his member of the Jacksonville Opti-secretary, according to J. L. Lan- B.S. degree in business adminis- mist Club.casterj secretary of CP&L tration from the Citadel in 1967. He is married to the former

Williams joined the Company He served two years with the Donna Stafford of Wallace. Theyin 1965 as an accounting clerk Army, including a year in Viet have two children, Lori Diane

in the internal audit section. He Namj where he earned two and Amelia Deigh.was promoted to junior account- Bronze Stars, the Air Medal,ant in the field accounting section Purple Heart and the Combatin 1967, to accountant in 1968. Infantry Badge. David H. Jarrell has been pro-and field accoun ring systems He is a member of John rooted to local representative inanalyst in !970. Calvin Presbyterian Church, an McColl, S. C. Jarrell replaces R.

A native of Garner, Williams Optimist and a life member of L. Tyson, who has retired.graduated from Garner High the Disabled American Veterans. Prior to his assignment to Mc-School, and received his B.S. Mrs. Banner is the former Coil, jarrell was service represen-degree nn business from East Caro- Carol Moore of Wilmington. tative in Snow Hill, N. C. Helina University. He is a member of joined the Company in 1951 as athe Army Reserves. Clyde Best has been promoted to meter reader in Asheboro, and

He serves on the board of service representative for Carolina has also served as a serviceman

directors of the Garner Civitan Power & Light Co. in Spring in Slier City.Club, and 0sa member of the Hope. A native of Asheboro, Jarrell

Garner United Methodist Church. Best replaces Tommy Breed- graduated from Asheboro Highwhere he serves on the administra- love, who has been named a School and Asheboro Commercial

tire board, meter reader in Henderson. College. He is a veteran of theWilliams is married to the A native of Wilmington, Best Navy.

former Laurie Ann Dixon of had been a customer serviceman In Snow Hill, Jarrell served as

Garner, N. C, They nave a son, for CP&L in Jacksonville since president of the Rotary Club,Robert Ir. 1967. He joined the Company n chairman of the Zoning and Plan-

1959 as a lineman trainee in ning Board, vice-president of theDavid A. Banner has been pro- Wilmington. In addition to Wil- Neuse Area Development Associa-moted toofficesupervisor I in the mingtonj he has worked as a tion, a director of the Contentnea

Wilmington district office, lineman in Wallace and lackson- Area Development Association, andPrior to moving to Wilmington, ville, was a mere her of the admin istra_

Banner was an office supervisor Best graduated from New tive board of Calvary MemorialII in Florence. He joined the Hanover High School in Wilming- United Methodist Church.Company there in 1970 as a ton. He is a member of the He is married to the former

residential sales representative, board of deacons and a Sunday Pauline Albright of Coleridge, N.A native of Wilmington, he school teacher for the Brookwood C. They have a daughter, Karen, 15.

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_1 Max F. Thompson k. of Raleigh Environmental .........................• has been promoted to principal and Techengineer in the Company's nu- •

clear designsection, Services Manager NamedA native of Aurora, N. C.,• • Thompson joined the Company

in 1969 as a senior engineer. He The former chief of the Atomic He is a graduate of New

is a graduate of Aurora High Energy Commission's (AEC) Site. Hanover High School in Wilming-School, and has a B.S. in nuclear Environmental and Radiation Safety ton. has a B. S. in chemistry fromengineering from North Carolina Group has been named manager the Citadel, and a certificate inState University and a M.S. in of the environmental and tech- engineering management fromnuclear engineering from the Air nical services section for Carolina UCLA.

Force Institute of Technology. Power & Light Co. He is married to the former

He is a member of St. James Patrick W. Howe, a native of Shirley Knapp of West Point, Va.Methodist Church, several honorary Wilmington, N. C., has assumed They have two children, Havenengineering fraternities, the Ameri- his new duties with CP&L, ac- and Patrick Jr.can Nuclear Society, and Ameri- cording to J. A. Jones, senior vicecan Society of Mechanical Engi- president of the power company.neers. Howe hasnearly20 yearsof

He served in the Air Force experience in the nuclear energyfrom 1963 to 1969. He is married and nuclear power fields. Through-to the former Mary G. Guilford out his career he has been deeplyof Aurora. They have two children, involved with environmental pro-Max Forest III, and Matthew Hill. tection and radiation safety.

He has worked at the Law-

rence Radiation Laboratory at theUniversity of California, the nu-

L. S. Whalley of Cary has been clear fuel division for Olin Mathie-promoted to principal engineer in son Chemical Co., the nuclear di-the Company's nuclear design sec- vision for the Martin Co. and the

tion. Savannah River nuclear projectA native of Asheboro, Whatley for E. I. duPont de Nemours &

• joined the Company in 1964 as a Co., Inc. He has lectured at majorjunior engineer at the Weather- scientific institutes in Europe, andspoon plant. From 1966-67 he was was named one of the "'Outstand-

a reactor engineer at the Caro- ing Young Men in America" inlinas-Virginia Nuclear Power Assoc. 1965. He was recently appointedproject in South Carolina. After to the Environmental Law and

working for a year in Raleigh, he Technology Committee for thewas named maintenance su pervisor Atomic Industrial Forum.at the H. B. Robinson plant. He "We are fortunate to have thereturned to Raleigh last year as a services of a man with Mr.

senior engineer. Howe's training and experience,He graduated from high school as our Company becomes more

in Asheboro, and from North Car- involved in nuclear power genera-olina State University in 1962 with tion," Jones says.a B.S. in nuclear engineering. CP&L has a nuclear generating

He is a member of the Mill- unit at Hartsville, S. C., and hasbrook Methodist Church, Jaycees, two nuclear units under construc-

American Society of Mechanical tion at Southport, N. C.Engineers, American Nuclear In his new position, HoweSociety, and National Society of will direct the activities of a

Professional Engineers. group of CP&L engineers work-Whatley is married to the ing in the areas of environmental

former Emily Wilson of Asheboro. effects, nuclear physics, plant, They have two children, Robert licensing, qualily assurance and

-'y and Emily Carol. nuclear safety.

srOTLIGHT THIrTeEN

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SAFETYPERFORMANCE

Compiled by Southeastern Electric Exchange

/ \ Cumulative totals through March

• __*_'_ .... Group Two Fatalities Frequency*_ _; _ _:_=_ _ Florida Power Corporation 0 .69

Louisiana Power & Light Co. 0 1.02Gulf States Utilities Co. 0 1.38

Un-Safe Safe Carolina Power & Ugh! Co. 0 2.07South Carolina Electric & Gas 0 3.15

This innocent-looking safe door on the night Tampa Electric Company 0 4.53

depository in one of our local offices was opened _Arkansas Power & Light Co. 0 5.76at least once a day for years before it caught and The Potomac Edison Company 0 7.23crushed the finger of an unsuspecting clerk. The

moral, of course, is that accidents can happen to _* " ...... man-hours workedanyone at anytime.

CP&L Lost-Time Accidenls-- Three-year Comparison by Months

Jan Feb March April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Totals

1969 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 3 3 3 4 2 23

1970 I 0 5 3 2 3 3 0 2 9 0 0 281971 1 2 0 0

Lost-lime accidents reported during April ...... None.

The girl in the office, Her loss was three teeth. "'Felt safe and secure, And a cut in her cheek, _'_ _-With an Injury-free record, And she was away from work, \ ".--She thought would endure. For more than a week!

Then she walked to the counter, Now she's back in the office,A customer to greet. Tending the files,

And a cord on the floor, And moving with caution,Got tangled with her feet! But she seldom smiles!

"'ACCIDENTS CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE/'"FOURT[EN

J_,_AY 1971

iI 1LacyOea,o..o,,re,Lacy Thomas Deaton of Laurin-burg has retired after more than - " _"40 years of service.

Bobby F. Aliord, engineer tech- A resident of Laurin burg sincenician in Wilmington, in the death 1939, Deaton has worked in sub-of his mother, Mrs. W. F. Alford, station construction for CP&L his

on March 27. entire career. He first joined the

Ann Tart Lee, clerk in Warsaw, Company in 1926, and rejoined the +-_.....in the death of her mother, Company permanently in 1935. ++'::

As a member of a substationFrances Britt Tart, of Clinton, onMarch 25. construction crew, he traveled

throughout North Carolina and a

Samuel Crump, coal equtpment portion of _South Carolina. Duringoperator at the Cape Fear Plant, his early years with CP&L, hisin the death of his sister. Mrs. crew often lived in tents whileSylvia Hab, on April 2. doing a job.

L B. Sauls, mechanic foreman at "'It was a bit rough in the He is mamed to the formerthe Weatherspoon Plant. in the winter," he said. "'Especially in Zennie Lee Baxter of Asheville.death of his stepfather, C.C. the mountains when you would They have four children: RonnieHaddock, on April 5. get up in the mornings and find Lee of Laurinburg; Richard Allen,

the water frozen solid." in the Navy; Joe Thomas ofRobert Flemins, shift foreman at He added, '+It use to take Miami, Fla.; and Mrs. Ross E.

the Weatherspoon Plant, in the about six months to do the work Carts of Norfolk, Va. They alsodeath of his foster father, W.W. that now can be done in two or have three foster children: Mrs.

Williamson, on April 2. three weeks." Myrtle Graham of Laurinburg;A native of Scotland County, Mrs. Yvonne Clark of Asheville;

Josephine Collie, secretary in he is a member of the East Laurm- and Fairley T. M :_'P_cenzle,," in theRaleigh, in the death of her

l burg Baptist Church. Navy.

brother, J. Thorn Collie. onMarch 31.

comers .....Vernon Wilkerson "tl_omasC.Mlaulden Willie Moore leslie W. FersusonTrainee UnemanTrainee lineman _rainee Travelin8 Main. CrewRoxboro Rocl'insham Oxford Roxboro

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AGre8 McKee Norman Yount Michael Hill Willie I. Dockery Sylvia lanelte Fisher Ully R. WallEngineerin8 Fech. Mechanic Junior En_neer Meier Reader Clerk ('Jerk

Raleigh Roxboro Planl Cape Fear Plant Southern Pines Asheville WadesboroSPOTUGHT

FIFir[EN

Selectedto Serve CarolynEd lernigan, servicemar, in MountOlive, has been elected president _-_. Littleof the newly organized Lions Club..: Killed in j.w. Bar!holomew, Henderson

Charles Willis, plant operator at Collision district customer serviceman, hasthe Blewett Plant, has been been presented the "most valu-

elected vice-president of the able player award" as a guard inLilesville Civitan Club. Miss Carolyn Little, 24 year-old the Kerr Lake Adult Basketball

electric living specialist for CP&L League.Elias Pigford, service representative in Asheboro, was killed Aprilin Maxton, has been elected 10 in a four-car collision near Woody Tyner, son of Marshallpresident of the St. Pauls Chain- Myrtle Beach, S.C. Tyner, electrician at the Weather-

ber of Commerce. Miss Little was a native of spoon Plant, has been presentedLawrence A. Ray, local manager Lincolnton, N. C., and was a a certificate of award by thein Spruce Pine, has been elected graduate of Appalachian State Colonel Thomas Robeson Chaptervice-president of the Spruce Pine University at Boone. She joined of the Daughters of the AmericanRotary Club. CP&L in June of 1970. Revolution for outstanding work

Surviving are her mother, Mrs. in American History.lames M. Hall, Asheville district Willie Little of Iron Station; two

manager, has been elected presi- brothers, Donald and Dwight Pare Clark, daughter of Cletusdent of the Western Norlh Little, both of Iron Station; and Clark. shift foreman at the Ashe-

Carolina Tuberculosis and Respi- her grandmother, Mrs. Eunice ville Plant. won two first placeratory Disease Association. Senter of Iron Station. medals and one second place

medal at the Invitational Gymnastic

Robert Tyson, McColl meeting at Furman University.

Representative, RetiresRobert L; Tyson, local representa- in Raleigh. He remained in

tire for Carolina Power & Light Raleigh for the next 23 yearsCo. in McColl. S. C., has retired and was promoted to severalafter nearly 35 years of service, positions, including assistant line

A native of Georgia, Tyson superintendent, service foremanjoined CP&L in 1936 as a lineman and service supervisor. He was Robin Lee Skipper was born to

named local representative at Mr. and Mrs. Martin Skipper on

McColl in 1959. March 21. Mr. Skipper is a helper

fyson graduated from high at the Sutton Plant.school in Tennille, Ga., and from Sherry Lynn Cook was born to Mr.

Georgia-Alabama Business College. and Mrs. Randy Cook on AprilHe is a member and past presi- 17. Mr. Cook is a meter reader indent of the McColl Kiwanis Club, Dunn.

and is a member of the Main Melissa May Bowen was born toStreet Methodist Church Mr. and Mrs. Chester Bowen on

i_i" _-_ "_ :i Tyson is married to the former March31. Mr. Bowenisashift

Halite Mae Parler of Berkley foreman at the Asheville Plant.

"'i County, S. C. They have four Jamie Boise Sutton was born tochildren. Mr. and Mrs. James Sutton on

The Tysons will reside in Holly April 14. Mrs. Sutton was a clerk U

Hill, S. C., following his retire- in the power billing section m o_ment. Raleigh. D

SIXTEENMAY 1971

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Look Mrs. Nellie Staton RetiresWho'sif= Mrs. Nellie Atkinson Staton hasretired from Carolina Power &

Talking _°_'_LightCo, in Wilmingtofl afler21Mrs.ServiCe.statonjoined the TideWater Power Co. in 1949 as a

Houston Black, Preparing for the junior clerk in stores accounting.Employment Interview, Future She lefl the Corn pany in 1951.Secretaries Association, Peace Col- but returned the nexl year afterlege, Raleigh. T'lde Water's merger with CP&L.

She has served as a meter orderWilson Craig, Pollution, Laurinburg clerk, meter history clerk, andWoman's Club, in 1964. was promoled to senior

clerk in the customer serviceF. C. Lennon, Communications, departmenlElizabethtown Rotary Club. A native of Wadesboro. she

graduated from high school _n bulletin chairman for the AmericanDarrell V. Menscer, Ecology Panel, Lilesville, N. C., and from Kings Business Women's Association inKappa Nu Sigma Honor Society, Business College in Charlotte. Wilminglon.Meredith College, Raleigh. She is a member of Mason- She and her husband, Mr.

boro Baptist Church, where she is H.B. Staton. have two sons,lynn Poe, Carolina Power 8_ assistant church clerk, and is Ronnie and Eric Staton.Light Company's Generating Plants,

West HartsviUe School. _-_'_ \

Jack Riley, Inspirational, Congres- :_sional Staff Prayer Breakfast, Wash-ington, D.C. _,

NW. E. Selldnghaus, Why Nuclear,Lions Club, Hamlet.

Shearon Harris, Energy for theSeventies, Electrical World UtilityExecutives Conference, Washington,D. C.; Power Supply for the / I ,Seventies, Florence Rotary Club. !' r_

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Ted Breeden, Free f.nterprise,Apex Rotary Club; A Salesman-- _ !What is He?, Sanford Realtors;Youih--Arnerica's Hope, FairmontMethodist Church. Raleigh.

A. J. Walls, Waste Heat Disposal,

Asheville Lions Club. Bil_ Lift

The 720,O00-pound upper portion of the con{ainment structure for the

Married ,,,_, unit at the Brunswick nuclear plant was recently lifted into place.• The huge steel section which was fabricated at the Southport site, is64 feet across the bottom and 33 feet in height.

Unda Faye Horton, keypunch This fall a 550-ton nuclear reactor vessel will be placed inside (heoperator in Raleigh, and James containment structure through the top Later, a dome will be placedDaniel Underwood, on April 17. on top of the structure.

SPOTLIGHT SEVENTEEN

TOTAL ELECTRIC

AwARDs Lt TNew or New or

Name Localion Type Inslalled Conversion One way to solve the trafficH. C. Childers Florence, S.C. Heat Pump New problem would be to keep allM P. Jackson Florence. S.C. Heat Pure p New the cars that are not paid [or offRandy Leath Marion, S.C. New the street.Jerome Miles Raleigh, N.C. Furnace Conversion . . .Paul McKeen Raleigh, N.C. Furnace New

Latest method discovered by farm-Frank Liles Raleigh. N.C. Furnace Conversion

ers to increase egg production isMax Radford Hartsville, S.C. Baseboard Newto post a sign in the henhouse:

Jim Moss Sumter, S.C. Heat Pump New"An egg a day keeps ColonelSanders away."

New ConversionMiddle age is the time of life

Employee heating sales through February, 1971 5 4 when you feel bad in the morn-Employee heating sales during March, 1971 6 2 ing without having fun the nightTotal employee heating sales for year to date 11 6 before.

A happy marriage is one wherethe couple is as deeply in love

Calvin Pittman as theyare n debt.,_ ,ic

Wins The greatest thing wrong with_.,_ the younger generation is that_"- many of us don't belong to it

SalesLight any more.

Calvin Pittman, service representative in If you'd like to spend your vaca-Chocowmity, sold 10 area lights during March tion m out-of-the-way placesto take firsl place, where few people go, let your

wife read the road map.

IN USE EMPLOYEE SELLING MOST To grow healthy, vigorous grass,AREA NO. SOLD TO DATE IN MARCH all you need is a crack in your

walk.Asheville 33 6,924 Helen D. Thompson, 9Florence 67 7,256 Thomas J. Crouse 5

Wife: "Wake up, there's a burglarGoldsboro 41 7.166 T.R. Johnson 6in the kitchen and he's eating the

Henderson 61 5,644 Barbara M. Griffin 7 leftovers!"

Jacksonville 45 5,789 Calvin Pittman 10 Husband: "Go back to sleep. I'IIRaleigh 82 8.136 Betty Creech 8 bury him in the morning."Sanford 43 5.360 Geneva Godwin 7

Southern Pines 44 8.496 Claudia S. Floyd. 6After several thousand years,

Sumter 53 6.801 Haywood V. Hudson, 4 civilization has advanced to the

Helen L Lee, 4 point where we bolt all ourWilmington 95 6,325 Wilma L. Giddeon. 4 doors and windows at night,

TOTAL 564 67,897 while the jungle natives sleep Jnan open hut

EIGttTEEN MAY 1971

Over the Damfrom the files of THE SPOTLIGHT

Twenly Years Ago--May 1951 ducted during April, bringing the percent electric water heaters, andTwenty-five new Pioneers were total membership to 303. only 5.5 percent had dish washers.inducted during May, Active mere- W.H. Weatherspoon, vice-bership totaled 175. president and general counsel, Five Years AgomMay 1966

Manley Newton was named was elected president of the Fifty-three new Pioneers were in-representative for (he Pittsboro North Carolina Citizens Associa- ducted during April.area. tion on March 22. CP&L won first place in the

New industrial plants and ex- According to an article by Fleet Safety Contest sponsored bypansions re presenting an invest- Cleveland Taylor, there were 2,172 the Southeastern Electric Exchange.

__ ment of more than $15 millionwere announced for the North people employed by CP&L The Spotlight received theFreedoms Foundation award forand South Carolina area served by CP&L led a group of 15 corn- its contributions to free enter-CP&L for the first quarter of panies in the amount of corn- .1951 mercial cooking load added during prise n 1965.

Average residential KWH salesKermit Allison was transferred 1960. The 15 companies were a

from the operating and engineer- group with 250,000 to 475,000 rose from 6,377 in March 1965to 6,820 in March 1966, a hike ofing department n Asheville to the customers. 443 KWH per residential customer.district operations department in W.J. Ridout joined CP&L as "The Great Freezer Circus"Asheville. agricultural development director was the theme of our freezer

on May 1. and two-temp refrigerator salesFifteen Years Ago--May 1956 Over 77 percent of our cus- promotion.

Twelve new Pioneers were in- tomers had electric ranges, 97 per- William T. Bouras was pro-ducted during May. cent had electric refrigerators, 35 rooted to operating and results

"Live Better... Electrically," the percent had home freezers, 66 supervisor at the Lee Plant.new industry-wide slogan forinvestor-owned electric utilities

• was displayed for the first timeon our system during the Azaleaparade on the CP&L float.

Engineers and other CP&Lpersonnel participated in a courseon the fundamentals of nuclear

energy at North Carolina State _Col lege.

CP&L President Sutton presentedSwansboro with a $1,000 checkas a winner in the Finer Carolina

Program.A device designed by Florence

line foreman Sam Harrelson and

lineman Tommy Windham enabledeight men to move 11 steel polesin 16 hours from two to five feet

for a street widening project.A nationwide $100,000 contest

Formal dedication of ,'he Robinson Plant nuclear unit. held May 20th, comes-to promote adequate wiring was

almost 13 years to the day after groun(Ibreaking ceremonies for the Robinsonlaunched May I by EEl and the Steam Plant May 30th, 1958. A. L. M. Wiggins of ACL Railroad (,11the

• magazine Better Homes & Gar- rostrum) presided, with CP&L officials in the first row: W. H. Weatherspooo,dens. Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Sutton, Mr. and Mrs. Doc Bostick. and Mr. at_d Mrs.

H. B. Robinson. Also seated on the platfortn were Sen. Strom Thurmond (,1• Ten Years Ago--May 1961 mare speaker at the nuclear dedicationL Congressman Robert Hemphill, and

Twenty-six new Pioneers were n- a former CP&L Vice President, the late AI Jones.

SPOtLIGHt NINETEEN

We'll build another electric system the size of ourpresent one by 1977.

.The reason? To keep ahead of the demand for elec-tric power, which has been doubhng about every sixyearsinourarea.

Because of electricity's important role in our dailylives and in helping solve many of"m '

.an s greatest .problems -- in en-vironment, medicine and educationto name a few -- we must build andexpand.

We have a commitment to .you.And weare working hard to keep It.

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