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Operating Cost Various Types
Electrical Appliances Explained
By Susan Millsap
Home Economist
Georgia Power
The unusually low tem
peratures and the resultant
energy shortages reached
this winter made many
Georgia families more
energy conscious than ever.
For many the first impulse
was to discard small,
nonessential energy users
such as the electric tooth
brush, the electric can
opener and the electric razor.
Actually, an electric tooth
brush and an electric can
opener each use only about
half a kilowatt-hour of
electricity a year. That’s less
than two cents worth.
Unless the man in the
family decides to grow a
beard, throwing out the
electric razor could actually
increase the family’s energy
consumption. More energy is
used heating the water
needed to shave with a
nonelectric razor than would
be needed to shave with an
electric shaver. Normally,
only about 1.8 kilowatt-hours
a year are used shaving with
an electric razor.
Such small kitchen ap
pliances as the waffle iron,
the egg cooker and the
toaster use less energy than
would be needed to do the
same cooking jobs using the
oven or range top. A waffle
iron used for 20 hours during
News from <
your ;
Pharmacist <
Hoard
The family physician (gen
eral practitioner) is as
American as Old Glory and
you can be assured that he is
not fading away. The family
physician will always be
needed, and will in fact serve
most of your family’s
medical needs.
The general practitioner
will continue to cure your
aches arid pains, and when
necessary he will refer you to
a specialist. The specialist is
highly trained in one particu
lar phase of medicine, and it
is up to the general
practitioner to decide when
the services of a specialist
are required. Many bright
young men enter the field of
general practice every year
and the family physician is
here to stay.
Also here to stay is our
pharmacy. This community
is our home and we wish to
serve all of its citizens in a
responsible manner. Your
prescriptions are filled ac
curately and swiftly by our
competent pharmacists.
PHONE 775-7424
PARRISH
DRUG CO.
JACKSON, GA.
Moore-Jones Appliance
Repair Service
ALL WORK GUARANTEED
FAST DEPENDABLE SERVICE
We Also Service Well Pumps
PH. 775-2137 or 775-5636
WORK DONE ON CASH BASIS
“We want to be number one,
Give us a try, and you will .see why.”
the year will consume about
22 kilowatt-hours of elec
tricity at a cost of about 77
cents. An egg cooker used for
27 hours during the year will
use about 14 kilowatt-hours
and cost roughly 49-cents to
operate. An average toaster
used daily would consume
about 40 kilowatt-hours or
sl.4o’s worth of electricity.
Appliances that heat and
cool consume more elec
tricity than the others, so
using these conservatively
can result in significant
long-term savings. A 860-
watt room air conditioner
used for 1,000 hours during
the cooling season will use
860 kilowatt-hours of elec
tricity and cost its owner
about $35 a year to operate.
That’s less than 29 cents a
day each day during a
four-month cooling season.
A 12,200 watt range with an
oven uses about 1,175
kilowatt-hours, if operated
normally for a year, and
adds about $41.13 to its
owner’s electric bills over a
year. On a daily basis, the
range costs about 11 cents to
operate.
Quick-recovery water
heaters use an average of
4.811 kilowatt-hours a year
and costs about $170.84 to
operate. Regular water heat
ers, however, in a year
consume about 4,219
kilowatt-hours at an annual
cost of $147.67.
A 15 cubic foot freezer that
requires defrosting uses
about 1,195 kilowatt-hours in
a year and costs about $41.83
to operate. The same size
frost-free type uses 1,761
kilowatt-hours at an annual
cost of $61.63.
If you own both a black and
white and color television,
you can save energy and
money by watching most
shows on the black and white
set. Also, solid state sets use
less electricity than tube
type sets. A color tube-type
television used 2,200 hours
during the year consumes
about 660 kilowatt-hours of
electricity and costs about
$23.10 to operate while a solid
state color television used for
the same number of hours
consumes about 440 kilowatt
hours and costs about $15.40 a
year to operate.
A black and white tube
type television uses about 350
kilowatt-hours a year and
costs around $11.55 to
operate. A solid state black
and white television uses
about 120 kilowatt-hours and
adds about $4.20 to the
amount the family must pay
for electricity in a year.
These few examples are
estimates of normal home
use. Individuals or families
may vary greatly in usage.
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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS. JACKSON-, GEORGIA
Weekly
Devotional
By
E. Hay Savage, Pastor
Jackson Church of the
Nazarene
ORDINARY MAN
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PASSION
If Andrew ever preached a
sermon, it was not good
enough to get into the Bible.
If he ever wrote an Epistle or
a Gospel, we do not know it, if
he ever performed a miracle
with God’s help, no one
reported it. Was Andrew a
failure for God?
Hardly! While Andrew
preached no sermon worthy
of scriptural publication, yet
one of his converts (Simon
Peter) preached a sermon at
Pentecost which resulted in
3,000 converts. So Andrew
had a share in these souls.
While Andrew wrote no books
of the Bible, yet one of his
converts (Simon Peter) was
the author of two Epistles in
the New Testament. So
Andrew will enjoy some of
this harvest with Peter. And
while Andrew performed no
miracle, yet he introduced a
lad to Jesus, and Jesus,
blessing the lad’s lunch, was
able to feed 5,000. Andrew
shares in this miracle’s
blessing!
So Andrew did not fail! It
would be more accurate to
say that God’s work would
have failed - to a certain
degree - without Andrew, and
man of Andrew’s type.
Himself the first choice of
Christ’s twelve, Andrew was
not an ecclesiastical glamour
boy - not even a fast-talking
promoter. He was an
ordinary man with an
extraordinary passion to
introduce men to Jesus. And
he started at home, with his
own brother. We need more
Andrew’s with a passion to
present men to Christ!
New Law Requires Warranty
Copy Be Furnished Customers
When you buy something
new, part of the comparison
shopping is to find out what
kind of warranty the product
carries. Now, thanks to new
regulations implementing
the Warranty Act, any time
you buy a consumer product
costing more than sls, and
having a warranty, the
warranty must be easy to
read and available to you
before you buy. If it isn’t
visible near the product, be
sure to ask for it.
The new Federal Trade
Commission (FTC) regula
tions became effective De
cember 31, 1976. FTC spells
out what to look for and what
to do about problems in its
new fact sheet, Warranties.
For a free copy, send a
postcard to the Consumer
Information Center, Dept.
650 E. Pueblo, Colorado 81009.
There are two kinds of
written warranties-full and
limited. A product can carry
more than one written
warranty. For example, it
can have a full warranty on
part of the product and a
limited warranty on the rest.
DR. JOSEPH S. MADDOX. JR.
Chiropractor
announces the opening of his new office
356 E. Third Street
Jackson. Georgia
Office hours are
Monday, Tuesday. Thursday. Friday
8:30 a.m. until 0:30 p.m.
Wednesday. Saturday
10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.
Phone -775-2415
Open House will be held Sunday. March Sixth
from 2:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m.
People’s Forum
If Coffee Prices Continue to Rise, Will You Boycott Coffee?
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MARTHA PEEPLES
Yes, I would boycott
coffee, and I would do my
best to influence people who
don’t.
Easy come,
easy grow.
Take stock in America.
Buy U.S. Savings Bonds.
The label “full” on a
warranty means that:
A defective product will be
fixed (or replaced) free,
including removal and rein
stallation if necessary.
It will be fixed within a
reasonable time after you
complain.
You will not have to do
anything unreasonable to get
warranty service (such as
ship a piano to the factory.)
The warranty is good for
anyone who owns the product
during the warranty period.
If the product can’t be
fixed (or hasn’t been after a
reasonable number of tries),
you get your choice of anew
one or your money back.
But, there is one important
thing the word “full” doesn’t
promise. A “full” warranty
doesn't have to cover the
whole product. It may cover
only part of the product, like
the picture tube of a TV. Or it
may leave out some parts,
like tires on a car. If your
warranty covers only the
picture tube, and the sound
goes bad, you pay. Always
check what parts the
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LARRY FLETCHER
I really don’t drink too
much coffee, but I doubt that
I’d boycott it.
warranty covers.
A warranty is “limited” if
it gives you anything less
than what a full warranty
gives. "Limited” means be
careful - something’s miss
ion. For example, a limited
warranty may:
Cover only parts, not labor.
Allow only a pro-rata
rotund or credit. This means
you get a smaller refund or
credit the longer you have
had the product.
Require you to return a
heavy product to the store for
service.
Cover only the first
purchaser.
Include a charge for
handling.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1977
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MRS. MORRIS H. KNIGHT
I don’t drink a lot of coffee,
but if there is a boycott. I
would go along with it to try
t<> help the situation.
You may find it worthw’hile
to pay more for a product
with a better warranty. The
extra money is like insur
ance; it protects you against
the chance of a big repair
bill.
Warranties (free) is one of
over 200 selected Federal
consumer publications listed
in the current edition of the
catalog. Consumer Informa
tion. Published quarterly by
the Consumer Information
Center of the General
Services Administration, the
catalog is free by sending a
postcard to the Consumer
Information Center. Pueblo.
Colorado 81009.
J^INTOSH
STATE BANK
Member FDIC
Where The Focus Is On You
FRANK HEARN
Yes. and I think we ought
to organize a committee to
boycott coffee.
CITIZEN S CORNER^
HELPFUL IDEAS FOR SUCCESSFUL RETIREMENT
Brighten Up
To brighten up your home.
try r decorating with dried
flower and plant arrange
ments.
The size, pattern and color
of the container are impor
tant when making such
arrangements. The con
tainer should never over
shadow the plants the
plants should be the center
of attention
The shape and size of the
container indicate the type
of arrangement best suited
to it. Oval or round shapes
are best for circular designs,
while tall containers look
best with vertical lines.
Many inexpensive con
tainers can be found around
the home or made from
unusual objects. Consider
kitchen utensils such as
chopping boards, wooden
cutler boxes, butter bowls,
earthenware jars, crocks,
kettles and jars.
All types of baskets,
pitchers, canisters, black
iron pots and many kinds
of potter containers are
also good for holding ar
rangements. Most metals
such as brass, pewter, iron,
aluminum and bronze also
make attractive containers