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I feel that a word of
explanation may be in order
regarding an editorial earlier
this month in the Jackson
Progress-Argus. The edi
torial, Georgia Power for
Georgians, advised that the
Public Service Commission
should watch carefully to
assure that Georgia Power
consumers are not being
asked to subsidize the
operations of the Alabama
Power Company, another
member firm of the Southern
Company.
This is a legitimate and
well-expressed concern, ljut
your readers may be assured
that Georgia Power’s present
electric system as well as the
system we feel will be
required in future years is
being built to serve the needs
of Georgia’s electric users
and not those of a neighbor
ing state.
It is true that the
nationwide grid system, of
which Georgia Power and
other Southern Company
members are participants, is
so constituted that electric
companies can exhange
power with one another
during emergencies and
peak periods. This, however,
is a system which saves
individual participating com
panies-and, therefore, their
customers--many millions of
dollars each year. I say this
because without the inter
connecting grid system, our
company and all others
would have to build a costly
reserve capacity far, far in
excess of that which we now
operate.
It is far more economical
for us to purchase power
from a neighboring system
during peak periods than it is
to expand additional millions
TRADITION
Two men who lived in the villages of Djambi and
Hasanuddin on tiny Haruku Island in eastern Indonesia had a
disagreement. It seemed as though both of these men were
rather stubborn, and that each laid claim to a certain sago
tree. Well, these two fellows decided to settle the question of
ownership once and for all.
The interesting part of the story was the method these
fellows decided to follow to decide who owned the sago tree.
Of course, they were rather conservative. So they decided to
answer the question in the traditional way - by seeing who
could stay under the water the longest! Now it is true that to
you and me this method seemed totally unrelated to the point
in question - ownership of the sago tree. But for these two
men the fact that there was no relationship between the two
didn’t matter. Tradition said this was the way the question
was to be answered, and so they answered it in that manner!
Questions had always been answered this way on Haruku.
And as far as they were concerned they would always be
answered in this manner.
Tradition is, in many respects, a wonderful thing. For
tradition usually preserves that which is good. We are
greatly in debt to our parents and grandparents for some of
the traditions they passed on to us. We think as we think, act
as we act, partly because our forefathers passed it along to
us.
But let us move on to add that tradition is often very
damaging and demeaning, also. Slavery lasted nearly 1900
years beyond the life of the One Who came to set men free
because of tradition. Tradition which no one questioned.
Tradition which, thank God, is broken now. But the results of
that tradition still linger.
Tradition has said that when two countries came to an
impossible point in their differences, they went to war. and
the strongest was right. Might made right. Now this tradition
is being questioned by civilized man. And rightly so. Each
new generation is exactly that -a new generation. And each
new generation should seek to build on the good traditions of
the past and correct those traditions which we now see to be
harmful to mankind.
Now is this a truth in the dealings of the world, then it is
no less a truth in the work of the Church. There are many
valid and worthwhile traditions in the church. And, likewise,
there are traditions which need to be broken. Someone has
said that the seven last words of one church were these: “We
have always done it this way.” We don’t like to change, many
of us. We prefer things to remain as they are. But there is one
thing certain in this world - today is different from yesterday
and tomorrow will be different from today. And let us
remember that the Founder of our Church broke tradition -
often!
Let us, therefore, take the good traditions handed down
to us and build on them. And let us change those traditions
which are no longer valid. If we fail to do this and hang on to
tradition for tradition’s sake, we will end up like those two
villagers on Haruku. You see, they both drowned!
They both followed a tradition that was outdated and
stupid. Arid they both lost. Can we expect anything different
when we do the same?
even billions, of dollars to
build generating plants to be
used only during those
periods. The adjoining com
panies, of course, are in the
same situation.
It also should be pointed
out that any electricity sold
to adjoining companies or
systems is fully repaid at the
cost it takes for us to provide
power. Nor do our customers
pay the fuel adjustment cost
that goes with such trans
actions.
Equally important is the
fact that Georgia Power
simply doesn’t sell electricity
to other companies without
first assuring itself that the
needs of our own customers
first are being met. Nor does
the success or non-success in
rate-increase transactions of
companies from whom we
purchase and to whom we
sell power have any effect on
our pricing of this power. We
simply sell at cost, and the
purchaser’s financial ability
or rate history of the
purchasing system has no
bearing on what we charge.
In fact, these purchases or
sales are controlled by the
Federal Power Commission.
In other words, if it were
only a one-way street and if
we provided electricity to
other companies simply to
meet their own peak needs, a
charge of subsidization
would be true. The system,
however, is a two-way street;
and there are many occa
sions both daily and sea
sonlly when we utilize the
expensive generating cap
abilities of other companies
so that our own customers
will be assured of electricity
during peak periods.
Harold C. McKenzie, Jr.
Executive Vice President
Georgia Power Company
‘Whatsoever
Things'
By Donald E. Wildmon
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
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HONOR WINNERS These seven students of Indian Springs Academy won a passel
of honors in Gordon Junior College’s Annual High School Academic Contest. Participants
included, front row, left to right, Denise Bunch, Cindy Brittain and Donna Cook. Back row,
left to right, Charlie Thornton, Phillip Todd, George Barber and Beverly O’Neal. The ISA
team placed second among private schools in Mathematics and third in Humanities. Cindy
Brittain placed second in individual competition in Mathematics and Beverly O’Neal third
on the Humanities test.
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ACADEMIC ACHIEVERS Students from Jackson High School who participated in
Gordon Junior College’s Annual High School Academic Contest recently include, front
row, left to right, William Mann, Cathy Crockarell, Rhonda Hutcheson, Lani Van Dusen
and Lynn Duke. Back row. left to right, David Brown, Esca Pace, Ricky Long, Bobby
Pinckney and Lee Duffey. Jackson High placed second in the team category on the
Humanities Contest.
Report From
Indian Springs
By Mrs. Clyde Hoard
The National Hikers and
Campers held their Spring
Convention at the State Park
last weekend. According to
Park Superintendent Louis
Taylor there were about 500
families represented.
Ted and Gay McMichael of
Georgia College and Miss
Debbie Chapman of Locust
Grove spent the weekend
with Mr. and Mrs. Frank
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McMichael.
Miss Winnie Taylor and
Mrs. Brown of Flovilla
attended the Columbus Col
lege and Georgia South
western baseball game in
Americus Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Randy
Stephens of Hogansville were
weekend guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Taylor and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. Dawson
Stallworth of Westminster,
South Carolina visited Miss
Blannie Stallworth last week
and on Thursday they made a
business trip to Atlanta.
Mrs. Louis Taylor and Mrs.
Jack Hawley attended the
Nathaniel Green and Indian
Springs Academy ball game
in Greensboro Friday.
Page and Brad Earnhart
spent the weekend with their
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Asa Maddox.
Seaman Steve Bennett of
Norfolk, Virginia spent the
weekend with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bennett.
Mr. and Mrs. Joel Crane
visited Mr. and Mrs. James
Adams of Jackson Lake
THURSDAY. APRIL 28, 1977
Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Holloway
visited Sunday with Mrs.
Doyle Faulkner in Athens
and Mrs. R. L. Holloway and
Mr. and Mrs. James Darden
in Forsyth.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hoard
had as their dinner guests
Monday night Rev. and Mrs.
Ed Hoard of Riverdale, Mr.
and Mrs. W. A. Cook, Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Smith and Mr.
Allen Byars of Jackson.
Weekend guests of Mrs.
Belle Waldrep were Mr. and
Mrs. Danny Maddox and son
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We wish to express our
sincere appreciation to all
our friends, neighbors and
relatives for the kindnesses
shown during the illness of
our mother and grandmother
and at the time of her death.
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