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Rustic oil lamps, remin
ders of a simpler day in our
history, are among the most
popular collectibles today.
Even though plain glass oil
lamps may still be pur
chased new in many
grocery, hardware or
discount stores, buying one
that has served a family for
(Reprinted From The Daily Sun July 27, 197 Z )
School Millage
Not Yet Known
BydllY MIDDI.KTON position in the primary for the current school year.
Staff Writer election less than two weeks This represents a walloping
II school authorities ilon'l away. $1,019,534 jump over the cost
change their minds the Just why there has been any of operating the county’s
millage assessment for hesitancy in setting the schools during the just ended
operating the school system millage bite remains fiscal year,
during a fiscal year already something of a mystery. The school board approved
begun will not be set until the As early as May 25 the the big budget June 13.
day after the Aug. H primary school board budget was In a recent routine check
Houston County School known, even though it had not with school authorities The
Superintendent David Perdue received an official stamp of Daily Sun learned there is
and two board of education approval. little or no chance the budget
members are up for reelec- School officials have put will be changed,
lion, and all three have op- together a $10,224,694 budget
WHAT Will The Millage Rate Be?
WHY Has The Budget Not Been Submitted For Approval?
HASN’T The Budget Been Ready Since May 24?
WHY Is The Budget Being Submitted The Day After
The Election?
WILL It Go The Full 20 Mills?
* * *
These Are The Questions We Would Like Answers To Before The
August 8 Election, NOT THE DAY AFTER.
* * *
This Ad Is Being Paid For By Concerned Taxpayers Os Houston County
And By The Supporters Os Al Jones For Houston
County School Superintendent
Vote For And Elect
M. A. 'Al'Jones
Houston County School Superintendent
Democratic Primary
Dedicated Qualified Progressive
many years gives the
collector a greater sense of
satisfaction.
The oil lamp as we know it
has only been around since
the discovery of kerosene by
Abraham Gesner of
Williamsburg, New York, in
1824. Until the oil fields of
Pennsylvania were opened
about 1859, however, it was
too expensive to gain much
popularity. But by 1866 we
had 194 kerosene distilleries
putting out twenty-eight
million gallons a year.
With the new fuel and a
simpler construction than
before, the kerosene lamp
was the common lighting
fixture until the invention of
the electric light bulb. Even
though gas was used in some
places, the light fixtures had
to be stationary, so the
smaller, portable lamp was
more popular.
Ever since night and day
were divided, man has
sought ways to make at least
a tiny flicker of light when
darkness fell over the land.
For many centuries, a tiny
flicker was all he was able to
produce, unless he lit up a
huge bonfire.
In his cave, tent or even
later in big, drafty castles,
the earliest lamps were
simply open vessels filled
with animal or vegetable fat,
A wick of some material was
stuck into it and when it was
ignited it gave off a little
flame. It burned steadily in a
sheltered place; in a draft it
flickered or went out.
Aladdin is usually depicted
rubbing a gracefully-shaped,
shiny brass lamp, and such
lamps were made to grace
the abodes of Eastern
potentates of his day. But the
lamp’s priniciple was still
the same as those cruder
models used by the poor, and
their smoke and stench filled
the air indiscriminately.
These lamps, along with
candles and torches,
PINK LADIES
SCHEDULE
Fri,, Aug. 4
9-12 Nina Harper
Sat., Aug. 5
1- Gloria Ragin
Sun., Aug. 6
2- Betty Gray
Mon., Aug. 7
9-1 Evelyn LeVan
9-1 Doris Hulbert
2-6 Helen Rickett
6-9 Norine Jones
6- Virginia Jones
Candy Striper
Brenda McCoy
Tues., Aug. 8
9-2 Lorraine Funk
9-12 Dora Beckley
2-6 Eunice Hulsey
7- Nancy Colder
Candy Striper
Alice Johnson
Wed., Aug. 9
9:30-11:30 Mary E. Helm
9-12 Jewel Hay
2-5 Pansy Gordon
5-9 Mary Johnson
Candy Stripers
Ethel Mae Everett
Betty Brown
Thurs., Aug. 10
9-12 Polly Mohr j
1-5 Jean Brewster
7-9 Marjorie Daniels
Candy Stripers
Jacqualine Davis !
Marjorie Billings I
PHS Teacher
Attends School
William A. Loudermilk
from Perry High School,
recently participated in a
manufacturing institute at
Georgia Southern College.
The institute was designed
to prepare the participants
to conduct, in their school
classes, a study of the
manufacturing industry and
its technology. The major
elements of the two-week
study are introduction,
enterprise structure,
elements of managing,
research and development,
production, marketing,
finance and control, per
sonnel administration, ex
ternal relations and
secretarial and legal.
The sessions were
designed to enable the
participants to develop and
present specific related
content and to guide their
students in exploring both
managerial and worker roles
associated with real world :
manufacturing activity.
Throughout the study, the
participants were prepared
to make and were en
couraged to make all
possible use of an in
terdisciplinary approach to
show students the
meaningful application of
language arts, math, and
science skills. L
remained the sole source of
inside lighting until 1783
when Ami Argand, a Swiss
chemist, constructed a lamp
that worked on scientific
combustion principles. It
consisted of a hollow tube
open at both ends and ex
tending upward through the
center of the burner, with a
round, woven wick fitted
tightly around the tube and
covered by an outer cylin
der. When oil from the
reservoir was fed into
the side of the compartment
holding the wick, the hollow
tube allowed air to get to the
center of the flame. Com
bustion was increased and
the amount of light as heat
from the flame
automatically created a
draft. The addition of a glass
chimney completed the
lamp. Argand placed the
reservoir of his lamp above
the flame’s level so the flow
of gravity caused oil to flow
to the burner as it was
needed.
His lamps were followed
by others of simpler con
struction, including a simple
device invented by John
Miles of Birmingham,
England in 1787. Since they
used whale oil, they con
tributed greatly to that in
dustry. The glass industries
at Cambridge, Sandwich,
anl Pittsburgh, England,
produced large quantities of
these lamps, and so did
English craftsmen of pewter
and tin.
A new fuel patented by
Isaiah Jennings, an
American, never gained
favor after explosions
caused a number of
fatalities. Named Camphene
by Jennings, it was com
posed of eight parts alcohol
to one part spirits of tur
pentine.
In its place a refined whale
oil gained favor in a French
lamp that was an im
provement on Argand’s
lamp. In this annular lamp
the oil reservoir was placed
under the shade and made
round in shape. Oil ran
through two fuel tubes to the
wick.
Little is known about the
evolution of the kerosene
burner. However, new
features rt it were a flat
wick, a dt. ice used to raise
a | ARCHIE CAMPBELL
General Primary August 8, 1972
I believe the entire tax structure of Houston County should be re-evaluated. With the
tremendous growth and the new industry that has been added to our county the past few
years, I believe the ad valorem TAX should be SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED.
I WILL NOT vote to raise your taxes while serving as your County Commissioner.
When lam elected your County Commissioner, Post 4,1 pledge my efforts to find other
sources of revenue, such as state and federal grants and reduce property taxes. 1 will
coordinate closely with the Board of Tax Assessors, so that they will know the county’s
needs, and can plan their operation to meet these needs.
I will work to update our county fire department with better equipment and strengthen
our staff with well trained personnel to man this equipment.
I w ill work to better our recreation program in our county.
I have been a resident of Houston County for 30 years and have been self employed 14
years. I have served 2 terms as a member of the Warner Robins City Council. I offer this
experience and my pledge to work untiringly for the best Interest of the people of Houston
County.
I WANT TO BE YOUR COUNTY COMMISSIONER,
I WANT TO BE YOUR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
I Need Your Vote On August 8 , 1972
Your Vote And Support Will Be Greatly Appreciated.
(Paid Political Advertisement)
PAGE 9-C
or lower the wick, and a
dome-shaped protective
cover for the wick, the same
principle still used. Glass
shades, plain or painted,
were used to filter the light,
with cloth and paper shades
added during the last
quarter of the centrury.
Kerosene lamps were
made from glass, pottery,
bronze, brass, and many
metallic alloys, in numerous
shapes and styles. Long after
they were replaced by
electric lights in cities and
towns, they remained the
sole source of light in rural
areas well into the twentieth
century and retain that role
in remote areas today.
Rites Held
For Mrs. Ford
Funeral services for Mrs.
Virginia B. Ford, 74, of 1719
Sewell Circle, Perry, who
died Thursday of a heart
attack, were held Saturday
at 11 a.m. in the capel of
Watson-Hunt Funeral Home
here. Rev. Dick Reese of
ficiated. Graveside services
were held Monday at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville,
Kentucky.
A native of Kentucky, Mrs.
Ford was a retired civil
service employee of Robins
Air Force Base and had lived
in Perry 20 years. She was an
instructor in ceramics, and
was a Presbyterian.
Survivors include two
sons, Jack Ford and Ralph
Ford, both of Indianapolis,
Indiana; one brother,
William Perry Williams of
Ravenna, Ohio; seven
grandchildren and two great
grandchildren.
COMING SOON
'THE WHOLE THING'
Real Italian Pizza And Sandwich Shop
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!, PERRY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1972
In addition, a surprising
number of people keep an oil
lamp instead of candles
handy for those times when
Mrs. C. N. Elliott
POST 2 • HOUSTON COUNTY
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Democratic Primary • August 8,1972
"A concerned, active mother asks for your Vote and Support"
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the electric current goes off.
So there is no indication that
the oil lamp will leave the
American scene in the near
future.