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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 ■ r i !, 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" Paid Political Advertisement I mi 1 9il 19119 3 BLOCKS SOUTH OF K MART MACON, GEORGIA Middle Georgia Headquarters For C.B. Radios • Stereo Systems Tubes • TV Antennas & Accessories • Tape Recorders WE STOCK NAME BRANDS SONY -MARANTZ PA NASON 1C KLH AR RECTILINEAR SHORE GARRARD DUAL DYNACO the electric current goes off. So there is no indication that the oil lamp will leave the American scene in the near future.