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that
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been ham, iacr
diens oeuld *lain* this
their,
ButSem Zillion earns' .
His
Sem gr., had formed a
'mom c .to the
AMericena in. the Woof. 111*
. EdisOn,
Amer/eon of Dutch. descent, ha'
ad
loran to the British'
the War of Independence and for
his pains he and his family
traniport!dNova c ►t;
1.
n .I811,the Edison
num .
�p�were :of ��tired _
herdihipe and* 1p e
oti,aand , f.
ed�
x gid: �h�.
.a
ed on. the long trek to,* 000,ocre
tract land land granted to
theMln;
upperVenade00 theOtter River,
about two•milee 'from take Erie.
Ditring Mack ie's agitati
1,the ' Vienna tavern was a
gatheringploCe for local radicals
and Sate Edison was definitely
"fin :the .goveuacaent".
Butpartwayto Toronto, Edison
0' learned that the rebellion was ael-
ready..'a military failure. He
qnickly `changed his plan, dou-
bled. back.to Vienna, withered* Telegraph few belongings and, leaving` tis
., family to spend Chriatmas'alone,
mid' a quick goodbye,'' He' then'
walked-and ran e0 miles ins, 2; .°
a 'his first leo-
wig own amt set e a
strum**_ • 'tet he bad Mado
+s� DeWitt
be quiekty become
be quite
enip nee.
Vibe leta: ,itseemed be
r more
and trying** prove the equip-
'
t than in sending and rw-
a
*aft,
days to cross ;they frozen St. Clair
River, keeping. ahead'tif Sir Bond .
Head's men�;who wanted to bring
him to account.
Sant Edison, senior .dis#4tissed
In .mac,
-Mg code.
`r, lt. was' frequently fired
wandered fr -tom to
In y 1 , he won a as a
�It4',Apher at t- .
1tion Ontario.
, n.,:
Ii � �",iN,,R Shift. '�n, no
to, he
hod h
invented rota
machine. which
would a Signet
hoe
indicating
that
w
as awake
alert
while qty he Was
h!�a..
lithe cat�.yap�
.R� to U.S, ,
few�rurnins °with the, authori-
tt Grand Trunk �y
andKan oh. -t cat visit to the
office of the general' Manager in
Toronto 'and-Tho� Alva Edison
decided that Canada 'wasn't for, •
him after all. He returned to the ..
United States
• 18e8 The Iournal. ora
, reported that Mr
Thomas Edison Of the Western,
Union (Tice, Boston,' had inven
ed a "mode.of trans isslpia both
the
Its r
to knew tail ,�4
theMalt supervieing erection 'of
the' bul , tt� of the you
�Wall jb
It no otherthan
'fat who d him et
aay�l..adand whafice
ly � thrashed in .
' methods were rs+ ..
•
he, preferred to test
his Ideas
trial and orrort,
and by,e'.
ofa►ination.'Hia
tem, too,. . o .b
hazer , iiihenhe set up his i wl�
tamp . *croft
tra fom.the o
in-
ventionfoetal", the c m �.de
da d a dividend �Saturda
night
�a
.
art
duringof a 1'
% salary was .a weekly
whosepatent Edis ..,later
purchased„ - But h son' p.,
with a f lment, .or Winer, ..7f ry
O Cents* cotton covered with
�p'black, could stay aglow for
40 hours ' that was the
gt�ill alimning mathematics
The
of /idiom's
,lam it
1010 �►+t na
be ���the
an Italian as".
s solutionnbe
�i�aa
Menlo Park.
�'
newspaPermen.
W
gradually: On September'4, MI E*
gan tq illuminate,at Noir
York. from aa�: er �. . "
Pearl . Street.
����
Ployed
.,r■
ry7
wires �'e pieced J A t }
4TH money mOgnis were
tct to
the tai
-. E�' :
a success. Mangy.
of electrical �a' '"
each, other .. , there were
-
art battles
,.tea ;
` a
naial:
;bad, n'�. �p#I►'��
indu
18,,te,
.,e
that had beendeveloped' upz to
that time.
While developing die inch;
cent loam, Edison worked' to re-
duce the. fierce of the exist-,
e ing arc lights, with the, hopethat
they aid, be adapted` for'home
• use, His vision: included homes
t� suppliedwith electricity generat-
ed from a central station .ofdyaa-
mos. He taw • the home of the fu-
ture equipped. with funs, electric
unending.cookers1irons-the- dream was
I
But Brush arc lights had been
ways on a single .wire which. is
pie, interest 'an
id'ingai
the follow ng year' Edison de-
vied an' apparatus.Which,would
° chronize the telegraph print -
machines of the period, which
fregeentty garbled the messages.
thought his invention might be
a►or`th' $8,000 but when he offered
t for.sale he was asked "How
w : d $40,000 strike you?" 'At
�iocident with a "Well,,. Sam- sem"
My's long legs saved him that
time!"
Son is Born He
Ten years later., Sam Jr., now
i
reunited with his fainily, owned a oul
lumiber business in.. Milano Coy,
o In the early hours of a sno yy
February 11, 1847, the family
gained another member, a baby th
boy with a very large head whom
doctor was afraid might have in
rain fever. The parents frankly
wondered whether.he was defec-
tive.''
They named him Thomas Alva. #.
east, this Was Edison story in
ater years; but there is evidence
at the , figure. was actually
$80,000 -which• isk not surprising~
view of his indifference to
arithmetic and;finance.
Edison also added that this was
e- first time in his life he. had
EI
During Tom's early years his . a
star now: rose•
father and school teachers, Rev,
and Mrs. Engles, had a very 'low ' to
opinion of• the boy's mental abili-
'tielL' They' f egUenti ti'W,shed' !3
• ,.'N (,��rr;s.+.sc Q.w k iMy:Y'.► Yd
- i ,. '. Ami '� '11PG�7y
to learn. sys
Thomas Alva Edison had little
tercet in
edge but had an insatiable curio-
sity for finding out things ' for
himself. Spelling and aritinine- a
tic -no, that was for lesser people- aho
to do, but such experiments as th
filling his friend Michael Oates
with Seidlitz powder (an effer- C
vescent laxative) to see whether
he would float -now that was
something worth knowing! on
When he was 11, Tont and
Michael went into the market ed
garden business. "That sum- co
mer," Edison later said; "we net- yo
ted all .or two ' or three hundred' ' me
w dollars." It was typical of what mi
was to
received a cheque and the
ret time he ever went inside a
bank.
Ms. commercial
keep company with the bright
t •Pf n � ►pl R> ,A0,_i he
ri
tickera:o Fees "fe'rri".� .on.
in second-hand knowl-
an
The following year he'invented
automatic telegraph which
could handle i,00e-words per min-
e (manually the speed was
ut 40). In 1875, he introduced
e mimeograph and in the space
lectricity- travels at
When you flip a. switch to turn
a light, the TV, or the hair
dryer, the electrical energy need -
to operate this equipment has
me a long way before it enters
ur home through the utility's
ter, perhaps several hundred
les, and it has travelled at the
come; a merchant prince speed of light. •
who kept very sloppy accounts! The electrical energy comes
The following year- Tomwas from clothes
and many generators i
houses throughout the want
because the output of the statio
is synchronized and fed into
common pool or grid.
The . generators can • produc
power up to 18,000volts. From ,th
generating station the powe
is transformed to a much highe
voltage. In Canada this could
735,000 volts. This is the highes
voltage in the world and'wa
pioneered in - Canada by Hydr
Quebec: . '
In the home, lights and small
ppliances operate at 120 volts
ut there are usually two lines
which can be connected to give a
higher voltage of 240 volts to
power stoves, clothes dryers and
eavy appliances.
Large industrial or commer-
ial complexes may buy their
power from the electrical utility
'n "wholesale" quantities at
ome voltage up to 115,000` volts
nd provide their own distribu-
on substations.
In its journey from the gen-
rator to the reading lamp, the
g saw, the refrigerator, or the
of water heater, the stream of
working full time as a newsboy on
a train between Port Huron a
Detroit. By the time he was 15
was publishing his own ne
paper from the baggage car
the train. The Weekly Hera
contained such words as "v
Han", oppisition" and "sink.
and th was in eepi
with the publication's, spelling
Learns Telegraphy
Fascinated with mechanic
young Tom Edison hung aroun
the telegraph offices which we
equipped with a variety of el
nd
he
ws-
of
Id
ng
re
ec- a
ng
ti
tri
t. e
Is wiring
overloaded?
on Broadway since September
Tips to r
•
Canada's rural rPoPulation
basically have to solve society's
problems which, have xesuited
from the concentration oftechno-
iogy in huge urban centres.
from London, Eng1and, claim;
rural people on! are close enough
to Oature to be abie to investigate
alternatives to replace the ciTy-
logy of today; .
He said tbe 'alternate,* survi-
vat technologrt must be found to.
graphist tram Striliard
was back in ��
'Supervising ma t,
candescent vitas
Canada � C is
at Cornwall, Onttlr1o, sa.
dustrial plant to be "like't
mellow to t of an Italian
n!" Pte, waw SLp ,
Six "Long Was' WMn.'
. as Edoaon'a dye wen .111ek-
named, driven by a Water ems,
in the nearby St.. 'r
River, item d 14,000
volts of dir ', tnyr t.
Granted 130 Patents
In his e
:rte
granted its Potent*. Hr's the
father of, the potion pichire
camera
and owned tla� copyright
to the first motion picture de .
"The Record, of !, r
>i �star
ring RP ass tart nate
;A maned C�it„Ci
sneeze
andX
tile. l>ia►w was raver`
The interwoven .
as erwoveti fid
and kindred ;en '
t. �►t'pI'is�R' '
pany amalgeniati+Qns, ansl.h'little
wheeling, and' dealing, Ied to 'the
l�tal�byt offal
�" the Dd States one
' 't Ilse done. Close. the
� he had ,� so much to
to for ,1 seconds? The coon.
be in chaos. It's �-
whetherful would have
wanted the ' is dimmed. • ,any -
.
way.
A i
EdiJson Arnie of inventiXe
. /cg�/l.`■. s,Was 'extr a ,
4"r '
living
woldd be 'hard t,�►, .
con-
ceive without our havinglight at
the flick ' A switch orelectricity
.�.;r..
too e
prxat , ro�ur �raaiunery,. rad ..
turn, on ',, f m ilia 1�!��'«[r}� - -
,n � .�` �ie:1�c#C,B�. sip
`la. .
What:.
better
dedicate the .
,�week of Edison's
birth, Feb>�'11,-1.7 as National.
Electlicto w
full, of
be ha t+a��of
OOPthat should
a are
ell. 'may' -
ef��_-;
Aso- l m the h haat
start er when Maw
��l It begbegin* bY et
date and file I��,., guar-
an
I r. ,, -
a aantee acid any e r" paper
�' with
appliance,
�.y u the capacity know�y�N�pact�.
of^your
should not conn?more , than i rid
1,01 Watts on a: e il. a
circuit unl+ '. know Its cape -
city ts- to to it.
.Cord care
If':;cord insulation is 'vont,
cracked oked ,,
+rran�ableid,:r�e the
entire, Do.
bet .PiP or radiators or other
b�.1.LLirr ��'.l.i�v
sure are
Prop
appliances:er placement
for should
set firm, aam aw es so I
won't tip. Heating
have
room ....
burningvent scorching rst
furniture�;I
correctlyor wans•
fir",11l���.
, 'Be sure Mari appliances are
grounded. Both
dryer should have
and. he
ed) sYstems.
e (ground
Vied out whethher
Cords ameng -different 4qipli-
replace the western vorld's cur-
rent ideolt 11,ical god of 1414m
economic woWth. Society JAM
been "hoodwinked" into believ,
ing no such alternative exists.
Mr. McRobie, develOpment di-
rector of the Intermediate Tech-
, sology Development Grotip Ltd.,
says farmers have an interna-
- tional reputation of being con-
cerned with human valuen' and
• needs and must inspire the de-
velopmen! of new decentralized
Mass Market's -
•
Still searching for that first
ouse of your
Iflor 'ire% odwia? 41°king
one ds a u in 'the hOtne 37
The current ideology is ba
on the harnessing of science an
eitY life Must be replaFed with a
re-creation of commumty In rural
areas with p el rking to
gether ,to replace tre) lack of"
power over control Of the means
of production.' .
"This means sa greet deal of de-.
centralizing of power on a whole
lot of things that oVer the last 20
years we've spent pulling into the
cities." o
If A floe blown Jitter You have
may he bad for motors. your
owner man -
plugged an opplianee,in, unplug,
Ow appliance and peplace the
uSe. If it 'blows 'a aeCOnd
here is probably something
wrong with thelippliance or with
wiring, They: should be, in-
spected and repaired,
appliances !,,efore you 'oil
them.
• Lights Provide Clue" •
Motet -
driven appliances are lubricated
Vie. Those that aren't need
anciaer*ing, even
though they ***not In dolly use,
But remember that too much oil
• ual should give yen
exact directions,
The ideal of,the owners of capi, to time to be sure they are wo business 'alanageMeat -141,
is production without 1
• ment--the use of more and more periods, the, appliance should be' '110100;/,,.gurnn Park,, Interested ,
' versonsihoOldregister now Sint*
Ai the creation of mass markets.
ices through masS Production and far 111 e wiring
technology te provide the maxi
mum output of goOda and serv
sed‘ machinea.
assotiliraktional
ti) Vital to firm effi'clency
the
"The main motive power
well-known as greed laced wi
Am, envy and a good deal of self -de
— ception," he said, and has led
eleetrtian calla the servi
depopulation of rural areas, so -
trance -the big board moult
cial alienation by crowdin
our main wit5h, meter, anu
people into eities and an inctea
Current issues
Sa d rebraary tneak
be* discussed "on
Ottmva, Owl
to V;anada trade ri
magazines? Or are you consider- f
ing winterizing your vacation
home in your favorite resort area
usemboesex oarrecirteatutedt-h,rr aerm.p.eret,
Most houses over 10 years 0
ld
ing lack of power to enable peop
to shape their o*n destinies,
Power now rests in the haoda
e,rvice equipment, hardly Aim-
uate to handle the large ninnbei
dayf electrical appliances kn
NeWerlionies will likel$t have a , b,i,ThlityenrItieji:yfrriotadm;,_ eparvi:wndtii!, has„shit:Inire iii
00 -ampere service, which is tridal people moved in eveir-
. tile minimum, reqUired in all pro- creafang ninnbers to the cities
, machines where they have only a
oines• equipPed With electrical s all -girt of their consciousirss
eating, will have 200 amperes or extriirged in what they are domg
• If your plans call for a mere q
modest outlay, this spring such o
as ,bnilding-a-family room,in, the
tasemefitxorydur present home,
.or adding .a wing, here is' some
g bus hazard around the farm. Not
s- only is it inadequate -it, is also
le highly dangerous. Replacing
Such farm wiring is a safe, sound
of investment rather than an extra-
, vagant expenditure.
Rewiring vi
A Sound Investment h
When looking through older h
homes that your real estate agent m
No one can ch a equate
farm wiring better _than One
circuit from the house.
f This isn't uncommon aroond
established farms and additional
equipment and expansions just
• naturally get added to the exist-
ing wiring.
In this farmer's case, over the
years, larger bulk tanks, com-
pressors, vacuum pumps, feed s
augers and more were added to
the original power facilities,
Checks indicated equipment
pulled some 40 to 50 amps
through the existing circuit.
The overloaded circuit caused
fuses to -blow and motors and
ore. Some very old homes may
Then in the evening they go
home and sit in front of a televi-
ting of only 30 amperes. •
sion set at an even lower level of
New wiring and eleetrical serv- Fonsciousness and finally sink
ha
speed if light ra
power has gone through switches, in
transformers, meters, fuse co
boxes, and automatic protection w
devices which reclose the circuit,
if there is. a temporary fault. It
has travelled v•Awo-inch over- ne
head cables on stOl towers, in- ho
stalled by an electrical service
ntractor. It is not a job for the aciaaanesa called sleep."
Mr. McRobie said cities "are
eekend do-it-yourself artist.
the peacetime equivalent of the
Home Modernization
gas chamber. It's slower, but
To start that family room or nonetheless effective."
w wing project in your present
Decentralize Power
sulated condtictors' along the
street and into the smaller. w yes
in the walls of your home.
n pow,er It has been in a h to sem
wry e
, you' as it has travelled -at a speed
ris which would take it, seven times
a around the world in slightly less
than a second.
e It has travelled from the gen-
e erator to the appliance at. the
r speed alight -186,281 miles per
r • second -quicker than
be proneunce
veral common symptom
warn you that your home's wiri
system is overloaded, ina
quote or outdated:
Fuses -blow or circuit breake
trip open too frequently.
Such appliances as your iro
toaster or kettle are slow to hea
Lights dim -,--or the TV pictur
shrinks -when you switch o
electrical appliances.
To conned other lamps or ap-
pliances, you find yoU need ex-
• tension cords or multiple con-
nectors.
And looking around the base-
board, you see a growing family
of "octupus" outlets. .
If any one of these conditions
exist in your home, call in the ex-
pert, and don't be surprised If he
tells you that a complete home
wiring modernization job is re-
quired. Make sure that you hire a
qualified electrician who has the
training and skills to assure you
of a job well ,done,
The money spent by having a
qualified electrical contractor
advise yoU on your maintenance
and expansion is money saved. ,
Also, it will entire your home
Wiringliyiteni is sate. °
the
CIE 1.
you could
in Eleetricity.
PUSS SLOWING signifies
LOW HOUSEPOWER
811,
FREE wiring
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- OUR COMMUNITY
A NATIONAL EL CTRIC WEEK SAFETY MESSAGE
listing your present electrical ap-
pliances. List separately all the
other electrical appliances and
work -saving equipment you
would like to buy in the years
ahead.
Follow this up by drawing a
plan of the room. Indicate the de-
sired location of both present and
future appliances. This helps the
electrician to determine the size
of wires, number and kind of cir-
dills, and whether added capa-
city is required.
In your planning, consider the
need for outdoor lighting and out-
lets in the garage, driveway or
patio area. They add safety, con-
venience and pleasure year-
round.
By planning ahead, you will
save money. You will provide the
necessary flexibility that will re-
duce the need for frequent and
costly changes- to. your home elec-
trical wiring System.
The home electrical wiring sys-
tem is one of the most important
and yet least understood aspects
of every homemaker's daily life.
Many older homes and, sur-
prisingly enough, many new
homes, do not have enough elec-
trical capacity, iv. spare cir-
cuits, or enough duplex outlets to
plug in the number of new elec-
trical appliances niost families
Scholarships
now paying
The Canadian Scholarship_
Trust Foundation is now pgyin'g
for the tuition and books for 82
university. students.
Under the plan, which began in
1960, parents who paid $25
monthly per child could expect
the foundation to take over pay-
ment of tuition and book costs
when the child went beyond the
first year of a university course:
A fOundation, spokesman said
there will be 200 scholarship re-
cipients in 1973 and by 1976, more
, wiring to smoke. Some electrical
motors were actiially lott due to,
the overloading.
The electrical wiring problems
some 'peace of Mind' by inttall-
were solved and gave the farmer
Idairy and feedlot. 'Me feedlot had ,
„previously been served by a
Less Worry, More Sleep
:„'.,t4P):;e41:
...vOloOment,of
eorom "ties such as corn,
cations
In looking back the' farmer w -se*
estimates the form' er systein
proliably cost him more than the
installation of the new wiring sys-
tem. He now has capaeity for ex-
pansion, his motors start better
and run smoother and just gut
portant-he worries less and .
leeps more.
If wiring or some ,electrical
problem is of concern around ,
your farm,. contact your local
public utility or an electrician.
Most of them have qualified
people ready to serve you and
save you money and worry.
Ir you are interested. in one or
more of these courses contact
your county agricultural repre-
sentative or Mr. Doug ,Jamieson
at Centralia College* (228-6601,);
ELECTRICITY
POVVERS
PROGRESS
Electricity is right there around us, whenever we vi)iint to
use. it. Plug in an appliance or flip a switch. It's there.
Our industries hum, our business and commeraal firms
prosper, our farms produce at record levels, thanks to
electricity.
Many little, but important things around the home get
done quietly, quickly and efficiently through Our elec-
trical servants. The Waster toasts. The family laundry
comes up sparkling. Our T.V. set entertains and informs.
Newspapers and magazines record instant history. Yes,
life is better and brighter because of electricity.
We're happy to join with other elements of the electrical
industry in observing the 126th anniversary of the birth
of Thomas A. Edison, the inventive genius who made
possible many of these advances for our comfort.
convenience and enjoyment.
LIVE BEITER, ...Electrically
National Electrical Week massage from
Wing ham hblic Utilities Commission
Listowel Public Utilities Commission