Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 19, Number 11, DeMotte, Jasper County, 11 February 1949 — R.E.M.C. ANNUAL MEETING WELL ATTENDED [ARTICLE]

R.E.M.C. ANNUAL MEETING WELL ATTENDED

Approximately 400 people were in attendance at the 9th Annual Meeting of the Jasper County R.E.M.C. held in the Rensselaer Armory the afternoon of Feb. 8, 1949. For many of those who attended, it was their first meeting as they had received service for the first time during the last year due to the expansion program completed by the local Cooperative. The Wheatfield High School band, under the able direction of Mr. Carl Doherty, gave a thirty

minute musicale at the beginning of the meeting that was enjoyed by everyone present. The business meeting was under the direction of the President, Mr. Carl Nesius. During this part of the program financial and statistical reports were given by the officers and personnel of the project. Present day operating /costs and future developments were also discussed. The Hoosier Ramblers, a quartette from White County, gave several musical numbers during the meeting. Two very interesting speakers rounded out the well planned program. Mr. Reuben Dooley, manager of the Parke County R.EM.C., at Rockville, Indiana, gave a very timely and appropriate talk entitled, “You and Your Cooperative”. Mr. Charles Kenyon, of the Application and Loans Division of R.E.A., gave a splendid explanation on Capital Credits and Power Use. The local merchants cooperated by putting on a grand display of electrical appliances. The merchants who put on the display were: The Home Electric Shop, Ken Fords’, Lewis & Young, Sears Roebuck, and the Jasper County Farm Bureau Cooperative. The and electricians also contributed some very nice door prizes that were distributed at the close of the meeting. The members who drew prizes and their donors were as follows: Percolator (Warner’s Hardware) —Mrs. Worth Antcliff. Clock (Jasper Co. Farm Bureau Coop.)—Merle Carlile. Clock (Grover Brown) —Wm. Dunker. Toaster (Rensseiaei Electric Supply)—Mrs. Chris Alter. Sunbeam Iron (Jasper Co. R.E. M.C.) —Florence Norgard.

Electric Heater (Home Electric Shop)—Mrs. Herbert Walther. Radio (Ken Fords’) —C. M._Tuttle. Automatic Toaster (Jasper Co. R.E.M.C.) —Chas. Parks. . Toaster (sears Koebuck) Mrs. Jos. Ploughjeck.

Mixmaster (Jasper Co. R.E.M.C) —Leona Lehe. \ The W,S.C.S. of the Methodist Church served a very delightful lunch at the close of the meeting. The lunch consisted of baked ham sandwiches, home-made pie and coffee.