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2 - Thursday, July 8th, Ashburn News Mr. and Mrs. O. Bennett of Whitby were Saturday evening guests of Mrs. M. Sparks Mrs. Edgar Heron and her C.G.I.T. girls -- Isabel Hyatt; Wendy Sanderson; Lisa Gau- daur; Bonnie Middleton and Hyatt enjoyed a couple of days camping at Sibald's Point last week. PORT PERRY STAR, 1965 Miss Judith Batten spent the holiday and week-end with her girl friend at Lake Mississagua. During the month of July, service in Burn's Church will be held in the evening at 7.30 o'clock with Rev. A. Rice, B.A. of Port Perry in charge. Rev. H. M. and Mrs. Buntain are spending their holidays in the Maritimes. INVEST NOW 55% VICTORIA and GREY TRUST Guaranteed Investments. Interest is payable half yearly or may be left to compound Emmerson Insurance Agency LIMITED 191 Queen St. Port Perry Telephone 985-2421 This mighty hydraulic machine was pulling three power line. conductors in a long 3! mile pull in Port Perry area. Ontario Hydro Construction Division crews were stringing 44,000 volt power circuits over a total stretch of seven miles from P rt {Perry to Blackstock. Zone Construction Superin- tendent Dong Johnston (right) is pointing to the tension in- dicator as Region Manager Adam Smith, Area Manager A. C. "Cy" Richardson and Regional Line Maintenance Superintend- ent: Frank Barrett look on. (Ontario Hydro Photo) New Power Line Stringing Method Used Using a new technique, 44, 000 volt power transmission lines were strung almost seven miles recently above live 8,000 volt distribution lines, from Port Perry to Blackstock, by Ont- ario Hydro line crews. " It was the first time that line tension stringing of this magnitude had ever been per- formed in Ontario Hydro's Cen- tral Region. The unusual elec- tric power line stringing feat YOUR KEY TO THE BEST INVESTMENTS VICTORIA AND GREY GUARANTEED INVESTMENTS Earn §15% Interest Payable half-yearly by cheque OR left to accumulate and be . compounded increases your investment by over 31% in 5 years. CANNINGTON - LINDSAY PETERBOROUGH WHITBY was achieved by experienced linesmen handling unique, new line stringing and tension ma- chines, Not a single interrup- tion occurred to customer ser- vice during the entire operation which was accomplished in, less than a week. Until just recently, when the new method of line stringing was developed, service to some 1,200 customers along the seven mile sector would have been seriously interrupted by em- ploying conyentional stringing methods. Tension stringing is the new practice of stringing power line conductors without the usual sags. This is done by a powerful hydraulic machine pul- ling the electric power lines at one end and special equipment at the other end which can maintain braking or tension on the lines to prevent them sag- ging into the live (energized) lines below. The three new power line conductors were held taut sev- eral feet above the live circuits below. The 44,000 volt conduc- tors were pulled at about two miles per hour and the tension varied from 800 pounds at the start of the pull to approxim- ately 2,500 pounds at the finish. Conductor pulls vary in length on each line stringing project. The Port Perry to Blackstock undertaking was done in two sections of approximately 3% miles of pull each, making this an unusually long pull. The entire operation in the Port Perry to Blackstock sector went off well and a special at- tachment called a "traveller" aided in keeping the newly- strung lines in place. Skilled linesmen were on hand using trucks equipped with hydraulic lift buckets whenever needed to keep the traveller equipment free, The line stringing opera- tion proceeded with scarcely any hitches, being accomplished in almost record time. This re- sulted in considerable saving compared with the conventional line stringing methods. There are other economic benefits gained by using this tension stringing technique. One important benefit is the elim- ination of lengthy power inter- Successfully Port Perry To Blackstock ruptions to customers. new method also enables ont. ario Hydro to build over exist, ing lower voltage distribution lines with higher voltage trans- misison circuits without inter- ruption to obtain a single sup- port for both power lines. Adam S. Smith, Ontario Hy- dro's Central Region Manager; and other regional engineers and Line Maintenance Supervi- sors, were on hand to witness the tension line stringing car- ried out on two separate days. Mr. Smith stated that this first tension line stringing operation in Central Region was a com- plete success. S.S. No. 2 Reach School Promotions (Names in Alphabetical Order) Grade 6 to Grade 7-- Anna Croxall Roger Holtby Donovan Smith Irwin Smith Sheila Williams Grade 5 to Grade 6-- Bobby Amderson Hugh Diamond Michael Diamond Billy Gerber Grade 4 to Grade 5-- Marilyn Anderson Denise Diamond Glen Holtby John Manderson Harris McClure Dale Smith Shelley Williams Grade 3 to Grade 4-- Beverly Anderson Helen Gerber Marie Holtby Karen Smith Grade 2 to Grade 3-- Pat Diamond John Gerber Janette Holtby Bonnie Kight Grade 1 to Grade 2-- Roy Fallis Donna Manderson Danny McClure . Kevin Williams Meta Howsam, Teacher ASHBURN SCHOOL Promotion. Report 1 } (Names in Alphabetical Order) To Grade 6-- Daw, Stephen (H); Gardner, Jean (H); Hopkins, Bill (H); Humphrey, Tom (H); Lynde, Leslie (H); McGann, Michael; Middleton, Peggy; Sandison, Kenneth (H). To Grade 5-- Gaudaur, Kyle (H); Hollings- worth, D'Arcy (H); Johnston, Brenda (H); Johnston, Gord- on; Reid, Patti (H). To Grade 4-- Cappell, Josie; Godda, Rebec- ca; Humphrey, Gordon; Leh- man, Jeffrey (H); McGann, Danny; Richardson, Nancy (H); "Rutledge, John. To Grade 3-- Ashton, Ronald (H); Godda, Judy; Hollingsworth, Martha (H); Humphrey, Barbara(H) Johnston, Kimberley (H); Lane, Allan; Lynde, Jo- Arie; Richardson, Heather (H); Wilcox, Geoffrey (H). To Grade 2--. Candler, Anne; Graham, Mer- na; Johnston, Karen; Leh- man, Danny (H); Nickelchok, Lonna (H); Phannenhour, Bonnie (H); Richardson, Christine. To Grade I-- Rutledge, Charlie. Mrs. B. Bland, Teacher. AT REST BROWN, Florence May--At the Oshawa General Hospital on Friday, July 2, 1965, Florence May Clements, beloved wife of the late William A, Brown and dear mother of Arthur, in her 79th year. Service was from the McDermott - Panabaker Chapel, Port Perry on Monday. Interment Pine Grove Cemetery.