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Growth and Demand for Electricity Told by Utilities Head
H B Newman president of the Massoun Utilities Company spoke at the Kiwanis club meeting in Hotel Dunn about electric power growth from early experiments to today’s high demand. He cited a $2,000,000 Missouri Utilities plant near Sikeston Oran and a 1946 Poplar Bluff plant. The talk covered history from Franklin to Morse and Bell, progress in generation and distribution, and the wartime shift in usefulness. He warned that loss of power would paralyze the nation. Also present were R A Harper A C Wellen T A Martin and Donald Black.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H B Newman
Massoun Utilities Company
Cape Girardeau
Kiwanis Club
Poplar Bluff
Newman
Benjamin Franklin
Italy
Spake
Farraday
Morse
Bell
Brush
Cleveland
Thomas Addison
R .A Harper
Sikeston
Maryville
Tenn
A C Wellen
Boy Scouts of America
T A Martin
The
Missouri Utilities Company
Donald Black