Well , it took many batteries to supply power for more than one light , I remember one house that had about 30 of them in the ' battery room / , I assume that renting was cheaper than buying , Being only a kid about 11 I never thought about it !! , We were living in a cabin on the farm were they had these kind of lights one summmer to pick strawberries , Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] ; [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 3:40 PM Subject: Re: PABlair Storage Battery ??? In a message dated 8/21/07 6:23:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: < Remember back in the days before electricity was feed to all home via poles and wires ? People lighted the house with One feeble dim light bulb run off 12 volt batteries IE : Storage Batteries !! , think auto battery , same thing , Oh, I understand now. I don't remember that happening, but I do know my Grandfather did not have electrical power until the late 1950's. He used kerosene lamps. But--why rent when you obviously would need a battery continuously? Quoting from the arrest record: Charging defendant with having, on or about the 18th day of April 1952, rented from XXXXXXX XXXXXX a storage battery upon which the word "Rental" was printed or painted thereon at a daily rental of twenty-five cents; the said XXXXXX X. XXXX retained in his possession the said battery for a period of longer than ten days without having permission of the owner, and did, then and there, willfully convert the same to his own use or the use of another contrary to the Storage Battery Act of 1939, Section 884, No. 375. Now, June 25, 1952, a warrant was issued to Robert E. Hanly, Constable. Now, June 26, 1952, XXXXXX X. XXXX was arrested by Robert E. Hanly, Constable, and brought before me for a hearing at which he promised to pay the costs in installments. There follows another 3 paragraphs listing the costs, when the defendant paid the finally installment, and the case being declared settled. Annie Whiteman PABlair List administrator Annie Whiteman/Steve Patz Blair County Coordinators http://www.rootsweb.com/~pablair ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

All, I've been following this thread since Annie brought up the issue regarding storage batteries. A storage battery is any battery that may be recharged and reused e.g. an automotive battery, vs. a dry cell (flashlight) battery which is a "single-use" battery. If a family were renting storage batteries to provide minimal power for a remote residence, they could not recharge the batteries if they did not have an electrical power source or a motor-generator set. They were "consuming" the electrical energy contained within the batteries and would normally return the batteries for recharging. Thus they were simply renting the batteries, but purchasing the power contained within. Hope this makes sense. Bill Flenner -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Phillip Steffon Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 9:22 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: PABlair Storage Battery ??? Well , it took many batteries to supply power for more than one light , I remember one house that had about 30 of them in the ' battery room / , I assume that renting was cheaper than buying , Being only a kid about 11 I never thought about it !! , We were living in a cabin on the farm were they had these kind of lights one summmer to pick strawberries , Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] ; [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 3:40 PM Subject: Re: PABlair Storage Battery ??? In a message dated 8/21/07 6:23:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: < Remember back in the days before electricity was feed to all home via poles and wires ? People lighted the house with One feeble dim light bulb run off 12 volt batteries IE : Storage Batteries !! , think auto battery , same thing , Oh, I understand now. I don't remember that happening, but I do know my Grandfather did not have electrical power until the late 1950's. He used kerosene lamps. But--why rent when you obviously would need a battery continuously? Quoting from the arrest record: Charging defendant with having, on or about the 18th day of April 1952, rented from XXXXXXX XXXXXX a storage battery upon which the word "Rental" was printed or painted thereon at a daily rental of twenty-five cents; the said XXXXXX X. XXXX retained in his possession the said battery for a period of longer than ten days without having permission of the owner, and did, then and there, willfully convert the same to his own use or the use of another contrary to the Storage Battery Act of 1939, Section 884, No. 375. Now, June 25, 1952, a warrant was issued to Robert E. Hanly, Constable. Now, June 26, 1952, XXXXXX X. XXXX was arrested by Robert E. Hanly, Constable, and brought before me for a hearing at which he promised to pay the costs in installments. There follows another 3 paragraphs listing the costs, when the defendant paid the finally installment, and the case being declared settled. Annie Whiteman PABlair List administrator Annie Whiteman/Steve Patz Blair County Coordinators http://www.rootsweb.com/~pablair ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ----------------------------------- No flaming permtted on this list. This is a one flame and you are out rule. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message