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 <BR><BR>**************************************<BR> Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour</HTML>