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Governor A. B. Chandler threw the switch at New Liberty Substation on January 29, 1938, energizing some 130 miles of line, and by December electricity had reached 370 homes and businesses. Owen County R.E.C.C., chartered in 1937, now includes 9 counties. Its charter members were J.H. Satterwhite, Lister Ransdell, J.W. McElroy, J.L. Tackett, and Ira Kemper, and its manager was Chester Clayton Roland.
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