The old "Delco House".  Back to the time of our GREAT Grandfathers, or maybe in my case just my Grandfather, since I am a generation behind most of you. My grandfather, L.G. Payne's,  old brick "Delco House" still stands in Lone Mountain, just before you reach the curve.   My cousin has the original Delco plant that sat in the house for many years. It powered his house and the old Payne Brother's Store and probably several other buildings in the community.  More from the memories of my Uncle L.G. Payne, Jr.

The little brick garage served as the Delco House for L.G. Payne and several other houses around the Lone Mountain community.	An errie picture of this little house with my phone.  The little explaination below from my Uncle L.G. Payne gives you an idea of  how the house was set up.

From My Boyhood Days, by Loyd Riedesel

"Other farms, who had their own electricity, had a 32 volt Delco electric plant, which charged 16 glass encased, single cell wet batteries. They were very conservative with it's use, because the batteries had to be recharged when they were drawn down to half their capacity. In time the batteries had to be rebuilt also, which was quite expensive. The light bulbs were expensive 32 volt bulbs. And, if they had any motors, they also had to be 32 volt D. C."

The advertisements read "Delco-Light Sells Best at Night"

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