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Inside Your Co-op is published monthly for members of Choctaw Electric Cooperative.


Board of Trustees PRESIDENT


MIKE BAILEY • BROKEN BOW VICE PRESIDENT


BOB HODGE • BETHEL SECRETARY TREASURER


RODNEY LOVITT • NASHOBA BILL MCCAIN • IDABEL


BUDDY ANDERSON • VALLIANT HENRY BAZE • RATTAN


JOE BRISCO • FT. TOWSON BOB HOLLEY • ANTLERS


LARRY JOHNSON • FROGVILLE


Management and Staff CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Terry Matlock


EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT Susan G.Wall


DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS Jia Johnson


BENEFITS SPECIALIST Tonia Allred


DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & ACCOUNTING Jimmie K. Ainsworth


DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS Jim Malone


DISTRICT SUPERVISOR Darrell Ward


toll free telephone 800-780-6486


website www.choctawelectric.coop


TO REPORT A POWER OUTAGE PLEASE CALL


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BY TERRY MATLOCK Chief Executive Officer


Some things change, some don’t. Thanks to those who stick with us through it all.


S


eventy-two years ago Choctaw Electric began turning the lights on in southeast Oklahoma.


To remember seeing that first light,


you would have had to have been born about 1935 or before; however, many of you who were born in the 1940s probably have some memory of the time you first received electricity.


Man, what a day that must have been! I can’t even remember the first television set, although I do remember the first color TV my family owned.


As we waited for it to warm up we could see the stripes of color across the screen, and finally the show ‘in color’ would come on! I recall they said it was in “techna-color,” whatever that is. At midnight you could hear the national anthem being played and that was it— TV off, lights out. I didn’t get to stay up late enough to hear it very often, but I knew that was how it was.


We have certainly seen a lot of changes in the past 72 years. I remember my grandma used to tell me stories about the way it was growing up in McCurtain County back in the early days of statehood. Grandma was born in 1910, and in her 87 years she saw a lot of changes.


Then there are some things that don’t change much at all; like we know the sun will come up in the east and it will set in the west. And we know that we will find some of the


same guys working at Choctaw Electric that were there five decades ago.


For instance, David Young started his career at Choctaw Electric 41 years ago, working as a laborer. He worked his way up from first year lineman through journeyman lineman, moved on to basket operator, working foreman, special operations superintendent of construction and maintenance, and supervisor of first conversion crew. David is currently CEC line superintendent and oversees construction.


Randy Watts started his career at CEC 38 years ago, working as a laborer. He moved on to warehouseman, purchasing agent, purchasing and inventory control supervisor, and purchasing agent/warehouse supervisor. Randy is currently a district office supervisor.


Larry Cody started his career at CEC 36 years ago, working as a laborer. He moved on to brush hog operator and worked his way up from first year lineman through journeyman lineman. He moved on to basket operator, area serviceman, working foreman, and special operations superintendent. Larry is currently CEC line superintendent overseeing servicemen.


We owe these guys a big pat on the back for their ongoing dedication and service to Choctaw Electric. While things have changed over the years, they’ve managed to stick with us through it all. Thanks, guys.


CEC CEC


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