White enlightens Wellington Lions on Greenbelt Electric Cooperative’s history

By Bev Odom on Friday, February 28, 2025
When Orvile Couch first started the electric co-op, experienced contractors had to be hired to build the line. “We would hire day labors and pay them $5 a day just to dig pole holes,” Greenbelt Electric Cooperative General Manager Randy White said. “We later purchased an auger that we drug around on a trailer to dig the holes but still had to set up the pole with these pole pikes.” Photo Courtesy of GEC
When Orvile Couch first started the electric co-op, experienced contractors had to be hired to build the line. “We would hire day labors and pay them $5 a day just to dig pole holes,” Greenbelt Electric Cooperative General Manager Randy White said. “We later purchased an auger that we drug around on a trailer to dig the holes but still had to set up the pole with these pole pikes.” Photo Courtesy of GEC

WELLINGTON – Boss Lion Margret Wood welcomed the executive board of Greenbelt Electric Cooperative, Inc. (GEC) to the 6:30 p.m.

Monday, Feb. 17 meeting of the Wellington Lions Club in the Club Room of the Bura Handley Community Center.

Lion Lori O’Rear led the pledge to the American flag, and Lion Lucinda Martindale led the pledge to the Texas flag. Lion Neal Odom offered the invocation. Lion Jeff P…