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POPUIwATION (1940 Census) Lincoln County 24,187 Lincoln ton 4,625 Crouse 221 Iron Station Denver 264 $2.00 PER YEAR—IN ADVANCE War Loan Drive Committee Meets J. A. Ardrey, 50, Highway Employee, Killed In Accident WILL SPEAK ON BAPTIST PROGRAM . ~m. ' ~ ywP™ DR. RALPH A. HERRING Dr. Ralph A. Herring, of Winston- Salem, N. C., will be heard on the program of the Baptist Hour next Sunday morning, 8:30 to 9:00 o’clock (EWT) over Stations WPTF of Ral eigh and WBIG of Greensboro, ac cording to Dr. F. S. Lowe, Atlanta, Ga., chairman of the Radio Commit tee of the Southern Baptist Con vention. His subject, “The Primacy of the Spiritual,” will be of special interest to people everywhere in these crucial days through which we pass, according to Mr. Lowe. Dr. Herring, popular pastor of the First Baptist church of Winston- Salem, is a trusted servant of the Baptist denomination, being past vice-president of the Southern Bap tist Convention, now president of the North Carolina Baptist Convention, and also serving as trustee of the Southern Baptist Theological Semi nary of Louisville, Ky., and North Carolina member of the Foreign Mis sion Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. The Baptist Hour programs are broadcast over an independent Southern network of 32 stations, cov ering the territory from the East Coast to the far Southwest, and are sponsored by the Radio Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention. The speakers for the following three Sundays of January will be: On January 16, Dr. .Douglas S. Freeman, of Richmond, Va. On January 23, Dr. Harold M. Tribble, of Louisville, Ky. On January 30, Dr. C. C. Warren, of Charlotte, N. C. To sour sweet milk add two table •spoons of vinegar to one cup of ewset milk to achieve a product similar to butterfat. Add the vinegar slowly, stirring constantly. Russians Seize Nazi Bastion Os Berdichev Scope Os Operations Reveals Battle To Crush Troops In Dnieper Bend Begun London, Jan. s.—The Russian! First Ukrainian army today captured ~the railway junction of Berdichev, pivotal bulwark of the German line protecting Poland and Rumania, aft er five days fighting, Premier Mar shal Joseph Stalin announced in a special order of the day tonight. Berdichev, 25 miles south of Zhit omir, is the former headquarters of German Field Marshal Gen. Fritz von Mannstein. Its capture increased the communication links between the Russian westward drive into prewar Poland and southwestward drive to ward the Rumanian frontier. Stalin’s announcement came after a delay of more than an hour in the broadcast of the regular Moscow communique—indicating that cap ture was completed only a short time before the announcement was made public. The Germans, earlier, had admit ted evacuating the eastern portion of the manufacturing town which had a prewar population of 51,000. It is on the trunk east-west railway from Kowel in Poland to Kazatin and connects with the Kiev-Vinnitsa railway 45 miles north of Vinnitsa. The Lincoln Times ★ ★ ★ PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY ★ ★ ★ I Was Working On Truck At State Highway Garage Where Accident Occurred Joseph Alexander Ardrey, 50, was killed almost instantly shortly after noon Tuesday while at work on a truck at the state highway garage Or. Route 27, a short distance from Lincolnton. He was under the truck releasing oil when the dump body fell, striking him on the head. He had been chief mechanic for the state highway department in Lincolnton for the past six years. Mr. Ardrey is survived by his wife, the former Miss Katherine Johnston, of Pineville; two daughters, Misses Katie Joe and Amelia Ardrey; and four sisters, Mrs. J. H. Belk, Mrs. L. L. Downs and Misses Helen and Lou ise Ardrey, all of Pineville. He was born March 13, 1893, in Pineville, where he spent the greater part of his life. He was a veteran of World War No. 1, a member of the American Legion, of the First Methodist church of this city, and of Excelsior Lodge of Masons in Char lotte. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock from his former home in Pineville and interment was in the Pineville cemetery. Since coming to Lincolnton six years ago Mr. Ardrey and his family had made numerous friends to whom his tragic death will bring genuine sorrow. PINEHURSpNAMED AS POSSIBLE SITE OF MONEY PARLEY International Monetary Con ference May Be Held At Sandhills Resort Washington, Jan. 4.—Pinehurst, N. C., has been mentioned as a pos sible site of an international mone tary conference to consider postwar reconstruction and trade. It was also learned that the Treas ury had sent invitations to the con ference to 44 nations. Specifically, the conference will consider tentative Treasury propos al? for an $8,000,000,000 currency stabilization fund and a $10,000,000.- 000 world bank for reconstruction and development. Officials said enough acceptances had been received to assure success ct the conference, butu added that no date had yet been set. The confer ence is expected to be held in some other locality than Washington, and in this connection the North Carolina resort town has been mentioned as a possible site. The capture gave the Russians use of the lateral railway from Zhitomir to Kazatin in the south, where an important Russian force was pound ing toward Rumania in hopes of cut ting off the Germans remaining in the entire Dnieper bend area. 60 Others Captured More than 60 other towns and hamlets were captured by Gen. Nik olai Vatutin’s Ukrainian forces dur ing the day, and the delayed Mos cow communique, recorded by the Soviet monitor from a broadcast. Among them were Tarashcha, a (Continued on page two) Woodson Sigmon, 66, Dies Wednesday Woodson Pinkney Sigmon, 66, cabinet maker employed by the Goodin Burris Furniture Company, died yesterday morning while on a visit to friends in Hickory. He is survived by two brothers, A. D. Sigmon, of Maiden, and J. Frank Sigmon, of V i,- ginia, and two sisters. Mrs. A. B Weathers, of Maiden, and Mrs. John Williams, of Maiden. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 4 o’clock from the home of Mrs. Weathers by Rev. Roy Wil liams, and interment will follow in the Maiden cemetery, LINCOLNTON, N. C„ THURSDAY, JAN. 6, 1944 Supplying Marines on Apamama ftjf ** Ty Seabee * roll drums of gasoline and fuel oil through the water at Apamama, one of the Gilbert atolls that fell to the at ?hl, po e i^ lD !. JaPßneSe offered olUy “ ght resista “ c « Mrs. Minnie C. Fox, 89, Beloved Woman, Is Victim Os Death Is 1000th Baby At Edwards Clinic Claudia Kay Willis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vanc e Willis, of Vale, Route 2, has the distinction of being the one thousandth baby bom at the Edwards Clinic at Toluca, and be cause of this distinction the baby has been presented a $25 war bond by Dr. F. D. Edwards, owner of the clinic. Claudia Kay was born October 22, 1943, and weighed five and three quarter pounds. Her weight is now ten and one-half pounds. TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE A realty transfer made almost 46 years ago was recorded this week in the office of W. H. Boring, register of deeds. The deed, dated March 12, 1898, transferred property in Ca tawba Springs township frmo Calvin and Rebecca Sherrill to John Har well. No reason was given for the long delay in registering the trans fer. Other deeds filed were: Kyle H. Boliek to Harvey A. Jonas, Jr., property in Lincoln county. Harvey A. Jonas, Jr., and wife, Celestine Jonas, to B. L. Beal, prop erty in Lincoln county. Z. C. Parker and wife, M. M. Par ker, to Juctgesun Leatherman and | wife, Charline, property in North | Brook township. C. D. Stroup and wife, Vera Seagle Stroup, to Otto Bumgarner and wife, Mollie Goodson Bumgarner, lots in Lincolnton township. Kemp Hager and wife, Ora Belle, to C. A. Broome and wife, Nancy, property in Catawba Springs town ship. Harry E. Arthur and wife, Ve vc-tte, to Mrs. Vera Seagle Stroup, property in Ward 1, Lincolnton. Otto Bumgarner and wife, Mollie, to Harry E. Arthur and wife, Ve vette, property in Ironton township. C. B. Hoke and wife, Lois, to Wil son Clay Graham and wife, Ollie Odessa, property in Catawba Springs township. J. P. Helderman and wife, Lucy, to E. C. Davis, tract in Lincoln county. Sadie L. Lineberger to A. E. Mil ler and wife, Henry Patience Miller, the Lineberger home place on East Main street. M, T. Leatherman and wife, Mat tie, to Remus Bryan, property in Ironton township. Kemp B. Nixon to Viola Foster, tract in Ironton township. Chas. A. Jonas, commissioner, to D. F. Mosteller, property in How ard’s Creek township. SPANIARDS STILL FIGHTING New York, Jan. 6.—Spanish sol diers are fighting side by side with the Germans on the Volkhov front in northern Russia despite assertions by Gen. Francisco Franco’s govern ment that all Spaniards have been called home, a Russian communique asserted today. The communique, broadcast from Moscow and recorded by United States government moni tors, quoted a captured Spanish sol dier, Jesus Peres Sanchez, as author ity for the assertion. Short Funeral Service Will Be Conducted From Home At 3 P. M. This Afternoon Mrs. Minnie C. Fox, widow of Dr. A. C. Fox, passed away "at her home here yesterday afternoon at the age of 89. She had been ill for the past two years, her condition taking a de cided turn for the worse 24 hours before her death. Mrs. Fox, before her marriage to Dr. Fox on October 14, 1874, was Miss Minnie Coyner, a member of an old and prominent Virginia fam ily. She was born at Waynesboro September 17, 1854, and made her home in Virginia until the family moved to years ago. Survivors are five daughters, Mrs. Bessie Roberts, of Brenem, Texas; Mrs. Edna Haynes, of Los Angeles, Calif.; Mrs. Lucille Shephard, of Washington, D. G\, and Misses Lottie and Lillian Fox, of this city; one son, Loomis Fox, of Charlotte; two sis ters, Mrs. Willie Earley and Mrs. Hortense Cullen, of Catonsville, Md. Mrs. Fox was a woman of rare in tellect and a delightful conversation alist. During her residence in Lin colnton she had gathered about her a wide circle of friends and to these she was ever loyal. She was a devo ted mother and the unselfish care of her son and daughters during her last illness was marked. A short service will be conducted from the home this afternoon at 3 o’clock by her pastor, Rev. A. B. Mc- Clure, and the body will be taken to morrow morning to Waynesboro, from which place funeral services will be conducted tomorrow afternoon at 3 o’clock. Burial will be made by the side of Dr. Fox, whose death oc curred 18 years ago. MRS. H. W. WEIDNER CLAIMED BY DEATH Word has been received in this city of the death of Mrs. H. W. Weid ner on December 31 at her home in Essington, Pa. News of her passing came to Mrs. Fitzhugh Hoyle in a letter from Mrs. Helen Lynch, sister of Mrs. Weidner. The immediate cause of her death was pneumonia, though she had not been well for the past several months. Mrs. Weidner made her home in Lincolnton for a number of years while Mr. Weidner was superintend ent of the old Daniel Mill and later the Boger & Crawford Spinning Co. After the death of Mr. Weidner nine teen years ago Mrs. Weidner went back to Philadelphia to make her home, though she continued to make frequent trips back to Lincolnton, her visits always being a source of much pleasure to her large number cf friends here. The message to Mrs. Hoyle did not say, but it is presumed that burial was made in the Weidner family plot in Chester, Pa. F. D. R. WORKS ON SPEECH Washington, Jan. s.—President l Roosevelt, recovering from the grippe, was well enough today to start work on his annual message to Congress, to be delivered Tuesday. He had no appointments, however, and remained in his bedroom to work. COUNTY BOARD MEETS AND PAYS DECEMBER BILLS County bills for the month of De cember were approved by the Board of County Commissioners in Mon day’s session as follows: John F. Setzer, $5.50, supplies for tax office; So. Bell Telephone Co., $4.50, for AAA office; Mitchell Printing l Co,, $03.64, supplies for clerk of court; So. Bell Telephone Co., $3.50, civilian defense headquar ters; Line .n Cut Rate Drugs, $1.60, supplies for rationing board; So. Bell Tel. Co., $5.25, county agent’s office; Dixie Grocery Co., $3.25, supplies for court house; So. Bell. Tel. Co., $5.60, welfare office; Lincoln Cut Rate Drugs, $1.35, drugs county home; Siler City Ptg. Co., $48.00, supplies tax office; So. Bell Tel. Co., $3.95, register of deeds office; National Used Car Market Report, Inc., $7.50, supplies for tax office; Thos.. E. Rhodes, $9.60, recorder’s court liabil ities; Highland Water Co., $1.50, wa ter connection county home; So. Bell lei. Co., $8.75, rationing board of fice; Thos. E. Rhodes, $10.55, tele phone, box rent and stamps; H. C. Wilkinson, $35.00, transporting pa tient to Raleigh; So. Bell Tel. Co., $2.75, civilian defense office; Maun ey Grocery Co., $7.00, supplies court house; Lawing & Costner, $8.60, supplies county home; George E. Ru oisill, $6.43, telephone and telegraph; R. B. Gates, $12.75, supplies tax of fice; R. Blair Sullivan, $9.00, work on tax books; Pink Caldwell, $185.04, keeping county jail; Frank P. Heav ner, $42.50, expense holding inquest .1. R. Goins case; Gordon P. Baxter, $147.15, salary keeping county house; P. A. Hoover, SIO.BO, salary commis sioner; C. L. Beam, $11.50, salary commissioner; Don Cherry, $12.10, salary commissioner; J. H. Shrum. $10.40, salary commissioner; W. E. Garrison, $30.00, salary commission er; Duke Power Co., $12.67, lights county home; Belk Schrum Co., $7.00, supplies county home; Belk Schrum Co., 98 cents, supplies court house; Belk Schrum Co., $1.60. sup plies county jail; Ramseur Hardware Co., $8.96, supplies court house; Ford’s Roofing and Heating Co., $4, repairs to jail. 26 TO REPORT FOR INDUCTION The following colored men have been ordered to report for induction January 11, 1944, at 8:45 a. m. for trip to Fort Bragg: Leonard Martin Foster. Earl Jetter. Thomas Fletcher Caldwell. Walter William Surratt. Frank William Davidson. Joe William Thompson. Hugh Derr. Solomon Derr. Erskin Nixon, John Pyant. James David Hunter. James Alexander Hart. James Evans. John David Pounds. Dennis Reid Gibbs. Earl Walton Foster. Edward Nathaniel Cobb. William Henry Rice. William Paul Robinson. Edward Jolly. Lunnie Charles Shuford. Tench Carson Lander. Sammy Jo e Farley. Cleve Patterson. James Thomas Logan. William Easter Pope. Finds Lincolnton Names In R. C. Book S-Sgt. John R. Lackey, who is somewhere in Australia, was happy several weeks ago to find the names of a number of Lincolnton boys in the Red Cross book in that vicinity, and now r he is making an effort to contact these boys.. In his letter to his mother, Mrs. Clyde Lackey, written January 3, he said: “Lsat night I was looking in the Red Cross book, in which the fel lows write their names and where they are from. Well, I found these names: Floyd Carpenter, Jack Rhodes, John R. Hartsoe, Marshal! Shuford and Reeves H. Harliss, all from Lincolnton. They’re all around here close except Floyd Carpenter. I am going to look them up joist as soon as I have time. Sure will be nice to see somebody from home.” Sgt. Lackey gets his mail from APO 922, care Postmaster, San Francisco, Calif. When grandpa was a boy they did not worry so much about the traffic problem. For instance most of the traveling was done on a bob-sled. Campaign Rapidly Getting Underway As Opening Nears Predicts ’44 Victory f. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was named commander of the main European invasion force. When he le»t Algiers to take over his new nost he flatly announced: “We wUI win the European war in COMMISSIONERS CANCEL SECOND WEEK OF COURT The Board of Couunty Commis sioners, acting on a statement from the Lincoln county bar .that one week of court would be sufficient to clear both the criminal and civil dockets, has ordered the second week of the January court cancelled. The board, in session here Monday, drew the jury list for the one week term of court, and from this list a grand jury to serve during 1944 will be named. The list follows: Avery Fisher, Ironton township; W. E. Hovis, Ironton; M. B. Ader holt, Howard’s Creek; Edward L. Carpenter, Lincolnton; Alston John son, Lincolnton; D. W. Milam, Lin colnton; J. H. Harmon, Howard’s Creek; F. B. Nixon, Catawba Springs; Claude Nantz, Lincolnton; W. E. Ingle, Lincolnton; Z. L. Jenks, North Brook; D. M. Tallent, North Brook; Theo. E. Cochrane, Lincoln ton; Boyce Cornwell, Howard’s Creek; Hal Hoyle, Lincolnton; Ju lius Stamey, Lincolnton; Julius R. Smith, Lincolnton: D. A. Craig, Lin colnton; J. S. Self, Ironton; C. L. Hoover, Howard’s Creek; Lee Aber nethy, Catawba Springs; James Ramseur, Lincolnton; Bryan L. Del linger, Lincolnton; R. S. Childers, North Brook; Chas. E. Johnson, Howard’s Creek; J. B. Leatherman, North Brook; R. S. Helms, Ironton; J. A. Brotherton, Catawba Springs; D. V. Barker, Catawba Springs; Paul C. Rhyne, Lincolnton; J. O. Smith, North Brook; D. C. Keever, Ironton; R. R. Killian, Howard’s Creek; June Summey, Ironton; R. A. Long, Ironton; W. L. Cansler, North Brook. Judge Jeff D. Johnson, of Clinton, will preside over the court, which convenes Monday, January 24. American Bombers Hit Kiel Shipyards Germans Meet Heavy Planes With New Type Os Bombs Towed By Long Wires London, Jan. s.—American heavy bombers —plowing through a strong defense which included rocket planes' and ME-110s towing what appeared to be new type antiaircraft bombs— struck the Kiel shipyards today for the third time in three weeks and ranged across a record 800-mile front to blast airfields at Bordeaux and Tours in France and other tar gets in western Germany. (A British radio broadcast record ed by the FCC said Hanover, 140 miles south of Kiel and the same distance west of Berlin, was attack ed by more than 700 planes.) It was officially announced that 95 enemy aircraft wpre destroyed during the day, 62 by Fortress and Liberator gunners and 33 by fight- Lincoln County’s Favorite Family Newspaper SINGLE COPY: FIVE CENTB War Workers Are Urged To Accept Duties By Chairman Joe A. Polhill Joe A. Polhill, campaign chairman of Lincoln County Fourth War Loan Drive, called his organization togeth er for their first meeting at Wal green dining room Monday, January The executive committee, under Mr. Polhill, is composed of H. W. Rudisill, chairman War Finance Committee; Mrs. Walter Costner, Women’s Division; S. Ray Lowder, City Activities; J. E. Henley, Com mercial Activities; Jack Llewellyn, Industrial Activities; Herbert Miller, County Activities; Crawford Poag, Publicity; Mrs. G. W. Tobey, Secre tary, and M. B Winstead, Banking Activities. S. E. Biggers and wife, Annie W. Biggers, will handle the colored division. AH committees were charged with their respective duties and each as sured the chairman of their cooper ation. Mr. Polhill expressed his grat itude and stated that he felt certain that this would be the best drive yet put on if every one will pitch right in and make it go. Only one hitch came up at the meeting. Mrs. Walter Costner report ed that the women of the community were found to be rather reluctant to take on this work at this time, and she is having difficulty in securing an adequate staff of workers. Every one is worn out now from the strain of the war and holiday activities, but we must not let down on the home front. All indications point to a very heavy offensive action taking place some time in the near future. To bring this action to a successful con clusion, it is absolutely necessary that each American citizen at home do his utmost in every way. The eas iest, and, at the same time, the most profitable way is to help through the purchase of War Bonds. Accepting the task asked of you in seeing that every person is contacted and urged to buy bonds is your duty to your country. Your sons and daughters are scattered throughout the world today fighting with everything they have in order that you may enjoy the American way of life, compara tively free from restrictions. So do not shirk your duty when asked to help with the Fourth War Loan Drive. To do so may mean the lives of many of your own sons and daughters and can mean defeat and subjugation for our country. Watch this paper for further an nouncements concerning this drive, and when the time comes do your job in away that will make you proud to face the boys when they come back to us. ARRIVES IN ENGLAND Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Keener have received a letter from their son-in lawl, Sgt. Howard Burris, announ cing his safe arrival somewhere in England. Before going overseas he was stationed at Camp Rucker, Ala. Sgt. Burris now gets his mail from APO 513. care Postmaster, New York, N. Y. Most folks would have more con fidence in the “hold-the-line” policy if it was really being held. ers, while 25 bombers and 12 of the supporting fighters failed to return. Record Raids Never before in a major in a ma jor operation has the U. S. Eighth Air Force been able to attact tar gets so far apart as Kiel and Bor deaux or been able to execute so many diversionary thrusts. The air line distance from Kiel, a German north seaport to Bordeaux, in south eastern France, i s 800 miles. It was the second attack in two days on Kiel. That city’s shipyards and railway targets at Muenster, also in northwest Germany, were struck by U. S. heavy bombers Tues day in one of the greatest daylight aerial assaults ever visited on Hit ler’s European fortress. Counting American and British fighter es corts the fleet in that attack con sisted of some 1,500 planes. Between the two Kiel stabs, R.A.F. Mosquito (Continued on page two)
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