POPULATION
(1940 Census)
Lincoln County 24,187
Lincolnton 4,526
Crouse - 221
Iron Station 96
Denver 354
$2.00 PER YEAR—IN ADVANCE
Allies Drive At Nazis Cologne Flank
P. C. Heavner, 65,
Prominent Citizen,
Passes After Illness
Dies Here Tuesday.
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HERMAN B. WOLF
GUEST SPEAKER
Herman B. Wolf, superintendent of
the Duke Power Company Mainte
nance Department, was guest speaker
at the Rotary club meeting: Tuesday.
Using descriptive slides the speaker
pave the members an insight into the
manner in which the Duke Power
serves its many customers. Dr. L. A.
Thomas was in charge of the proßram
and introduced the speaker.
Dan Boyd, recently appointed on the
188th District Executive Board, made
a brief report on the District Confer
ence to be held at Pinehurst next May.
Di. L. A. Crowell, Jr„ informed the
members that the freezer locker unit j
for Lincoln county is progressing in
good shape.
C. A. Jonas, chairman of the com
mittee, read the resolutions of re
spect to Dr. J. R. Gamble, former
Rotarian, and same was adopted.
Visitors were J. Frank Love, Shel
by; Andy Kirby, Gastonia; and Sam
Colerider, Concord.
Burning the woods destroys the
food of birds and game. For good j
hunting, help prevent forest fires.
Anna Jackson Book Club
Celebrates 50th Anniversary
The Anna Jackson Book Club, said j
to be the second oldest literary club j
in the state, celebrated its golden an
niversary Wednesday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. Floyd Corriher. The
club had its beginning fifty years ago
when a group of congenial friends
met at the home of Mrs. Annie Hoke
to organize a Reading Club. After a
few months the name was changed
to the Anna Jackson Book Club in
honor of Mrs. Anna Morrison Jackson,
brilliant wife of General Stonewall
Jackson, and a native of Lincoln
county. Throughout the years the or
ganization has played an important
part in the cultural life of the city.
Prior to the anniverary meeting,
former members now living in eight
different states, were sent invitations
■which read: “1894-1944—The Anna
Jackson Book Club requests the
pleasure of your company at its Fif
tieth Anniversary meeting on Wed
nesday, the sixth of December, at
three o’clock, at the home of Mrs.
Floyd Corriher, 202 South Aspen
street, R.S.V.P.”
The entire lower floor of the Cor
riher home was thrown ensuite and
beautifully decorated with the
colors, red and white, carnations and
chrysanthemums being used in pro
fusion. As the guests arrived and
were greeted by the president, Mrs.
Corriher, and members, Mrs. Sher
wood Childs at the piano rendered a
program of music reminiscent of by
gone days.
Mrs. Corriher presided in her usual
gracious manner and qordially wel
comed the guests. ,
The club roster of fifty years, as
compiled and presented by Miss Susan
Glenn, brought the whereabouts and
activities of many of the former mem
bers, and also revealed the fact that
of the seventy-nine whose names have
been on the roll many “had gone and
closed the door.” Mrs. Hugh Jenkins
was presented as the senior inactive
member present and Mrs. L. B. Wet
more as the senior active worker. Mrs.
A. Mi. Cornwell was presented as the
youngest in membership and Miss An
na Morrison, a great-ni«ce of Mrs.
The Lincoln Times
1 Funeral Services Conducted
Yesterday Afternoon From
First Baptist Church.
j Philip Columbus Heavner, 65, died
| Tuesday morning in a local hospital
| where he had been a patient for a
month. His illness extended over a pe
riod of several months, and from its
beginning gave his family and friends
much concern.
Mr. Heavner was born April 3, 1879,
in Lincoln county, the son of Pinck
ney Henry and Eliza Hill Heavner. He
began his career as a farmer, but
soon gave up this work to accept the
position as mail carrier over the star
route from Lincolnton to Newton.
Later he was connected with the
Champion Harvester Co. and the In
ternational Harvester Co. He oper
ated the first drive-in filling station
in Lincolnton, and for some time
prior to his illness was connected with
the Lincoln Motor Company, of this
city.
He was married July 23, 1902, to
Miss Ola Houser, daughter of Law
son and Kimmie Hoke Houser, who
died several years ago. Three children
survive by this union, W. V. Heavner,
of Lincolnton; Mrs. Claude Gillikin,
of Kenly, N. C.; and Mrs. Staten L.
Wilcox, of Charlotte. His second wife
was Mrs. Dollie Mace, who survives
him. He leaves also two step-children,
Mrs. C. H. Hampton, of Gadsden, Ala.,
and Kenneth Mace; and four sisters,
Mrs. J. P. Seagle, Mrs. Chas. F. Holly,
Mrs. A. P. Willis and Mrs. A. S.
Yount.
Mr. Heavner, known to his many
friends as “Lum," was a member of
Maple Camp, Woodmen of the World,
and a charter member of the old Troop
A Cavalar*. I.incolnton’s first military
unit. In faith he was a Baptist and
; held his membership with the Lincoln
ton First Church.
Funeral services were conducted
from the Baptist Church yesterday
afternoon at 3 o’clock, the pastor, Rev.
Henry C. Rogers, being assisted by
Rev. Morris Baker.
Active pallbearers were Floyd Cor
riher, Ruffin Short, Tom Burgin, Bel
ton Beal, Gaston Burgin and Leonard
Wright. Honorary pallbearers were
L. J. Huss, Harvey A. Jonas, C. A.
Jonas, E, H. Willis, Claude Holly and
R. M. Lockman. Interment was in Hol
lybrook Cemetery.
Stonewall Jackson, was presented as
the club mascot. ,
Congratulatory notes and tele
grams wer e read from many former
members who were unable to be pres
ent, and greetings from the Sorosis
and Priscilla Clubs were read.
Thirty years ago the club presi
dent, Miss Florence Finch, wr6te a
history of the club, which was read
by Mrs. John C. Ramseur. Mrs. Her-1
bert Kuhn presented the accomplish
ments and activities of the next twen
ty years, and Mrs. L. A. Crowell, Sr.,
concluded this feature of the pro
gram by contrasting the past ten
years with those which had gone be
fore.
Charter members of the club were
Miss Kate Curtis, Miss Sallie Michael,
Mrs. Annie Hoke, Miss Lollie Hoke,
Miss Virginia Hoke, Miss Prue
Crouse, Miss Mary Bynum, Miss Ag
nes Rice, Miss Florence Fiinch, and
Mrs. Mary Curtis, all of whom have
since passed away. The late Mrs. J.
W. Saine united with the club shortly
after it was organized and held the
record for the longest continuous
membership. Mrs. Annie Hoke was
the club’s first president, and those
who have since served in this capac
ity are Mrs. C. C. W’renshall, Mrs.
Anna Shipp Mcßee, Mrs. Beverly
Cobb, Mrs. Hugh Jenkins, Mrs. John
Lawing, Mrs. R. S. Reinhardt, Mrs. J.
S. Wise. Mrs. John Rees, Mrs. R. S.
Abernethy, Mrs. L. M. Coffey, Mrs.
J. W. Saine, Mrs. Milton Tiddy, Mrs.
Herbert Kuhn, Mrs. Pereival Hall,
Mrs. L. A. Crowell, Mrs. Floyd Corri
her, Mrs. W. W. Glenn, Mrs. R. E. Lee
and again Mrs. Milton Tiddy, Mrs.
Herbert Kuhn, Mrs. L. A. Crowell and
Mrs. Floyd Corriher.
During the afternoon a delightful
period of remii(is<(ending en
gaged in and many incidents and an
ecdotes were related by Mrs. Harry
Reid, of Macon, Ga., Mrs. W. A. Biggs,
| of Rockingham, Mrs. Julius A. Suttle.
| of Shelby, and Mrs. W. E. Grigg, of
i Lincolnton, all former members, also
! by Mrs. Jean Schenck and Mrs. Frank
I Love, of Shelby, who were guests of
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LINCOLNTON, N. C., THURSDAY, DEC. 14, 1944
Granny Returns to a Free Home
Freed of the Nazis the fortress city of Met* is quicklv repopulated
b> the citizens, who fled at the approach of battle. Here, a French family
is pictured, returning with Grandmere perched atop a pile of household
goods on a small cart.
Memorial Services
To Be Held Sunday
For Pvt.C.H.Houser
HE GAVE HIS LIFE
Ji /
PVT. CHARLES 11. HOUSER.
C. E. D. ISSUES
RESEARCH PAPER
The Commitee for Economic Devel
opment has released today to all
newspapers throughout the country
the announcement of its second sup
plementary research paper, “Person
nel Problems in the Postwar Transi
tion Period,” compiled by Charles A.
Meyers. Professor of Industrial Rela
tions at Massachusetts Institute of
The paper includes sig
nificant re-employment provisions of
the Selective Service and Training
Act of 1940.
Approximately 22 million men and
women will be directly affected in a
gigantic reshuffle of manpower in the
postwar transition period when ser
vicemen are demobilized and war
workers discharged.
The manner in which companies
handle the complicated personnel
problems with which they will be
faced will have a direct bearing on
the rapidity with which each com
pany is able to return to full peace
time operation.
It is pointed out that company pol
icy must be determined in advance of
such major problems as (1) rehiring
servicemen; )23 personnel transfers
and or downgrading; (3) discharging
war workers, and (4) hiring new em- |
ployes.
This latest and most important |
study by the Committee for Economic
Development is an additional public
service being rendered by them with
the welfare of the nation, state and
community at heart.
Upon receipt of the full text of the
study the Lincoln County C. E. D.
will distribute a copy to those indus
trial plants included in the recent
postwar employment survey. A lim
ited number of copies will be avail
able, and other interested companies
or individuals may receive a copy on
application to W. C. Henderson, Coun
ty Chairman.
COTTON GINNING REPORT.
Census report shows 12,832 bales of
cotton were ginned in Lincoln county,
N. C., from the wop of 1944 prior to
December 1, as compared with 13,981
bales for the crop of 1943.
Service Will Be Held At Em
manuel Lutheran Church
At 3:00 O’Clock, P. M.
A memorial serviqg for Pvt. Charles
H. Houser, who was killed in action in
I Germany on November 17, will be held
i Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock from
the Emmanuel Lutheran Church with
the pastor, Dr. L. A. Thomas, in
charge. The American Legion Post
will take part in the service and the
members are asked to meet at police
headquarters at 2:30 o’clock, so as to
go in a body to the church.
Pvt. Houser was inducted into ser
vice August 14, 1942, and received
! his basic training at Ft. McClellan,
Ala. He went overseas twelve months
rgo and had served in North Africa,
England, France, Belgium, Holland
and Germany. He w as 23 years old.
Survivors a r e hi s wife, Mrs. Mar
garet Hawkins Houser; his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Tallent; a
brother, Louie Tallent; and his grand
mother from Dallas.
Lockman Brothers
Change Addresses
The four sons of Mr. and Mrs. R. M.
Lockman, who are in service, have the
following addresses:
Capt. D. B. Lockman, 1322 Ramona
Drive, Enid, Okla.
T/Sgt. R. C. Lockman, 14148100,
APO 887, care Postmaster, New York,
N. Y.
Cpl. R. G. Lockman, 320 Coleman
Avenue, Macon, Ga.
Lt. S. W. Lockman, 0-2035585, APO
72, care Postmaster, San Francisco,
Calif.
AGAIN WE SALUTE THESE WOMEN
OF LINCOLNTON!
We announce the following promotions in rank:
Mrs. Chas. H. Hinson, to Major.
Mrs. J. L. Lineberger to Captain.
Mrs. Chilton Rose to Captain.
Mrs. A. M. Cornwell to Captain.
Mrs. Ralph E. Cochrane to First Lieutenant.
And the following new commissions were award
ed this week:
First Lieutenant, Mrs. Guy Cline.
First Lieutenant, Mrs. Bennett Allen, Roger City.
Second Lieutenant, Mrs. Frank Huguenin.
Second Lieutenant, Mrs. Wm. Hoffman.
Second Lieutenant, Mrs. Saul Cohen.
Second Lieutenant, Mrs. Paul Mullen.
All these women, and others too, are making
Bond Selling their most important business until after
this drive is over. Why doesn’t every woman in Lin
coln County do the same? If you can’t get out and sell
bonds call up a bond seller and buy that extra one,
for this Sixth War Loan is DRAGGING DANGER
OUSLY behind in the sale of “E” Bonds.
j Melvin Winstead, Jr.,
Honored At Davidson
Davidson, N. C. —Dec. 14. An
nouncement was made at Davidson
College today of the initiation of
five new members in the local chapter
of Phi Mu Alpha, national musical
fraternity.
This selection, considered the high
est honor available to college musi
cians, brings the local membership to
ten. The students so honored are J.
1 rank Barr, Jr., Concord; James D.
Mahafee, Caroleen; J. Frank West,
VS inston-.Salem; Kllis White, Wilming
ton; and Melvin B. Winstead, Jr., Lin
colnton. Other active members of the
group are Robert E. Holliager, Gas
tonia; Andrew J. Owens, Avondale;
and Herbert G. Wyatt, Winston-Sa
lem. Faculty members include Prof.
James C. Pfohl and Prof. Earl F.
Berg.
William J. Martin, 69
Dies After Illness
\\ illiam Jackson Martin, 69, died
1 uesfiay afternoon at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Guy Mason, at Iron
Station. He had Been ill for more than
a year.
Survivors are two sons, Guy Martin,
of Newton, and Burgin Martin, of
Boger City; five daughters, Mrs. Jim
Bolick, of Gastonia. Mrs. John Bridges
of Norfolk, Va., Mrs. L. C. Lip pari
and Mrs. Willard Moore, of Lincoln
ton, and Mrs. Guy Mason, of iron Sta
tion; three brothers, Rol>ert Martin,
of Washington, D. C., Vess Martin, of
Vale and Jim Martin, ot Lincolnton;
and one sister, Mrs. A. A. Smith, of
Newton.
Funeral services were held this aft
ernoon at 2 o’clock from the Bethel
Baptist church on the Maiden-Lincoln -
ton highway, the pastor being assist
ed by Rev. H. B. Jones, of Bogei
City. Burial was in the chuich ceme
tery.
Kiwanis Officials
Hold Conference Here
The organizational conference for
Division 2 of the Kiwanis Clubs of
the Carolinas was held at Walgreen’s
Tuesday afternoon from 2 to 5 o’clock.
Lt. Governor-elect W. C. Beck was in
charge of the session.
The faculty was composed of Past
District Governor Charles Erwin, Lt.
Gov. Charles Gunter asd Lt. Gov-
Elect Beck. The conference scored a
new high in that one hundred per cent
of the newly elected presidents were
present for instruction.
The carefully planned Agenda and
Conference program as prepared by
Rev. Beck was ably presented by the
visiting officers.
Jack Lewellyn, chairman of the
House committee for the local club
won his way into the hearts of all
visitors by presenting each one a pack
of cigarettes, a coca-cola and a Her
shey bar.
The visitors were guests of the lo
cal club at the regular meeting at 7
o’clock. Charles Erw'in, superintendent
of schools, was the guest speaker. His
subject was “How To Deal With Post-
War Problems.”
Clubs represented were Lenoir, Hic
kory. Mooresville, Charlotte, Belmont,
Gastonia and Lincolnton.
Vaccination against Bang's disease
is hastening the suppression of this
costly cattle malady, reports the U.
S. Department of Agriculture.
Americans Hit Hard
Blow Along The Roer
In 2-Pronged Attack
Completes Training.
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Pvt. James T. Leatherman (above)
has reported to Ft. George G. Meade,
Md.. after spending a furlough here
with his wife and little son, Jimmy.
He recently completed his basic train
ing at Camp Wheeler, Ga.
Post Office To Remain
Open All Day Saturday
For the convenience of the public,
Postmaster V. N. Fair announced to
day, the Lincolnton post office will re
main open until 6 p. m. Saturday,
December 16 and also Saturday, De
cember 23.
Christmas Services At
Presbyterian Church
A carol service in candle light will
be given at the First Presbyterian
Church Sunday, December 17, at 5:00
o’clock. The Christmas story in
Scripture and song will again bring
the good news. The choir will be un
der the direction of Mrs. Sherwood
Childs, who will also conclude the ser
vice with the playing of the “Halle
uyah Chorus” from Handel’s “Mes
siah.” This church extends a cordial
invitation to the people of the com
munity to com e to this service.
S-Sgt. Jack Dellinger
Receives Air Medal
An Eighth Air Force Bomber Sta-1
tion, England.—S/Sgt. Jack L. Dell
inger, 21. of Lincolnton, N. C., a waist
gunner on an Eighth Air Force B-17
Flying Fortress, has been decorated
with the Air Medal, at the 388th Bom
ber Group, commanded by Lt. Col.
Chester C. Cox, of Superior, Wis.
Th ( . reward was for “meritorious
achievement” during bombing attacks
on Nazi war industries and military
targets in support of Allied ground
forces. *
He is the son of Mrs. Ella P. Dell
inger, of IP. Wes* Water street. He
had been employed by the Economy
Drug Company at Lincolnton before
entering the AAF in June, 1943.
Send The Times to a friend for a
Christmas present.
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Heafner
Had 8 Os Their 10 Children
At Home For Thanksgiving
“Although the world is full of sor
row and suffering,” said Mrs. C. M.
Heafner, of Lincobiton, Route 1, “Mr.
Heafner and 1 had much to be thank
ful for through the Thanksgiving
season. We had with us eight of our!
ten children.”
Member, of the family present were I
Herman ami George Heafner, who are I
in the U. 8. Navy and have been in
the South Pacific for the past two
years; Cpl. and Mrs. Homer H. Ham
mer, of Los Angeles, Calif.; Mrs. Paul
J. Bowers, wife of Lt. Bowers, who is
now -omewheie in the South Pacific;
Lt. Col. and Mrs. Raymond G. Davis.
Col. Davis has served 29 months with
the Marines in the Pacific area and
was in a number of invasions, includ
ing Guadalcanal; Bob Heafner. who
was at Pearl Harbor for 19 months
and is now stationed at Portsmouth,
Va.; Hilda Heafner, who is teaching
at Bladenlvoro, and Elma Dean, a
student at Appalachian.
The two who were not present were
Cpl. Banks Heafner, who is now in
Lincoln County’s
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Blown Bridges Check Spec
tacular Seventh Army
Offensive.
Paris, Dec. 3.—American First
Army troops astride the Roer river in
the vicinity of Monschau, 20 miles
southwest of Duren, opened a long
awaited assault against the left flank
cf German forces deployed east of the
river today and smashed nearly two
miles along both sides of the stream
in a two-pronged thrust.
Battlefront dispatches said Lt. Gen.
Courtney H. Hodges’ doughboys far
ther north drove the Nazis from the
west bank of the Roer along a stretch
of about five miles in the fourth day
of their all-out effort to smash the
enemy salient across the river in the
Duren area, and today’s twin kickoff,
extending the First Army’s front to
25 miles in width, turned the strug
gle for the gateway to Cologne plain
into a two-dimensional affair.
On the south end of the Western
front, meanwhile, the spectacular
drive of Lt. Gen. Alexander M.
Patch’s Seventh Army toward the
German Palatinate was checked by
blow;, bridges across the wide Seltz
bach river east of Huguenau and by
jarring enemy counterattacks south of
the border city of Wissembourg.
Maze of Pillboxes.
Between the First and Seventh Ar
mies Lt. Gen. George S. Patton’s
Third Army measured its gains in
scores of yards as it fought through a
maze of pillboxes and fortified houses
of the Seigfried line on the outskirts
of Saarlautern. Although the Third’s
artillery continued to blast Saar
brucken, there were no reports of
gains against the Saar capital.
For weesks Hodges has had troops
stationed south of Monschau on the
east side of the Roer, which flows
from Belgium past Monschau and
northward past Duren, Julich and
Linnich before bending west again to
join the Maas in Holland.
While other armored and infantry
units slugged their way steadily to
ward Duren on both sides of the As
j chen-Cologne highway, these dough
boys today jumped off in a surprise
attack that might turn the whole left
flank of the German defenders of the
Cologne plain.
The First Army’s new attack was
launched from the vicinity of Lam
| r.ersdorf, east of Rotgen, the first
[ town captured by American troops in
Germany and about 13 miles south
west of Duren.
Villages Cleared.
[ By midafternoon, First Army troops
\ had cleared the village of Rolles
broich, Biekerath and Simmerath, the
latter a sizable road junction two
miles southeast of Lammersdorf.
Pvt. Johnny Avery, Jr.
Arrives In New York
Mrs. Johnny Avery, Jx\, has re
ceived a message frm her husband,
Pvt. Avery, announcing his safe ar
rival in New York. After seven
months overseas he was wounded in
action August 13. In the message he
stated everything was fine and he
would be sent nearer home soon.
Pvt. Avery is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Avery, of Lincolnton, Route
New Guinea, and Lt. Joyce Heafner, a
nurse, who i s in England.
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