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You are now reading — LINCOLN COUNTY’S LEADING NEWSPAPER and ADVERTISING MEDIUM VOL. 47, NO. 10 free Parking Space To Be Provided By Abandoning Meters On Town Back Sts. There will be more free pa king space in Lincoln.on, beginning; tills week. FREE PARKING SPACE Tile Board of Aldermen, taking note of tiie sea. city of free park ing space in the town, decided to 1 abandon all the meters on the back streets. This move is expected to meet PFC. JAMES I). MICHAEL James Michaels Writes From Korea Pfc. James D. Michael, now serving ill Korea, recently wrote liis parents. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Michael of Iron Station, of some of his experiences in Japan and Korea. He told of a 12-day leave lie spent in Japan, the many beauti ful places he visited in that coun try. He sent his parents, sisters and brothers a gift from Japan. He described .the hardships the people of Korea undergo and i their very poor living conditions.! people should be thysful for what they have in: contrast to these poor Koreans,” j he said. Pfc. Michael wrote that he had! been to Freedom Village where ! the prisoners of war were ex-! changed. Seoul, the capital of Ko-; rea. he has visited marry times.! The Iron Station soldier writes ! that he is doing well and exp“cts | to return to the States in the late; summer. TIIE KOREA ISM'ES The following is a song Pfe. Michael claims he copyrighted, I entitled The Korea Blues: Just across the wide Pacific. Korea is the spot Where we were to spend sometime, in the land God forgot. And on the rocks and hill tops, j Where a man gets mighty blue. Right in the middle of nowhere, j ten thousand miles from you. We sweat, we freeze, we shiver. it’s more than a man ean stand, we're not supposed to be convicts, but defenders of our land. We're soldiers of our land, earning a measly pay. Guarding millions for $2.40 a day. Now that we are lonesome. and waiting to see your gals 1 Hoping that while we are away, j they don't marry our pals. j Nobody knows we're living. nobody gives a d*-lb— 4 At home we are remembered, we belong to Uncle Sam. The tiini' we snend in t lie Army. ! the time of our lives we missed, j Boys don't let the draft board get you, for God sakes, don't enlist. | When we get to Saint Peter. ! and we hear those golden bells We will tell him we were soldiers in the army. And have spent our time in h Two Lincoln Soldiers Complete Basic Tng. CAMP GORDON, Ga. Pvt. Ma’ vin L. Gilbert, whose wife re sides at R . 1. Lincolnton, N. C.. and Tommy R. Royeer. soil of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Royeer, Lincohiton, Rt. 1. have completed eight weeks of basic training at the Camp Gordon Replacement Training Center. During their basic training they received instruction in infantry tactics and weapons, and other subjects designed to p'epne the individual for his military duties. Upon completion of these first eight weeks, the trainee is ready to continue infantry training or to a tend one of the Army's many | »cialist schools located througli l tiie country. 'orated at Camp Gordon, in ad dition to the Replacement Train ing Center, arc the Signal Corps! Training Center and tiie Provost Marshal General Center. North Carolina farmers planted 16.000 less acres of peanuts in 1953 than a year earlier. The Lincoln Times with the approval of the general public, the merchan s, and out of-towners. Os tile action, one town official said: "I believe we've had too many parking meters any way. We can now bette: - enforce those that will remain in effect." The parking meters that will remain in force are those around the C'ourtsquare. those on East Main street from the Court square to the intersection of E. Main and Poplar Street (at the City Hall corner). Areas where the meters will be abandoned include E Sycamore, E. Wa.er. W. Main, N. Academy and S. Academy, and the E. Main s:. block in which the post office and Gamble hospital are located. Over 100 meters are to be dis banded under the new plan. WILL ENFORCE Police Chief Ben A. Sigmon stresses, in an adv. in today's Times, that the parking meter; regulations will be strictly cnforc- , ed on the lemaining meters. He reques s the cooperation of the; general public in this matter. Dodge Announces Contest To Mark 40th Anniversary To draw attention to its 40tli anniversary as a manufacturer of automobiles. Dodge has announc ed plans to launch a nationwide contest which will offer grand prize winners two-week vacations with double their pay and other major awards. Hinson Motor Co., Inc., said the contest will run from February 8 until midnight March 29. A grand-prize winner every day for the 40 days the contest will run will have a new 1954 Dodge placed at his or her disposal, in cluding gas and oil. for the "two weeks away with double pay" per iod. In addition to double - pay grand-prize winners will have all their transportation, meals and hotel accommodations paid by I Dodge and be given an extra SSOO I in cash to save or spend as they j please. The two-week vacation is for 'wo neoule. with the double-pay being based on the 0”" whose sal ary or wage is the higher. Addi tional prizes totaling SIO,OOO will be awarded to other than grand priz<> winners. Contestants will be eligible for the contest. Hinson Motor Co. said, by visiting their reares' Dodge dealer. The dealer will fur noish them with an entry blank upon which they will be asked to complete in 25 words or less this sentence: "I would like to take my vacation in a 1954 Dodge be cause . . ." The entry blank may be com nleted and left at. the dealership or taken home by the contestant for completion and then mailed to the contest's headquarters. Lail Funeral Held Sunday Funeral services for Peter Alon zo Lail. 57. of the Abcrneth.v Crossroads section near Maiden were held Sunday afternoon at three o'clock at the East Maiden Baptist Church. Tiie Rev. L. R. Williams offi ciated and burial was mad" ir Lawipgs eliapcl cemetery. Mr. Lail. a native of Cleveland county, died in a Newton hospital at midnight. Friday, where he had been a patient for three days. Ho is survived by his wife, Mrs. Dovie Walker Lail: five children Kim Mack Lail. Lacy Lail anc’ Dorothy Lail. all of the home. Mrs Neil Deaton. Mrs. John Drum, and Mrs. Paul Dellinger, all of Lin colnton. Route Five: two brothers Frank M. Lajl and John Lail of Shelby; two sisters. Mrs. Russel’ Robinson of Asheville and Mrs Frank Moses of Shelby. TKOE. TERNS SLEUTH Norman. Okla. A University of Oklahoma professor of Crimin ology. Dr. Gilbert Geis. 29. did some extra curricular sleuthing recently and nabbed four fresh men who were trying to sell conies of his final examination in ad vance at S3O a throw. The foui had devised the novel plan of poking in trash cans for discard ed mimeograph stencils used tc print the examinations. FINDS OLD BOTTLE Olock, Island. R. I. John Phil lips recently found a bottle which hi the nast 18 years, had traveled from the Mississippi Hivrr in Ten nessee to this island in miles off •h" Rhode island mainland. The sealed. ajrtigh f bottle contain'd -- note, saving Fugene S. Noel’, of f'ayton. m->.. threw the bottle ij't~ ♦he Mississinnf on January 15 ’936 a i’d would nav the finder *■’. Phillips mailed the ncte to Ncell. Published Every Monday and Thursday Devoted to the Progress of Lincolnton and Lincoln County With Ervin Out, Clark May Be In Congress Race Paul R. Ervin, Charlotte at- j torney. removed himself as a; likely candidate for the Demo- j cratic nomination to Congress in! 10th Dist ic; by a "not running" statemen released yesterday. His action again put the spot light on Lincolnton's young David Clark, who has been often men tioned as a possible candidate. The way appears clearer new for j Clark to be a candidate, if he so j desires. So far he hasn't said any- j thing for publication on his plans, i bu. strong belief still persists .hat'! he will announce as a candidate. Mr. Clark was out of town to day and could not be reached by The Times, but he told The Char lotte Observer yesterday that it may be "a couple of weeks” be fo:e he is ready to announce his intentions. National Guard Month . . . Co. "A" Will Display Equipment At Open House Monday, Feb. 15 Tiie mouth of February is Na tional Guard Month. How well do you know your own unit the officers and enlisted men be hind the scenes who are uphold ing the great tradition of this fine organization ’See editorial in to day’s Times). OPEN HOUSE To allow Lincoln area citizens a better chance to "get acquaint ed" with the personnel and facili ties. Lincolnton's own National Guard unit Co. A, 378th Engi neer Battalion, will hold Open House at the unit's Armory. Maiden highway, next Monday. Feb. 15. At the Open House, the guard Jonas Is Sought To Address Dist. Soil Organization A:, a recent meeting of the Low er Catawba Soil Conservation Dis trict at the Masonic Temple In Gastonia, the group derided that legislators, state and national, be invited as guests to at least one area meeting. The group is endeavoring :o obtain Congressman C. R. Jonas of Lineolnlon to speak at th«* next meeting, which is scheduled in Lincolnton and latter part of this month or early March. The Lower Catawba Soil Con se:ration District embraces Gas ton. Lincoln Mecklenburg coun ties. Also, at the meeting ten recom mendations were set forth in the annual report by the group. Re commendations were made that extra acres from cotton and other crop allotments be used according to land capabilities. The group also went on record as favoring the teaching of soil conservation in public schols, especially in the lower grades. It was suggested that civic clubs have one or more soil conserva tion meetings a year. The goals set up in 1953 on various conservation nracticcs re portedly were exceeded by the group. DIFFERENT STATUS Barre. Mass. Mrs. Florence Bcrdoulay. 32-ycar-old nurse at a hospital here, left home for work. Instead of arriving as a mn.se. she arrived as a "patient." having suf fered fare and head cuts when a tire blew out on her car and the out-of-control vehicle struck a tree. Now College Professors . . . Clanton Brothers By Hard Work, Ambition, Make Good Success in life may come easy to marry in an apparently easy, unobstructed way— financially secure parents, influence, friends, luck, ct cetera. Still, there's another way to successful careers which two am bitious Bogcr City brothers have proven is still not outmoded. They're both college "Professors" now and the formula for reach ing the top in their chosen pro fession has been by: faith, hard work, courage and ambition-to learn. 29-year old Glenn Clanton is now Associate Professor of Mat hem a ties at Baylor Univer sity. Waro. Texas: while young er brother. Donald. 27. is a pro fessor of Mathematics at the University of South Carolina. FATHER BLINDED Both are products of (tie As bury elementary <Boerr City) and Lincolnton high schools, where they expelled in their school work. In 1929. while Glenn and Don were In their early grades, their father. Frank Clanton, suffered ai) eye injury in a lumber plant LINCOLNTON. N. C., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1954 WRECKED CAR . . . Pictured is the twisted, crumpled wreck age of the 1938 Ford Coarh which smashed into (lie Cline bridge on the Itrensville road Friday night, killing one Lincolnton iiigh school student and injuring three others. Patrolman Dillard, the investigating officer, described the ear as "one of the most smash ed un cars" he had ever seen. Hundreds viewed it at the Hoyle Motor Co. lot over the weekend.—Photo by Frazier. personnel will be on hand and ; there will be a display of unit equipment. This equipment in cludes one GMC t<jn and one-half (on truck, one Willis jeep, one trailer for jeep, machine guns, rifles, carbines, engineer tools of all kinds, field ranges, mess equip ment. Equipment expected for the unit in the near future include a bull dozer and air compressor. CRAIG COMMANDER Top personnel of Company A at present includes the follow ing Captain Robert 11. Craig. Commander: WO.IG Fred Huff stetler. Unit Administrator: M/Sgl. Ernest C. Ahernethy. First Sergeant: SFC. Arnold Vice President Reports Operations By Duplan Corp. Show Improvement In 1953 EIGHT LOCAL AREA STUDENTS MAKE L.R. HONOR ROLL GROUPS I Eight Lincolnton area s.uden s j made the honor roll for the first semester of the 1953-54 school year at Lenoir Rhyne college. i William McCullough made the j first honor roll group, and Car roll Same. Wanda Boring. Talthia Houser were on the second honor i group, of Lincolnton; Bobby Cars ! well. Jean Hudson, of Vale, and • Margaret Linebergcr. of Dallas, were listed on the second honor 1 group. To make the first honor group, a student, must average between 94 and 100 on grades, and for the second honor group an average i between 90 and 93. l FAMILY DOUBLES Pecos. Texas When Mrs. E. W. Hawthorne arrived home from Bayreuth. Germany, witli her i family, she really surprised her | father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Fishcl. When she and her | husband went overseas seven ; years ago, there were three | children in the family. After they were in Germany, they wrote of ! twins —a boy and a girl be ; ing born. When they arrived home ! however, there were two more sets 1 of twins and a girl. accident that shortly afterwards cost him his eyesight. This shocking blow to the fam ily's welfare came just two day. after the third member of the * U&L * s' PROFESSOR GLENN CLANTON Tarr, Mess Sergeant: SFC. Arlo 11. Wilson, Supply Sergeant; C’pl. Robert Holly. Motor Sgt. Authorized strength of the com pany is five officers, one warrant, officer. 119 enlisted men. The current roster of the company lists two officers and 20 enlisted men. MANY OPENINGS Company A now has opening for a second lieutenant, platoon sergeants, cooks, radio operators, heavy equipment operators, clerks, truck drivers, squad leaders. The unit meets each Wednes day night., from 7:30 to 9o'clock, at the Armory. This period is de voted to classes and training problems. CHARLOTTE, N. C. -The Dup lan Corp. reports tint 1953 oper ations resulted in net. earnings of $275,000. equal to 28 cents per 1 share. Earnings in 1952 were only $19,000. Also the company, which estab lished southern operations head quarters in Charlotte last October, showed additional profit of $85,- 000. or 9 cents per share, through disposal of certain buildings and equipments in Pennsylvania. The report, by Duplan, widely operating producer of synthetic textiles, was released from Char lotte by John K. Cochran, vice p.esiden, Duplan s t 953 sales were $23,- 500.000. approximately 10 per cent below the 1952 total, because of a ! two-month strike at three Pcnn | sylvania plants and lower textile ; prices. The report, signed by Lyman B. ; Frieze of New York, president, said the 1954 outlook has been improved. "Last year ou" earnings 1 we-e affected by the co-: of the strike and the moving of looms i and throwing machinery to south ern locations." he said. Mr. Frieze also said "these , moves we have made have reduced our cost of manufacture substan tially and have improved our com petitive position." Seven milk marketing aeas ; have been established bv the Nor.li Carolina Milk Commission. household, a daughter mow Mrs. Ray Von Tolbert > was born. The Clanton's wore in desperate straits and as soon a.s she was able Mrs. Clanton, the former Miss Etta 4" PROFESSOR DONALD CLANTON Five High School In Car Wreck; One Killed Caldwell To Address Cherryvillc Credit Assn. The annual meeting of the stockholders of to.e Cherryvillc Production Credit Association will be held at the Shelfcv City Park in Shelby n Friday, Feb uary 19th at 10:30 A. M. In addition to hearing the re por of the year's operation, the election of two directors for tb« coming year, a special report will be given on the progress of tiie association. The feature of the meeting will be an address by Ha ry B. Cald well. Secretary of the North Caro lina Farmers Cooperatives Coun cil. A large attendance of mem bers and visitors is expected. Rites Held For Bobby Warren, 28 Funeral rites were held Friday afternoon at the Boger Civ Methodist Church for Bobby Warren, 28. The services were conducted by Rev. J. L. Rayle. assisted by Reverends Lati Be sheavs and Morris Bake . Inter ment was made in Hollybrock cemetery. Mr. Warren, who had had a heart ailment ever since the age of 12 when stricken with rheu matic fever, died in a Philadelphia hospital Feb. 1 after undergoing an opera.ion th:ee days earlier. Sc.ving as pallbearers were: Richard Robinson. Gordon Robin son. Hoover Sherrill. Dwight Bal lard. Harold Coley. Raymond Lawing. Jr. Honorary bearets were Herman Pope. Archie Russell. Ray Von Talbert. Pink Tolbert. Vernon Bumgarner, Jr, Tommy Rash. Bill Williams. Joe Ross. Ralph Sisk. Howard Lowing, Charles Lawing. Bill Rhyne. Euray Lawing. David Clark. Tommy B :st, James For tenberry. Talmadge Li tie. The many floral tributes were a testi monial of the esteem with which the deceased was held in his home community. Surviving are his wife. Mrs. Barbara Saunders Warren: one daughter. Jan; his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Warren: one brother. Claude. Jr, two sisters, Mrs. Gey Clin?. Jr, and Mrs. Robert Schronee. Davidson Man Hurt In Wreck A Davidson. Route 1. man was seriously injured in an auto ac cident yesterday between the Dcn vcr-Triangle section in east Lin coln county. Patrolman R. 11. Dillard, in vestigating officer, said that Clint Sher. ill lost control of his car. the vehicle leaving the highway and smashing into several trees. The impact threw the driver out of the car. He was taken to the Mem orial hospital in Charlotte, where the extent of his injuries were not known today, the officer reported. Rev. Charles Hedgepath To Preach At Long Shoals Wesleyan Meth. The Rev. Charles Hedgepeth of McAdenville. N. C. will preach at. the Long Shoals Wesleyan Meth odist church at 7:00 P.M. begin ning Wednesday Feb, 10. and con tinuing through Sunday night. These services are sponsored by the youth of the church. Rev. Hedgepeth is an outstanding speaker and the public is invited to attend. Sherrill, found she would have to secure a job and be the breadwin ner for her blind husband, young daughter and two grade - school sons. She secured a job in the mill, and despite many sacrifices and obstacles she was able to keep her three children in school until they finished and could go out on their own. Those early years, following the accident to her husband, weren't made any easier - as most Americans will recall due to the great depres sion that came along. 1.1KKI) SCHOOL Things weren't easy lot young Glenn and Him along at that time, either. Hut. as their par ents recall, Glenn anil Don were never I lie type of hoys lo eom plain. They never lei llieir par ents know of the handieaps and problems confronting (hem. in contrast In (heir more-fortfin ale classmates. "Both of (hem have liked to go to school, from the very first day they began.’’ the parents said, “their main ambition was to learn some (Continued on page eight) An automobile wreck on the Reepsville road, two miles West of Lincolnton about 10:50 o’clock Friday night, brought almost instant death to one 16-year old youth and injured four others, two seriously. Tickets On Sale For Lincoln Day Dinner Feb. 12 Lincoln county Republicans, young and old, are busy making final plans for the annual Lincoln Day Dinner to be held Friday night at the Legion Hut. County chairman D H. Mauney. Jr., will preside over the meeting, which is to get underway at 7 o'clock. Congressman Oliver P. Belton of Ohio will be :he featur ed speaker. Pappy Millsips will be the master of ceremonies. A babecuc supper will be serv ed, $1 per pla:e. Tickets for the event can be secured from either of the following—D. H. Mauney, Jr., H. A. Jonas, Jr.. Buddy Har rill. Seibert Lockman. Harven Crouse. D . L. A. Crowell. Jr..-—or at the d o at the hut Friday night. Honor Roll Given For Iron Station School The Iron Station Honor Roll follows: Fi-.st Grade—-Jimmy Buff, Butch Godson, Wayne Johnson, Jimmy Link. Charles Shuford, Gloria Hager, Faye Long, Freddia Robin son. Second Grade Cheryl Brad shaw. Linda Dellinger, Gracie 1 Goodson, Geraldine Pittman, Wanda Saunders, Judy Weaver,l Alan Meeks, Gary Morrison. G:ade 3 —Joann Rumfelt. Bar bara Sue Whitworth, Catherine; Bynum, Shethe Ervin, Jane Sisk. Kenneth Abernethy, Van Mace. Jimmy Conner. Grade 4 —Katherine Robinson.! Mary Jo Dellinger, Judy Beam.: Henry Hovis, Libby Payseur. Geraldyne Newton. Danny Setzer. Grade 5- Hazelenc Whitworth, Kay Moirison. Rodney Norris. Grade 6 —Linda Sefzer, Ann Mace. Doris Hager. Barbara Clip pard. Walter Cook. Wayne Gilbert. Sharon Hovis. Libby Shuford. Brenda Whitner. Grade 7—Janice Dellinger. Kat-| hcrinc Dellinge’. Lawrence Del- 1 linger. Sarah Huss, Carolyn Jack son. Peggy Nantz, Dale Ritchie. Grade B —Polly Davis, Eleanor Bradshaw, Libby Goodson. Shirley | Talbert. Linda Ballard Harry Lee Miller, Barrv Devine. Dar ell Hag er, Gene Gilbert, Edde Joe Nantz. By Gene Gilbert and Darrell Hager Franklin Smyrc Serves Aboard Radar Destroyer LONG BEACH. Calif, iFHTNC> —The Ernest G. Small returned here Jan. 28th completing her; third tour of Korean duty. Assigned duty aboard the radar picket destroyer is Franklin L. \ Smyie, seaman, USN. son of Mr. and Mrs. Miles L. Smyrc of Route 1. Iron Station. N. C The Small was among ’he first; ships to arrive in Korea after the tiuce agreement. During her stay in the Far East, she was engaged! in anti-submarine training opera-| tion and ope a.ed as part of the! UN Escort and Blockading Force.’ patrolling both the East and West coasts of Korea. A highlight of her trip overseas was a three day period of rest and | recreation in Hong Kong over New 1 Year's holidays. She was also engaged in the training of Nationalist Chinese naval personnel. CHECK FORGERS ARE ARRESTED BY POLICE City police made a number of | arrests over the week end, in- 1 volving charges of check forgery, larceny and drunkeness. Chief Ben Sigmon reported four i Lincoln county men were arrested and jailed on charges of forgery j and passing checks on local mur chants. They were scheduled for trial at today’s Recorders court. Two men and one teen-age boy were apprehended ycstc rd a y lodged in jail on charge of lar ceny of electric drill and dispos ing of same from Goodin-Burris furniture store. They. too. were to be tried at Recorder's court to day. Chicken Pic Supper At Marvin Church Tile WMS of Marvin Methodist Church will sponsor a chicken pie supper at the Oak Grove Com munity Center on Friday night. February 12. from 6 until 9 o'clock, Plates will be sold at $1 each for 1 adults, 50c for children ALMOST EVERYONE in LINCOLNTON and LINCOLN COUNTY reads THIS NEWSPAPER Single Copy: FP r ” CENTS All the occupants of the ill-fat ed car, a 1938 Ford coach, were students at the Lincolnton High School. The tragedy gave Lincoln coun ty its first highway fatality of the year. Highway Patrolman K. 11. Dillard, the investigating offi cer. identified she dead boy as Edward Zelinski, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tony Zelen.ski of Roger City. He was a Junior student at the Lincolnton high school. Hurt seriously, she patrolman slated, were Johnny Lee Crow. 16. and Johnny Goodnight. 16, both of Roger City. Edward Goodson. 16. received a broken nose and other bruises. Sammy House, 16. was uninjured. Four of the injured were brought to the Crowell hospital by ambulance. Young Zelenski was taken by ambulance to the Gamble hospital, and was report ed dead upon admittance. Good son and House were released from the hospital after treatment. Dr. A. M. Cornwell of the Crowell Hospital staff, who at tended the injured, stated to day that the condition of Crow and Goodnight was satisfactory. He said that Goodnight possibly would be able to leave the hos pital in a few days, but that Crow would have to remain longer. Hr slated that Johnny had a broken left leg, both col lar hones broken, other bruises and cuts. Goodnight suffered a back injury, but not broken as was first unofficially reported. According to officer Dillard, the five youths were riding towards Lincolnton in the 1938 Ford, driv ! en by Crow, when it went out of control at the Cline bridge first | crashed into a wire fence at the bridge’s edge. smashed against ; one side of the concrete bridge railing, careened to the other side to smack again into the bridge i and overturn on the left side. Because of the badly smashed up condition of the car, young ( Zelinski was pirmed in the wreck - ; age and obscured from view Pa j trolman Dillard said he. with the assistance of others, had difficul ty in extricating the body from (he crumpled, battered vehicle. Charges arc being withheld I pending further investigation, the patrolman stated. SERVICES TUESDAY Funeral rites for Edward Z“l- I ieski will be held Tuesday aft A r- I noon at three o'clock from the First Presbyterian Church in Lin : coln’oe. Interment will be made 1 hi Hollvhrook cemetery. ! Surviving a’-e the parents, one l sister, Ruth Helen. The zelinski family originally i >'s from Pennsylvania and came ! to Lincohrtop a year a-o Pom | Burnsville. N. C.. where the elder Zelinski was connected with the Duplan Corn, nlant there. H" is '*t present affiliated with the Du olan firm in Lincolnton. Car Ablaze On Forney Ave.; Firemen Called City firemen we e culled out on Forney avenue Friday night, j where a 1947 five-passenger Ford ; was ablaze. The car, -owned by Yates Gil bert. was parked at the curb in ! front of his residence and was be lieved to have caught fire from a i wire shortage. Mr. Gilbert was | awakened by the car horn blow ing. discovered the vehicle ablaze, i and called firemen. The car was j heavily damaged. ' Wednesday afternoon, a call 1 was answered to the Fred Allen, Jr., residence on N. Laurel street where a hot water heater had caught fire. Only minor damage was reported. I Lincoln Man Unhurt As Car Overturns James Loy McConnell, 40, a | salesman from Lincolnton, Route ;5. was uninjured Wednesday night when he lost control ol his j ear and overturned. Damage to the 1950 Oldsmobilc j McConnell was driving was esti ! mated at S9OO. t The accident happened about i 6:30 pan., three miles from Stan ; lc.v. I The investigating patrolman. P. ; T. Carlton, said that McConnell ■[was driving along Highway 27 j about 40 miles per hour when lie i was blinded by an approaching I ear. causing the car to go off the i road onto a soft shoulder and j overturn. 17 CHII.niIEN IN FAMILY. Oklaliom i City. Mrs. John ' Robinson. 41 year-old Choctaw ■ wife of an unemployed oil-field truck driver, recently gave birth • to twin git Is—making the total number of children in the family •; 17. This was the first set of twins ’ in the family
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