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You arc non' reading — LINCOLN COUNTY'S LEADING NEWSPAPER and ADVERTISING MEDIUM VOL, 47, NO. 16 • loodmobile Visits City Monday; H. D. Clubs To Participate Blood! Blood! Life-giving blood is needed for those injured in accidents, for new mothers and infants, and for youngsters as a protection against destructive ravages of polio. Next Monday, March Ist, the j Bloodmobilr will visit I incolnton between the hours of It a.m. and 5 p.m. The mobile unit will be set up at the Recreation Center. At the recent meeting of the Lincoln County Council of Home Demonst ation Clubs, the-16 clubs, agreed to participate in helping to make this visit of the blood mobile a success. Each club agreed to send five cr more donors from their communi y. The health lead ers. together with the community service leaders in each club are assuming this responsibility. Ms. W. L. Baucom. County Health loader asks that each club send as many dono s as possible from their community a.s there is usually a high percentage of re jections. • CLUB LEADERS Club Henlth Leaders who will be participating in this project are: Mrs. Blait Bynum Mrs. For rest Richards. Mrs. Lester Keever. Mrs. Grace Smith. Mrs. W. C. 1 Joint-Consistory Os Reformed Churches Meet At St. Paul s The Joint - Consistory of the, South Fork charge of churches cf the Evangelical and Reformed Church met at St. Paul's Church at Star.own Sunday Feb. 14 at 3 P.M. This was the annual meeting. * ' REV. R. A. TAkLOR Revival Set For Laboratory Meth. Church A revival meeting will begin on Sunday morning. February 28. at 11 o'clock at the Laboratory Me thodist Church. Services will continue each eve ning through March Btli. Rev. R. A. Taylor, of Gastonia, will be the guest minister. The public is invited to attend the services. Dollar Days Begin As Throngs Crowd , Lincolnton Stores With warm, sunshiny weather . prevailing today, throngs of shoppers were crow ding Lincoln- i ton stores to lake advantage of the Dollar Day bargains being offered Ivy the merchants. Dollar Days are scheduled for three days at the local stores this week today. Friday and Saturday. Merchants contacted by The Times were well pleased with the response of the public to thd Dollar Days event and reported sales were very encour aging. Dairymen Seek Answers To Problems At Appearance Os Milk Commission Lincoln county dairymen, some 150 strong, turned up at a hear ing before the North Carolina State Milk Commission in the courthouse Tuesday night. producers, distributors, retail ers and the public had been in -d to attend the open session A present any questions or |flf inmcndalions regarding the w at ions regulations of the commission. HEARING REQUESTED The Commission had been re quested to hold a hearing here. the request of local dairymen Dollar Days! Dollar Days! Thursday, Friday and Saturday The Lincoln Times Published Every Monday and Thursday Devoted to the Progress of Lincolnton and Lincoln County. ; Hester. Mrs. Theron Wright, Mrs. John Hcavncr, Mrs. C. C. Caskey, Mrs. Cone Beam. Mrs. Sun We ; hunt. Mrs. Weed ow Houser. Mrs. O. C. Carpenter, Mrs. Sam Hovis, Mrs. Lola Warlick. Mrs. Robert ! Coon, Mrs. Hattie Sain, Mrs. I Wayne Scronce and Mrs. Glenn Laney. The Bloodmobile visit is one of i several projects which the Lin coln County Home Clubs is undertaking In their plan lo stress "Health" in their pro ; gram during the coming months. CLUB GOALS The following goals have hern set up: 15 percent of club mem bers to visit the cancer detec tion center: 75 percent of club members to have Chest X-ray made; 10 percent of club mem bers to have complete physical examination. Classes in First Aid and Homo Nu sing will be held in April and May for members wishing to par ticipate Joe A. Leonard of Lincolnton pre sided. and Gordon L. Whitcner of Hickory R 1. was the Sec etary. Each pastoral charge elects one of their members to be the official representative or delegate to the Southern Synod. Lee R. Tucker of i St. Paul’s church was clec.ed. and A. R. Anthony of Grace Church was chosen to be the alternate. The Synod meets in Conover late in April. ■ The Paste for the past year. Rev. W. C. Lycrly, had previously 1 sent partial reports to all mem bers. During the year 34 members had been received into the full membership of the churches. Tire j report made to the Svncd for the | churches is 292 membe s and 252 of these communed during the year. There arc 64 baptised child ren of the families of the churches. In his report he called attention to the benevolent giving of the churches which amounted to $2.- 759 for the year, the largest amount these churches have ever given for the wo k of the church. During the time the Rev. Mr. Lyerly was Pastor, beginning in May 1946 to the end cf 1953. these churches have increased in mem bership from 252 to 292. and the number communing from 150 to 252. During these years they have contributed for the parsonage and the imp ovement of church pro perty $22,000, and for local con gregational expenses $35,000. and for the benevolent cases 516.500. The churches had on balances $2,750 and in Endowments and Building Funds $6,664. These re ports indicate a steady and heal thy growth of these 4 small coun try churches: St. Paul's at Star town. Bethel on Hickory Rl. Grace in the Blackburn community and Daniel's in Lincoln County. 24 members were in at.endance Sunday afte noon and Rev. Roy E. Leinbach, the supply appointed by the Synodical Council. Officers to serve for the coming year are Joe A. Leonard, Chm.. Harry Whitener. Viee-Chm.. G. L. W'nit i ener Sec and Treas.. Mrs. Rachel i Sigmon asst Sec. and treas. Mrs. Hozoleen Brown Now With Station WLON Mrs. Hazalecn Brown has ac cepted a position as a member of the offiee staff of radio station. WLON. Lincolnton. Mrs. Brown, daughter; of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Connor, has been employed with the National Bank of Commerce in Gastonia the past. | two years. Her husband. Jack l Brown, is commercial manager and a well known announcer. ■ and farmers. Topics discussed in cluded producer bases, grades and prices of milk, selling of surplus ■ milk to out of state or military buyers. There has been a milk war . going on in the middle and cast . ern areas of tho state in recent , weeks, and local area dairymen . were concerned about that in ad . dilion to the problems they al . ready face. W. W. Fitzgerald, chairman of the commission, and J. V. Whit . aker, executive secretary, answer ed questions the dairymen asked (Continued on pa£c six I CHAIRMAN HUGGINS REPORTS , . , $9,500 Raised For March Os Dimes Fund In Lincoln County A total of $9,500 was raised in Lincoln county during the March of Dimes fund campaign. Chair man M. L. Huggins reported to-' day. In pointing out that this amount was $3,000 more than had ' ever been raised in this county during previous campaigns, the Chairman paid tribute to every or ganization and individual who gave generously to make this pos sible. Mr. Huggins said that he es pecially desired to thank the Rotary, Kiwanis. Lions. Jayree and Pilot club organizations, the Home Demonstration clubs of the county, the Woman’s Club of Denver, for their won- Bud Leonard Becomes Ist Candidate For Sheriff; Primary Is Now Assured Russell <Bud> Leonard of Lin colnton today announced that he would be a candidate for Sheriff of Lincoln County, subject to the Democratic primary in May. Mr. Leonard is well known lo cally. and is reported to have de cided to be a candidate for Sher iff after many of his friends had urged him to make the race. He lias operated the Pure Oil Service' Station here for a number of years, and is a veteran of World War II and thb Korean war. Mr. Leonard thus became the first to announce a.s a candidate for this office. His announcement, which may come as a surprise to many, assures there will be a C Os C Secretary From Mooresville Kiwanis Speaker Robert W. Moore, executive secretary of the Mooresville Cham ber of Commerce was guest speak- I er at the Lincolnton Kiwanis Club meeting Tuesday evening. , In an exchange program with tile local club. Mr. Moo'C pointed out that although Lincolnton and Mooesvillc arc only thirty miles apart the people cf the two towns; know very little about their neighboring city. He said that lie hoped when the Lincolhton club returned the Mooresville club's visit, that it would bring them a program of information about Lincolnton. As part of his pro gram he presented around ten membe s cf the visi.ing club and each of them stated something about his activities and business in Mooresville. Those making snort talks were: Harry Kecter. County commis sioner; T. C. 'Dclk, owner of the Mooresville Five and Ten Cent store; Bill Neal, attorney and court solicitor; Jack Duffy, retail furniture me; chant and president of the Mooresville Merchant's As sociation; Jim Linker, president of the Mooresville Kiwanis Club and connected with a heating, plumbing, and appliance business; J. E. McKnight. Jefferson Stand ard Life Insurance Agent; Joe Mills, owner of a family shoe store; Reed Meredith, Carolina ! Tire Co.: Dr. Neman Shull, form er Kiwanis district governor: and Ralph Millsips ofthe Mooresville Ice Cream Co. M. L. Huggins presented special guests of the club. Ralph Gilbert and Bill Schroncc. members of the Union High School Key Club and delegates-elcct to the North Caro lina Key Club convention to be held in Winston Salem. Radio Panel Discussion Questions And Answers On City Recreation Program A panel discussion, tape-record ed by radio station WLON. was hc|d Tuesday evening at the Re creation Center. The purpose of the radio panel discussion was to familiarize the general public with the City Recreation Department activities, and to answer questions about the Rceeaion Commis sion's plans for operating the newly - acquired Jones Airport Swimming Pool. Rev. H. A. McCullough, Chair man of the City Recreation Com mission, served as chairman and moderator of the program. Serv ing as panel members wcic: Mrs. Gladys Childs, of the Lincoln County News: Rev. Richard J. Lee. Rector of St. Luke's Episcopal Church; Mrs. G. E. Lehr; Elliott- Beal, president cf the Junior Chamber of Commerce: and the following members of the Recrea tion Commission: Paul Gabriel. Jr.. B. P. Costner, Mrs. Ciawford Poag, Bruce Jenkins, Miss Sara J Yoder, Miss Betty Gabriel. Mrs. W. V. Costner. LINCOLNTON, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1954 drrful cooperation in contribu tions and support of the drive, and to all others who in any ' way helped to make the cam paign a success. He cited the two local newspapers and the radio station for their publicity and other help that benefited the cause. “Every one concerned—-be they volunteer worker or contributor— were well pleased with the results of the drive.” the Chairman add ed. Dr. L. A. Crowell, Jr.. Lin coln county chapter chairman for the National organization, also ex pressed his pleasure at the success of the local campaign and the generous contributions made by the public. Democratic primary contest for sheriff. The incumbent., Sheriff Frank P. Heavner, has not yet announc ed he would be a candidate for re election, but it is understood that he will. Also, speculation persists that Clyde Wilkinson, who recent ly resigned as chief deputy, will enter the sheriff’s race in the pri • mary. Baptists To Observe Week Os Prayer Tile ladies cf the First baptist church will observe the \,. k of Prayer for Home Missions March 1-5. The program for the week includes the following: Monday Regular program in Circles Tuesday—3:3o in Chapel Wednesday—B:oo in Chapel Thursday—lo:3o in Chapel I Friday—7:3o in Chapel. All Cir cles and young people meet for program and ingathering of of fering. I Mrs. S. A. Wilson is chairman of the Seasons of Prayer. Myrick Named Vice President Lincoln Is Among Counties Joining Group To Boost Area Industry, Tourist Trade Representatives from the Lin colnton Charnbc: of Comniece attended a meeting in Morganton; Tuesday, at which time a nine j county (including Lincolni organ ization boosting industrial deve lopment and tourist trade was formed. The organization's primary I purpose will he: Promotion and expansion of industrial develop ment, tourist attractions, and the furtherance of agricultural interests throughout the area embraced by the eleven moun tain and Piedmont counties. MYRICK VICE PRESIDENT G. Harold Myrick. Lincolnton ■ banker, was elected one of ihe three vice presidents of the group. Heading the group as president is R. Barton Hayes of Lenoir, tex tile manufacturing executive and pr esident of the Lincolnton Cham ber of Commerce. Lincolnton C of C representa tives at the meeting were: G. Harold Myrick. Earl Holder. Pat Buckley. Mrs. Polly Crisson. Tuesday's organizational meet ing resulted from a conference held earlie", February 9th at Mor ganton. by representatives from BROADCAST SUNDAY I The. recorded discussion was hroadeast by WLON Wednesday morning, and will be rc-hroad east on Sunday afternoon at 5:45 o'clock. The public is asked to tune in to this program, which deals with matters that are of vital concern lo all civic and community minded citizens. The Questions and Answers heard on the panel discussion fol low : Queslion— l'd like to know just, what the present recreation pro gram includes? Answer— The present recreation program includes year round act ivities at the recrcatin centers. ,he summer program, which includes operating Ihe while and colored playgrounds, the athletic program and special events. ACTIVITIES Question— What arc some of the activities you carry on at the centc; ? Answer— We have games such as ping pong, bowling and shufflc- Rev. Cecil Hefner Tells Rotarians Os Trip To Cuba Rrv. Cecil Hefner, pastor of the First Methodrit Church, was the sliest speaker at Tuesday’s lun cheon meeting of the Rotary club, tis topic was: “Impressions of Cuba." EVANGELISTIC CRUSADE The Lincolnton minister re cently returned from Cuba, where from January 27 through Febru ary 4. along with about 100 min isters from other states in the U. j S.. he participated in the Inter national Evangelistic Crusade. The Crusade was sponsored by the General Board of Evangelism | of ihe Methodist Church. Rev. Hefner (old Rotarians that he found the people of Cu lm to lie gracious and respon sive in their attitude towards the evangelistie erusade, and that 2.000 Cubans made conver sions to Christ during the cru sade. He pointed out that in her fif y-six years of independence Cu ba has come from a backward col ony. ridden by disease ana bad government, to a place of respect among the family of nations. Many fine reforms have been initiated by the government of Cuba, he stated, which have lift ed the standards of living and giv- I en wider opportunities to the peo (Continued on page sixl Union Senior 4-H Members To Meet Tlie Union Senior 4-H Club held its monthly meeting, February 16. 1954 at 10:30 a.m. in the school auditorium, with 68 members j present. Those taking part in the pro- ! gram were Dean Heavner, Sue Jane Harmon, Sarah Heavner, and Frances Lantz. who gave re ports on tlie various February holidays. Tlie group was divided for the demonstrations. Mr. Yoder gave the boys a demonstration on feed ing swine. The girls saw a Dairy j Foods Demonstration given by Ce lia Caldwell and Becky Campbell. Their demonstration was "Drink a Milk Shake for a Lift That Lasts" which showed how to moke a ba nana milk shake. Record books were their given , cut to the girls and Miss Moore I explained how to fill them out. j: MR. MYRICK five local area county groups. Pre liminary plans at this gathering for the forming of the industry ■ tourist promotion unit were based on an idea along that evpressed by the No:th Carolina Conserva board. dancing classes for s.udents from the 4th grade through lush school, arts and crafts. 2 tumbling ; groups, and boxing. Tiie J.C. use the spare room to practice. Out side at the white center, we have a multiple play area that is used for tennis, skating, and dancing. Question —You mentioned the summer athletic p ogrom. Is that in addition to tlie playground activities? Answer —Yes. Tile athletic pro gram includes the basebill and softball league. Last, year we had 5 leagues—tlfc midget, pony and junior baseball leagues and girls and men's soft ball. Answer —l think you would be interested to know that, no charge is made to enter t.lie league. And that the only charge for the game is marie to raise money to pay for trophies for the winners. Question —That sounds like a fine program. I believe you said something about special events. Wlvr kind cf events art these .’ Clark Decideh Will o' Run Again For House, Not In Congress Race BOST WINS $149 IN MERCHANTS DRAWING City Policeman Paul J. Bust was the winner in tlie mer chant.s-spon.sore<l "Appreciation Day" drawing held Tuesday af ternoon on the Courthouse law n. Mr. Bost held a 30% ticket, which was good for $149.00. The next in the series of drawings will be held next Tues day afternoon. March 2, at 3:30. NO RECORDER'S COURT HELD ON MONDAY No session of Lincoln county Recorder s court was held Mon day. This was due to the absence of j the presiding judge, Kemp B. Nix- . on. Mr. Nixon was in Chapel Hill Monday to attend a meeting of j the Board of Trustees of the Uni- j versity of North Carolina. Judge! Nixon i s a member of the UNC trustees board. Republican Convention Here Saturday, 2:30 P. M. Lincoln county Republicans will j ; gather in convention here Satur- j day afternoon, at Republican j Headquarters on E. Main Street,; beginning at 2:30 o'clock. The purpose of the convention : will be to elect a chairman, vie? j chairman, secretary - treasurer of j the party's county organization, j and to elect delegates to the Re- i publican state, congressional con- I ventions. PRESENT OFFICERS D. 11. Maunry, Jr., is the pres- ; ent chairman of the Lincoln county Republican executive | committer. Mrs. Kennrth Heav- | i tion and Development Department j for the entire state. Counties included in the or ganization are: Avery. Burke. Catawba. Caldwell. Alexander, Lincoln. Iredell. Watauga. Mc- Dowell. It was voted to extend an invitation to Yancey and Mitchell counties to come into the organization. OTHER OFFICERS Three vice president, a secre tary and a treasurer were named to serve with president Hayes as officers. Mr. Myrick was one of the three vice presidents of the development organization named. Two oilier were Grover Robbins. : Sr.. Blowing Rack Realtor: and Robert G. Allen. Morganton Chamber of Commerce president. Max Steelman. Hickory Chamber of Commerce m inager. was named ! secretary, and Robin Hood. Marion bank executive, named treasurer. WILL MEET IN HICKORY Hickory was selec.ed as a meet ing place for officers and directors of the group on March 9 at 2 p.m. At that time a constitution and by-laws and other rules are ex pected to be outlined (Continued on page six) SPECIAL EVENTS Answer —They are he special holiday parties and dances—Eist er css hunts, for both white and colored children, Halloween part ies, dances following the local high school games and the marble tour naments. Question— ls this recreation pro s', am just for the town of Lin : coin ton or does it reach the county !areas? TOWNSHIPS PARTICIPATE Answer —We hav6 had people participating in this program from every township in Lincoln County. An example is the Marble Tourna ments—We contact every elemen ! I ary school in the count y to get students to enter this tournament. Also, the base ball teams rep esen, | areas throughout the county. Question— Do you have any idea ! how many boys and girls have taken part in this program? 25,656 TAKE PART Answer— The total attendance last summer for the 10 weeks pro (Cunt in tied on pa-c six) It's oiiicial now. David Clark, young Lincolnton at torney, will not be a candidate for the Democratic nomina tion to Congress in the Tenth District. IBillliP BBr ” pUHf* * JSL mWiMm lltt %imdnk. MR. CLARK ner is (lie vice cliairnian, and L. A. Crowell. Jr., secretary treasurer. Precinct meetings were held by '.he Republicans last Friday night, at the home of each precinct chairman. Precinct officers were elected and delegates appointed to represent the precinct at the county convention. A good attendance of all Re publicans i.s requested for Satur- ! day's convention. The Republican congressional convention i.s scheduled for Char- 1 lotte, March 5. and the state con- j vention in the same city on March ith. LHS Band Members Enter State Solo Ensemble Contest The Lincolnton High School Band will be represented in the State Solo and Ensemble Contest by two solo performers and five ensembles. The contest will be held this Saturday. February 27. at David son College, with contestants 1 coming from approximately forty j counties. Those entering the contest from Lincolnton are: Soloists—Kay Smith, clarinet: Jim Sigmon, cornet. Ensembles— Flute Trio. Sydney Robinson. Stic Jane Seagle, and Rebecca Rhodes: Brass Sextette. Jim Sigmon. Bud Warlick. Jerry Aiken. Wayne Con ner. J. W. Boyd, and Bill Boyd: Sax Duet. Marion Miller and Doris Rudisill; Clarinet Quartet. Kay Smith. Anice Bumgarner. Betty Jean Baxter, and Kay John son; Cornet Trio. Bud Warlick. Hal Baxter, and David Keever. Times Paid Visit’ By Science Class Os Union School Members of the Science class of j the Union High School visited! The Times Tuesday afternoon and | made a toiir of iho plant. Lewis Heavncr. Principal of the school, was in charge of the group. The students showed much in terest in the Times' facilities and equipment, and what is required in the publishing of a newspaper. They found the mechanical de partment, particularly fascinating. <:r.d members of the staff showed end demonstrated to them the op erations of linotype, ludlow. el tod. press, metal-casting, etc. ma chinery. Some carried away, .-t' a souvenir, his or her name cast on a lead slug by the linotype oper ators. Members of the class on the vis- i it were: Av Neail Carpenter, presi- j dent: Geneva Carpenter, secrc-! tary-lreasurcr: Shelby Carswell, j reporter: Shirley Morgan, vice president: Mariletmy Ingle, song leader: Virginia Blackburn, Mary Sue Thomas. Doris Duckworth. Peggy Yount. Yvonne Peeler, Bet ty Ma.ssag.ee. Carlcen Wright. Peggy Guilotr. Margaret Reep. Bil ly Jean Elmore. Helen Scroncc. Starleen Logan. Ruby Waters. Joyce Rudisill, Rosie Tessncr, Louise Johnson. Shirley Fay Smith. Emma Laura Carpenter, Peggy Taylor. June Blackburn. Elizabeth Smith. Joan Hollaway. Christine Gilbert, Barbara Hark ry. Margaret Gilbert, Ann Heal ing', guj Principal Heavier. , ALMOST EVERYONE in LINCOLNTON and LINCOLN COUNTY reads THIS NEWSPAPER 5 Single Copy: FIVE CENTS — Ending weeks of speculation, Clark officially announced in a statement this week that he would not make the race. In his state ment. he disclosed that family and business considerations p evented him from making the Congres sional campaign, and that it was his desire to continue as a mem brr of the State Government Re organization Commission. CANDIDATE FOR HOUSE He aka announced that he would seek re-election to his seat from Lincoln County in the House of Representatives, which he has held du-ing the last two sessions of the General Assembly. Mr. Clark's statement that he would be a candidate for re election to the House follows: “I intend to offer as a candi date for the Democratic nomin ation for thr North Carolina House of Representatives. If elected. I shall strive to serve the best interests of (he people of Eijiroln County and the State of North Carolina.” HL statement citing his reasons for withdrawing himself from consideration as a candidate for the Democratic nomination to Congress in the Ten.h District follows: "I appreciate very much the interest of my friends in the possibility of my becoming a candidate for Congress," he said. “However. I have decided, pri marily because of personal con siderations. both family and business, that I will hr unable to do so. “This derision has hern made with reluctance. However, it has been made easier by thr knowl edge that several outstanding men arc eonsidering entering the race. “It also reflects a desire on my part to continue as a mem ber of the State Government Reorganization Commission, and through that work to be of serv ice to the people of this state.” SELECT NOMINEE MAY 29 Democrats of the 10t.h will se lect their congressional nominee at the May 29 primary election. The nominee will oppose Repre sentative Charles R. Jonas. Lin colnton Republican, who won the congressional seat two years ago with a margin of approximately 21.000 votes over his Democratic opponen . Mr. Jonas is expected to be re nominated by his party at the 10th District Republican conven tion to be held in Charlotte March 5. High School PTA To Elect Officers The Lincolnton High School PTA met Tuesday afternoon in the high school auditorium. To open tlie meeting the Glee Club tendered several devotional selections under the direction of Miss Katherine Rhyne, with Miss Louise Wetmore as accompanist. The speaker for the afternoon was Rev. Richard J. Lee, who talked on the parents responsibil ity in spiritual education and character building as applird to the youth of our land. Jeff Lewis, past president of the High School PTA. gave a brief history of the organization and listed its main objectives. Mrs. J. Edw. Kale, Jr., president of tlie PTA Council, stressed the importance of PTA in the community. Mrs. J. E. Henley, president, presided over a short business ses sion. at which time the following nominating committee was nam ed. Mrs, Kenneth Dellinger, Miss Mary Cromartie, and Mrs. Her man James. Jack Hoyle's tenth grade won the attendance prize. After the business session the members observed Founders Day and enjoyed delicious birthday cake and coffee served by the hospitality committee. yfty VlsriqhboJiA Pavuon “Our espionage laws remind ma of our new roof full of nail holes. We're been roofed but spoored, had and tnad!"