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LINCOLN COUNTY'S
LEADING NEWSPAPER
and
ADVERTISING MEDIUM
VOL. 47, NO. 26
I Berge Beam, 61, Dies
Suddenly Tuesday;
Rites At 4 P. M. Today
Leslie Berge Beam, 61. promin
ent Lincolnton attorney and re
tired farmer, died at his home in
Crouse about 3:20 o'clock Tues
day afternoon after becoming sud
denly ill. Death was attributed to
a heart condition.
Mrs. Beam, who became ill fol
lowing her husband's death, was
brought to the Gordon Crowell
Memorial hospital for treatment.
She is expected to be able to at
tend the funeral service this af
ternoon.
At the time of his death. Mr.
Beam was a candidate for Judge
of Lincoln county Recorder's j
Court. In addition to practicing j
law. he was a dairy farmer for
many years, and had served as
county schools superintendent: He
been long been active in civic, j
business and church affairs, and I
could always be counted on to i
lend his support to every move
ment and project for the develop
ment and progress of Lincolnton I
and Lincoln county. He possessed
a friendly, winning personality j
that gained for him countless 1
friends in all walks of life.
FINE PUBLIC SPEAKER
Mr. Beam was also noted as an
impressive public speaker, and was j
much in demand as a speaker at j
various community, civic and
church functions. During his un- j
dergraduate days at Lenoir Rhyne f
college he won the Junior-Senior i
oratorical medal, debater's medal.
ROTARY SPEAKER ...
LHS Student Speaks On City's
50 Years Os Medical Progress
i Ed. Note. Doctor's Day was
observed in Lineolnton and
throughout the nation Tuesday.
Tuesday's Rotary club program
was in keeping with this theme,
and tribute was paid to Lin
‘on's doctors. Featuring the
- m was the follow ing in
fL ig and informative essay,
™ ed by Miss Emma Thomp- 1
.. , !Uh grade student at the
Lincolnton high school, and
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Thompson. The title is: The
Big Change, or Lineolnton's 50
Years of Medical Progress:!
The scene—a house on Grove
Street. Lincolnton, North Caro
lina. US.A.
The time —about the turn of the
century.
The critically ill patient—Mrs.
Barbara Addie Smith Lineberger.
The surgeon—Dr. Lester Avant
Crowell. Sr.
Even with »his meager training,
the young doctor realized that an
appendectomy wa s necessary.
There was no beautiful brick
building, no ultra - modern, im
maculately equipped operating
100m —and no staff of well-train
ed nurses. The situation demand
ed immediate action. The KIT
New Excise Tax Law Means Savings
To Telephone Users In April Bills
The New Federal Excise Tax Bill 1
will provide savings to all Lincoln
ton telephone subscribers in bills
dated on or after April 1. T O.
Smith, Mgr. of the Southern Bell
Telephone Cofnpany said today.
The New Law reduces Federal
Excise Tax rates on telephone
service to ten percent. The lower
tax rates, however, will not apply
to any balance due from a pre
vious month's bill.
Recorders Court
Hearings Listed
Disposition of cases tried in j
Monday’s Recorders court as tak
en from the records in the office
of Clerk of Court Joe H. Ross fol
low':
Eugene Wilkinson, recklese driv
ing. Not guilty.
Haywood Izard, adw inflicting
serious injury anci with intent to
kill. Prayer for judgment con
tinued until April 12, 1954.
Floyd Clifford Turner. 20-150
passing on hill. Guilty. Prayer for
judgment continued until Sept.
6, 1954.
Bobby J. Whitener, abandon
ment and non support of wife and
minor children. Guilty. Prayer for
judgment continued until May 3,
1954.
Sallie Wingate, possession non
tax paid whiskey for sale, pos
session non tax paid whiskey for
beverage purposes. 6 months sen
tence. Defendant appeals to su
perior court—further novice waiv-
Jt\ -iel Nichols, adw to wit knife.
J . 6 months sentence, sus
d upon payment of $25 fine
...,u the cost, and further condi
tion that he be of good behaviour
and keep peace towards Howard
Izard —all for 2 years from date.
Given until April 26, 1954, to pay.
(Continued on page six)
The Lincoln Times
Published Every Monday and Thursday Devoted to the Progress of Lincolnton and Lincoln County.
mik
MR. BEAM
| and other forensic contests. He
| also served as editor of the col- i
j lege newspaper. Being acclaimed :
I the school's most outstanding 1
speaker, he was the only under
graduate given the honor of in- j
traducing the principal speaker at ]
i the Lenoir Rhyne graduation ex- ;
i ercises.
. Funeral services will be held
■ this afternoon at 4 p.m. at the !
(Continued on page six!
CHEN table barely became the
OPERATING table.—This was his |
first operation.—This was Lin
colnton's first operation. After an
eternity of waiting, hoping, pray
ing, Dr. Crowell announced
OPERATION—SUCCESSFUL!
Mrs. Lineberger still lives in the
, house on Grove Street and tells
the story of this first surgery. ,
Dr. Crowell was prepared for
this operation with an education
! which was considered extremely
thorough at that time. It con
sisted of two 5-months courses of
"lectures", separated by a year
, and a half of practice under his
. father who was an established ;
physician. He graduated with a !
, degree of Dr. of Medicine from
Baltimore Medical College in 1892.
Prior to 1900. it was not neces
sary for a physician practicing
\ in North Carolina (and of course
in Lincolnton,' to have a license.
: Usually he had a high school ed
| ucatiori or its Qjjuivalent The
custom was for a young man!
. (women physicians were quitev
'! rare) to apprentice himself to an j
,: established physician, sweep his j
. j office, catch out his horse, read
.! medical textbooks, and assist him
(Continued on page six)
1 The old rates, set by Congress
i during World War 11. were 25 per
i cent on long distance calls of 25 ,
cents or more and 15 percent on
j local telephone service and long |
distance calls of less than 25 j
cents. The reduction means a 60 j
percent decrease in the tax rate !
on most long distance calls and a 1
33-1 3 percent cut in the tax rate j
\ cn local service and on long dis- j
tance calls of less than 25 cents. :
For example. Mr. Smith pointed !
out. a residence subscriber paying -
$4 a month for local service and
$2 for long distance calls has been
paying under the old rates sl.lO
extra in Federal Excise Taxes.
Under the New Tax Rates, he will
[save 50 cents a month or $6 a year,
j A small business concern. Mr.
Smith continued, making SIOO
worth of long distance calls a
month has been paying $25 Fed
i eral Tax each month on long dis
tance calls. Os this S3OO-A-year
' tax bill, that firm will save SIBO. j
If also will save 1/3 of its tax bill!
j on local service.
In 1953 Southern Bell customers
in the nine states served by the
Company paid $71,168,342 in Fed
! eral Excise taxes on their service.
This represented about 1/6 of the
i average telephone bill, or about
| $1.95 each month per customer.
I Had the Lower Tax rates been in
; effect last year. Southern Bell
[ customers would have paid $34,-
059.666 less.
Quartettes To Sing
At Sherrill's Ford
The Songster Quartet from
WHKY, Hickory and the Har
mony Quartet from WLON, Lin
colnton will be at the Sherrill's
Ford School on Saturday Night
April 10th at 7:30 o’clock spon
sored by the Methodist Youth
Fellowship of Mt. Pleasant
Church. Admission will be .50 and
i .75 cent?.
Another Meeting j
Friday To Form
Army. Reserve Co
Plans for the forming of an
Army reserve unit were made at
a called meeting of interested
World War II and Korean war
veterans here Monday night.
Tlie meeting, held in the county
agent's office in the courthouse,
was presided over by George
Stoudemire, who holds the rank;
of Major in the reserves. Major
Stoudemire belongs to an out of
town reserve unit.
Plans are to organize a heavy
equipment company in the En-1
gineer branch of service, reserves,
here and discussion on this was
heard at Monday’s meeting. Six
teen enlisted men and two offi
i cers were present at the meeting,
and indicated their interest in
joining the proposed company.
Major Ray, reserve officer from
Charlotte, also was present and
answered questions concerning the
requirements in organizing a re
serve company.
Another meeting has been cal
led for tomorrow i Friday) night,
at 8 o’clock, to work out more
concrete plans on forming the
reserve unit and getting it on
an active basis. It is pointed out
that boys 17 and one-years-old
and older without prior military
j service are eligible to join the
proposed unit, as well as Army
reserves and non - reservists.
Any boy 17 years old can join,
with his parents' consent. Fri
day night's meeting will he in
the county agent's office, court
house.
If the heavy equipment com
pany, reserves, can be organized
! here, weekly meetings would be
; held, and reservists would get a
full day's pay according to the
rank held, plus longevity.
GRAHAM MORRISON
STILL BUSY MAN
—MAKING SPEECHES
J. Graham Morrison, often re
ferred to as the "Will Rogers of :
Lincoln county", is still busy these
days at his speciality speech
making.
Mr. Morrison, who served as the
1 county's farm agent for 30 years i
prior to his retirement in 1952. \
i had two important speaking en
gagements last week and 4 ache- .
duled for half a dozen talks in
North Carolina cities this month, j
with more slated as far ahead as |
May and June.
Last Friday he journeyed down
East to Warrenton, N. C.. where
he spoke to a Farmer’s Night ga
-1 thering sponsored by the Lions
j club of that town. The following
night, he addressed the 4th Dis
trict Bankers meeting at the Sir
Walter Raleigh Hotel in Raleigh.
Tonight (Thursday), he will
speak at the Albemarle Rotary
club's Farmer's Night. Friday
night, he's the featured speaker
Clover. S. C.. chapter Future j
Farmers of America—sponsored
j Father-Son banquet. Other places
; he will speak in April include:
i April 6th, Cherryville. Lions club
Farmer's Night: April 12, States
ville. Kiwanis Ladies Night: April
| 26, Charlotte, Kiwanis club lun
cheon at 12 o'clock, and on same
I date, 7 p.m.. at Monroe. Civitans
club: April 27. Norwood. Lions
Club Ladies Night.
Mr. Morrison, who sends his
i audiences into spasms of laughter
1 with his inimitable style of speak
ing and seemingly inexhaustible
. stock of jokes, says he has had a
full speaking schedule since De
i cember. and at one period last
; December made 13 talks in 13
I nights.
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POLICE PICK UP MAN
FOR THEFT OF TOOLS
1 Police Chief Ben Sigmon re- 1
’ ported today that a man. name
j withheld, was picked up by last
night and charged with the theft
| of tools from parked cars at the
Duplan plant.
The man was jailed on a charge
of larceny, the Chief stated, and
will be tried in local.court.
No person was ever honored for :
what he received. Honor has been
the reward for what he gave.
Schedules Listed . . .
, i
Pre-School Clinics For City, County Children
i
A schedule of the Pre-School ’
j Clinics for Lincolnton and Lin
| coin County schools have been
prepared and were released today
from the district health office as
follow's:
Oaklawn April 1— 9:00 a.
m.: South Aspen Street April
i 1— 1:00 p.m.: Park Elementary
April 2 1:00 p.m.: Mitchell
April 5 9:00 a.m.: Elbethel
April 5 10:00 a.m.: Union
April 6 9:00 a.m.: How
ard’s Creek April 7 9:00 a.
m.: Rock Hill April 9 9:00
a.m.: Hickory Grove April
13 9:00 a.m.: Tuckers Grove
April 14 1:30 p.m.: Rock
Springs April 15 9:00 a.m.:
North Brook No. 2 April 20
9:00 a.m.: Crouse April 21
_ ?;00 t>.m,;
LINCOLNTON. N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1954
High School Band To Present
Spring Concert On April 6th
The Lincolnton high school
band, directed by Joseph B Fields,
will present a free public concert
in the High School auditorium on
Tuesday night, April 6.
The public is cordially invited
to attend this concert of varied
types of music arranged for con
cert band.
This is the annual spring con
cert given at the time when the
band is at the peak of perform
ance.
EXCELLENT RATING
| The fact that this organization
i is in fine fettle was demonstrated
two weeks ago at Salisbury where
the band participated in the re
gional contest and came home
| with a rating of "excellent”, a
much coveted rating which en-
Vilanf Election Called
Circulate Petition Asking
Support To Form County
Wide Recreation System
To the citizens of Lincoln Coun
ty:
A petition is being circulated in
| Lincoln county which if enough
1 signers are secured will call a
special election for the creation of
a Lincoln county recreational
| system on a county-wide basic.
The petition states that it will
provide, establish, maintain, and
conduct a supervised recreation
system for the county. An annual
tax of not less than 3c nor more
than 10c on each one hundred:
dollars of assessed valuation of
taxable property.
Since the town is already pay
ing a tax, this tax would he taken
off the town and levied on town
and comity alike.
The recreation commission has
already purchased the Jones air- 1
i port swimming poo! and the plan
is. if the county votes the crea
tion of a county wide recreational
| system, to buy the Jones airport |
hanger and 45 acres of land. This
building could be used for a skat- I
: ing rink, county wide meetings of!
different civic, farm and other
Alvin Saunders Opens New
Furniture Store, Hwy. 27
G. Alvin Saunders, who operat
ed a furniture store in Lincolnton
for many years, is now back in
the same line of business.
He has opened a furniture and
appliance store in his own build
-1 !
Dining Room
At Hotel Will
Re-Open Monday
On Monday. April sth. the din
ing room at the North State Ho
tel will be re-opened and oper
ated by Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Britt
of Charlotte.
Mr. and Mrs. Britt come to Lin
colnton highly recommended in
1 (heir profession of catering to the
public. They plan to make their
home in Lincolnton. and are look- 1
ing forward to meeting the peo
i pie here and serving thqpi.
They invite everyone—families,
i church groups, civic clubs, schools,
1 banquet groups, individuals to ,
visit the dining room for break
fast, luncheon and dinner meals.
Reservations will also be taken for
social and civic events.
Mrs. Britt will personally su
! pervise the food preparation and 1
; its serving in the dining room. Mr.
! Britt will confine himself to the
! administrative and promotional
work.
Triangle April 22 9:00 a.
m.: Laboratory April 23
9:00 a.m.; Ashurv April 27
9:00 a.m.: Asbury April 28
9:00 a.m.: North Brook No.
3 April 29 9:00 a.m.:
North Brook No. ] April 30—
9:00 a.m.; Newbold May 4
9:30 a.m.: Love Memorial
May 5 1:30 p.m.; Iron
Station May 6 9:30 am.:
Long Shoals May 6 1:30
p.m.: Mt. Vernon To be an
nounced later.
Clinics will be held at the
Health department on the speci
fied dales for children entering
the following schools:
Park Elementary April 14
9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
South Aspen Street April 15
9 00 - 11:00 a m.
titles them to take part in the
State contest at Greensboro
The success of this organization
this year has been due to the hard
work of the members in their early
morning practices and the compe
tent leadership of their director.
Joseph Fields, who has shown, in
1 his first year here, that he pos
sesses both the qualities of a fine
musician, and the ability to bring ,
together and train the member
ship of the band.
NO ADMISSION CHARGE
It is hoped that a large crowd
will be in attendance Tuesday
night. There will be no admission
! charge, but an offering will be
taken for the purpose of defraying
the expenses of the trip to the.
1 contest at Greensboro.
groups or as a county community
; center.
Os course equipment would be
needed for this building. There
would be room on this land for a
baseball diamond, tennis courts,
I play grounds, picnic grounds, etc.
* I don't know of any thing we need
more in the Bogcr City community
j than supervised recreation for our
children and youth. We do not
: have a play ground, community
center or any form of recreation
| for our children and young people.
I am sure this is true throughout
j the county. The recreation center
, in Lincolnton isnt large enough
to accomodate the county youth
; too. And we shouldnt expect the
■ town to pay for the recreation
facilities of the county.
( If we do not provide good clean
! wholesome play and recreation for
our youth they will seek it at the
places that are objectionable to
| us. etc cheaper to pay for recrea- ,
tion than for crime.
1 Surveys have been made in
i other counties and cities and it
(Continued page five)
ing four miles east of Lincolnton.
Charlotte highway, near the As
bury church. He also operates a
service station and grocery in the
same building.
Mr. Saunders says he has a
| complete line of household fur
nishings, plus Norge appliances— ,
refrigerators, electric ranges, etc.
In his new location, and occu
pying his own building. Mr. Saun- ;
dors says he is able to cut down
on his overhead expenses and can ,
pass on the savings to his custo- '
mors in merchandise at real bar
; gain prices.
"Our policy and prices have met
with the approval of the people
we had a splendid volume of
, business while getting ready to
open." he said. His business will
be operated on a cash basis only.
Mr. Saunders stated, except for
appliances, which can be financ
ed through the banks or finance
companies. His place of business, j
a family operation, will be open 1
each night until 9 o'clock, he said. !
For a number of years Mr.!
i Saunders successfully operated
the Saunders Furniture Store on j
N. Courtsquare. He invites all his
old friends and customers to visit
him at his new store.
The stoic will hold its formal
opening today, Friday and Satur
day. Persons visiting the store
during these three days, and reg
istering. will be eligible for a num
ber of prizes which will be given
jat a drawing. First prize is a
$59.50 Vornado twin window fan.
There will also be favors for the
, ladies and refreshments for (he
children. See adv. in today's issue.
Plans for the pre-school clinics
of the school year 1954-55 were
first made at a March 3 meeting
in Newton, attended by Superin
tendents of schools in Lincoln- .
Catawba-Alcxandcr counties and
representatives of the district i
i health department.
Dr. Benton V. district
health director, states that the,
j valtle of these clinics is recognized
by the school authorities. the
health department and parents of
the children involved,
e “Their recognized purpose is
to acquaint children who are
entering the first grade with
their teacher to be and with
school environment which for
the coining twelve vears of their
5 life will play such an important
part. The clinics also serve to <
fSjk if
REV. .1 E. GREENE
Revival At Pearl
Baptist Church
Rev J E Greene, pastor of the
Haywood Missionary Baptist As
sociation. will conduct a revival
, meeting at the Pearl Baptist
Church. Iron Station,
i Services will begin Sunday
1 night. April 4 and continue each
night at 7:30 o'clock for an in
definite period. There will also be
| special singing.
Rev. W. C Weaver, pastor, and
the congregation of the Pearl
Baptist Church extend an invita
i tion to the public to attend these
services.
Revival Planned At
McKendree Church
Revival services will begin at
the McKendree Methodist Church
on the Maiden highway Sunday
evening, April 4. at 7:30 o'clock,
and will continue each evening
through the week.
Rev. G. G. Adams, pastor of
the Maiden Methodist church, w ill
be the guest preacher. The pastor.
Rev. W. E Rutty, extends an in
vitation to the public to attend.
Lincolnton Pilot Club Will
Award Business Scholarship
A Business Scholarship will
again be awarded by the Lincoln
| ton Pilot Club to some worthy girl
i in Lincoln County who is not able
to continue her education.
This is the sixth year the local
: club will award this scholarship.
The first year the scholarship
went to a Rock Springs girl, the
second year a girl from Union high
school won it. and last year the
honor was taken by a Lincolnton
high school girl. Who will be sel
ected this year?
The club has only one scholar
ship to give, but. the alternate
selection will be submitted for a
Rev. Shoffner
Will Preach At
Reformed Church
The Rev. Mr. Terrell M. Shof
fner will be the guest minister at
the evening Lenten service at 7:30
o'clock on Sunday night at
Emanuel Evangelical and Reform
ed Church, according to an an
nouncement today by the pastor.
Lewis E. Everline.
Mr. Shoffner is the pastor of
i Grace E. and R. Church in Nevv
| ton. N. C. At the present time he
J also serves as the editor of the
; statewide denominational paper.
i "The Southern Synod Standard".
He is also a member of the Board
of Managers of the Nazareth Or
phans' Home. Rockwell. N. C.
which is one of the benevolent
institutions of the Southern
Synod.
Emanuel Church is very happy
to be able to bring this outstand
ing Evangelical and Reformed
minister to Lincolnton for this
service. The public, as usual, is
i welcome to worship with the mem
bers at this service on April 4 at
7:30 p.m.
promote parent-teacher rela
tionships invaluable to (he wel
fare ot the child. Thai these
purposes may be accomplished it
is essential that one or both
parents accompany the child to
the clinics where individual
problems may be discussed
with the teacher or with a
nurse from the health depart
ment who will be present." Dr.
Scott said.
Seoul Jamboree Film
At Presbyterian Church
A color film on the Boy Scout
Jamboree, which was held in
California, will be shown at the
First Presbyterian Church Thurs
day night at 7 o'clock
. The public is invited.
Republicans 1> Select
Candidates r County
Offices At invention
<%>
Saturday, April 3 is an (_,■ ,v
--tant date for Lincoln cou . Re
publicans. <■
That's the date of the party’s
convention, at which time Repub
lican candidates for the county
Five Marriage
Licenses Issued
During March
Five marriage licenses were is
sued from tile office of Register
of Deeds W H Boring during the
month of March.
Securing licenses to wed were: '
Robert Pollock, Lincolnton, Rt. i
' 4 and Joyce Carswell, Cherry -
J ville. Flint Klutz Hines. Maiden,;
■ Rt 1 and Lois Mercedes Laney,
Lincolnton. Rt 5: Roger G. John- j
son. of W Va , and Jean Ann
i Simpson of W Va.; Thomas P.
• Pennell of Spartanburg. S. C., and
■ Elizabeth Rebecca Ramsaur. of
Lincolnton: Charles W Smith. Jr..
I Cedar Town. Ga . and Beatrice I
1 West Diamond. Cedar Town. Ga.
Campaign Slogan
Strike Back At Cancer--Man s
1 Crudest Enemy--Give! Give!
i
Miss Eva James, county cam
. paign chairman, announced to- j
. day that the official slogan for
the 1954 American Cancer Society
[ Crusade is:
1 "Strike Back At Cancer— |
Man's Crudest Enemy. Give!" ;
Posters, with this fighting mes
. sage reproduced in a colored de-
I
1 1 District Scholarship. A Lincolnton
• girl won this scholarship one year.
1 Following are the rules that j
■ govern the scholarship;
I. The scholarship shall carry
1 with it payment of tuition.
registration fees, books, etc.
1 in an amount not greater than
’ $250 at any accredited college
or business school selected by
the successful applicant.
1 11. Applicant’s qualifications:
1. Applicant must be unable
to finance a business course.
2. Applicant must be sure she
desires and intends to enter
the business world as a
means of earning a liveli
hood
3. Applicant must be a high
school graduate with schol
astic record high enough to
indicate that she is capable
of mastering a business
course.
a. A reference from the
principal of the High!
School should accom
pany the application,
b School records of high
school grades should be
included in application,
c. Two letters of recom
mendation in addition to
the principal's letter
should accompany the
application.
4 Applicant must be of good
moral and character.
5. Applicant must write letter
statin: her d -sire for cd- I
ueation and wha’ -tie plans
in the business work. She ;
should also tell why it j
would bo impossible for her
to enter college without
this scholarship.
. 11l The deadline for applications
shall be May 1. 1954. Mail to
Miss Sue Kiser. Route 4. Lin
colnton. N. C. All applications |
will be reviewed at the first
Business Meeting in May.
Mrs. Laura Austin
Passes In County
Mrs Laura Braswell Austin 85,
oied at her home on Lincolnlon
Route 4. at 6:45 p.m. Wednesday j
Funeral services were held this :
| morning iThursday > at the Maid
en Advent Christian Church with
Rev. Murl Coffey, pastor, in
charge. Burial followed in the
Calloway Family Christian Church
cemetery in Avery county.
Surviving are two sons. C L.
Austin of Lincolnton. Route 4
Jim Austin of Pinola. N. C.: five
daughters. Mrs. Claude Carnette
ol Newland, N. C.: Mrs. Nellie!
Calloway of Route 4. Lincolnton,
Mrs. Effie Clark of Route 4, Lin
colnton. Mrs. Florence Webb of
Maiden. Delia Calloway of Route
4. Lincolnton: two sisters. Mrs.
Etta McCall of Route 1. Granite
Falls. Mrs. Bertha Wright. Route
3 Morganton; 36 grandchildren,
31 greatgrandchildren, and 4
great-grandchildren.
ALMOST EVERYONE in
LINCOLNTON and
LINCOLN COUNTY reads
THIS NEWSPAPER
Single Copy: FIVE CENTS
elective offices will be nominated.
The convention is scheduled for
the county courthouse, beginning
at 2 p.m.
D. H. (Buck' Mauney, Jr.,
chairman of the Republican exec
utive committee for the county,
states that a full Republican tick
et for the coming election will be
named at the Saturday event.
This means that candidates
will be named for the following
county offices: Sheriff, Clerk
of Court. Register of Deeds,
Judge of Recorder’s Court, So
licitor of Recorder’s Court,
County Commissioners for each
of the five townships, Township
Constables and Justice of Peace.
Also to be named will be a Re
publican candidate for House of
Representatives.
There's still much speculation
as to who the Republicans will
select as candidates for these of
fices. A number of familiar names
within the party ranks are heard
in pre-convention talk as probable
candidates, and there are reports
that some may accept, others de
cline, if they are nominated.
sign, will be displayed next week
| throughout Lincolnton, Miss
James said.
COUNTY QUOTA SISOO
| Lincolnton county's quota in the
• cancer drive is $1500.00, and con
! tributions towards this goal may
be sent to: Cancer, care of Lin
colnton Postmaster, or Cancer,
! care of First National Bank.
The chairman pointed out that
there are many ways of striking
back at cancer, namely: The sci
entist strikes a blow in his re
search laboratory, the general
practioner by diagnosing cancer
cases among his patients, the can
i eer specialist by treating cancer
I victims with surgery or radiation.
"But the fight against cancer,"
the chairman emphasized, "is not
limited to the medical profession.
Working with the American Can
cer Society in its cancer control
program is a narmy of approxi
mately 1.000.000 volunteers. Half
of this number participates in a
year-round program oi public ed
ucation and service to cancer pa
tients conducted by the local ACS
unit.
OPENS HERE APRIL 1
The other half serve as work
ers in the annual fund raising
crusade which will open here
April Ist. under the direction of
Miss James co-sponsored by the
Pilot Club of Lincolnton.
"In striking back at Cancer, you
will be fighting a deadly foe that
took a death toll estimated at
227.000 in the United States last
year, and will attack one out of
five Americans at some time in
their lives."
Slack In Textile
Work Causes Rise
In Unemployment
A report from the Unemploy
ment Compensation Commission
i office in Lincolnton discloses that
the number of persons filing new
' and additional claims for the
month of March was 1.194. this
being the largest number of any
month during the current year.
This can be attributed to the
; textile industries in Lincolnton
' County and Cherrvville operating
on shorter work weeks, and being
i c'osed from one to two weeks, an
office official reported.
The number of persons who fil
ed continued claims for the month
of March was 4.237. This, also, is
the largest number of any month
during this year, being about 300
above the month of February, and
700 above the month of January.
The number of persons now reg
istered with tile local office totals
1.075. with 187 of this group being
veterans. The number of job open
ings also showed a decrease from
the previous month. Thirty-two
persons were placed on jobs dur
i lug March, as compared to Cl dur
ing the month of February. These
figures include all of Lincoln
County. Cherryville and Vicinity
and Gaston County.
ROLL CALL SUNDAY AT
METHODIST CHURCH
The First Methodist Church will
observe Roll Call Sunday morning
at the 11:00 o'clock worship ser
vice
All Methodist families names
will be called and recognized. The
shut-in members will be honored
guests
Also a chart will be shown
showing the progress of the
church for the past 10 years.
Pastor Cecil Hefner and com
. mitt.ee expect an overflow crowd.