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LINCOLN COUNTY'S
LEADING NEWSPAPER
and
ADVERTISING MEDIUM
VOL. 47, NO. 33
Award Contracts For New
Addition Asbury School;
Work To Begin In May
Contracts were awarded for the
construction of a new SBO,OOO pri
mary classroom building for the
Asbury Elementary School. Boger
City, in a letting held Thursday
afternoon at the school.
Guy Frye and Sons of Hickory,
with a low bid of $61,590.00, was
awarded the general contract for
the construction work.
Cl. A. Saine Heating and
Plumbing Co., of Lincolnton,
was awarded the heating con-
Allotments For
County And City
Schools Made
The current issue of the North
Carolina Public Schools bulletin
gives a complete list of the allot
ments to each school system in
North Carolina from the first half
of a $50,000,000 state school fund
for school construction.
The report shows that Lin
coln county schools will receive
5139,428.04 and the Lincolnton
city schools $60,731.85 under the
allotment schedule.
The school fund allotments were
made by distributing ten million
dollars to the hundred counties in
North Carolina on an equal basis,
or SIOO,OOO per county. The second
portion, or fifteen million dollars,
was distributed on the basis of
average daily membership, pro
vided such distribution was not in
excess of the needs in any county.
The remaining twenty-five mil
lion is to be distributed upon the
basi£ of a formula determined by
the State Board of Education. A
committee from the board is now
at work on such a formula which
will be presented to the board and
the Governor for approval at a
later date.
SALE OF SCHOOL BONDS
The $50,000,000 was raised
through the sale of state school
bonds which were approved by
North Carolinians in a vote last
fall.
A complete breakdown of the
fund allotments to the school
systems in the immediate area
counties lists the following totals:
Alexander county schools. $158.-
220.80: Catawba county schools.
$165,815.88: Newton -Con ov e r
schools, $49,361.66: Hickory city
schools. $111,567.18: Burke county
schools. $179,915.13: Morganton
city schools. $59,492.43: Cleveland
county schools. $240,925.83; Shel
by city schools. $76,153.91: Gas
ton county schools, $334,746.26:
Cherryvillc city schools. $34,684.-
64: Gastonia city schools. $134.-
740.63; Kings Mountain city
schools./$42.632 97: Iredell county
schools. $183,810.42: Mooresville
city schools, $50,225.94.
Lincolnton Pilot
Club Members On
District Program
District No. 6 of Pilot Inter
national. being the state of North
Carolina held its convention April
23-25 in Winston-Salem with Lin
colnton Pilots taking part on the
program. For a club as small as
Lincolnton. it is an honor to take’
a part on the District Convention
Program. First. Miss Ainslee Alex
ander. Talked on the Coordinating
Committee Work as it effects the
local clubs, this taking place sat
urdav Afternoon.
Saturday night, Mrs. • Eliza
Henry, was given the honor of
responding to the address of wel
come. extended by the Chamber
of Commerce, at the beautiful
banquet, with attendance around
250 Miss Eva James the New
president of the Lincolnton Club
was installed at a special service
Saturday. Miss Mabel Seagle, serv
ed on the tellers committee which
had been appointed by the Dis
trict President several months
ago. to act at this convention.
Those attending from Lincoln
ton were: Mr. & Mrs. Reece Henry,
Mcsdames Alda Harvey. Velma
Drum, Gladys Llwellyn. Mary
Tobey, Evelyn Coffey, Emily Eat
on. Misses Ainslee Alexander
Mabel Seagle. and Eva James.
Marjorie Thomas
Represents W.F.
In Forensic Tourney
WAKE FOREST A Wake
Forest College freshman from
Lincolnton represented the Col
lege recently in the Grand Na
tional Forensic Tournament at
Mary Washington College in
Fredericksburg, Va.
She is Marjorie Louise Thomas,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D G.
Thomas of 513 Bonview- Avenue.
Her father is general superin
tendent of the Dixie Home Stores.
The Wake Forest team, made
up entirely of freshmen, won
fourth place in the Dixie Cham
pionship Division of the Tourna
ment.
The Lincoln Times
tract with a bid ol $10,827, and
the plumbing contract with a
low bid of $4,138.00.
BEGIN WORK MAY 10
Construction on the new pri
mary classroom building is ex- ;
peeled to begin about May 10, .
with a completion date set for
Deeember 10.
The SBO,OOO project includes I
the construction of a primary
department, separate from the
main building and containing
eleven classrooms, plus boiler
and fuel rooms.
The building will be one-story,
modern, of fireproof construc
tion and will be connected to
the existing plant by a covered
walkway.
Clemmer, Horton and Rudisill,
architectural firm of Hickory, de
signed the addition, and Robert
Clemmer, also of Hickory, was in
charge of the letting Thursday, j
This building addition is con
sidered to be one of the first con
struction jobs in this area financ
ed under the recent $50,000,000
State school bond issue.
OTHER BIDS
City Electric Co., of Hickory, re
ceived the electrical contract for
the project with a low bid of
$3,398.
As stated, Guy Frye and Sons j
of Hickory received the general
contract for the construction on
the low bid of $61,590. Herman-
Sipc and Co. Inc., of Conover and
Hickory entered a bid of $63,338.
while Beam Construction Co. of
Cherryville had a bid of $64,715.
Others bidding on the heating
contract tfere: Miller and Smyre
of Hickory: $12,701: G. A. Thoma
son and Son of Hickory. $12,207;
W. T. Branson Heating Company
of Charlotte, $13,580; Hickory
Plumbing and heating Company,
$13,425; Gastonia Heating and
Plumbing Company, $13,500; and
the Ingold Company of Hickory,
$12,060.
Bidders on the plumbing work
also included: Miller and Smyre,
$5,672: Hickory Plumbing and
Heating Company, $5,396: Qas
tonia Heating and Plumbing Com
pany. $6,355: and the Ingold Com
pany, $5,750.
in addition to the City Electric
Company of Hickory’, others bid
ding on the electric contract in
cluded: Atlas Electric Company of
Hickory, $3,740: R. K. Lail Elec
tric Service of Lincolnton, $4,022;
Hickory Electric Company. $3,820:
Electric Service Company of Hick
ory. $3,660: and Electric Wiring
Company of Hickory. $4,075.
Iron Station
Honor Roll
The Honor Roll for the Iron
Station school was released today
by Principal Jay S. Boggs, as fol
low’s:
First Grade Jimmy Buff.
Donald Casper, Butch Goodson.
Steve Goodson. Wayne Johnson.
David Foard. Jimmie Link, Tom
Ervin, Fredda Robinson, Carol
Caskey.
Second Grade Lawrence
Bridges, Alan Meeks. Gary Mor
rison. Basil Sisk. Linda Dellinger.
Gracie Goodson, Wanda Saun
ders, Judy Weaver, Cheryl Brad
shaw.
Third Grade Kenneth Aber
nethy, Jimmy Conner. Catherine
Bynum. Vickie' Jackson. Joann
Kumfelt. Barbara Sue Whitworth.
Fourth Grade Geraldync
Newton. Libby Ann Payseur.
Kathryn Robenson. Mary Jo Del
linger. Judy Beam. Henry Hovis.
Fifth Grade Kay Morrison.
Shirley Rumfelt. Hazelene Whit
more. Doris Dellinger.
Sixth Grade Walter Cook,
Wayne Gilbert, Sharon Hovis,
Libby Shuford. Brenda Whitner,
Ann Mace, Doris Hager, Linda
Sitzer, Geneva Saunders.
Seventh Grade Janice Del
linger, Katherine Dellinger, Sar
ah Huss, Carolyn Jackson, Peggy
Nantz, Jeanette Smyre.
Eighth Grade Linda Ballard.
Eleanor Bradshaw, Leonard Del
linger. Polly Davis, Barry De
vine, Gene Gilbert, Libby Good
son, Darrell Hager, Harry Lee
Miller, Shirley Talbert.
Retired Teachers To
Be Honored By NCEA
The Lincoln county teacher's
unit of the N.C.E.A. will be hosts
at a banquet meeting Thursday
night at the Asbury school cafe
teria, honoring twelve retired
school teachers of the county.
The teachers to be honored rep
lesent over 100 years of service in
the teaching profession.
U. S. SPENDING CUT.
The Committee on Federal Tax
policy has recommended cuts to
taling $8,000,000,000 for the next
fiscal year. Heavy slashes were
urged in funds for veterans' aid.
agricultural grants, social security
welfare and health outlays, help to
states and localities for roads,
hospitals and other functions. A
manufacturer's excise tax on
everything but food, clothing and
medical items was suggested.
Life’s best companion is a good
conscience.
Published Every Monday and Thursday Devoted to the Progress of Lincolnton and Lincoln County.
Paper Scrap Drive
Wednesday Morning
The Lincolnton P-TA is spon
soring a paper drive Wednesday
morning, April 28, at 10 o'clock.
Local citizens are requested to
bundle up all their scrap news
papers. magazines, etc., and
place them at the street curb
so they can be picked up.
Lincoln County
Choral Group In
State Contest
The Lincoln County Choral
group will travel by chartered bus
to Siler City. North Carolina, on
Thursday. April 29th. to make a
recording to be used in the State
Contest.
The contest for Home Demon
stration Choral groups located
throughout the State is being
sponsored by Radio Station WPTF
in Raleigh, North Carolina.
There are approximately 25
club women in the Lincoln Coun
ty Choral group representing 10
of the 16 organized clubs. Mrs.
Jack Ramseur is acting as direc
tor. Featured soloist of the pro
gram are: Mrs. M. H. Goins.
County Music Chairman, and
Mrs. Dallas Lee.
The Lincoln County Choral
Groups program will be broad
cast over Station WPTF in Ra
leigh on May Bth at 1:45 P.M.
Four prizes are being offered
by Station WPTF. A cash award
of SIOO.OO and a loving cup will be
given to the Ist place winner in
the mixed chorus and Ist place
winner in the woman's chorus. A
$50.00 award will be given to the
2nd place winner in the mixed
chorus and to the winner in the
woman's chorus. Twenty-six coun
ties throughout the State are par
ticipating in the contest.
Again the Lincoln County
Choral Group will participate
in the Southwestern District Con
test sponsored by Station WBT in
Charlotte. This program will be
broadcast on May 29th at 6:30 P.
M. Three cash awards will be giv
en—sloo, $75, and SSO. to the
winning groups.
The Lincoln County Home
Demonstration Choral Group will
sing on Tuesday. May 4th, at
4:30 P.M., over Station WLON in
observance of National Home.
Demonstration Club Week.
Open House Held
At Asbury; P-TA
Elects Officers
Tile Asbury School held open
house last Friday to the public
from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., and from
1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
The event was declared a huge
success, and over 150 parents reg
istered during the open house
hours.
Friday night, the Asbury P-TA
business session was held and new
officers, except for the office of
president, were elected as fol
lows:
Mrs. Howell Powell, first vice
president: Mrs. George Graham,
second vice president; Mrs. Paul
Eurey, secretary; Miss Barbara
Seagle, treasurer. Mrs. Jay Good
night, who was the Asbury dele- ,
gate to the State P-TA conven
tion, gave an interesting report on
her trip.
The fourth grade class of Miss j
Leona Williamson won the attend-1
ai'ce banner.
Principal Clifford Rhyne re
minded parents of the pre-school
clinics to be held at the Asbury
school Tuesday and Wednesday
morning of this week at 9 o'clock.
He urged all parents to bring their
children for registration. A doc
tor and nurse will be present to
give the children their immuniza
tions. The vaccinations at the
clinics are not necessary. Mr.
Rhyne stated, as parents can have
their family physician give them.
Eighty Awards Are Presented At Boy Scout Court Os Honor
The monthly Lincoln County
Boy Scout Court of Honor held
recently at the First Presbyterian
Church was one of the most suc
cessful and largest - attended
court's ever held here. 87 awards
were presented.
An unusually large number of
merit badges were awarded. 21
new Scouts joined the Tender
foot rank: Don Ilcafner of
Troop 1, Crouse, was presented
the Life rank, and Deward
Canipe, Jr. of Troop 1. Crouse.
Barron Lee of Troop 1, Boger
City, presented the Star rank.
Continuing their winning
habit. Troop 1 of Crouse again a
carried off the attendance and
advancement banners at the
court. Except for the March
court, when troop 8 won, the
Crouse troop has made a habit
of winning these coveted hon
ors.
RANK ADVANCEMENTS
Others advancing in rank dur
ing the Court were:
Second Class Donald Little,
Barry Norwood. David Fortenber
ry, Rickie Cronland. Troop 1. Bo
ger City: Alton Byers, A. D.
Schrum, L. V. Finger. Paul Fin
ger. Troop 8. Lincolnton: Marion
Andrews, Troop 3, Lincolnton.
LINCOLNTON, N. C„ MONDAY, APRIL 26, 1954
NATO ARMY . . . Troops of 12 nations engage in European maneu
vers eelebrating fifth anniversary of NATO treaty signing. Here
British and U. S. infantrymen storm beach in mimic war,
LHS Band Gets Highest Rating
State Contest In Greensboro
The Lincolnton High School
Band, directed by Joseph B.
Fields, has just returned from the
State Band Contest in Greens
boro. where they received a “Su
perior”' rating—the highest rat
ing given to bands.
The Lincolnton band was com
peting for ratings with 60 other
bands and orchestras from all ov
er North Carolina. All of these
bands had previously earned a
“Superior” or an “Excellent”
in their respective district con
tests. They then journeyed to
Greensboro where three national
ly famous bandsmen came in to
judge these bands. Judges for this
year's contest were: Glenn Bain
um. Northwestern University;
Ronald Faulkner. Mary Washing
ton College; and Living Cheyette.
Syracuse University.
Tile local band arrived in
Greensboro at noon on Thursday.
April 22. They were transported
Valedictorian, Salutatorian
Are Named At Lincolnton High
• The class Valedictorian and
1 Salutatorian have been chosen by
the 1954 graduating class at the
1 Lincolnton High School, Superin
;-4M?dent S. Ray Lowder announc
ed today. 1
Avis Johnson Burgin. daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. John
son of Lincolnton, Route 4, will
Revival Underway
At Crouse Churcti
Revival services got underway j
yesterday and will continue each
evening this week at seven thirty
o'clock with the visiting minister !
the Reverend C. W. Kirby, Dis
trict Superintendent doing the
preaching at the Crouse Metho
dist Church. The pastor. Rev. W.
| C. Crummett and members of the
j church extend a cordial invitation
j to the public to attend these ser
vices.
Jess Sneed Is Candidate
County Commissioner
I The Times in a recent issue fail
| ed to record in a news article the
l name of Jess Sneed among the
j new Republican candidates fil
ing before the April 17th dead
! line date.
H. M. Craig, nominated by Re
publicans at their county conven
| tion as commissioner candidate
from Lincolnton township, decid
ed not to run and did not file.
Replacing him. and filing as Re
publican candidate for commis
sioner from Lincolnton township,
was Mr. Sneed, who is in the au
tomobile business here.
Tenderfoot Class Donald R.
Lineberger, Jerry V. Stanley.
Troop 1. Lincolnton; Barry Fri
day. Troop 1, Lincolnton; Lane
Dellinger and Ted Elmore. Troop
1. Boger City; Larry Ballard. Ken
neth Hager, Buddy Haynes. Dean
Jenkins, Donald Lee Lawing. Reid
McGinnis. Donnie Ray Poole. Co
lumbus Rainwater, Fred Rainwa
ter and Milton Sigmon. Troop 1.
Iron Station: Charles Chapman.
I Laurence Chapman, Jerry Hoaf
| ner, Garry Willis, all of Crouse;
J Frankie Carpenter. Troop 1. Lab
-1 oratory, and Rickie Bumgarner,
i Troop 8, Lincolnton.
MERIT BADGES
The following were awarded
merit badges:
Agriculture Jeff Lewis, Jr.,
Troop 1. Lincolnton: Basketry
Michael Keever, and David Hous
ton. Troop 1 Lincolnton. Citizen
ship in the Home - Wayne Wal
ter. Troop 1. Casar: Ernest Rey
nolds and Tommy Leonhardt.
Troop 1. Crouse. Citizenship in
Community —Rex Stuart. Troop 3.
Lincolnton: Bobby Avery and
Jimmy McClurd. Troop 1. Crouse.
Cooking —Howard Lail. Troop 1
Casar. and Joe McGinnis. Troop 1.
Crouse. Cotton Farming —Bobby
Carpenter, Troop 1, Casar.
j to and from Greensboro in the
i high school activity bus and a
| Gueen City bus, which was fin
anced by several local civic clubs.
The band members listened to
i several other bands before per
i forming at 3:10 p.m. The girls
| spent the night in Woman's Col
; lege dormitories, and the boys
stayed in the King Cotton Hotel.
The band members listened to
about thirty bands play on Fri
day and returned to Lincolnton
Friday night.
Mr. Fields received many help
ful suggestions and comments
! from the judges. Each judge was
high in praise for the local band,
|and each judge gave the oand a
I “Superior” rating.
Next year, the band will not
; have to go to the district contest
| at Salisbury, but will go directly
j to Greensboro for the State Con-
I test.
hr the Salutatorian.
Sybil Baird, daughter of Mr.
■ i and Mrs. Itimmcr W. Baird of
Lincolnton. Route 1. will be thr
Valedictorian.
j The address of welcome for the
graduation exercises will be given
! by Miss Johnson on Monday night,
I May 31, and Miss Baird will give
the farewell.
These two speakers were chos
en on the basis of scholarship, the
Valedictorian making the highest
average in the class for the four
years in Lincolnton high school,
and the Salutatorian the next
highest.
| Miss Johnson is secretary of the
i French club, a member of the Na
j tional Honor Society and is on
the Annual staff. During her
freshman and sophomore years
she was on the Student Associa
tion Council and in her junior
year was a commencement mar
shall.
Miss Baird is vice president of
the National Honor Society, a
| member of the Glee club, and
1 during her freshman and sopho-
J more years was president of her
i j class. In her junior year, she was
' i a commencement marshall.
District Methodists
Meet At Boger City
The Boger City Methodist
Church will be host to the Gas
, tonia District Methodist Confer
, I cncc tomorrow (Tuesday >
Pastors and delegates from all
I of the Methodist churches in the
district, which embraces Gaston,
Lincoln and Cleveland counties.
, j will be present for the all-day
j event. An attendance of between
350-400 is expected.
Dog Care Dale Hoyle,
Troop 1. Casar. Electricity —Chas.
Hoke, Troop 1, Lincolnton. Farm
Home and Its Hanning Ernest
j Reynolds, Troop 1, Crouse. Farm
Mechanics— Fcddic Haynes. Troop
S Firemanship —-Shannon Cooke.
1 and Gilbert Downes. Troop 1. Cas
ar; William Nantz, Troop 1. Lin
colnton; Jason Holbrook and Jun
j iot Keener. Troop 8; and Wayne
Hallman. Troop 1, Boger City.
First Aid —Joe Turner, Jerry Self,
I Tommy Turner, Ronald Melton,
Pedro Carpenter, Bobby Carpen
! ter. Joel Carpenter and Harold
Lail, Troop 1. Casar. Fishing
Joel Murray. Troop 1. Casar; Don
| Hrafner. Jimmy McClurd, and
Johnny Reel, Troop 1. Crouse.
Forestry —Don Heafner, and John
Bentley, Troop 1. Crouse; Don
Whisonant, Troop 3. Lincolnton
and Louis McConnel, Troop 1.
Boger City.
j Hog and Pork Production
Jerry Self, Troop 1. Casar. Home
Repair —Tommy Thompson. Troop
1. Lincolnton: Jerry Bridges. Air-
Cliapman. and Kenneth Hold.
Troop 4: Jerry Hoyle. Troop 3:
and Jerry Schronce, Troop 1. Bo
| gei City. Leatherwork Buddy
Dellinger. Troop 1. Crouse: Music
j —Charles Ramseui, Jr. and John
New Textile Plant
To Be Built In City
Mrs. J. A. Gabriel
Honored On Birthday
Mrs. J. A. Gabriel, one of the
county's most beloved women, was
honored yesterday < Sunday > when
her children and grandchildren j
gathered at the home of her sons, j
' Joe R.. in Boger City, and gave |
: a birthday dinner in celebration j
of her 82nd birthday anniversary.
All brought lunch, and a sump
tuous dinner, picnic style, was en
joyed by all. Mrs. Gabriel also re
i ceived many attractive and useful i
gifts.
There were 105 present for the
; occasion, including her eleven liv
j ing children and special guests,
i Mrs. Gabriel has 42 grandchildren
and 50 great-grandchildren, the
most of whom were present.
| The children present included
j the following: Mrs. G. J. Whitener,
Monroe: Mrs. R. M. Lockman,
Lincolnton. Route 3; R. M. Gab
' riel. Davidson. Route 1; W. G.
Gabriel. North Wiikesboro; H. G <
Gabriel and Mrs. E. C. Link, of j
Hickory; Mrs. Tom Riddle. Bowl- 1
ing Green. S. C.; Joe R. Gabriel,;
H. A. Gabriel, Paul L. Gabriel, j
Mrs. Bill Goodson.
Guests were Rev. James Mays!
and daughter. Sarah, of Lincoln-'
ton: Mrs. Lucy Burringer. Hick
ory; George Hawks. Davidson;
Mrs. J. L. Rayle. Boger City.
Local Men Going To
Evangelical Reformed
Church Synod Meeting
( The 16th annual session of the
Southern Synod. Evangelical and
Reformed Church, will convene
this week at Trinity Church in
! Conover.
Rev. Lewis Everline, Elders
! James Shuford. C. C. Leonard will
represent the Evangelical and Re
formed Church of Lincolnton at
i the meeting.
| Registration will start Tuesday
I at 2 p.m. The session will continue
. through Thursday.
This meeting also will observe
| the 13th anniversary of the mer
! ger of the Evangelical and Re
formed denominations at Cleve
land, Ohio in 1934. Approximate
ly 60 church delegates and alter
nates will include addresses and
j sermon by Dr. William L. Rest.
| representative ol the general
council.
Wade Rucker Returns
With Family From
Panama Zone
Mr. and Mrs. Wade Rucker and
children. Leonard and Glenda,
are visiting Mr. Rucker's parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Rucker of
Lincolnton. Route 1.
Mr. Rucker and family recent
ly arrived in Lincolnton from the
Panama Canal Zone, where Mr.,
Rucker had been stationed for
i three years at the U. S. Navy base
hospital there. Mrs. Rucker is of
; Spanish nationality,
i In May, Mr. Rucker is to re
; port to Rhode Island for his new
I assignment with the Navy. His
wife and two children will re
main with his parents here for a
longer visit and join him later,
j Little Glenda was only five
weeks old when she and her par
ents and three-year old brother
left Panama Canal Zone and
came to Lincolnton. She be
. came ill. believed caused by the
■ change in climate, last week and
. ! was brought to a local hospital.
. j She has now recovered from the
illness, and was able to leave the
i hospital Saturday and be taken
back to her grandparents' home.
Fitzgerald. Troop 3. Lincolnton.
Painting Joe Turner, Donald
Melton, Pedro Carpenter and
Tommy Turner. Troop 1. Casar:
Donald Holland. Troop 8, Lincoln
ton. and Blair Devine, Troop 1,
Boger City; Plumbing Wayne
Walters, Troop 1, Casar: and
Louis McConnell, Troop 1. Boger
City. Pioneering—Webb Jenkins,
Troop 4. Public Health—Sammy
Wilson, Troop 1. Lincolnton and
Albert Freeman. Troop 1, Lab
oratory. Public Speaking Al
bert Goldsmith, Jr.. Troop 3.
Safety Barron Lee, Troop 1,
Boger City. Scholarship Dc
ward Canipe, Troop 1 Casar: Don
Smith, Troop 1. Crouse, and Fred
die Barkley, Troop 8.
Os the 21 Boy Scouts present
ed the Tenderfoot rank, ten of
them were from the newly-or
ganized troop at Iron Station.
NEXT COURT MAY 20
Piedmont Council Scout Execu
tive R. M. Schiele, of Gastonia
and Albert Goldsmith, Sr., of
Lincolnton. Advancement Chair
man, presided over the Court.
The next Boy Scout court for
Lincoln county was set for May
20
Several weeks ago The Times reported that a new
ndustry was coming to Lincolnton, with the project having
he support and backing of a local group of men.
This story has been confirmed with the announce
ment Friday from Worcester, Mass., by the Bell Company,
vextile manufacturers of that city, that the company would
meet a pilot spinning plant in Lincolnton.
$852.96 Short
Os Cancer Quota
Miss Eva James. Chairman of
the Cancer Drive for this year
is making a plea to all who are
working on the Drive, to please
make every contact possible, so
that no one would be missed in
the Drive against Cancer. Can
cer strikes down so many people,
so help the fight and do your
part. Every cent contributed will
count toward that quota of
51,500.
Miss James says that the Drive
is 5852.96 short of the goal and ’
that the month of April is al
most over. So far no firm has
reported as being 100% eon
tributers.
Rites Held For
Mrs. Perkins
Mrs. Carwin L. Perkins, 49. of
Iron Station. Route 1. died in a
Lincolnton hospital about 6 a.m.
Friday.
She had been in declining
health for sometime and serious
ly ill for about a week prior to her
death.
Funeral rites were conducted
Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. in
the Antioch Baptist Church on
Lincolnton. Route 3. The Rev.
Roy L. Overcash, pastor, officiat
ed. assisted by the Rev. Clyde
Reep and the Rev. L. A. McClure.
Burial was in the church ceme
tery.
Surviving are the husband. Cal
vin L. Perkins; two daughters.
Mrs. James Dorsey, Miss Linda
Mae Perkins; one son, James, and
her mother. Mrs. J. A. Goodson of
! Lincolnton. Route 3.
Drum's Funeral Home was in
charge of funeral arrangements.
Pleasant Grove
To Hold Revival
Revival services will begin at
the Pleasant Grove Methodist
Church on Rt. 1. Lincolnton. Sun
day evening at 7:30 May 2, with
the visiting minister being the
Reverend Robert M. Hardee, pas
tor of the West End Methodist
Church of Gastonia bringing the
messages. Services will continue
throughout the week at seven
thirty o'clock. The pastor Revel- 1
end W. C. Crummett and members j
extend a cordial invitation to the
public to attend these services. ;
Pork Elementary School
P.T.A. Holds Meeting
The Park Elementary P.T.A.
met Tuesday afternoon. Mrs Ivey
Starnes the president, presided
and Mrs. Hal Hoyle, Jr. conducted
the devotional.
Mrs. Hal Heafner introduced a
project to beautify the school and
playground, and the following
committees volunteered to serve,
Mrs. Hal Heafner, Mrs. Elbert
Combs. Mrs. Ivey Starnes and
Mrs. Hal Hoyle. Jr.
Mrs. M. S. Beam made an an
nouncement concerning the pre
school clinic. Mrs. L. A. Grooms,
program chairman gave a very
hearty welcome to the speaker,
Di. Benton Van Dyke of the Lin
coln Health Department, who
spoke on a well balanced school
health program.
Miss Brandon McCorkle's room
won the attendance prize.
“A platonic friendship by any
other name would be just as dis
appointing."—Frances Rodman.
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i GETS DEFENSE JOB . . .
1 Pres. Eisenhower named Navy
Secretary Robert B. Anderson to
be deputy secretary of defense.
succeeding Roger Kyes who re
cently resigned.
ALMOST EVERYONE in
LINCOLNTON and
LINCOLN COUNTY reads
THIS NEWSPAPER
»y: FIVE CENTS
| COF C GIVEN CREDIT
The Lincolnton Chamber of
Commerce is given major credit
for inducing the new industry to
locate in Lincolnton. the Cham
ber having been busy since Jan
uary with details and negotia
tions preliminary to the Bell
Company’s derision to build a
plant here.
It is understood the mill will be
built on property across the road
1 from Smith Mills—in the Dutch
Deitz service station area,
j Officials of the company are ex
pected in Linco'nton sometime
this week to discuss and work out
! further details on the new plant
J with town officials and business
i men.
I The announcement to build the
j new spinning plant in Lincolnton
was made by the Bell Company at
the annual stockholders' meeting,
at which Wesley V. E. Terhune of
New York City, a director, was
; elected board chairman to suc
, ceed Myron S. Freeman, who died
i this month.
Sargent D. Heath of Worcester.
! elected vice president by the
stockholders, said the new spin
i ning plant in Lincolnton would be
advantageous because Bell now
does very little of its own spin
ning.
“The establishment of the
J Southern mill (Lincolnton),” he
; | said, “will not result in a shift of
; any of our new England opera
tions to that area but will put us
1 in a finer position because it will
I I enable us to have complete control
1 ; of the spinning end.
1 “All our present New England
•! operations will be carried out in
' i New England. If the new spinning
' 1 mill (Lincolnton) works out suc
• | cessfully over the next few years
' | our new England operations may
j even increase.
' i Bell’s stockholders were also
• \ told at Friday’s meeting that nc
[ J gotiations arc nearly completed
J i for sale of the company's Man-
E j Chester, N. H., weaving plant,
! closed early last year, to a bever
-1 age concern. The plant includes
more than 60.000 square feet of
' production space. When it was
j closed, its operations were moved
j to a Bell plant at Clinton, Mass.
! President Frederick S. Haslam
; said Bell closed 1953 with a net
profit of $237,373 compared with
a net loss in 1952 of $855,077. Net
I sales in 1953 totalled $14,534,338,
compared with $14,851,889 in 1952.
Miss Alexander
Named To High
Pilot Club Post
Mrs. Winifred H. Newman of
| Charleston, West Virginia, presi
dent-elect of Pilot International
! announced Friday the appoint
ment of Miss Ainslee Alexander of
the Pilot Club of Lincolnton to
serve as District Chairman on the
' Coordinating Committee for 1954-
55.
I The Program theme for the new
year will be "Vision Plus Action
Equals Reality". The Coordinat
ing Committee plans and super-
I I vises the programs for the year,
carrying the job of the well round
ed Club program. This is quite an
honor for a Member of the Lin
-1 colnton Club.
Miss Alexander is very capable
of carrying this honor and showed
that she could do just that Satur
day when she presented this Com
mittee's work on the flour of the
District Convention in Winston-
Salem at the Robert E. Lee Hotel,
i She presented this part in a very
[ informative way and was praised
by the District Officers for her
! excellent job on the flour of the
convention.
Miss Alexander joined the Lin
i colnton Pilot Club in January 1948
. and has served as president and
held other important Offices, also
representing the local club at the
International Convention.
Civil Service Position
Open For Library Asst.
The United States Civil Ser
vice Commission today announc
ed a Library Assistant examina
tion for filling positions in Wash
ington. D. C.. and vicinity, paying
: $2,950 to $3,410 a year.
To qualify, applicants must pass
a written test and must have had
appropriate education or experi
; ence.
Further information and ap
plication forms may be obtained
j from the Commission's Informa
tion representative, Miss Mattie
Camp located at Lincolnton post
office, or from the U. S. Civil
I i Service Commission, Washington
25, D. C. Applications will be ac
cepted by the Commission in
Washington. D. C. until further
notice.
The worst thing a man can fall
i into is a rut.