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You are now reading — LINCOLN COUNTY’S LEADING NEWSPAPER and ADVERTISING MEDIUM VOL. 47, NO. 71 .CITY MOVES TO EASE WATER SHORTAGE DOCTOR GIVES WARNING: . . . Blood Program Must Be Saved Here; Donors Are Needed Badly (Note. The following artiele on the vital Red Cross blood program and the urgency of meeting the county's quota is) was written by Dr. L. A. Cro well Jr., for Rev. Lewis Ever line. Chairman of the Lincoln county Red Cross Blood Pro gram:) September 27th is an impor tant. date for Lincoln County. On that date it will be decided whe ther Lincoln County will there after participate in the Red Cross Blood Program. During the year ending June 30, 1934, Lincoln County do nated almost exactly 30 per cent of its quota. The question is often asked, "Who sets Lin coln County's quota and how is our quota determined?" In the first place. Lincoln Coun ty is one of about 17 North Caro lina, and about 5 South Carolina, counties, set up by the American Red Cross as a blood collecting and disbursing area, and called the Charlotte Blood Bank Region. These approximately 22 counties are arranged around Charlotte geographically. A committee, com posed of representatives from these various counties, works out the quotas, based on rules laid clown by a nation wide blood com mittee of the American Red Cross. COMMCNITV NEEDS Generally and roughly speaking the quota for each county is ar rived at by a complicated for mula using such figures as popu- ;X --NOW' SERVING IN FRANCE— Pfc. John Hal Hoyle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Omar Hoyle, of Vale, Route 2 is now serving in La roehelle, France. He entered the service in June 1933 and sailed December 20. 1953. His address is Pfc. John Hal Hoyle, U.S. 532C3734, Hq. Co.. 524 M.8.N., APO 21. rare Post master, New York, N. Y. He would appreciate hearing from his friends back home. YDC To Meet Tuesday, Sept 14 Th e Young Republican Club will hold its regular monthly meeting Tuesday. September 14, at the Maiden Town Hall, it was an nounced today. C. A. Kurth, Republican candi date for Clerk of Court, will be the principal speaker. All Republican candidates for the Catawba county offices will attend the organizational plans for the coming election will be made. Legion Post To Meet On Friday The American Legion will meet Friday night Sept. 17, at the hut at 7:00. A picnic supper will be spread. All members, their wives or girl friends are invited to attend and bring a full basket. After the meeting round and square dancing will be enjoyed. Richard Beal, Jr. Promoted To Major Word has been received in the city to the effect that Richard 'Dickie) Beal Jr. who is serving in Tokyo, Japan, has been pro moted from Captain to Major. He is the grandson of Mrs. R. F. Beal of this city, and is well known here where he has visited often. Miss Inez Primm Dress Winner • s Inez Primm, of Lincoln- Route 3. won th e dress given the Lincolnton Sport Shop at their 4th Anniversary Sale. We had three wonderful days curing the sale, said Mrs. Odell Harvey, and we deeply appreciate the patronage and kind words of our many friends. The Lincoln Times Published Every Monday and Thursday Devoted to the Progress of Lincolnton and Lincoln County. lation. number of hospital beds in the county and the average j number occupied, and other fac tors. In short, the quota is based on community NEEDS, with local iigures set against the averages of nation wide needs and uses. On top of the quota calculated to meet local needs is placed the tairly apportioned needs of na tional defense. The final figure arrived at is the quota for each county for one year, and this num ber is divided by the number of visits the bloodmobile will make to that county during the year. Lincoln County's quota for the September 27th visit of the bloodmobile is 145 pints, or 145 units, as they are some times called. NO SUBSTITUTE There is no substitute for hu man blood: it can be manufactur ed only within the human body. Innumerable lives have been sav ed by transfusions of blood to per sons who have lost their own! through disease or accident. In war and peace, its livesaving val- ! tte has been proved millions of times. The idea of transfusing blood is not very new, but BLOOD BANKS only got into operation cn a large practical scale about 15 or 20 years ago, and was given a tremendous boost by World War 11. At lirst medical centers and hospitals had their ow n blood banks, many do yet, Red Cross came into the picture during the war and filled general commun Swine-Breeders Association To Hold First Fall Showing The newly-organized Yorkshire Swine Breeders Association will hold its first annual fall show and sale Thursday. September 16, at Rocky Mount. Jim Butler, swine specialist for the State College Agricultural Ex tension Service, says the show will start at 10 a.m.. followed by a E. C Land, Jr. Talks On Segregation At Newton Dinner NEWTON E. C. Land, Jr., of Lincolnton, a member of the Lin colnton City School Board, spoke cn the history and problems of segregation at the weekly meet ing of the Newton Kiwanis club Thursday night. Mr. Land, who explained that he is the father of two school children, mentioned the 14th Amendment, on which the anti segregation arguments are based. He noted that the amendment was adopted following the Civil War. Mr. Land brought out the fact that the North Carolina consti tution was ratified after the 14th Amendment: which the constitu tion stating there "shall be sep arate schools for white, colored, and Indian." At that time, it was not considered a violation of the amendment. Then the move was toward sep arate but equal facilities in 1896. This action was not directed di rectly to schools, but to other public institutions and utilities. In conclusion, the speaker said h e didn’t know what the results of the segregation battle would be. but that since he is an elected officer, he and other offices and officers must go along with the ruling, whatever that be. Local Orchestra To Entertain At VFW Post Meeting Tonight, 7:30 The regular meeting of the Shipp-Lockman VFW Post will be held tonight (Monday) at the club. A good attendance of' members is requested. Following the business session entertainment will be provided by a local orchestra composed of Dal las Lee. Bob Leonhardt, Bob Ram seur. Bud Ramseur, Franklin Bark ley and Bill McCullough. Jonathan Rhyne New Member Os Jaycees A new member. Jonathan Rhyne,, was welcomed as a new member as a feature of last week's regular! meeting of the Jaycees. Club president Clarence Leath erman presided. Thirty-six Jay cees weie present. Dr. Eugene Richbourg. optome trist, who recently opened an of fice here, was a special guest. The dinner meeting was held at the High School cafeteria. ity needs more effectively than scattered hospitals ever could. It is conceded by the best med ical that regional blood banks, such as is operated by the Red Cross can best serve the needs of whole areas. LINCOLN FORTL'NATE Lincoln County has been very fortunate to be in one of these areas. Only about 50 percent of th e population of the United States is served by Red Cross Blood Banks. We have taken this lifesaving service for granted, have fallen down on our donations, and now are about to lose it. This does not apply to everyone, there are a good many in the county who have given a gallon of blood, all put together, and a few members of the two gallon club. The death rate of mothers dur ing or shortly after childbirth has fallen from 6 per thousand 20 years ago to less than 1 per thousand now, and the ready availability of blood is one of the most important reasons for this. Many operations, particularly in chest and brain surgery, are suc cessfully performed now, which were impossible before blood was freely and readily available. Countless wounded soldiers and battered and bloody victims of civilian accidents are alive today because of ready availability of human blood and the American Red Cross has played a big part in this. ! sale at 1 p.m. Eight bred gilts, six J open gilts and four boars will be j exhibited. Butler said this is the j first time that registered York- j j shire hogs have been offered at j auction in the state. There has been a tremendous increase in interest in the York shire breed throughout the coun try and especially In North Caro lina during the past few years, ac cording to Butler. Yorkshire breeders stress the fact that this breed is very prolific. Animals consigned to the Rocky Mount sale come from an average litter size of more than 12-1/2 j pigs. Butler reports. Five of the animals are from litters of 18: the smallest litter size recorded in the catalogue is 10. The Yorkshires are also good grazers and produce top carcasses, according to breeders One of the gilts offered at the sale is bred to half brother of the j Grand Champion barrow at the International Livestock Shew in ! 1953. 4-H Girls , Boys Asked To Report On Club Work “ I learned a lot in last year’s 4-H club work and I expect to learn more the following years.” j said a 4-H member in writing the story of her project. 4-H’ers throughout Lincoln County have worked on their pro jects during the summer months. ’ With the opening of schools, comes time for records of project work completed. As a part of club work, each member is expected to keep an accurate record of work done, and then submit that rec ord to the Assistant Farm and Home Agents. Clubs throughout Lincoln County are meeting this month. Those meeting this week Include Rock Springs Junior, Intermedi ate, and Senior Clubs on Tues day, September 14th and Iron Station and Hickory Grove Jun ior Clubs on Wednesday, Scptem- i ber 15th. Many excellent records of 1954 4-H Club work has already been given to the agents. All other girls and boys are urged to get theirs in right away. 3-Year Old Boy Os Crouse Picks 16 Lbs. Os Cotton He's only 3 years old, but he can make the oldsters sit up and take notice when it comes to ‘ picking cotton." We're referring to David Dee Beam. 3-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Beam of Route I, Crouse. David went to the cotton field last Tuesday and picked 16 pounds i of cotton. And. remember, Tuesday was another of those hot days! Quite a feat—l 6 pounds—for a 3 year old! The Beam's, naturally, arc quite LINCOLNTON, N. C., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1954 CLAIM Cl PRUS • • • Greek students in Athens agitate for retnrn of Isle of Cyprus from British rule to Greece. Scene Is at tomb of Greece’s “Unknown Warrior.” General Election Absentee Ballots Are Now Available In County For Servicemen General election absentee ballots for Lincoln county have been re ceived, according to J. Robt. Mc- Neely. Chairman of the County Board of Elections. State absentee ballots (civil and military), approximately 2.000 of them, were recently received by | Chairman McNeely from the State Board of Elections. An order of about 1,500 elec- I tion absentee ballots for Lin coln county have been printed ; and received at his office in the Reinhardt building, the chair man stated. Applications for absentee bal lots for military personnel are being received now, McNeely sail, hut absentee ballots for civilians cannot be issued until October 2nd, 30 days before the , election. Parents of military personnel, who have registered, can come to! SUPT. NIXON REPORTS . . . County Schools Enrollment Is Up; No Water Shortage Reported, Yet, But A Crisis Easily Could Develop Enrollment In practically all of the county’s 22 schools, white and colored, for the 1954-'55 term will show an increase over the attendance figures of 1953-’54. County Schools Superintend ent Joe R. Nixon stated today that he had mailed forms to all of the principals in the county’s school system, requesting their opening-day enrollment totals. Supt. Nixon reported he had re ceived this information from most of the schools, but could not give a full report on total attendance in the 22 schools until all re ports have b<-en received. ASBURY HIGH He indicated, from the re ports received to date, that at tendance is up in most all of the schools, with the biggest enrollment increase noted to date at the Asbury elementary school. A classroom addition is now under construction at As bury, where overcrowded con ditions have made it necessary Schedule Given Os Ministers On WLON Program The following is the schedule of guest ministers who will conduct the 9:00-9:15 A. M devotional service over radio station WLON for the next ten weeks: September 13-17. Rev. Richard Lee. September 20-24, Rev. Richard Howerton. September 27-Oct. 1, Rev. A. M. Stephens. Oct. 4-8. Rev. Map lCo<). Oct. 11-15. Rev. James Mays. Oct. 18-22 Rev. Cecil Hefner. Oct. 25-29, Rev. Lawrence Laney. Nov. 1-5, Rev. Gus Highfill. Nov. 8-12, Rev. A. C. Camp bell. Nov. 15-19, Rev. W. L. Pitts. proud of son David, and their other son. Thomas, who entered the first grade at Elementary No. I II school this year. the Elections Board chairman's of fice and get absentee ballots to mail to their sons. In eases where the serviceman is not registered on his home precinct books, he can apply for an absentee ballot through his personne! officer by signing the required form. This application form is then mailed by the personnel officer to the Secretary of State in the state where the soldier resides, and the Secretary of State in turn mails the form to the respective county elections board chairman. Chairman McNeely announced that a meeting of the county's 22 precinct registrars will be held in the Grand Jury room of the county courthouse on Saturday. Oct. 2. at 2:30 p.m., at which time instructions will be given and the registration books turned over to them. to utilize the auditorium for classroom space. Classroom additions are also planned for the Rock Springs High school and Newbold high school (Col) the Superintendent stated, but these new structures will not be constructed during the current school term as school tunds for these projects are not available at this time. WATER SHORTAGE Supt. Nixon pointed out that the critical water shortage in Lin colnton and other neighboring areas hasn’t seriously affected the county schools, whose water source is from wells. However, he said a water shortage could come about if the drought conditions continue, but so far all school of ficials are “hoping and praying such an emergency will not arise.” Mr. Nixon said three of the county schools received a scare recently when >t -■•as thought the schools' wc.l were going— It Is Important To Farmer To Keep Rainfall On Land When it comes to the farmer getting the most out of his lapor, fertilizer, and seed, it is as import ant to hold the moisture on the land as it is to keep the run-off from taking the soil with it. As H. V. Mangum. of the State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation office, explains, the additional moisture held on the land through conservation prac tices often makes the difference between a poor crop and a good one—sometimes the difference be tween no crop at all and a good one, he said. With inadequate rainfall gen eral throughout the state and with restrictions on the plantings of cash crops, this factor alone be comes all the more important. Mangum said that in most in stances the concern is over losing the soil and little attention is given to the water that leaves the Water Famine Looms Here As New River Line Is Laid BY DEL LAZENBY The City of Lincolnton is working feverishly to forestall a water famine before it takes on the aspects of a “water-loo.” Where normally the city’s water consumption is 750,000 to 800,000 gallons daily, the supply available over the weekend had dwindled to about half of those figures. Water Supt. Randall said the situation “hasn’t improved:” that the water situ declared 16 ' S cl ’ +aca l- O n ty strict conservation by Lincolnton people can help, he Child Os Four Struck By Auto A four-year-old child who suf- ; sered a fractured thigh whe n j ;trurk by an automobile near here ! Friday is reported to have had a “fairly good night” at Crowell lospital last night. The condition of little Nancy Sue Ingle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Summey Ingle of Lincoln- ! ;onR-2, is said by physician to; oe satisfactory. Highway Patrolman R. H. Dll- i lard, who investigated the acci dent, said no charges have been made against the driver of the i 953 Ford coupe, listed as Ken neth Ray Cameron of 1030 Ken nil worth Ave., Charlotte. The child was struck by the car about 3 p.m. Friday on the Reeps ville Road, near the Lincolnton ?ity limits. The patrolman said his information was that the lit tle girl darted across the street to join her mother on the other side, and into the path of the oncoming car. Falling Oil Tank Injures Child Age 5 Little Susan Poteat, aged three, wa s reportedly getting ' along satisfactorily in Crowell ! Hospital here today after be- ! ing injured at her home over 1 the weekend by a falling oil : tank. She is the daughter of Bob Poteat of the Maiden Highway. or had gone— "dry". Luckily, this didn't happen and no crisis ) developed. >| Iri the event hot, “rainless” i weather continues and the school t j wells went dry, school officials ; j would be faced with the problem : of closing the school or “hauling 1 in" water from other sources. The i well at the North Brook No. 2 school went dry during the school j term five years ago, Supt. Nixon ! said, and water had to be hauled _ I in to the school until the emer ’ | gency was over. A week ago, the : j Long Shoals school had to be . | closed one day when the well s | pump developed mechanical trou ■ ! ble and the >school was without ; i water. ' j Being aware of the drought con ' j ditions. school officials of the : j county reportedly are trying to ’ ; conserve their respective school’s j water supply by limiting its use | in gymnasium shower rooms, case ! terias teacherage’s, etc. Use of i water for drinking only is being stressed. 1 land. And yet. he points out. often without the moisture the soil is of \ little value in bolstering farm in ! come. ; He says that the soil and water ! conserving practices for which as i sistance is provided under the Agricultural Conservation Pro j gram are primarily aimed at s'av ! ing and improving the land and that moisture conservation is an important by-product. Such prac j tices as establishing a good pro tective cover with grass and le ! gumes, the construction ofter- I races, contour fanning, and many other fall in this class. In Mangum’s words, "maintain- I ing and improving the produc ! tivity of the land is the purpose of the Agricultural Conservation Program and this means conserv ing both soil and water. Often one is as important as the other.” Walker Branch, main source of the city’s water, is nearly dry. Its water output has shrunk to about 100 gal lons a minute. In the emergency, citv officials have resort ed to five reserve wells, but four of them can be largely discounted. The fifth has, for about 200 hours been pro ducing some 360 gallons of water a minute. This well, plus Walker Branch, are presently providing about 330,500 gal lons of water a day—whereas, the city’s normal useage is 750,000 gallons and more, daily. "We have only one day’s water supply in sight.” declared Supt. Randall: whereas Gastonia, also hit by the long-continued drought, has 38 or 39 days' supply in re serve. "It is a day by day proposi tion for Lincolnton. I think we could withstand any small emer gency; but in the event of a major fire—l don't know what we’d do!” Affected like other cities of the area by the long-sustained dry spell, city officials Friday found it necessary to seek the voluntary cooperation of some heavy commercial consumers of water here. It was a drastic move that halted production for one day at the Lincolnton C'oca- Cola Bottling Co., and at Ideal Chair Co. In addition. Burris Mfg. Co. shut off its dry kiln during the weekend in an effort to conserve the falling water supply. TO LAY LINE In an emergency move to re lieve the shortage, the city will, this week, lay a temporary six inch aluminum irrigation pipe line to the river—a distance of some 7,500 feet from its water intake point near there. The pipe, which will he laid on top of the ground, is expected to provide the city an additional 400 to 500 gallons of water a minute—or around 215.000 gal lons daily. This, together with Walker Bran.-h and the large producing well, will make avail able for the city around 590.000 gallons of water daily. That is still short of the 750,000 gallons needed. ASHEVILLE FIRM An Asheville firm will lay the nipe to the river. It was getting materials and equipment together today and was expected to start hauling them to Lincolnton late today and will haul them to Lin colnton Wednesday morning. It will be Friday at the earliest be fore the connection can be made and the reserve supply starts flowing out of the river, said Supt. Randall. Lincolnton s Board of Aldermen SLIPPING MORE TODAY Supt. Randall learned at noon today that the Asheville erew and materials will arrive here Wednesday morning to begin laying the six-inch line to the river. It will be sometime Friday before it can be completed and eonnected to the city’s intake. Meanwhile. Supt. Randall said the production - use ratio was slipping even further here to day. with citizens using water faster than it could be produc ed. He urged conservation in every way possible. held a special session this morn ing to review and plan for the water shortage. If worse comes to worst, said Supt. Randall, a larger pipe could be laid to the river to bring in a greater supply of water, but that is very expensive. TO DIG NEW WELL Also, the city plans to start im mediately digging a sixth well as an emergency source. That, how ever. will require several days of excavation, and time for the in stallation of the pump. Another well, available in the Massapoag Mill section, will be investigated this week, and tests will be made of its water. How ever, it will take time for the tests, and there is no certainty that the well will provide enough water to materially relieve the situation. Meanwhile, Lincolnton has its collective fingers crossed, and an anticipatory eye on the skies for any sign of rain. Rain, actu ally. is the key to the matter. The current shortage has served again to point up the fact that not only Lincolnton but other towns of the area, including Gas tonia. must in the final analysis look to the river for water needs— to accommodate present require ments and to serve future indus trial and commercial needs, if the area is to continue to expand in a business way. OWNS FILTER SITE Two years ago, Lincolnton of ficials. aware of this need, had the foresight to acquire municipal land on the river, at Cline's bridge, with a view to erecting a new water filtering plant for Lincoln - ALMOST EVERYONE in LINCOLNTON and LINCOLN COUNTY reads THIS NEWSPAPER Single Copy: FlV*’ ton. To date, however, there has been no great urgency for com pleting the project. It will cost the city between $500,000 and $1,000,- 000 to build the plant and lay the lines, and that money will come to hand only as the result of a bond election by the people. In other words, Lincolnton citizens will have to tax themselves by that amount in order to get the greater water supply. But, in any event, there would be no time for such a venture in the present water crisis. Citizens of the Boger City area last week relieved the shortage in their section by turning to an ad ditional water supply—that avail able from wells owned by Boger & Crawford. PRAISES PEOPLE Water Supt. C. C. Randall to day had high praise for Lincolnton citizens in general. About 90 per cent of them, he declared, are co operating with the city in the current emergency. Few instances have been reported of citizens' us ing superfluous amounts of water. Isolated cases have been found of people using lawn sprinklers at night, and of washing their auto | mobiles: but. in general, the people are. cooperating in an admirable ] manner, said Mr. Randall. Rumors on tne streets Satur day were that some service sta tions here were continuing their car-washing services; but in vestigation showed that the operators were using their own water supply—not the city’s— (Continued on page five) New Technician Joins Hospital Miss Virginia Scott of Asheville has jointed the staff of the Gor don Ciowell Memorial Hospital as a clinical laboratory technician. She was graduated this sum mer from the Dell School for Laboratory Technicians in Ashe ville. and is living now at the Crowell Hosnital nurses home on South Aspen Street near the hos pital. The laboratory section is head ed by Floyd Fletcher. Miss Scott joined First Baptist Church here Sunday. Musical Program Enjoyed By Lions Lions Club members were treat ed to an entertaining musical pro gram at the club's regular dinner meeting last week, at the Cream land Grill. Club president Luke Grooms presided. Jack Brown was program chair man and presented the well known Melody quartet composed of J. D. Turner. Pete Warlick, Kelly Smith, Worth Lineberger, and Mrs. Pete Warlick. organist. Coleman Goodson was elected chairman of the club-sponsored annual White Can drive which will be held Sept. 27 through Oct. 4th. It was announced that the club’s next meeting will be in the form of an old fashion “Box Sup per”, with the ladies invited as special guests. The supper will be held at the Legion hut and will lie followed by round and square dancing. Schedule For Dist. X-ray Mobile Unit This Week Hill * ■ The District X-ray (TBi mobile unit schedule for this week fol lows : Mon, 13. Line. Clinic—Nursing Home—9:oo-12.00. Tue, 14, Newton Clinic—Health Dept. 10:00-4:00. Wed, 15, Hickory Clinic Ist Ave. 1:00-4:00. Fri. 17. Hickory Clinic—Union Square—l ;00-4:00.
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