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OL. 48, NO. 30
Miss Sarah Anna Smith, 87,
Dies After Short Illness
Miss Sarah Anna Sophia Smith,
87. died Monday in the Gordon
Crowell Memorial hospital after a
short illness. She was removed to
the hospital from her home.
“Magnolia Grove", a week ago af
ter suffering a stroke of paralysis.
From the first her condition was
regarded as critical and she did
not regain consciousness after be
ing admitted to the hospital.
Miss Smith was born at “Mag
nolia Grove”, the ancestral Smith
home, on August 2. 1867. Her par
ents were the late John Barnett
and Barbara Dellinger Smith,
prominent and influential citizens
of Lincoln county in their day.
Survivors are one brother. Ten
nyson B. Smith, who since the
death of his wife has made his
home with his sister, five nephews.
B. C. Lineberger, Lincolnton. Les
ter T. Lineberger, River Bend,
John Smith. Murphy, N. C.. John
N. Smith and Ted E. Smith, of
San Diego. California, the latter
two sons of the late Ed Smith;
and seven nieces. Mrs. Peter Nagy,
and Mrs. Jay Heny, of San Diego,
daughters of Ed Smith. Miss Paul
ine Waters, of Petersburg. Va..
Services Conducted For
Mrs. George E. Rudisill
Mrs. George E. Rudisill, 71,
died early Tuesday morning in
the Gordon Crowell Memorial
hospital. She had been ill for
several days following a heart
attack.
Mrs. Rudisill before her mar
riage May 13, 1906 was Miss Ber
tha Finger. She was born in Mai
den. Catawba county. February
13, 1884, the daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Finger.
She and Mr. Rudisill, with
their family, had made their
tiome in Lincolnton for the past
-ty seven years. Mr. Rudisill
■v. \erly served as sheriff of Lin
county.
.1 addition to the husband the
.allowing children survive. Mrs.
H. C. Hawn. Winston Salem: Mrs.
Brad Bangle, Goldsboro: Mrs. A.
H. Saunders, Charlotte; Mrs.
Steve Beam and Mrs. Baxter Del
linger. both of Lincoln county;
Yates Rudisill, Howard Rudisill
and Hunter Rudisill, all of Lin
colnton. Surviving also are four
teen grand children, one brother,
Lester Finger, of Mt. Holly, and
four sisters, Mrs. S. D. Honey
cutt, Lincolnton; Mrs. J. C. Hpff
ner. Maiden: Mrs. Dewey Wil
liams, Manden; and Miss Pearl
Finger, Kinston.
Mrs. Rudisill was a devoted
member of the Emmanuel Luth
eran church and a regular at
tendant at its service when her
nealth would permit. She was a
devoted wife and mother and was
beloved by a wide circle of friends
who admired her outstanding
Christian character.
Funeral services were conduct
ed yesterday afternoon at 3:30
ACTORS, DONATIONS NEEDED .
Plans For Battle Drama Here
Continue To Shape Up Nicely
Lincoln County people who are
available for roles in the forth
coming "Thunder Over Carolina ’
outdoor drama were asked this
week to communicate this fact to
Mrs. James Crisson at the cham
ber or commerce, or to the drama's
author. Charles Loveland, at Ra
dio Station WLON.
Plans continued shaping up
nicely for the June 10-to-Juiy
4th production, which will be
staged on Thursday, Friday, and
Saturday nights during the per
iod on the Ramsour’s Mill Bat
tleground just off the Maiden
Road.
The drama will commemorate
the 175th anniversary of the Revo
lutionary War struggle which pit
ted Lincoln Whigs against Lincoln
Tories in one of the bloodiest en
gagements of the struggle for in
dependence.
GROUPS ASSISTING
Most Lincolnton organizations—
civic, service, and veterans have
been assigned preliminary tasks in
Dry-To-Freeze-To-Wet Triple Play
v ymies Farmers, Home Gardeners
t'he dements still conspire to
confound the Lincoln County
farmer.
Last summer, lack of rain
turned his soil to futile dust. A
few days ago, a pre - Easter
freeze nipped his early crops.
And now the skies have spilled
over to drown his efforts at
new planting and cultivating.
Extended wet condition «f the
soil in reeent weeks also has
stymied those who would plant
home gardens.
Pirtle Drum, who owns a rain
measuring instrument, said that
at 7 a.m. today, a total of 2.7
inches of rain had fallen on
Lincolnton within the preceding
76 hours.
The Lincoln Times s
Published Every Monday and Thursday Devoted to the Progress of Lincolnton and Lincoln County.
Mrs. Erwin M. Hunt, of Denton. N.
C., Mrs. Sam Hupman. of Me
bane, N. C., Miss Marie Lineber
ger. of Kings Mountain, and Mrs.
C. F. Swaffar. of Glendale. Cali
fornia.
Miss Smith was from childhood
a member of the Iron Station
Presbyterian church and when her
health would permit took an ac
tive part in the work of the church.
The Smith home, one of the
most historic in Lincoln county,
was through the years the gather
ing place of friends from far and
near and Miss Smith, with her
parents and other members of the
family, was always the ideal host
ess. Since their deaths she had
continued to find pleasure in ex
tending that hospitality for which
the home is noted.
Funeral services were conducted
Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock
from the Iron Station church with
the Rev. Burton Sherrod of
Stanley in charge. The body was
taken from the Warlick Funeral
Home to the church to lie in
state for one hour before the ser
vice. Interment was in the Smith
cemetery at Iron Station.
o’clock from Emmanuel Lutheran
church with the pastor. Rev. A. A.
McCullough. Jr., officiating. Bur
ial was in Hollybrook cemetery.
Those from out of town attend
ing the funeral were Rev. and
Mrs. Huitt I. Carpenter. Faith.
N. C.: Mrs. P. A. Carpenter and
Mr. Albert Carpenter. Lenoir: Mr.
and Mrs. D. H. Thorne. Lenoir:
Rev. Hugh Barringer, Gastonia;
Mr. and Mrs. Doras Rudisill, Mr.
and Mrs. Seth Moses, Mr. and
Mrs. H. P. Heffner, and Mrs.
Lynn Hudson, Mrs. Guy Barring
ei and Margie Barringer. Hick
ory; Rev. and Mrs. Lonnie A.
Carpenter, Conover; Mrs. C. P.
Craver. Mrs. H. V. Overcash, Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Holton, Wins
ton-Salem; Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Williams, Mrs. James Haydn,
Miss Grace Dawson, Mrs. Arthur
-Harris. Miss Nell Honeycutt. Miss
Dorothy Young, Charlotte: R. A.
Rudisill. Mrs. Dot Turbylill, Mr.
and Mrs. Dewey Williams, Mr.
and Mrs. Brown Laney, Jr., Mr.
and Mrs. James C. Heffner, Jr.,
Mrs. J. C. Heffner, Mr. and Mrs.
Esley Wilkinson, Mrs. D. P. Mc-
Ree. Mrs. Willie Mcßee. Henry L.
Harbinson, Maiden: Miss Ruth
Wingate of Durham: Mrs. J. Lee
Mauney of Greenville. S. C.; Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Page. Kings Moun
tain: Mr. and Mrs. Lester Finger
and Miss Frances Finger. Mt.
Holly: Miss Pearl Finger, Kins
ton: Rev. Frank Heffner, Rock
i well: Mr. and Mrs. George Fing
| er, Jr.. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Finger,
! and Mrs. Dora Daimon, Athens,
Ga.; and Rev. and Mrs. Clyde
Hawn. Alleghany, N. Y.
connection with the presentation:
and Lincoln groups and individuals
are continuing the drive for oper
ating expenses by taking or mail
ing contributions to the campaign
treasurer. G. Harold Myrick. at
First National Bank. Donors this
week included: Eastern Star $5,
Priscilla Book Club $lO. and
Claude Warlick $2. making a
week's total of $33. A total of sl6
was raised in a pre-Easter “Hot
Cross Bun” sale in front of the
B. C. Moore store, supervised by
Mrs. R. G. Johnson of Lincolnton
R-4. A number of Route 4 young
people and their parents partici
pated in the sale.
A "bake sale" will be held in
font of the B. C. Moore store at
10:30 a.m. this coming Satur
day. with proceeds to apply on
drama expenses. Any persons
raring to donate baked items
and pastries for the sale have
been asked to bring them to the
sale site before 10:30 a.m.
At the city pumping station
this morning, Charlie Beal said
Walker Branch, source of the
city’s water, was 15 to 18 inches
above normal and still rising.
The South Fork River at River
side was near the top of its
banks.
Showers were predicted
throughout today, with gradual
clearing forecast for Friday.
First Aid Course
Friday at 7:30 p.m.. at the
health department, Luke Grooms.
Red Cross instructor, will conduct
the first of a series of weekly first
aid studies, with all interested
persons invited.
Loans For Crop
Damages Ready
At FHA Office
Farmers in Lincoln and Gaston j
counties whose crops were dam- j
aged by recent freeze can apply to |
the Farmers Home Administration ,
for emergency loans to continue j
operations. John J. P. McLeod,'
said today.
Emergency loans may be made
to establish farm owners and farm
operators who are primarily en
gaged in farming, whose crops
were damaged by the freeze, and
who are unable to obtain credit j
needed to continue their normal
farming operations. Loans are:
scheduled for repayment over a!
minimum period of time consis- j
tent with the borrower’s ability to i
repay. Funds advanced for crop j
production purposes are repayable
when the income from the sale of
the crops produced with the loans,
is received.
Farmers should file their appli- j
cations for emergency loans at the j
county Farmers Home Adminis
tration office located in the Court |
House in Lincolnton. and at the
basement of the Post Office in
Gastonia. Loan funds may be us- j
ed to take care of normal expenses
of continued operation, but are not,
to be used to pay existing debts.
Road Project
For County
A Lincoln county road project
was included among the 22 pro
jects on road improvements in
22 countes the State Highway
Commission called for bids on
Tuesday.
The bids will be opened April
28. Low bids will be reviewed by
i the highway commission two days
j later.
| The Lincoln county project in
; eludes:
1.28 miles of grading and
structures from N. C. 150 and
27 in Lineolnton. about 150
feet east of Lincoln Laundry,
North across the county to U. S.
321, about 1.2 miles northwest
of Lincolnton.
This project is related to the
I bypass now under construction
around Lincolnton.
EDDIE LOHR PRESIDENT . . .
Politics At L. H. S.; Student
Council Officers Elec^d
Take note, you political oldsters,
and make way for the students
turned-politicians.
The city primary elect for
the town's adult populace be
only a short two weeks away, and
so not to be outdone by their eld
ers the Lincolnton high school stu
dents had their own election yes
terday.
They elected Student Council
officers, climaxing a week of heat
ed campaigning by supporters of
the rival candidates. The election
was run off just like the veterans
do it. complete with polling booths,
judges, et cetera. Candidates re
ceiving the most votes automati
cally became the duly elected Stu
dent Council officers for the next
school year.
Here’s the Student Council
winners lineup as the result of
yesterday's vote-casting: Eddie
Family Loses Possessions
As Residence Bums Here
Here's Where
You Register
For Primary
Lincolnton’s eligible voters were
reminded again today that only
one more Saturday. April 16. re
mains to register for the town’s
primary election scheduled for
April 26. Saturday, April 23, will
be Challenge Day.
Only the city registration books
will be used for the primary. Any
one not sure they are properly
registered are requested to con
tact the registrar in their particu
lar ward.
For the benefit of those who
may not be certain as to where
they are to register, here are the
polling places:
Ward 1, Recreation Center:
Ward 2, Sandtane Gas Co.:
Ward 3, Harris Service Station:
Ward 4, Grand Jury room, coun
ty courthouse.
The registration books will be
open at the respective polling
places listed above on Saturday
from 9 a.m. until sunset.
LINCOLNTON, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1955
Plans Being Made For Anti-Polio
Vaccinations In Lincoln County
ON LENOIR RHYNE FACULTY . . .
t
Arrington Picked To Direct
Local Ramsour Battle Drama
Bradford M. Arrington of Hick
ory, Director of Dramatics at Le
noir Rhyne College will direct the
Battle of Ramsours Mill Drama,
“Thunder Over Carolina” written
by Charles Loveland, which in
cludes six songs composed by Mr.
Loveland.
Performances will commence
Friday June 17 through Monday
July 11, and will total twelve per
formances, running Friday. Sat
urday and Monday of each week.
Mr. Arrington received his train
ing in Dramatics at the University
of North Carolina, and was a
Democrats Have 14
Primary Candidates;
No Republicans File
F.H.A. Office
Hours Changed
Effective immediately, the local
Farmers Home Administration of
fice will be ,open Monday. Tues
day and Friday of each week.
John J. P. McLeod, county su
pervisor. and Mrs. Evelyn W. Cun
diff. county office clerk, will be in
the Gastonia Farmers Home Ad
ministration office Wednesday and
Thursday of each week.
Farmers and others desiring to
see the county supervisor are ask
ed to visit the local office on Fri
day mornings.
I I,ohr. president; Ted Robinson,
vice president; Gloria Boring,
secretary-treasurer.
Lohr and Miss Boring had been
nominated by the Student Coun
cil offices they won. while Robin
son was a surprise winner for the
vice presidency, defeating two
candidates Ralph Cochrane, the
Student Council nominee, and
John Keever.
Lohr was the winner for the of
fice of president in a 3-candidate
race. His opposition came from
David McCullough and Bryan
Beam. Miss Boring won the secre
tary treasurer office from two oth
er candidates. Phyllis Helms and
Elaine McCrary.
The new Student Council offi
cers will take over their duties fol
lowing an installation ceremony
at an early date.
A family of seven lost all its
possessions Monday night when
flames swept their rented house
on South Flint Street.
Made homeless oy the blaze
were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Davis
and their five children.
The house reportedly was own
ed by Jack Shuford. Fire Chi
Whit Tobey estimated total dar
age at $1,500 to $2,000.
The family was away from
home when the fire, of unde
termined origin, broke out in a
bedromo. Two rooms and a porch
were badly burned.
Relatives and friends took the
family in and provided tempor
ary sleeping accommodations.
To compound the family’s mis
fortune. Mr. Davis is temporari
ly unemployed.
.He told the Red Cross later
that he has obtained another
house. The Red Cross provided
some kitchen utensils and some
clothing for the wife. However
the Red Cross office said it re
ceives few r contributions of chil
dren's clothing.
Some of the furniture stores
wero working with the father to
provide necessary furniture.
The Lincolnton Fire Depart
ment responded to the blaze, a
bout 8 p. m„ but flames had
made such headway that they
couldn’t be checked before ex
tensive damage was done.
member of the Carolina Playmak
ers. He also took part in the Cher
okee play “Unto These Hills” and
is very much interested in directing
Mr. Loveland's script, “Thunder
Over Carolina”.
Firemen Called To
N. Flint Residence
Firemen were called to a N. Flint
street residence this morning,
where an oil stove was reported
afire. The blaze had been extin
j guished when the firemen arrived.
Yesterday’s (Wednesday) noon deadline for candi
dates to file for the city’s April 26th primary election saw
two men post their filij 3 d f ee and join the candidate field.
Filing a few hours ahead of the deadline were two
Aldermen candidates Gene Wilburn from Ward 3, and
M. L. Huggins from Ward 2.
Rites Friday
For Pfc. Edgar
W. Turner, 21
The body of Pfc Edgar W. Tur
ner. 21. accompanied by his wife
was due to arrive by train at 3
p. m. in Gastonia today. From
there it was to be brought to
Warlick’s Funeral Home Chapel
where it will remain until the
funeral hour.
Pfc. Turner died in a Honolulu ;
hospital of pneumonia on April 5
6th. according to a message re
ceived by the family from the
War Department. His wife, the
former Shirley Buff of Linccln
ton, had joined him in Hawaii
some moths before his sudden
and unexpected death.
Funeral rites for Pfc. Turner
will be held Friday afternoon at'
3 o’clock in the Lincoln Avenue
Baptist Church. Officiating will
be Rev. A. L. Campbell, pastor,
and Rev. R. T. Howerton. Rev.
Morris Baker. Burial will be in
Hollybrook Cemetery.
Surviving are the wife. Mrs.
Shirley Buff Turner: the par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Turner:
three sisters, Miss Norma Tur
ner. Mrs. Shirley Heavner. Mrs.
Evelyn Potts; three brothers.
Larry, Lobby and Eloy Turner.
City Curb Market
Will Open Friday
The City Curb Market, a new
Lincolnton business, will open at
its location on E. Main street Fri
day.
Proprietor of the market is F.
Hall Leonhardt. well known Lin
colnton man. who has been in the
fruit and produce business for
many years, hauling direct from
the Florida markets.
The City Curb Market is located
in a new building, of concrete
block construction, near Polhill
Chevrolet Co. and Teeter's Super
market. The business will special
ize in vine ripe tomatoes, fruits
and vegetables.
Citizens Give $1,471.43
To ..elp Paralyzed Youth
Lincoln County citizens today
had dug into their pockets and
contributed a total of $1,471.43 to
help pay future medical expenses
for a 17-year-old local high
schooler who was paralyzed in a
fall seven months ago.
Meantime, efforts were being
made to have Jack Dellinger of
the Iron Station section admitted
to Duke Hospital. Durham, for ob
servation and treatment.
Treasurer of the Jack Dellinger
Fund. Robert S. Rudisill. cashier
of First National Bank, said con
tributions still are being received.
They may be mailed or carried to
VFW Installs
New Officers
| A free supper and an installa
tion of new officers marked the
Monday night meeting of the local
VFW post here.
New officers, installed by Paul
j Lawing. are:
| Commander, Dick Mullen, suc
| seeding Jimmie Owen: Senior
! Vice-Commander. Walt Cashion;
Junior Vice-Commander. Clyde
Kistler: Quartermaster. Paul Law-
I ing; Judge Advocate. Don Beck:
Trustee. John Shrum: Surgeon. L.
T. Morton: and House Commit
teemen. Hamp Childs. Jr., and
Paul Lawing.
One good turn deserves another
but there is no such thing as per
petual motion.
j Mi. /ilburn is an automobile
: salesman with Polhill Chevrolet
: Co. Mr. Huggins is owner of Ser
vice Dry Cleaners and is a former
: member of the school board.
Two incumbent Aldermen. Bruce
; Jenkins from Ward 2 and Ralph
I Cochrane from Ward 1. filed on
i Tuesday, as did Jule Ward, school
i board candidate.
CANDIDATE LINEUP
Here’s the Democratic candidate
lineup for the April 26th primary:
For Mayor: Ira Cline and A.
1.. (Andy) Tait.
For Alderman. Ward 1: Ralph
Cochrane. Bryan (Dusty) Craig.
For Alderman. Ward 2: Pat
Buckley. Clyde C. Cornwell. M.
1.. Huggins.
For Alderman. Ward 3: Bruce
Jenkins. Gene Wilburn.
For Alderman. Ward 4: Willie
S. Ramsey, W. Hinkle Houser.
For School Board: Dr. Boyce
Griggs, Jule Ward. Frank G.
Kuck.
So. the cano. „e lineup now
1 shows nine men running for the
four alderman posts on the city
. council: two running for the may
| or's position, and 3 in the race for
| tlie one vacancy coming up on the
j school board.
NO REPUB TICKET
The Republicans allowed the
filing deadline to pass without
offering a ticket in opposition
to the Demoerats. This means
that the Democrats, unopposed,
will only have to go through thr
formality of a city election on
May 26th.
No opposition was offered by the
Republicans to the Democrats in
the city election two years ago.
The last time the Repubs put up
! a city ticket was four years ago.
Under the new bill recently pass
ed in the General Assembly, the
i two alderman candidates receiving
the highest number of votes in the
May 26th election will get 4-year
terms, and salary raises become
; effective for each alderman and
i the mayor.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE
Election Board Chairman J.
Robt. McNeely today again re
■ i minded all eligible voters that Sat
■ j urday, April 16. will be the last
day to regif S for the primary.
Only the “-registration books,
which are different from the coun
ty books, are to be used for the
primary. McNeely advised that if
there is any one who is not sure
they are properly registered to
contact the registrar in their re
spective ward.
i Mr. Rudisill at the bank, and all
j donations will go for medical ex-
I penses exclusively.
! Latest contributions include:
Gospelairr Quartet singing
program $122.75.
Pat A. Mullen $2.
Jean Ramsey $lO.
Mrs. Grady Schrum sl.
llarry R. Little sl.
Charles Eurey $1.40.
Macedonia Baptist Church.
Route 3, $77.
j Money keeps a lot of people out
j of mischief just by keeping them
' busy earning it.
Word Awaited On Date;
Volunteers Are Urged
Parents of 1,410 Lincoln County first and second
graders were on a “stand-by basis” today as the county
waited announcement of the date when the first Salk
anti-polio vaccinations will be administered here.
In Newton. Dr. V. D. Scott, tri-county medical offi
cer, said he has received no information from Raleigh,
but he informed Frank Hull CroWell, Lincoln chairman
for the Salk inoculations, that this county will be the
first of his three counties to receive the serum. Shots
will be administered here before they are given in Alex
ander and Catawba counties.
Local Red Cross
To Hold Annual
Meeting Tonight
The annual meeting of the Lin- |
] coin county chapter of the Ameri
j can Red Cross will be held tonight
| (Thursday) at 7:30 o'clock in the
; reception room of the Crowell hos
pital.
This meeting is to be held for
the purpose of electing officers,
hearing of reports, and for the
transaction of such other business
as may properly come before the
meeting.
This meeting is also the regu
lar meeting of the board of di
rectors. All members of the board
are urged to attend.
The membership of the local
Red Cross chapter includes all the
people within the jurisdiction of
i the chapter upon the payment of
1 annual dues of SI.OO. All members
5 are invited to the meeting.
i Mrs. Margaret
Abernethy, 79,
Dies In County
j Mrs. Margaret Susan Aber
! nethy. 79. of Lincolntin. Route
3. died Wednesday at 5 p. m. at
the home of a son, Eural Aber
; nety.
! Funeral services will be held
at 3 p. m. Friday at the Mace
donia Baptist church. Rev. T. H.
Roach and Rev. Jack Mace will
! officiate. Burial will be in the
church cemetery.
'! Surviving are two sons; Eural.
I and Duke Abernethy of Route 3.
. Lincolnton; one daughter. Mrs.
' 1 Vera Smith of Route 3, Lincoln
‘ | ton: four half brothers, O. O.
j Abernethy of Maiden. Rt. 1. M.
D. Abernethy. Morganton, E. R,
Abernethy of Valdese, and D. H.
Abernethy of Maiden. Rt. 1. Two
half sisters. Mrs. C. W. Caldwell,
and Miss Mary Jane Abernethy
jot Maiden, Rt. 1.
The body will be taken to the
! home at 2 p. m. today.
Drum’s Funeral Home is in
■ charge of arrangements.
QUOTA IS $2,343.00 . . .
Two Jobs Faced By Cancer
Fund Raising Volunteers
“ Volunteers taking part in the
American Cancer Society's 1955
educational and fund-raising cru
sade this month have two jobs to
do". Mrs. Velma Drum Cancer
Chairman for Lincoln County, said
today.
"One job is collecting money
and we really need that very
badly, with a goal of 52.343.00
for I ineoln County, she explain
ed. "but these volunteers also
are helping to earry out the so
eiety’s year-round campaign of
education about cancer control.
With informative literature and
with verbal answers to questions
that keep coming up. they are
driving home a message all-im
portant to the future health of
every person in Lincoln County.
Winners Are Announced In
City Wide Easter Egg Hunts
Around two hundred boys and
girls, IT years old and under, en
joyed the annual City Wide,
Easter ’ Hunt at the Lincoln- ,
ton HUg School Athletic Field
Saturday morning, April 9.
There were approximately
) eighty boys and girls of the same
age, taking part in the Easter
Egg Hunt at Oaklawn School. Both
Hunts were organized and direct-
Please . . .
Look at the label on this paper,
and if it is past due, send or
bring your renewal to The
Times office as soon as possible.
Single Copy: FIVE CENTS
Tentative date set for begin
ning of the vaccinations when
plans first were made some days
ago was Monday, April 25. This
still must be considered the
tentative date, it was anouneed
today, although information
from Raleigh might well alter
the starting time.
Julian Taylor, sanitarian of the
Lincoln County Health Depart
ment. was in Raleigh today on
| other business for the department,
! and he was instructed to make in
' quiries concerning beginning of
; the Salk program.
TWO SHOTS SEEN
Frank Hull Crowell said today
| that it appears only two shots will
| be necessary to provide immuniza
tion against polio instead of the
three thought needed before this
week's valuation of the serum. A
third shot would be in order some
seven months in the future as a
“booster.”
Meanwhile, Mr. Crowell got the
“go ahead” from Dr. Scott today
to begin preparation for adminis
tering of the serum to the 1.410
I Lincoln first and second-graders
! whose parents signed consent slips
| (There are 1.605 first and secon
graders in the county's schools!.
Mr. Crowell said he would
need the assistance of some 20
or 25 local adults in providing
the serum, and he asked that
those available to help in the
work contact him at Crowell
Hospital. Telephone REgent 5-
7421. He will need a number of
hostesses, a crew of guides, sev
eral syringe washers, some jani
tors, and others.
He said he and Dr. Scott expect
! word at any moment on the date
; for the beginning of the shots.
SERUM ORDERED
The serum will be provided free
lof charge to the 1.410 first and
| second-graders whose parents
: signed the consent slips. However,
j the vaccine will be available
(Continued on page 6)
Man Is Hurt
In Car Wreck
An unidentiled man was in
the emergency room at Crowell
Hospital at press time today af
ter his Chevrolet struck the con
crete abutment at the Horse
Show Lake bridge on the Lin
eolnton-Maiden road about 2 p.
m., and caught fire. Mr. Hoyle
and another man dragged the
driver from the flames. The ex
tent of his hurts are not deter
mined.
< “Through such volunteers, peo
ple all over the county are learn
ing the facts about Cancer control.
They are learning that in many
cases Cancer is curable, many are
alive today who have been cured
of Cancer; it must be treated early.
“Cancer is no disgrace, and no one
should be ashamed to seek help for
it. It is not contagious nor inher
ited.”
Mrs. Drum urged all who have
not been contacted to make their
contribution today by mailing a
check to “Cancer” c/'o Mrs. Betty
Craig, First National Bank, Lin
colnton, N. C.
$412.77 has been raised on the
goal of $2,343.00 for the Lincoln
County unit.
cd by the Lincolnton Rccrea
j tion Department and sponsored
| by the First National Bank. The
Hunt at the High School Ball
Park was broadcast over Radio
Station WLON.
Winners in the City Egg Hunt
at the Ball Park were: One to six
year old group: Lucy Hines found
the most eggs—2o: and Jackie
(Coutinued on page six)