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LINCOLN COUNTY’S
LEADING NEWSPAPER
and
ADVERTISING MEDIUM
VOL. 48, NO. 80
# Miss Joan Tarr
Homecoming
Queen At LHS
Miss Joan Tarr, daughter of
Police Captain Arnold Tarr and
Rflrs. Tarr, was crowned Lincoln
ton High School Homecoming
Queen at the climax event of
Homecoming festivities Friday
night on the high school athletic
field.
Joan is the twin sister of Jean
Tarr. recently chosen as Lincoln
ton Princess representative in the
Carolinas Carrousel.
IDEAL WEATHER
Ideal fall weather prevailed and
a bright Harvest moon shone
down on the enthusiastic, record
crowd in attendance to view the
colorful parade as it proceeded up
the field before the Lincolnton-
Shelby game.
All of the clubs and activities
of the high school were repre
sented with appropriate ban
ners, .posters and skits. Each
sponsor wore corsages of gold
chrysanthemums and gold and
black ribbon streamers the
high school colors.
The corsages and the beautiful
“glitter steam” crown were design
ed by Wise Floris's.
After all the groups had
arranged themselves in a wide
span around the throne stand,
which was located in the center of
the field. Police Captain Tarr
drove the four nominees for
Queen Joan Tarr (Senior).
Crissy Crowell (Junior), Elaine
Yoder (Sophomore', Sarah Jane
Duncan (Freshman)—upon the
field and up to the throne stand in
a handsome, blue Cadiallic con
vertible, furnished by Mr. Haw
kins for the occasion. The four
escorts met the car at the 50 yard
line and escorted the girls to the
stand where Miss Tarr was crown
ed by Eddie Lohr. President of
the L. H. S. Student Council.
Little Miss Carol King, daughter
of Coach Frank King and Mrs.
King, was the crown bearer.
LATIN CLUB WINNER
In the club event the judges
• Mrs. Sam Wilson, C. R. Dun
n and Jack Brown chose
ie Latin club as the winner.
This club portrayed a Roman
scene with Nero fiddling attend
ed by Roman slaves. Miss Linda
Brown was the Latin club spon
sor and Jerry Keener her escort.
' Miss Sarah Yoder served as
master of ceremonies, announcing
the whole program over the Public
Address system. The program re
ceived enthusiastic applause from
the crowd.
BANDS PERFORM
The Lincolnton High School
took part in the pre-game cere
monies, and along with the Shelby
band put on an impressive half
time show. Tribute was paid to
Joseph Fields, Lincolnton high
school band leader who is now on
a leave of absence in the interests
of his health, when the crowd was
asked to stand for a moment of
silence in respect to him.
CLUB SPONSORS
Following is the list of the
clubs, classes, their sponsors and
escorts in the Homecoming
parade: *.
Student Council Jo Ann Long
Eddie Lohr.
National Honor Society Mar
ion Miller - Willard Boyd.
Bible Club Jo Ann Lineberger
Bobby Taylor.
Glee Club Nancy Crowell
Barry Raby.
Pine Burr Staff Frances Owen
—< Jimmy Poole.
Wolf Staff Deliah Ford
Daniel Martin.
Bibliophiles —• Elaine McCrary
—Hal Baxter.
Junior Classical League—Anice
Bumgarner -Bill Hicks.
Future Farmers of America
Claudette Keener Don Goodson.
French Club—Jean Tarr—Don
ald Armstrong.
Latin Club Linda Brown
Jerry Keener.
Key Club Judy Whitener
Bryan Beam-
Bus Drivers Janice Houk
Kenneth Hoyle.
Cheer Leaders —■ Martha Blan
ton —Bill Brown.
The Band—Martha Chandler —
Buddy Keziah.
The Eighth Grade Mbllie
Goldsmith—Johnny Hyder.
Ninth Grade Sarah Jane Dun
can—(Rodney Warren.
Tenth Grade—Elaine Yoder —
Local Students Accept
Frat Bids At NC State
Three Lincolnton boys were
among 215 North Carolina State
College students accepting frater
nity bids at the college.
They are: Johnny Crow, Donald
Chapman, Sigma Pi; Gerald F.
'ckson, Sigma Nu.
0 .rchants Invited
o Attend Meeting
Thursday Morning
All meithants of Lincolnton are
invited and urged to attend an
important meeting to be held
Thursday morning at 9:30 o'clock
in the court room of the Lincoln
County Court House.
The 15. S. Department of Agri
culture has announced an increase
of 100,000 tons in the total sugar
quotas for the continental United
States for 1955.
The Lincoln Times
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MISS JOAN TARR
... homecoming queen
Howard Roach.
Eleventh Grade -Crissy Crow
til -Claude Raby.
Twelfth Grade Juan Tarr
Larry Turner.
Pollock Lining
Up Program For
Statewide Meet
Stanley Pollock of Lincolnton,
president of the North Carolina
Chapter of the Soil Conservation
Society of America will preside
over a meeting of the Tarheel con
servationists in Statesville on Nov.
11 and 12 at the Vance Hotel.
Just now, Mr. Pollock is lining
up the program for the big state
wide event. He expects to have
several speakers of national repu
tation on the program.
Man Hurt In
4-Vehicle Pile-Up
On Highway 16
A four vehicle smash-up on
Highway 16 Southeast of Newton
early Saturday afternoon injured
j a Charlotte man, Peter A. Ferru
chi, and caused heavy vehicular
damages.
According to a report, two auto
mobiles, a truck, a tractor and a
combine were involved in the pile
up, which occurred when the
truck traveling north on Highway
16 attempted to pass the over
width combine headed south. The
truck and combine caught in the
attempt to pass, caused them to
be thrown in the path of a 1954
Oldsmobile driven by Ferruchi.
This caused a 1955 Chevrolet fol
lowing the Oldsmobile and driven
by George Maxton Senter. twenty
eight. a deaf-mute of Mbrganton.
to pile into the three-car wreck
age.
The tractor and Allis-Chal
mers combine was being driven
by William Woodrow Burris of
Maiden, Route One, and Harvey
Massey, thirty-four-year-old Ne
gro of Charlotte was named as
driver of the truck, owned by
Carolina Bedding and Chair
company of Charlotte.
All vehicles were heavily dam
aged and the Oldsmobile was de
molished. The Highway patrol in
vestfgated.
FOR LINCOLN COUNTY...
jr. Red Cross Membership
Drive Set For Nov. 1-15
Miss Lucille Upton, Lincoln
county Junior Red Cross Chair
man, today announced the begin
ning of the Membership Drive for
the Junior Red Cross on Tuesday,
November 1.
The membership drive, to be
continued through November 15,
will be carried on in all the
schools, and it is sincerely hoped
that each and every student will
join through his or her classroom
and become an active participant
in the Junior Red Cross program.
TRIPLE-SPLENDOREP DEAL . . .
A Birthday Story
Two small boys walked Main Street, window
shopping lingering intently before each store
window —and finally, with indecision, entered
Charlie Lawing’s men's shop.
Mr. Lawing approached, asked their pleasure,
and was informed that they were seeking a birth
day present for their dad.
“How much money do you have?” the store
owner asked.
Small, grimy hands went into pockets, and
out came two dimes and a penny.
Mr. Lawing hesitated a moment, then, his
face lighting up, he led the two tykes over to a
counter piled high with dress socks. The price tag
said 59 cents.
Published Every Monday and Thursday Devoted to the Progress of Lincolnton and Lincoln County.
Three Wrecks
Investigated
By Patrolmen
The Highway Patrol of Lincoln
county investigated several au o
mobile mishaps on Lincoln high
ways over the weekend.
Patrolman Bob Smart investi
gated a 7:15 a. m. Saturday crash
which occurred on Highway 27
East at “5 Mile House” near Iron
Station. A ’42 Ford, operated by
John Lineberger Cooper, colored,
of Iron Station, was making a y
urn on the highway and the ve
hicle was struck in the right side
by a '55 Ford, traveling towards
Charlotte, and driven by Foy
Ernest Hallman. Damage to the
Hallman car was estimated at
$350, and the Cooper car damages
were unestimated. Hallman was
charged with driving too fast:
Cooper charged with failure to
grant right of way.
Patrolman Dave Houston inves
tigated two crashes, both in east
Lincoln county. A ’55 Ford, driven
by Ira Gene Sherrill of Davidson,
Route 1, collided about I a. m. to
day with a ’sl Oldsmobile, driven
by Ralph Davidson Sherrill. The
crash occurred in front of the
Marvin Brotherton residence on
Highway 16, about 2 and 1/2
miles south of Denver. Pauline
Ross, an occupant in the Gene
Sherrill operated Ford, received
minor injuries. Both cars were
heavily damaged. At 2 p. m. Sun
day, a ’SO Oldsmobile driven by
Lester Clay Mlauldin of Belmont,
with the Mauldin family as occu
pants, left a rural road in the
Li tie Egypt section and wrecked.
The driver received a minor head
injury. Other members of the
family were unhurt.
Patrolman Enoch Chester in
vestigated one accident over the
weekend, but due to the officer be
ing ill today. The Times could not
contact him for details.
Rites Held For
Mrs. Bertie Beal
Williams, 68
Funeral services were conducted
Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Pisgah
Methodist Church for Mrs. Bertie
Beal Williams, 68. .with the Rev.
J. C. Kendrick, pastor, officiating.
Interment was in the church ceme
tery.
Mrs. Williams, who formerly re
sided in Lincoln county, died at
the home of her daughter. Mrs.
Hazel J. Bailey, in Philadelphia,
returned to the Warlick Funeral
returned to the Warick Funeral
Home in Lincolnton for funeral
services and burial.
Mrs. Williams was the daughter
of the late Daniel Beal and Laura
Shuford Beal of Catawba county.
Surviving are one daughter. Mrs.
Baily; four grandchildren, three
grandchildren; two brothers,
Charlie Beal of Lincolnton, RFD,
Poley Beal of Gastonia; four sis
ters, Mrs. J. H. Kale, Mrs. Tom
Houser of Lincolnton, Mrs. Fuller
Boyles of'cherryville, Mrs. Spur
geon Randall of Charlotte, and a
host of nephews and nieces.
Rev. J. W. Combs
To Hold Revival
A revival meeting will be held
at Victory Grove Tabernacle be
ginning Sunday, November 6 and
continuing through November 13.
Rev. J. W. Combs will do the
preaching and services will be
held each evening at 7:30 o’clock.
Mtiss Janice Houk will be in
charge of the music and the pub
lic is cordially invi ed.
l Membership materials already
- have been distributed and Miss
- Upton says: “We urge the interest
f and cooperation of every pupil in
, making this year's drive an out
standing record for our (Lincoln)
county.”
“Your cooperation and contri
butions in the past have been won
derful,” Miss Upton added, “but
they are not sufficient to meet the
needs of today. Give and give gen
erously to support the Junior Red
Cross. Let's be 100 % this year.”
The two lads selected a bright blue pair, nod
ding to each other that dad liked blue and they
would go well with his Sunday suit.
Then, their faces reflecting their excite
ment. they proferred the 21 cents to Mr. Lawing.
"Well, let's see,” said the manager. “The
socks are only a penny, so here's a dime for you.
and here's a dime lor you. Boys who remember
their daddy’s birthday ought to have some candy
for it!”
The two little boys, their fares shining in an.
ticipation, took the brightly-packaged birthday
gift and walked out ot the store.
Mr. Lawing turned to the task of trying to
make a little profit on his merchandise.
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LINCOLNTON, N. C., MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1955
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CLUB WINNER... The Latin club (above) was selected the
winner among the contest-competing Lincolnton high school clubs
in the Homecoming parade here Friday night.
PILOT UNHURT . . .
Piper Cub Hits Power
Lines At Iron Station;
Lands In Nearby Field
An Iron Station man escaped
injury when he force-landed his
Piper Cub plane in a field yester
day between 5:15 and 5:30 p. m.
Forced landing was caused
when the plane, piloted by Jack
Setzer, struck some power lines
runiflng along Highway 27.
Ken Mace, radio dispatcher at
the Lincolnton police dapartment,
reported that Setzer told Civil Air
Seaman George
Finger Killed
In Auto Crash
Seaman First Class George Fin
ger, 22, of Beltsville, Md., who
spent his early boyhood in Lincoln
county, was killed in an automo
bile accident near Newport News,
Virginia, that took two lives and
Tax Revaluation
Goes Smoothly
Revaluation of Lincoln County
property by Associated Survey,
j Inc., of Asheville is proceeding
I smoothly and according to sched
ule, according to Tax Supervisor
R. B. Gates.
Mr. Gates said the evaluators
are currently working in Lincoln
ton Township and are in the Oak
Street section. It will be a long
time before the revaluation is com
pleted, and will require about a
year to finish the task in the
county.
The evaluators are seeking a
more realistic appraisal of all
county property, and the total is
expected to greatly increase the
tax book value of. and the revenue
from, Lincoln property. It is the
first revaluation in many years.
William Crouse,
Lincoln Native,
Dies At Belmont
William W. Crouse. 84, native of
Lincoln county, died Thursday
night at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. John Graham, in Belmont,
after an extended illness.
Mr. Crouse was a retired em
ployee of Imperial Mill at Bel
mont, and had lived in Belmont 51
years.
He was born April 13. 1871, in
Lincoln county, the son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Benny Crouse. His
wife was the former Minnie San
ford, who died in 1909.
Funeral services were held at
Fite and Bumgardner Funeral
Chapel, Belmont, Saturday, with
the Rev. Richard A. Dodds, pastor
of East Belmont Presbyterian
Church, of which the deceased
was a member, officiating. Inter
ment was in Ebenezer Cemetery.
Surviving are three daughter, 12
grandchildren, 19 great-grandchil
dren.
Patrol investigators that the pro
peller on the plane sheared off
when the craft struck the power
lines.
Setzer is reported to have said
engine failure forced him to fly at
low altitude.
The plane landed in a field
about one-half mile from where it
■ i struck the wires.
seriously injured two others last
Wednesday.
Seaman Finger, son of Cecil
Me and Coatsie Holland Finger
of Beltsville, formerly of Lin
coln county, was in a car with
three of his service companions
and enroute to New Jersey when
the tragedy occurred. The four
youths, ail based at Norfolk. Va.,
were on leave at the time.
The other victim of the wTeck
was Albert E. Deaton, Jr., no ad
dress listed. Seriously hurt were
Denver Ray Inoch, 18, of West
Virginia, and Phillip Hilde, 25, of
Minnesota.
CAR STRUCT BRIDGE
The car in which the seamen
were riding is reported to have
struck a bridge on Highway 16
near Warwick, Va., and then
plunged into a creek. The wreck
age and the injured were not dis
covered for several hours, it was
reported.
Seaman Finger and his par
ents have made their home in
Beltsville for the past 13 years.
Prior to moving there they re
sided in the Asbury church sec
tion of Lincoln County. As a
young boy, George and his sis
ter, Nancy Jane, attended the
Iron Station school. lie had
been in service about 18 months
at the time of his death.
Funeral services were held Sun
day at 2 p.m. at the Alexis Bap
tist Church. Interment was in the
church cemetery.
Surviving are the parents, one
sister, Nancy Jane; the maternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. M. T.
Holland, and the paternal grand
parents, M.V. and Mlrs. M. G. Fin
ger.
Girl Scouts Hold
Fly Up Ceremony
A Fly Up Ceremony was held at
the last meeting of Girl Scout
Troop #l, Oct. 26. They flew up
from Brownie Troop #2 and form
ed a new Intermediate Troop. They
meet in the First Presbyterian
Church and are sponsored by the
Women of the Church.
The officers of the troop took
the roll and collected the dues.
This was followed by a Flag Cere
mony. the girls said the Pledge to
the flag and sang one verse of
America. Mrs. Tony Zelinski pre
sented the girls with Fly Up Wings.
Each girl said the Girl Scout Pro
mise and as they did the leader
pinned a Girl Scout Pin on their
uniform. All the girls said the
Girl Scout Laws, Slogan and
Motto. A few songs were sung by
the girls.
The Troop Leader is Mrs. Tony
Zelinski, Asst. Leaders, Mrs. Ivey
Starnes and Mrs. John Beam.
There are 14 girls in the troop as
follows: Marguerite Ballard, Linda
Beam. Vicky Caskey, Melvina
Chapman, Judy Hovis, Beth Kiser,
Chris Land, Cissy Lineberger. Re
becca Dyson, Nancy Lynch. Jean
and Joan Simmons. Van ell e
Starnes. Judith Wacaster.
Refreshments were served by
the Troop Committee. Mrs. Ralph
Lineberger, Mrs. E. C. Land, Mrs.
Howard Dyson, Mrs. Willard Wa
easter. Several of the mothers were
present.
Retail Sales
Up Locally
Figures from Raleigh, as re
vealed by sales and use tax col
lections, show retail sales in
Lincolnton were up in September
of this year over the previous
month, and much higher for
the similar month in 1954.
According to The Retailer,
N. U. Merchants Association
publication, sales and use tax
collections from Lincoln county
in September, this year, totaled
$25,384.53 as compared to $23,-
719.78 for August, 1954, and $lB,-
106.10 for September 1954.
Police Chief Asks
Protection For Kids
At Halloween Time
The annual warning and words j
of caution were issued today by ;
Police Chief Ben Sigmon as Hal- j
owe’en time arrives.
Chief Sigmon asks everyone to j
cooperate in making this Hallo- j
we'en a safe and sane one. He
urges that everyone especially look j
out for the safety and protection
of children, as there is always the
danger of children being run over
when the streets are crowded by
Hallowe'en celebrators.
City policemen will be on special
duty to see that lives and property
are protected, and rowdiness and
wilful acts of destruction are kept
to a minimum.
Four Lincoln
Youths In Car
That’ Overturns
Four Lincolnton youths were in- ;
jured, none seriously, when their
car overturned on the Lincolnton-
Maiden highway Saturday night.
The accident happened on a curve
in the Horse She Lake area.
The four, ’identified as Bud
Childers, Bill Hicks, Les Carter and
James Byrd, were brought to the 1
Crowell hospital by Warlick Funer- !
al Home ambulance. Three of them
were dismissed after treatment, '
and Childers was kept overnight.
I for further observation.
, No other details were learned
: by The Times on the mishap.
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REV. J. C. KENDRICK
Rev. Kendrick
Pisgah-High
Shoals Pastor
The Rev. J. C. Kendrick recently
assumed his duties as pastor of the
Pisgah-High Shoals Methodist
Charge.
Mr. Kendrick is a native of Gas
ton county, a son of Mr. and Mrs.
John M. Kendrick. He attended
the public schools of Gaston coun
ty. graduating from Belmont High
School. Later he attended High
Point College, receiving his AB
degree from this school.
He is well known in Lincoln
county, and first began preaching
in 1945 as pastor of the Asbury
Charge.
Rev. Mr. Kendrick was admitted
to the Methodist Conference in
! 1950. and prior to coming to the
Pisgah-High Shoals Charge served
j pastorates at Friendship Church,
j Guilford county, and Main Street
j Church, Salisbury. He served the
| Friendship Church pastorate at
j the same time he was a High Point
College student.
He is married to the former
I Miss Mary Emma Brison of Gaston
county. They have two children.
Miss Pat Kendrick, who now is
Director of Religious Education at
the Bulkhead Methodist Church.
Winston-Salem, and Bill, a sopho
more at Michigan State University,
lansing, Mich. Bill is attending
Michigan State on a scholarship,
awarded him by Kroger & Co.,
owners of one of the nation’s
larger chain of food stores. Bill
formerly worked with the Kroger
& Co. store in Salisbury and is
majoring in food handling at
Michigan State.
Rev. Mr. Kendrick and daugh
ter. Pat. attended High Point Col
lege at the same time. “She made
all “As” and I had to study hard
to pass.” he said, laughingly.
Os his return to Lincoln county,
Mr. Kendrick said: “Were happy
to be back in Lincoln county and
meeting new and old friends.” He
and Mrs. Kendrick now occupy the
Pisgah-High Shoals Methodist
parsonage on the Lmcolnton-High
Shoals highway.
Dr. Benton Scott
Resigns As Dist.
Health Director
Dr. Benton V. D. Scott. Director |
if the Catawba-Lincoln-Alexander J
lealth district for the past three I
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CANCER SOCIETY LEADER:
Dr. Joiyi R. Kernodle Clinic, Burl
ington, named President of the
American Cancer Society. North
Carolina Division, at the Society’s j
Annual Meeting in Charlotte last j
week. Dr. Kernodle was the State’s
1955 Crusade Chairman. For sev
eral years he did cancer research
at Duke University of Medical
School.
8 To Report
Friday For
Armed Forces
Seven Lincoln County youths
will report for induction into the
armed forces next Friday morning
in Charlotte, and Mrs. Grace T.
Kale, clerk of the Lincoln Se
lective Service Board, has asked
them to report to her office in the
courthouse at 9:15 a.m. on that
day. The trijj to Charlotte will be
j by chartered Queen City bus.
! The seven are:
John B. Carpenter, William C.
Stroupe. Andrew Tennyson John
ston, Samuel E. White, David
Nixon, Francis L. Loftin, and Jerry
W. Goodson.
Mrs. Kale also said that James
Dellinger, listed as a draft delin
quent. had been ordered to report
immediately for induction.
Rev. Highfill Assigned
To Cherokee Pastorate
Rev. and Mrs. T. G. Highfill
were recently assigned by the
Western North Carolina Methodist
Conference to the pastoreate of the
Methodist church at the Cherokee
Indian Reservation in Cherokee,
N. C.
Rev. Mr. Highill formerly served
Methodist pastorates in Lincoln
county on the Lowesville and Pis
gah-High Shoals Charges. Prior to
going with her husband to Chero
kee, Mrs. Highfill served as fourth
grade teacher at the High Shoals
school.
GROUP IS SELECTED...
Ben Frank Baxter Chairman
For County ASC Committee
Ben Frank Baxter, prominent farmer of North Brook Town
ship, has been elected chairman of the new Lincoln County Com
mittee to adminis er the Agricultural Stabilization and Conserva
tion program during the 12 months ahead.
Mr. Baxter’s election came Thursday when the chairmen of
county’.' five ASC community committees met at the cour; house
in their first session since the recent community elections.
Named vice-chairman of the county commit ee w'as Archie
Keever. well-known citizen of Cataw'ba Springs Township: and
Blair Goodson of Ironton Township w'as also elected to the overall
committee.
Perry Nixon of Catawba Springs was seleced as first alternate
on the committee and Ernest Ritchie of Lincolnton Township was
named second alternate.
It's Hallowe'en,..And "Haunty"
Tales Os The County Are Retold
Tonight, Hallowe'en, is the so-called season of “spooks
and spirits.” And. there are “haun y” talks with Lincoln
county background, according to E P. Holmes, that traveling
Veterans Administration representative and short story-writ
ing iioubadour.
So. truth or fiction, we wouldn’t know of the Lincoln
county “ghosts” or Hallowe’en “spooks.” Holmes, in a
“haunty” article relating to a number of N. C. counties in the
Saturday edition of the Charlo.te News, came up with the
following two pertaining to Lincoln county. Believe ’em or not,
here are Holmes' spook tales:
Look up the “Old Sally Dameron” two-story house on the
outskirts of Lincolnton. Look in the west window of the sec
ond floor and there will be a 'Lady in White" smiling. When
you go upstairs there won't be anybody there at all. The
house has been empty for years.
Ingleside in Lincoln County built by Peter Forney, hero
of the Bat le of Guilford Courthouse has stood a hundred
years. The third white pillar from the right contains the body
of an unruly siave killed and walled up in the pillar during its
construction. Cement won’t stay on this column. Put an ear
up against this post rumblings inside can be heard.
ALMOST EVERYONE in
LINCOLNTON and
LINCOLN COUNTY reads
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I years, has tendered his resignation,
| effective December 1.
! Announcement of Dr. Scott’s
resignation was made by Dr. Glenn
R. Frye, district health chairman.
Dr. Scott, in a letter to Dr.
Frye, explained the reason for
his resignation is an offer which
he has accepted as health com
missioner for an area in Soutn
Central Ohio.
According to Dr. Scott the Ohio
position offers an increase in the
scope of duties to be performed, as
well as a considerable increase in
salary. He stated that the profes
sional and monetary advantages
offered are such that he feels ob
ligated to accept.
“I wish to express to you and to
the other members of the Board of
Health my sincere appreciation for
the cooperation, guidance, and as
sistance you have given me during
the three years I have been in your
employ,” Dr. Scott wrote. He add
ed that both he and Mrs. Scott
have enjoyed living in North Caro
lina and will miss the many friends
they have made in this community.
FRYE PRAISES SCOTT
Dr. Frye expressed deep regret
over the resignation, saying that
| Dr. Scott has been very efficient
! and done an excellent job as Dis
| trict Health Director. He has be
i come a part of community life and
shown a grasp of the various prob
lems as they have arisen. Dr. Frye
j stated. He praised Dr. Scott highly
for his leadership in conducting a
successful mass inoculation pro
gram in 1953 when gamma glo
bulin shots were given several hun
dred youngsters in combating an
infantile paralysis epidemic. He
also noted that Dr. Scott is en
titled to special commendation in
connection with the erection of
health centers in Catawba and
Alexander counties.
Dr. Frye stated that in the near
| future a meeting of the District
Health Board will be called to con
sider a successor to Dr. Scott.
CHILLICOTHE NEW HOME
It is understood that Dr. Scott in
his new' post of Health Commis
, sinner, w'ill have headquarters in
Chillicothe, which is located about
sixty miles South of Columbus, the
State capital: and about ninety
. miles North of Cincinnati. There
[ are five health units, including
• two cities, in the district over
which he W'ill have charge,
i Or. Scott and family came to
. Hickory from Jackson. Mich.,
where he had been in charge of
the Jackson Health Department.
He is a native of New' Albany, In
: diana. and served for several years
as a commissioned officer in the
U.S. Navy. received his B.S.
degree from Northwestern Univer
sity and his Medical Degree from
[ the same institution. He joined the
Naval Medical Corps in 1918 and
; was retired in 1939 w’ith the rank
| of Commander.
IN W ORLD WAR II
In 1941. he w'as recalled to active
I duty in the Navy and served during
i World War Two in the Navy’s
. venereal disease control program.
) During his second tour of duty
. with the Navy, he attended a three
i months’ course in venereal disease
i control at Johns Hopkins univer
sity school of hygiene.