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——■— ——■ you or« note reading — LINCOLN COUNTY’S LEADING NEWSPAPER and ADVERTISING MEDIUM VOL. 48, NO. 82 | ''Wjumamm jsSIILcn - pjaPlaf^? Il llfilflr-- f» u |SBB RAMSEUR HARDWARE CO. STORE IN. TERIOR . . . Pictured (above) is the handsome interior, with its large and varied lines of leading brands of merchandise, of the Ramseur Hard, ware Co. store on East Main Street, which will BIG PRIZES, REFRESHMENTS . Ramseur Hardware To Hold Big "Open House'' Thursday With a daylong “Open House” to recognize ano her milestone in its service to Lincoln County Ramseur Hardware Co. will cele brate its 68th anniversary with valuable prizes and free refresh ments Thursday of this week. SOON AFTER CIVIL WAR Founded just 22 years after the id of the Civil War, and identi __ rg i s growth with the Lincoln community, Ramseur Hard v e i s like an institution in this .ction, providing a complete line of hardware and allied merchan dise for hundreds of customers scattered over Lincoln. Gaston, Catawba. Cleveland, and other nearby counties. Ramseur Hardware, together with the Lawing-Keziah Drug Store, are the only two Main Street businesses with so long a span of service to town and county. They were landmarks around which Main Street sprang up here, and their opera tors have watched the continu. ous change of the street’s visage down through the years. Owner-manager of Ramseur Hardware is E. Carr Heavner. who served more than five years as Mayor of Lincolnton, and an ad ditional year as a local Alderman. Mr. Hfcavner became associated with Ramseur’s 37 years ago, just after the Armistice of 1918, first going to work as a clerk in the store, and in later years purchas ing the interest and the stock. BEGAN IN 1887 Ramseur Harware was estab lished in 1887 by Henry E. and J. B. Ramseur in a building at the intersection of Sycamore Street and the Maiden Road, on the Courtsquare, now occupied by Bumgarner’s Shell Service Sta tion. The store later was moved to the Cobb Building (now the Rein hardt Building and occupied by Conner Funiture Company), and jn 1903 to its present location on East Mhin Avenue. The present store building had just been erect ed by Bob Michael and MVs. An Pilot Club To Again Light Christmas Tree The Lincolnton Pilot Club, fol lowing a custom established sever al years ago. will again take con tributions for ligh.ing the Christ mas tree on the west side of the Cortsquare. The city officials, it is announced, will again co-oper ate with the club members in mak ing the project a success. Each dollar contributed to this worthy cause places one light on the tree. A contribution of $5.00 will make it possible to place five lights on the tree, a $20,00 con bell company ITSELF MAY be^ou> For New Mill Here ilowed By Pending Deal Rumors over town during the past few days led to the revelation today that The Bell Company of Worcester, Mass., which owns a potential factory site in Lincoln ton, may be purchased by a large textile combine. About a year ago the New Eng land wool manufacturer took an ootion- on acreage on North Flint Street near the old Smith Mill, The Lincoln Times observe its 68th Anniversary with “Open House” to the public on Thursday of this week. See story below and advertisement on page 2 in today's issue of The Times. nie Hoke. Though it had been known by a variety of names in its, first days, the present owner ship, upon acquiring the stock, , changed the name to Ramseur Hardware Co. Present officers of the com pany are: .David C. Heavner, president; E. C. Heavner. vice president and treasurer: and Mrs. E. C. Heavner, vice-presi dent. Employees are; ’ June H. Summey of Lincoln ! ton with the company for ! 17 years. ’ Hubert Gilbert of Lincolnton. ; with the company for 11 years. Ray Goodson of Lincolnton R-3. four years with Ramseur’s. KURFEES PAINTS In 1901, Ramseur Hardware assumed the dealership for Kur fees Paints and has sold this brand continuously for 54 years. Carr Heavner, for 37 years with the store, says he has witnessed a great change in paint formulas during that time. He also says that most of the change is direct • ea to make paint products “Do it , Yourself” .products. ; In celebration of their long . years of service to Lincolnton and . Lincoln County and to show their l appreciation to their many ; friends Ramseur Hardware will ; hold its 68th Anniversary “Open ■ House’’ Thursday of this week. Each lady attending will re ceive a free gift, and there will be free refreshments for all. Each person registering will have a chance for the SSO first prize, as well as the other nine handsome and valuable awards. (See Ramseur Hardware ad in this edition for a list of the prizes). Owners and employees of Ram i seur Hardware say they want all . to know that they are cordially in vited. The store will remain open i until 9 p. m. Thursday to give all a chance to register. Like birds, some insects migrate . I in the fall. . tribution places twenty lights on the tree and so no. All persons who are interested in seeing the tree ablaze with lights 1 at Chris mas time are asked to , send their contributions to MVs. Evelyn Coffey, club treasurer, Lincolnton, Route 4. The proceeds from the lighting i of the tree will be used by the i club to aid the underprivileged i and bring Chris mas cheer to those who otherwise would have no Christmas cheer. : with the announced intention of . erecting a wool products plant in Lincolnton. Several months ago. The Bell Company bought the property outright. Plans for creation of a new industry here, however, are now in abeyance, pending outcome of negotiations which may see The Bell Company itself sold to a Published Every Monday and Thursday Devoted to the Progress of Lincolnton and Lincoln County. 19-Year Old Lincoln Girl Found Dead A 19-year-old Lincoln county girl was found dead in her room at her parents’ home early Friday morning, the victim of a self-in flicted rifle wound. The victim was listed as Betty Jean Reynolds, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Reynolds of Lin colnton, Route 1. MOTHER FINDS BODY The young girl’s lifeless body was found by her mother between 6 and 7 a.m. Friday. At her side lay two .22 rifles, one with a bullet fired from it, the other loaded, an investigation by county officers re vealed. Following discovery of the body, the Lincoln sheriff’s department was notified. Sheriff Heavner, county coroner Guy E. Cline and Dr. Boyce Griggs went to the scene for an investigation. The girl is believed to have shot herself sometime Thursday after noon while her father was away at work, and her mother at the barn milking. No shot was reported heard by the mother, or at the home of a brother and neighbors who live close by. Dr. Griggs, ex amining physician, reported the girl had probably been dead be tween 12 and 16 hours when found. MISSED MEALS Family explanations, accord ing to Coroner Cline, as to why the body wasn't discovered soon er was that the girl was in the habit of missing her meals at times, and the parents thought it nothing unusual when she failed to come into the kitchen for sup per Thursday evening. Mr. Cline said he was told the girl stayed in her room, at the front of the house, much of the time, read ing. From family sources the sheriff and coroner learned that the victim had been despondent and her mind apparently af fected, and several times had threatened to take her own life. The rifle bullet pierced the girl s heart, the examining physician said, passing through her body and lodging in a sofa in the'room. It was theorized that she fired the fatal shot while sitting or reclining ■on the sofa, either using her fingers or toes to pull the trigger as she had no shoes on when the body was found. One of the rifles found beside the body was reported to be an unfired one the girl had pur chased with money she had earned picking cotton. Sheriff Heavner and Coroner Cline, ending their investigation, decided the girl’s death came as the result of a self inflicted rifle wound. No inquest was necessary, the coroner said. Funeral services for the de ceased were held Saturday after noon at 3 p.m. in Gainsville Bap tist church with the Rev. Hal Hovis in charge. Burial was in the church cemetery. Surviving are the parents, two sisters and four brothers. new group of stockholders. There is nothing definite yet on the transfer of interests; and whether a new purchasing com pany would go ahead with plans to build on the Lincolnton prop erty is not known. The potential purchasers have not been identified, but they are believed to be a large textile or ganization. LINCOLNTON, N. C. ( MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1955 Basic Atomics, Inc . Leasee. Lake Sylvia Property For Laboratory REV. LEINBACH SPEAKER . . . Emanuel Reformed Church To Hold Preaching Mission Emanua! Church, Evangelical ar.d Reformed, East Main Street, Lincolnton, will hold its fall Preaching Mission during the week of November 13-18. The first service in the series will be held on Sunday night, November 13, at 7:30 o’clock. The suceeding services will be held at he same hour. LEINBACH GUEST SPEAKER The Evangelism Committee of Emanuel Church under the chairmanship of Elder C. C. Leonard has secured the Rev. Roy E. Leinbach, Jr. of Star town as the guest speaker for the Preaching Mission. Mr. Leinbach is a native of Penn, slyvania, being born in Landis burg, Pa. He graduated from Catawba College at Salisbury, N. C„ and the Theological Semi anry at Lancaster, Penna. He has served churches in Landis and Newton, N. C. and is now serving as the pastor of the South Fork Charge. Since coming to Newton he has been active in many phases of community life and has served two terms as the Catawba County Represen:ative in the State Legis lature. At the present time he is serving as one of the Trustees of j Souther Synod, is a Director of | the Catawba county Chapter of j the Cancer Society, is a member of the Kiwanis Club and is the im mediate past Worshipful Master of the Catawba Lodge A. F. and RISING COSTS FORCES CHANGE ... Paid-In-Advance Policy For Subscriptions Set Skyrocketing costs in regard to labor, newsprint, metal, ink, and everything that goes into the mak ing of a newspaper, has forced The Times to adopt a new policy in connection w r ith distribution of the p^per. This newspaper was faced by two alternatives either raise the price of the annual subscription, or else institute a policy cf col lecting for all subscriptions in ad vance. DECISION NECESSARY It was not a decision made arbi trarily, but an economic neces sity, in order that The Tinges might continue to appear on time in the homes of its thousands of readers, with no additional cost to its loyal subscribers, despite rising production costs. In setting this new policy of pre - paid subscriptions, The 22 CHURCHES WITHDRAW ... South Fork Baptists Form New Association Twenty-four South Fork Bap ’ tist churches withdrew Sunday afternoon at a special session in First Church, Maiden, and formed ; a new association. | BESHEARS MODERATOR The remaining thirty-nine churches elected Rev. Latt Bc shears of Boger City as moderator, and decided to meet at River View Church for the first day of the annual session next October, and at Salem Church the second day. These meetings will be held Oc tober 11-12. Rev. L. R. Williams, pastor of Rites Held For Mrs. Towery Os Cherryville, Rt. 1 Mrs Catherine Bess Towery, 85, of Cherryville, Route 1, died Tues day morning at her home after a long illness. Funeral services were held Wed nesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at Bess Chapel Methodist church, of which the deceased was a mem ber, with the Rev. Jesse L. John son in charge. Burial was in the churoh cenjetery. Surviving are three sons, Bert Towery, Vale, Rt. 1: John Towery and Earl Towery, both of Cherry ville. Rt. 1: two daughters. Mrs. S. O. Howell and Mrs. Marshall Heavner, both of Cherryville, Rt. 1: | two brothers, Charlie Bess and Bert Bess, both of Cherryville. Rt. 1: a sister. Mrs. Sallie Martin, of Lawndale. Rt. 2: 12 grandchildren ' and 10 great-grandchildren. REV. ROY LEINBACH, JR. A. M. Rev. Leinbach is an excellent * pulpit speaker and will bring a series of sermons that will be in teresting, timely and inspirational. SPECIAL MUSIC Special music will be under the ; direction of Elder C. C. Leonard. Flan to attend this Preaching Mission at Emanuel Evangelical and Reformed church during the week of November 13-18, the pub lic is welcome. The pastor, Rev. ■ Lewis E. Everline will conduct the 1 services. i Times management felt it could depend upon the support of its readers, many of whom have been subscribers for many, many years. The policy of pre-paid subscrip tions has always been in effect with newspapers throughout the country, but The Times, like a number of other local papers, has allowed unpaid subscriptions to continue. Sound business practice in the face of sky-high costs no longer allows this policy to be possible. STARTS TUESDAY NEXT WEEK Beginning Tuesday of next week. Nov. 15, The Times’ entire sub scription list will be placed on a i strictly paid-in-advance basis, and with each subscriber’s cooperation, this can be done without any readers missing a single issue of The Times. East Maiden Church was elected vice moderator and Miss Laura i Hill Setzer of the Maiden First I Church was continued as treas urer. The associational mission ary, Rev. Alvin Walker, was , elected clerk. Other officers will be elected at another meeting to be held December 4 with the Rcepsville Church. , NOMINATING COMMITTEE I A nominating committee was ap . pointed to recommend these of ■ iicers. Rev. L. A. McClure of Alexis is chairman of this committee and serving with him are Blaine Sig mon also of Alexis, J. A. Burns of Lincolnton. J. H. Gilley of Maiden, and Rev. R. G Blackburn of Lin colnton. Rev. Woodrow Flynr. of Maiden was selected to bring the annual sermon for the October meeting and Rev. W. L. Pitts of Southside Church was made his alternate.* Before the messengers separated ! to set up the two organizations, it l aas decided to dedicate the 1955 minutes to Rev. ELF. Sullivan, re tiring pastor of Temple Church, ’ Hickory, and a former moderator. ’ A benediction prayer was led by ' Rev. L. R. Williams, one of the sen’or pastors of this section, in | the interest of the parting churches and the two organiza . tions that were about to be set up. ■ There was barely room for all the messengers in the joint serv ice and each house was surpris ingly full even after the separa tion. i 'Hull’s Grove Church in Lincoln . County of Gaston Association came ' under the watchcare of the asso i ciation, bringing the total number of churches up to forty. Lincolnton Firm Granted Charter A newly organized Lincolnton j firm received a certificate of in corporation last week from the i Secretary of State office in Ra- I leigh. The firm, Love Building Corp., has authorized stork of 5100,009, and subscribed stork of $1,500 by Mary Glenn, Susan Love Glenn and Sarah Glenn Boyd, all of Lincolnton. AT SOUTH ASPEN SCHOOL... Home Clubs Achievement Day Nov. 11th Friday, November 11, will mark the annual Home Demonstration Achievement Day celebration at 7:30 p. m. in the South Aspen Street School auditorium. Mrs. Cleo Finger, County Coun cil president, will preside. FEATURE EVENT "America Sings,” a pageant depicting in story and song the history of America, will be pre sented. All through the ages, music as a wholesome soeial ac character c-f the American peo ple. In the early days of this country, Colonists turned to music as a whoesome social ar. , Look at the label of your paper. If your subscription is past due. sii right down and mail a check, or better still, stop by The Times office and renew your subscription. t The Times believes that it is ! providing its readers* with one of I the newsiest local papers in the 5 state, and that if you read The ’ Times each week, you will keep : posted on what is happening in ’ this community. : So. if you have inadvertently al lowed your subscription to become I I past-due, please give us your co ’ | operation by attending to the ’! matter before Nov. 15. i The Times office will be open , | Saturday afternoon to make it r \ convenient for those who are in E town to drop by and pay their i subscriptions. Armistice Day Celebration By Legion, Auxiliary An Armistice Day celebration will be held on Friday night, No vember 11. at a joint meeting of the American Legion and Legion Auxiliary at the Legion Hut on Friday night. A covered dish supper will be a feature of the event, and all mem bers are requested to bring a cover dish plate. Appropriate recognition will be made of the Armistice Day event. Congressman C. R. Jonas will be the principal speaker for | the occasion. j The event is scheduled to begin _ I at 7 o’clock. ’j Paul Gabriel, Jr., is Commander j ! of the American Legion Post; Miss Eva James president of the Legion f Auxiliary. IN TALK WITH REPORTER ... Governor Gives No Hint Os His Political Plans By DEL LAZENBY Gov. Luther Hodges of North Carolina told a Lincoln Times re porter Thursday evening that he is not ready as yet to announce his future poli ical plans. Thus, the Governor remains silent as to whether he will be a candidate to succeed himself in the Gubernatorial chair after November, 1956. ANOTHER QUERY The Times man then posed another question: “Senator Sam Ervin has an nounced publicly that he Will sup port you to retain the Governor Firm Engaged Here in Spodumene Operations The Lake Sylvia buildings and immediate property on the Laboratory road have been leased by Basic Atomics Inc. for use as a pilot or ore-testing plant, The Times learned today. Basic Atomics Inc., a New York firm, has been engaged for some time in exploratory mining operations for S spodumene in Lincoln county areas. tivity and as away for individu als to accomplish something worth while. The Home Demonstration Chor !al Group, under the direction of | Charles Loveland, will sing. Fea | tured Soloist will-be Mrs. M. H. I Goins of the Vale club and Mr. ! Jesse Johnson. I Members of the following clubs will participate in the pageant ! scenes: Vale. Boger City, Twin Com munities, North Brook I, Oak Grove, Hickory Grove, Ainsiee Anexander, Denver, Union, and County Line. Mrs. H. C. Little of Denver will serve as narrator. Howards Creek club is respon sible for arrangements, North Brook 111 for decorations, and Iron Station Club is serving on the hospitality committee. | Book certificates will be pres j sented by the County Education I Leader. Home Demonstration Club pins will be presented to “Honor i Club Members.” Recognition will i be given those members who have had a perfect attendance record during the year. A cash award will be presented to the club having added the most new members, i PIE EXHIBIT One of the special features of the evening program will be an exhibit of pies. Earlier a con est in each club was held with the j “best pie” being selected. Cash i (Continued on page 8) NOVEMBER 7-12 . . . Operation Homefront Proclaimed By Mayor The following signed proclama tion was issued today by Mayor A. L. Tait: WHEREAS, In time of emergen ay, Lincolnton families should be prepared to be self-sufficient as well as render assistance to those in need, and a 7 day supply of ! food is the first prerequisite of . preparedness, and f WHEREAS, In time of emergen ! cy, Lincolnton families should be ! able to render First Aid to the in jured of the community or to evacuees from other communities, 1 1 and an adequate supply of First ’ : Aid material is a necessary prere -1 quisite to such assistance, and WHEREAS. In time of emergen- I cy, Lincolnton families may have to evacuate their homes and city and travel to a support area for shelter and sustenance, and a half tank of gasoline is the minimum i supply to meet such a possibility, and :•; WHEREAS. Forethought and ; readiness have been attributes of i loyal American citizens since I pioneer days. ship in 1956. What is your reac tion to his offered support?” 1 “I am very flattered," Gov. Hodges responded with a graci ous smile. : The Governor reiterated his determina ion to work for con tinuance of the public school sys -1 tern in North Carolina, rather ‘ than to let the segregation prob lem force a dissolution of the pub lic schools in favor of privately operated schools. I ON SCHOOL NEEDS Gov. Hodges admitted that ■ North Carolina has a distinct ■ problem in regard to the segrega ■ tion issue, but declared his belief ALMOST EVERYONE in LINCOLNT ■'N and LINCOLN CC .TY reads THIS N SPAPER A Sin-- Vmpy: FIVE CENTS About a year ago. Basic Atomics, Inc., leased the Ka-Ma-Tin prop erty from owner J. N. Brenizer of Lincolnton. and brought in heavy equipment and engineer personnel for the spodumene exploratory mining work on the property. Emmett Martin, mining en gineer. and vice president of Basic Atomics, Inc., today told The Times that exploratory mining operations on the Ka-Ma-Tin property near Lincolnton, and lands leased by the firm from the Rhyne and Whitesides families in the county have indicated a >? rger supply of the spodumene (ore) than had earlier been expected "We have measured and un covered a substantial supply that has encouraged expanding our operations,” this spokesman stated. opodumene. it was pointed out is a silicate of aluminum and lith ium. From the spodumene ore is extracted lithium, a high . valu able mineral that has a variety of industrial uses as well as in atomic 1 processes. Spodumenc-lithium was used in (he atomic bomb m mu facturing processes. The leasing of the Lake Svlvia property and using it for a lab oratory plant is, perhaps, the beginning of larger csale spo dumene operations by the Basie Atomics, Inc., in the Lincoln and immediate area. The firm has pure lined and leased lands in adjoning counties. At the labora tory plant here, the ore from the local area operations will lie tested. LARGER PLANT VISIONED If operations continue to s mw uuanlitl es of the spodumene in large supply, the next step of the firm probably will be to con— strut t a concentrated, or proces sing piant. similar to that in use liv the loote Mineral Co. at Kings Tilountain. j Present limitations of the pilot plant are for processing 500 pounds J of ore per hour, whereas if the I contemplated larger or concert (Continued on page 7) NOW, THEREFORE, I, A. L. TAIT, MAYOR of Lincolnton, do hereby proclaim November 7th to 12th, 1955, as “OPERATION IIOMEFRONT” and urge each Lincolnton family to provide for itself against time of natural or enemy-caused dis aster a seven-day supply of food and First Aid Kit. and to keep the family ear's gasoline tank at least half full at all times. Given at the office of the Mayor of Lincolnton. and sealed with the Great Seal of the City of Lincoln ton, the 7th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, One Thous and Nine Hundred and Fifty-Five and of the Independence of the United States of America, the One Hundred and Eightieth. (signed' A. L. Tait, Mayor Attest: L. A. Heavner, Clerk S. Ray Lowder. Superintendent of the Lincolnton schools, is Di rector of the Civil Defense Pro gram for Lincoln County and re quests the cooperation of all citi zens in the observance of “Opera tion Homefront.” that North Carolina people's ‘‘re sources of common sense and tra dition of getting along together well” should aid in reaching a •satisfactory solution so that the state can go forward to greater educational oppor unities for its people than ever before. He said the state is in need of a better recruitment program for teachers, better teachers’ salaries aided by local supple, ments, a constant review of the schools' curricula, and more vocational and college opportun ities for adults as the needs of the communities indicate.
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