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LINCOLN COUNTY’S
LEADING NEWSPAPER
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ADVERTISING MEDIUM
VOL. 48, NO. 86
Mt W DECORATIONS FINEST EVER ...
local Christmas Lights
To Go On Friday Dec. 2
Lincolnton will turn on its uptown Chritmas lights
at dusk on Friday, Dec. 2, Mrs. Polly Crisson of the Mer
chants Association said today.
New and elaborate street decorations of silver foil
and individual wreaths have been secured to replace the
greenery motif of past Christmases, and Mrs. Crisson
said they will be the most beautiful and effective decora
tions ever to adorn the business district during the
Christmas season.
Plans are under study now to have uptown Christ
mas carols played from the courthouse lawn, beginning
about Dec. 3.
Santa Claus will again be on the streets of the up
town section on Dec. 10, 17, 20, and 24, to greet the kid
dies all day long.
A. J. SMITH INSTRUCTOR . . .
Lincolnton FFA Team
Ties Bunker Hill For
Tool Event Top Honors
Top honors in the Future Farm
ers of America federation tool
judging contest, held in Maiden
last Wednesday afternoon, were
taken by the Linco’mon and
Bunker Hill (Cataw a county
teams.
Competing for the annual
honors were teams representing
ten (10) vocational agricultural
departments from Lincoln-Ca
tawba-Gasten area high schools.
The FFA team from Lincolnton
high school under the direction of
A. J. Smith; scored 298 out of 300
points, as did the Bunker Hill
team, to tie for top honors.
Bandys High School FFA team
second with a score of 294,
Tryon of Gaston county third
n a score of 292. Members of
_.ie Bandys team were Roy Hall
man, Harry Gaither, Clifford
Spencer.
MAKE PERFECT SCORES
Two members of the Lincolnton
team John Keever and Dean
Morgan —scored perfect on the
exacting test of recognition and
knowledge of use of hand tools.
Others making perfect scores in
these tests were Sid Setzer and
Carl Shuford of Bunker Hill. Jim
my Mbore of Tryon.
School Boards Must Assume
More Burdens, Hodges Says
Approximately 500 school board
members and school officials from
all parts of the State last week
heard Governor Hodges say that
local school board members would
have to assume greater responsi
bilities in running the schools.
HARRILL. RHYNE ATTEND
Pat Harriil, chairman of the
Lincoln county board of educa
tion. and C. A. Rhyne, principal
of the Asbury elementary school,
attended the meeting of the
State School Boards Association
in Raleigh on Wednesday.
Harlan Heafner, chairman of the
Lincolnton school board, stated
that members of the local board
did not attend the state meeting
due to previous commitmerts, and
the fact that local members had
attended two previous district
board meetings of a similar nature
in Asheville and Salisbury, respec
tively.
Governor Hodges said ‘in view
of the situation which our
schools face ... the trend toward
local self - determination in
Annual Kingdom
Roll Call Held By
Reformed Church
The annual Kingdom Roll Call
was held Sunday by Emanuel
Evangelical and Reformed Church.
This annual roll call is conducted
by teams of laymen who visit every
member of the parish on a spe
cified Sunday. The purpose of the
visits were to discuss the work
of the church and to secure com
mitments of time, talent, and
treasure.
Much advance work is done so
f . this roll call will accomplish
urpose. A committee on King
*. Roll Call under the leader
.«p of William G. Leonard work
ing with the pastor and the Budget
Committee has laid the ground
work for this annual event. A study
of personal needs and financial
needs has been made and the
members of the church have been
sent letters setting forth this in
formation. A fellowship dinner and
congregational meeting was held
in connection with it. The actual
visitation is the culmination of the
efforts of many different people
over several months time.
The Lincoln Times
Published Every Monday and Thursday Devoted to the Progress of Lincolnton and Lincolrj County.
Mtembers of the two teams try
ing for first place with the 298
score were: Bunker Hill. Sid Set
zer, Larry Brittain. Carl Shuford
end Richard Brown, alternate.
Lincolnton, Darrell Hoffman,
Dean Mjorgan and John Keever,
with Darrell Ellis, alternate. A
J. Smith is vocational agricul
ture teacher at Lincolnton
High.
Present for the annual contest
was H. T. Gryder FFA federa
tion director, of Asheville.
INSTRUCTORS
Instructors from the 10
schools were W. S. Moore. Bandys;
A. E. Shugart, Foard; Hard Rob
inson, Bunker Hill; W. H. Adams.
Mniden; A. J. Smith. Lincolnton;
Earl Price, Dallas; G. A. Harris;
Tryon; S. E. Richbourg, Union:
Keith Carpenter, Rock Springs;
and Max Shidal. North Brook.
The Cherryville team, also in
this federation, did not partici
pate.
Tools for the contest w r ere
furnished by Rhyne Harware of
Union, Heath Gabriel representa
tive. Gabriel also presented hand
tools as prizes to the top team
members.
school matters should and would
continue.”
The governor said this is neces
sary in order that “we may have a
system which can bend to the
winds of what we all hope will be
only temporary storms without
breaking and shattering as the
result of rigid inflexibility ...”
He told the board members not
to allow the segregation problem to
prevent them from going ahead
with other duties. Hodges said that
one of the major problems facing
the schools is providing enough
school buildings.
He added that several ways had
been suggested by which building
needs might be reduced. One would
be for children to attend schools in
shifts, he said, and another would
be to have staggered school terms
so all children would not be going
to school at the same time.
CAUTIOUS GROUP
Hodges cautioned the group
"to refrain from letting what I
have often referred to as the
‘overtones of the segregation
problem’ prevent you from going
ahead with your other duties in
connection with our public
schools.”
The Governor said he has re
frained during the past few weeks
from making further comment on
the segregation issue. He added,
“for me to say more would, in my
opinion, serve to further confuse
and to unnecessarily stir up feel
ings and emotions.
“I have not been irritated, as
some people have inferred, but
simply feel that development of
further details would at this time
serve no useful purpose.”
Rites Held For Son
Os Cornelius Couple
Last rites for Bobby Lee Byers,
six-months-old grandson of Mr.
and Mrs. L. R. Byers of Sherrills
Ford, Catawba county, were held
in the chapel of Bunch Funeral
Home in Statesville at 10 a.m.
Wednesday.
The child, son of James H. and
Lucille Riddle Byers of 45 School
Street, Cornelius, died November
14 at Lowrance Hospital. Moores
ville. after an illness of three days.
Surviving are the parents, two
brothers, a sister, and the maternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Wiley
Riddle of Mooresville, Route Two.
Three Hurt
Seriously In
Auto Wrecks
Two automobile mishaps in op
posite sections of Lincoln county
luring the weekend resulted in
serious injuries to three persons.
Highway Trooper Enoch Chester,
investigating officer, reported that
a ’SO Oldsmobile. operated by Mrs,
Betty Lou Reep of Lincolnton,
Route 1, with her husband, Wayne,
and Blain Sain, as passengers,
wrecked on Highway 182 West
ibout 10 p.m. Saturday. The car
went out of control on a curve and
iverturned, pinning Mrs, Reep be
neath it for about twenty minutes
before she could be extricated, the
officer said.
ALL HOSPITALIZED
All three were brought to the
Crowell hospital. Wayne Reep was
later released after treatment, but
Mrs. Reep and Sain remained as
patients at the hospital. Mrs. Reep
suffered head injuries and severe
lacerations of the left leg. Sain
sustained neck and head injuries.
The Oldsmobile was heavily dam
aged.
Three colored persons were in
volved in a wreck on Highway 273
East about 12.15 a.m. Sunday, pa
trolman Chester stated, in which
one man received serious injuries.
A ’49 Ford driven by Oscar Hall
of Stanley, Route 1, with Matthew
Johnson and a girl reported to be
Lucille Coxey, as passengers, went
out of control at a fast rate of
speed on a curve, skidded about
650 feet and overturned several
times.
Hall was admitted to the Crowell
Hospital with a severe spinal in
jury and other hurts. Johnson and
the Coxey girl were treated for
minor injuries.
Lincoln National
Bank Displays
Seth Photo
A giant photograph of the sales
office of the Seth Lumber Company
is being exhibited in the Lincoln
National Bank lobby.
The photograph was prepared by
the National Retail Lumber Deal
ers Association for a display of the
“100 Best Designed Lumber Yards”
at its recent National Exposition
at Cleveland, Ohio.
Hundreds of photographs of
modernized lumber yards were sub
mitted to the National Associa
tion for the display from all parts
of the country.
This feature of the Cenvention
was of interest to architects and
engineers, as well as to lumber
dealers who are contemplating
modernization programs. Moderni
zation of retail stores of all types
promises to be the next big de
velopment in the current building.
Inasmuch as retail lumber deal
ers are counselors for moderniza
tion of commercial buildings, as
well as homes and farm buildings,
there is a growing trend toward
modernization of the retail lum
ber establishments. This is an indi
cation that lumber dealers “prac
tice what they preach.”
Surveys by the National Retail
Lumber Dealers Association indi
cate that their numbers have come
to realize that such improvements
are dividend-paying investments
because of the increased patronage
which follows the improvements.
The Lincoln National Bank has
participated with Seth Lumber
Company in the construction of
hundreds of homes over the past
six years.
John Friday
Dallas Judge
John R. Friday, Lincolnton at
torney who maintains an office on
S. Academy St., has been appoint
ed judge of Dallas (N. C.) Re
corder’s court.
Hie was named to the position
as a meeting of the Dallas town
board Friday night. Hie will suc
ceed his brother, attorney Ruther
ford R. Friday of Gastonia, who
was judge of the Dallas court for
the past three years. A called
meeting of the Dallas board was
held after it was learned that
R. R. Friday was planning to give
up the office of judge to devote
full time to his law practice in
Giastonia.
It is understood that Mr. Friday
will continue to practice law in
Lincolnton. He is a native of
Dallas.
Any nation is rich so long as its
supply of soil sources Is greater
than the needs of its people.
LINCOLNTON, N. C., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1955
Stores Will Close Thursday
As City Has Varied Holiday
AT CHARLOTTE THANKSGIVING . ..
Jean Tarr Lincolnton
"Princess " In Parade
Lincolnton and area citizens are
making plans to attend the Caro
linas Carrousel parade in Char
lotte on Thanksgiving day. The
event begins at 3 p.m.
Interest, locally, will be cen
tered on Miss Jean Tarr, daugh
ter of Police Captain Arnold
Tarr and Mrs. Tarr, who will be
the “Miss Lincolnton Princess”
representative in the parade and
other carrousel events. She will
be competing for the title of
Queen Carrousel X.”
Miss Tarr is a senior at the Lin
colnton high school, and Drum
Majorette In the high school band.
TiO Lincoln on band, however,
will not march in the parade.
Her all-decorated car for the
Carrousel parade will be furnished
by Hoyle Motor Co., of Lincolnton.
Over 150 units will be featured
in the parade, including three of
the nation’s finest Drum and Bugle
corps (Gastonia's Rambling Rebels,
included). Besides these units there
will be 23 champion bands, “Miss
America.” Buster Crabbe (Captain
Gallant), Vicki, the famous “lost”
THANKSGIVING, YULE SCHEDULE .
Stores Here Open All
Day Long Wednesday
Uptown Lincolnton stores will
dispense with their regular Wed
nesday afternoon closing this
week to accommodate shoppers
laying in supplies for the
Thanksgiving Day dinner; and
the merchants and their forces
then will observe Thursday as
one of their few holidays of the
year, Mrs. Polly Crisson of the
NILES HUNT SPEAKER...
Over 200 Teachers, Guests
Attend Annual NCEA Banquet
At Rock Springs High School
By MRS. BASIL LOWE
Members of the Lincoln County
unit of the North Carolina Educa
tional Association held their an
nual banquet Friday evening in the
Rock Springs school cafeteria in
Denver with approximately two
hundred teachers and guests in at
tendance.
LARGEST BANQUET
This is the first year in which
Rock Springs has entertained this
organization and because of the
increase from year to year in the
number of teachers in the county,
June Hallman,
87, Succumbs
June Leroy Hallman, 87, died at
his home on Iron Station, Route
1, about 9 p.m. Thursday. At the
time of his death he was making
his home with nephew, G. K. Hall
man, and Mrs. Hallman.
Funeral services were held Sat
urday at 2 p.m. at Warlick’s Fun
eral Home chapel with the Rev.
Jack Mace in charge. Burial was
in Orebank Lutheran Church
cemetery on Lincolnton, Route 3.
Surviving are two sister’s-in-law.
Mrs. J. C. Hallman. Mrs. V. S.
Hallman, and a number of nieces
and nephews.
Warlick's Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
KEEPS PRISONERS WHILE JAIL CONDEMNED ...
Gaston County Paying Debt
To Lincoln For Past Favor
Gaston County is fulfilling an
obligation it owes to Lincoln Coun
ty, Sheriff Dwight Beam of Gaston
told a Times reporter.
Since Lincoln's jail has been
condemned by the State, the prob
lem of housing its prisoners came
up, and that's where Gaston Coun
ty stepped forward and offered to
repay a debt.
THE ARRANGEMENT
Seems that last summer, while
the Gaston jail was being reno
vated, Gaston had no place to
MISS TARR
... to represent Lincolnton
elephant, and over 50 professional
all-decorated floats.
Merchants Association told The
Times today.
The stores again will close on
Wednesday afternoons next
week and the following week;
but, with the Christmas season
approaching, they will be in
operation all day on Wednes
days. Dec. 14 and 21, she said.
this banquet was the largest gath
ering of its kind.
The banquet tables were beauti
fully decorated with fall flowers,
lighted candles, salads resembling
turkeys, floral place cards, favors,
etc. The menu consisted of fruit
juice, turkey and dressing, cran
berry sauce, giblet gravy, green
beans, candied yams, pear salad
with cheese, hot rolls, cherry pie a
la mode and coffee.
The bulletin board displayed a
Thanksgiving scene which was very
impressive.
Mrs. Maude Speagle, president of
the organization, was the toastmis
tress. The Reverend Albert R.
Waters, pastor of two churches and
teacher in the Rock Springs school,
gave the invocation. Charles
Clark, principal of the Rock
Springs school, extended a word
of welcome and Mrs. Glenn Miller
from the Love Memorial school was
song leader.
GUESTS RECOGNIZED
Joe R. Nixon, superintendent of
the Lincoln county schools for bet
ter than twenty-four years, recog
nized the guests: first, those who
were invited but unable to attend
the Honorable C. Raper Jonas,
Representative in Congress from
the 10th Congressional District,
and Mrs. Jonas: State Senator
William E. Garrison and Mrs. Gar
rison. and State Legislator Dave
Clark and Mrs. Clark and those
in attendance, the speaker of the
evening. Niles F. Hunt. Coordinat
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lodge ITS prisoners, so Lincoln
accommodated them at $1.50 per
head per day.
Now that Lincoln has its own
jail “housing shortage,” Gaston is
taking the Lincoln prisoners and
keeping them at the same rate,
the Gaston sheriff said.
Sheriff Beam has a deep affec
tion for Lincoln County, anyway,
seeing as how he has relatives here,
and is a son-in-law of the late
John T. Perkins.
Shooting Case
Bound Over To
Superior Court
Probable cause was found
against L. Berge Williams, 50,
Lincoln county man. on a mur
der indictment at a hearing be
fore Judge Thomas Wilson in
Recorder's Court today.
Williams, held in connection
with the fatal shooting of Pledg
er Ray, 34, a week ago. was
ordered by Judge Wilson to be
bound over to the January 16,
Kj6, term of Lincoln county
Superior court. Bond was set at
.SIO,OOO, and when this bond was
posted for the defendant, he was
released to be tried at the Jan
uary court. Two witnesses,
deputy Jack Schronce and a Mr.
Chaney, were heard at today’s
brief hearing relating to the
case.
Death Claims
Mrs. Schrum
Mrs. Frances Elizabeth Smith
Schrum, 78, of the county died
Friday night in the Crowell Hos
pital following an extended illness.
Prior to her death she had made
her home with a daughter, Mrs.
C. C. Wease, of Lincolnton, Route
5.
Funeral services were held Sun
day at 3 p.m. in Bethel Baptist
Church with the Rev. Gordon
Schrum in charge. Burial was in
the church cemetery.
Surviving are one son, W. L.
Schrum: four daughters, Mrs. B. C.
Walker, MVs. C. C. Wease, Mrs. Ed
Armfield. Mrs. Frank Kouth;
twenty-four grandchildren and
thirty great-grandchildren.
3 Youths Fined
For "Painting"
Highway Signs
Three Lincolnton youths charg
ed with malicious damage to
State property, were ordered to
pay $lO and costs at their ap
pearance in city court Friday.
Magistrate J. Robt. McNeely pre
siding.
"PAINTED" HIGHWAY SIGNS
The indictment against the
boys, two of them being high
school students, came as the re
sult of the “painting” of the
highway speed limit signs on the
Lincolnton-Boger City highway
Monday night. The numerals “3”
on the 35 mph signs were altered,
by paint, to make the signs read
"85” mph, and several were
changed to “95". Highway Troop
or Bob Smart, acting on a tip,
said he picked up the three boys
and upon questioning received an
admission from them they had
“painted” the signs. Officer Smart
identified the youths as Charles
Scales McMurray, 18: Hal Baxter,
lb. Jay Braxton. 16.
Evidence showed that the boys
in painting over the signs used
a black substance that is used in
painting model planes. A State
highway employe was able to re
move the paint from he signs,
but a bluriness remained around
the numeral “3" on some of the
signs causing them to still ap
pear as “85” during night hours.
Officer Smart said he was told by
a Mr. Rector. State Highway sign
inspector of Shelby, tha: many of
the signs would have to be re
placed. In this event, replacement
costs would be assessed against
vhe youths, he said, and the
signs cost about $lO each to re
place.
“NOTHING TO DO"
Magistrate McNeely, after as
sessing the fine and costs
against the boys on the charge,
asked if any of them had any
thing to say. One replied:
“There's nothing around town
for young people to do, and we
had to do something.”
The “sign painting" by the
hree youths recalled an incident
oi about a year ago when Lincoln
ton boys tossed gasoline along the
city streets during the night
hours, struck a match to it and
left a string of fire in their wake.
For this they paid heavy fines,
were placed on probation. Such
unthinking acts, law enforcement
officers say, cause them to shake
their heads in wonderment over
the fickleness of youth.
News Items Omitted
From Today's Issue
Due to a heavy run of prc-
Thanks giving advertisements
that crowded today's issue, a
number of local news articles
had to be omitted. They will be
carried in the Wednesday
edition, which will be published
a day earlier than the regular
Thursday schedule.
Most Mills To Run; County
And City Forces To Be Idle
For thousands of Lincolnton area residents, Thurs
day will be a day for the cessation of labors, for family
Thanksgiving Day.
Stores, schools, banks, and government offices will
be closed for the legal holiday. Uptown business will be
practically at a standstill. The moving picture theater
will remain open with holiday fare for those who tradi
tionally attend the movies on Thanksgiving Day, and
Stroup’s Soda Shop will open about 6 p. m.
Next Times Issue
On Wednesday
The Times will go into the
mails Wednesday afternoon of
this week instead of the regular
time Thursday afternoon.
The publication day has been
moved up one day so that em
ployees of Th- Times may have
Thanksgiving Day as a holiday,
and also due to the fact there
will be no mail delivery service ]
Thursday Thanksgiving Day.
Times advertisers and those
with news items are asked to
take note of this change in pub
lication date this week, and to
please cc-»ierate by getting their
ads and news in to us by 3
p. m. Tuesday for the Wednes
day issue.
10th Anniversary
Being Observed By
Abernethy-Shuford
Abernethy-Shuford Furnture Co.
if Boger City, one of the county's
eading busienss firms, is now cele
brating its 10th anniversary.
Co-owners of the store are
Ralph L. Abernethy and Forrest
Shuford. both well known Lin
coln county businessmen and
widely experienced in the furni
ture. appliance, television and
radio trade.
In observance of the 10th An- j
liversary, Abernethy-Shuford is!
holding a 10th Anniversary sale j
in all merchandise. Merchandise J
has been placed on sale at spe
cial anniversary prices. Free fav- |
irs are being given all ladies who j
visit the store during the 10th
Anniversary sale.
Abernethy-Shuford Furn. Co. is j
located in a large brick building, \
owned by the company, on high
way 27-150 in Boger City across
from the Boger & Crawford Mills, j
Other personnel of the store be- |
sides the others are Lee Beal. !
Gerald Sain, Arlis Eivens. Mrs. |
Ralph L. Abernethy, “Sonny”!
Abernethy.
The firm first opened on Nov.
19. 1945. under the trade name of
Abernethy - Goodson Furn. Co.,
with Ralph L. Abernethy and
Lester Goodson as co-owners.
Later, Mr. Abernethy purchased
the interests of Mr. Goodson in
the business, and Mr. Shuford
later bought part interest in the
firm.
Thanksgiving Service
At Emmanuel Lutheran
The annual Thanksgiving Day !
Service at Emmanuel Lutheran;
Lutheran Church will be held on
Thursday at 9:30 a. m.. announced
Pastor Hpnry A. McCullough. Jr.
For many years this service of
praise and prayer has been an oc
casion in Emmanuel congregation
to emphasize the religious signif
icance of this national day. The
offering will be used for benevo
lences.
Those who wish to share in the
Clothing Appeal for overseas re
lief may bring or send their dona
tions to the church basement at j
any time during this week.
A general invitation is extend
ed to all in the community to at-I
t end this Thanksgiving Day;
Service.
CONTEST NOVEMBER 17-27 .
Local Movie-Goers Begin Voting
On Best Actors, Actresses, Films
Voting began on Thursday, Nov.
17, at the Century an Starlite
drive-in theatres in the first na
tional audience award poll to
choose the best actors, actresses
and films of the year.
According to William Sutton,
manager of the Century and
Starlite theatres in Lineolnton.
movie goers in theatres all over
the nation will have a chanee to
vote for their "favorite” actors,
actresses, films from November
17 through November 27.
FIVE CATEGORIES
Mr. Sutton states that each
patron will have a chance to vote
for the five categories each time
ALMOST EVERYONE in
LINCOLNTON and.
LINCOLN COT T * r reads
THIS ' -f^R
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ote Copy: FIVE GENTS
Some of the textile plants and
furniture factories will idle their
machines for the day, but many
others, because of the current
high business volume and the
pre-Christmas rush, will operate
as usual.
Both Lincolnton and Lincoln
County schools will dismiss their
students at the end of the day
Wednesday and not resume classes
until next Monday morning. Of
fices in the county courthouse and
the city hall will be shut tightly.
Windows at the post office will be
shuttered the entire day, and there
will be no street or route delivery
of mail on Thursday; however, a
skeleton force will be on duty at
the post office to dispatch out
going mail and to process incom
ing mail for the post office boxes.
OTHERS TO CLOSE
Also to be closed will be the farm
offices, the employment office, the
Selective Service office, the driv
er's license office, the Merchants
Association office, and the Cham
ber of Commerce.
Both Lincolnton banks, and the
! building and loan associations will
i take the day off.
TEXTILE PLANTS
| Some of the mills will halt their
machinery for the Day. Duplan
Corp. here is planning, except for
several small departments, to give
its employees three days off, with
pay for Thanksgiving day.
A spot check of others:
Glenn Mills, a holiday Thurs
day only.
Rudisill Spinning Co., to oper
ate six days, including Thursday.
Boger & Crawford, to run right
on through the holiday.
Tait Yarn Mills, to operate
on Thanksgiving.
Balston Yarn, to work Thanks
giving, but give a week at Christ
mas time.
Southside and Laboratory Mills,
to operate.
Massapoag, to operate.
Carolinian Mills at High Shoals,
to operate.
OTHER FACTORIES
Shorewood Furniture, to make
decision first of this week.
Burris Mfg. Co., to decide early
in week.
Lincolnton Cabinet Co., because
of Christmas rush, to run right on
through.
Cottonsmith Furniture Mfg. Co.,
to take Thursday off.
Cronland Warp Roll Co., to
operate.
Ideal Chair Co., to observe
Thursday as a holiday.
Seth Lumber, Co., to be idle
Thursday.
Cochrane Furniture Co., to be
idle Thanksgiving Day.
The Lincoln Times will publish
a Thursday-dated paper, which
will be deposited into the mail
Wednesday afternoon and reach
subscribers Friday.
Thanksgiving Service High
Shoals, Pisgah Churches
A special Thanksgiving Day
service will be held at he High
Shoals and Pisgah Methodist
churches, pastor J. C. Kendrick
announces.
The service at the High Shoals
church will be at 10 am., and at
7:30 p.m. at the Pisgah church.
Rev. Mr. Kendrick will bring the
messages.
The WCTU will meet Wednes
day afternoon at 3:30 o'clock in
the Betton Coon class room at
the Lutheran church. Officers are
to be elected and reports given.
they (the patron) pays admission
to the theatre.
Voting will be to select the
best picture of the year, the
best performance of an actor,
the best porformancc by an ac
tress, the most promising new
personality, and the most prom,
ising new female personality.
Polls of motion picture patrons
have been held in the past, Mix
Sutton says, but this is the first
time one has ever been conducted
cn a na ion-wide basis.
The votes form Lincolnton will
be tabulated and sent to a firm of
certified public accountants for
selection on a national basis.