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Cpl. H. J. Hunt and Mrs. Julia Davidson talk over T B Seal Sale Drive.
Rites Held For
Sidney Goodson
Samuel Sidney Goodson, 75, re
tired tanner of Lincolnton, Route
5. died at his home Friday after
noon at five o’clock.
Mr. Goodson was born in Lin
coln county January 29, 1880, a
son of the late Rufus and Mattie
Childers Goodson.
Funeral services were held Sun
day aftrnoon at 3 o’clock at Mt.
Pleasant Methodist church with
the Rev. Johnny Chapman offici
ating, assisted by she Rev. Gordon
Sehrum. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
Surviving are one daughter,
MJrs. William Starr of Lincolnton,
Route 5, and seven grandchildren.
Farmers Will Vote On
Cotton Controls Dec. 13
Tuesday, December 13 is an im
portant day for North Carolina
farmers, according to H. D. God
frey, administrative officer for the
State ASC Committee. On that
day, cotton growers will be given
the opportunity of voting in a
referendum to decide the level at
whicli cotton will be supported
next year.
According to Godfrey, farmers
can vote on the 13th for Mar
keting Quotas and marketing
penalties next year, along with
the highest available rate of
price support, or they can vote
against quotas, against penalties,
and consequently bring the sup
port rate down next year to 50
per cent of parity. This year, a
50 per cent loan rate would
have amounted to approximately
19 cents per pound for 15/16ths
inch middling in most sections
of North Carolina.
The higher support rate will be
in effect for next year's crop, God
frey explained, if at least two
thirds of the votes cast in the
REEPSVILLE CHURCH HOST , . .
South Fork Baptists
Set Up Organizational
Plans At Extra Session
An extra session of the South
Fork Baptist Association was held
Sunday afternoon at Reepsville
Church to further her organiza
tion.
The session was opened with the
singing of “I Am Thine O Lord”
led by Jerald Pennelton with Miss
Janice Bumgarner at the piano.
The moderator. Rev. Latt Be
smears of Boger City presided. Rev.
L. A. McClure of Alexis led the
devotion.
NOMINATE OFFICERS
The first item of business was
the adoption of a report by Rev.
L. A. McClure, chairman of the
nominating committee for cer
tain officers. These are: Trus
tees— Richard Williams, Maid
en, J. L. Proctor. Lincolnton, and
Craig Barker, Lincolnton; His
torian Miss Beda Campbell,
Balls Creek; Auditor, Coy Auton,
faiden; Sunday School superin
ndent C. Dennis Ellis, Maid-
W a; Training Union director
Ryan Shelton. Lincolnton; and
Brotherhood chairman —C. R.
Duncan, Lincolnton. Serving
with Rev. Mr. McClure were J.
A. Burris, J. H. Gilley, Rev. R. G.
Blackburn, and Blaine Sigmon.
ADOPT BUDGET
The report of the finance com
mittee, made by Rev. Jack Mace
of Alexis, was adopted. The adopt
ed budget totaled $6,054.40 and
recommended that each church
contribute an amount equal to one
and one-half per cent of her in
The Lincoln Times
Published Every Monday and Thursday Devoted to the Progress of Lincolnton and Lincoln County.
Patrolman Hunt Gives
Boost To TB Sale Drive
Cpl. H. J. Hunt of the Catawba
County Highway Patrol said in a
Safe-Driving Week message today
that safe driving is a practice that
everyone should adopt as a pre
caution against highway accidents
but voiced support of safety
measures against an even more
deadly foe, tuberculosis. «
“There's more than one type of
safety,” he said, “and preventive
measures against tuberculosis are
as important as safe driving
habits.”
Health safety is brought out in
a real and concrete way in the
district tuberculosis association
program, he continued, citing his
| referendum are in favor of the
j program. If more than one-third
jof the votes are against quotas,
the lower rate will be in effect
next year for growers who plant
within 'their acreage allotments.
Acreage allotments will be in ef
fect next year regardless of the
outcome of the referendum. Al
lotment notices have just been
issued by all county ASC offices,
and that allotment will remain
the same regardless of the action
at the polls.
“Cotton is a mighty important
crop in this state,” Godfrey de
clared. “ Any lowering of the price
of cotton next year could not only
play havoc among our cotton
farmers, but also seriously affect
our textile industries. Every eli
gible grower should visit his polling
place and cast his ballot on that
day.”
Farmers are eligible to cast their
ballot if they were interested in a
cotton crop this year as a land
lord, tenant, or sharecropper.
come. There was some discussion
of constitutionality as this meet
ing was not technically constitu
tional.
Therefore, it was further decided
to appoint a committee to study
revision of the constitution and to
report to the annual session in
October of next year. This com
mittee is yet to be appointed. An
other committee yet to be appoint
ed by the moderator is a commit
tee to recommend the remaining
committee appointments.
COMMITTEE ELECTED
The following committee was
elected to work out a coordinated
plan of monthly Sunday School
and Training Union meetings: Rev.
Howard Laney, chairman, Balls
Creek, Dennis Ellis, Maiden; Ryan
Shelton, Blair Wilkinson, and
Howard Robinson, Lincolnton.
The executive committee of the
association will hold her first
meeting of the new year December
16 at the Boger City Church at
which time it is hoped to set in
order the rest of the year’s pro
gram.
APPOINTMENTS
There were six appointments
from the chair: Rev. Belton Beal
pf Lincolnton. representative for
the Homes for Aging: Mrs. I. A.
Hallman, Boger City, hospital rep
resentative; Rev. Ralph Webb,
Reepsville. orphanage representa
tive : Rev. W. L. Pitts, Southside,
evangelism chairman; Rev. Lin
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. own case as a good example of
, concern for one’s physical well
’ being.
Hunt, in his post-Safe Driv
ing Day message in support of
the tuberculosis Christmas seal
program now in progress, said
that he has experienced the
grave concern that comes with
respiratory illness. Hunt was
1 hospitalized last year with a
collapsed lung not from tu
berculosis, but from a virus.
“But that sickness made me
j realize more than anything else
that ever happened in my life that
one should be constantly con
i cerned about his health.” Since
his illness Hunt has been a regular
visitor to the TB Association's
mobile X-ray unit which has given
some 40.000 free X-ray examina
tions during the past year.
Hunt went on to describe the
dread which came over him when
his lung collapsed. Tuberculosis
was the first thought that came
into his mind. And the relief that
, followed the negative diagnosis
[ was equally intense, he remembers.
The popular Highway Patrol of
' ficer pointed out that tuberculosis
' is the nation’s number one killing
disease, and compared it to high
’ way accidents through which more
, Americans die violently than any
other way.
In the same way in which the
careful driver is sure of himself,
and continues safe driving habits,
so too should the ordinary citizen
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290 Lights Now " Glowing"
On Pilot Christmas Tree
(Reported)
290 lights are now glowing on
the west lawn of the Courtsquare,
which represent $290 dollars that
will be used to help the under
privileged of Lincoln County dur
ing the Christmas season and in
1956.
Each year the Pilot Club of Lin
colnton has used this means in
gathering extra funas to bring
Cheer to the institutional cases of
this fcounty at this time of year,
and also to send a deserving girl
to a business college, who would
otherwise not be able to get a
higher education.
During 1956 this fund will aid
many who will not tN able to help
them selves and need a helping
hand. Every dollar collected at the
Chris’mas time will add glow' to
many a heart, w'hich otherwise
would be filled with gloom.
Would you like to keep the glow
LIKES NATIONAL AFFAIRS AND ROCK-AND-ROLL ...
28 Years In School Work Leaves
Ray Lowder Youthful In Spirit
By DEL LAZENBY
There’s not a gray hair in his
head: and yet, he is counsellor
and father-confessor to 2,100 boys
and girls. Despite nearly 28 years
as teacher, principal, and super
intendent to thousands of them,
his step is yet springy, his 5 ft.
7 in., 185 pounds remain a verit
able dynamo of enthusiastic ener
gy, and he maintains a lively in
terest in all subjects from na
tional affairs to rock-and-roll jazz.
At 50. S. Ray Lowder is rounding
out 16 years as superintendent of
Lincolnton City Schools —a 27-
year-span that has seen the local
high school enrollment jump from
240 to 800. and seen the city
schools attendance increased about
50 per cent. When he came here
as a teacher and band director in
September, 1928, there were some
1,300 students in the system.
And the growth, obviously, has
not been confined merely to en
rollment. The high school build
ing has been vastly increased,
with classrooms, laboratories, a
LINCOLNTON, N. C., MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1955
Big Crowds
At Red & White
Store Opening
The Red & White Supermarket.
Lincolnton’s new'est business en
terprise, had an impressive open
ing on Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday of last week.
Hundreds of people visited the
large and modern store, located on
E. Sycamore St. behind Polhill
Chevrolet Co., on the opening days.
One of the Red & White store
officials termed the Lincolnton
store opening as ‘‘the best opening
of any Red & White Super Market
‘.ve’ve had in the North Carolina
territory.” He said he had found
the Lincolnton people very friendly
and cooperative, and that the Red
ic. White Super Market personnel
were looking forward to serving
the people of this community with
top quality merchandise at low
cost.
Joe Roseman is owner-manager
of the Lincolnton Red & White
voluntary grocery organization.
Opening hours of the local store
W'ere announced today as follows:
Open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday
through Wednesday; 8 a.m. to 9
p.m. on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday.
SAYS IT'S UP TO IKE .
Eisenhower Medic Tells
Times Man Os Treatment
Beef Cattle
Conference In
Raleigh Dec. 21
The fifth annual Beef Cattle
Conference sponsored by the var
ious breeding associations will be
held at State College on Decem
ber 21. and 22. An interesting pro
gram has been planned for men
interested in the beef cattle in
dustry.
In addition to a lot of beef cat
tle talk, you can enjoy the basket
ball game between State College
and Brigham Young.
One of the agents from the local
Farm Agents’ office will go down
for the Conference. Anyone inter
ested in going should contact the
County Agents Office to make
plans for transportation.
The registration fee is $5.00
which included the beef lunch on
Dec. 22. A limited number of
looms are available on the cam
pus at $1.25 per night.
bright on the tree and in a life ???
If you do, it is so very, very sim
ple. Send your dollars today to
the Christmas Tree Fund c/o Mrs.
Evelyn Coffey, Rt. 4. Lincolnton
and she will see that a light will
be added to that 290 lights already
on the tree just for you and that
it will continue on its way toward
making a life much brighter in
the months to come.
Make your contribution now
and watch the tree glow brighter.
Mirs. Evelyn Coffey
Rt. 4, Lincolnton, N. C.
I wish to place lights on
the Christmas tree of cheer, en
closed find for these lights.
Signed: __ I
Qt
MR. LOWDER
cafeteria, and an agricultural
department added. The building
has grown in value from $200,-
Francis Little
Passes Sunday;
Rites Today
Zeb Francis Little, 56, died at
lis home on East Jennings St.
.unday morning.
Mr. Little. World War I veteran,
was best known as “Franz," and
wgs well known in Lincoln on. Hie
was born February 10, 1896. in
Catawba county, a son of Locke
Little and Lula Linegerger Little.
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon (Monday) at 4 o’clock
in Warlick Funeral Home chapel
with Rev. J. W. Braxton officiat
ing, assisted by Rev. M!ax Brand
don. Burial will be in Mt Pleasant
Ceme’.ery.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Madge Miller Little; one son, Har
ry Reeves Little ;two grandchil
dren; five brothers and two sis
ters.
Schedule For Dist. X-ray
Mobile Unit This Week
Saturday, Dec. 10, Health De
partment building, Lincolnton.
Large film 9:00-10:00 a.m.;
small film 10:00-12:00 noon.
By DEL LAZENBY
Dr. Paul Dudley White, heart consultant to Presi
dent Eisenhower, told a Lincoln Times reporter last week
that any decision affecting politics would have to come
from Mr. Eisenhower himself. He would not hazard a
guess as to whether the Chief Executive will again run
for office.
He did tell The Times man, however, that if Ike runs,
he will vote for him, as he did in 1952.
Jesse Kuhn, 62
Dies in Hickory
Jesse Kuhn, 62, brother of M.
H. Kuhn, of this city, died early
this morning in the Richard Baker
hospital in Hickory. He had been
in ill health for some :ime.
Mr. Kuhn was a native of the
Daniels community of Lincoln
county, the son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. M. F. Kuhn. He had
made his home in Hickory for
the past twenty five years, where
he held the position of supervisor
of buildings and property at Le
noir Rhyne College.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Sadie Setzer Kuhn, two daught
ers, Mirs. Howard Miller, of Lenoir
and Mis. William Hall, five grand
children and the following broth
trs, Harvey Kuhn, of Newton, Will
Kuhn, of Hickory, L. P. Kuhn, of
Florida and M. H. Kuhn, of Lin
colnton.
. Funeral rites will be conducted
Tuesday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock
from St, Andrews Lutheran church
in Hickory, with Dr. Voigt R, Cro
mer, president of Lenoir Rhyne
College and Rev. A. H. Keck, pas
tor of St. Andrews church in
charge of the service.
The bulk of the commercial for
est land in the U. S. is in the more
heavily populated and industria
lized eastern half of the country,
with three regions, the Southeast,
Lake States, and West Gulf re
gions having 40 per cent of the
national total.
000 in the 1920 s to $1 million
dollars today, a building on
which is carried $700,000 in in
surance.
There has been other growth:
A new $200,000 gymnasium has
been constructed. South Aspen
Street School has been rebuilt and
then expanded: the new Park Ele
mentary building was constructed,
and later augmented by additional
classrooms and cafeteria; and the
old high school gym has been re
modeled to form a band room and
a utility room for a library or
study hall.
MORE BUILDING SEEN
These renovations will take care
of the present enrollment, Supt.
Lowder said; but every passing
year brings new gains in attend
ance, and one can only conjec
ture what future needs will be.
The Lincolnton School Board is
cognizant of that, he went on, and
even now is planning further
school building for Lincolnton. The
city system recently experienced
its “war baby” peak enrollment
Third Prison
Caught; Two At Large
Services Held
Sunday For Mrs.
'Mollie' Seagle
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth (Mollie)
! Seagle, 88, beloved and respected
j woman of Vale, Route One, died
| Friday at her home,
i She was born June 22, 1867. in
j Lincoln county, the daughter of
j Pinkney Heavner and Eliza Hill
j Heavner.
I Funeral services were held Sun
day at 2 p.m. at Daniels Lutheran
Church in the county with the
Rev. H. A. McCullough, Jr„ of
ficiating. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
Surviving are two sons, Law
rence and Edgar Seagle; six
grandchildren; six great-grand
children; three sisters, Mrs. Hattie
Holly. Mrs. Della Willis, Mrs. Essie
Yount.
“President Eisenhower's is a
unique case with me,” said Dr.
White, eminent Boston specialist,
“ because I never had a President
as a patient before; though I did
attend Calvin Coolidge's father. I
don't have adequate information
to know just what strain the
Presidency puts, upon the human
heart. The decision about running
again will have to come from Mr.
Eisenhower himself, based upon
his own feelings and confidence,
and not from any medical
sources.”
Dr. White, in Gastonia to ad
dress a medical symposium, ex
pressed the opinion that the sear
on Ike’s heart is well-healed by
tills time; but said now the heart
must adjust to the sear. He will
examine the President again in
another two weeks to determine
what progress he is making.
Leading national Republicans
are waiting for that appraisal.
Upon it may depend the future
of the world.
Dr. White, w'ho has ministered
to the presidents of several foreign
countries, said that after several
W’eeks abed and in a wheel chair.
President Eisenhower is now
being given a few W'eeks “on his
legs.” And he is being subjected
to carefully increased daily pres
sure while the heart is being
studied. That pressure has not yet
reached its peak, he declared, and
is being allowed to get a little
heavier each day.
GETS MANY LETTERS
He told The Times representa
tive that he has received many
thousands of letters from all parts
of the world. Some of the writers,
he said, think w T e have been push
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and the “war baby” enrollment
oegan to decrease: then, suddenly,
it started up again. Already, the
city’s pupil load per teacher is
above that recommended by the
North Carolina Education Associa
tion for most efficient instruction.
There are about 70 teachers under
Supt. Lowder’s supervision, but
some are not strictly classroom
teachers, being concerned with
safe-driving instruction, musical
education, and other complements
to the classroom curriculum.
Supt. S. Ray Lowder comes
from a school-teaching family.
Born in Albemarle on Indepen
dence Day, 1905, his father, the
late A. A. Lowder. was a suc
cessful retail merchant; and the
Lincolnton educator says he,
himself, likely would have gone
into the mercantile business had
it pot been for his love for
school work. His mother, who
still lives in Albemarle, is a
former school teacher. A sister,
Mrs. Ervin Boaz, teaches in the
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The third of five prisoners who escaped from the Lin
coln county prison camp Thanksgiving day has been
caught, camp superintendent Jake Schrum told The Times
at noon today.
Lithium Corp.
Boosts Wages
10-Cents Hour
Lithium Corporation of America,
with offices, laboratories, and min
ing operations in the Lincolnton-
I Bessemer-City area, announces a
j general 10-cents-an-hour pay raise
for its approximately 185 office and
production employees.
The announcement was made
public by R. L. Nielson, manager
of the chemical plant at Bes
semer City, who said that the
company's average hourly pay
scale now is around 51.50 an
hour.
Thus, Lithium Corporation,
which began operations in this
area last January 1, doubled the
hourly pay raises granted by most
textile companies of the area in
recent weeks.
On the basis of the 40-hour
week, the raise for each Lithium
employee will amount to some $4
a week, and, on the same basis,
would mean an added payroll of
more than $38,000 annually for
this section.
R.J. Goins, 84,
Os Vale, Dies
Robert John Goins, 84. of Vale,
Route 2, died in the Crowell Hos
pital Thursday night.
He was born March 7, 1871. in
, Catawba county, the son of the
| late Philip P. Goins and Elizabeth
j Smith Goins.
I Funeral services were held at
11 a.m. Saturday in Trinity Luth
j eran Church in the Vale section
j with the Rev ” Glenn Miller in
j charge. Burial was in the church
I cemetery.
I Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Sarah Petrie Goins; five sons. Ed
j Goins of Georgia. Elbert and M. H.
{ Goins of Vale, John W. Goins of
[ Franklin, Hubert Goins of Char
| lotte; four daughters. Miss Mary
| Goins of West Virginia, Mrs. Evan
j Bost of Newton. Mrs. H. K. Wood
of Vale, Mrs. Hazel Taylor of
j Statesville: 24 grandchildren; 13
great-grandchildren; one brother
[ and one sister.
: Warlick Funeral Home was in
| charge of arrangements.
FROM FHA OFFICE .
Lincoln Farmers Can Get
Loans To Improve Buildings
Farmers in Lincoln County who
own and personally operate fam
ily-type farms and need to build
or repair essential farm buildings,
including dwellings, may be eli
gible for building improvement
loans through the Farmers Home
Administration, John J. P. Mc-
Leod, the agency's county super
visor said this week.
TYPES OF LOANS
A building improvement loan
is only one type of the agency’s
farm ownership loans. Loans are
made from insured funds put up
by private lenders or from funds
appropriated by Congress. Other
types of farm ownership loans
the Farmers Home Administra
tion makes or insures enable
farmers to purchase, enlarge,
develop, or improve family-type
farms. Construction and repair
of essential farm buildings are
provided for in al' types of farm
ownership loans to the extent
necessary to make the farm an
efficient unit.
Double-Barred Cross Week
In City And County Schools
Double-Barred Cross Week will
be observed in the City and Coun
ty Schools during the weeks of
December 5 and December 12.
At this time students wall be
asked to contribute to the Christ
mas Seal fund and wear a Bangle
(a red double-barred cross'. Seals
are not being sold by the students
this year. Their only way to help
with the drive is by wearing a
Bangle. It is hoped that each room
will be one hundred per cent in
participation, and a class honor
roll will be kept in each room.
The double-barred cross of the
National Tuberculosis Association
and its 3.000 affiliated, brings its
message of hope for those who are
ALMOST EVERYONE in
LINCOLNTON and
LINCOLN COUNTY reads
THIS NEWSPAPER
FIVE CENTS
CAUGHT BY PATROLMAN
Leroy Clark. 28. was nabbed in
Alabama by a Highway Patrol
man. The Lincoln camp was
notified of his capture in a tele
phone call from Alabama last
night.
The two other escapees remain
ing at large are Frank Watson,
34, and Delmar Cook. 20.
Previously captured a week ear
lier and returned to the local camp
w ere escapees Doras Ellington and
Parker Prince. They were appre
hended in Gaston county.
OVERPOWER GUARD
Clark, Prince, Cook, Ellington,
and Watson escaped from the
Lincoln camp Thanksgiving eve
ning by making a key, unlock
ing and letting themselves out
of their cells, overpowering a
guard, locking him in a cell, and
fleeing, presumably afoot.
They were trailed to the Starlite
drive-in theatre area and in some
areas of Catawba county, where
the trail W'as lost.
According to an AP dispatch
from Atlanta, Ga., yesterday the
three remaining escapees Clark,
Cook, Watson were believed sur
rounded in the rural Alpharetta,
Ga.. area. Apparently if they were
the men being hunted, they
escaped the trap being laid for
them, as Clark was nabbed in
Alabama.
The AP reported that a full
scale search had been launched
after police had found the car of
the escapees at the house of one
of the men’s grandfather near
Alpharetta.
The men, said to be armed and
considered dangerous, were later
reported trying to make a getaway
in the 1955 pickup truck.
Jacob Lowery,
Os Alexis, Dies
Jack Lowery, 60. of Alexis. Route
1, died in the Crowell hospital
about 11 a. m. Saturday.
Funeral services will be held
Tuesday morning at 10:30 o’clock
in Drum l Funeral Home chapel
with ‘he Rev Belton Beal officiat
ing Burial will be in the Iron Sta
tion Cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Hattie Blackwood Lowery; thrpe
daughters. Misses Florence. Yvon
ne and Mary Jane Lowery; one
brother. Charles Lowery of Vale,
Route 2.
Several famous Germans have
listed the reasons why the Nazis
didn't win World War 11. Most
of them forget the main reason—
their cause was all wrong.
| With a building improvement
loan a farmer may construct, alter,
j repair, replace, or relocate an es
| sential building or buildings on
j his farm. Specific improvements
| are agreed upon before the loan
|is made. Buildings must meet
reasonable construction standards
and be adequate for the farm's
needs. No loan is made that will
bring the farmer’s indebtedness up
to more than the fair and reason
able value of the farm.
Loan funds may be used to pro
vide a water supply for dwellings
and other buildings including ■wells,
pumps, and farmstead distribution
systems.
FIVE- TO FORTY’-YEAR LOANS
A building improvement loan
may be made for periods from
five to 40 years, depending on the
improvement, and the farmer’s
debt-paying ability.
The local FHA is in the Court
house basement and is open Mon
day. Tuesday and Friday of each
week.
. sick and it calls to service those
who are well. The double-barred
cross appears on the Christmas
Seal each year regardless of
changes in design and color of the
seal. It also appears throughout
the year on all educational pam
phlets. posters, and booklets dis
tributed by the District Tubercu
losis Association because it is the
emblem of the Tuberculosis Move
ment all over the world. Every
year millions of children buy these
red double-barred crosses and so
help to do their part to free the
nation from tuberculosis. The
double-barred cross serves as the
emblem under which seals fight
for better health for all people.