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You are now reading — LINCOLN COUNTY’S LEADING NEWSPAPER and ADVERTISING MEDIUM VOL. 48, NO. 92 - 'CTION TUESDAY... | Lincoln Farmers Vote On Marketing Quotas Lincoln county cotton farmers were reminded today by Ben F. Baxter, Chairman of the Agricultural Stabiliza tion and Conservation Committee in this county, that they have an important decision to make tomorrow (Tuesday), December 13. ... mM pm REV. STAMEY Rev. James Stanley Accepts Call To Kentucky Church Rev. James Stamey, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Stamey. of Rt. 5, Lincolnton. lias been called as pastor of the Dallasburg. Ky., Bap tist Church, Wheathy, Ky. Rev. Mr. Stamey is a graduate of Lincolnton High School, class of '49, Gardner Webb Junior Col lege. Boiling Springs, Carson-New man College, Jefferson City, Tenn., and will receive his Bachelor of Divinity degree (B.D.i from the ■them Baptist Theological Sem ■. •, Louisville. Ky., in May of His present address is 327 & wood Ave., Louisville, Ky. Mrs. Stamey is the former Miss Sara Christine Blanton of Shelby. EXPANDING OPERATIONS... Basic Atomics Gets Weir Lease At Kings Mtn. KINGS MOUNTAIN The Kings Mountain Herald in a copy right story Thursday said that Basic Atomics, Inc., (EDITOR’S NOTE: Llncolnton-New York firm) is core-drilling for lithium on the S. S. Weir Estate property here, and that a company official acknowledged Wednesday that the initial results are “living up to our expectations.” THIRD OPERATOR Basic Atomics, Inc., by obtain ing mineral rights to the Weir tract adjoining the Foote Mineral Company mines, becomes the area's third lithium mining operat or” The other is Lithium Corpora tion of America, Inc. W. T. Weir, one of the heirs to the property, said lease to the 20-acre tract was delivered on No vember 29. Foote Mineral Company is mining the other 25 acres of the 45-acre Weir property under lease consummated several years ago and has found it a valuable source of lithium. In one month, more than 220,000 tons of lithium bearing ore from the Weir proper ty went through Foote’s big mill. MARTIN STATEMENT Emmett Martin, in charge of mining operations for Basic Atomies, made the “living up to expectations” statement on the basis of initial core-drilling, now underway 16 hours daily. He said the company is in the process of setting up a laboratory (EDITOR’S NOTE: Lake Sylvia property) at Lincolnton, where his company has leases to property which Martin says have a mea sured 1.5 million tons of lithium ore, with another 1.5 million in ferred. These properties adjoin those of Lithium Corporation of America. It also expects to erect a pilot plant at Lincolnton. and has equipment bought for it, Martin ’led. \ idication of the value of the I r lease is the fact that Foote .s sought the tract since ft oegan mining operations on the 25 acres it has under lease. ORGANIZED IN 1954 Basic Atomics. Inc., was or ganized in May 1954. Its capitali zation includes 1.780.000 shares of common stock, of ten cents par value. There are also 180,000 war rants to shares outstanding for the purchase of common stock. These expire in 1957. The company’s October 31 statement, as reported by J. F. Reilly &. Company, dealers in investment securities, showed The Lincoln Times Published Every Monday and Thursday Devoted to the Progress of Lincolnton and Lincoln County. On that day, growers will vote in an election to decide whether marketing quotas will be in effect for their 1956 cotton crop. “If at least two-thirds of the growers voting approve the quotas,” Mr. Baxter explained, “marketing quotas will be in effect on all farms growing cot ton in 1956.” All farmers who produced cot ton in 1955 are eligible to vote Tuesday. There are reported to be over 1,700 Lincoln county farmers who participate in the ASC program. It was pointed out that penalties will apply on “excess” cotton, and price supports to those growers who comply with their cotton acre age allotments will be available at the full level of effective supports. Under current legislation, this support will be between 75 and 90 percent of parity, the level de pending upon the supply situation at the time the determination is made. “If more than one-third of the growers disapprove quotas, there will be no marketing quotas or penalties, but price supports to eligible growers (who comply with their allotments) will be available at 50 percent of parity. “In either case, acreage allot ments will continue in effect for the 1956 cotton crop.” The chairman pointed out that ! the Secretary of Agriculture is | directed to proclaim marketing quotas for the next cotton crop when the cotton supply exceeds normal. Quotas are not put into j operation, however, unless they are approved by at least two thirds of the growers voting in a ! national referendum on the ques ! tion. Arrangements for the establish ment of polling places in all of Lincoln County's five cotton grow ing communities have been com (Continued on Page 8) total assets of $1,723,392, with $1,563,028 liquid. Only liabilities listed other than capital stock was $1,674 in accounts payable. 750,000 SHARES BOUGHT The November issue of over the-counter Securities Review re ported that 750,000 shares of Basic Atomics. Ind., has been at $2 by a group of European investors, subsequently identified by another source as Swiss. The stock is available through brokerage houses and has been quoted this week in the Wall Street Journal at $3.50 bid and $4 asked. At night a driver who can see an expected dark obstacle 490 feet at 40 miles per hour can see the ob stacle only 430 feet at 70 miles per hour. If he is not expecting the obstacle, he can see it only 220 feet but needs 363 feet for a safe stop. This is one reason night speeders collide with dark colored stock and run down pedestrians. IMPORTANT NEWS . .. Red Cross Chapter Gets Needed Check Os S6OO From National Orgn. (Reported To The Times) Two important events have oc curred during the past week or so that are very important to every person in Lincoln County. Both have to do with the American Red Cross and its activities in our County. Many residents of the county have been very much concerned about the problems that have faced the local Red Cross office because of financial difficulties. It has been reported in these coL Masons Meet Tuesday Night At Eight O'clock Msrcer Simmons, master, an nounced today a regular meeting of Lincocln Chapter 22, Royal Arch Masons, will be held Tues day night, December 13, in the Masonic building. A good attendance of all mem bers is requested. WILL YOU GIVE? . Bloodmobile Coming Dec. 19 By LEWIS E. EVERLINE Lincoln County Blod Program Chairman The Bloodmobile is coming and we are asking that you be there to give that pint of blood that is so desperately needed by the Re gional Blood Bank. How would you like to be in a position where you needed blood very quickly and there was none available in the Blook bank be cause donors failed to give when the Bloodmobile came? You can help to prevent that by coming on Monday December 19th, to the Recreation Center and giving that pint of blood. POOR RECORD We have given only 50 per cent of our quota so far this year. This is a miserable record 'Big Names' To Push March Os Dimes Drive National celebrities, according to local chairman John Friday, are scheduled to kickoff the top ten fund raising and publicity activi ties for the 1956 March of Dimes Package Program. Prominent members of the stage, screen and political worlds are offering their full cooperation to activities that will spark and buildup campaign contributions. Coffee Days throughout the na tion will be launched officially early in January when Vice Presi dent Richard M. Nixon and Sen ators of both political parties act as waiters serving coffee in the Senate Cafeteria. Iron Lung Day will gain impetus on Jan. 8 when Drew Pearson, syndicated news columnist and national Iron Lung Day Chairman, will climb inside an iron lung to do a portion of his weekly tele cast. Marches for Dimes will be given a boost by celebrities on Jan. 4 in Indiana. Famous names will help City Police Get Confession On Local Break-In Lincolnton police chief Ben Sig mon reported today that a Spart anburg. S. C., man, arrested in Charlotte for robbery, has con fessed to the break-in at Economy Drug Store on Sunday a week ago in which narcotics and around sls were taken. The man. identified as Charlie Moore, was reported to be a parole violator. With time to be served on other offenses, it is not known just when he will be brought here to stand trial on the local charge. Moore is reported to have stolen narcotics in the Charlotte break-in, and local officers were called to Charlotte Thursday to question him as a suspect in the Lincolnton break-in. Chief Sigmon, Police Sgt. Paul Bost and SBI Agent John Vander ford went to Charlotte on Thurs day, and after questioning Brown obtained a confession from him that he had pulled the Economy break-in. He implicated another party, but would disclose no names to police. umns that the local chapter off icers had applied to the National organization or a grant to help the situation here. The board of Directors of the Lincoln County ChapCer of the American Red Cross are happy to be able to announce that the na tional organization has agreed to help the local chapter in its pres ent difficulties. CHECK RECEIVED A check for $600.00 represent, ing financial assistance for the rest of this year and the first quarter of the new year has been received by the board. This represents a grant with the expectation that the chapter will become self supporting. There has been much interest evidenced in the local chapter since this crisis developed Many persons have been active as vol unteers so that essential services of the chapter could be continued. (Continued on page 8) LINCOLNTON, N. C., MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1955 indeed, one of the poorest in the Region. You can help change that by giving a pint of blood on Monday, December 19th. We are asking for 125 pints of blood, will you please make a date to give that day? Blood will be taken from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Remember to be there, the blood you give will help someone have a better Christmas. It may save a life so that someone can see another Christmas day. Here is an opportunity to give to others at very little cost to yourself. Keep he Christmas spirit, give youi blood so that someone else maj ’ive. See you at the Bloodmobile on Monday, December 19th, at the Recreation Center. two columns of Marines start hik ing from opposite borders of the state destination: Indianapolis. The Marines will march at the rate of 10 cents a foot with local organizations speeding the hike by “buying” sections of highway. Celebrated personalities, includ ing former President Harry S. Truman, will be on hand to draw national attention to Auctions. Talent Shows. Blue Crutch Days, Peanuts for Polio, Balloon Sales, Mothers’ March and the Polio Mother of the Year. Governors, screen stars and other outstanding men and women will help launch the same ten package programs on the state level. On every level, planning commi tees are wmking overtime to complete the organization of these BIG January March of Dimes events. Blue Crutch Tag Days are sched uled from Connecticut to Cali fornia with more than half the states in the country participating on a statewide basis. Peanuts for Polio profits are guaranteed by a generous grow'er in Tucson, Ariz., who is donating two tons of peanuts to the Pima County NFIP Chapter. Sub-teens of Tucson will hold a “Bottles for Braces” campaign, collecting empty pop bottles and trading them in for dimes for the March of Dimes. GO ON SALE JANUARY 3 . 10,500 New Auto Tags Received At Guy Cline's Approximately 10,500 new 1956 motor vehicle license plates have been received by the local Carolina Motor Club agency at Guy E. Cline firm here, and will go on sale Tuesday, January 3. Roddy Cline is manager of the auto-truck license agency here. Mr. Cline requested that every- Pilot Club Doll To Be Given Away December 17th The Pilot Club doll will be given away Saturday, December 17 at 4:00 p.m. in front of the Sport Shop. Mayor A. L. Tait will draw- the lucky ticket. Tickets can still be obtained at Robinson’s, the Sport Shop, or from any member of the Pilot Club. You do not have to be present to win. Old Mauney Home Damaged By Fire Today City firemen answered a call about 11 o’clock this morning to the old Jay Mauney two-story home, now occupied by Willie Peeler, on the Lincolnton-Maiden highway. The fire consumed a tw-o-room annex at the rear of the big home and spread to the walls of the second story. It looked for a time that the whole house would be en veloped in flames and destroyed, and Fire Chief G. W. Tobey credits a great job of fire-fighting on the part of the local firemen in bring ing the blaze under control and preventing further loss. Kitchen equipment In the annex was de stroyed by the fire, origin of which w as not determined. MISS KATHRYN LOVE Miss Love Takes Post As Girl Scout Leader The appointment of Mi is s Xathryn Love of Shelby, North Carolina, as Executive Director of he Pioneer Area Girl Scout Coun t 11 was announced today by Mrs. Frank A. Young. Council Presi dent. The new Director has arrived in 3astonia to assume her new duties }in the Girl Scout organization, which maintains heeadquarters in he Woman’s Club Building on Second Avenue. Miss Love is an A. B. graduate vs Coker College in H'artsville. S. 3., having majored in chemistry and minored in physical education and mathematics. Her further training includes a number of courses, sponsored by the N. C. Recreation Association and the N. C. Sports Institute, in such sub jects at Recreation, Camp Coun selling. Leadership, Games, and Dances. Recently she has Ijeen employed as Personnel Director at Dover Mills, in which capacity she or ganized and managed the recrea tion teams and directed the sum- Uier playground for children. In addition, she has had experience in recreation work w-hile employed as Assistant Superintendent of the Shelby Parks and Reccreation Commission. For the past four years Miss Love has been a Girl Scout Troop Leader, and has directed a Girl Scout. Troop Camp in the moun tains near Hendersonville. She also has served as a Counselor at Camp Pinnacle in Hendersonville. A member of Shelby Presby terian Church, she was Chairman and Treasurer of her church cir cle. She was also Vice-President of the Junior Woman’s Club and Chairman of the Junior Charity League. Miss Love is a daughter of Mr. and Mis. J. Frank Love of Shelby. In Gastonia she has an apartment at 219 1/2 South York Street. one please take note of the new starting date (previously it was in early December), and to get his or her license at the earliest time possible to avoid the usual “last minute rush." OFFICE HOURS The hours on which the local office will be open for license sales. Mr. Cline stated, will be 9 a.m. to 4 p.tri. Monday through Friday, and 9 a.m. to 12 noon on Satur day. The license plates next year will be the same width but will be slightly higher. Instead of the customary six numbers, a com bination of numbers and letters will be used. There will be only one plate with orange background and black letters. The numbers for automobiles to be issued here will be: From CA 1001 to CA 9998. and CB 1 to CB 1500. The farm truck, truck and au:o mabile trailer licenses have not yet been unpacked by Mr. Cline, and the numbers series in which these will run was not obtained by The Times. FEBRUARY 15 DEADLINE After issuance of the new tags begin on January 3. they will, of course, be continued throughout the year, but it will be illegal for anyone to drive a car with 1955 tags after February 15. Scout Court Os Honor Thursday The monthly Boy Scout Court of Honor will be held on Thurs day night, Dec. 15. at 7:45 in the First. Presbyterian Church. A Scouter roundtable will be held during the court. Prior to the court, a supper meeting of district Scout officials will be held at the North State Hotel. A Cub Leader’s training course is scheduled for 7:45 p.m. A good attendance of all Boy Scouts and leaders is requested for the Court of Honor and other meetings. Sin? 1 ' «**»**, i VE CENTS ■ o,^ e ———— 10-Year Old Girl Seriously Hurt In Truck-Auto Wreck P. 0. To Be Open All Day Dec. 14, Dec. 17 And 21 Postmaster V. N. Fair an nounced today that the Lincoln ton post office will be open all day on Wednesdays December 14 and 21, and open ail day Sat urday. December 17, for the convenience of Christmas shop, pers. Under normal sehedule the post office is closed on Wednes day and Saturday afternoons. State s Cotton Crop Estimated At 355,000 Bales North Carolina’s cotton crop is intimated at 355.000 bales (500- oounds gross weight' according to he North Carolina Crop Report ing Service. The current crop of 355 000 bales is 2.5 percent, or 9,000 bales, ess than 1954 production and is (Continued on page 8) $198,185.25 FUND. .. Decision To Be Made On How To Spend Lincoln's Share Os School Money Lincoln County will get $198,- 188.25 as its share of $25 million in State school bond funds, and the problem now- of city and county school boards, school officials is to work out plans whereby the money will go to take care of the most urgent needs of the county and city school units. NO STATEMENT School officials locally weren’t prepared to commit themselves yet on how the state money will be used. One school official said that all he knew at the present about the State school bond Schools Close Friday For Yule Holidays Announcement was made to day from the superintendent’s office that the Lincolnton city schools will close at the end of the session on Friday afternoon, Dec. 16, for the Christmas holi days and re-open on Monday morning. Jan. 2. The following county schools that operate on the same sehed ule as the city schools will also close Dee. 16 for the holidays and re-open Jan. 2: Crouse. Love Memorial, Laboratory. Long Shoals. Asbury, Iron Station, Hickory Grove, and Mt. Vernon. The following county schools -will close Friday afternoon. Dee. 21, for the holidays and re-open Monday morning, Jan. 2: Tri angle. Union, Howards Creek, North Brook Nos. 1, 2 and 3, Newbold, Mitchell. New Elbefhel, Tuckers Grove, Rock Hili. Shrine Club Ladies Night On Thursday Tlie annual Ladies Night din ner meeting of the Lincoln Coun ty Shrine Club will be held on Thursday night, December 15, at 7 o'clock in the High School cafe teria. The everft is for members and their wives. A steak dinner and Christmas music will be featured. Dr. S. H. Steelman is president of the club which now has approx imately forty members. A good at tendance is requested for the meeting. No tickets are being sold. Admittance will be by member ship card. According to USDA. there will be almost three per cent more fer tilizer available for the 1956 crop year than last season. Highway troopers investigated several auto mishaps in the county over the weekend, one of which caused serious injuries to a ten-year old girl. Frances Clark, 10, was reported to be in a serious con dition at the Crowell Hospital today with a special nurse on duty in her room. A hospital attache reported she had a fairly good night. Beef Cattle Meeting Here Thursday Night There will be a meeting of all persons interested in beef cattle on Thursday night, December 15, in he Courthouse at 7:30. Quite some time has passed since the beef cattle men got. to gether to discuss points of interest. The conference on beef cattle to be held at State College December 21 and 22 will be discussed. Other points of discussion are fat cattle's sales, the feeder calf sale, bull placement, and general manage ment practices. Everyone interested in beef ca tle should plan to attend this meeting. For further information, contact the County Agent’s office. | money is what he had read in I the papers, but that Lincoln county's allocation of the fund would be used for its “most ur gent needs." However, the $198,188.25 was re ported to be a small amount in comparison to what the city and ! county schools really need in the way of expansions, new schools, facilities, etc. The county schools budget re- I quest, alone, for the 1955-56 fiscal! year amounted to SSOO thousand, j and they had to settle for con siderably less than that due to the | county's other financial obliga tions. The $198,188.25. representing! Lincoln county's share of the last [ half of a SSO million State bond issue approved in 1953, will help draw the county and city schools systems nearing the meeting of their goals. SHARED BY COUNTIES The State Board of Education, meeting in Raleigh last week, ap proved the $25 million fund allo cations,, by counties. Announce ment of the division of the funds among the counties was made after a study of such factors as finincial ability, needs, and local efforts to meet the needs. Lincoln County is expected to get the largest share of the $198.- 188.25 alloca:ion. BUSINESS GOOD ... Local Stores Crowded By Christmas Shoppers Only thirteen more days until Christmas, and the hustle and bustle of the shopping crowds in Liucolnton stores is impressive proof that the Christmas shopping season is in full swing here. Most Lincolnton merchants are reporting an unusually good early Christmas business. Business con ditions locally continue good with the mills humming, and shoppers with cash in their pockets and purses are spending it on choice Yule gifts. Many people, too, are taking ad vantage of lay-away.plans. some store managers report, while others arc taking advantage of coming and just looking and find ing themselves buying early. The Lincolnton stores have a wide assortment of Christmas items on display and the attractive holiday windows as well as the sparkling, multi-colored street lights are getting customers in the gift-buying mood. This week, local stores will be gin staying open all day the two Wednesdays before Christmas for the convenience of shoppers. Prior to this week the stores observed tiic regular Wednesday afternoon closings. ALMOST EVERYONE in LINCOLNTON and LINCOLN COUNTY reads THIS NEWSPAPER The little girl's father, Tom Clark, was also injured in the mishap and is hospitalized. His condition was not regarded as serious. Harold Leonhardt. Lincoln county dog warden, injured in the. wreck involving Mr. Clark and his daughter, was treated at the hospital for minor injuries and released yesterday. Trooper Jack Reynolds, in vestigating officer, could not be contacted today by The Times for details on the collision. It was learned unofficially that the truck, driven by Leonhardt, was in collision with the car driven by Tom Clark with his daughter as an occupant. The truck-passenger car crash is reported to have occurred on the highway in front of a store at Laboratory about 4 p.m. Saturday. TWO OTHERS Patrolman Bob Smart investi gated two crashes, one on Satur day, one on Sunday. About 3:30 p.m. Saturday, on Highway 27 East, a’sl Ford, driven by Mrs. Doris .Dellinger of Iron Station was struck in the rear by a ’sl Ford, operated by Andrew Martin of Iron Station. Officer Smart said his investi gation revealed that Mrs. DelUna ger, taking a warning cue from "blinking” lights of an approach ing car that a radar meter was ahead, applied her brakes sudden ly the Martin car be hind to smash into the Dellinger vehicle. Martin was charged with following too closely, Mrs. Delling ger with no operator’s license, the officer said. Damages to the Pontiac were estimated at around $250, and I $l5O to the Ford. Sunday, at 9:30 a.m in the Flay section of the county, two cars were totally demolished with only slight injuries to the occupants. A 'SO Ford, driven by Maxwell Rob inson was traveling South towards Cherryville, when it collided with a 'sl Ford, driven by Jack Beam ol Vale, Route 2, that had pulled out from a dirt road onto High way 274. Beam's wife and their small child in the car with them received minor injuries. Beam w f as charged with failure to yield the right of way. < North Brook No. 3 4-H Club Meets The North Brook No. 3, 4-H club met Monday in the school audi torium . Mr. Mitchem of Greens ooro and Miss Batty, of Gastonia, presented for the Duke Power Co., the puppet show. "Electricity.” The show was much enjoyed by all the members. Bell Furniture Company Buys Robinson Building The Robinson Estate building, Northwest Cour t square, is being remodeled preparatory to being re occupied by Bell Furniture Co. The Bell firm, owned by Joe Campbell, has bought- the building, it was reported. The company now is located in Burris-Garrison building. m * 'JI-. ■« Xy W if ■■Hi PROMOTED...RaIph K. Robinson ( above), son of Mr. and Mrs. Rosroe Robinson of Iron Station, recently was pro moted from A/3C to A/2C. His present address Is: A/2C Ralph K. Robinson, AF14556062, 779th ACW Sqdn., Opbcim Air Force Station, Montana.
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