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LINCOLN COUNTY’S
LEADING NEWSPAPER
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ADVERTISING MEDIUM
VOL. 48, NO. 93
s PINTS NEEDED .
* —1
falling Blood
Donors: Let's
Go Over Top
By LEWIS E. EVERLINE
Lincoln County Blood Program
Chairman
Let’s redeem our good name by
going over the top at the visit of
the Bloodmobile on Monday. We
have done very poorly at the other
two visits since July Ist. only 50
per cent of our quota was given on
those • visits. Lets’s give 100 per
cent this time, so that the Blood
farmers Os
County Favor
Cotton Quotas
Seventy-eight per cent of the
Lincoln farmers who voted in
Tuesday's cotton referendum ap
proved quotas for 1956.
A total of 252 Lincoln county
cotton growers turned out at the
five township polling places for
the election. There were 1.733 eli
gible to vote.
When the polls closed Tuesday
evening at 6 o'clock, 197 had
voted quotas on upland cotton
and 55 against. The heaviest
turnout was in North Brook
township where more cotton is
grown.
On the basis of voting by farm
ers nation-wide Tuesday on the
cotton referendum, over two-thirds
favored the quotas.
TOWNSHIP VOTE
Mrs. Nannie Sigmon, ASC office
manager for Lincoln county, today
released the voting totals by town
" in the Tuesday balloting, as
-s:
% »r t h Brook 94 for, 26
.nst.
Ironton l3 for, 5 against.
Creek 39 for 17
against.
Lincolnton 2B for. 4 against.
Catawba Springs 23 for 3
against.
The vote locally, statewide and
nationwide, favoring quotas means
that the surplus-plagued cotton
crop will be grown under federal
limitations again next year. Next
year will be the third consecutive
year in which federal restrictions
have been imposed on cotton and
the tenth time since 1938. when
legislature was enacted authoriz
ing such limitations. Cotton con
trols never have been rejected by
the growers.
As in the past, growers were
influenced to'vote for controls be
cause of their tie-up with govern
ment price supports. Farm law
directs that price floors which
were at 90 per cent of parity this
year be reduced to 50 per cent
of parity in the event controls are
rejected.
Parity is a standard for meas
uring farm prices declared by law.
to be fair ta fanners in relation
to prices they must pay.
Lincolnton FFA
Team Third In
Judging Contest
Lincolnton high school’s FFA
chapter placed third in the Pied
mont Federation FFA crop identi
fication and judging contest held
this week at Fred T. Foard high
school in Catawba county.
The Dallas FFA team won top
honors in the contest. Brandy’s
high of Catawba county second.
The Union, North Brook and
Rock Springs FFA teams from
Lincoln county also were among
those competing. Other teams
participating were Bunker Hill,
Fred T. Foard, Maiden of Ca
tawba county.
Robert Warlick, vocational agri
culture teacher at Belwood high
school in Cleveland county, spon
sored the contest and furnished
displays and samples used in the
judging. ‘
LOY CARPENTER, JR....
Gaston Man In Local Hospital
Vfter Being Attacked By Bull
The condition of a young Gas
ton county man, who was attacked
by an enraged bull Monday, re
mained fair or about the same at
the Crowell Hospital here today.
Loy Carpenter. Jr., farmer of
the Bessemer City area, was
rushed to the local hospital
early Monday after being severe
ly injured when a bull attacked
him in a pasture near his home.
He was reported to have suf
fered several broken ribs, lacera
tions and other injuries. He was
placed under an oxygen tent a
tcr being admitted to the hospital.
The Lincoln Times
Published Every Mondoy and Thursday Devoted to the Progress of Lincolnton and Lincoln County.
Bank will have more blood to
meet the needs that arise. People
in our county greatly benefit by
this all important blood program,
the people of the town and county
ought to support the program to
the fullest.
The Bloodmobile unit of the
American Red Cross will be at the
Lincolnton Recreation Center on
Monday, December 19th from
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 pm. Please re
member to come by l and give a pint
of your blood, Christmas is nearly
here and all of us are filled with
the spirit of giving, what an ex
cellent way to demonstrate this
feeling than by giving a pint of
blood so that someone else might
have a better Christmas.
Please be at the recreation cen
ter sometime on Monday. We need
125 pints of blood and we are de
pending on you to help us get
them. Please tell your friends and
bring some other persons with you.
If you need transportation, call
the Recreation Center and some
one be glad to pick you up.
Let’s ..iprove our standing, let’s
get at least those 125 pints of
blood on Monday.
Hearing Against
Former Hickory
Officer Continued
A preliminary hearing on a
morals charge against a former
Hickory police officer, scheduled
before City Magistrate J. Robt.
McNeely here Monday night, was
continued until next Monday, De
cember 19.
The defendant, Earl W. San
ford. 36, and reported to be a
Lincolnton native, was arrested
here the night of Dec. sth by
Police Captain Arnold Tarr on a
ciime against nature indictment
brought against him (Sanford) by
a Lincolnton colored man, listed
as Thomas Smith.
A warrant, was taken to Hickory
where it was served on Sanford by
that city’s police chief M'. L. Little.
Sanford has denied the charge. He
was relieved of his duties as
Hickory policeman after the war
lant was served on him.
Sanford is reported to have said
in his application for police work
in Hickory that he had served as
a police officer at Carolina Beach
lor approximately ten years. Mag
istrate MlcNeely said that San
ford’s original bond of SI,OOO is to
continue in force until the. post
poned preliminary hearing.
'Largest Crowd
Ever' At Asbury
P-TA Meeting
“The largest attendance we’ve
ever had. ” That’s how Mrs. Dennis
Setzer, president, described the
monthly meeting of the Asbury
P-TA last Thursday night in the
school auditorium which was filled
to overflowing by school patrons,
visitors, children and teachers.
Mrs. Setzer, who presided, re
ported a short business session was
held at which Mrs. Alma Fox, sec
retary, read the minutes of the last
meeting and called the roll. The
attendance banner was won by
J uds o n McGinnis’ combination
sixth and seventh grades with 33
present. It wag" decided that no
P-TA meeting would be held in
January.
Following the business session,
the program was turned over to
the school and an impressive mus
ical program entitled “Night Os
Music” was presented by the As
hury school band. Glee Club, Boys
choir. Rhythm bands of the sec
ond and third grades. The band
was directed by Charles Hooper:
the Boys choir directed by Mrs.
William Rankin: the Glee club di
rected by Mi's. Alden Mullen, ac
companied by Mrs. Graydon Shu
ford: Second grade rhythm band,
directed by Mrs. Bill Goodson:
Second and third grade combina
tion rhythm band, directed by
Mrs. R. W. Blanchard. The pro
gram was tape recorded.
Carpenter, who lives on the
Long Shoals road between Dallas
and Cherryville, was believed to
have been transferring the 5-year
old animal from one pasture to
another when the bull turned on
him.
The animal is said to have used
its horns in the attack, knocking
Carpenter into a disc harrow and
against' a fence.
The Gaston man managed to
escape by crawling beneath the
fence, making his way to his home
nearby.
Tax Guide Ready
For Farmers 01
Lincoln County
The Lincoln county farm agent's
office has just received a limited
number of copies of the Farmers
Tax Guide for 1956 that explains
the income tax rules which apply
especially to farmers.
These books will be distributed
free to farmers wishing them.
Anyone desiring one may either
call the agent’s office or mail a
postal card and ask for tax guide.
It will be mailed free of charge.
Since the supply of booklets is
limited, farmers who wish a copy
are advised to send their request
to Mr. Stoudemire or Mr. Yoder
at the county agent office immed
iately.
The booklet does not discuss all
the finer points of law, but farm
ers will find in it the answers to
most of their more difficult in
come tax problems.
It is pointed out that it is
doubly important this year that
farm families have an under
standing of:
1. How to report their income
tax.
2. How to report their self,
employment earnings for 1955.
It is now mandatory that every
farm operator report his self-em
ployment earning, and this is also
Ihe first year farmers have been
entitled to Social Security.
The Farmers Tax Guide has
been worked out by the Federal
Extension. United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, and the Ex
tension Services of the Land
Grant Colleges. Farmers are be
ing advised that it is just as im
portant that he understand his in
surance and retirement program
as it is for the new Extension
worker to understand his insur
ance and retirement program.
Library Board
Elect Officers;
Hear Geo. Linder
An organizational meeting of the
Lincoln County Library Board was
held on Tuesday Mrs. L. B.
Wetmore. president, presided.
J. Eli Houser, principal of North
Brook Number Two school, was
elected board chairman, succeed
ing Mrs. L. B. Wetmore. and Mrs.
Cleo Finger of Boger City named
secretary-treasurer, succeeding Mr.
Houser.
Those in attendance were Miss
Edna Wise, Mrs. Cleo Finger, Mrs.
Henry Reece Miller, Mrs. L. B.
Wetmore, J. Eli Houser, Catawba-
Lincoln librarian George Linder of i
Newton, and county commissioner 1
James Warren. Mr. Linder gave an
interesting circulation report on
the library as to the number of
library and bookmobile books used j
in the 1947 to 1955 period. (This:
report will be carried in The Times 1
Monday issue). Commissioner!
Warren had comment and sugges
tions to make on the library pro
gram, facilites, etc.
Feature On Supt. Nixon
Slated For Monday Issue
A feature article on Joe R.
Nixon, Superintendent of the
Lincoln county schools, will ap
pear in Monday's issue of The
Times. This feature follows a re
cent article published in The
Times on S. Ray Lowder, City
Schools Superintendent.
The Times is always happy to
carry feature stories on leading
Lincointon-Lincoln county per
sonalities and will appreciate
suggestions and tips from its
leaders on sources for feature
articles.
School Bonds Bought
By First Notional Bank
The Local Government Commis
sion in Raleigh this week sold
$35,000 in refunding bonds for Lin
coln County.
The bonds were sold to First
National Bank of Lincolnton at
2.1038 percent and have an aver
age maturity of 5.5 years.
Local Report On Salk
Polio Vaccine Program
In Times' Monday Issue
A report on the Salk polio vac
cine program here in Lincoln
county, the supplies available to
local doctors, health authorities
and the public, the number that
have been administered the Salk
anti-polio shots, how the pro
garm is set up, etc., will appear
in Monday’s issue of The Times.
W.O.W. Camp No. 45
To Feast Children
Members of the W. O. Wl. Camp
No. 45, Lincolnton, N. C. will play
Santa Claus to the children at
Sykes Orphan Home near Conover
on Sunday afternoon. All members
making the trip will meet at the
Lodge Htall promptly at 1:30 p.m.
and proceed in a body to the home,
where fruit, candy and other gifts
will be distributed to the children
at a mass party. This custom is
carried out each year by members
of the W. O. W.
LINCOLNTON, N. C. ( THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1955
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NAVY DRAFT . . . Lt. Paul Gladwell (left) administers oath to
Donald F. Geracl of Forest Hills, N. Y., making him Brst draftee
called into navy since World War U.
MISS PEGGY DAVIS .
Lincolnton High Student
Semi-Finalists In Merits
Corp. Scholarship Contest
Miss Peggy Davis, senior honor
student at the Lincolnton high
school, has been chosen as one of
the semi-finalists in the nation
wide Merit Scholarship contests.
LETTER TO PRINCIPAL
Announcement of Miss Davis'
selection came in a letter to Prin-
Marshals At
Rock Springs
School Named
The following students of Rock
Springs High School have been
selected from the eleventh grade
as marshals for the year 1955-56.
They were selected on the basis
of scholarship -< the three highest
boys and the three highest girls.
The boy and girl who made the
highest grades were named
Chiefs.
Chiefs are Wanda Lawing,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. M.
Lawing, Route one. Maiden, and
Donald Rudisill. son of Mr. and
Mrs. James Rudisill, Route one,
Iron Station.
Others are Evelyn Poole,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Grover
Pcole, Route one. Iron Station:
Julene Howard, daughter of Mr.
Jack Howard, Route one, David
son: B. C. Ballard, Jr. son of Mr.
and Mrs. B. C. Ballard, Sr., Route
one. Lincolnton: Rodney Wilkin
son son of Mr. and Mrs. Blair
Wilkinson. Route one, Iron Sta
tion N. C.
Colored Man Left
Homeless By Fire
An 82-year old Lincoln county
colored man, Freeman Ussery,
lost his entire household belong
ings in a fire that destroyed his
one-room house on Cherryville,
Rt. 1, North Brook section. Satur
day night.
The aged man was left with only
the shoes and overalls, shirt he
was wearing at the time. The fire,
of undetermined origin, destroyed
the small house while Ussery had
gone to the home of a nearby
neighbor, Z. Z. Warlick, for a
short visit. Ussery, who has no
means of income, is in need of
overalls, shoes, coat, other items
of clothing, bedding, mattress,
coal stove, etc., in order to set up
house again.
Mr. Warlick, on whose property
the colored man lived, has plans
to rebuild him a one-room house.
Anyone desiring to contribute
clothing and other household
furnishings to the “home-less’’
man is requested to send them to
the Lincoln county welfare de
partment, or contact Mr. War
lick.
Rev. Jos. T. Womack, Jr.
To Be Installed January 1
Rev. James T. Womack, Jr.,
will be installed as pastor of the
Lincolnton Presbyterian church
Sunday. January 1, at 7:30 pm.
Rev. John Mack Walker, Jr., of
Roanoke Rapids. N. C., brother of
Mrs. Womack, has been invited to
preach the sermon.
Members of the Commission are
Dr. John S. Brown who will pre
side: Dr. Harry Moffett, who will
charge the Congregation: the Rev.
Priestly Conyers, who will charge
the Pastor; Elder D. R. LaFar,
who will read the Scripture and
Elder J. A. Burgin.
Sunday Services At
First Baptist Church
The regular services will be held
Sunday at the First Baptist
church, with the pastor. Rev. Lin
wood Peterson bringing the mes
sages.
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock
he will preach on "The Virgin
Birth of Jesus” and at 7:39 in the
evening his subject will be, ”We
Have Seen His Star.”
The choir will present “The
Song of Christmas” (Ringwald'
with narration Sunday evening
also.
cipal F. D. Kiser from John M.
Stalnaker, president of the Na
tional Merit Scholarship Corpora
tion of Evanston, 111. Six senior
Lincolnton students entered the j
competition for the scholarships. '
Lincolnton will be represented !
by Miss Davis in competition
with semi-finalists from other |
high schools throughout na- .
tion in the national scht ship
contests. She is the daughter of i
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Davis of
Lincolnton.
Value of the first prize scholar- j
ship in the nation-wide contest i
is estimated to be around $3,000.
TAKE APTITUDE TEST
Miss Davis, like other semi
finalists. will take the Scholastic
Aptitude Test of the College En
trance Board, which is to be given I
at supervised centers on Saturday, |
January 14, 1956. Each semi-1
finalist has been sent an applica
tion blank for this test, to be |
returned to the college board by
December 17.
The $6 fee for the Scholastic
Aptitude Test will be paid by the
National Merit Scholarship Cor
po’- .tion. president Stalnaker stat
ed. for students who are taking
the test exclusively for this pro
gram. Students who are taking the
test also for college admission, or!
for other scholarship programs, j
pay their own fees, just as they j
w’ould if they were not partici
pating in the Merit program.
The winners of four-year Merit
scholarships and of Certificates of
Merit, awarded to runners-up, will
be selected from the group of sem- i
lfinalists, Scores he Scholastic j
Aptitude Test ant. evaluation of
the data in the School Informa- ;
tion Form, to be filled out by the |
competing school and student, will
be the basis for selection.
400 SCHOLARSHIPS
Approximately half of the
semi - finalists will receive
awards, Mr. Stalnaker reported
in his letter to principal Kiser,
and the scholarships will num
ber over 400.
“We appreciate your interest and
cooperation and commend you on |
the superior showing of your;
school.” President Stalnaker con- J
eluded in his letter.
Rotarians Are
Entertained By
Music Program
Dennis Long of radio station
WLON was in charge of the Lin- j
colnton Rotary Club program at
the dinner meeting Monday eve
ning at the L. H. S. cafeteria.
High fidelity Christmas music
was played during the dinner
period. A film ir. sound and color
was shown entitled “Christmas
Customs Near and Far.” Plan Al
lison, television star of Kukla.
Fran and Ollie told the story.
In the film she explained the
Christmas legends and customs of
the Western Hemisphere, Europe,
and Asia as the camera explored a
variety of traditional dances, dec
orations and festivities. She
answere d such questions as “How'
old is Santa Claus?”, “Who in
vented the Christmas tree?”
Three visitors were present at
the Monday meeting. The next
meeting of the Rotary Club is
Monday, Dec. 19. There will be no
meeting Dec. 26. The first meet
ing of the New Year will be Jan.
2,
Paul W. Moore Patient
In California Hospital
Paul W. Moore. Lincolnton na
tive. and World War II veteran,
is a patient at the Veterans Hospi
tal in San Francisco. Calif.
Mr. Moore recently suffered a
broken hip and pelvis while at
work in San Francisco, and will
be hospitalized for some time. He
would like to hear from his Lin
coln county friends, particularly so
at this Christmas time of the year.
Mr. Moore is the son of Mrs.
Mollie Moore and the late George
Moore of Lincolnton. His present
address is: Paul W. Moore, Vet
erans Hospital, Ft. Milly, San
Francisco, Calif.
Lockman Takes
Oath Today As
Deputy Marshal
Orion Goodson
Dies Suddenly
This Morning
Orion Leon Goodson. 59, well
known and respected Boger City
citizen, died suddenly this morning
from a heart attack around nine
o’clock.
Mr. Goodson. an employee of
the State Highway Division in Lin
coln county, was said to be en
gaged in his work in the Lowes
ville section of the county when
he suffered the fatal attack. A
Warljck Funeral Home ambulance
was called and he was lushed to
the Crowell hospital, but is re
ported to have been dead upon
arrival.
Funeral arrangements w'ere in
complete as The Times went to
press today. Mr. Goodson w'as the
son of Mrs. Betty Edwards Good
son and the late Robert F. Good
son of Lincoln county.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Audie Bynum Goodson; one son.
James, of the Boger City section;
two grandchildren; his mother,
Mrs. Betty Edwards Goodson of
Iron Station: four brothers, Har
vey, George and Jack Goodson of
Iron Station, Tom. of Hickory:
three sisters, Mrs. Claude Rhyne
of Lincolnton, Mrs. Kemp Mundy
of Charlotte. Mrs. Buster Mat
thew's of Rock Hill, S. C.
Retail Sales
Here Point
To New Record
Many Lincolnton merchants are
expecting December 1955 to be
the greatest month for retail sales
in the city’s history, a spot survey
by The Times indicated.
Store owners and managers re
port pre-Christmas sales so far in
December have been brisk and
heavy, with sales receipts equal
and above in many instances over
the similar December period of
previous years.
Sales locally, according to state
use ana sales tax figures released
monthly, have continued high dur
ing most of the months this year.
Sales totals in the children’s toys,
clothing, food, furniture, appli
ance, automotive lines are report
ed to be impressive.
Good business conditions in the
local and immediate area indus
trial plants are credited for the
booming sales, and there is a lot of
spending being done by shoppers
who hold steady jobs and receive
sizeable paychecks.
Christmas Season
Services Set At
Lutheran Church
The Christmas Season services
begin on Sunday, December 18, at
Emmanuel Lutheran Church.
At the 9:45 a.m. Sunday School
hour, the various departments will
meet briefly in their regular places,
and then adjourn to the Church.
There the Children's Program will
be presented by the Nursery, Kin
dergarten, and Primary Depart
ments.
The 11 a.m. Worship will con
clude the four-Sunday season of
Advent, and will include special
music by the Choir and the pas
tor's pre-Christmas sermon.
At 5 p.m. the Christmas Pa
geant, “Journey to Bethlehem"
will be presented. This year, the
pageant will feature the older chil
dren and a group of young peo
ple, together with the Junior
Choir. Miss Sarah Yoder is direc
tor of the pageant!
The Season's celebration will
continue with the annual Candle
light Christmas Eve service at 9
p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 24. The
Christmas Lesson Study at the
Sunday School hour, and the
Christmas Festival Worship at 11
a.m. on Christmas Day will climax
the services.
As in preceding years, Emman
uel will be beautifully decorated
for this season, and a cordial in
vitation is extended to all in the
community to share in the beauty
of the surroundings and in the
warmth of the Christmas services.
Degree Work Friday
At Masonic Meeting
A Special Communication meet
ing of Lincoln Lodge 137, AF &
AM. has been called for Friday
night at 7:30 o'clock in the
Masonic building. There will be
work in the Fellowcraft degree. A
good attendance of all members
is requested.
Seibert Lockman, well known Lincoln county auto
mobile sales manager, was in Charlotte this morning
(Thursday) where at 11 o’clock he was officially sworn in
to office as a U. S. Deputy Marshal for western North Car
olina.
SEIBERT LOCKMAN
... new deputy marshal
James Nelson, Son
Os Local Couple,
Is Killed By Car
James Lamarr Nelson. 43, son of
Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Nelson of Lin
colnton, was killed Friday night
when struck by a car near his
home in Piedmont, S. C„ while
walking along the highway en
loute home from a store.
Driver of the station wagon that
struck him was identified as Earl
Smith of Piedmont.
Mr. Nelson had many acquain
tances in Lincolnton, and often
visited his parents and a sister,
Mrs. Edna Blackwell, here.
Funeral rites were conducted
Sunday at 3:30 p.m. at the Grove
Station Baptist church in Pied
mont. Burial was in Groveland
Cemetery. Greenville, S, C.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Inez Stewart Nelson; two sons,
Donald and Leon Nelson, of the
home; his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
E. S. Nelson of Lincolnton; tw'O
brothers, Joe and Robert Nelson
of Rock Hill, S. C., two sisters,
Mrs. Edna Blackw’ell of Lincoln
ton, Mrs. Sarah McManus of
of Rock Hill.
Loy Howard
Re-Elected As
Soil Supervisor
Loy Howard of Catawba Springs
towmship was re-elected to a
three-year term on the Lincoln
County Board of Soil Supervisors
as the result of an election con
ducted all last week.
580 votes were cast in the week
long election, with Howard re
ceiving 415 votes, R. U. Payseur
165 votes.
The board, comprised of the
county’s three soil supervisors,
met this week and elected the
following officers: Blair Good
son, chairman; Loy Howard,
vice chairman; Ben Frank Bax
ter, secretary.
S. Z. Pollock heads the Soil
Conservation Service program in
Lincoln county.
Have faith in your effort or it
i sbound to be a failure.
TRAPPED BY FLAMES...
Rites Held For Mrs. Ella
Hedgespeth, Fire Victim
Funeral services were conducted
Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. in Salem
Baptist Church in Lincoln county
for Mrs. Ella Huffstetler Hedge
speth. 59. who lived on Route 2,
Dallas, about tw’o miles from the
Harden community.
Mrs. Hedgespeth died in the
Gaston Memorial hospital Mon
day night about 9:15 from burns
suffered in her home earlier in
the night.
Rev. Fred F. Hicks and Rev. G.
T. Liner were the officiating minis
ters at the final rites. Burial was
in the church cemetery.
TRAPPED BY FLAMES
According to reports, Mrs.
Hedgespeth, who was blind and
partly crippled, was trapped by
flames in the bedroom of her
home. She was burned badly
about the head and from the
waist down.
It was thought that smoke and
shock contributed to her death.
She failed to respond to emer
gency treatment at the Gastonia
hospital after being rushed there
ALMOST EVERYONF n
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LINCO T vSoISVY reads
c. .-Newspaper
Single Copy: FIVE CENTS
The oath was administered to
the 37-year old Lincoln man, a
former candidate for Sheriff of
this county on the Republican
ticket, by District federal
judge Wilson W'arlick.
Attending the swearing-in
ceremony was Mr. Lockman’s
wife and his mother, Mrs. R. M.
Lockman of Lincolnton, Route
3.
The Times has known for some
time that Mr. Lockman was in
line for the Deputy Marshal ap
pointment, but had withheld pub
lication of the news by request
pending final clearance on all of
ficial details related to the posi
tion and subsequent appointment.
It is understood that Lockman
will work out of the federal office
in Charlotte.
Mr. Lockman was officially no
tified of his appointment to the
position several days ago by Roy
Hannon of Asheville. U. S. Mar
shal for North Carolina. Mr. Har
mon was expected to be present
lor the oath-taking by the Lin
colnton man this morning.
OFFICIAL DUTIES
In his capacity as U. 8.
Deputy Marshal for western N.
C., Mr. Lockman will serve as a
federal law enforcement officer.
He will attend federal district
court sessions, serve federal pa
pers on law offenders, transport
prisoners and act in other mat
! ters pertaining to federal gov
ernment business. The position
calls for a regular salary, plus
allowances for travel, milage
expenses.
RESIGNED POLHILL POSITION
In order to be able to accept
the Deputy Marshal appointment,
Mr. Lockman resigned his position
about three weeks ago as sales
manager in the new car depart
ment of Polhill Chevrolet Co. He
had been with the company three
years.
Mr. Lockman waged a close
campaign as the Republican can
didate for Sheriff of Lincoln
county in the 1950 election against
the Democrat candidate, Frank
Heavner. Heavner triumphed by
approximately 260 votes in one of
the closest races in the county’s
| history,
LIIS GRADUATE
The newly-installed Deputy
Marshal is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. M. (Bob* Lockman of
Lincolnton. Route 3. Hh is married
to the former Miss Ruth Jarrell of
High Point. They have two sons,
Woody, 8. and Steve, 3, and now
make their home on Route 3, Lin
colnton. Marshal Lockman is a
graduate of the Lincolnton high
school and a World War II veter
an. serving as an officer in the
South Pacific.
Lockman is said to be the third
man in Lincoln county history to
receive an appointment as Deputy
Marshal; the previous two re
ported to be A. P. Willis and Ellis
Hoyle.
Relative Os Local
Citizens Succumbs
Word has been received here of
the death in Hendersonville of W.
S. Teammell, father of Mrs. S. K.
Burgin. and grand father of Mrs.
Bill Hines of Lincolnton. He was
i well known in the Lincolnton area,
j Funeral services were held this
morning at 11 o’clock in Hender
-1 sonville.
Survivors include five daughters
i and one son.
by ambulance.
Henry Hedgespeth, the woman's
husband, said he had put out the
fire in a portable oil heater in his
wife’s bedroom and left for the
store he operates near the home on
Philadelphia Church road. He said
he returned in about five min
utes and found the room and the
bed in flames.
Mr. Hedgespeth said he
dragged his wife from the bed
and to the front poreh, where
he put out the fire with a garden
hose. Neighbors assisted in put
ting out the house fire, but two
rooms were eonsiderably dam
aged.
Surviving arc the husband, Hen
ry Austin Hedgespeth; two
daughters. Mrs. Samuel Cloninger
of Route 1, Dallas. Mrs. Everett
McGee of Gastonia; one brother,
August Huffstetler of Route 2,
Dallas; one sister, Mi’s. Mamie
Rich of Burlington; and seven
grandchildren.
Drum’s Funeral Home of Lin
colnton was in charge of arrange
ments.