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You are now reading — LINCOLN COUNTY'S LEADING NEWSPAPER and ADVERTISING MEDIUM VOL. 49, NO. 3 Officers Os Masonic Lodge Are Installed Mercer Simmons was officially seated as master of Lincoln Lodge 127, AF & AM. as all newly elect ed officers of the Lodge were in stalled on Friday night in the new' Masonic Hall on Northwest Court square. Mr. Simmons succeeds Lloyd Cornwell at the organization's top post. DR. PUGH IN CHARGE Dr. Charles Pugh of Gastonia. Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Masons of North Carolina, was present and was in charge of the installation service. Other high ranking Masons present were D. C. McSwain of Gastonia. District Deputy: A. S. Melvin of Gastoi.ia. Grand Steward. Other officers installed were: Kemp P. Nixon, senior warden: Lloyd Cornwell, junior warden: H. Ross, treasurer: Frank P. Heavner, secretary; John P. Cornwell, senior deacon; Claude Chapman, junior deacon; D. W. Lingerfelt. Robert J. Leonhardt, stewards: R. W. Heafner, tyler; Jas. A. Shuford, trustee, three years. Dr. Pugh complimented the Ma sons on their new building, re cently occupied, and cited the Lodge for its fine work over years. Reference was made j to the possibilities of forming a Demolay organization, sponsored by the Masons, here. This organi zation is for boys 14 to 21. CLINE OLDEST MEMBER Lincoln Lodge 127. AF & AM, is one of the oldest and most active Masonic lodges in the state. There are new approximately 160 mem bers in the Lodge. The oldest member in point of membership years at Friday night's meeting was Guy E. Cline. He will com plete his fiftieth year as a member ill May of this year. The Masonic lodge is now head artered in its recently purchased \ remodeled building, formerly 9 Robinson Estate, on North yurtsquare. The second floor is occupied by the Eastern Star chap ter and will be utilized as a ban quet hall and kitchen. The third floor is the main hall and meeting place for the Masons. The Blue Lodge of Masons. East ern Star and Knights of Pythias will also meet in the Masonic Hall for their regular meetings. ■ En trance to .the hall is made by the stairway on the East side of the building. Following Friday night's instal lation ceremony, refreshments were served by Eastern Star mem bers in the banquet hall on the second floor. The first floor of the building is now being remodeled in prepara tion to being occupied by Dottie's Shoppe, a children's ready to wear firm. Postmaster V. N. Fair Reminds Patrons Os Dispatch Schedules Postmaster V. N. Fair of Lin colnton today released the follow ing notice to postal patrons: The last mail to leave Lincoln ton in the afternoon is the Char lotte-Asheville Highway Post Of fice, which is scheduled to depart at 6:10 p.m. Those business firms, and others, who desire to get mail on this last Highway Post Office should have their mail deposited in the Post Office not later than 5:45 p.m. This is the closing time for this departure. Mail deposited in the Post Of fice drop, or outside street mail box. is often deposited too late to be routed and tied out for this last departure and is delayed until the next day. All business mail intended for the last departure should be de posited inside the Post Office in the outgoing drop not later than 5:45 to insure its departure. Baptists Present Awards To Participants In Sunday School Attendance Crusade Sunday. December 25. was the closing date of the third twelve rs Attendance Crusade in Sun- School at the First Baptist rch, with 122 members having .erfect record of attendance for Uiat period. Forty-two members have had perfect attendance during all three crusades and will receive special recognition for loyalty. BONDURANT PRESIDES Sunday morning, January 8. Joe Bondurant, Sunday School super intendent. was in charge of a brief service during the morning worship hour to recognize the 122 members and to award attendance badges to them. There were three types of awards, those who had Fight Polio—Give to the March of Dimes The Lincoln Times Published Every Mondoy and Thursday Devoted to the Progress of Lincolnton and Lincoln County. wSn& IB i*| f % Jb"' fppSa JKBL MERCER SIMMONS Death Claims John Rudisill John Pinkney Rudisill. 90, of the Reepsville section, died this morn ing at a local hospital. Mr. Rudi sill was born in Lincoln County March 6, 1865. • Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Reepsville Baptist Church. The body will lie in state thirty minutes prior to the services. Rev. Mark Yoder will officiate, assisted by Rev. Glenn Miller. He is survived by four sons, John, Nathaniel. Zero, and Rich ard Rudisill: six daughters, Mrs. Minnie Houser, Mrs. Nora Schronce. Mrs. Florence Dellinger, Mrs. Annie Reynolds. Mrs. Lula Peeler and Mrs. Ethel Gilbert, 51 grandchildren and 60 great-grand children. Building Construction Booms Here In 1955 Building construction continued on the tempo of other businesses locally during the past year, good, i Much improvement was noted over the previous year. Charlie Randall, the city's build ing inspector, released his annual report today which showed con struction activity last year was up considerably in 1955 over the pre vious year. FORTY-TWO PERMITS ISSUED Forty-two building permits were issued during 1955 totaling $508.- 623.00. Mr. Randall said, which was almost three times the $193,- 815.00 construction totals for 31 permits in 1954. Thirty-two residential permits were issued, totaling $148,750.00; eight commercial permits is sued, totaling $256,873.00. One school building permit totaling SBO,OOO and one church permit amounting to $23,000, were is sued. Several more buildings were started in December, 1955. inspec tor Randall stated, for w’hich per mits have not been applied. Mr. Randall points out the law re quires an application for permit must be made before work can begin on a new building. POST-WAR YEARS GOOD Construction work has been good, except for the one year 1954, in Lincolnton for the past eight j years. The years following the wares! showed building at a high | peak: 1951 being the record build -1 ing year. Construction expenditure to tals for the past eight years in I Lincolnton are: 1948 5456,- perfect attendance for the first time in the Crusades, those who earned an award for the second time, and those who have had thirty-six weeks of perfect attend- G AWARDS PRESENTED Awards were presented to: Lin wood Peterson, pastor, Joe Bon durant, Sunday School superinten dent, Fred Harrill, superintendent of fellowship, and the following officers, teachers, and members: Nursery Department: Mrs. C. I. Montgomery. Mrs. Joe Bondurant. Mrs. G. W. Tobey, Jr.. Mrs. T. V. Lineberger. Mrs. C. R. Baker. Cyn thia Lee Bondurant, Scott Davis, Kathryn Tobey, Harry Lee Davis, (Continued on page 8) Township Farmers Invited To Social Security Meetings A meeting for all farmers in Lincolnton Township will be held in Wednesday night. January 11, at 7:30, in the county court house. DISCUSS NEW LAW Joseph Walsh, District Social Security Manager, from the Gas tonia Office will discuss the new law concerning farmers and Social Security. The new law requires that all farmers who have a net income of S4OO or more per year or a gross income of S9OO or more per year are required to pay Social Security. Social Security is said to be the best old age and survival insur ance available. A number of farm ers in Lincoln County should qual ify to draw benefits of $30.00 or more per month by July, 1956. Farmers wishing to secure So cial Security cards may apply at anv Social Security Office. A reD resentative of the Social Security Office is at the Lincoln County court house everv Thursday. OTHER MEETINGS Social Security meetings for other townships are as follows: however, a farmer may come to any meeting he desires: Jan. 18, 7:30 p.m. Howards Creek School. Jan. 25. 7:30 p.m. North Brook No. II School. Feb. 1, 7:30 p.m. Triangle School. Feb. 8, 7:30 p.m. —As bury School. No Legion Meeting On Friday Night The American Legion meeting, scheduled for Friday night of this week, has been postponed, it was announced today. In lieu of the Friday meeting, all Legion members are requested to attend the Civic Council-spon sored meeting next Monday night. This will be a very important meeting and a good representation of all clubs and organizations is being stresed. Any Le g iona ire who can attend this meeting is asked to call Commander Paul Gabriel at RE 5-5548 after 6 p.m. today. 521.00; 1949 —5637,215.00; 1950 5627,219.00; 1951 5654,- 894.00: 1952 8412,535.00; 1953 $525,538.00: 1954 8193,815.00; 1955 5508,623.00. Rites Held For W. P. Rhyne Wilbur Pressley Rhyne, 66. prominent and respected citizen of Iron Station, died early Satur day morning in a Lincolnton hos pital after a short illness. Funeral services were held Sun day afternoon at 4:00 in Warlick Funeral Home chapel with burial in Hollybrook cemetery. Rev. H. A. McCullough officiated. Surviving are his wife, Eva Line berger Rhyne, one daughter, Mrs. Mary Estor Modlin: four brothers, Dorsey and Paul, of Iron Station. Victor of Denver, and Claude of Lincolnton: one sister. Miss Verna Rhyne of Iron Station. Fire Destroys Devine Home Fire destroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs. Craig Devine of Lincoln ton. Route 5, Buffalo Shoals road section, around noon last Satur day. Part of the contents from only one room was all that was saved by the family from the blaze, which was reported to have started from the sudden flareup of a small stove. Mr. Devine, a former county commissioner, was not home at the time, only his wife and several of the children. The family is temporarily making their home with relatives. Lincolnton firemen were called to the scene, but were unable to save the home. City firemen also answered two calls on Saturday night. One was to the Bruck Blanton residence in the city, where an oil stove had caused the house to catch afire. Damage was reported around SIOO. The second call was to the Ezra Mace residence in the county, where a fire threatened to break out around a chimney. At 1:30 this afternoon, firemen were called to the C. D. Stroup apartment on East Water Street, where a blaze had ignited in the kitchen. The Times had no report of estimated damages before going to press. JLV/iNI, N. c., MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 1956 Crowds Throng To "Open House" Marking Hospital's Growth Here PARTIAL VIEW of new multi-thousand dollar wing at Gordon Crowell Memorial Hospi tal, being toured today and tomorrow by the pub- I : . St T 3 -31 v W I ~"?w j^jtwmr RACK UPON RACK OF “Meal-Packs” are lined up here in the scientific new kitchen of Crowell Memorial Hospital, ready to convey food Miss Williamson Is Hurt in Alabama Wreck Miss Leona Williamson of Bogcr City, a teacher at the Asbury Ele mentary school, received painful cuts and bruises in an automo bile accident near Mobile, Ala., Thursday evening. Miss Williamson was returning home from a Christmas and New Year holiday trip from Arizona with Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Proctor of Charlotte, formerly of Boger City, and Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Ennis of Benson, near Raleigh, when the accident occurred. The driver of the other car involved in the col lision was charged with drunken driving. Miss Williamson and group (Continued on page 8) LOHRL. REYNOLDS... Railroad Trackman, Retiring, Looking Ahead To "Gardening, Fishing, Church By SMACK PROCTOR With nearly a half century of railroading behind him. a Crouse man is looking ahead to relaxing, easy-going days of “gardening, fishing and church work.” Lohr L. Reynolds parts from bis first love-railroading-tomor row (Tuesday, January 10) when he retires at the age of 65 from 49 years and eight months of work with the track department of the Seaboard Railway Co. His territory has been the Monroe to Rutherfordton line. Hfc first began working with the railroad at the tender age of 15, but in the true tradition of the profession he made a good one, and 45 of his 49 years plus on the rails has been served as a fore man of a track crew. Mr. Reynolds says he could go on umll age 70 with his work with the railroad, that he doesn’t have to retire at 65. but he feels 65 is a suitable age to call it quits. “At my age, the weather conditions you have to work under outdoors gradually becomcn- harder on lie at “Open House." The addition represents a year-long expasion and modernization program. (Times Photo by Frazier). steaming hot to flic 103 patient rooms. The racks are being loaded by Elvie Spivey. (Times Photo by Frazier). WALTER HOOD OF DENVER . . . Lincoln Native Back Home After Art Study In Rome By MRS. GABRIEL SIGMON) Walter Hood, of near Denver, Lincoln County, has returned home after two years of study at the American Academy in Rome, Italy. RECEIVES FELLOWSHIP It was while attending (he Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia. Pennsylvan ia. in March 1953. that Mr. Hood received the Abbey Mural you. ” he said, “and my work has kept me tied down on the road most of the time without much LOUR L, REYNOLDS Fellowship of New York City which granted him the privilege of studying in Rome. In May 1953. Hood also received the J. Henry Scheidt Traveling Fellowship from the Pennsylvania Academy for his splendid work in mural painting. The scnolarship granted three months of study in South America, but was deferred (Continued on page 7) leisure time at home with my family and friends. I suppose it’s time I took a rest.” He recalls “not having missed a pay day since I've been on the railroad.” The only time he’s been sidelined from his work in those near-50 years was for a siege of typhoid, and a minor operation he underwent. “Missed about 4 months orrt of the whole time I've been with Seaboard be*- cause of these two things,” he added. What about physical accidents? None, he says. He could recall nc i serious derailments on his section during the 49 plus years, but a few on some other sections of the line. -worst time” However, things aren’t easy lor a railroad traek or mainten ance erew, he points out. He remembers in 1916, the time of the bis floods, as the “worst time I’ve ever had." The rail road bridges were all washed away at that time, he rc iContiuucd on pace X) Event Continuing Today And lues. At Crowell Memorial Long lines of visitors to Gordon Crowell Memorial Hospital here yesterday were visibly impressed by the result of a year-long expansion program which has added a two-storv, 22-bed wing to increase the hospital’s bed capacity to 105. Stores May Decide On Closings An important meeting of the Merchants Association has been called for tomorrow (Tuesday) morning at 10 o'clock in the court room of the county courthouse. Although nothing official was announced, it is believed closing schedules will be discussed and de cided upon by member stores of the association. In view of contemplated changes in schedules by some local firms, a uniform opening and closing schedule is the reported aim. The lecent decision of Charlotte stores to dispense with the Wednesday afternoon closings and remain open six full days a week has had its effect here, and it unofficially is reported some firms also would be in favor of going on six-days-a week schedules. However, most stores are said to be in favor of retaining Wednesday afternoon closings. One local firm. Conner Furniture Co., went on a six-day schedule last week, and some others may follow, if not now. then in the spring, reports indicate. The local drug stores also recently worked out cooperative schedules, whereby one of the stores is open all day Wednesdays, open certain hours on Sunday. Army Reservists To Hold Public Info Meet Here In an effort to further the Army Reserve Recruiting Program under the provisions of The Reserve Forces Act of 1955, the office of The Senior Unit Advisor, United States Army Reserve will conduct a public information service to be held in Lincolnton at the Army Reserve Training Center located at 109 Sycamore Street on Jan. 16, 1956. A representative of the Char lotte office will be available to the public from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on the above date for the purpose of answering questions arising from draft age personnel, parents of young men who are approach i ing draft age, or personnel with prior service in any of the Armed Forces. The Reserve Forees Law 262 eonrerning High Sehool Juniors and Seniors between the age of 17 and 18'j will be explained fully. It is felt that this time, 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.. is the most convenient time, especially for High Sehool personnel. 1 The Armed Forces Act of 1955. ! signed into law on Aug. 9. by the i president of the United States is j ol deep concern to all persons be tween the age of 17 and 26, and in some instances, through age 35 for those persons who have had no prior military service. HONEST CONFUSION A small boy had to apologize for forgetting his aunt’s birthday. He wrote: "I am sorry I forgot your birthday. I have no excuse, and I it, would serve me right if you for- I got mine on Friday." ' Must" Have Blood At Unit Visit On Monday By LEWIS E. EVERLINE , Lincoln County Blood Program Chairman We are calling on you to give ; blood at the visit of the American Red Cross Bloodmobile on Mon day, January 16. W'e must have | your support if the visit is to \>e I a success. We are seeking 150 i pints of blood at this visit to try to make up some of the deficit I that occurred at some of our past | visits. This is a special plea to | business men, factory workers, ! civic clubs, teachers. Home Dem onstration Clubs, and others to get! 1 behind our call for blood and help | ius in this all-important service. | The Blood Bank cannot be of j the service to the people of Lincoln I * County or to the other 29 counties; ALMOST EVERYONE in LINOOLNTON and LINCOLN COUNTY reads THIS NEWSPAPER Single EIVE CENTS Crowds attending on the first day of a three-day ‘‘Open House” event learned on their tours of inspection that the expansion pro cram was also a modernization program, since the first flood of the new' addition consists of a staff dining room and a hospital kitchen w'hich is the latest ac complishment in scientific design. Gordon Crowell Memorial Hospital now joins the ranks of big city hospitals in being equipped to pre pare and dispense meals with dis patch and keep all items steaming hot from the ranges to the pa tient's room. Large numbers yesterday re sponded to the hospital’s invita tion and from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m., toured the new 89 by 40-foot wing, examining both floors, and comments overheard indieated that the visitors were exeited and thrilled at what has been wrought since the project was begun late in January of last year. The planning had begun a year earlier. “Open House” at Gordon Crowell Memorial continues today from 2 to 4 in the afternoon and from 7 to 9 this evening; and the same inspection hours will be observed again tomorrow, the final day of the formal “Open House.” 'SERVES WIDE AREA The local hospital, w'hich, ac cording to those in a position to know, would reflect credit on a citv or county much larger than i Lincolnton and Lincoln County, ! carries a staff of 86 persons, ex | elusive of the medical and surgical j staffs. It serves not only this im ! mediate community, but an area I covering miles around. The hos pital long ago achieved a wide i spread reputation for friendliness ; and efficient service and treatment, and this reputation has been main tained over the years at the 43- j year-old local hospital, which first opened its doors on March 11, ; 1907. The hospital was opened on that far-distant day by the late Dr. L. A. Crowell, Sr., and Dr. R. W. Petrie. The first opera tion was a modest one, present ing an aerommodation of eight to twelve beds, but the seeds for a steady growth were sown at that time. Thirteen years later, in 1920, I the hospital had received such public acceptance that a major building program was undertaken. The expansion added first and second floors to the northern wing. Again, five years later, in 1925, another expansion was begun. This | was interrupted by the death of the late Dr. Gordon Crowell, a j son of the founder. CLINIC IS ADDED I However, in 1926, The Clinic, the | southern wing, was completed, and I the entire building was brick i veneered In 1952, an addition w'as j made to The Clinic to provide ad j ditional office space for the grow j ing staff of physicians. Also in I 1952, the attractive and modern (Continued on page 21 Free VFW Supper Set For Tonight A free supper to members of the loeal Veterans of Foreign Wars post will be served at the post home this evening at 7 o'clock, with the regular bi weekly meeting to follow. All members have been urged to attend. that it serves if these counties do not provide the blood that is needed to keep up w ith demands. For over six months the Blood Eank has experienced shortages, Lincoln County has been partly responsible, and many areas have suffered because of it. Please come and give a pint of blood so that it will be on hand when it is urgently needed. Come on Mrinday to the Lin colnton Recreation Center between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 4;00 p.m. and give a pint of blood. We will appreciate it, the person w'ho 1 ireejves it will be indebted to you [ and the whole program will op - crate more efficiently. Remember, January 16 next Monday, we will be looking for you and your I friends.
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