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You are now reading — LINCOLN COUNTY’S LEADING NEWSPAPER and ADVERTISING MEDIUM VOL. 49, NO. 5 Vear Down, Replace Jail, Says Grand Jury The Lincoln County Grand Jury, in its first official work of the new' year, had a number of recommen dations to make in its report pre sented to Presiding Judge Francis Clarkson at the January term of Lincoln county Superior court this week. The Grand Jury suggested certain improvements be made to the county court house prop rties and facilities, and finding many facilities at the county jail which they felt outmoded and inadequate, recommended that “the old county jail be torn down and replaced by a Buckley New President Chamber Os Commerce;' 5 New Directors Seated Pat J. Buckley is the new presi dent of the Lincolnton Chamber of Commerce; Dr. Boyce Griggs, vice president; Robert Rudisill. treas urer; Mrs. Polly Crisson, re-elected secretary. Election of the officers came in a meeting of the five new and ten holdover members of the board of directors following the annual ban quet session of the Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Associa tion Monday night in the high school cafeteria. Mr. Buckley succeeds Harvey A. Jonas. Jr. retiring president of the Chamber. NEW DIRECTORS Five new directors, selected by -i > membership by ballot vote t t December, were officially a ted. They were: Carl R. Hart man, Frank H. Crowell, Elmore Goodson, A. L. Tait, Asbury Howard. Holdover directors are Pat Buckley, H. A. Jonas, Jr„ Dr. Boyce Griggs, Jack Brown, Dr. Sam Wilson. Hal Hoyle, Jr„ Sam King, E. F. Drum, Robert Rudi sill, Dewey Hoyle. Mr. Buckley, the new C of C president, is owner of Piedmont | Parts & Supply Co., serves as town alderman and vice mayor, and has long been identified with civic affairs. Dr. Griggs, vice president, is a' SPENDING $25.97 PER PUPIL... Lincoln Ranks 38th In Effort For Schools On The Basis Os Ability Lincoln county stands thirty eighth among the one hundred counties of North Carolina in its efforts toward education, as com pared with its ability ranking of 46th. A release from Raleigh showed that Lincoln ranked 38th among the 100 counties of the state from the standpoint of ability to pay with local funds for schools and the means of education, according to statistics from the State Board of Education. As referred to in the opening paragraph, Lincoln ranked 38th in effort. $25.97 PER PUPIL Lincoln county, according to the state report is spending $25.97 per pupil annually on education. The state average is an expenditure of $23.40 per pupil. State board members compiled the county-by-county statistics as a basis for distributing the final $25,000,000 In school bond money. They took into account economic ability, local effort, and school needs.. Death Claims W. H. Caldwell > * Villiam Henry Caldwell, 91. .icd at the home of a daughter. Mi's. J. H. Fish, on Lincolnton, Route 5. at 7:10 p.m. Monday. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday morning at 11 o’clock in Lawing’s Chapel Baptist Church near Maiden with the Rev. L. A. MpClure officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. Surviving are four sons, Lawr ence F. of Maiden. Roscoe and George of Route 1. Maiden, Fred of Myrtle Beach, S. C.: two daughters. Mrs. J. H. Fish and MVs. G. A. Bolick of Lincolnton. Route 5; 17 grandchildren. 18 are at grandchildren Fight Polio—Give to the March of Dimes The Lincoln Timec Published Every Mondoy and Thursdoy Devoted to the Progress of Lincolnton and Lincoln County. \ modern building as soon as necessary arrangements can be worked out.” The full report of the Grand Jury follow's; Honorable Francis O. Clarkson Judge Presiding January Term 1956 Lincoln County Superior Court We, the Grand Jury, have passed on all bills presented to us by the Solicitor finding all true bills. COURT HOUSE We inspected the Court House and would like to make the fol lowing suggestions for improve (Continued on page 6) PAT J. BUCKLEY prominent Lincolnton physician with offices in the Lincoln National Bank building. He is a member of the town school board, and also has long been closely identified with civic affairs. Mr. Rudisill, treasurer, is cashier at the First National Bank. Mrs. Crisson. secretary, will be serving her fourth year in that capacity. Economic ability was deter-, mined by complicated data drawn from U.S. Census reports, covering per capita income and the like. Local effort was meas ured by the amount of local funds raised annually per pupil until 1955. Exactly 50 of the 100 counties were rated, as spending sums in keeping with or above their ability to pay. while the other 50 are spending less than their rated ability. Ranking by ability and effort of some of the area counties are; Catawba, tenth in ability, twelfth in effort, spending $45.55 annual ly per pupil; Gaston, eleventh in ability, fourteenth in effort, spend ing $44.20 annually per pupil; Cleveland, thirty-second in ability, twenty-ninth in effort, spending $31.88 annually per pupil: Burke, thirty-third in ability, fifth in effort, spending $50.46 annually per pupil; Iredell, nineteenth in ability, fifty-sixth in effort, spend ing $18.48 per pupil annually. Murder Case Not Called Yet, In Local Court The murder case against a Lincoln county man, Berge Wil liams, docketed for this week's Superior court, had not been called as The Times went to press today. Due to a heavy backlog of cases still being dis posed of, it was not known if the ease would be called this afternoon. The Grand Jury ruled a true bill in the indictment. The Times was informed. Williams is charged with the fatal shooting last November of Pledger Ray. He elaimed self defense in the shooting, investigating officers reported. POLIO VICTIM —• Donald Paul Reinhardt, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Reinhardt, of 505 Magnolia Street, Lincolnton, who came down with polio in 1948. is shown above as he lay for nearly eleven months in a hospital. He still wears a body cast but the cast is off his legs up to his hips. With the use of crutches and brace on one leg he is now able to walk some. Mother Os Polio Victim Is Grateful To March Os Dimes Mayor A. L. Tait this week re ceived a letter from MVs. William Reinhardt, of this city, in which she expresses deep gratitude to the March of Dimes for what it has done, and is doing, in the re covery of her son. Donald Paul Reinhardt, who was stricken with polio in 1948. The letter to Mayor Tait. which is self explanatory, follow's; i Dear Sir: I read your article in the paper about how badly we need help in the March of Dimes. I. for one, am very grateful to each and every man, woman, boy or girl, vho. di ops a dime in for this most w'orthy cause. I have a son, Donald Paul Reinhardt, who had polio in 1948 when so many of our children were stricken. Paul could not w'alk, not even sit up, but thank God that through his mercy and the help of Lincoln County March of Dimes he is on the road to re covery. I could never have paid for all his operations, he has had about SEVENTEEN SHORT OF QUOTA... 108 Pints Os Blood Received By Bloodmobile By LEWIS E. EVERLINE l Lincoln County Blood Program Chairman Citizens of Lincoln County re sponded to the urgent call for blood with' a total of 108 pints of this life-saving substance. This J was 42 short of the amount desired and 17 short of the 125 quota for each visit. It was a much better response than that given earlier visits this year. Again we depended too much on repeat donors, there were far too few' new- donors, there were only 10 new donors out of the 108 who gave blood at this visit. Industries accounted for only 42 pints, the largest number of donors from a sigle factory were from the Long Shoals Cotton Many Cases Heard At Sessions Os Superior Court Monday, Tuesday Many cases were heard and dis posed of at the Monday. Tuesday, and Wednesday sessions of Lincoln county Superior court this week, Judge Francis Clarkson of Char lotte presiding, and Solicitor James Farthing of Lenoir prosecuting for the State. Judgments rendered in the cases follow: MONDAY CASES Hubert Brooks, compliance to judgment. Court finds defendant is now serving sentence on public roads with 13 months longer to run: the matter is continued, de tainer to be placed against defen dant for his appearance after serv ice of sentence he is now serving is completed. Arvin Dwight Bodenheimer, speeding 80 mph. reckless driving, driving after license revoked. Mo tion for judgment nisi continued until April term of court. (Bonds man in open court agrees that bond will be paid at that time if he is unable to produce the de fendant! . John Rollins, false pretense. De fendant having plead guilty to false pretense at September, 1955. court, and prayer for judgment having been continued to allow defendant to get up sum of $46.20 ] and costs, court finds said sum of money has been paid into clerk LINCOLNTON, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1956 six-on his feet and legs and a . spinal fusion. He is still in a cast irom his hips to his head but he i if at home now'. He has to wear . this cast eighteen months. I am sending you one of Paul’s l pictures. This is what the March i of Dimes has done for my boy. He ■ uses crutches and a brace on one . leg but he can walk now and gets around very well. This picture is how he lay in the hospital for nearly 11 months. The : cast is off his legs now to his hips but i he still has the body cast, will . wear it six more months. He was in the hospital from December 28, . 1954 to December 1955. You can use this picture in the paper if you wish just to prove that our own county does need i help for our March of Dimes. If . not for their help my boy w'ould , have been a helpless cripple, for . I could never afford the treat ■ ments he has had through the March of Dimes. Sincerely yours, Mrs. William Reinhardt ! 505 Magnolia Street Lincolnton, N. C. | Mill. This was a good visit, but not as good as Lincoln County can do. Let’s make a better showing at the next visit on March 12th. We are grateful to the donors to give, we are also grateful to the those who came but were not able to give, we are also gateful to the volunteers who made the operation of this Bloodmobile visit a smoothe and efficient one. BLOOD DONORS Blood donors were: Mrs. Everet Shrum. James Davis, Grady Sisk, Vernon Knuck les, James Armstrong, Lex Ram seur, Arnold Tarr, Mrs. Effie Eaker, Charles H. Hoover. Mrs. Margaret Starr, Mis. Mildred (Continued on page 5) of court, and decrees 60 day sen tence against defendant. If, how ever, defendant pay $41.20 into clerk of court office for benefit of prosecuting witness, plus costs, he is to be released and judgment vacated. Walter Ward, compliance. Court finds defendant now serving pris on sentence, and had paid the costs and all of the $l3O except SSO. the matter is continued to April term of court; detainer ordered to be placed againstf de fendant, to be executive at the expiration of sentence defendant now srving. Monroe Waters, false pretense. Judgment capias. Irene Latham, compliance, issue capias. Charles Wallace, compliance. Judgment Nisi, scifa and capias. Leon Mitchell, speeding. Judg ment Nisi, sci fa and capias. Bobby (nmn) James, speeding 80 mph 45 zone. Judgment Nisi, sci fa and capias. Bobby (nmn' James, driving after license re voked. Judgment Nisi, sci-fa and capias. Jiggs Alexander, larceny. 60 days, suspended for a period of one year, by and with consent of defendant, on condition that de fendant be of good behaviour, and (Continued on page 5» Crutch-Hobbling C. Os C. Must Get Back On Feet FIRST CHURCH HOST ... Methodist Area Training School Here Jan. 29-Feb. 2 First Methodist Church, Lin colnton, will be host church to the Lincolnton Area Methodist Training - School, beginning Sun day evening, January 29, 7:30 o’clock. Tlie school will continue at the same hour. 7:30, each evening through Thursday, February 2. Serving as director of the school will be Rev. J. W. Brax ton, pastor of the host church. COURSES-INSTRUCTORS The following courses and in structors are scheduled: Bible Manners' and Customs, taught by Dr. B. C. Russell of Pfeiffer College faculty. Misenhei mer, N. C. This study is for par ents and teachers through the Junior department. interpreting The Bible To Youth, taught by Mrs. E. H. Saville of Roanoke. Va. This study $300,000 Fire Destroys Warlick Furniture Store In Bluefield, W. Va. Tlie Warlick Furniture Company store in Bluefield W. Va., owned and operated by W!. C. Warlick and Mrs. T. M. Epperson, both former Lincolnton residents, was completely destroyed by fire last Friday morning. Tlie Sunset News, afternoon J daily of Bluefield had this to) say of the fire: Fire today destroyed the War- j lick Furniture Company building; l in a spectacular early morning) blaze that raged for tw r o hours or more and covered the downtown area of Bluefield with a pall of acid smoke. Firemen battled the raging j flames from snow'-covered streets! in a twenty-degree temperature. The fire was directly across the street from Central Fire Station. There was no early official esti-1 mate of the loss, but an informed i person close to the company said it would probably be in the neigh borhood of $300,000. That would make it the W'orst fire loss in Bluefield in many years. FLAMES SPREAD At the height of the blaze flames engulfed the big four story build ing on North Mercer St. from the basement to the roof. Flames leaped from every win dow and the tons of water poured into the building by chilled fire l Continued on page 6) Asa Miles, Father Os Local Citizens, Dies Asa Miles, 70, of Gastonia, fath- I er of Mrs. Fitz Costner and Mrs. | Nettie Davis of Lincolnton. died Friday in a Gastonia hospital. Funeral services were held Wed nesday at 4 p.m. at Pentecostal Holiness Church, Gastonia. Burial was in Hollywood Cemetery there. Surviving are his wife. Mrs. Ida Lewis Miles; a son. Willie, of Gas tonia; four daughters, Mrs. Paul Holsman of South Gastonia, Mrs. I Nettie Davis and Mrs. Fitz Costner j of Lincolnton, Mrs. Chess Mont gomery of Gastonia; 23 grand- j children, and 24 great-grandchil- j dren. HOYLE LOCAL DEALER, .. More Ford Cars, Trucks Sold In Lincoln During '55 Than Any Other Make New Ford Car retail sales to customers and Ford truck retail sales to customers in Lincoln County exceeded those of any ether make, according to net auto mobile registration figures made available today by the North Car olina Automobile Dealers Associ ation in Raleigh. HOYLE LOCAL DEALER Hoyle Motor Company. Inc. local Ford-Mercury dealer is ex tremely happy and proud that publiq preference in Lincoln County has made this record pos sible for the second consecutive year. They sincerely thank their many customers and friends that have made this record for the company during the year ’54 and again in ’55. FOUR LETTER AWARD Hoyle Motor Company. Inc. bolds the “FOUR LETTER A WARD” from the Ford Motor is for parents, teachers and coun- j splors of Intermediates, Seniors j and older youth. Understanding Our Selves,! taught by Rev. Jerry D Murray, j pastor of Methodist church.} Davidson, N. C. This study is for j young people only, ages 15-25. j Your Home Can Be Christian, taught by Rev. S. B. Biggers. pastor of Methodist church. Randleman. N. C. This study is sponsored by the Young Adults and is open to all young adults, parents and teachers interested in the Christian home and the church. The Acts Os The Apostles, taught by Dr. Gilbert T. Rowe of Durham, N. C., retired member of the Duke Divinity School faculty. This is a general course and is open to all members of the church. The daily schedule will consist of the tw'o class sessions and wor ship. COMMITTEES Committees making plans for the school, are: Rev. C. W. Kirby, Superinten dent of the Gastonia District, The Methodist Church. Rev. Carl King, former Secre-! tary. Conference Board of Educa- ) lion, Salisbury. N. C. Rev. J. M. Braxton. Director of j the School. Pastor. First Metho- j dist Church, Lincolnton. Rev. J. J. Powell, pastor, Boger I City Methodist church, Boger City, j i and Rev. J. L. Johnson, pastor of j Bethlehem and Bess Chapel! 1 churches, Cherryville, Publicity, i J Mrs. Frances Nantz, First i I Methodist Church, Lincolnton. | Texts. lj Steve Barineau, Lincolnton., ! Finance. ; SPONSORS 1 [ The school is being sponsored by j , 1 the Methodist Conference Board i ! j of Education and by the Metho- { (Continued on page 5) ; ! Times Story Correct, But Head Was Wrong The story was correct, but the head was wrong. A front page article in Monday’s issue of The Times on Lincoln county’s wholesale sales figures in 1954 was a bit fouled-up. Tire article, based on Bureau of Census figures, was correct in stating Lincoln county’s 19 whole sale establishments employed 98 persons in 1954: had a payroll of $336,000, and realized sales of $14,382,000. However, the two column head j above the article was way off j ! base Payroll figures ($336,000)! I were reported as sales. Tire head-! ing should have read: Lincoln’s) | Wholesale Sales in 1954 Totaled ) I $14,382,000. Officers, Board Os Red Cross Meet January 26 The regular meeting of the of ficers and board of the Lincoln County Red Cross Chapter has heen rr-scheduled for the eve ning of January 26th in the i reception rooms at the Crowell Hospital. This meeting originally was scheduled for January 12tli but was re-set for the Jan. 26 date. Company. It is the highest deal- | ership award given by FORD ! and has only been presented to 1 a "select group of dealers with 1 outstanding records in business and service. The award was pre sented to the company last year for “outstanding performance" j on the basis of sound finances, I efficient management. eom- | petitive spirit and modern facili ties. Bill Hoyle has been presented a beautiful watch and citation from Henry Ford II for outstand ing Sales Management Perfor mance during the year 1955. COMPANY OFFICERS The officers of Hoyle Motor Company are Hal Hoyle, Sr., Pres ident, W. F. Hoyle. Vice President. Hal Hoyle, Jr., Secretary and Manager, W. R. (Bill) Hoyle, Treasurer and Sales Manager and Harry Hoyle Ass’t,. Treasurer. 300 Members Goal In Rebuilding Program Lincolnton’s Chamber of Commerce, not up to needed strength and below its peak of effectiveness as a commun ity-industry builder in recent years, has a big job cut out for itself in the new year 1956. The Chamber must undergo almost complete re vitalization, a big jump in membership is a “Must,” Co ordinated support of the town’s people, merchants, profes sional men, industry, civic organizations will have to be forthcoming if operations are to continue and Lincolnton still have its Chamber of Commerce as a guiding, influen tial force in the city and county's growth and future. R. C. Lockman Dies In France Wbrd was received here late yesterday of the death near Paris, France of Robert Coyle (Doc> I Lockman, 44, Lincoln county r.a- ! tive. News of Mr. Lockman's death, 1 reported attributed to a heart at tack. came in a trans-Atlantic tele phone call about 6:30 p.m. to the home of his parents, Mr. and Mcs. R. M. (Bob) Lockman of Lincolnton, Route 3. The call was from a daughter-in-law of the Lockmans, Mrs. Daniel Lockman, in England. It was assumed that Lieut. Colonel Daniel Lockman, brother of the deceased, stationed with the U. S. Air Force in England, had flown to Paris upon receiving news of his brother’s death, and that his wife had been Requested) to make the call to Lincoln county i to notify the Lockman family. ) Efforts on the part of the Lock- ! man family here today by means 1 of cablegram and telephone to j i learn more details of the death j ! proved successful. A brother, Rus- ! ! sell, informed The Times he was j j able to reach his brother, Daniel, j by telephone at the R. C. Lockman ! home in Vigney, France, near i Paris, at 11:30 a.m. today. He said he learned from Daniel that their) brother had died at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at his Vigney home, and that funeral services would be \ held next Tuesday at 11 a.m. in j the American Church of Paris, j Buriel will be in the Bissonette j family plot in Paris. LAST VISIT HERE —1953 Mr. L ockman served overseas j during World War 11. and since | the war has been employed with [ the Army Ordnance Division of) the American Civilian Corp. w'ith headquarters in Paris. He lived with his Flench wife and four (Continued oil page 51 Gordon Keener Seriously Hurt In Auto Collision Three Lincoln county persons were injured, one seriously, in an automobile mishap about 9:40 p.m. Tuesday on Highway 27. four miles east of Lincolnton near Saunders Furniture Mart. Hospitalized with serious head injuries, facial lacerations, and a broken leg was Gordon Sully Keener. 51. of Lincolnton. Route 5. A Crowell Hospital attache reported this morning that Mr. Keener had spent a restful night. Receiving light injuries were Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Edgar Beal of Lincolnton. They were occu pants of a ’4B Studebaker. Highway Trooper Dave Hous ton, investigating officer, gave this account of what happened: PUSHING CAR ON HIGHWAY Mr. Beal, having mechanical trouble with his car, had stepped outside it on the steering wheel side, turned off the lights, and W. E. Sisk Is Good Example Os Loyal Times Subscriber It's men like W. E. Sisk of Vale, Route 3, that makes The Times proud of its large and growing family of subscribers. Mr. Sisk has been in ill health of late, was hospitalized at the Crowell Hospital. I.ast week lie had sufficiently recovered his health to be dismissed from the hospital. Normally, a dis missed patient usually heads directly for his or her home. But Mr. Sisk, you see is a long-time Times subscriber. He remembered it was about renewal time on his subscription. So, after hiring a taxi, he had the driver stop by The Times office enroute to his home. Mr. Sisk, still weakened by his illness, leaned on a eane for support as he stepped into the office. With a big. friendly smile on his face, he told office employe Shirley Wilson. "Let me subscribe for my paper another year. I’m just going home from the hospital and I don’t want to miss any copies." He paid a year's subscription, and with a parting smile hobbled out the door and into the taxi. Yes, The Times is proud' of its family of readers. Especially one as loyal and conscientious as Mr. Sisk. We wish him a full, complete recovery from his illness .. . and many, many more years of enjoyment as a Times subscriber. ALMOST EVERYONE in LINCOL NTON and LINCOLN COUNTY reads THIS NEWSPAPER Single Copy: FIVE CENTS MEMBERSHIP DWINDLES In 1947, when the Lincolnton Chamber of Commerce was first organized the organization had 377 members. In 1956, eight years later, membership in the C of C has dwindled off to 116. 300 members are needed if the Chamber is to safely operate, financially. These, and other salient facts | were brought out about the chant- I ber at the annual banquet meeting j cl the organization and the Mer -1 chants Association Monday eve ning in the Lincolnton high j school cafeteria. Pledged memberships in the C of C for 1956 will be sought in a concerted drive to reach the 300 member goal, retiring Chamber president Harvey Jonas, Jr., an nounced at Monday night’s gath ering of C of C, Merchants Asso ciation members and guests, and iarge representations from the civic organizations in town. The attendance approximated 200. The various clubs called off their regular meetings so that | members could accept an invita j tion to attend the dinner meeting I and acquaint themselves with | what the Chamber of Commerce i it doing and to hear future plans j outlined. ERWIN SPEAKER Featured speaker at the event j was Arthur Erwin, Lincolnton j native, now an attorney with ' the United States Chamber of Commerce in Washington. ! Aware of the local Chamber’s | status, and local aims and objec | lives to rebuild it and make it a i bigger, more effective organiza -1 tion, M7\ Erwin proceeded to out i line a program that is necessary | to build and develop a strong, ac j tive Chamber of Commerce. I Regarding operations of a | Chamber of Commerce, he pointed out that to be effective the Cham | ber must have a dynamic program j of work. This program, he said, | must not depend on the officers, ! secretary, board of directors, “but all citizens of the town.” A Chamber of Commerce, he emphasized, must fill local (Continued on page 6) was in the process of pushing it in an effort to get it started when the car operated by Mr. Keener, rammed into it from the rear. Mr. Beal told the patrolman that he saw the Keener auto approach ing from behind and that he at tempted to flick his car lights back to warn the driver, but his action was too late to prevent the colli sion. Keener reported he did not see the light-less Beal car on the highway ahead of him in time to avoid running into it, officer Houston said. The force of the impact threw Keener about 12 feet out of his car and into a ditch, trooper Hous ton reported. Both cars were al most completely demolished. Houston said Beal was charged with reckless driving involved in accident, personal injury, and re leased under $2,000 bond pending outcome of Keener's injuries.
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