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You ore now reading — LINCOLN COUNTY’S LEADING NEWSPAPER and ADVERTISING MEDIUM VOL. 49, NO. 8 t tudent Tells Kotarians Os European Trip Albert Goldsmith, Jr., Univer sity of North Carolina student, v.as the guest speaker at Monday night’s dinner meeting of the Rotary club. He was introducedjiy his father, Albert Goldsmith, Sr., of Lincoln ton, who was in charge of the program. Albert. Jr„ in a very interest ing manner, reported on the highlights of his tour of Europe last summer. He visited the countries of Western Europe during June, July and August, covering a distance of approxi mately 4,000 miles. The unusual thing about the Lincolnton student's European tour was that he made about 1800 miles of the tour on an English three-speed bicycle. He related that he spent most of the nights at a youth hostel, v>hich caters to young people on bike trips and hikes. A bed, he said, cost only 10 to 30c, and a meal 25 to 30c. Albert reported that for the trip behind the Iron Curtain, (Russian zone), he traveled by plane to Berlin. Germnay. He said ha spent a month in France, doing some studying of the French language. He reported that Germany was the country' that impressed him most, Switzer land was the most beautiful, and France the most expensive. The English language, he said, was used a little in most all the coun tries he visited and this helped him, but that in France he had to call upon his knowledge of French. The' Rotarians found young Goldsmith’s talk very entertaining and educational. 2275 Miles Os Primary Highways In Lincoln Retreated During 1955 During 1955, the State High way Commission accomplished a vast amount of road improvements in the Twelfth Highway Division (which includes Lincoln> Commis sioner June Scarborough reported this week. Division-wide, the primary sys- j tern was renovated by 94.80 miles of retreatment. 31.71 miles of wid ening and resurfacing, 17.78 miles of paving, 10.01 miles of reloca tion (including the clearing, grad ing. structures and paving). In ad dition. several bridges were un proved by widening and rebuild ing. The county road system in the Twelfth was also improved by 206.5 miles of road oil retreatment, 51.06 miles of paving, 28.24 miles of grading, paving and structures, 7.37 miles of new base and paving, and 5.37 miles of grading and pav ing. t 1 Scarborough praised the State highway forces on their splendid road accomplishments of 1955. With division headquarters in Shelby, the Twelfth is composed of Cleveland. Gaston. Lincoln. Alexander, Catawba, and Iredell counties. An experienced road-, builder, E. L. Kemper, as Division Engineer, heads a competent en gineering staff. J. D. Peek is As sistant Division Engineer. For 1 Age Groups Altered... Foodhandling Classes Set Here February, 9,16 Plans have been completed for the annual Foodhandlers’ Con ference in the three-county dis trict of Catawba, Lincoln, and Alexander. The responsibility for the super vision and inspection for sanita tion purposes of foodhandling Establishments in the three coun ties listed is a responsibility of the Health Department. Efforts are continually pointed toward better equipment, better service and wholesome food. The Foodhandlers’ Conference will consist of lectures, demon strations, discussions and films containing the latest and best uformation relative to the prop ) r methods of handling foods in 1 /üblic eating places. Health department officials point out that in order for food equipment to be effectively used, properly maintained, and the order that the service be the best and that the food served is the safest, it is necessary that the in dividuals who have the responsi bility of maintaining equipment, preparing and serving food, have the know-how' necessary to carry out their duties properly. CLASSES HERE FEBRUARY 9-16 Classes for the foodhandlers will be held in Lincolnton, Hickory, Newton and Taylorsville. In Lincolnton. classes will be The Lincoln Times Published Every Mondoy and Thursday Devoted to the Progress of Lincolnton and Lincoln County. I; jgmk fe H mfaM fv? yrs fes*. t HBh ,-tycl Ham. -■ es r, ,v.w;, .Kwcf,... ...... .... .. e f OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OF THE LINCOLNTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR 1956. are: Pictured above, seat ed left to right: Elmore Goodson, C. R. Hartman, Pat Buckley (president), Mrs. Polly Crisson (secretary), Asbury Howard, W. D. Heart Fund Donation Memorial To W. A. Lilly Miss Ainslee Alexander, it was announced today, has made the first contribution to the Lincoln County Heart Fund as a memorial to W. A. Lilly, well known and well beloved Lincolnton citizen, who died January 24, a victim of heart disease. The Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Shipp- Lockman Post 1706. which is spon soring the Heart drive in the coun ty, urges you if you would like to remember someone in like manner to please send your contribution to Robert S. Rudisill, treasurer of the Heart Fund, at the First National Bank. The Auxiliary would like to recognize any and all memorials. “Help Your Heart Fund Help Your Heart.” maintenance purposes, the Twelfth . is subdivided into two districts. J. I. Church is District Engineer at Shelby for Cleveland, Gaston, and Lincoln counties while P. D. Miller is District Engineer at Statesville for Alexander. Catawba, i and Iredell counties. S. B. Brink | ley is Division Road Oil Supervisor i while F. S. Yount is Bridge Main i tenance and Construction En ! gineer for the Division. LINCOLN PROJECTS | In Lincoln County, State high way forces retreated a total of 22.75 miles of primary highways. By contract, US 321 was improved (Continued on page 8) Helms And Avery Now Operating Former Martin's Food Store Henry Helms and J. W. Avery, w ell known young Lincoln county j men, have purchased and are now operating the former Martin’s Food Store on the Lincolnton- Maiden highway near the Starlite theatre. Mr. Helms recently received his j oischarge from the U. S. Navy ! following six years of service. He |is married to the former Miss , Evelyn WliTtener of Lincolnton. 1 Route 3. in the Health Department As sembly room. Lesson One will be on Feb. 9. 9:30 a.m.; 3:00 p.m. Lesson Two will be on Feb. 16, 9:30 a.m.; 3:00 p.m. All persons interested in food service are urged to attend the classes. The classes are scheduled at Hickory, Oakwood school auditor um, Feb 7 and 14; at County office building. Newton. Feb. 8 and 15; Presbyterian church dining room. Taylorsville. Feb. 10 and 17. DR. KOOMEN INSTRUCTOR Dr. Jacob Koomen, Jr., acting chief. Communicable Disease Con trol. Division of Epidemiology, State Board of Health. Raleigh, will be one of the instructors. He will discuss "Food Borne Illness” at each class during the first week. In addition to Dr. Koomen’s dis cussion. movies on subjects relat ed to “Food Borne Illness” will be shown. Sanitarians of the District Health Department have contact ed all establishments and sched ules for the attendance of all per sonnel at the classes have been made. It was emphasized that the foodhandling classes are open to all persons who are engaged in or interested in food service in churches, civic organizations and the like. His Hour In The Sun ... Saga Os A Six-Year-Old The operation was a success; but the post-operative treat ment was a howling triumph! You ran take the word on that | of six-year-old Billy Wilson, son of I)r. and Mrs. Sam Wilson. It was a remarkable thing, but the pain in Billy's side never augured the Utopia to come. When Papa Sam poked his ex perieneed finger about and told Billy he’d have to have his ap pendix out, a six-year-old lid was flipped in typical six-year old fashion. Nevertheless, Billy made capital of the coming op eration. He was as much a hero as a kid with a wart. At Mrs. Mattie Lou Alexander’s kinder garten, Billy was in the lime light like a toddler with a cut linger. The coming operation Heart Fund Drive Here Being Sponsored By VFW Auxiliary February has been designated Heart Month all over the nation by the American Heart Association and plans are being completed for Lincoln County's first Heart Drive. The Ladies Auxiliary to the Vet erans of Foreign Wars, Shipp- Lockman Post 1706, Lincolnton, is sponsoring the drive here to be climaxed on February 26. when volunteers will make door to door calls asking their friends and neighbors for donations. Miss Marie Rhyne is serving as chairman of the drive and Robert S. Rudisill, cashier at the First National Bank of Lin colnton, is acting as treasurer. Last year, from Jan. 1 through Nov. 30. there were 63 residents of Lincoln County who died of heart diseases. All citizens have friends and loved ones who have been affected by this killer. All funds received will go for research to combat this dread disease which is so omir.ent among us. Miracles have been performed in research during the last few years DHIA Testers' Training Course A D. H. I. A. Testers’ Training Course will be held at N. C. State College from March 5 to 17. 1956. Dairy Herd Improvement Asso ciation is just what the name im plies. It is set up so the dairy farmer can test his cows to meas ure their production and efficiency at a small cost to the farmer. The tester is the key man in any association and in Lincoln County, v;e are very fortunate to have Wyatt Dellinger. Mi-. Dellinger is doing a fine job for the members of our Association. More testers are needed in near by areas and other sections of the State . To be eligible, a man must have a high school education or the equivalent, farm experience, and an interest in dairy husbandry and record keeping. If any person in the county is interested in taking the training course in March, contact the County Agents’ Offices for further information. Lincoln, Cherryville, Crouse Men Directors Herd Improvement Group GASTONIA.—The Dairy Herd Improvement Association (DHIA) of Gaston county was organized last week by eleven herd owners. Eight directors, including two at-large directors were named. A second organizational meeting to elect officers will be held Feb. 1 16. at which time the association I will incorporate and adopt a con stitution and by-laws. I Directors include: Three years Jim Selley of i Cherryville and Walden W. Weav ! er of Bessemer City, Rt. 1. ; Two years Robert L. Robin j son of Kings Mountain, Rt. 1, and | R. P. Harirson of Gastonia, Rt. 3. LINCOLNTON, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2- 1956 Hoyle. Standing, left to right: A. L. Tail, Jack Brown, Dr. Boyce Griggs, E. F. Drum, 11. A. Jonas, Jr., Sam King. Dr. Sam Wilson, Frank 11. Crowell. was the chief topic of conversa tion for two days running, and all the other children beheld Billy Wilson in wide-eyed won derment. EDGING TO GLORY Still, Billy harbored an inner dread as the fateful day ap proached, and Papa Sam and Mama Mamie had to build him up to it gradually. It was care fully explained just what kind of instruments would be used, that there would be absolutely no pain. And there were promises of everything from live ponies to leprauehauns' hats with feathers. Came the day. Came the op eration. Came the awakening in a pleasant room with flowers. Then, the post-operative season and with more funds and efforts 1 perhaps before long heart disease j will be under control. Everyone is j asked to remember the slogan i “Help Your Heart Fund Help ! Your Heart”; and be as generous j ! as possible. At Health Department. . . Health Depts. To Get More Os Polio Vaccine According to an announcement i this week from Raleigh, the form- j ula under which the Salk anti-! polio vaccine will be made avail- ! able to private physicians and i public health departments has been reversed. The mange was made by the State Advisory Committee on Poliomyelitis Vaccine Tuesday in an effort to get more of the anti-polio shots into the arms of children. LINCOLN PROGRAM Here in Lincoln county, the Salk vaccine program has moved along i smoothly with hundreds of first j and second grade pupils receiving | shots at clinics last spring, and i hundreds of others have been ad- , ministered their third shots inj recent months. However, t lie re j have’ been many others who have j not been administered the shots, t either at the health department; or from Lincolnton physicians, where vaccine supplies were and are available. Under the old formula of distri- I bution. physicians got 70 per cent! of the supply of the Salk vaccine while local health departments, which administer the shots free. | got 30 per cent. Physicians have a $3 inoculation fee. However, on the basis of the State Advisory Committee's latest action, the formula has theoretic ally been reversed. The committee changed the formula to read 30 per cent for commercial outlets and 70 per cent One year —L. A. Wolfe of Bes semer City and Gastonia, and Paul Hastings of Lincolnton, Rt. 4. At-large directors are J. D. Hoover of Crouse, Rt. 1, (Lincoln county), and Bob Hunter of Harris, (Rutherford county). Gaston county, with 11 herds, does not have enough herds to form a full association. For this reason, single herds from Lin coln and Rutherford counties were added. Marvin Singer, dairy specialist from N. C. State College, who at tended the first meeting, will also be present for the Feb. 16 meeting. I between the snowy sheets, with | solicitous family and friends about, with pretty nurses jump- | ing at beck and call, with pic ture books and toy airplanes. Billy Wilson was the center of 1 the universe and he loved it, ] even as any six-year-old —or any sixty-year-old. for that | matter. Then, they came in one morn ! ing, scarcely able to conceal ; the excitement in their eyes, to climax Billy’s joy with the ! greatest tidings yet. He could go home that day! Billy was silent for a long j moment, but the wheels wt-re turning behind those bewildered eyes. Then, his face lighted up: i "Please," he said, “May I have another operation!” Leon Sain Operating New Shell Station ; Leon Sain is owner-manager of j ] the new Shell service station rec- j ; ently opened on West Main Street, t ; Lincolnton - Cherryville highway i I section. Mr. Sain is a well-known ! I Lincoln county man. 1 A grand opening of the station I is planned soon. Watch this news- I paper for date. i for local health departments, with I a proviso that a reserve of 25,000 | cubic centimeters of vaccine al- I ways be available for use of pri j vate doctors. This is to guard against the supply running out for parents ' who want their children inoeu- ! lated by their private physicians. AGE GROUP ALTERED Dr. J. W. R. Norton, state health j officer, said the additional vaccine j will be made available to local I { health departments upon request! j from the local health officer and | j the local medical society, j Dr. Norton said that until now i j there had been no attempt to cor (Continued on page 8) Rites Held For W. H. Moore, I ! William Henry Moore, 67, died j about 9:30 p.m. Monday in the : Crowell hospital. He was a resi- j dent of 327 E. Carter St.. Lincoln ton, and a retired textile em ployee. Mr. Moore was a lover of music, and was noted for his hobby of making with his own hands stringed instruments. He was a regular attendant and participant in the fiddlers' conventions once 1 held in Lincolnton. | Mr. Moore was born in Green i County, Ga.. July 8. 1888. I Funeral services were held Wed nesday at 3 p.m, at Pentecostal Holiness Church in Lincolnton v. ith the Rev. Henry Reece, pastor, in charge, assisted by Rev. W. E. Eauldwin and Rev. M. J. Pierce. Burial was in Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery. 1 Surviving are his wife, Mrs. : Bertha EMa Moore; one son. i W,'alter Moore of Homestead, Fla.: Ifo u r daughters, Mrs. Bryant ! Mitchem. Mrs. ’Charles Mitchem. i Mrs. Clyde Crouse, of Lincolnton, Mrs. Paul Harkey of Lincolnton, Route 4; his mother, Mrs. Addie I Morgan Moore of Lincolnton; three sisters, Mrs. Florence Col vard of Lincolnton. Mrs. Jake Slaughter of Newton, Route 2, Mrs. Willis Odum of Mooresville, Route I Drum Funeral Home was in i charge of arrangements. Chamber! Drive For New Members Picks Up Steam Fire Does Heavy Damage To Gene Keener Home The home of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Keener on the Lincolnton- Cherryville highway, Hilltop sec tion, was heavily damaged by fire around 10:45 a.m. yesterday i Wednesday). City firemen were called to the scene, and were able to bring the flames under control, but only as-, ter considerable damage had been done. Damages by the fire, smoke end water, were estimated at around several thousand dollars to the home and household fur nishings. It was reported that Mr. Keener 1 was at home waxing the floors, and had just stepped across the highway for a coke at a nearby store when the home was first discovered ablaze. The fire wasj believed to have started around a I closet. Firemen were ealled again today around 7:50 a.m. to the Keener home, where neighbors diseovered smoke eoming out of the windows. It was reported the smoke was found to be eoming from smouldering sheetrock that dropped into a closet during yes terday's blaze. Thompson, Little Head Boy Scout Organization In This County For 56 The Lincoln County Boy Scout organizational plans for 1956 have been perfected, various committee chairmen named, and programs lined up for observance of na tional Boy Scout Week, February 6-12. Lincoln County is a member of the Piedmont Council Area, which has headquarters in Gastonia. This county now has approxi mately eleven Boy Scout troops, and three Cub packs, with around 280 youths taking part in the Scouting programs. Charlie Bryant, formerly of Gas tonia, and now a Lincoln county resident, is President of the Pied mont Area Boy Scout Council. Organization - wise. C. Rhyne Little lias been re-named Boy Scout Commissioner for Lincoln county: Jack Thompson is Vice-President of the Pied mont Council for Lincoln coun ty: Paul Gabriel, Jr., Vice-Chair- Lincoln Man Is Fined SI,OOO In Alex Liquor Case TAYLORSVILLE —Edgar Alonzo Mauney of Lincolnton. charged with possession of seventy-two gallons of non-tax paid whiskey, I was ordered to pay a SI,OOO fine in Alexander county recorder's court j here. Mauney was arrested by State j Trooper J. M. Taylor of Taylors ville. Hearing for J. E. Austin. 22. of Taylorsville, charged by Taylors- [ villr Police Officer Bill Mayberry and State Trooper J. H. Holloway with speeding at 110 miles an hour in a 1955 Ford and with reckless driving, was postponed until next I Wednesday. The officers said they were sit- j ting in a parked patrol car when they observed the 1955 Ford being operated in a reckless manner. They said they chased the Ford for six and one-half miles and at sliced up to 110 miles per hour before the vehicle was pulled off onto a dirt road. The officers added that two miles down the dirt road the car being pursued failed to make a curve and overturned. There was only about thirty-five dollars damage done to the ve hicle. however, Mayberry and Hol loway said. Local Poetry Chapter Radio Program Sunday A Page From History will be given Sunday afternoon, 5:30-6:00, over radio station WLCN honor ing Sidney Lanier, poet of the South, whose birthday falls on February 3. The Lincoln Poetry chapter will be in charge, with Miss Frances Ann Fair the announcer. This will be a UDC program. When a man changes his mind as often as a woman, chances are he’s married to her. Lincolnton’s Chamber of Commerce plans for an ex panded program in 1956 and a larger, more active member ship were boosted at a meeting of the board of directors on Monday evening. Asbury Leads All Schools In Polio Donations Lincoln county's March of Dimes campaign was well over its $3.- 160.00 quota today. Fund chair man John Friday issued his latest report at noon on contributions received, the total being over $5,100.00. The fund was swelled consider ably when reports came in from the schools this week. Asbury ele mentary school at Boger City to date has collected more than any other school for benefit of the fund. The Asbury March of Dimes contributions totaled $709.62. Contributions from other schools, chairman Friday dis closed, were as follows: Lincoln ton grammar school, $359.38; Lincolnton high school, $250.00; (Continued on page 8) man of the Piedmont Council for the county. Next Friday, Feb. 10, in observ ance of Boy Scout Week, Lincoln Scouts will hold chapel programs in the schools: also, different ! Scouts will take over the city and ’ountv offices for the day. That night t Friday), the Father-Son banquet will be held at the VFW Club, beginning at 6:30. The public is invited. Tickets will be $1.25 each, and can be purchased from Jack Thompson. Jake Burgin or Rhyne Little. There will be no program of speech-making at this banquet. Reports from the Scouts holding city-county offices that Say will be heard. COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN Boy Scout committees for 1956. selected by the local District Scout Committeemen, follow: Rev. J. J. Powell, chairman of organizational and extension work: G. L. Good- j son. chairman of troop organiza tion: Jake Burgin. chairman of cubbing: Ause Harvey, chairman | of scout leadership training : Tom | Wilson, chairman of advancement | -ommittee: Robert Lineberger. Hal Hoyle, Jr., co-chairman, Fred j Rudisill. assistant, of camp activi j ties; Clifford Rhyne, chairman of j l eading committee: Pat Buckley. | chairman of civic services: Dr. J. H. Fitzgerald, chairman of health and safety; Rotary and Kiwanis clubs, finance and com mittee sponsors: Robert Rudisill. j chairman. Henry Collins, vice \ chairman, public relations: Dennis Long, chairman of radio publicity. Smack Proctor, chairman of news paper publicity: S. Ray Lowder, j chairman of school relations; Rev. Richard Lee, chairman of church relations. Dr. A. M. Cornwell New Medical Society Head New officers of the Lincoln i County Medical Society were | elected at a recent meeting. They j assumed the duties of office in! January NEW OFFICERS I)r. A. M. Cornwell was elecled ! the new president, Dr. W. V. 1 Costner, viee president; Dr. j Thomas Morton, secretary t reasurer. Dr. John Fitzgerald is the re- j tiring president of the society. All members of the society were j present with the exception of Dr.j John Gamble, who is in military! i service in Japan. SUPPORT C OF C The current status and member - j :'nip drive of the Lincolnton Chamber of Commerce was dis cusssed, and it was the unanimous vote of the Medical Society to support the Chamber by 100 per cent paid membership. Meetings of the Lincoln County Medical Society are held every :;t veral months during the year. The meetings are usually held at ALMOST EVERYONE in LINCOLNTON and LINCOLN COUNTY reads THIS NEWSPAPER Single Copy: FIVE CENTS Principal objective of the called board meeting, presided over by new Chamber president Pat Buckley, was to stress the membership campaign which was inaugurated at the annual dinner meeting several weeks ago. Plans were put in motion for personal visitation of business firms and individuals in an all-out | effort to build up membership in j the organization. Teams are being assigned to work together in the expanding, old and new member -1 ship project. j Board members present at Mon day’s session, held in the confer j ence room at Tait Yarn Co., in j eluded: Pat Buckley, H. A. Jonas, j Jr., Dr. Boyce Griggs. Jack Brovtn, i Dr. Sam Wilson, Hal Hoyle, Jr., j Sam King, E. F. Drum, Robert Rudisill. Dewey Hoyle, Asbury Howard. A. L. Tait, Elmore Good ! son, Frank H. Crowell, C. R. Hart man. 300 MINIMUM QUOTA A minimum quota of 300 members has been set in the drive. Three hundred members was called a "must,” at the annual meeting, if the Chamber is to be able to continue operat ing on a strong, sound financial basis. The Chamber was first organ ized in 1947 with 377 members, and in 1955, eight years later, membership had dwindled to 166. However, the 1956 membership drive already has gotten results. President Buckley reported that since the annual meeting approxi mately 29 Lincolnton -Lincoln county firms and individuals have pledged their membership to the Chamber. RESPONSE GOOD “The response for members has been good so far," Mr. Buck ley said, “we have over 20 per cent of what we want, bat must have more.” He feels that the I Chamber of Commerce repre- I sents all of the people of Lin colnton and Lincoln county, and (hat active participation from all city and county citizens in •he Chamber's work and plans benefits not only the city and county, but the individual as j well. I “This is a challenge to all of us,” he said, “to expand our Chamber of Commerce, make it strong and vigorous, and a guiding force to wards a bigger and better Lincoln (Continued on page 8) j Former Lincoln Minister Accepts Gastonia Call | Rev. J. Fred King, former pas j for of the Roseland Baptist Church. Lincoln county, has ac cepted the pastorate of Modena j Street Baptist Church in Gas tonia. ! Rev. King was pastor of the | Roseland church until October of last year when he returned to Gastonia to help organize the Cleveland Heights Baptist Church, which he served as pastor. He succeeds the Rev. W. A. Costner at the Modena church. Rev. Costner recently accepted a ! call to a church in Athens, Tenn. I Rev. King had been serving as ! supply pastor at the Modena j church since Rev. Costner’s recent resignation. i the Crowell Hospital, or at the I home of individual members. ' SB y* * fife " " IgglljyfigiM y illijlllSß VII. A. M. CORNWELL
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