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LINCOLN COUNTY’S
LEADINO NEWSPAPER
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VOL. 49, NO. 21
-owing Report...
Employment
Remains Good
In Lincoln Area
The following report on em
ployment conditions in the Lin
colnton, Lincoln County, Cherry
ville area for the past month
• February) was released today by
Paul Lawing manager of the local
office of the N. C. Employment
Commission:
The number of persons filing
claims for unemployment in
surance showed a decline over
January 1956 as well as for Feb
ruary 1955. A total of 248 initial
claims was filed last month as j
compared to 398 in January ,
1956 and 294 in February 1955. i
Continued good business con
ditions in practically all manufac
turing plants accounts for this de
cline. The number of persons fil- ;
ing weekly continued claims also j
showed a decline with a total of
Air Force Note
Sent To County
Attorney John R. Friday, chair
man for the annual Red Cross
fund drive currently underway in
Lincoln County, has received a
letter from the 309th Troop Car
rier Squadron at Donaldson Air
Force Base, Greenville, S. C.. as a
follow-up to the appearance here
last week of an Air Force-loaned
helicopter to stir up interest in
the local Red Cross drive.
The letter is as follows:
“Dear Sir:
“We are in receipt of your letter
and copies of THE LINCOLN
TIMES for which we are most
grateful. THE TIMES articles will!
remain a part of the history of
this squadron.
“ It was a pleasure for us to be ;
of assistance in your Red Crass
rive. and. if we may boos further
sistance at some future date, do
ot hesitate to call on us.
“FRANK L. KEBELMAN. JR.,
"Major, ÜBAF.
“Commander."
Only 69 Pints Os Blood
Received Here Monday
By LEWIS E. EVERLINK |
Lincoln County
Blood Program Chairman
Only sixty-six blood donors from
Lincoln County gave blood at the
Monday visit. Sixty-six persons out
of the total population of the
county. This was far short of our
quota of 125 pints.
This means, of course, that
quite a few people will not be
able to get blood from the Blood
Bank when they need it. This is
a small thing, when we think of
the number of people in the
Hugh Abernethy
Named President
Os District WOW
"Cook's Booster Club" of the
Woodmen of the World held their
regular quarterly meeting with
the Lincolnton Camp Monday eve
ning at 8:00 o’clock. The following
officers were elected for the en
suing term: E. Hugh Abernethy,
Lincolnton, President; G. N. Pilk
inson. Lenoir, Ist. Vice Pres: Jim
Killian. Hickory. 2nd Vice Pres.;
W. Q. Bullard. Lincolnton. Secre
tary J. D. FTarbinson. Maiden and
E. A. Rudisill, Escorts: C. M.
Cooke. Hickory. Treasurer: J. B.
Houser. Vale. Watchman: R. L.
Propst, Drexel, Sentry.
Mr. Hiram. Assistant State I
Manager, Woodmen of The World, j
Charlotte, made the principal ad- i
dress of the evening.
Following the meeting a ‘pig
in-the-blanket' supper was served
to those present.
The next meeting will be held
at Hickory on Friday. Juno Ist.
1956.
Southside Baptist
r hurch To Conduct
f aining Union Course
Southside Baptist Church will
hold a Training Union Study
Course from March 19 to 23.
Rrv. Hamilton Scronce will
teach the adults. Benny Ingle
the Intermediates, Mrs. Hampton
Scronce the Juniors, and Mrs.
Dora Elntorc the Primarys.
The study will begin each night
at 7 o'clock and run through
8:30 p.m.
The pastor. Rev. W. L. Pitts, and
the congregation extend a cordial
Invitation to the public to attend
the school.
The Lincoln Times
Published Every Mondoy and Thursday Devoted to the Progress of Lincolnton and Lincoln County.
• 1144 continued claims being filed
• in February 1956 as compared to
1412 In January 1956 and a total
i of 2012 in February 1955. this
r represents about twice the num
-1 ber which was filed during the
; past month.
Job openings showed a slight
I improvement over last month as
i well as the corresponding
; month of 1955 with a total of
| 67 persons being placed on suita
. hie job openings.
A large number of these were
' hired as trainees and although
i job openings are still rather slow
it is still difficult to find quali
fied workers for a large number of
occupations. Construction work is
always slower during the winter
i months due primarily to the
' weather approaches more job
; openings will be available in the
construction field.
TEST SENIORS
The local office recently com
! plcted testing the seniors at
j Rock Springs High School which
I makes a total of four high
; schools in this County where the
seniors who arc not going off to
I College or who do not have a
job waiting for them after grad
uation.
It is hoped we will be able to
place these graduates at various
manufacturing plants and retail
business establishments through
out our County. Some of the stu •
dents will graduate in May while
the others will finish in June so
! if you can use any of these grad
uates be sure and call the local
j employment office.
663 APPLICANTS
At the present time we have a
total of 663 applications for work
in our files with 377 of these be
l ing female workers and 94 veter
ans. A large number of these are
j inexperienced while others have
! had office experience, textile,
furniture, laborers and many
j others.
Tlie' local Employment Security
I Office is open 5 days each week
j from 8 a m. to 5 p.m. and is lo
cated above Conner Furniture
I store. The telephone number is
! RE 5-2252.
| county who ran give blood. Let’s
make a better showing at the
visit.
We are grateful to all those who
helped make the collecetion of
these sixty-six pints of blood pos
sible. First among these must al
ways be the donors, our hats off
to thase who gave. Then we salute
the volunteers who assisted in this
visit, and the doctors and the
nurses who volunteered their time.
Our thanks also to Haynes Dairy
for the milk supplied by them, to
radio station WHON for their as
sistance and to the two local news
papers for their coverage.
BLOOD DONORS
Blood donors w r ere: Mrs. Colleen
Sisk, Mrs. Ann Goodson. Mrs.
Thomas Deal, Mrs. Margie Bridges.
Mrs. Donald Hovis. Kenneth Car
penter, Mrs. “Block" Smith, John
A. Ramseur, Edwin Yates Ward.
Joe A. Leonard. Mrs. Gladys Wise.
Mrs. Bunola Gilbert, Asbury How
ard. Mrs. Doris Finger, Miss Becky
Harvey, Mrs. Asbury Howard,
Robert C. Keener, Elbert E. Goins.
Craig Devine. James Thomas Arm
strong. David J. Devine. Mrs. Ira
Blanton Payseur. Fred B. Kiser,
Mrs. Richard Rudisill, Bobby Gene
Scronce. Lewis Keener, Charles
Lester McSwain, Mrs. Jean King.
Fred H. Rudisill. Lewis E. Everline,
Mrs. Mary Scronce. Steve B. Bari
neau, Norman K. Rash, Leslie Ru
disill, Raymond Ray, William F.
Lynch. Mrs. Ruth Dellinger, Jack
H. Ramseur. Ralph L. Senter,
Yates Kistler, Mrs. James Gilbert,
Claude Lindsey, Wilson P. Belton.
Jr.. Mrs. James H. Hines, Mrs.
Hester Carpenter, Mrs. Camilla
Beam. Mrs. Frank King, Robert C.
Scronce, Mrs. W. M. Cagle. Mrs.
Geneva Benninger, Robert H.
Lineberger. Earl Benninger, Har
mon H. James, Melvin Lingerfelt,
Erskine H. Willis. Jr„ Paul H.
Lawing, Jack F. Cagle. Arthur
Sellers. Wade M. Shuford. Rev.
Latt Beshears. Johnny Bollinger,
Cary Neal Caskey, D. C. Chandler,
Walter Lineberger.
VOLUNTEERS
Volunteers who worked at the
Bloodmobile were: Mrs. Dan Mc-
Ginnis. Mrs. Gordon Goodson. Mrs.
William A. Mauney. Mrs. William
Barineau. Mrs. L. D. Warlick. Mrs.
J. E. Henley, Mrs. Emmett Martin
and Mrs. John Robinson. Canteen
volunteers were: Mrs. James A.
Shuford. Mrs. Tony Zclinski. Mrs.
Franklin Hautz. Mrs. Floyd
I Thompson and Mrs. D. H. Mauney,
Sr.
Doctors who served were: Drs.
A. M. Cornwell. John Fitzgerald,
S. A. Wilson, James Reinhardt.
•Walter Costner and L. A. Crowell.
Nurses who served were: Mrs. S. A.
Wilson and Mrs, Charles Todd.
* JB;
A/1C WILLIAM CARSWELL
William Carswell
Named Airman
Os The Month
Airman First Class William
Carswell, son of Mr. and Mrs.
William R. Carsw r ell. of Lincolnton,
Route 1. has been selected as Air
man of the Month for February.
Information as to his selection
came in a letter to his parents
from Capt. Everett W. Abbott, Jr„
Commander of the 17th Air Police
Squadron at Hurlburt Field In
Florida.
Excerpts from Commander Ab
bott's letter follow:
"Being selected as Airman of
the Month is truly a fine compli
ment to your son since all the
airmen in the squadron were con
sidered. His being selected indi
cates that the Officers and Non-
Commissioned Officers of this
squadron believe your son to be
the outstanding Airman in out
unit.
"To be Airman of the Month, he
had to be outstanding in his per
formance of duty, in his appear
ance, in his attitude toward the
persons with whom he works and
all the people he contacts while
performing his job.
“As Commander of the 17th Air
Police Squadron I would like to
state that I am pleased, to have
unit and wish we hacEk-.rc like
him."
Junior Marshalls
Chosen At Union
High School
Marshalls from the Junior class
at Union high school this year
were selected by their scholastic
average.
The student with the highest
average was chosen chief marshal,
with the two top boys and the two
top girls following.
Chief marshal is Johnny Lantz.
Others are Betty Lutz, Vivian
Sain, Charles Childers and Ken
neth Gilmore. Alternates are
Nancy Coon and Wayne Grigg.
Sec how your personality may be :
revealed by the Zomboski Ink Blot j
Test administered in "The Little
Dog Laughed" Friday night at
Lincolnton High School at 8 p.m.
Membership Course Will Be
Taught At Baptist Church
A series of courses in Church
Membership will be taught at the
First Baptist Church for several
nights beginning Sunday evening
at 6:30.
This is in accordance with the
Southwide denominational pro
gram of "Magnify Church Mem
bership Week." Its purpose is to
further educate the church mem
bers in an appreciation of the
Baptist doctrines and heritage
and the member's obligations as
a growing Christian.
BOOKS TO BE TAUGHT
The books to be taught:
For adults: “Joy in Church
Membership.” Mrs. W. G. Bandy,
teacher; for Young People: “The
Challenge of Church Membership.”
Rev. Linwood Peterson, teacher:
for Intermediates: “Now You Be
long.” Mrs. Linwood Peterson,
Three New Dallas Mills To Give
Area Economic ' Shot In Arm"
An economic “shot in the
arm” was envisioned for this
entire area this week with an
nouncement that three new tex
tile mills —to employ between
800 and 1,000 persons —will
soon be established in Dallas,
13 miles south of Linrolnton.
The announcements concern
ing the three new industries
were made by Jqrry W. Walker
of Walker Engineering Co.,
Dallas, a Idhg-time Lincolnton
textile manufacturer.
He said a plant would be set
up in the old Morrowebb Mill
LINCOLNTON, N. C-, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1956
An Open Letter...
‘'Don't You Care
About Red Cross"
Because of the lack of support from the public in its efforts to
maintain operations and services, and especially the pool- response to
the current fund drive, Lincoln County’s Red Cross chapter is in
desperate straits. The Chapter now is near disbandment as the re
sult of this lack of support. Red Cross Chapter Chairman Walter
Clark and Fund Chairman John Friday describe the chapter's dilemna
in the following:
AN OPEN LETER TO THE PEOPLE OF LINCOLNTON AND
LINCOLN COUNTY:
As citizens of Lincolnton and Lincoln County, we have been
spared the awful consequences of flood and hurricane damage. We
have been blessed with peace and plenty. Our business and our crops
have been good.
. .. but, must it take just such disaster to awaken us?
A short distance away, the American Red Cross has expended the
staggering sum of $16,969,500.00 on flood relief alone. A major portion
of this large expenditure was channeled to assist disaster victims on
our very own coastline. Work, in these and other areas, is still going
on. It takes time .. . and money!
And. who knows, we may be next! We might soon be grateful
for the warmth and supplies given us by other generous citizens of
the United States. And, we might be grateful that there is a Fled
Cross. It can happen here!
Life-saving blood: how many lives saved! What monetary value
can we place on this service? Or, a child's life saved because an in
terested citizen engaged in life saving courses, or first aid?
As of this writing, citizens of Lincolnton and Lincoln County
have contributed less than $500.00 to the Lincoln Countv Red Cross
Drive. Our goal is over $7200.00. We are falling short. We stand to
lose our local chapter our ono vital link with the humanitarian
interests and work of the Red Cross: its blood program, its disaster
relief, if we fail to meet this goal. We are running on borrowed time
and money.
If asked for bread, can we give a stone?
We lack solicitors. One may not reach you. A contribution may be
mailed to the American Red Cross, Lincolnton, N. C., or to one of the
following:
<l> Mayor A. L. Tait, chairman of industrial division. (2) Mrs.
W. A. Lilly, Red Cross Office. C3> Robert Rudisill. Treasurer. Red
Cross. First National Bank, Lincolnton, N. C.
. .. Doesn't anyone care?
Walter Clark, Red Cross Chairman.
John R. Friday, Drive Chairman.
4 LHS Delegates To Attend
State Convention Os N.H.S.
I Special To The Lincoln Times)
Four delegates from Lincolnton
Hign School will attend the State
Convention of the National Honor
Society, to be held at Boyden High
School-in Salisbury. North Caro
lina, March 15-17.
They are: Willard Boyd, of
ficial: David Keever, official;
Nancy Shidal, official: and Re
becca Rhodes, official.
State officers, representing ap
proximately sixty-two chapters in
North Carolina, are: Glenn Ket
nrr. Salisbury, president; Jim Her
ring, Durham, vice-president;
Eleanor Evans, Raleigh, secretary;
and Mary Margaret Kelly. Salis
bury, treasurer.
The theme of this year's con
vention will be "Exploring New
Horizons: How can we as Na
tional Honor Society members ex
ert a stronger influence on today's
youth problems?”
DISCUSSION TOPICS
Discussion topics will include:
1. Segregation: llow will you
meet tomorrow?
2. Vocations: Are you prepar
ing adequately for tomorrow?
3. Recreation: What do you
expect in a good recreational
program?
4. Juvenile Delinquency: How
teacher: for Juniors: "My Church
and I.” Mrs. Leonard Byrd, teach
er: for Primaries: “To Church We
Go.” Leaders Mrs. Howard
Robinson. Mrs. L. C. Hovis, Jr..
Mrs. O. J. Peprsey. Mrs. Charles
Lawing; for Beginners: "To
Church We Go.” Leaders Mrs.
James F. Tipton. Mrs. Adam E
Hill: Nursery Workers: Mrs. Ben
Harrill and Mrs. A. B. Heavner.
SCHEDULE OF CLASSES
The schedule of classes: Sunday.
March 18: 6:30 to 7:30; Monday,
March 19: 7:00 to 9:00; Tuesday.
March 20: 7:00 to 9:00: Wednes
day, March 21: 7:50 to 8:30; Sun
day. March 25: 6:30 to 7:30.
All members of the church and
their families are urged to attend.
Others who are interested will also
be welcomed.
at Dallas to make 2,000 dozen
orlon sweaters a week for wo- ;
men, with yarn supplied by Carl- i
ton Yarn Mills of Cherryvilie.
and that the plant would, at
peak, employ 400 to 500 persons,
many of them possibly from the
Linrolnton area. The company,
which will sell through 11.
Sweetbaum. Inc., of New York
City, will be known as Dalnit
Mill's. All the common stock has
been subscribed, but $50,000 in
6 pet. preferred stock will Ip
issued, to pay a bonus of s2s9
for each SI,OOO invested at the
can you help to prevent juve
nile delinquency in your com
munity?
5. Government: Will you let
communism sneak into vour
life?
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Highlights of the program will
include:
Friday morning: The Reverend
Mr. E. K. McLarty. pastor of the
First Methodist Church in Salis
bury, will give,. a “chalk talk" per
taining to youth problems.
Friday afternoon: Open House
will be held at the Salisbury Coun
try Club.
Friday night: A banquet will be
held at Catawba College, followed
by a dance at Boyden High School.
The Reverend Mr. Frank K. Efird,
pastor of St. John's Lutheran
Church in Salisbury, will speak at !
the banquet.
Saturday morning: Elections
will be held for State Officers.
The NHS is a national honor
organization which gives recogni
tion to those students who excel
in character, scholarship, leader
ship. and service.
Mrs. Elma GafTord of Salisbury
is State Advisor while Mrs. Block j
Smith and Mrs. E. G. Ramsaur.
are local sponsors.
Roper Continues
Talk At Rotary
On Supreme Court
The Lincolnton Rotary Cjub met
Monday at 6 p.m. for the regular
luncheon meeting at the high
school cafeteria.
Jack Thompson was in charge of
the pros ram. He introduce das
the speaker, Rotarian S. M. Roper.
Mr. Roper continued his interest
ing talk about the operation of the
TI.S. Supreme Court, which he
began during a previous Rotary
program. Included in his talk was
an account of the famous Dred
Scott case.
Walter Clark. Rod Cross Chair
man. spoke briefly about the Red
Cross Fund Drive. Many Rotarians
volunteered to help in the can
vassing for funds in the uptown
business area.
Dr. Gordon Pace was a visitor.
The president of the Rotary Club,
Dr. Boyce Griggs, presided at the
meeting.
end of two years. A meeting for
the benefit of prospective invest
ors wifi he held within ten days.
SEWING OPERATION
Mr. Walker also said that a
new sewing operation to employ
around 300 at full capacity will
hr established in the old Dallas
Mills building, to produce pro
moter shorts and pedal pushers.
He said this mill is a “sure shot”
for Dallas.
Also to he established in
Hollas is a new dye mill, Mr.
Wqlker said.
Dave Clark Files For
4th Term In House
Mayor Tait
Asks Support
For Girl Scouts
The following proclamation
designating March 11-17 as Girl
Scout Week in Lincolnton was
issued this week by Mayor A. L.
Tait:
WHEREAS the Girl Scouts of
the United States of America have
rendered continuous service to
their country and communities
since their founding on March 12.
1912; and
WHEREAS, we the People of
Lincolnton. North Carolina, are
aware of the important contri
bution to the community welfare
being made by Girl Scout leaders
through their work with the youth
of the nation: and
WHEREAS, the Girl Scout or
ganization has grown to m»re than
two million girl members and more
than 600.000 adult leaders, who
are each day living up to their
promise to try to do their duty to
God and Country, to help other
people at all times, and to live
by the Girl Scout laws of loyalty,
honesty, courtesy, cheerfulness,
usefulness, kindness, and helpful
ness to others:
NOW. THEREFORE. I, A. L.
Tait. Mayor of Lincolnton, by vir
tue of the authority vested in me
as Mayor, hereby proclaim March
11-17 of tins year 1956 as Girl
Scout Week and March 12 as the
forty-fourth Anniversary of the
founding of Girl Scouting in the
United States of America. I, there
fore, call upon all citizens to give
the Girl Scouts now and in the
coming years the fullest coopera
tion and support so that increas
ing numbers of girls may benefit
from the splendid program of
i training in citizenship which the
[Girl Scout organization offers.
VFW Dance Set For
Saturday, March 17
Another in the series of Satur
day night dances at the VTW Club
is scheduled for March 17.
Dancing, both round and square,
will be enjoyed from 9 p.m. to 12 j
midnight. Music will be by Tiny
Jackson and his orchestra of j
Charlotte.
Admission will be $1.50 per j
couple. The dance is for VFW
members and their guests.
Woke Leods With 56 ...
Five Traffic Deaths In
Lincoln County In 1955
RALEIGH—TIie Motor Vehicles ,
Department completed today its[
final summary of traffic deaths
and injuries for 1955.
The totals: 45.054 accidents; !
17.875 injuries; and 1.165 fatali
ties. It was the second worst year
in Tar Heel traffic history, the j
agency said. Accidents killed 1.289
in 1941, the bloodiest year since
records have been kept.
Wake county, with 56 deaths for
the year, led the fatality list.
In a three-way tie for second
place was Guilford. Mecklenburg,
and Robeson counties with 34
each.
Cumberland, with 30 deaths, i
was in third place. Nash with 29
in fourth place, and Columbus and
Randolph in a tie for fifth place
with 28 each
Fatality goose eggs were re
ported from Avery, Clay. Graham
and Transylvania. Alleghany had
the fewest accidents l6 but
reported three deaths. Guilford
had the greatest number of mis
haps— 3,232. which hurt 993 per
sons, tops in tlie injury column.
County fatalities were reported
as follows:
Wake 56; Guilford. Mecklen
burg. Robeson 34; Cumberland
3O: Nash 29: Columbus. Ran
dolph— 28: Harnett. Johnston
Civitan Club May
Be Organized Here
Dallas A. Mackey. Director of
Extension. North Carolina Dis
trict. Civitan International, will
meet with a group of interested
citizens of Lincolnton on Tues
day. March 20. at a luncheon in
the North State Hotel dining
room, to discuss the formation of
a Civitan Club in Lincolnton.
Tentative plans are for luncheon
meetings in connection with the
Club's program.
All interested citizens are in
vited to attend this special meet
ing to be held on March 20 at
12:15 p.m.
Attorney David Clark announced from his Lincolnton
office today that he has filed for re-election to the House of
Representatives from Lincoln County, subject to the Dem
ocratic Primary May 26.
; ijliji 9 '
KEP. DAVID CLARK
Ode Bost Files
As Candidate
For Constable
CHic Bost.. former law enforce
i mont officer in Lincoln county.
I this week re-entered the political
| scene when he filed as a candi
\ date for Constable from Lincoln
; ton Township, subject to the
; Democratic primary on May 26.
| Bost. who served as a deputy
| under the Democratic administra
] tions of Sheriff George Rudisill \
| and Sheriff Frank Heavner for i
17 years, posted his $5 filing fee
| Tuesday with J. Robt. McNeely.j
| Lincoln county Elections Board
I Chairman. He invites the support!
j of his friends in the primary.
If no other Constable candidate!
j files before the April 14 deadline,!
j MV. Bost Is expected to oppose in- j
j cumbent. Roy Weaver in the pri- |
, mar.v election. It is understood I
Mi. Weaver will seek re-election.
Mr. Bost. co-owner and mana
! ger of City Block & Tile Co., E.
| Water street, was bom in the
! Laboratory section of Lincoln
, county. Ife is a son of Mrs. Car
| lie Bost and the late Jesse Bost.
! Former deputy Bost is married,
and has one daughter. Mrs.
George < Porky ) Rose.
27: Buncombe, Catawba. David
son— 24: Onslow. Rockingham
21: Beaufort, Sampson 2O:
Union —l9: Pitt. Surry—lß;
Rowan l7; Gaston, Wayne—l 6:
Alamance, Cleveland. Craven, |
Durham. Forsyth, Vance. Wilson, j
Halifax l5: Moore, New Han-j
over. Richmond. Rutherford—l 4; 1
Lenoir— 13:
Cabarrus. Duplin. Orange. Pen- 1
dcr. Person. Scotland. Wilkes j
12: Bladen. Carteret. Edgecombe.!
Burke—ll: Chatham. Hertford
—10: Anson. Caldwell, Iredell.
Jackson. Madison. Yadkin —9:
Caswell, Franklin. Granville. Hoke,
Warren —8: Davie. Henderson.
McDowell. Northampton. Stanly,
Stokes —7: Brunswick. Pasquo
tank. Bertie —6: Cherokee. Gates.
Lee. Lincoln. Macon. Martin.
Montgomery— 5: Greene. Hay
wood, Yar.cey-4: Alleghany.
Ashe. Camden. Currituck. Mitcheil.
Perquimans. Polk, Tyrcll, Wash
ington. Watauga —3: Alexander,:
Dare. Jones, Pamlico. Swain —2;
Chowan. Hyde —1; Avery, Clay,'
Graham. Transylvania —O.
Lincolnton Bypass Project
Re-Advertised For Bids
A Lincoln county project was
one of two paving jobs which the
State Highway Commission in Ra
leigh this week re-advertised for
bids. The project pertains to the
new bypass.
The Lincoln project, and one
at Washington. N. C„ wore adver
tised in the February letting but.
the low bids on the tw r o projects
were rejected because of irregular
lilies in the bids, the Commission
ruled.
A Hickory firm. Midstate Con
tractors, Inc., submitted the low'
, bid <5190,365,991 on the Lincoln
ton bypass work at the February
. letting.
I The Lincoln project for which
ALMOST EVERYONE in
LINCOLNTON and
LINCOLN COUNTY reads
THIS NEWSPAPER
Single Copy: FIVE CENTS
This means that the popular.
35-year old legislator will be bid
ding for his fourth term at Ra
leigh. He represented Lincoln in
the 1951. 1953 and 1955 sessions
cf the General Assembly.
Rep. Clark told The Times he
posted his $5 filing fee this morn
ing with J. Robt. McNeely, Chair
man so Lincoln County Elections
Board.
ISSUES STATEMENT
In connection with the filing
of his candidacy. Ml-. Clark issued
the following statement:
"I deeply appreeiate the en
couragement my friends have
given me to file again for this
office. If the people of Lincoln
County see fit to reelect me, I
shall endeavor with all my abil
ity to justify their confidence
and will strive to serve the best
interests of the people of our
County and State.”
Mr. Clark, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Thorne Clark of Lincolnton. is
not expected to have any opposi
tion in his party’s primary.
Lincoln County Republicans
have not yet named a candidate
for the House. At the party’s re
cent county convention, announce
ment was made that any Repub
lican wishing to file for a county
office did not have to have the
authorization of the convention
to do so, but could file on their
own before the April 14 deadline.
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Only
rleetive offices on the Lincoln
level to be contested in the pri
mary and general election this
year are for the House of Rep
resentatives, Constables and
Justices of reaec).
Incumbent Clark Iras strong
political suport in Lincoln county,
and usually is his party’s top
j vote getter. In his three terms in
| the General Assembly he has
! gained much prestige, made an
j impressive record, and been named
Ito many powerful committees,
j serving as chairman on some of
' them.
SERVES ON COMMITTEES
In the 1955 General Assembly.
| lie served on the following com
mittees: <Chairman> Court and
| Judicial Districts. <Vice Chair
main Penal Institutions. Calen
dar. Conservation and Develop
ment. Constitutional Amendments.
Corporations. Election and Elec
tion Laws. Finance, Health, In
surance. Judiciary No. 2, MJfntal
Institutions. Military Affairs.
Public Utilities. Roads and High
way Safety. Teachers’ and State
Employees' Retirement. Trustees
of the University (N. C.). In
1954-55. he served on the judicial
council: served on State Govern
ment, Reorganization Commission
1953-55 (and chairman of this
committee 1955-57 L
The State Government Reor
ganization Commission, will make
a number of recommendations to
the 1957 General Assembly.
Fast Driving, Fog
Cause Os Wreck At
Killians Crossroads
Fast driving in a heavy fog was
blamed with an accident at 7:15
a m Monday at the intersection of
Highway 150 and 16. Killians
Crossroads, the Catawba-Lincoln
county line area.
According to reports, a 1951
Ford driven by Thomas Frederick
Moore, Jr., 19. of Cleveland was
headed oast on 150. and had
stopped at Highway 16. A 1955
Oldsmobile driven by Clarence Lee
Bridges, 35, of Forest City, was
following the Moore car and failed
to stop. The car reportedly skidded
124 feet before striking the Ford.
Damage was estimated at $350.
and Bridges was charged with
reckless driving.
Patrolman Harry Williams of
Catawba county, investigating of
ficer. said Bridges obviously was
traveling too fast or too close in
the heavy fog. No injuries result
ed in the collision.
low bids have been rr advertised
is for: 5.18 miles of paving on
Lincolnton Bypass from a point
on NC 150 about 2.3 miles south
of Lincolnton city limits, north
east and north to a point on
US 321, 1.2 miles north of Lln
eoliiton.
Along with the Lincoln and
Washington <N.C.) projects, the
Stale Highway Commission this
. week advertised for bids on 20
| road improvement projects cover
ing 98.4 miles of work in 19 coun
■ tics.
Bids will be opened March 27,
’ and will be reviewed by the full
commission at its monthly meet
ing March 29.