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You a r e now reading — LINCOLN COUNTY’S LEADING NEWSPAPER and ADVERTISING MEDIUM VOL. 49, NO* 33 ) 2 Members In Fold ... GOfC. Offers Support To American Red Cross; "Open House" May 16 Mrs. Polly Crisson, executive secretary, today reported On recent activities, actions and plans of the Lincolnton Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Association. The two organizations have gone on record as offering their assist- Former Local Mail Carrier Is Sentenced A former Lincolnton substi-; tute city carrier and World War’ II veteran. James E. Cooper. Jr., i was given an 18 months prison sentence on a charge of embezzle ment before Judge Wilson War lick in U.S. District Court at Shel by Tuesday. ENTERS GUILTY PLEA The 27-year-old Lincolnton man, father of three small children, plead guilty to the indictment against him. At the court hearing, evidence was offered tending to show r that a considerable number of com plaints had been made by patrons of the Lincolnton Post Office who had failed to get money which had been sent to them. Postal inspectors testified they planted sl3 in an envelope and later this money was found on Cooper, who they said confessed to taking other sums from the mail. Cooper was taken into custody by federal postal authorities last February while he was making the gular rounds on his city route, v first he denied the charge ; .nst him. but later admitted it upon further questioning by ,ne federal inspectors. INVESTIGATION ASKED Prior to Cooper’s apprehension on the mail embezzlement charge. Lincolnton postmaster V. N. Fair had called for an investigation of the local post office department due to periodic complaints he had received from patrons that cash money they had mailed had not been received. Cooper, at the time he was re lieved of his job. had been a substitute carrier for six years and said to be in line for a promotion when a vacancy occurred. GOSPEL SINGING There will be a gospel singing at the Southside Baptist church Sun day afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Sing ers who will participate will be the Faith Quartette, Mt. Pleasant Trio, the Calvary Quartette and the Spiritualettes. First Baptist Revival Now In Progress Here REV. JOE SHAVER IRailr mb >*ll ROLAND LEATH The Lincoln Times ance to the American Red Cross by being on hand at any time to help in any way. The Lincoln Red Cross chapter' is now dangerously close to dis- i bandment due to lack of financial j and moral support from the peo- | pie of the city and county. OPEN HOUSE MAY 16 Plans are being currently j made by the Chamber of Com merce for an Open House at the office's new headquarters in the City Hall. The Open House date has been set for Wednes day, May 16. More details con cerning this event will be an nounced later. The C of C office is also making i plans for a Civic Council meeting j which will be held May 3 at 7:15 p.m. in the conference room of the i City Hall. Plans are being made by the Chamber in relation to the local sponsored “Thunder Over Caro lina” outdoor drama which will be presented June 21 through July 14. 222 MEMBERS The membership drive of the Chamber is also continuing at a pleasing rate in efforts to reach the goal of 300. There are now 222 members. Everyone is urged by the C of C to help out in the solicitations. Be; sure to ask any solicitors if they; have a permit from the Chamber of Commerce. Mrs. Crisson ad vised. "You help us in this matter and in turn we will be helping you.” she said. Lincoln 4-H Members Enter Raleigh Event Friday morning a group of 4-H , boys will go to Raleigh to com j plete in a Dairy Judging Contest. 1 This contest is sponsored by State | College Students as a part of Ag. School Day. After the Judging Contest Fri day, they will spend the night and attend the activities Saturday. This event is put on by the stu dents and includes a dairy live stock show, a sheep shearing dem i onstration, a greasy pig chase, a hog calling contest, a milk maid 1 contest, and a tractor driving fin | pi. Good music will be provided by the students own hillbilly band. Those attending the event are A. D. Shrum, Leonard Keever, Ed die Williams, Tommy Rhyne, and Mikey Kiser. This contest will be good prac tice for our team in preparation for the official event in July. These boys have been coached by and will be accompanied by As sistant County Agent John N. Col lins. Revival services began last night (Wednesday) at the First Baptist Church in Lincolnton. The services will continue each night through May 6. Rev. Joe Shaver of Memphis, Tenn.. is the visiting evangelist. Roland Leath of the First Baptist Church Shelby, is in charge of the music. Services are being held on the following schedules: Morning 7:30 to 8:00. Coffee and doughnuts are served in the social hall prior to the service. Evening 7:15 to 7:30. Prayer services in the Sunday school de partment. 7:30 evening services. There will be no morning serv ice on Saturday. Sunday services will be at the regular worship service hours, 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. The pastor. Rev. Linwood Peter son, urges all members of the church to attend and extends a cordial welcome to all in the com munity. The Nursery at the church will be open, morning and evening, during the services. Local Clothing Leaders To Attend Training School On Wednesday, May 2, A Train ing School for all clothing leaders of the seventeen Home Demon stration Clubs in the county will be held in the Home Agents office et 2:30 p.m. The school will be conducted by Miss Mary Em Lee. Extension Specialist in clothing, from Raleigh, North Carolina. "Clothing Construction” will be the subject of the demonstration. This demonstration will be given by leadei's at the June club meet ings. Those who are expected to at tend the meeting are: Miss Arm Published, Every Monday end Thursday Devoted to the Progress of Lincolnton and Lincoln County. Minister Talks To Kiwanis On Mid-East Crisis Rev. Lov Witherspoon, assistant pastor of Myers Park Methodist Church in Charlotte, was guest speaker at the weekly dinner meeting of the Kiwanis club on' Tuesday night in the High School j cafeteria. Club president Jule Wlard pre sided. G. Harold Myrick, program j chairman, introduced the The club voted to support the j local Red Cross chapter 100% j in efforts to retain the chapter ! here and continue its vital ser vices to the community. Rev. Witherspoon, who spent one year in Egypt, talked to the Ki wanians on that country's prob lems. Egypt, it was recalled, has been very much in the news re cently in connection with the crisis in the Middle East revolving e round the Israeli and Arab na tions. The speaker pointed out that there are 18,000.000 people among the Egyptian population who are poor and exist on about 8c a day, while there are between 2,000.000- 3,000.000 who are extremely wealthy. Premier Nassar, the speaker be lieved, has ambitions to become the leader of the Arab world and to modernize Egypt along the lines of the Western world. But, there are problems which appear un surmountable in Nassar attaining his ambition. Rev. Witherspoon said. To the Egyptians, he explained, time is relatively unimportant and they’re afflicted with the “let’s put it off’’ habit. They believe it is the will of their Allah that things be as they are in Egypt and will continue that way. The philosophy of these peoples, he said, is evident in the belief of these poor millions that they are left to exist that way because it is the will of Allah, and the wealthy believe they are wealthy because it is the will of Allah. The Mad East crisis, in the opinion of Rev. Witherspooon, was not one of the Israelis versus the .Arabs, but one of nationalism. Rites Held For Zeffie Edwards, Lincoln Native Zeffie Thomas Edwards, 57, died at his home in the McKendre Chapel community of Mooresville, Route 1, Sunday night, following a long illness. A native of Lincoln county, Mr. Edwards was a son of the late John and Anna Nixon Edwards. Survivors include six sisters. Mrs. Ada Cruse of Mooresville. Route Two. Mrs. J. W. Stowe and Mrs. Mhck Honeycutt, both of Davidson, Mrs. F. C. Christopher of Mooresville, Route One. Mrs. A. O. Sipes of Mooresville and Mrs. Vance Honeycutt of Cataw | ba: and two brothers, M. P. Ed v.ards of Chestertown. Md., and Weaver Edwards of Stanley RFD. Funeral services were conducted at Mills Chapel church in Lin coln county at three o’clock Tues day afternoon. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Rotarians Hear Talk Monday On Lumber Industry Dwight Davis of the H & S Lumber Co. of Charlotte was the guest speaker at Monday night’s dinner meeting of the Rotary club in the High School cafeteria. Wayne Finger, program chair man, introduced the speaker. Mr. Davis gave a very interest ing and informative talk on the lumber industry which had its beginning in 1608 in Jamestown, Va. “We are only 2% behind in our conservation of forest,” he said, "and Lincoln County has 33% in forests.” He pointed out that lumber is the third largest industry in North Carolina, being 20% of the total payroll. Guests at the meeting included Gordon Goodson of Lincolnton. Bill Spurrier of Charlotte, J. C. Ayers, Love Memorial school prin cipal. S. M. Roper presided. The 21st wedding anniversary of Dr. Boyce Griggs was recognized. Keener, Mrs. Jake Rhyne, Mrs. Mace MbClure, Mis. David Reep, Mrs. George Graham, Mrs. Ralph Coulter, Mrs. Blair Goodson, Miss Maggie Rogers, Mrs. Clarence Bal lard, Mrs. Clarence HLss, Mrs. Lee Scronce. Mrs. Sam Dellinger, Mrs. Alton Carpenter, Mrs. Cone Bess, Mrs. L. L. Houser, Mrs. G. B. Chandler. Mrs. Fred Justice, Mrs. David Hovis, Mrs. Beulah Thorn burg, MVs. H. B. Cloninger, Mrs. Robert Abernethy, Mrs. Dan Mos teller, and Mi's. Ralph Wise. Also, the leaders for the Oak Grove and Asbury clubs will be there. LINCOLNTON, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1956 jjw *4% ’ d MR. AND MISS AVERAGE ... The Motor Vehicles Depart ment's camera snaps pretty Miss Ann Rowe and her companion Dan Gower of Wake county who are representative of the state's 6500 student school bus drivers. Mr. and Miss Average Driver aie 17 1/2 years old, are in the upper junior class, drive a 35-mile bus route daily, and have a year and a half of driving experience. Ann and Dan, both students at Gamer High School, are entered in the statewide contest now underway to select North Carolina's best boy and girl school bus driver. Finals will be in Chapel Hill at the close of school, with the winners to receive SSOO scholar ships from the N. C. State Automobile Association. —N. C. De partment of Motor Vehicles photo. Bloodmobile To Visit N. B. Area Next Monday The American Red Cross Blood mobile unit will be in Lincoln County again this Monday, April 30th. This visit will not be at the usual place, but will be a visit out in the countyi thus giving people living out in the rural areas a special opportunity for giving blood. The Bloodmobile unit will be at the Baxter-Lybrand Legion Hut near North Brook Number 2 School on Monday from 1:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. These spec ial hours are for the convenience of persons in the county who could not give at an earlier hour. A special appeal is made to all people in the North Brook area. - j Low Bids Let On Road Project, Lincoln-Cleveland A Lincoln-Cleveland county road project was among 29 road improvement projects on which low bids were received this week by the State Highway Commission in Raleigh. The low bids were to be reviewed bj the commission today. Submitting the low bids for the 5.7 miles of paving and structures work on the Lincoln-Cleveland project were: Roadway, Graham & Simpson. Inc. of Cleveland! county, $35,334; Magill Construc tion Co. of Whitmire, S. C„ $25,- 445.40. The Lincoln-Cleveland 5.7 miles road project was previous ly described as: A county road from intersection with NC 18 about 0.3 mile South of Bel wood. northeast to intersection with NC 274 at North Brook No. 2 School East to intersection with NC 27. Southern Stars Chapter, U.D.C. Entertains Third District Meeting Eighty members of the third district United Daughters of the Confederacy gathered at historic St. Luke's Episcopal church Wed nesday for their annual meeting. The hostess chapter was Lincoln ton’s Southern Stars Chapter. Members were present from Rutherfordton, Forest City, Gas tonia. Charlotte, Shelby and Lin colnton. The church was beautifully decorated, the altar flowers having been sent by a friend from New York in memory of Gen. Leonidas T. Polk, former Episcopal Bishop and Confederate General. The meeting opened at 10 o’clock and was presided over by the dis trict chairman. Mrs. Robert C. Jackson, of Charlotte. Mrs. L. B. Newell, of Charlotte, led the ritual. Mrs. R. E. Summey, of Gastonia, led the salute to the American flag and the salute to the Con federate flag was led by Mrs. C. K. Messick, of Charlotte. Rev. Rich ard J. Lee delivered the invoca Please support the visit of the Bloodmobile. Go by and give a pint of your blood and help some one live. 125 pints of blood is ' needed. Can you plan to be there . to give? 1 This visit of the Bloodmobile is being sponsored by the Home Demonstration Clubs in the North Erook area. This will be a suc cessful visit if everyone in this area makes a mental note to gc to the Legion Hut at North Brook No. 2 School some time between 1:00 and 6:00 on Monday, April 20 There will be only one more Bloodmobile visit to the Lincoln | County area this fiscal year <end j ing June 30) and that will be j sponsored by the Lincolnton VFW j Post and will be on May 28. Civil Service Jobs Open For Tel. Operators The Fifth U. S. Civil Service Region is accepting applications until May 7, 1956 for telephone; operator jobs, paying from $2960 i to $3415 a year. To qualify for the positions, applicants must meet certain experience requirements in addition to passing a written test. Application forms or informa tion as to where such forms are available may be secured at any Post Office or the Fifth U\ S. Civil Service Regional Office, 5 Forsyth j Street. N. W., Atlanta, Georgia. Send your application to the fifth regional office by May 7, 1956. SINGING AT FRIENDLY CHAPEL There will be a singing at the Friendly Chapel Baptist church Saturday night, beginning at 7:30 o'clock. All singers and the public are invited. Each Saturday night, it is announced, there will be a singing at the church. tion. I Mrs. Joseph Graham, president of the Southern Stars Chapter, delivered the address of welcome ■ and Mrs. Harry Speck, Jr., of Shelby, responded. Music for the meeting was sup- j plied by Mrs. S. Ray Lowder, or ganist and Mrs. Carolyn Heafner, soloist. Pages were Miss Marion Miller, daughter of Mrs. Herbert Miller and Miss Susan Ramseur. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ramseur. David Heavner did a splendid job directing traffic and Dickie Keever and Don Whisonant carried the flags. During the business session Mrs. Jackson wa s re-elected district chairman. R e p o rjt s of chapters : were heard and other business matters discussed and acted upon.; Mrs. J. W. Barineau conducted, an impressive memorial service after which a wreath was placed . on the grave of Col. William Hoke, i j who was the commanding officer ! of the Southern Stars Chapter Local Civitans To Meet Again Tuesday, May 8 The Lincolnton Civitan Club, r.ow in process of organization, held another dinner session in the dining room of the North State Hotel Tuesday evening. Next meeting, according to Temporary President John R. Friday, will be a “Duch" dinner session en Tuesday, May 8. at 6:30 p.m.. at which tme all in -1 terested in becoming charter : members of the club have been | invited to be present. Meeting with the local club here Tuesday were President F. A. Phillips, a steel fabricator, of the West Mecklenburg Civi- I ten Club: and Paul Jernigan, principal of Lakeview School, secretary-treasurer of the West Mecklenburg club, which is act ing as sponsor for the Lincoln ton club. Operetta At Asbury School An operetta in two acts, entitled “The Dream Boat,” character izing children from real folks land, will be presented by the As bury second grade pupils of Mrs. R W. Blanchard and Mrs. Bill Goodson on Saturday night at 8 o'clock in the Asbury school au ditorium. Admission will be 25c and 50e. j The public is invited. The operetta will feature song solos by some of the pupils, in-j cmding Evelyn Little, Trudy Hub- j bard, Mary Fiances Murray,] Andy Goodson. Don Proctor. Mike Bumgarner, Curtis Setzer. Those in the operetta and the, parts they will play, are: Don Proctor, Billy: Mary Shu-! j ford, Alice: Curtis Setzer, Dick: j .Leslie Elmore, Katherine: Evelyn| Little, Helen; Trudy Hubbard.; ! Dorothy; Jerry McClure, Frank. Chorus Linda Schronce, Vickie i Davis, Ann Ballard, Lynette Del ! Unger, Elaine Martin. Maria Wad ; dell, Betty Jean High, j Fairyland Folks Queen. Mary | Frances Murray; Puck, Michael j Eumgarner: Scribe, Bobby Dean l High; Messenger, Joe Conner; Dream Sailor, Andy Goodson; { Pirate Captain. Tony Wfeaver; In j chan Chief. Jimmy Kielty; Maker jof Good Dreams, Jane Beal: ! Maker of Bad Dreams, Lewis I Childers. ! Other Pirates Hub Finger, Jr., j Michael Beam, Gene Cathey, | James Lovings; Other Indians - | Jerry Harwell, Billy Cashion, Lar ! ry Hallman. Rodney Robinson. Fairies Karen Sherrill. Patsy Faulkner, Cynthia Hunt, Pam Abernethy, Barbara Harris, Dianne Snyder; Brownies Jo Ann Cronland, Martha Powell. Rebecca Turner. Talking Flowers - Ann Harrill, Violet: Jill Keener, Rose; Gail ! Heavner, Daisy; Sandman’s Help | ers Susan Barkley, Brenda Har i rill. Vickie Carpenter. Barbara Love Chosen At UNC , Miss Barbara Love, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Love, Jr., of ! Lincolnton, and a Junior student i at the University of North Caro j lina, as been chosen 1956-1957 comptroller of the Sponsors ; Squadron of the UNC Air ROTC j unit. ; The Sponsors Squadron mem j hers act as official hostesses'for I Air ROTC functions, greeting vis j liors and assisting in public rela | tions. l Miss Love also has been selected j as one of the sponsors for the an nual Spring formal dance of the German club at the University (his weekend. Her escort will be Erie Hast Jr., Edenton, of Phi Gamma Delta. Duke Ellington’s orchestra is playing for the dance Friday night and a concert Satur day afternoon. I which went out from Lincolnton. ; Col. Hoke is buried in the Episco pal cemetery. ! Mrs. Ashley T. St. Amand. divi sion president, was present and | delivered the principal address of j the day. She was introduced by Mrs. Jackson. At one o'clock luncheon was served in the parish house by members of St. Luke’s Guild. Each guest present was present ed a box of Whitman candy by the Economy Drug Store. H. E. C. Bryant, of Charlotte, sent for each chapter represented a copy of the booklet "Miss Eva,” the story of 1 Mrs. Bryant, who was a former member of the Southern Stars Chapter. Each state officer present was presented a box of Memorial | Hall stationery. Following the luncheon Mrs. R. A. Ramseur and Mrs. Jack Ram seur received at their home i “Woodside.” The next district meeting will be held in Rutherfordton. Dr. Hjirrill Kiwanis Pick For Lt. Gov. Wm r&• ! jjHptak | Si?: fpifipPWl : ;;,jjK DR. HARRILL Registration Books To Open On Saturday Voter registration books in the i twenty-two precincts in Lincoln j county and throughout North! Carolina will be opened Saturday, | April 28. as a preliminary to the | May 26 primaries. The registration books will re- ! main open through May 12. Chal- j lenge day will be May 19. On that date any registrant may challenge the legality of any other person, j In Lincoln county, voters will! cast May 26th ballots on the local j level on their selection of Demo- 1 cratic candidates for constable; from Lineolnton and North Brook i townships. Incumbent constables in the other three townships are 1 unopposed, and so are justice of - t peace candidates. On the State | | level, voters will cast ballots for the choice of Governor, Senator and other offices. i I One reason why the girls of to day are such live wires is that I they wear so little insulation. ! Lincoln County Teachers Honored At NCEA Meeting Lincoln County NCEA held its last meeting o fthe school year April 23. 4 p.m. in the Court House to hear the highlights of the State Convention, Committee reports and to honor group members with j 35 or more years professional ser- j vice. Five members of Future Teach- j its Chapter, NCEA from Union j School brought the devotional j thoughts from the Book of j Ecclesiastes Chapter 12. Mrs. Maud Speagle presided and! in business session the secretary read the minutes of the last meet-} ing, the advisory council meeting! and gave the treasurer’s report. | Mrs. Speagle called on the follow- | mg delegates for brief remarks j of the Asheville assembly; Luther i Houser. Wilford Dellinger, Vir ginia Dellinger, Frances Dellinger, Lucile Upton, Pauline Mosteller. Lewis Hfeavner, Mi S. Heavner, W. W. Nolen and Irene S. Seagle. Other committees reportng were j Public Relations, Legislative, j Nominating and Life membership. 1 Lewis Heavner, chairman, Pub- j lie Relations Committee presented W. A. Hull with a Life member-1 ship in NEA and gold service pin. j Mr. Hull has 41 years of proses-1 sional service - 39 in Lincoln! County and 2 in Cleveland County. He and Mrs. Hull reared six chil dren, three, teachers: Mrs. Avis Peeler, Cleveland County. Bill, Ca- i bonus County and Craig, a mem-' ber of the Lineolnton City Schools. Clifford A. Rhvne, Principal As bury Schcol made the awards honoring the following teachers with a gold service pin for then outstanding years service: Miss Mary Dove, Rock Springs; Lois Garrison Harrill, Asbury; Myra N. Turley. Love Memorial; Sallie Lee Nixon, Asbury, W. A. Hull, North Brook 3, Joe R. Nixon, County Superintendent and Rich ard U. Shuiord, Principal, Hickory Local Jaycees To Sponsor Cherokee Wild West Rodeo The Cherokee Wildwest Rodeo will be in Lineolnton on Thurs day, May 17 and Friday, May 18 under the sponsorship of the Lin colnton Jaycees. The rodeo will be held on the lot on East Pine street behind the Red and White Super Market The group is rated ALMOST EVERYONE in LINCOLNTON and LINCOLN COUNTY reads THIS NEWSPAPER Single Copy: FIVE CENTS Dr. C. H. Harrill. Lineolnton dentist, was nominated by ac clamation of the club membership for Kiwanis Lieutenant Governor ol Division 2 this week. Ilis selection for the distingu ished position, which is rotated among the Division 2 clubs, rame at a business session of the local Kiwanis elub at the weekly dinner meeting Tuesday night. Under the club-rotating plan, the Lieutenant Governor position is due to automatically fall to a member of the Lineolnton club in 1957. Dr. Hai-rill's name will be sub mitted to the Division 2 board, and under usual procedure his election to the Lieutenant Governor posi tion wil lbe formally and officially made at the district convention in September. Division 2 of Kiwanis is com posed of Kiwanis clubs in Gas ton. Mecklenburg, Catawba, Ire dell, Lincoln counties. The Lineolnton man was vice president of the local club in 1948, president in 1949, and is a re cipient of the Kiwanian Os The Year award. He has been a Ki waniar, for 18 years, and a mem ber of the Lineolnton club since 1946. Lincoln, Rt. ,2 Pupil Wins Many Honors In Piano Eva Anthony, 13-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Anthony of Lineolnton. Route 2, and a member of the eighth grade at Startown Elementary school has won ten Superior ratings in piano contests in North Carolina during the six years that she has studied piano. She has received six conserva tive Superior ratings in piano so -1 los at the N. C. Federation Festi vals; two consecutive Superior ratings in piano solos at the State Junior High and High School con tests which are held at Appa lachian State Teachers College each year. Eva is a pupil of Mrs. Wayne Houchins. who has taught her since she was seven years old. ; Grove School. Miss Katie Hoover, Staff Secre tary, was also honored by the retiring president and recognized i for her serveie with a bouquet of cne dozen red roses. ! A brief memorial service was ob j served for two former teachers I Hugh Hoyle, June 5, 1955 and Mary Beattie Sifford June 22, ,| laos. I The newly elected officers W. W„ Nolen, Luther Houser, and Wilford Dellinger were installed : in a candlelight ceremony and W. jW. Nolen assumed presidential I duties by adjourning the meeting. R. S. Mullen Farm To Be Sold At Auction Saturday 1 The R. S. Mullen home place, j located four miles west of Lin- I ] colnton and one and one half ! miles from Crouse, will be sold at auction at 1 o’clock Saturday as . | ternoon. G. Teague Gilbert will be [ the auctioneer. . j The home place, described as ! one of the show places of the i j community has forty acres of land, ■ I divided into two tracts with 20 ■ | acres of exceptionally fine saw - timber. On the property is a six room house with all modern fcon • veniences and surrounded by a i beautiful lawn and shrubbery, al ; so one small house. Some household goods, wood 5 lathe and shop tools will be in -5 eluded in the sale. 1 Free Cash and Hams will be ’ | given at the sale. • The fact that you can see -1 through a man doesn’t mean that i he has a clear conscience. 1 1 cis one of the best rodeos of its type in the United States. The show was in Lineolnton two years ago and played before large 1 1 crowds. All proceeds from the per :; formances here, it is -announced, i ■ will be spent for the betterment of 1 Lineolnton and Lincoln county.