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Shown here are some of the principals in
the meeting which voted to proceed with the
organization of a Lincoln County chapter for
Retarded Children. Shown left to right are: Joe
Bondurant, Civitan Club president; Mrs. L. B.
Lincoln Times Staff
Members Attend Meet
Two Lincoln Times staff mem
bers attended the annual News
and Feature Writers Conference at
Chapel Hill over the weekend.
Those who attended were A. R.
Proctor, editor, and Conrad Pay
sour, associate editor.
Speakers at the conference in
cluded Earl Mazo of the New
York Herald Tribune. Harry Gold
en, Charles McDowell of United
Features Syndicate and Sander
Vanocur, NBC Washington news
commentator.
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I THE SCENE FROM
| Conrad's Corner
. By Conrad Paysour— (WKwa-.A-AW. .v.W>U«J*'- S
Beautiful Things In Lincolnton
Having worked for several years in the black otnight in a
big city, I had forgotten about the many beautiful things ot a
small town like Lincolnton.
1 had forgotten what a sunrise looked like. 1 thought the sun
rise looked about like a sunset, but it doesn’t.
The other day, I stood on Main Street in Lincolnton and
watched the sun come up and saw the stirrings of Lincolnton after
it had woke up from a night’s sleep. _
Somehow, the sunrise is cleaner than the sunset. It is as
clean as a new day, a new future for mankind.
In Lincolnton, if you stand in a certain spot on the court
square, the sun looks as if it peeps up over the trees somewhere
near the home of the Will Garrisons or Mrs. Rose Padgett.
On this particular day, it was extremely clear, except for a
few clouds in the east. The rising sun caught the back of the
clouds so that the edges of the clouds glowed deep purple against
the pale red sky.
★ ★ ★
A New Day. A New Future, New Birth
Then when the sun started it’s climb, the birds began sing
ing—about the fresh new day, 1 suppose.
The red rays of the sun caught the freshly cleaned columns
of the courthouse, making the columns look so white that you
would have thought they had never been touched by human hands.
The windows of the courthouse looked fiery red as they reflected
the rays of the sun.
The only signs of life as the sun began its ascent was a
police car cruising slowly around the square, its tires swishing
on the freshly moistened pavement.
Then a milk truck lumbered down main street and a light
came on in Harlee Ramseur’s case, followed by a light at Hovis’
Case. .
Then, almost as if on signal, the whole town looked as if it
had suddenly come alive.
It was a new day, the symbol I think of a new life, a new
beginning, a new birth, a time of the day when we should feel
as if we are going to try our best to make the coming day a
good day.
★ ★ ★
Bill Friday - He Frightened Me Then
We bumped into Bill Friday, the very capable and very young
looking University of North Carolina president, the other day
while we were in Chapel Hill.
I couldn’t help telling him about the time I first met him.
It was while I was a student, and just after Gordon Grey
had resigned as president of the University to accept a posi
tion with the government.
A lot of mornings I walked to classes from my home. About
every morning, this man—l remembered thinking what a nice fel
low he was—would pick me up in an old car and give me a lift to
the campus.
He looked young enough to be a graduate student and that
was what I thought he was at first.
Well, one day after he had picked me up, he said, “I
don’t believe I’ve introduced tnvself. I’m Bill Friday.”
I knew at the time that Bill Friday was probably going to be
the next University president. For some reason, it scared me
when I found out that I had been riding with the man who would
be the next President of the university.
When I told Mr. Friday about this the other day, he laughed
and said: “I don’t know why you felt like that. After all, we are
from the same red dirt country.”
Mr. Friday, brother of John Friday of Lincolnton, is originally
from Gaston County.
The Lincoln Times
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DISCUSS PLANS FOR CHAPTER
Bryant, executive secretary of the North Caro
lina Association for Retarded Children; and Mrs.
Paul Bixby, Jr., president of the Hickory chapter
of the state group.
INITIATED BY CIVITANS
Group Votes To Organize Lincoln
Chapter For Retarded Children
At a meeting initiated by the
Linclonton Civitan Club Thursday
night, a group of local citizens
voted to proceed with the organiza
tion of a Lincoln County chapter
for Retarded Children Inc.
The meeting was attended by
approximately 30 people includ
ing school teachers, school offi
cials, parents of retarded chil
dren, Civitan members, and rep
resentatives of other Lincolnton
civic clubs.
(See editorial, Page 4.)
Joe Bondurant, Civitan presi
dent, presided.
Mrs. L. B. Bryant of Charlotte
and Mrs. Paul Bixby Jr. of Hick
ory spoke to the group.
Mrs. Bryant, executive sec
retary of the North Carolina
Association for Retarded Chil
dren, explained some of the
purposes of local chapters of
the N. C. Association For Re
tarded Children.
PURPOSES
Among the purposes of the
group, she said, are:
1. To promote the general wel
fare of the mentally retarded
wherever they may be in the com
munity, state schools, in residen
tial homes and in rehabilitation
placements.
2. To foster development of pro
grams in behalf of ■ the re
tarded—in public school classes,
day care centers, kindergartens,
vocational training, workshops, rec
reation and also religious educa
tion.
3. To encourage research relat
ed to mental retardation, includ
ing educational and medical.
Mrs. Bryant also said the pur
pose of the association is to ad
vise and aid parents in the solu
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1963 Lincoln United Fund
Budget Os $26,635. Adopted
A 1963 Lincoln United Fund
budget of approximately $26,635.-
10 was adopted at a luncheon meet
ing of the UF board of directors
Thursday at the North State ho
tel.
Mort Snitzer, chairman of the
United Fund organization, pre
sided.
The $26,635.10 was adopted by
the board following a report by
Glenn Dutton, chairman of the
UF’s budget and admissions com
mittee. This is an increase over
last year’s budget.
Asbury Howard, UF campaign
chairman, reported on plans of
his committee for the ’63 drive.
October 15 was set as a tentative
date for a kickoff breakfast to
launch the campaign.
A meeting of the various divi
sion volunteer workers will be
called soon by Chairman Howard.
Twenty community and chari
table agencies, local and state,
are supported by the Lincoln
United Fund.
AGENCY ALLOCATIONS
Recommended allocations in the
1963 UF budget to the various
LINCOLNTON, N. C., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1962
2 Men Die As Automobile Goes
Out Os Control, Strikes Bridge
Young Repubs
Hear Candidate
“I think it is because we love
our homes that we are seldom at
home,” the Republican candidate
for state senate said here Thurs
day.
The candidate, Hubert Privette,
was speaking to Young Republi
cans.
Mr. Privette said he had often
been asked why Republican can
didates would leave their homes
and families to go out and cam
paign in areas where Republicans
are outnumbered so heavily.
In saying he thinks Republican
candidates run because they love
their families so much, he added
that “we are trying to create in
this potential Garden of Eden in
the Piedmont competition that
which will force the best out ot
our office holders.”
Mr. Privette is running for the
state senate post from the 25th
District which includes Iredell,
Catawba and Lincoln Counties.
Demo. Calendar
Is Made Known
The following schedule of Demo
cratic events has been released
by party officials:
September 10 Democrat Or
ganizational meeting, Courthouse,
7:30 p.m.; Sept. 12 Howard’s
Creek Township meeting at How
ard’s Creek School, including
Crouse, Vale, Heavner’s and Dan
iel’s Precincts, 7:30 p.m.; Sept. 13
North Brook No. 1 Precinct
meeting at North Brook No. 1
School, 7:30 p.m.; Sept. 15 De
mocrat Headquarters to open on
West Main Street OpenTlouse
(com 1 ’til 5 p.m., free refresh
ments; Sept. 17—Love Memorial
Precinct meeting, at home of Joe
Ross, 7:30 p.m.; Sept. 18—Charlie
Odell Precinct meeting at Demo
crat Headquarters on West Main
Street, 7:30 p.m.; Sept. 19—Iron
Station Precinct meeting at Iron
Station School, 7:30 p.m.; Sept. 20
—Catawba Springs Township Ral
ly—Denver, Triangle and Lowes
ville Precincts Supper meeting
beginning at 6:00 p.m.; Sept. 27
Democrat Women’s Club Rally-
Representative Paul Kitchin to be
principal speaker, 7:30 p.m.; and
October 3 West Lincoln Rally
—North Brook Township and How
ard’s Creek Township hosts
Supper meeting beginning at 6:00
p.m. at West Lincoln High School.
Republicans To
Hold Workshop
A workshop of Republican pre
cinct chairmen, vice chairmen,
poll workers and other Republican
precinct officials will be held Sat
urday night.
The meeting will be held at the
Woodman of the World Hall at
7:30 p.m. U. S. Rep. Charles R.
Jonas will be the principal speak
er. Election laws will be explained
to the precinct officials and a ques
tion and answer period will fol
low.
agencies and office obligations
follow:
Pioneer Girl Scout Council
$3,500.00, Piedmont Boy Scout
Council—ss,2so.oo, Lincoln Coun
ty Life Saving Crew —$5,224.04,
Lincoln County Chapter, Red
Cross—s7,Blo.oo, Lincoln County
Transient Help—s3oo.oo, Muscular
Dystrophy 5400.00, Emergency
Fund—s7so.oo, United Service Or
ganization—s6so.94.
Florence Crittenton Home
$353.02, Children’s Home Society
—5711.85, WAIF (Inter-Country
Adoption Service) 520.56, Unit
ed Medical Research Foundation
of N. C.— $662.36, N. C. Associa
tion for Mental Health—sl9B.43,
American Social Health Associa
tion 536.89, American Hearing
Society— $8.54, National Council
on Crime & Delinquency— $31.98,
National Recreation Association—
s3o.B3, National Travelers Aid As
sociation—sl3.9B, National Social
Welfare Assembly 57.29, Caro
linas United Community Service—
s 399.39, Supplies 525.00, Salary
of Office Help—s2so.oo, Total
$26,635.10
Lifesaving Crew Pulls Headless
'Man' Out Os Indian Creek
A headless man was pulled out
of Indian Creek near Laboratory
by the Lincoln Lifesaving Crew
Friday night.
But before you jump to any
conclusions, you should know that
the man was acutally a dummy.
The dummy was placed in the
creek for a practice or simulated
drill.
The members of the Lifesaving
Crew did not know that the drill
was only a dry run until they
pulled up the dummy from the
murky waters of Indian Creek.
PLACED THURSDAY
The dummy was placed in the
creek on Thursday.
The members of the Lifesav
ing Crew called to the crew
headquarters Friday night and
told that a man was missing
and that a resident of the Lab
oratory area had heard a man
standing on the banks of In
dian Creek yelling.
FOR LINCOLN COUNTY . . .
Mrs. Bette Morris Is Named
Democratic Woman Os Year
Mrs. Bette Morris has been
named “Democratic Woman of the
Year” for Lincoln County.
The State Democratic Woman
Os the Year will be announced at
the Women’s Convention in Ashe
ville on October 5.
Mrs. Morris ig the wife of Lin
colnton Attorney Bill Morris.
Announcement of Mrs. Morris’
selection for the Lincoln County
honor came in a letter to her
from -Mrs. Henry Cromartie, Vice
Chairman of the State Democratic
party.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris have two
children, William Jr. and Rose.
Mrs. Morris has been active
in the Democratic party and
most recently has held the vice
chairmanship of the Democratic
Party in Lincoln County.
She and Mrs. Hal Heafner were
Demo. Women's
Club Holding
Charter Month
The Democratic Women’s Club
of Lincoln County is observing
charter month during September
and anyone desiring to become a
charter member may do so by
contacting an officer or precinct
chairman, according to an announ
cement by Mrs. C. E. Leather
man. president of the group.
Officers are: President —Mrs. C.
E. Leatherman; Ist Vice President
Mrs. Hal Heafner; 2nd Vice
President—Mrs. David Clark; 3rd
Vice President—Mrs. Bryan Craig;
4th Vice President Mrs. Frank
Heavner; Recording Secretary
Mrs. Hal Hoyle Jr.; Correspond
ing Secretary—Mrs. William Bess;
Treasurer—Mrs. Robert Schronce;
and Co. Vice Chairman—Mrs. Bill
Morris.
Precinct membership cha'irmen
are: Ward I—Mrs. Kelly Kiser;
Ward 2—Mrs. L. C. Nixon; Co-
Chairman Mrs. Sadie Lander;
Ward 3 Membership—Mrs. Gene
Wilburn; Charlie Odell Box—Mrs.
Ray Heavner; Courthouse Box
Mrs. Kenneth Carpenter; Love Me
morial— Mrs. Mattie Ruth Ram
sey; Hickory Grove —Mrs. Luther
Schrum; Long Shoals—Miss Marie
Tutheror;
Boger City—Miss Emma Asbury;
Ironton Mrs. Blair Abernathy;
Crouse —Mrs. Gene Heafner; Heav
ners—Mrs. G. T. Gilbert; Vale
Mrs. J. Carr Yount; Daniels—Mrs.
Eugene McConnell; North Brook
No. 1— Mrs. Lee Bess; North
Brook No. 2—Mrs. O. H. Venters;
North Brook No. 3—Mrs. Luther
Houser; Asbury—Mrs. Rob Har
rill; Pumpkin Center—Mrs. Frank
Drum; Denver Mrs. Joe King,
Sr.; Lowesville Mrs. Harlowe
Duckworth; and Triangle Mrs.
Don Cherry.
MEETING POSTPONED
The meeting of the Lincolnton
Board of Aidermen, scheduled for
Friday night, was postponed. The
meeting will be held at a later
date, probably Friday, according
to one city official.
The man might have jumped
into the water, the Lifesaving
Crew members were told.
The crew members were told
that this was not an emergency,
so that the members would not
speed going to the scene.
LIGHTS—BOAT
The members arrived at the
scene of the “drowning” and im
mediately set up lights and put
a boat into the creek and started
dragging.
While all this was going on, a
resident of the area, Donald Har
less, fell and “hurt” himself.
This looked real and the mem
bers handled it like it was real.
The Lifesaving Crew members
then quickly found the drowned
dummy.
The exercise was under the di
rection of Captain Pete Sain;; Lt.
Clyde Johnson and Sgt. Dorse El
i more.
instrumental in forming a Lincoln
County Democratic Women’s Or
ganization.
Mrs. Morris has been very ac
tive in campaigns from the pre
cinct level up to the county and
state level. She also held the
position as vice chairman of her
precinct.
Mrs. Morris is the former Bette
Garrison and is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Garrison. Mr.
Garrison is a prominent member
of the Demcoratic Party here, hav
ing served in the state senate.
Mrs. Garrison teaches private
lessons in art and is a graduate ot
the University of Tampa.
Funeral Today
For Jim Schronce
Mr. Jim Schronce, 61, of Lin
colnton, Rt. 4 died Sunday in local
hospital.
Born in Lincoln County, he was
the son of Mr. and Mrs. James A.
Schronce.
Funeral rites will be held to
day at Crowell Methodist Church
at 3:00 p.m. with burial in the
church cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Rosa Mae Blackburn Schronce;
three daughters, Mrs. Avery Jen
kins, Rt. 1, Lincolnton, Miss Patsy
and Miss Elaine Schronce, Rt. 4,
Lincolnton; two brothers, Harry
and John Schronce of Newton,
four sisters, Mrs. Jane Hendrick,
Rt. 5, Lincolnton, Mrs. Maggie
Cody, Vale, Mrs. Roy Smith, Mai
den, Mrs. M. D. Blackburn, Win
ston Salem.
Warlick Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
JUDGE PLESS PRESIDING
Heavy Docket Disposed Os During
Week's Term Os Superior Court
Following are judgments in
Superior court cases heard here
last week, Judge J. Will Pless ot
Marion presiding:
Leonard Tharp, compliance
(forgery in both cases). Defend
ant called and failed. Issue in
stanter process.
Levie Ussury, possession non
tax paid whiskey for sale. Defend
ant called and failed. Judgement
nisi sci fa and capias-instanter
process.
Robert Elijah Calloway, adw.
Defendant called and failed.
Judgement nisi sci fa and capias
instanter process.
Richard Stroup, breaking _ and
entering and larceny (3 counts)
attempt to break and enter. All
cases continued for term.
Marvin Hall, driving after li
cense suspended, improper regis
tration. Defendant called and fail
ed. Judgement nisi sci fa and ca
pias instanter process.
Ray Max Arrowood, driving un
der influence. Continued for term.
Defendant in hospital.
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Jaycees Picnic
Praise Henkel
In Resolution
Lincolnton Junior Chamber of
Commerce held its bi-monthly
meeting on Wednesday evening at
ne picnic grounds on the Fred
Harrill farm
A business session followed the
picnic, at which time the following
resolution was drafted by Don Pen
ileton and passed 100 percent by
the membership in appreciation
for the untiring and unselfish
service of Bill Henkel:
RESOLUTION
Whereas, leadership and com
munity development is the spirit
and purpose of the Jaycees, and
Whereas, William Bill Henkel
has manifested his keen public
interest by demonstrating the
highest degree of leadership in
successfully promoting the Lin
coln County Recreation Park pro
gram, and
Whereas, it is felt that this type
>f unselfish public service is note
worthy to the end that it might
encourage others to offer their
time, ability, and resources for
such worthwhile endeavors;
Now Therefore, Be It and It Is
Hereby Resolved that the Lincoln
ton Jaycees, in a meeting duly
assembled expresses their appre
ciation to William Bill Henkel and
commends him for his able and
unselfish service to the people of
Lincoln County. He has demon
strated his good citizenship, may
others do likewise.
Be it further resolved that
copies of this Resolution be for
.varded to the local newspapers in
order that this noble achievement
might be shared with others.
This sth day of September, 1962.
Three Persons
Seriously Hurt
In Car Crash
Three persons were seriously in
jured in a car crash about 9 p.m.
Sunday night at the Cline bridge
on the Reepsville road.
Brought to the Gamble Hospital
by local ambulances and admitted
were, Fletcher Lee Bryson, 19,
Lincolnton; Carole Jean Stanley,
19, and her brother, Robert Stan
ley, 16, of Shelby.
All three were in an unconscious
condition when brought to the
hospital, according to Highway
Patrolman Joe Wright, but re
gained consciousness later. Miss
Stanley had a broken collar bone;
the two men head injuries.
Patrolman Wright, who investi
gated, said that Bryson was the
driver of a 1958 Chevrolet, travel
ing East, with Miss Stanley and
her brother as passengers, when
the vehicle went out of control on
a curve West of the river bridge
and skidded sideways down the
road, suddenly swerved around
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Darrell Lewis Grant, improper
starting from stopped position, no
muffler-violation of GS 20128. 30
days, suspended upon payment of
cost, be of good behavior and not
violate the law in any way for 2
years.
Darrell Grant, worthless check.
Case dismissed, lack of evidence.
Douglas Garland, compliance
(B & E—larceny). Defendant call
ed and failed. Issue capias instant
er.
Henry C. Burris, complance
(Grand larceny-outo). Defendant
called and failed. Issue capias in
stanter.
Warren Dellinger, non support
of minor children. Upon appeal of
defendant from judgement of Re
corder’s court, defendant ordered
to pay $165.00, admittedly due, in
weekly installments of $2.50 in ad
dition to regular order of $7.50.
Upon payment of the $165.00, de
fendant shall pay $7.50 week—un
less and until other and different
orders of court.
Maxie Dean Jenkins, wrong side
Single Copy: TEN CENTS
County's
10th, 11th
Fatalities
Lincoln County’s highway
fatality list for 1962 reached
11 Thursday night when two
Cherryville, Route 1 men
were killed after their auto
hit a bridge on the Flay road
in West Lincoln county and
plunged down an embank
ment.
The victims were listed as
Ames Kenneth Carpenter,
18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam T. (Bill) Carpenter of
the Taylor’s Lake section,
and Arthur C. McKinney, 26,
stepson of Raymond Carpen
ter.
The victims were listed as Ar
thur McKinney, 20, and James
Kenneth Carpenter, 18.
McKinney died en route to a
local hospital of head and internal
injuries.
HEAD INJURIES
Carpenter, who suffered severe
head and chest injuries in addi
tion to several broken ribs, died
in Gamble Hospital at 3 o’clock
Friday morning, some three hours
after the one-car wreck.
11TH IN LINCOLN
The death of Che two young
men brought the number of high
way fatalities in Lincoln county
for the year to 11. Twelve people
were killed last year.
State Highway Patrolman Har
ry Graham, who investigated, said
Carpenter, who was driving, went
to sleep.
HIT BRIDGE
The 1956-model car careened to
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Two Men Hurt
In 30 Ft. Fall
At Lake Norman
Two men were injured and hos
pitalized as the result of a 30 foot
fall last Wednesday at Cowans
Ford Dam in the Mecklenburg-
Lincoln County area.
Taken to a Charlotte hospital
George Willis and Bobby
Barnes were seriously hurt when
a hitch came loose on their scaf
fold 30 feet up the face of the
dam. They fell to the concrete
below.
The scaffold the men were work
ing on was a suspension type and
could be lowered or raised by
the men on it, explained F”ed
Kennerly, assistant resident engi
neer.
“The fall was slowed somewhat
since the rope holding the scaf
fold had to run through the block
and tackle,” he said.
The accident occurred about
10:15 a m. and the two men were
rushed immediately to Charlotte
Memorial Hospital.
Willis and Barnes, concrete fin
ishers, were working on the face
of the dam at the time of the
accident.
Cowans Ford Dam is a Duke
1 Power Co. project.
of road. State takes nol pros.
Mabie McMurry, possession of
beer and whiskey for purpose of
sale. Not guilty.
Vance (nmn) Brown, illegal
passing. Not guilty.
Neal Caskey, non support of
wife and four minor children.
Court finds defendant has not
complied with terms in Recorder's
court judgement and since May,
1963 has failed to comply with Su
perior court orders. 6 months
term ordered to be put into ef
fect immediately.
Annie Bell Shuford, public
drunk—4th offense. Not guilty. On
charge of drunk and disorderly,
sth offense, State takes nol pros.
John E. Houser, compliance
(possession for sale). Court finds
defendant has complied with
item 5 of judgement rendered in
January, 1962 term of Superior
court.
Paul Shuford, compliance (noh
support of minor child). Defend
ant fails to show compliance with
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