LHS Finals Begin Tomorrow Night Discharges Navy Gunner Noel McGinnis
Noel McGinnis received an honorable discharge at the U S Navy Personnel Center Camp Sherman Virginia on May 14 1946 He served five years four months enlisting January 1941 On foreign duty in the Atlantic and Pacific he participated in campaigns from Iceland to the Philippines aboard the USS Wichita USS Kula Gulf and Robert T Paine
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noel McGinnis
U. S. Navy Personnel Center
Camp Shelton
Virginia
A. C. McGinnis
Boger City
Navy
Atlantic
Pacific
Iceland
Russia
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Marshalls
Saipan
New Guinea
Truk
Philippines
Wichita
Kula Gulf
Robert T. Paire
Tragedy at Crossing Claims Burke County Family
A Burke county family of five lost four members in a Monday car train collision near Rutherford College. Sadie Cannon Lair 21 Ed Lair 26 and two children died at the scene, while 4 year old William Howard was injured. The 1936 Ford was struck by Southern Railway No. 12 as it crossed Mineral Springs road. Funeral services were held at Crowe's Funeral Home in Valdes with burial plans pending.
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Valdese General Hospital
Southern Railway
Mineral Springs Road
Rutherford College
Morganton
Marion Lair
Ed Lair
Notice to Veterans Issued by Temple
J P Temple Jr manager of the local United States Employment Service office states veterans filing self employed farm or business claims no longer need appointments before the 20th of the month. They must report sometime during the month following the one for which they claim Readjustment Allowance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Temple, Jr
United States Employment Service Office
Rotary Club Meeting Features Melvin Sipe Jr Violin Solos
Rotarians held a regular meeting with Dewey Hoyle introducing Melvin Sipe Jr who performed violin solos with piano accompaniment by Mrs. B J Ramsaur. President Floyd Corrider announced a joint dinner for outgoing and incoming boards at Dave Warlick's Lake Hickory cottage around six on May 28 with visitors Frank Wooten Sr Paul C Rhyne Jr and Rev Albert H Keck Jr present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary
Dewey Hoyle
Melvin Sipe, Jr
B. J. Ramsaur
Melvin
Floyd Corrider
Dave Warlick
Putnam’s Cottage
Lake Hickory
Frank Wooten
Frank Wooten, Sr
Charlotte
Paul C. Rhyne, Jr
Albert H. Keck, Jr
Lincolnton
Reward Offered For Morris Body After Lake Hickory Boat Sinks
Edwin Yates Morris a 38 year old Hickory man died when his light outboard overturned near Lakeside Beach. A $100 reward was posted for his recovery as searches continued through Monday night. Miss Elizabeth Helton survived, clinging to the overturned craft until rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickory
Edwin Yates
Eddie) Morris
Lake Hickory
Lakeside Beach
Morris
J. E. Waggoner
Waggoner Sales Company
Tenth Avenue
Elizabeth Helton
Helton
Sunday Services on Lowesville Charge
Sunday School in all churches with River Bend at 9 45 a m New Hope at 11 00 Salem at 2 p m Fairfield at 3 p m Revival at River Bend begins Monday at 8 p m Tuesday is Devotional led by Young People Wednesday features hymns for older members Public invited Rally planned for the fifth Sunday of June Hill s Chapel W C S C meets this Saturday New Hope W S C S holds monthly meeting Saturday afternoon with Mrs Senter
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowesville
River Bend
New Hope
Salem
Fairfield
Small Boy Bitten By Black Widow Spider
Jim Stranger seven year old son of Mr and Mrs H B Stranger of the county was bitten by a black widow spider yesterday afternoon. He was taken to the Gordon Crowell Memorial hospital for treatment and this morning his condition was much improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Stranger
H. B. Stranger
Gordon Crowell Memorial Hospital
Colonel Harrill Receives No Notice of Promotion
Col. Harrill has not been notified of his promotion to full colonel in the U S Army. He spent three years in the Pacific during the war and has reopened his dental offices here to continue his practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Harrill
Army United States
Col. Harrill
Pacific
Dr. Self Marks 41 Years Of Dentistry In Lincolnton
Dr. I R Self completes forty one years in Lincolnton dental practice since opening offices in 1945. A Baltimore College of Dental Surgery graduate and former president of NC Dental Society and Southern Academy of Periodontology, he remains active in education and civic work while his sons I Ruffin Self Jr and Fred L Self join him after Navy service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. R. Self
Dental College
Lincolnton
Dr. Self
Lawing Building
Self
Baltimore College of Dental Surgery
University of Maryland
North Carolina Dental Society
Southern Academy of Periodontology
I. Ruffin Self, Jr
Fred L. Self
Emory University
Atlanta
U. S. Navy
Virus Behind Eight Army Brides Deaths Aboard Zebulon B Vance
Representative Jackson says War Department traced the deaths of eight servicemen’s babies on the transport Zebulon B. Vance to a new virus disease called pneumoniaenteritis. He notes the disease appeared in cattle and is highly communicable with no known human cure. An Army board later absolved the ship’s medical staff of negligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jackson
War Department
Zebulon B. Vance
le Havre
Army Board of
Priest Receives Italian Military Valor Cross for War Service
Rev. Allen C. McSween, former chaplain with the 34th Infantry Division in Italy, was awarded the Military Valor Cross by the Italian government. The citation lauds his valor and self sacrifice during the Italian campaign. He now serves as pastor of Lincolnton Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen C. McSween
Humbert of
Savoy
Prince of
Piedmont
Secretary of State For War
Rome
Mr. McSween
Lincolnton Presbyterian Church
Music in Industry gains favor at Valdese mills
At Valdese mills Valdésian Hosiery Pauline and others install Music in Industry systems. Workers like the 15 minute hourly music break with preferences favoring sacred tunes, marches, and varied selections. Most employees support the program, with little opposition and steady interest.
Funeral Rites Held For S Harry Sigmon
Funeral services for Spencer Harry Sigmon 56 died Sunday night in a Charlotte hospital were conducted at the Boger City Methodist church with Rev H E Stimson and Rev A A Kyles officiating Burial followed in Mt Pleasant cemetery Surviving wife two daughters two sons two sisters and three brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Harry Sigmon
Charlotte
Boger City Methodist Church
H. E. Stimson
Cliffside
A. A. Kyles
Mt. Pleasant Church
Sigmon
Pauline Lippard
James Goodson
Boger City
Louis Sigmon
C. M. Sigmon
Kearns
Utah
William S. Sigmon
U. S. Navy
Brooklyn
N. Y
Ollie Harrill
Gus Harrill
John Sigmon
Denver
Roy Sigmon
Davidson
Frank Sigmon
Lincolnton Chamber of Commerce essay contest ends Friday
The Lincolnton Chamber of Commerce invites town and county students to submit essays by Friday May 31. Rob ert Lineberger chairs the contest and judging will start after entries are collected at the Chamber or school offices. County entries should be mailed this weekend. The program aims to raise awareness of the Chamber and its purpose among Lincolnton and Lincoln County residents. Starving people are depending on you for their lives. Every dollar given to the Emergency Food Collection helps the starving in liberated lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincolnton Chamber of Commerce
Robert Lineberger
C. of C
Chamber of Commerce
Lincolnton Chamber
Long Shoals to Meet Belmont in Textile League Clash
Long Shoals faces Sterling Mills of Belmont at the local high school field Saturday night with 8 o clock game time. Acquisition of Charlie Gabriel and John Stamey adds strength to the lineup as the team leads the Textile League at 6 1 with 1 defeat.
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Long Shoals
Sterling Mills
Belmont
Charlie Gabriel
John Stamey
Lincolnton Stars
Cherryville
Gabriel
Catawba College
Stamey
Wake Forest College
Wake Forest
Lincolnton
Dave Robinson
Jim Sadler
John Broome
Ralph Connor
Buck Mauney
Coy Stamey
Jack Kiser
Hedspeth
Finger
Finger, Coy
Lineberger
Matt” Harvell
Long Shoalers
Mt. Holly
Senator Carter Glass of Virginia Dies in Capital Hotel
Washington May 30 Senator Carter Glass long time lawmaker and father of the Federal Reserve System died early yesterday of heart failure in his Mayflower Hotel apartment. He was 88 and the oldest member of the Senate. Glass served in the House before joining the Cabinet as Secretary of the Treasury and later became a U S Senator, repeatedly reelected through 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carter Glass
Virginia
Congress
Federal Reserve System
Senate
Mayflower Hotel
Mary
Glass
Supreme Court
House
Wilson
Treasury
Hartzage Dies in Alabama Railroad Engineer
John Wade Hartzage 69 a retired railroad engineer and Lincoln County native died Sunday in York Alabama Graveside services were held at 11 am at Salem Lutheran church cemetery in Catawba County A short service was held at Drum Funeral Home where the body had lain in state since Tuesday He was the last surviving member of his immediate family and never married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wade Hartzage
Lincoln County
York
Ala
Salem Lutheran Church
Catawba County
Drum Funeral
Hartzage
Commencement events set in Lincolnton with sermons
Lincolnton schools prepare for class day on the high school campus tomorrow. Marguerite Leatherman is crowned May Queen. Rev. Allen McSween will deliver the commencement sermon Sunday night assisted by Rev. Albert H. Keck Jr. Diploma recipients named. Final exercises Monday night with valedictory Amelia Schrum and salutatorian Elizabeth Beam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincolnton
Marguerite Leatherman
M. T. Leatherman
Allen McSween
First Presbyterian Church
Albert H. Keck, Jr
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Joyce Inez Bandy
Anne Elizabeth Beam
Betty Jean Beale
Willa Jean Bynum Thelma Clippard
Betty Jean Conner
Colleen Goforth
Margaret Kathleen Goodson
Betty Jean Hearner
Vivian Wentona Hicks Jean Keener
Helen Elizabeth Knuckles
Helen Naomi Martin Janice McLean Hazel Louise McAllister
Margaret Ann Plank
Phyllis Lemmond Robinson Katherine Amelia Schrum
Joyce Sigmon
Nancy Jeanne Steelman
Patricia Ruth Ford Mary Rachel
Whitesides
Miles Beam
Ralph Taylor Conner Charles Carlos Crowell
Jack Loyde Dellinger
Harold Ford
Royce Nelson Gillespie
Royce Abner Kendrick
John Charles Ramseur
H. Lee Roach
Edgar N. Rudisill
Charles Franklin Rudisill
B. Lee Thornburg
Gene Charles Wilson
Betty Iris Blankenship
Doris Crowell
Ed Ramsaur, Jr
Chiefs
Phyllis Costner
Mary Miller
Betty Kincaid
Loretta Kendricks
Polly Dellinger
Jane Grigg
Sue McGin
Melvin Sipe, Jr
Allen C. McSween
Albert H. Keck
C. Daulton Moore
First Baptist Church
Elizabeth Beam
C. E. McIntosh
University of North Carolina
S. Ray Lowder
National Honor Society
B. J. Ramsaur
Lincolnton City School Board
Amelia Schrum
Merchants urged to burn window display lights
Lincolnton town planning committee and Merchants Association urge all merchants to keep window display lights on at night. Plans to illuminate Main street and Court House Square are under consideration, with time clocks to be provided. Outside switches should coordinate with police for designated hours to boost local commerce and city appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincolnton
Lincolnton Junior Baseball Team Holds First Full Practice
Lincolnton's American Legion Junior team gathers at Lincolnton High School athletic field Saturday at 1 PM for the first full squad drill in preparation for the June 10 junior elimination race. Coach Jack Kiser will trim the squad and push candidates from high and non high school groups, with hopes for pitchers Reynolds and shortstop prospect Huffman from North Brook to boost the lineup. Danny Jack Kiser has a history of producing winners and cautions that while they may not win every game, they expect to win some.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincolnton
American Legion
Lincolnton High School
Jack Kiser
Kiser
Lincolnton High
Pirants
North Brook
Huffman
Reynolds
Danny Jack Kiser
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LHS
Russell E. McAlister
Naval Service
W. T. McAlister
Crossing
Temple
Rotarians
Black Widow
Colonel Harrill
A. C. McSween
Valdese Mills
Valdese
Valdesian Hosiery
Pauline
Waldensian
Horace
S. Harry Sigmon
Junior Legion
Gabriel and
Sen
Carter Glass OF
Capital Hotel
John W. Hartzage
Alabama
Katherine Amelia Schrum
J. W. Atkins
Raleigh
Cherry
Gastonia
State Library Commission
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