Mount Holly News
Constructive—If It Will Help Mount Holly And Gaston County The News Is For It—Progressive
VOL. XXVI.
MOUNT HOLLY, N. C„ FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1950
NUMBER 51
Scenes of J.C. Meeting
Polio Drive Is Assured
Success In Mount Holly
Shown above U R. S. Dickson, presideni of the Amorican Yam
ud Proces^ng Company, presenting Jaycee President Ted Johnson
with a deed to the lot fot the Jaycees' Community Building. Plans
call for the starting of actual construction of the building this spring.
The Jaycees lack only about $U)00 in commencing work. Some of
this money has been pledged. No campaign is beiim waged for funds
-but any donation to the Jaycees will help hurry the construction. The
first unit of the building will be 50 by 70 feet.
Band Drive Set To Start
Monday; Goal Is $3,000
Was Big Success
The drive for funds for the uni- •
forms for the Mount Holly Highy^ / ■ -
School will get underway next KACCPC Niff lit
Monday. All donations will be MlylU
published in The News each
week until the goal of $3,000 is
reached. Chairman James H.
Ware is highly pleased with the
set-up of his committee thus far
but he is still busy making ap
pointments as The News went to
press. ■*
A. W. Bell, general manager of
the American Yam and Process
ing Company, will handle the
drive as chairman for the A. Y. P.
textile plants. Mr. Bell will name
his own committees in each
plant. He will be assisted by W.
G. AUigood.
Ed Painter will head the drive
i Riverbend and Lucia. Mr.
Painter is highly interested in the
drive as are the people of his com
munities.
O. E. Hankins, of the Superior
Yarn Mills, will act as chairman
Whitehall Sale
Is In Litigation
A dispute over the sale of the
Whitehall Mills to the Leading
Embroidery Company developed
over the weekend. The American
Yarn and Processing Company,
due to an agreement offering
them the building and signed on
December 15th by the majority
j stockholders of the Whitehall
I Corporation, were making plans
The first annual Boss’s Night.for the use of the building and
Banquet held by the Mount Hoi-j land they were under the im-
ly Jaycees at the American Din- pression they had purchased. The
ing Hall last Friday night, was a'Board of Directors of the A.YP.
tremendous success and was at- ihad met and approved the terms
tended by practically every mem- of the agreement,
ber of the local organization and According to officials of the
his boss. Principal speaker for American Yam plans were well
the evening was Solicitor Basil underway for the industrial use
Whitener who complimented the of the plant. In fact, it was learn-
local organizations on their pro-'ed that R. S. Dickson, president
jwts and active participation in of the A Y. p. Company, had an
civic affairs. Mr. Whitener called ^ appointment. on February 13th
Business District Makes
Record in Donating Fnnd
attention to the fact that Jaycees
and similar groups of civic mind
ed yoimg men are “holding the
future in their hands” and that
the interest evidenced by the
young men in world and local
affairs is the controlling influence
. . ...VC J on the trend of thinking. Mr.
‘ Whitner was introduced by W. O.
“ Barrett, editor of The News.
^ At the left it Peter N. Chagatlt being yarded the Jaycees*
Cjntinguished Service Key for his work in Holly. J. B. Thomp-
*OQ is Ae man making the award. Mr. Thompson was the winner last
year. The Award is highly coveted by the Jaycees.
in Tuckaseege.
Jimmy Davenport, of the Globe i
Mills, will handle the campaign
for that milL
Other committee chairmen will
be named this weekend and it is
hoped that the funds win start
rolling in next week. Everyone is
acquainted now with the need
of the uniforms and the great suc
cess of the local high school band.
This newspaper believes that the
civic pride of people will guar
antee the success of the cam
paign. So make your plans now
to give and let’s help Mount Hol
ly.
Bill Alligood is shown offering J. B. Thompson a generous help,
ing of fried chicken for lus splendid presentation of the Outstanding
Service Award to Ken Davis. Mr. Davis is shown on the extreme
fight just after he had accepted the award.
Shown above is a portion of the more than 90 people who attend-
* the Jaycee Bosses’ Night last Friday evening at the American
ming HalL The speaker's table and other guests were to the right
® the picture. While the program lasted for more than two hours
Sueiia vrere well pleased and the meeting was declared one of the
»nost successful ever held here of like nature.
John Lawing Given
Honors In Service
7-THE 24th INFANTRY
DIVISION ON KYUSHU. Japan,
Jebruary 20 — Pic. John Lawing,
Belmont soldier, was se-
“Soldier of the Week” in
he 63rd Field Artilleiy Battalion
^ the 24th Infantry Division in
Ayushu, Japan. He won the hon-
or because of his excellent ap-
Pearance, soldierly bearing, and
iTulitary proficiency.
.private Lawing is the son of
Mrs. Garvin Rawing.
VO entering the Army, he
- employed by the Acme Spin-
*^ing Company.
Legion Pians Big
Fish Supper Soon
The Johnson-Lineberger Post
of the American Legion will give
another of their extremely suc
cessful fish fiys at the American
Dining Hall on Saturday night,
February 25 starting at 6 p. m.
it v/as announced today. Pi*ice per
plate for all the guest can eat is
$1.25. The Legionnaires have
sponsored a series of these fish
fries in the past few !;nOhtt« and
each of i>een a definite
I success with high attendance.
Hawks Go To
Cramers Tuesday
Tuesday night the Mount Hoi- —
ly Hawks will meet one of the
toughest scheduled foes, Cramer-
ton, on the Cramerton court in
the second match of the season
between the two great teams.
Cramerton is expected to be ready
to again try for the one point de
feats handed the Hawks at the
last clash between the two teams
and the result of this rivalry
should • creat an inspired game of
great spectator interest.
Formerly scheduled for tonight
and played last night too late for
The News to carry the result, the
Hawks met Dallas on the Dallas
court in what should have been
a good game and a victory for the
locals.
Last week the locals traveled
to Bessemer City for a conference
game with the nearby school.
Playing an inspired game, the
Bessemer City girls succeeded in
tieing the local girls while the
boys topped the Bessemer City
boys to win 46-37. Jones was high
for the local girls with 12 jwints.
Drumm led the Hawks with 15
points and Cross stood second in
line for the point honors with 10
with Helton, Lee, and Pryor con
trolling the backboards. Tuesday
night the locals met Belmont for
the second time with a split score
resulting when the Mount Holly
girls lost 39-29 and the boys ended
victorious 40-37. Ward paced the
girls in their game with 19 points
while Lee headed the Hollies with
17 and Helton followed with 10
points.
As the game was in the thrilling
closing miuntes, the Hawks trail-1
ed the classy Red Raiders by 1
point until a free throw by Pryor
tied the game and a field goal by
Lee put the Hawks in front with
30 seconds to go. Drumm hit a
field goal to put the game on ice.
Highlight of the evening was
the presentation of the deed for
the property across from the en
trance to Woodlawn Circle for
the Jaycee Community Building
by R. S. Dickson, president of the
American Yarn and Processing
Company which owned the land.
Mr. Dickson of/ered encourage
ment to the jaycees in their pro
ject which is nearing the start of
actual construction, and com
mended the members of the club
on their hard work and individual
efforts to reach the building fund
.’goal. President Ted Johnson re-
I ceived the deed and thanked Mr.
Dickson and the American Yarn
and Processing Company on be
half of the Jaycees. Mr. Dickson
was introduced by Kenneth Davis.
City Attorney Max Childers
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and 14th for the purpose of in
vestigating and purchasing new
equipment and machinery.
Due to the fact that the White
hall would house a new diversi-'
fied industry for the American
Yarn information for publication
had not been released. However,
this newspaper was assured that
the building was not to be used
for a warehouse. Such a rumor
has been prevalent here for some
time and was never given sup
port by the' A Y. P.
Last Thursday the Attorneys
for the American Yarn and Pro
cessing Company entered an in
junction against the sale of the
Whitehall to the Leading Em
bioidery Company. The matter is
now in the hands of the court to
decide who will be the final pur
chaser of the building and prop
erty.
Local Boy Is
Raleigh Winner
Jimmy McManus, Mount Holly
pugilist and former member of
the Mount Holly Jaycee’s boxing
team, knocked out two former
Golden Gloves winners and de-
cisioned a third to win the open
lightweight championship of the
Eastern Carolina Golden Gloves
held in Raleigh January 26, 27, 28.
In his first fight at the annual
gloves tourney, the fast light
weight ko’d ..Hubert Lassiter of
Duri,sm in the first minute of the
third round after mauling Lassi
ter all over the ring during the
first two rounds. In his second
fight in the semi-finals, McManus , - .
pulled what sportswriters called in ex-
the biggest upset of the tourna-' of the expected donations and
ment by defeating Richard Rhodes local residents, students, and mer-
of Wilmington. Rhodes had an, charts are to^be congratulated on
outstanding record in Golden'*’ ''""*
Gloves matches, having won 29
consecutive fights with 25 knock
outs putting him in the upper
amateur brackets.
In the finals of the tourney the
Mount Holly boy knocked out
Bobby Barts of Kannapolis to
cinch the championship.
McManus also won the Western
North Carolina Golden Gloves
chamrionship at Asheville two
v»4*c'vS ago by knocking out Wil
liam Clark oi Newton in one
minute and 40 seconds of the first
round of the finals.
> Indications are good that Mount
Holly will reach it’s goal in the
annual March of Dimes drive for
1950 according to Tommy Holland
and Ed Painter, co-chairmen lor
the Men’s Division of the com
munity drive this year. Mr. Paint
er told a News reporter Wednes
day that although only two indus
trial plants had reported at that
date, with substantial donations
coming from the schools and the
town section, the drive might
reach the record which local re
sidents set in their gifts to the
drive last year.
Mrs. S. H. Helton, chairman of
the Women’s Division, reported a
grand total of $1097.49 collected
from the Mount Holly schools and
from the business section of Mt.
Holly by the ladies who volun
teered to work for'the work. This
report falls slightly short of the
HAS MEASLES
Larry, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. E. Moore, is confined to his
home with the measles.
ILL AT HOME
Cackie Troutman, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Haskell Troutman,
is sick at home with measles.
ON FISHING TRIP
Colie Pryor left Saturday for a
fishing trip of several days at
Myrtle Beach.
CHILDREN ARE J» *
Joe, Jr., and Pa., - of
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. right have
just recovered from the chicken-
pox and are now having measles.
their cooperation.
Mrs. Helton said that full cre
dit for the remarkable donations
belonged to the ladies who solici
ted donations from the business
houses, and elsewhere, to the stu
dents who worked for the drive in
the schools, and to those who so
generously gave to the Tunds for
fighting polio. A great deal of
time was spent by the volnuteer
workers for the comm»mity drive
here,and a great effort by aH-the
workvrs r.;svrited t}. this total. '
In the high schobi Mrs. HeltdR
said that she particularily wished
to thank the Beta Club and Miss
Myldred Lipscomb for their work.
The high school students gave a
total of $184.08 to the drive. Stu
dents canvassing in the theaters
through the cooperation of Ken
neth Davb, manager, collected
$55 for the drive, Mrs. Helton said.
She added that she wished to ex-
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Lucia Students Set Record in March of Dimes Drive
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HOME FROM COLUMBIA
Miss Eleanor Wilson of Colum
bia, S. C. was home visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph O.
Wilson, for the weekend. .
LARGE CROWD ATTENDS
A large iiuir.w
mediate and Youth Fellowship
group attended the meeting at
the Lions Club building follow
ing the service at the Baptist
Church last Sunday night. The
circles of the Woman’s Society are
hostesses to these young people.
A magnificent record was set
this week by students of the
Lucia school, who gave an aver
age of $2 per student to the 1950
March of Dimes. Pictured above
are the youngsters and the facul
ty members who set a record that
in all probability will not be
equaled by any school in the state.
The total enrollment of the local
school is only 130 students accord
ing to Mr. Lawrance £. Pittman,
principal. The faculty members
of the school, which JJIjq
to It’s heart are Miss Mar
garet McIntosh, Miss June Mc
Dowell, Mrs. Alma Everhart, and
Mr. Pittman. The first and second
grades are taught by Miss Mc
Dowell, where high in the school
with a total of $101 given by the
students.
Included among the children
who contributed to the excellent
v/ork done by the Lucia school in
raising the fine total for the
March of Dimes are the follow
ing;
Charles Cox, J^mes Crump,
Larry Dellinger, R. C. Dellinger,
Dean Dellinger, Jerry Dellinger,
Lynn Dellinger, Ned Edwards,
Wayne Edwards, Ronald Ed
wards, Michael Featherstone,
Glenn Groner, James Groner,
Richard Groner, Margaret Helton,
Kay White, Tommy Hartsell, Rob
ert Howm Kart, Roland
Hager, Patricia Hart, Jack Hel
ton, Barbara Howard, Sidney
Henkle, Dorothy Harris, Louise
Beatty, Kenneth Bolick, Bobby
Hart, Eddie Kirksey.
Randy Henkle, David Mooney,
Forest McIntosh, David Rogers,
Steele White, Betty Ann Camp
bell, Doris Cox, Barbara Hart,
Louise Hager, Jane Morgan,
Brenda Rhyne, Nancy Ann Tee
ter, Dianne Thompson, Virginia
Mullinax, Macy Staley. Ned Ed
wards, Ned Hager, Ted Hager,
Mike Henkle, Eugene Harris,
Tommy Lee, Keith Ward, Fay
I Brown, Judy Harkey, Vertie Ha-
I ger, Sarah Howie, Christine Hel
ton, Margaret Helton, Weetri Gay
Rhyne, Sharlene Ward, Lonnie
Staley, Jerry Willocks, Ann Luc-
key.
Gilbert Beatty, Larry CoX, Joe
Kenneth Kenkie, Donald
Lee, Tommy McIntosh, Donald
Morgan, David Ray Smith, Faye
Abernathy, Jo Ann Edwards,
Nancy Everhart, Nancy Hart,
Madge Hartsell, Lois Helton,
Ruby Keever, Lee Harriett, Nora
Willocks, Donald Abernathy,
Keith Hearn, Floyd Montgomery,
Claude Stillwell, Carrol Helton,
Albion Keever, Bobby Jean
iBro".... Frances Helton, Martha
Rae Davis.
Gail Rhyne, Frances Sisk, Mary
Lee Ward, ^ith Staley, Linda
Harris, Carolyn Hart, Howard
Hart, Donald Hart, Patrick Hart
sell, George Hall, Margaret Ha
ger, Kirby Helton. Robert Helton,
iRuby Helton, Charles Helton,
Nora Helton, Carolyn Johnson,
Don Killian, Edna Kirkrey, Al
fred Lathan, Betty Luckey, Ann
Luckey, Carolyn Lee, BunTiah
L’.ickey, Donald Lee, Harley
Montgomery, Fay Mauney, Mary
Mathis, Dorothy Mathis, Betty
Mullinax, Don Morgan, Cherry
Payne, Patricia Rhyne, June
Rhyne, Joan Riddle, Burmie Rog
ers, Jerry Rudisell, Martin Rhyne,
Max Sherrill, Ruth Stillwell,
Ruby Staley, Lonnie Staley,
George Thrailkill, Forest Ward,
Barbara Watts, Eddie WUlox,
Freddie WUlox, Martha White,
Joe Farrar, Linda Farrar.