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Constructive—If It Will Help Mount Holly And Gaston County The News Is For It—^Progressive
VOL. XXVII.
MOUNT HOLLY, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1950
TOWN WILL BE ENLARGED
if ★ ★ ★ ★ * ★
D. S. Beatty Elected Head Merchants Asso.
local Business Men Have
Good Organization Going
DeWitt S. Beatty was elected
President of the newly organiz
ed Mount Holly Merchants As
sociation at the organizational
meeting held last Monday night
at the city halL More than thirty
local merchants were present at
the meeting to discuss the need
for a Merchants Association here
and to elect a Board of Directors
and other officers. Great interest
was evidenced by everyoi'e at
tending the meeting and pledges
of support were extended by oth-
C-: merchan*^* who could .nol’*5f-
tend the meeting.
A committee of five merchants
was appointed by Mr. Beatty to
begin drawing up by-laws for the
operation of the Merchants As-
* sociation here and to gather in
formation pertaining to the func
tions of similar groups in other
towns and cities. The proposed
by-laws will be submitted by the
conunittee for approval or sug
gestions at the next meeting, it
is expected.
The next open meeting of the
Merchants Association will be
held Monday night, April 17, at
the city hall at 7:30 p. m. All in
terested merchants are cordially
invited and urgc^ to attend this
meeting. A meeting of the Board
of Directors will be held next
Monday night, April 10, at the
city hall to discuss other plans
for beginning operations as soon
as possible.
Serving on the committee to
study and submit a proposed set
of by-laws are O. E. Massey,
chairman, Mrs. J. G. Barnette,
Wilson Moore, Leo Fuller, and
J. B.. Thompson,
Elected to the other offices of
the Mount KoUy association at
the Monday night meeting were
J. B. Thompson, vice-president;
Leo Fuller, treasurer; and Jack
Summey, secretary. The post of
secretary is a temporary office to
be filled by Mr. Summey until ac
tion is taken on the suggested
employment of a full-thne sec
retary who will keep the associa
tion records, handle credit re
ports, and other duties of the
Merchants Association.
Elected to the Board of Diiect-
ors by the merchants present at
the meeting were O. E. Massey,
Bovd lowing, Sr., Leo Fuller,
Paul Derr. Frank L. Rankin, Carl
Stroupe, J. C. Rhyne, Ward
Rhyne, Mrs. J. G. Barnette, Wil
son F. Moore, and Jack Summey.
A system of staggering terms for
the members of the Board of Di
rectors was discussed at the first
meeting and will be worked out
at a later meeting.
From all indications evidenced
by merchants attending the meet
ing, and the approval given plans
(Continued on Back Pape)
Lutherans Have
Sunrise Service
There will be an Easter Sxm-
rise Service in the Lutheran
Church of the Good Shepherd on
Sunday morning at 6 o’clock. "
Early on the first Easter Sun
day morning as the women were
.coming to anoit His body, there
was a great earthquake; and an
uo»cl came end rolled avi../ the
stone. He did not roll aside the
stone in drder that Jesus might
arise; He had^^ready risen. His
now glorified bad passed
through the st^e »mralls imhin-
dered, unimpeded, before the an
gel a’’ it was not bound by
or. ace. The angel roll
ed awa> . «tone in order that
the empty grave might be seen;
that they might see that He had
risen.
’‘And they departed quickly
from the sepulchre, with fear and
great joy, and did run to bring
His disciples word. And as they
went to tell His disciples, behold,
Jesus himself met them and said,
“All hail (Good morning.” In
Winston-Salem, the Moravians go
out to the cemetery every Easter
morning to see the sun rise over
the graves of their loved ones.
How well that symbolizes the
Christian faith. Men look upon
the mounds of their buried loved
ones, and their buried hopes, to
see them glittering in the dawn
of the resurrection, as from with
in the depths of their souls, they
hear the voice of tenderness and
triumph which said "Good morn
ing."
On Friday they had laid Jesus
away in the tomb and said "Good
bye”; but on Sunday morning,
He met them in the way and said,
"Good morning," in a glorified
body (boundles;^; yea, and "He
shall change our vile bodies that
they may be fashioned like unto
His glorious body” and we shall
spend eternity with Him.
Special music is being arrang
ed for this Sunrise Service. Visi
tors are cordially invited.
Administration of the Holy
Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper
at the 11 o’clock service.
There will not be any Luther
League meeting on Sunday eve
ning.
ENTERS RAGE
Ml
Red Cross Drive
Was Successful
The Red Cross Drive in Mount
Holly has ended with a total of
$1,012. donated by the generous
citizens of this section. Dr. L. S.
Clark, chairman of the drive, an
nounced this week. All reports are
in. Dr. Clark said, and the local
residents who took part in the
drive both as cub-chairmen, can
vassers, and donors, are to be con
gratulated on the excellent show
ing made here. It is believed that
in ratio to population, this a-
mount is the largest raised by
any community in Gaston county
during the 1950 drive. No quota
was set for the 1950 drive, but it
is felt the drive headquarters will
be greatly pleased with the effort
made here to give as much as pos-
(ConllBued On Beck Page)
L. A. "Archie” Saunders, pro^
minent business man of Stanley,
has announced for the office of
Gaston County Treasurer. He will
run subject to the will of the
voters in the Democratic primary
on May 27th. If elected Mr. Saun
ders will be the first man in a
great number of years who has
held office in Gaston from his
town.
Mr. Saunders has a splendid
background of qualifications for
the office of Treasurer. He has
had eleven years of experience in
the banking business and was for
four years the office manager of
the Stanley Mill.
Mr. Saunders, a life-long demo
crat, is very active in church and
civic affairs. At the present time
he is president of the Stanley
Lions Club, a member of the
Bruington Memorial Baptist
Church, ‘member of the Young
Men’s Bible Class, a Mason and
Chairman of the Stanley Athletic
CounciL
His father, the late T. L. Saun-
(Continued eo Back Page)
Rally Wednesday
Great Success
Last Wednesday night the big
gest Democratic Rally ever held
in this section of the county took
place in Mount Holly. Willis
Smith, who Gazette writer Lyle
Edwards termed the middle man
in the Senate race and whom this
paper terms the top man, was the
principal speaker. Mr. Smith
made a very interesting talk and
j his listeners, numbering in the
hundreds, left the rally with an
assurance that Willis Smith was
Q true Demo^*Tat who believed in
the Constitution of the United
States.
Thebe were more than 30 can
didates aside from Mr. Smith that
were present. AH candidates were
recognized by Basil Whitener on
the program. The present office
holders in the county government
were also present and were rec
ognized by W. O. Barrett. Pete
Chagaris and Harold Henkle were
chairmen of the arrangements
and everyone present agreed that
it was the most successful rally
that has been held in this sec
tion of the county in years.
James Cole and his committee,
in charge of handling the huge
crowd which was present at the
rally, did a magnificent job and
the entire serving problem plus
seating of the crowd in the Amer
ican Dining Hall was handled in
excellent fashion.
V.F.W. HEAD
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WE REGRET AN ERROR
THIS WEEK
Due io a pzinlers mix-up there
is a Ford advertieemanl* with the
Name of the Chevrolet dealer.
River Valley Chevrolet Company
the signature Instead of the
Taylor Motors, Inc. We apologise
for this error. The Ford is run
with the correct signature also.
Kenneth Davis, manager of the
Gaston and Holly Theaters in
Mount Holly, will be installed as
commander of the local post of
the V.F.W. at an installation ban
quet to be held next Tuesday
night. The banquet will be held
at the Riverbend Methodist
Church and the District Comman
der will install the new officers.
V.F.W. Installs
New Officers
Installation services for the new
officers of the Mount Holly Post
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
will be held at the installation
banquet at the Riverbend Metho
dist Church. A large number of
veterans and their guests have al
ready made reservations for the
banquet and more reservations
are being made daily. The ladies
of the Riverbend Methodist
Church will prepare the meal and
a number of specially invited
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Artist Sketch Of New Tnekaseege Church To Be Erected
Above is pictured the propos
ed new Tuckaseege Baptist
church which will become a re
ality in something less than eight
months. V. P. Loftis and Co., con
tractors of Charlotte, have been
awarded the contract to build
the magnificent edifice which
will cost over $85,000. Ground
breaking ceremonies will be an
nounced at an early date.
There will be 34 Sunday School
rooms with 4 departmental as
semblies. Also there will be a
recreational room, dining room
and kitchen facilities for accom
modating 125 people and other
features. In fact it can easily be
stated that this will be one of the
most modern churches in the en
tire county.
The Tuckaseege Baptist church
was organized in 1911 as a Mis
sionary Baptist church. Rev. O.
B. Reel is the present pastor and
since coming to Tuckaseege he
has worked unceasingly in his ef
forts for the church. The mem
bership of the church today is
427, five years ago the member
ship was 342. Of this membership
there are 158 wage-earning mem
bers of which there are 115 who
are tlthers.
That the church is in a thor
oughly sound financial condition
is revealed in their report show
ing more than $38,000 in the
building fund. Since 1943 the
membership has built up this
great fund by applying from $2,-
500 upwards to $7,3(H) each year
toward the erection of the new
place of worship. Seven years
ago the building fund was started
with $1,992.56. The building fund
is exclusive of other church prop
erty such as the parsonage, etc.,
which is all debt free.
Historical Sketch
Tuckaseege Baptist Church
was organized on April 16, 1911.
(Continued On Page Seven)
Over Million Dollars In
Taxable Property Added
Mrs. Holtzclaw
Heads Drive
The 1950 cancer drive in Mount
Holly, under the direction of Mrs.
Charles Holtzclaw, Mount Holly
representative on ' the county
board, has begun and containers
are in most of the local stores, it
was announced this week. The
drivA will continue through the
mV^-h yt April and nu quota .las
beeii'TCt. It is hoped that the peo
ple of Mount Holly, who have
been exceptionally generous with
their contributions to other
drives this year, will give gen
erously to this drive which may
have a personal bearing on each
of us.
A cancer clinic, maintained in
Gastonia to provide free exami
nations for county residents who
fear that they may be a victim
of cancer, is a motivating force in
helping donors to give as much
as they can afford diuing the
drive. The clinic, open to men and
women according to a regular
schedule, is the only one in the
state to which doctors donate
their service. Other towns and
cities which maintain clinics have
to pay the physicians for their
work. This fact alone is encour
aging and shows the interest in
the clinic expressed by local doc
tors.
Donations to the cancer drive
will be sent directly to the Can
cer Society, Mrs. Holtzclaw said,
and 25 cents of each dollar will
be used for research, vitally im
portant in the combatting of this
mysterious disease.
Mrs. Holtzclaw took part in an
open forum broadcast over radio
station WGNC last Tuesday with
Dr. Edmund L. Rice, head of the
clinic in Gastonia. The topic of
the discussion, broadcast at 4 p.
m. last Tuesday, was “You Can
Strike Back," and among the
many pertinent facts revealed
during the broadcast were the
fact that in 1936 less than a half
million dollars was given to can
cer work from all sources. In 1949
more than 25 million dollars was
devoted to the work. This was
brought about by the American
Cancer Society and by the com
mittee on growth which lists 100
recognized leaders in cancer and
allied research work. These
committeemen are the same
(Contiaued Oa Beck Page)
Jaycee Minstrel To Be
Given At Lneia Friday
The Mount Holly Jaycee Min
strel will be presented in Stan
ley at the high school auditorium
next Friday night at 8:09 p. m.
under the sponsorship of the
Stanley Lions Club. This will be.
the first appearance of the min
strel in Stanley and the first local
appearance of the Jaycee min
strel in several months. Appear
ing in a number of towns and
communities in South Carolina,
Mecklenburg county, and in this
section, the talent-packed min
strel has attracted large audien
ces at each performance.
Tickets are on sale by mem
bers of the Stanley Lions Club
and a capacity audience is ex
pected from early ticket sale re
ports.
• The Mount Holly town limits
will be extended as soon as all
legal requirements are passed.
The Town Board is running the
legal advertisement elsewhere in
the paper which describes the
boundaries of the new proposed
line. American Yam property
along, to be taken in, will consist
of three textile plants, the Adrian.
Madora and Nims. Along with
these three plants, of course,
comes the villages and the Wood-
lawn Circle.
Aside from the plants and vil
lages ther.: will of f^>urse be ad
jacent properties taken in the
new limits. The lines, it was stat
ed. would take in the three mills
and villages. Spring Hill, prop
erty up the Mountain Island Road
to Hollar’s Garage, out the Bel
mont road to the Willeford home
and up the Stanley road past the
residences of Herman Cross and
Cliff Head.
A quick estimate of the entire
number of homes and the tax
able valuation of the property
could not be made as the final
plans were not completed until
the middle of the week. However,
there will be 173 homes belong
ing to the American Yam and
Processing Company. These
homes, plants and property of the
local company will add more than
one million dollars worth of tax
able valuation to the local tax
books, according to the records as
shown by Max Childers, town at
torney.
This increase of a million d^-
lars in taxable property does not
include other properties, which
will add many more thousands of
dollars in taxable weath to the
town.
It was also impossible to esti
mate the total increase in popu
lation to the town that will
suit from the extension. It can
safely be said that more than
1,000 will be added and that
Mount Holly can soon be listed as
a thriving community of at least
3,500 people.
The Board will adhere to all
the steps set out in the legal ad
vertisement
Jr. Glass To Have
Big Sapper Here
The Junior Class is sponsoring
a ham and chicken supper to be
held at the Riverbend Methodist
Church. Friday night April 14,
and tickets for the event are al
most completely sold out accord
ing to the report from class of
ficers this week. A few tickets for
those who would like to attefid
the supper are still available from
girls in the Junior Class at the
local high school for $1 per per
son, it was announced.
Keens