Mount Holly News
Constructive—If It Will Help Mount Holly And Gaston County The News Is For It—Progressive
VOL. XXVII.
MOUNT HOLLY, N. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1950
NUMBER 40
HAWKS FINALE IS TONIGHT
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Bus To Start To Riverbend On December 1
VFW To Repair Toys For Kiddies
Vets To Play
Santa Clous
To Many Ki(
Members of the Mount Holly
Post of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars will collect used toys this
year to be repaired and delivered
to deserving and needy children
Christmas Eve, Rudy Cole, Com
mander, announced Thursday.
The toys wil be picked up by
members of the V. F. W. Sunday
afternoon, November 26, and the
veterans are extending an urgent
call to parents of this section to
collect whatever toys they may
have on hand which will be suit
able for the purpose before that
date.
Toys may be left at one of three
locations in Moimt Holly and the
surrounding community if doners
desire, or those persons having
toys who will be unable to leave
them at one of the three places
may call one of several, veterans
and the toys will be picked u.n.
Toys' may be left at _ jlvin bur-
rell’s Store in Clearwater Lake
section, with Jack Warren at
Carpenter’s Barber Shop, or with
David Cox at the Riverbend
Steam Plant. Toys will be picked
up if donors will call Burmah Ha
ger at Keistlers Store, County
3303; Rudy Cole at 108X; F. H.
Abernathy, Jr., at Abernathy
Electric Company: or Noah Huff-
stetler, Jr., at the Quality Store.
The veterans who will pick up
the toys on Sunday, November 26
will meet in front of the Quality
Store at 1 P. M. to begin their
rounds, it was announced.
The veterans are anxious for
everyone to cooperate in this plan
to provide repaired and repainted,
toys for needy children who might
otherwise miss the thrill of Christ
FORMER CITIZEN RECEIVES RECOGNITION
mas.
Please do your part.
Clegg Donates
$400 To Library
C. S. Clegg has donated $400
to the Mount Holly Public Schools
for the purpose of building up the
high school -library. Principal S.
H. Helton announced this week.
The Mount Holly School library
plans to add many attractive
volumns to it’s collection with this
donation, Mr. Helton stated, and
Miss Elenor Smith, librarian, is
planning to purchase new books
to enable the students to h?ve a
wider range of selection in their
reading. The new books will also
supplement reference books in
fields in which high school stu
dents are interested.
The high school horary now has
2074 volumns and the elementary
school has 3551 books, including
260 books which have just return
ed from the bindery. During the
past school year there v/as an
average circulation of ^5 books
per student in the high school.
Miss Smith stated this week, in
dicating the interest which the
students display in the library.
Previous amounts also donated
to the library plus Mr. Clegg’s
donation bring the total amount
to be spent in the library this
year to $1600. This includes $200
from American Yarn and Process
ing Company, $400 from State
funds for repair^ and replace
ments, $300 from high school
rentals, and $300 from elementary
school rentals.
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LEGION BOX SCORE
195 Thomas M. Hoffman
196 Edward J. Corley
. 197 Billy Mae Dellinger
198 Robert L. Crawford
199 John D. York
200 Thomas L. Rumfelt
The following feature story
published in the Shelby Daily
Star of Nov. 2 will be of interest
here to many friends of Mr. Hol
land, a former Mt. Holly resident.
His brothers and sisters, who still
reside here include Mrs. K. R.
Better, Misses Emma and Edith
Holland, W. F. Holland, R. E.
Holland and J. J. Holland. An
other brother, John W. Holland,
died in 1940.
Lawrence P. Holland in his
capacity as credit manager, secre
tary and head bookkeeper at the
Lily Mills Co. has a real job to
do and is doing it well in hand
ling more than 30,000 active ac
counts that extend from Alaska to
Paraguay. That’s some territory.
Mail from many foreign coun
tries comes to his desk, bearing
stamps of Canada, Cuba, Mexico,
Paraguay, Chile, Alaska and
other countries with vouchers
bearing foreign monies converted
to United States exchange, but he
is accustomed to this routine for
he has been with Lily Mills for
thirty years.
Under his direction are ten
girls to help keep ledger accounts
that number more than any bank
ing or business institution in this
section. Lily’s salesmen number
46. They work the trade on Lily
products throughout the United
States and many foreign coun
tries, so it is evident that a
Clevelander has to be on his toes,
if he keeps track of more than
30,00 accounts.
Incidental to his other many
duties Mr. Holland is a director of
the Lily Mills. Co., and the Shelby
Box Co. Before its recent sale, he
was also a directoj- and secretary
of the Double Shoals Mill Co.
A Musical Family
Mr. Holland w’as born in Dallas,
Gaston county, son of the late
Capt. W. F. Holland, a druggist.
The Holland Drug store still ope
rates under the third pneration.
Capt. Holland was musical, and so
were his children, including Law
rence. He organized a band of
about 25 pieces, and Lawrence
played the cornet in his younger
days. When Holland's Euterpin
Band received an invitation to
play at some state occasion it was
not unusual for the director to
close up business and take his
uniformed music makers away for
several days, including inaugura
tion of a president on one oc
casion.
After his graduation from the
old Dallas College, Mr. Holland
I held several jobs as telegraph
operator and Seaboard station
agent at Mount Holly, Lincolnton
and Shelby to which place he
came in 1901. During his 13 years;
as agent here he met and married
Miss Ola Suttle who had a musical
talent and was organist at the
First Baptist church for many
years before and after her mar
riage. At times Lawrence would
accompany her with his cornet.
For six years after giving up
the railroad agency, he was a
partner in the J. L. Suttle Co. de
partment store and it was in this
capacity he specialized in credit
and bookkeeping.
Member Of School Board
Mr. Holland is an elder in the
Shelby Presbyterian church, a
Mason and a Rotarian. For 13
years he was a member of the city
j school board, serving both in the
capacity as chairman and trea
surer.
Although he celebrated a birth
day this week, Mr. Holland makes
a consistent low golf score, win
ning more often than he loses
games with much younger play
ers. His buddies say he never gets
in the rough but plays his shots
straight and narrow.
Two children, Mrs. Chas. Wall,
Jr., of Lexington and Pegram of
Shelby, both have musical talent
inherited from both parents
There are two grandchildren in
the Wall family and both ofthem
are no doubt showing an inherent
talent for music.
Roe Pape Is
Owner 01 New
Public Line
A franchise has been granted
Roe Payne, owner of the City
Taxi Company in Mount Holly,
for the operation of a bus line be
tween Mount Holly and River
bend, it was announced this week.
Mr. Payne will be sold owner of
the new bus line, to be known as
the Riverbend Bus Company, and
two buses to carry passengers be
tween Mount Holly and the
Riverbend section have already
been purchased, he stated.
The franchise was granted by
the Public Utilities Commission
and operation of the bus line will
begin December 1 unless some
unforeseen delay occurs, Mr.
Payne said. Tariff laws and var
ious regulations applying to form
ing and operating a bus line are
now being complied with, and it
is believed that everything will
be in readiness for the first trips
to begin December 1.,
The buses will operate on
schedule which will include trips
every two hours on regular week
days, Mr. Payne said, and plans
include having the buses operate
on hourly schedules on Fridays
and Saturdays of each week.
The fares to be charged have
not yet been set, Mr. Payne stat
ed.
With the Town of Mount Holly
expanding greatly in the direction
of Riverbend, and many new
homes being built in that locali
ty, plus the recent extension of
the City Limits, it is believed
that the new bus line will be a
great convenience to residents of
that section and the Riverbend
section. Prior to Mr. Payne’s an
nouncement that he would
operate the bus line between
Mount Holly and Riverbend, there
have been no regularily schedul
ed means of transpotration
operating in that section.
Further announcements con
cerning the prices to be charged
and other details will be an
nounced in the near future, Mr.
Payne said.
Buried Monday
Forest City Coming To
Hutchison-Lowe Field
Jaycee's Plan i
Square Dance |
J. C. Rhyne, president of the!
Mount Holly Junior Chamber ofj
Commerce, announced today that [
plans were underway for the big- I
gest Square Dance ever promoted 1
in this section. J.' B. Thompson j
has been appointed as chairman
of the committee starts to Work i
with his committee next Monday !
formulating definite plans.
The Whitehall Mill building has !
been secured for the big dance I
and it will be advertised for miles [
around. There will be innovations ‘
on the program and all-in-all it is
believed that it will be one of the
biggest affairs ever held in Mount
Holly.
The date and other details; will
be announced next week.
Jaycees To Go
To Slate Meeting
A number of Mount Holly Jay
cees are expected to attend the
Second Quarterly Board of Direc
tors and Membership meeting fo
the N. C. Junior Chamber of Com
merce to be held in Charlotte
November 18-19, Jaycee president
J. C. Rhyne announced Wednes
day. The two day session will be
gin with an executive committee
breakfast at 8 a. m. Saturday,
November 18. and registratiwi
will be at 11 a. m. A General
Forum will be held in the Hotel
Charlotte at 4 p. m. Saturday,
Mr. Rhyne said, and an old fash
ioned fish fry will be held at 6:30
p. m. at the Harding High School
gym. Beginning at 9 p. m., a dance
will be held at the Grand Ball
room of the Hotel Charlotte for
delegates.
The Sunday session will in
clude an 8 a. m. breakfast for the
men and a 9 a, m. breakfast for
the Jaycettes attending. At 9 a. m.
the Jaycees will hold a general
meeting of the membership and
directors of the North Carolina
Junior Chamber of Commerce in
the Rose Room of the Hotel Char
lotte. At 1 p. m. a banquet for
Jaycees and Jaycettes will be
held with the Right Reverend
Monseignour John P. Manley as
speaker.
Registration for all events on
the two day program will be $7
for Jaycees and $5 for Jaycettes,
Mr. Rhyne stated.
Rev. Dr. Ernest Houseal Kohn,
dean of Lutheran ministers
North Carolina, died Saturday
night about 8 o’clock in Gaston
Memorial Hospital following an
illness of nearly a year. During
that time he had been up and
about from time to time. It was
on his 87th birthday anniversary,
November 7th, that he became
critically ill and he sank rapidly
until the end.
Funeral services were held at
the Church of the Good Shepherd
in Mount Holly, of which he had
been pastor for 33 years preced
ing his retirement, Monday morn
ing at 10 o’clock. The services
were conducted by the pastor, the
Rev. Carl Fisher, assisted by the
Rev. George W. Lingle, pastor of
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church of
Gastonia. Active pallbearers were
T. A. Belk, H. A. Rhyne, Harry
Lineberger, T. J. Davis, Leonard
Rhyne and Lemuel Underwood.
Honorary pallbearers were mem
bers of the Church of the Good
Shepherd.
Native Of North Carolina
Ernest Houseal Kohn was bom
November 7 , 1863, near Little
Mountain in Newberry county.
South Carolina. He was one of
two sons born to the late A.
Hamilton Kohn and Elizabeth
Feagle Kohn. The brother, Arthur
Hamilton Kohn, died at Colum
bia, S. C., February 6, 1937.
Following his graduation from
Newberry College at Newberry,
S. C., he prepared for the Luth
eran ministry at Mount Airy
Lutheran Theological Seminary at
Philadelphia, from which he was
graduated in 1893. In that year he
was ordained to the ministry in
Philadelphia. Newberry College
conferred the degree of Doctor of
Divinity upon him in 1926.
1 Dr. Kohn served pastorates in
Philadelphia, Cherryville, this
j county. Sumter, S. C., and Mount
Whitehall Plans
Are Postponed
By Conditions
The American Yam & Process
ing Company todaj’ received the
deed for the Whitehall building,
after almost one year of litiga
tion. In making this announce
ment, the officials of American
Yarn regret that they could not
make any definite statement as to
the immediate use of this build
ing. Due to the long litigation and
the pending decision of the courts,
it was stated that it was neces
sary that the company drop all
original plans made relative to
this building early this year.
In December 1949, when this
deed should have b^n in the
hands of the American Yam &
Processing Corapans, the Com
pany had plans for\a synthetic
spinning unit of twenty spinning
frames and complementary equip
ment, a F*ilot Plant for research
and the development of new pro
ducts, two hundred looms for
weaving worsted goods and
synthetics, a complete laboratory
for standard controls, and a cen
tralized machine shop for all
plants of the American Yam or
ganization. All of these plans were
abandoned except the synthetic
unit, which was crowded into the
Dixon Plant at Gastonia, because
approximately one-half of , the I
equipment had already been ship
ped, and contracts for raw materi
al had already been awarded. It
has been impossible to hold any
position for delivery of machinery
due to the Korean war.
Since receipt of the deed on No
vember 11, 1950 is the first time
that any concrete steps could be
taken with any degree of assur
ance, nothing has been formulat
ed at this early date as to the use
of this building at the present
time.
Ringing down the curtain on
their 1950 football season at
Hutchison-Lo'X'e Field tonight,
Mount Holly’s Hawks will play
host to Forest City, one of the bet
ter teams of the AA Conference,
with kickoff time scheduled for 8
p. m. Tonight will tell the tale
for the Hawks, who are batting
.500 in cqnference games thus far
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Local Citizens
Plan Banquet
For The Hawks
with two wins and two losses. A
win tonight will put them over
the hump in the classy league.
Forest City will present a
problem to the Hawks in several
ways. The visitors run from th®
Wing “T” which will be new
the locals, and are noted for a f^t
and tricky backfieki. Forest City
has been standing fairly high in
the Western Conference this sea
son, with the recent loss to Bel
mont considered a fluke by some
fans, and they will be seeking a
victory over the Hawks tonight.
Coaches Beam and Hipps ^
looking for trouble from the visi- -
tors tonight and are concentrating •
practice on pass defense anq
ground attacks from the Wing
this week. The Hawk offensive
may or may not click, depending
on the spark which has invaded
the team in the last five games
to give the Hawks wins over
much more powerful teams. Fans
won’t want to miss tonight’s game
and their support will be needed.
Probable starting line-up in the
forward wall for the Hawks vnll
be the same as last week with
ends Dicky Carpenter and P. I*
Black, tackles Larry Waldrop and
Robert Lee, guards Taul Dunn
and Ronnie Estridge, center
Johnny Wike, and backtield aces--
Cogdill, Kiestler, Waldrop, and
Carpenter.
Be on hand for the game to
night at 8 and help the Hawks
wind up their season with another
victory.
Service Stations
Can Open Sundays
Motorists finding themselves
out of gas in Mount Holly Sunday
will fare better in the future than
in the past if local service stations
take advantage of the new ordin
ance passed by the Board of
Aldermen at their regular Mon
day night meeting this week. In
reply to a request from a number
of service station operators in
Mount Holly, the Board made a
new ordinance which will permit
’ gas stations in the Town of Mount
I Holly to open for business on
■ Sunday except between the hours
I of 10 a. m. and noon.
I The ordinance also provides
i that service stations taking ad-
■ vantage of this ordinance to open
The annual football banquet, for business on Sundays must
honoring members of the 1950 close for,the night at 6:30 p. m..
Hawks at Mount Holly High it was learned.
School, and sponsored by a num- The ordinance in effect before
ber of sports: fans and local mer- the new ordinance was voted in
chants, will be held Friday night, by the Board of Aldermen stated
December 1, announcements stat- that no gasoline service stations
ed this week. Dr. A. U. Stroupe would be permitted to operate on
will be in charge of the banquet Sundays, Town Attorney Max
this year, and the banquet will Childers stated in making the an-
be held at the American Dining nouncement.
Hall. Dr. Stroupe told News re- The 10-12 closing hours speci-
porters Thursday that he had se- fied in the new ordinance are to
cured tentative assurances that a be enforced due to church services
member of the Wake Forest being held at that time, Mr.
coaching staff would be able to Childers said.
attend as speaker, and that furth-
er announcements concerning this RETURNS FROM DURHAM
would be made later. Mrs. E. E. Thompson has le-
More than fifty letters inviting turned home after a visit with
merchants and sports fans here her daughter, Mrs. A. S. Holt, Jr.
to contribute to the expenses of and Mr. Holt in Durham. Mrs. P.
the Banquet were mailed Wed- D. Moore went to Durham and ac-
(Continued On Page Seven) companied her mother home.
Late Show Here
Next Thursday
A number of tickets have al"
ready been sold for the late show
“Look For The Silver Lining
which is being sponsored by the
Ladies Auxiliary of the V.F.W-»
President Helen Davis stated this
week. Tickets are available from
members of the Ladies Auxiliary
and Mrs. Davis said that while
many of the members have not
reported their ticket sales’ yet, it
is believed that a fairly large
crowd will attend the show.
The proceeds of the late show
will be used by the Ladies Auxili*
ary to purchase gift stationary to
be sent to hospitalized veterans of
both World Wars who are now in
veterans hospitals, Mrs. Davis
stated. Local residents are being
asked to cooperate with the drive
by purchasing a ticket even if
they do not plan to be able to at
tend the show, to aid the worthy
cause.
The musical stars Ray Bolger,
June Haver, and Gordon McRae,
and is rated as one of the top
flight musicals ever produc^.
The show will be held Thanksgiv
ing Night and it is hoped that a
large audience will be on hand.
AYP EMPLOYEES
OFF THURSDAY
All plants of the American
Yarn and 'Processing Company
will close to observe the
Thanksgiving holiday this year,
announcement said this week.
The plants will shut down for
the holiday at 6 a. m. Thursday
and will reopen at 6 a. m. Fri-
I dav. it was stated.