Automobile Drivers’ License Can Now be Secured In Mount Holly Twice Each Month
Mount Holly News
Constructive—If It Will Help Mount Holly And Gaston County The News Is For It—Progressive
NUMBER 48
AYP PLAN DIVERSIFICATION
Lions Club Starts March of Dimes Monday
Plan M.H.S Band Uniforms Drive
Samples Already Arrived
Showing Uptown Tomorrw
There will be new uniforms fory
the Mount Holly High School
Band if the people cooperate in
a drive to start here ne3ct week.
Everyone will have a chance to
see the new imiforms on Satur
day of this week. Two sample
uniforms have arrived and two
of the band members will wear
them in the downtown business
district Saturday morning and
Saturday afternoon. The two
band members will visit every
store and business house in
Mount Holly during tomorrow.
It is believed that the people
will like the uniforms. They have
red coats with white Sam Brown
belts and white shoulder decora
tions. The caps are white topped
with a red band. The trousers are
grey with a wide red stripe. The
Alligood To Be
On WBT Sunday
The American Mutual Liability
Insurance Company announced
on Wednesday of this week that
Mr. W. G. Alligood, personnel
director for American Yam and
Processing Company, in Moxmt
Holly, will be judge and modera
tor on Sunday, over station WBT,
for the Student Forum for Safety.
This program on Sunday, at 1:30
p. m., is the tenth in a series of
Mrs. Helton
To Lead The
Ladies' Group
Mrs. S. H. Helton has been
named community chairman of
the Women’s Division of the an
nual March of Dimes drive which
begins officially next Monday,
January 16. Mrs. Helton told a
News Reporter this week that
she has not yet had an oppor
tunity to contact many ladies in
Superior Yarn Mills, and the ‘h® “■"-
American Yam and Processing ‘o
Company lor their interests in the IWomens Division but ex-
High School
Thanks Donors
The Mount Holly High school
wishes to thank, through The
News, the industrial plants of
Moujjt Holly for their donations.
toward building up the library at'
the school and the donations to
the athletic program as well as
other donations made this year
for the well-fare of the student
body. In an announcement made
Thursday, Principal S. H. Helton
of the high school said that on
behalf of the faculty and stu
dents of the school he wished to
thank publically the Globe Mills,
Southern Dyestuff Corp., the
Liability Insurance Company.
This Sunday’s show will be the
last of the preliminary ones. The
SSoi^'j^taUrouStandhTg “P
is made f-pm the best.grade, of toals, which wiU be held
♦V.o* io AKtoinoKlaa | Ott Fa-brU^iy 3. ‘
The contest has been open only
I to seniors from the various high
thirteen which are being spon- have offered in the form of the
sored by the American Mutual much needed and greatly appre-
TScKiiu,. T- ciated donations received this
year.
Among the
schools and the aid which they *’ave a complete list of
K.™ .k„ . |the names of ladies who will be
assisting her for the next editioh.
whipcord that is obtainable.
The- new uniforms will cause
our people to swell with pride.
vui uj amciA mint unue. | , ... . . .r
There has bean nothing in Mount ■“’'"I®
mountam district. Six contestants
will appear on the final program.
They are the ones who have been
chosen from all of the first ten
shows to represent the seniors in
the final contest. The winner on
the February 5th broadcast will
receive a $1000 scholarship. The
(Cont^ued On Pagi* Twkve)
Seal Sales Total Is
Given By Mrs. Clark
Mrs. Marvin Clark, Seal Sale
chairman for the 1949 Tuebercu-
losis Campaign in Mount Holly,
has announced that to date the
local contributions to the seal sale
amounts to $426.25. Mrs. Clark is
donations which
were listed were gifts to the li
brary fund and to the athletic
program by the Superior Yaxii
Mills; gifts to the athletid fimd by
(ContiAued on Bade Pa9«)
Holly that has come out and
showed such success as the Mount
Holly High School Band has this
season. The students have done
a remarkable job because of great
leadership. Band directors from
other schools have praised the
outstanding work of Dwight
Price. There can be no doubt but
that Mount Holly has one of the
finest band directors and instruc
tors in North Carolina today. His
interest, and his great work, will
be backed by the people.
A group of citizens, from ev
ery faction and walk of life in
Mount Holly, have united in an
effort to raise the money. This
group will select a chairman this
week for the purpose of raising
$3,000 to properly equip our band.
Already volunteers have come
forth to aid in various sections
of the commimity and little doubt
remains but that the money can
and will be raised. The entire set-
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Co-chairmen Ed Painter and
Tommy Holland announced
meeting to be held tonight at 7:30
p. m. at the Lions Club building
to which all mill superintendents
are cordially invit^. At this
meeting the material for condiu:t-
ing in the industrial plants of this
section will be distributed and
final plans for the drive will be
formulated.
Included in the plants to which
Mr. Painter and Mr. Holland ad
dressed invitations are the Leaks-
ville Dye Plant, Sodyeco, the Ad-
rian-Madora, the American plant,
the Woodlawn, the Rush, Holly-
Knit, Holly Mills, American Main-
tance Crew, Whitehall Knitting,
Ri\erbend Plant, Mountain Island
. . . ... „ X- Mount Holly Steam Plant,
at his rapidly retreatmg back. Keidrick Brick and Tile Com-
Moore was wounded, according | pa,y, Globe Yam Mills, Superior
to Ga^on County offleera, in the!Yarn Mills, and the schools ot the
rack ^m the hips to the shoul- community including the Lucia
Negro Shooting
At Lucia Given
Willie Moore, a Negro school
boy, is at home recovering from
gun shot W’oimds received last
week at the Negro school in Lu
cia when another Negrh, Mon-
crieth CrawfoVd, fired a shotgun
VFW To Get Great
War rUm Here
The Mount Holly post of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars has ob
tained a booking date for the
showing here of a Hollywood pro
duced film which was banned
from general release by censors
because of the actual combat
shots depicted. The exact date of
the showing of the film here has
not yet been set, according to an
announcement made by Com
mander F. H. Abernathy, Jr., but
will be anounced in a later edi
tion of the News. The veterans
plan to show the film in the V. F.
lessen Employed in New
Position; Work Started
Tide of Toys" Is
Legion Project
The Johnson-Lineberger Post
152 of the American Legion will
join with other Legion posts all
over the nation in the ‘Tide of
oiiuw me null 11 Toys” movement which is attract-
W. hut°for veterans“and' IMh'
guggtg , members are backing the move-
Commander Abernathy said'f“p ‘"J'S
that many of the acenes in the
film were taken from actual Ger- friendliness
man files and that as a result of through these gita may
the blunt facts presented in the w"” between
ders by the shot gun blast. A
fairly small shot was used and no
serious wounds were reported by
the investigating officers.
Moncreith is now being held in
also chairman of the Welfare the county jail in Gastonia pend-
Committee of the local Civic Club ing trial for the shooting. Offic-
which annually sponsors the seal
sale here. Mrs. Clark added, how
ever, that a number of donations
are expected later which will
swell Mount Holly’s total contri
butions consiredably.
CAP Group Makes Good
In Organizing Local Unit
Recently completed by
Woimt Holly Squadron of the
Livil Air Patrol, a new club house
now graces the local airport. The
new building consists of a central
lounge, two offices, one for use
by the regular airport operators
snd one for C. A. P. use; a radio
^ack, and two storage rooms.
The airport operators and the
niembers of the local squadron
of the Civil Air Patml ar^ tn Ka
the Civil Air Patrol are to be
congratulated for their coopera-
^n in obtaining this much need-
^ addition to the buildings at
we airport. The local airport has
^en the central meeting place
for the members of the local Civ-
Patrol for some time and
the new building will solve many
problems arising from inadequate
space for the storing of C. A. P.
OQuipment and for the regular
nieetings held each Tuesday
night
^nmber for the construction of
the building was obtained in a
method which solved two impor-
twt problems at the same time.
Por many months the western
approach to the runway had con
stituted a problem for visiting
flyers as well as being a menace
to a safe landing in case of en
gine failure on the take-off. The
of high trees at the end of
th« runway proved adequate to
supply the lumber for the con
templated new building and at
the same time the obstruction of
fered by the trees could be re-
the j moved. Contacting the American
Yarn and Processing Company in
Mount Holly, which owned the
property on which the trees were
located, airport operators obtain
ed permission to cut the timber
and to have it sawed into lumber
for construction purposes. The
only requirement imposed was
that the property be cleaned up
as well as possible after the work
was completed.
Actual planning for the new
building began last August when
members of the local squadron
stayed a few minutes following
one of their meetings held at the
high school to “sling ^ the prop
wash.” It was then that the dis
cussion involving the cutting of
the trees into lumber was brought
up by one member. Luckily, one
member of the local squadron
owns a saw mill which solved
the problem of getting the lum
ber at a cost which the Mount
Holly squadron could afford.
After completing the club
house and admiring their handi
work and the fruits of a few
hours extra labor by the mem
bers, who took time off on their
leisure days to help in the con
struction, the members of the
local squadron decided to elim
inate another inconvenience. Un
til that time all electricity at the
airport was supplied by a sur
plus gasolizie-engine genermtCM'.
but with the proper authorities
(Contiaued On Ba^ Fago)
ers report that the story told to
them by eyewitnesses placed the
Crawford boy on the school
grounds near a grove of trees.
Crawford was carrying a shotgun,
and according to reports, called
several of the boys who were
playing about the school grounds
to him. Picking out one of the
boys, the officers said, Crawford
ordered him to start running but
the boy refused to move. Craw
ford then turned to young Moore
and repeated the order to him.
Moore was frightened into run
ning whereupon Crawford told
the other boys, "Watch me drop
t « . . . r
picture, censors decided against
it’s release before the general
public fearing that it might tend
to promote hatred for the German
people.
The Veterans of Foreign W'ars
wiir hold their next meeting on
Thursday night, January 24, and
at that time a tenative date for the
showing of the film will be de
cided on.
that fat little ^y” and shot at | the schools, and the coin contain-
the most prominent part of theler placed about the city will be
rapidly running Moore. (far in excess of the 1949 receipts.
Hawks Play Ai
Tryon Tonight
The Mount Holly Hawks will
travel to Tryon tonight to meet
a powerful Tryon high school in a
double-header which is expected
to be one of the toughest games
of the season. Added to the na
tural rivalry between the two
schools, Mount Holly Schools, schools is the fact that Hawk
Lucia Colored Schools, and Mount (nientor Max Beam and Principal
H(^ly Colored school. of Schools S. H. Helton are both
former residents of Tryon. Beam
played on the Tryon High School
team while he was a resident of
that city and Principal Helton
was an official of the Tryon
School.
•The locals expect to meet heavy
opposition and in the face of their
one point loss last Tuesday night,
the coaching staff is worried a-
bout the outcome of tonight’s
match.
Last week was a bad week for
the Hawks with both boys and
girls teams splitting their games,
each winning one game and los
ing one. Last Friday night, a hard
fighting Dallas boys squad lost to
the hard driving Hawks 51-45.
Pivot ace Harold Helton, 6 feet
and 3 inches of strategy on the
court for the locals, shot the great
est number of points for the Mt.
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Eeach of these plants is expect
ed to have a representative prC'
sent at the meeting tonight to re
ceive the necessary materials for
handling the drive in their com
panies, Mr. Painter said.
The theaters and the businesses
in Mount Holly will be under the
Women’s Division as in previous
years as will the schools.
Mr. Holland said that every ef
fort is going to be made in the
two weeks assigned to the annual
drive to reach or exceed the $2875
raised in the March of Dimes last
year. Every expectation for a suc
cessful drive is being expressed
by the three community chairmen
and it is hoped that donations
collected this year through the
industrial plants, the theaters,
future generations. Commander
Harold Stroupe told a News Re
porter this week that one boatload
of toys has already been con
signed to • Europe and that the
reaching of the goal now set
woiild be the second ship to carry:
the gifts of this generation of
young Americans to the millions
of European children who have.
no toys and who enjoyed no
Christmas. . 7 ‘^7
Toys will be collect^ by the
Legionnaries here during the next
two weeks. The central collection
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Chorus And Band
On PTA Program
The Girls* Chorus and the
Mount Holly High School Band
Will play and sing several selec
tions during the entertainment
program at the next Parent-
Teachers Association meeting, it
was announced by Band Director
Dwight Price and Chorus Direc
tor Ben Shue this week. The ap
pearance of the two large musical
units of the local high school is
expected to attract a great
amount of attention and a large
number of parents, faculty mem
bers, and others interested in the
schools are expected to attend the
meeting.
I A. W. Bell, general manager of
the American Yarn and Process
ing Company, announced the cre
ation of a new department and
directing head for the same. The
company has plans, now in pro
cess, that will place it in the field
of competitive textiles of all
types. A pilot plant is now in
operation by the A. Y. P. on spun
nylon, it was stated this week.
Robert Jessen, a highly exper
ienced textile authority, joined
the American Yarn staff last
Monday. He will be in charge of
the new department and will
have the title of “new product^
director.” Mr. Jessen is married
to the former Miss Margaret
Johnston of Lowell, Massachu
setts. The couple have three fine
boys, Robert 10, Barry 7 and John
6. He is a Presbyterian and a
Lion.
The opening of this new de
partment is in line with a pres
ent plant of sUversification in tex
tile manufacturing. Plans were
made before the war by R. S.
Dickson, president of the com
pany, for the program. The war
interferred and the delivery of
equipment has held the program
up. However, today the program
is definitely underway and will
mean a lot to Mount Holly and
this entire area.
Mr. Jessen is already known
to many people in Riverbend
township since he opened the
Stanley Mill, as suj>erintendent,
for the J. P. Stevens Company.
His background fits him admir
ably for the job. He finished
school in 1936 as a graduate of
the Lowell Textile School, one
of the most outstanding schools
in the North in textiles.
From Lowell he joined the firm
of S. Slater and Sons in Webster,
Mass., and worked in the card
room for two years after which
he was promoted to Card Room
Overseer. He then joined the
Whitin Machine Works as a sales
representative. He has served
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Outstanding Speaker to be Feature Of
PTA Meet; Expect Good Attendance
Local Escapee Is
Caught By Officers
Steve Boheler, Moimt Holly
boy wntenced to the Jackson
Training school following trial for
breaking and entering several of
the local stores several months
ago, was arrested by local offic
ers Tuesday night after Uking
part in a mass “break” with 4
other b03rt Sunday night. Three
of escapees from the Jackson
p-aining School were picked up
by Charlotte officers and the net
was closed when Boheler and the
fifth boy, Jimmie Clontz of Mar
ion, were found at the home of
the local boy’s father here.
Mount Holly officers making
investigation and arrest were
Mattox and Robuon. Boheler and
pontz were returned to the train
ing school autahorities Tuesday,
the officers report.
Mount Holly is indeed privilig-
ed to have as guest speaker at its
next P. T. A. meeting Dr. Vernon
Kinross-Wright, eminent psychia
trist of Charlotte, N. C. This
meeting will be held at 7:30 p. m.,
Thursday, January 19, at the high
school gymnasium.
The president, Mrs. Charles R.
Holtzclaw, will preside during the
business session and Mrs. Joseph
E. Jones, chairman of the program
committee, . will introduce the
speaker.
Dr. Kinross-Wright, a graduate
of London and Oxford Universi
ties, is recognized as an authori
ty in his field. Since June of 1948
he has been director of the Men
tal Hygiene Clinic in Charlotte,
and he also serves on the teaching
staff at the Duke University in
The School of Medicine. Quite a
bit of his clinical work has dealt
with the problems of children and
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Douglas Gariy To
Preach AI Castanea
Mr. W. Douglas Carty, a senior
at Columbia Theological Sem
inary, will preach at the Castan
ea Pre8b3rterian Church on this
coming Sunday morning. He will
preach, besides the morning wor
ship hour at 11 o’clock, the eve
ning service at 7:45 p. m. Since
Mr. Carty is coming this Sunday
as a trial minister, all members
are urged to be present for these
two services. All others interest
ed in hearing him are cordially
invited to come.
Auto License Examiner
To Be Here Certain Days
ATTENDS MEETING
Mrs. J. P. Smith attended a
meeting of the Executive board
of the Sacred Heart College Alu
mnae Association Monday even
ing at the college in Belmont.
Mrs. Smith is president of ibe
Alumnae Association.
A State Drivers License Exam
iner, Walter M. Foil, has been as
signed to Mount Holly each 2nd
and 4th Thursdays in response to
the many protests made when
the former examiner; Paul Lin
der, was transferred to Gastonia,
it was announced this week. Ex
amining local applicants for new
drivers licenses yesterday for the
first time since Linder’s transfer
several months ago, Mr. Foil stat
ed that he would be at the City
Hall next on Thursday, January
26, and asked that all local resi
dents in the categories now being
tested apply as soon as possible.
Drivers whose names are in the
categories including N, O, P and
Q, are now being examined. Mr.
Foil said, and this category will
close July 1st. Applicants will
save themselves much time by
applying for their new licenses
on either the 2nd or 4th Thurs
day of the month as soon as pos
sible rather than waiting until
the inevitable last minute rush
which causes much delay.
Mr. Foil was assigned to the
Asheville office until last Mon
day when he received instructions
from the Highway Safety Divi
sion of the Department of Motor
Vehicles telling him to report to
Lincolnton and assigning his
schedule. Mount Holly has two
full days each month for exam
ination while the remaining days
will oe assigned to Bessemer City.
Lincolnton and Cherryville.
The new examiner is a native
of Winston-Salem, where hU
family still lives. He will make
his headquarters in Lincolnton.
chosen for the central location
offering coverage of the surround
ing towns. He has been with the
Highway Saftey Division of the
Department of Motor Vehicles for
more than six years.
Mr. Foil listed his schedule for
other towns as including Cherry
ville on the Ist, 3rd, and 5th
Thursdays, Bessemer City on
Fridays, Lincolnton on Mondays
and Tuesdays, and Mount Holly
on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays,
The News made a strong pro
test when the previous examiner
was transferred to Gastonia, al
lowing no examinations to be held
at the City Hall here and requir
ing local residents to drive to
Gastonia for their examinations.
This was an inconvenience for the
applicanU who bad to leave their
jobs in some cates for an entire
day in order to make the trip
to Gastonia and await their turn
at the overcrowded office there.
It is expected that the two days
each month will be sufficient for
the examinations which must be
given here and the co^>eration of
all applicants is asked in avoiding
a last minute rush whkh will in
convenience everyone ^Bticemed.
Get your new liceas» now if your
surname is among thoee included
in the present category.