Mount Holly News Constructive—If It Will Help Mount Holly And Gaston County The News Is For It—Progrressive VOL. XXVI. MOUNT HOLLY, N. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1950 NUMBER 52 GIVE 15 UNIFORMS TO LOCAI. BAND Pictured at the left is Mayor Gary L. Kendrick and be low is shown Alex W. Bell, general manager of the American Yarn and Processing Company, presenting James H, Ware with a check to start the Mount Holly Band Uniform Drive off with a bang. Mr. Ware is chairman of the drive. Mayor Kendrick, president of the Kendrick Brick and Tile Company, almost simultaneously with the American Yarn, also present ed his check. Together these two checks will buy 15 uniforms. Other checks for uniforms will bo forthcoming this week. The A. Y. P. check was for $500 and the Kendrick check for $250. The interest in the local High School Band and the drive for uniforms befitting a band such as we now have is mani, tested daily by the public. The moral support for the band is at a high ebb. However, small donations are needed and can be made to Mr. Ware or to W. H. Crane at the First State Bank and Trust Company. - (Photos by Catawba Studio). TO ERECT NEW TWO-STORT BUEDING ON MAIN STREET Band Drive Gets Started With Liberal Donations The Band Drive for Uniforms got off to a big start this week when two checks totaling $750, were presented to James H. Ware. The American Yarn and Proces- .sing Company gave the fund a check for $500 and Gary L. Ken drick, mayor of Mount Holly and president of the Kendrick Brick and Tile Company, gave the sec- for $250. The Lions . ' ^ ^ club, also voted to huy a uniform. At the same time reported that many dona- tions .wai be made by indivi- , “embers of the Lions Club ®*P«cted to sweU the campaign^ many small ">d next week The aSri^S listing the donors count “ week-to-week ac- ^ the drive. The public is fuUy aware of the need for the uniforms and the great strides that our band has made this year under the direction of Dwight Price. The new uniforms, two of which have already been seen by many of our people, are rich look ing and something that our band members will be proud to wear. They will make an impression for the band on every local and outside appearance that they make in the future. There is no effort being made to make this campaign a whirl wind drive. It is rather hoped by Mr. Ware and his assistants that the money will come in, more or less, on a voluntary basis. Up tm- til the present there had been no actual solicitation and it is be lieved that the drive is about one- third over when the pledges come in this week. The amount to be raised for the band is $3,000. The uniforms themselves cost $50.00 each. Can Make Donations At Bank Those who wish to make dona tions can do so at the First State Bank and Trust Company by see ing W. H. Crane. Mr. Crane is treasurer for the drive and is handling all the money until uni' forms are received. He will be glad to take any amount regard less of how small or large. If you donate only a dollar bill you will be proud of the part you played in outfitting the band when you see the boys and girls march and play. A great deal of optimism is prevalent about the drive. This is the first time in a great while that Mount Holly has endeavored to raise money for its own use The people are always generous with outside causes so this drive, it is felt, will be a success. New Garbage Regulations Start on 13th New regulations affecting the pickup of garbage in Moimt Holly were aproved and passed by the members of the Board of Aider- men at their Monday night meet ing. These regulations, which must be complied with by local residents who are on the routes covered by the garbage truck are listed below. Gart>ago All householders and business houses handling food in any form shall provide and maintain one or more water tight metal garb age cans with tight fitting covers and strong handles. Garbage cans shall not have more than a forty (40) gallon capacity each, and if one is not sufficient to hold the quantity of garbage accumulated between colleelioos. a sufficient number of rimilar garbage cans shall be provided. Garbage cans shall be kept in an easily acce^le place cm the premises; such locaticm shall be subject to the apf^val of the Superintendent of Garbage Col lections. Tree Trimmings, Etc. Tree trimings and limbs of the trees, weeds cut from lots, lawn trimmings, vines, shrubbery, etc.,' shall be placed in a pile between the sidewalk and curb. Under no circumstances shall above men tioned material be placed in the gutter. Tree trimmings cut by contractors will not be moved by the City. No building materials or refuse from building operations will be hauled by the City. Ths Board of Aldormen votod to enforco the above regulations strctly and the location oi the gaibage cans must be approved by the Superintendent and easily accesible or garbage will not be collected, it was stated. The new garbage truck was to have been placed in active duty for the first time yesterday (Thus- day) according to Dennis ^atty, (Continued On Bade Page) Plans Made By Fnller To Start Construction Soon * Leo Fuller, ov/^ner of the Mount Holly Furniture Company, has announced plans for the con struction of a new two-story building which will be occupied by the Mount Holly Furnitiure The March nf Dimcc drive tor Company upon Completion of the . k, f XT I, X construction. Mr. Fuller said that 1950 in Mount Holly has ended, building would be located on Polio Drive In Record Figures Town To Make Survey In East Mount Holly Soon Jenkins and several •ion simM"i“’ * Pe‘>- sidenWtJ? ‘h- 18 «- citv varK« vicmity near the fore Rp appeared be- their of Aldermen at asking^^* Monday night movine So motion about taken t^e dump be the iiiftfaif also asked for lines™ o' and a tko. section of the town fensive »2*^^**' removal of all of- which hS hf!’ and trash fo the dumped at the site dump wac o *sMW€a»c pants of “enace to the occu- be 8®tne effort should and to Itne* for the houses section. alneets in that that th« I;. ”^embers recalled ed for survey- cost 0^ obtaining a past “O”** ^i"'e In the reporS*# 11 ^ estimate survey was The^^^y $22,000. was heard and pas- the garbage sed to have the remaining portion of the property surveyed and an estimate of the cost for installing sewage and other work in the en tire area placed before the Board at which time further action would be taken. Some discussion of cleaning up the ‘back lots” in Mount Holly was heard and a general agreement re garding a clean-up campaign in the near future was reached with further information to be released at a later date. The Board mem-, bers agreed that many lots in Mount Holly were in such a con dition as to constitute a serious, menace to health and a breeding spot for rodents and pests. Mr. J. E. Holloway, Sr., appear ed before the Board with a com plaint involving the police de partment in Mount Holly. No ac tion was taken by the Board fol lowing the hearing. Chief of Po lice R. C. Robinson presented the annual record of arrests made in Mount Holly and the monthly record to the members of the Board. Total arrests in 1949 by City Police were BIO. Chief Robinson also made a re port on the estimated cost of the proposed traffic signals which will be placed at several locations in this town. He told Board mem bers that the cost of a fixed-head traffic light would be reasonable as given him by a representative of the company manufacturing the lights and also gave a report on the traffic survey held several months ago which proved that the lights were badly needed to meet traffic requirements at several corners and intei-sections in the city limits. A number of lights will be purchased. A discussion of the parking of busses unloading and loading of passengers at the intersection of Main Street and Charlotte Ave. was also heard and the Board membei-s ordered Chief Robinson to have East bound buses load and unload on the West side of the intersection to prevent tragic jams on Charlotte Avenue. Jaycee President Ted Johnson appeared before the Board to ask the Town of Mount Holly if a! (Centinued Oa Back Paga) All-County Band Concert On 27th Arrangements for the first All- County Band Concerts to be pre sented in Mount Holly are com pleted and all indications point to a capacity crowd at the concert here February 27, Band Director Dwight Price said this week. The tickets for the concert will ' be available soon at 40 and 60 cents. The concert will be given in the high school gymnasium. Opening the series of concerts by band members of practically every prominent high school in Gaston County, will be the concert concert in Gastonia February 23. The second concert will be given at Cherryville High School Feb- loiary 26 and the third concert will be here February 27. Band mem bers chosen to play in the All- County Band are rehearsing the music at the high school practice sessions in preparation for this event. Dr. Oliver S. Moore, prominent local dentist, last week received a patent on a new discoveiy, which he has been working on for the past three years, that will revolutionize part of the dental profession. Arrangements are be ing made now to manufacture end market the new invention, which is Patent No. 138,520 registered in the United States Patent Of fice at Washington, D. C. The sale will be on a nation-wide scale. Dr. Moore describes the new invention as a “base filling.” It is a plastic type solution that re mains in that state until used by the dentist. When used it im mediately becomes a hard base ui^der the filling. The new inven tion protects t%e nerves of the tooth from all'theramol shocks such as cold, heat, sweets, etc. With this filling hone of the shocks affect the tooth nerves in any manner. The preparation also preserves exposed nerves due to decay and prevents further decay at that point. In many instances it saves the entire tooth. In fact Dr. Moore states that this new base filling will save 90 per cent of the teeth that are now being pulled. The new invention will be known as the “Moore Base Fill ing" and will take the place of cements and other bases now be ing used by dentists. Being a lin ing in itself it will also displace linings for teeth. Ths new meth od, aside from being a great im provements in modem dentistry, will also save the dentists money and time. It is easily applied and takes only a small quantity. Dr. Moore has been practicing dentistry for more than 13 years. He discovered this new method of filling teeth some three years ago. It has been given many tests to prove the merit of the prepara tion. The new filling has also been in various testing stages by the government for more than a year, for which time the patent has been pending. After it had been proven then Dr. Moore was awarded his protection by the Patent Office. Further plans as to the man ufacture and sale of the Moore Base Filling will be announced in the near future. Steps are al ready underway for the manufac turing and marketing of the pro duct, as was stated above. the co-chairmen of the community Men’s Division report this week. The total amount deposited in the March of Dimes account at the First State Bank and Trust Com pany Wednesday afternoon was $2579.60, according to Tommy Hol land, chairman of the community drive with Ed Painter. This a- j mount is indicative of the en- I thulasm with which the drive was conducted here and the workers iin the drive, the chairmen of the I divisions and of the industrial plants, and the local residents who contributed to the drive are to be congralulated for their fine work. the lot next door to the present site of the Mount Holly Furniture Company. The lot, which is at present time occupied by the City Taxi Company, is located bet ween Holland’s Drug Store and the Mount Holly Furniture Com pany. Mr. Fuller said that he had purchased this property recently and that his tentative plans in clude stalling construction on the new building about the first of March. Mr. Fuller also said that the pre sent building occupied by the ?dount Holly Furniture Co. was to be leaded to the Atlantic and Paci- 1941 and in 1945 he completely re novated the building inside and out. Although the total raised thisiftc Tea Company for use as a year fails a little short of the re- Super Market. Mr. Fuller has oc- cord set last year, the contribu-'cupied the pre^nt building since tions r^eived for the March of Dimes had more actual value than those made last year when in dustrial operations were in better status. Listed with their contributions by Tommy Holland, the following plants had reported Mountain- Island Stear? PLi'at $11; Superior Yarn Mills - $187; the Globe Mills - $146.85; River- bend Steam Plant - $87.25; Sady- $18.21; Whitehall - $6.21; and the Duke Power Cdmpany Storage Yard $5. Also listed a- mong contributors to the drive by Mr. Holland were the Lions Clbb - $50; the Jaycees - $7.50r‘the Good Neighbor Club on Tucka- seege Road - $10; the Book Club - $25; and Kendrick’s Brich Yard $265.60. A total of 67.28 was collected from the coin containers placed in town locations during the drive (Conlinusd on Back Page) Band Members OffToUmofN. C. Five members of the Mount Holly High School Band and Band Director Dwight Price will attend an all-day session in the study of band music to be held at Chapel Hill tomorrow (Saturday). Mr. Price said that the University of North Carolina Band plans to play all of the State Contest Mu sic for the band directors attend ing and that the clinic was pri marily for members of the State Bandmasters Association of which Mr. Price is a member. Students making the Saturday trip with Mr. Price art Jimmy Cross, John Helton, Dennis HoUv, Sylvia Ab ernathy. and Emily l^nn Kelly. Former Residents Lose Son In Death Ben Hunsuck, 20, died in a hos pital in Spartanburg, S. C. on Tuesday. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Sewell Hunsuck, for mer residents, of Mount Holly. Funeral services were held on Thursday morning at 11 o’clock in Spartanburg. Graveside ser vices were in Pineview cemetery at two o’clock Thursday after noon. Surviving are his parents; four brothers, Eddie, Gene, Bill, and Johnny: and an aunt, Mrs. £. W. Connell of this place. HOLD CHICKEN SUPPER The ladies of the Snow Hill Methodist Church will hold a chicken supper at the Lucia school lunchroom on Saturday night, February 11th. ‘The time of the supper is from 5:30 p. m. until 9 p. m. The plates will be 50 cents and $1.00 Hawks Play Set WilhTryonTonile Rivalry personified will be the theme of the hardwood courts to night at 7;30 p. m. when th« Mount Holly Hawks play host to a mighty Tryon team at the high school gym here. This game shaping up to be one of the toughest the Hawks have faced yet with Coach Beam and Princi pal Helton both former residents of Tryon and both local teams suffering the effects of colds. Fans are sure to want to see this game to offer all the encouragement possible to the squads which de feated Cramerton by so decisive a score last Tuesday night. At the present time the record of the two high school squads, headed by Coach Max Beam and Coach Cr.therine Knox are 5 wins and 4 losses for the girls with 2 ties and 8 wins and 3 losses for the boys. Tuesday night they secured their position another week with two decisive defeats of a Cramer get underway. At the end of the first quarter the beys led the Cramerton Eagles 10-8 while thit half saw the Hawks again ahead with a steadily increasitig score 20-17; in the third period the Hawks led 31-26; and at the end of the game were winners 37-30 The boys faced a tougher game than the girls but Helton led the Hollies in with 12 points. Enter ing the fourth, quarter the Hollies led by a slim margin of 3 points but froze the ball most of the .quartei' and took only easy shots at the baskets. They did a beau tiful job of getting rebounds and taking care of the baU. Tlie girU were pacvd to their. 34-16 victory by Martha Ward’s 20 poii;ts. Having a little harder time than the boys in their game due to a heavy seig« of colds and illness, Uie Hollies still racked up an impiessive lead at tlie start of the game and held it against the Cramers wno did not seem to feel like playing ball Boy Scouts Name DislnCk Organization of a con?Jete Mount Holly District Committee headed by J. M. Craig, which will serve in the Piedmont Council of the Boy Scoujs of America was announced this week by Q- Alligood, head of the Public Re lations Committee. This commit tee, composed of interested adults who wiU function in close rela tionship with the Scouts of the Piedmont Council, will hold it’s first meeting at the Lions Club building at 6:45 p. m. on Monday, February 20, Mr. Alligood an nounced and all members are urged to attend. The program at this meeting will consist of talks by Rev. Leslie Conrad, Vice-Pre sident of the Piedmont Coimcil and 'by Mr. R. M. Schiele, Scout Executive of the Piedmont Coun cil. The Vice-Chairman of the Dis trict Committee is Charles R. Holtzclaw, and Secretary is David Mason. Listed on the various com mittees on which they will serve are other members of the Dis trict Committee. OrganUatiofi and Exten^on Committee Rev. Carl H. Fisher, Chairman Rev. D. S. Schronce E. H. Venning Jr. Percy H. Roberts J. E. Bailes (Continued on Ba^ Page) Caslanea Galls Naw Preaehen Hera Simlay Mr. U. Douglas Carty, a senior at the Columbia Theological Sem inary, will preach at the Cas- tanea Presbyterian Church on this coming Sunday morning at 11 o’ clock. Mrs. Carty will accompany him on this trip. All members are urged to be present. Mr. Carty has been called to this church and this is his second trip. Fuderbsrk lafaal BirimI Oa Moaday Graveside fimeral rites w held on Monday aften'— Pineview Cemetery f fant son of Mr. and * L. Funderburk. Th Robeys, pastor of ti odist Church, had i service. The baby died S> a Charlotte hesn parents, survive _ er, Laney, and a s. SPEND SUNDAY HE. Mrs. T. D. Turner fnd Mrs. Clyde Castle of York, S. C. spent Sunday here with their sister, Mrs. R. W. Dunn.

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