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, FEBRUARY 24, 1950
NUMBER 2
BAND CONCERT ON MONDAY
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Boy Scout Drive Gets Underway Here Today
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Red Cross Drive Starts On March 1
Dr. L S. Clark Named To
Head Big Local Campaip
Dr. L. S. Clark, pastor of. the'
First Baptist Church in Mount
Holly, has been named chairman
of the 1950 Red Cross drive which
will begin in Mount Holly on
March 1st. Dr. Clark, in accepting
the chairmanship of the drive,
tolds a News reporter that the
drive would be conducted in three
divisions which include the resi
dential, business, and industrial
districts of the town. .By next
week Dr. Clark plans to have ap-
ponted sub-chairmen in charge of
the divisions and in charge of
each of the industrial plants in
Mount Holly. The name of these
workers who will assist in con
ducting the annual drive in
Mount Holly will be announced
at that time.
Dr. Clark said that the canvass
would probably begin on March
1st in the business and residential
districts, and that. it would cto-
tinue ^ough March 6 in' all
probability, although the results
shown by the cahVass would de
termine the length of the concen
trated drive. . ,
In an interview with a News
reporter, Dr. Clark said: “All of
us have an instinctive impulse to
help someone in need. Perhaps it
IS while an accident victim’s
precious blood flows away . . .
perhaps it is when we read of
J^®Ipless veterans destined to live
the rest of their lives within hos
pital walls . . . perhaps it is when
W'e listen to the tense voice of
a newscaster describe the panic,
the cold, the hunger, the despair
utter misery of families sud-
u6nly made homeless by disaster.
Each year the millions who
need help and the millions who
want to help are brought togeth
er* by the Red Cross. This im
pulse to help is as old as the hu-
jnan heart With'their skill, with
tneir time, with their money, all
A through the Red Cross.
A battery of newscasters
ui'oadcasting continuously 24
hours every day could never fin-
•tsh tellj,^ the Red Cross story.
r^^ritten each moment in 3,-
*'5 Red Cross chapters through
out the country. It is a story you
helped write.
. ‘“^ough the Red Cross dur-
h* past year you made it
possible for; 228,515 persons to be
ih 330 domestic disaster
2 ftfw ®P®rations . . . more thap
^UW,000 servicemen, veterans,
their dependents to receive
1^ Cross assistance . . . 1,113,-
flU P®*'*nhs to be trained in first
o * • • 126,804 persons to re-
^ye home nursing instructions.
• I* just a part oV what you
we helping others to do when
you give to the Red Cross.”
Illness Cancels
P.-T.A. Meeting
The large number bf cases of
illness in the schools and homes
jof Mount Holly necessitated the
cancellation of the regular Parent-
Teachers Association meeting
which was to have been held last
night, Mrs. Charles Holtzclaw,
(president of the group, has an
nounced. Mrs. Holtzclaw said that
efforts to contact as many of the
j members as possible to notify
them of the cancellation of the
jmeetingvhad been made and that
she sincerely regretted the neces
sity of cancelling this meeting.
However, Mrs. Holtzclaw pointed
out, many clyldren are- absent
from the local schools at the pre
sept tim^ due to illness and a
large number of the adult mem
bers of the group are also ilL The
date of the next meeting will be
announced later Mrs. Holtzclaw
said.
Enter Gloves Hghl
Moimt Holty boys, P. L.
ack and Jack Carpenter, rep-
s^nting the Stanley ^xing
have entered the Golden
loves tournament to be held at
^*®*ory next Thursday, Friday,
Saturday, March 2, 3, and 4.
uese boys will be among the
of the Stanley team who
j ^ _ enter the novice divisions
*u_''®*^®us weights to represent
e nearby towns at the tourney.
1- fought in the Caro-
Gloves held in Char-
- , Jnst week while Black has
1 fought this year but was
ja of the Mount Holly
ycee boxing team last year.
SUPPER TONIGHT
* will be a chicken supper
at tk all the trimmings,
- *be Lucia schooL This is being
by the Parcnt-Teach-
s -dissociation and supper will be
«erved from 5:30 p. m. until 8:30
Chicken, all the accessories,
dessert will be on the plates
u^.^be charge is 50 cents for
„7”dren, and $1.00 for adults. The
PUbhc is cordially invited.
Local Boys Enter
Big Tool Contest
A three man team from Mount
Holly High School’s agriculture
department will enter the annual
tool identification contest to be
held by AUison-Erwin Company
in Charlotte this afternoon. More
than 32 high schools will have
teams competing in the contest
which Mount Holly High School
won for three years in succession
before It was discontinued sev
eral years ago. This is the first
contest to be held since the con
tests were discontinued and the
local team has been practicing
their tool identification in prep
aration for the event Several
prizes are awarded by AUison-
Erwin to the winners of the con
test it was stated.
Local Boys In
Golden Gloves
The three local boys, Willie
Hansel of Stanley, Bob Smith of
Stanley, and Jack Carpenter of
Mount Holly, who took part in
the 1950 Carolinas Golden Gloves
held at Charlotte last week, were
eliminated in the four ni^ts of
stiff competition with Handsel go
ing aU the way while the others
lost earlier in the toiunament.
Facing ■ some of the best talent
ever to hit the ring in the annual
sporting event which attracks
visitors to Charlotte from all over
the state, the three boys each
made -fine showings and Smith’s
second night loss to Sonny Taylor
of Lincolnton drew boos from the
crowd.
Carpenter fought his way into
the fViday night semi-finals to
where he was put away on a T. K.
O. by Bruce Peele of Lumberton,
a fast and beautiful puncher with
dynamite in either hand. Peele
and his brother, both of whom
look very much alike, were a-
mong the stars of the tournament
and although Carpenter was out
classed from the first punch and
in the opinion of many fans over
matched, he gave Peele a battle
until the fight was stopped.
Handsel won a semi-finals vic
tory over Perry Huffstetler of
Belmont on a split decision, mov
ing into the finals on Saturday
night where his advancing stop
ped against the Charlotte Y. M. C.
A.’s Jack Gilbert who took the
novice bantamweight title.
SATURDAY GUESTS
Mr. and Mrs. W. £. Moore had
as guests on Saturday, Mr. and
Mrs. C. F. Blackwell and son.
Mickey, of Gastonia.
Herbert Hipps, formerly of
Greensboro, and a Duke Univer
sity graduate, is a new member
of the faculty of the Mount Holly
schools.
Ag Boys Making
20 Cedar Chests
Boys enrolled in the agriculture
course at Mount Holly High
School are constructing an esti
mated 20 cedar chests which will
be given as gifts to their moth
ers when completed, a News re
porter learned Wednesday. Under
the direction of Riley Fowler,
head of the agriculture depart
ment at the local high school, the
boys working in the manual
training courses included’ in the
course have been given opportun
ities to produce many useful ar
ticles including boats, coat and
hat racks, some items used by the
school n the class rooms, and they
have at the same time added a
great deal of valued experience
in the use of the tools to their
general knowledge of shop w'ork.
In many cases they have done
work on the grounds of the high
school in line with the school
beautification program and re
pairs to the property.
Mr. Fowler, pointing out the
care with which the boys are con
structing the cedar chests, said
that one of the largest items to
go through the shop this year
was a motor boat which took a
great number of hours of highly
skilled* work, and in the finished
form looked like a professional
job.
Mr. Fowler said that an esti
mated 60 cedar chests would be
constructed by the boys taking
the shop course this year. Mater
ial for the chests was purchased
by the boys from a saw mill, Mr.
Fowler said.
Bell Names
Workers To
Raise Money
The Boy Scout Drive for funds
for 1950 will be started this morn
ing, Friday, February 24th and
will continue through next Tues
day and end Wednesday, March 1:
The drive is under the direction
of A. W. Bell, who is’acting as
financial chairman. Mount Holly
is in the Riverbend District, Pied
mont Council of the Boy Scouts
of America. The council head
quarters are located in Gastonia
under the direction of Bud
Schiele, Scout Executive.
Mount Holly has contributed
liberally to the Boy Scout move
ment during the past four years
and is expected to again back the
Scout movement for 1950. Mr. Bell
has announced the following com
mittee appointments to handle
the drive: Working the business
section will be Messrs. Helmian
Cross, Willis Holland, Frank Ran
kin, Dewitt Beatty, Fred Thomas,
Morris Friedman, '•and J. C.
Rhyne. Working the industries
and other parts of town will be
Messrs. Charlie Clegg, Preston
Dunson, John Fagan, Lewis Chit-
turn, A. S. Baris, Horace Doan,
Jim Bramhall, Jr., Ed Blackwood,
and Earl Bailes. J. A. Carter will
work with the outlying business
places. The Beta Club will han
dle the Mount Holly School sys
tem.
The 1949 amount raised for the
Boy Scouts work was $781.61 and
an equal amount is expected to
be raised this year for this im
portant work.
AU-Coanty Unit Selecb
Mount Holly For Section
Square Dance At
Riverbead Toaif^t
A square dance will be held at
the Riverbend Community Build
ing tonight (Friday), at 8 p. m.
with music being furnished by
Thad La wing and his band, it was
annovmced this week. Admission
to the dance, w’hich is expected
to attract a large crowd, is 15
and 35 cents. Round dancing will
take place between sets of square
dancing. Cakes and candy will be
sold as refr^hments, it was an
nounced.
Local Teackers Gal
A Leave of Absence
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Robinson,
faculty members of the Mount
Holly schools, have asked for
leave of absence and w’ill resign
their positions here effective
March 1st to go to Bocme
where Mr. Robinson will study
for his Masters’ Degree at Appala
chian State Teachers College, it
was learned this week. Both Mr.
and Mrs. Robinson taught eighth
grade classes at the Mount Holly
schools.
Two Men Added
To Local Faculty
Two new teachers, John Ellis
and Herbert Hipps, have been
tidded to the faculty of the Mount
Holly schools effective immediate
ly, Principal S. H. Helton report
ed this week. Both of the new
teachers are young men, coming
to the Mount Holly schools highly
recommended, and are fully quali
fied as teachers and as athletic de
partment heads, Mr. Helton said.
The addition of the two new men
will enable the Junior High school
athletic program to be greatly
enlarged. Prior to the addition of
the two men to the school faculty,
Junior high school athletic pro
grams were coached on a volun
teer basis, Mr. Helton said.
Hipps is the son of a Methodist
minister, the pastor of the Cen
tenary Methodist church at
Greensboro. He is a graduate of
Lee Edwards High School in Ashe
ville, and after graduation attend
ed Diike University for 4 years
where he played on the varsity
team for the entire 4 years. He
was football and basketball intra
mural director at Duke University
and was rated a three-letter man,
winning his “D” in football, base
ball, and track.' He was a student
teacher in the Durham City
schools.
Hipps. became an Eagle Scout
at the age of 16, and has been ex
tremely interested in working
with boys in school and in extra
curricular activities. Of his ca
reer at Duke, Wallace Wade said
he was “tops in every way.” Pro
fessor T. M. Aycook, professor of
Physical Education at Duke, said
“He will be a successful coach
and teacher. I would be pleased
to have him as a teacher of my
boy.”
John Ellis, the second of the
two new teachers to be added to
the faculty, is a graduate of An
drews High School, w’ith 2 years
at Lees-McRae, before finishing
at Davidson. He is a three letter
athlete, having played football,
basketball, and baseball at Lees-
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Dr. L! S. Clark, pastor of the
First Baptist Church in Moimt
Holly, will head the 1950 Red
Cross drive which begins here
March 1st.
N. C. Symphony
Orchestra Coming
The North Carolina Little
Symphony will present the an
nual concert for school children
at the high school gymnasium
next Wednesday, March 1st, at
2:30 p. m., Principal S. H. Helton
annoimced this week. The concert
last year attracted a great deal
of interest from the school chil
dren attending, including mem
bers of grades one through twelve.
Directed by Dr. Benjamin Swa-
lin, the Little Symphony is a
state maintained institution for
the education of school children
in music, and has recefved tre
mendous ovations wherever a
concert was given. Mr. Helton
said that parents or interested
adults would be welcomed to the
concert. The music to be present
ed is selected especially for the
benefit of the children in the ele
mentary schools, yet comprises a
well rounded program.
Part of the expenses of the Lit
tle Symphony are paid by the
Mount Holly Schools, Mr. Helton
said, while a recent drive by the
Woman’s Civic Club and other
organizations in Mount Holly
which are sponsoring the concert
this year has accounted for a sub*
stantial'part of the expenses.
The Young Women’s Civic
Club, in particular the music de
partment, which had charge of
the drive, wish to thank the
schools, the Globe Mills, Ameri
can Yam and Processing Co.,
Solithern Dye Co., the Parent-
Holly Book Club, and the many
individuals who took part in this
drive for the benefit of the com
munity and the state. This money
makes it possible for the Little
Symphony to come to Mount
HoUy.
School Chorus To Sing
On World Day of Prayer
Several members of the Mount
HoUy High School Chorus will
present a special program of vo
cal'music at the “World Day of
Prayer” celebration of the first
day of Lent; an interdenomina
tional observance to be held at.
the Presbyterian • Church in
Mount Holly this afternoon (Fri
day) at 3:30 p. m. Students par
ticipating in this program include
Jean Abernathy. Delores Cole
man. Delores Rhjfne, Margaret
Helms, Rickey Hinson, Donald
Sigmon, I,oweU York, and Luther
Hall.
Legion Fish Fry
To Draw Crowd
j The American Legion’s first
fish fry iq severallnonths will
■be held at the American Dining
jHall tomorrow (Saturday) night
I starting at 6 p. m. Tickets for
I the event may be obtained from
I any Legionnaire and for only
$1.25 per plate fish enthusiasts
will get all they can eat the Le
gionnaires report. Graham CJloni-
ger, well-known expert in the art
of preparing the' fish suppers
which have been sponsored by
the local Legion post in the past,
will be in charge of the prepara
tion of the meal.
A series of fish fries held by
the Johnson-Lineberger post of
the American Iiegion here last
summer attracted large crowds
and the Legionnaires expect a
large number of guests tomorrow
night. Proceeds from the fish fry
wiU.,->;.to the Legion building
fund.
VISITS HUSBAND
Mrs. Alvin R. Arndt spent last
Thursday, Friday, Saturday and
Sunday with Mr. Arndt at the Ca
tawba General hospital in New
ton where he has been a patient
since his accident last Thursday
afternoon.
New Super Comes
To Local Mills
E. W. “Ed” Blackwood is the
new superintendent of the Ad-
rian-Madora Mills in Mount Hol
ly and has already assumed the
position, according to statements
made by officials of the Ameri
can Yarn and Processing Com
pany this week. Mr. Blackwood
is a member of the Methodist
Church and came to Mount Hol
ly from Burlington Mills at St.
Pauls, N. C. He was a member of
the St. Pauls Rotary Club, and
a member of the Masonic Lodge
No. 27 A. F. and A^'M. at States
ville. N. C.
Mr. Blackwell is . married to
the former Ruth Norman of Win-
Ston-Salem and they have three
children: Eddie 8, Ray 6 and Ann,
1 year old. Mr. Blackwood and
his family now reside on Wood-
lawn Circle.
Mr. Blackwell is a graduate of
North Carolina State College,
where he majored in Textile
gtneering, gi^uating in 1937.
Ll. Sparks Sale;
Not JJioard Plane
Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Hankins of
Mount Holly have received infor
mation from the War Department
stating that their son, lieutenant
Clinton W. Sparks, who was fear
ed lost when an Army Air Force
B-36 crashed two weeks ago in
heavy fog, was not aboard the
plane which crashed and that he
is well and safe. Although the
War Department communication
did not give any details concern
ing the crash of the lost aircraft,
but assured the parents that Lt
Sparks was not a passenger on
the ill-fated plane.
The B-36, en route from Alaska
to Lt. Spark^s home base at Fort
Worth. Texas, was forced down
in Charlotte Sound during the
flight and distress signals report
ing an engine afire and severe i*'-
ing were relayed by an accom
panying B-36 which other mem
bers of Lt. Spark’s squadron were
aboard:
Lt. Sparks had completed his
second mission to Alaska and had
written his wife that he expected
to leave to return to Fort Worth
at aoproximately the time that
the two B-38 bombers left on the
return flight.
ILT. WITH FLU
Little Frankie Moore has been
verv ill a* his home with a virus
flu infection. He i.s the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Moore.
► The All-County Band Concert
will be held at Mount Holly High
School next Monday evening at
8 p. m. at the high school gym
nasium. This concert, presented
annually by the members of the
high school bands of several sur
rounding cities and towns, is ex
pected to be one of the highlights
of the year in which the music
department of the high school
here will participate and Band
Director Dwight Ih’ice anticipates
an excellent attendance.
Admission to the concert will
be 60 and 40 cents Mr. Price said,
and tickets are on sale by the
band students at the gymnasium.
The All-County band is made up
of students from the bands of
Belmont High School, Moimt
HoUy High School, Gastonia High
School, and CherryviUe High
SchooL The first of the concerts
was to be held last night at Gas
tonia after a parade by the par
ticipating members of the differ
ent bands through the streets of
Gastonia. This is to .be the sec
ond in the. series and a concert
will be given at each of the par
ticipating hi.*H with the
exception of ^Imonr High School
Mr. Price sagl. Due to the la^ -
of space at Belmont High School
for such a program, the director
of the band there, fYank W;est,
and Mr. Price, have arranged to
caU this concert the Belmont-
Mount Holly concert and residents
of both communities are expected
to attend.
Band students participating in
the program are Sylvia Abec—
nathy, Patricia Gardner, S^via
Fowler, Doris Davis, Carolyn
Williams, Donna Pressley, Dennis
Hollar, Charles Huffstetler, Seth
Kirby, Calvin Green, J(^ Hel
ton, Harold Bumgardner, Jim
Gowan, Lena Mae Rick, Jean
Abernathy, and librarians Bar
bara Evans and Emily Lynn Kel
ly.
The program to be presented
includes state contest music, fa
mous marches, novelty ‘numbers,
and a selection of the mos$ popu
lar scores from the Broadway
production “South Pacific.”
The AU-County band will con
sist of 130 pieces, Mr. Price sakl.
This is the first year that the
Mount Ho^ High School band
has participated in the concerts
and much cmnment regarding the
great strides made recently
the high school music department
under Mr. Price’s directiem has
been heard in Moimt Holly.
City Cab Moves
To New Stand
Mr. Roe Payne, owner ot the
City Cabs in Mount HoUy, has
announced the moving of the City
Cab stand to the paricing lot next
door to Rhyne Brothers Grocery
sometime this weekend. Mr.
Payne said that the move to the
new location was to have been
made today but that weather
conditions might prevent the
company from moving until Sat
urday. “In our new location we
plan to go on giving the fast and
safe taxi service which we have
always tried to give our patrons,”
Mr. Payne told a News repmier
Wednesday.
The present location of the City
Cab, next door to the Mount Hol
ly Furniture Company, wUl be
the site of the new two story
buUding to be erected by Leo
FuUev, owner of the' Mount Houy
Furniture Company, with con
struction beginning about the first
of March.
VISIT CATAWBA HOSPITAL
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rice and
daughter Ann visited Mr. Alvin
R. Arndt Sunday afternoon at
Catawba General hospital in
Newt(m. Mrs. Arndt returned
home with them.