Mount Holly News
CoMtruetiv^If It WiU Hell. Mount Holly And Gaston Cunty The Ne,» Is For lt-Progre^v«
MOUNT HOLLY, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1950
mount holly, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1950
SEnOR^SCTiVE ISOPENED
Coach Beam And His Lillie EighI Champions
H.S. Uniform Drive Good
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Report ShoWS^Ranklnlown Gels
f ,, T Lighls From R. E. A.
DriVP Now Is STANLEY, N. C., March 2-
llV»I ,.jsiaents in the Rankm-
_ /N town section are now enjoying
IPO flllll lights in their homes. The REA
I nrPlT n/ I U JV J has been working on this power
V/Vwl U/tJ|V/V/V/ ijne (or several months and Car-
' tners living in that community
Mount Holly citizens and bus- I are delighted to have power
iness houses have rallied in a brought to their homes. Some 50
magnificent manner to the cauM | houses will be served on the line,
of our local high school band. | -
fbreliidaTe’^lflamerH.^Wa'jljScOUt DriVC IS
/>ltl7cne
Dr. Clark Appoints Fine
Group Of Workers locally
as chairman, a group of citizens
set out to raise money to buy
smart, snappy, high quality and
colorful uniforms for the very
able Mount Holly High School
Band. The drive was also to ex
press the appreciation of the peo
ple of this community to^Dwight
Price for his remarkable success
in the few shorts months of this
school year that he has directed
and trained our band.
While the drive is still several
Over $500 Mark
Jr. High Plays
Cramers Here Monday
The Junior High School Bas
ketball teams will meet Cramer-
ton at the high school gym in
Mount Holly next Monday after
noon at 1:30 in one of the last
basketball games of the scheduled
season. Coaches Ellis and Hipps.
new faculty members who will
... .V,. direct the junior high school ath-
All reports are not m from the I program, have already taken
Boy Scout drive for funds which ippior high school tc.ams
began last week under the di-1 hoping that they will be
rection of A. W. Bell, chairrnaii,
but donations i for this game before the deadline.
total $558.30. Mr. Bell said that
he was greatly pleased with the
response made to the drive here
and that a general growth of in-
loi tuia -
Previously coached by volunteers,
the junior high players have play
ed few games this year.
While the anve is suu scvcjo. and mar a geuctai —
hundred dollars short of the goaljigresl in the Boy Scout program
• _ 4 «n/*rpss. i-^j !»T\rtnr»nt here with-
baikelb^team hoisting Coach
Picturod aboTo ara jk, mii. Eight Tournamanl championihip for tha first
Max Baam to lhair **^®^*^*” was won in tha last mlnutai of lha gama aflar an
tim. in th. hUlory of fh. KhooL by th. iruUng H.wk. wfuch Ih. Kor. 47-
bor. was 51-50 and Mount HoUt baemma fha dtampa.
Hawks Ar^ Tourney Champs;
First In History Of School
Stroupe Appoints
Stanley Workers
STANLEY, N. C., March 2—
The Red Cross drive i" nisiory. ra... .......... -7- -
was officially announced today apparently futile'hopes of
by local chairman James Stroupe, recovery when the Hawks were
Jr. In order to get the drive oHLj.^m„. 3 thirteen point lead at
to a good start Chairman Stroupe opening of the fomth quarter
ih4» following division amnlv for their con-
In one of the most thrilUng, fanf
pleasing, hard fought ba^etbaU
games ever to be recorded m the
annals of the Little Eight Ba^et-
ball Tournaments, the Mount Hol
ly Hawks put forth a desperate
last-minute effort to win the tour
nament championship for the fmt
Schools To Have
'CleaB-Hp".Week
Mount Holly Schools are o^
vO a b'-JLc'J o4€i»» — _ line opei»4**6 v4 v».w - -,
appointed the following division I ^j^piy for their con-
4. him in gig^t of a superb
Inc., Billfesom >viir«tinff into action
chairmen to assist him in ,i,ueiicc 4/, a..^- —«,— -- - •
drive: Stanley Mills, Inc^ .^^IHawk team bursting into action
Baker, Gaston County DyemB 51.50 in a terrific game.
4w.r'arann Mauney.I.. ‘.,j arw4 Chsrles
rament championship lor me iu»v mouni nuujr r i?Ik
time in the school’s basketball serving ‘ Clean J
history. Fans hanging m to what ruary 27th through March 3rd.
y •»-. «..4:i../ hrsrxAo ftf I Xfic f?iculty committce spoil*
soring ‘-Clean Up” week are;
Mrs. Evelyn Lytton, Mr. B. K.
Fowler, Miv Richard Ashe, Miss
Linda HoUey, Mrs. Helen Hart,
Mrs. Margaret Davenport.
it is almost an assured success.
There has been no high pressure
collecting methods or campaign
put on. The News has pubUshed
several stories praising the band
and their great strides toward
success and otherwise promoting
the drive. Aside from this publici
ty and the work of several citi
zens the money has been more
or less voluntarily and most cer
tainly cheerfully given.
OT,r $2,000 IWswI
The first report given out by
Mr. Ware and Wilson Crane,
treasurer of the- drive, shows
more than $2,000 collected. It
was also reported that the mem
bers of the band have been meas
ured and the uniforms ordered.
The results of the contributions
are as follows:
Gary L. Kendrick $ 250.00
American Yarn
Business Firms 610.00
AYP Employees 419.10
Superior Employees 165.00
Total to date $2,084.10
The Band needs $3,000 for the
uniforms and other necessary
equipment. So no matter how
small or, how large your contri
bution please make it this week.
M4UI1 w-v., “JtO Win 4JA-*»V 111 «a 4V.....W a Hiwaw
Machine Co.. Carson Mauney,Helton and Charles bottom,
business district, north >* ^ePOMDiumm, both later nam^d to the being mode for the
Ralph Handsel, business district, i ^^.^onference team on which'p^ta dyb to sponsor
■ ' ■* * ‘ Shook, _ , 4, rramorton. and Stanley iT.Trt,,.
:rs. Margaret uavenpon. ouuon * „
Every building is undergoing You can give your money to Mr.
a thorough cleaning from top to Thirst S*ate Bank.
south of depot, Lester iBelmt-nt, Cramerion, »nu. ov4i*4i.a/ij.TQ,_i^ekecping vvees maivii v*..
Sts nley School, O. L. Kiser, j only one man each, were th’*ough March J.Oth. The Betas
Springfield colored section. Lance the stars of the game al-'iU ij^ynch a school-wide drive
Fronerberaer. rK«.i$$h Mskx Beam. Hawk mentor, U --.qJ housekeeping in the
ir , ’ 1 AU-Conference team on wmcu jjgta Club to sponsor
. iBelmt-nt, Cramerton, and Stanley ,j.TQ,_j^ekecping Week’’ March 6th
Sts nley School, O. L. Kiser, ^ man each, wereMfirrh 10th. The Betas
Fronerberger.
Chairman Stroupe is asking ev
ery citizen of Stanley and sur
rounding territory to give to this
great cause. In the past Stanley
has always gone over the top and
the workers in the campaign ex
pect to have the same results this
year.
D. G. Chandler Gels
Osage Mill Posilion
D. C. Chandler, former super
intendent of the Adrian and Ma-
dora Mills here, has accepted a
position with the Osage Manufac
turing Company in Bessemer
though Max Beam, Hawk mentor, housekeeping
assured everyone that it was a ^buildings and on the campus,
team victory. | The school is doing spring clean-
Helton shot a perfect II points |;ng early. Patrons are cordially m-
in 11 foul tries, which should be vited to see the new look at
some record alone and also Mnk.school.
the sensational last minule shots I —
that gave the Hawks the victory , y|j|^,y|nn 3||Qf|ff.
In the overtime period play^ nillWll^wn
after the two teams were tied Visits Son Here
Crane at the First State Bank
Mr. Ware or to Herman Cross at
the River Valley Chevrolet Com
pany. Mr. Cross has collected over
$600 for the drive and has aided
greatly in the campaign. O. H.
Hankins, Bill Alligood and super
intendents of the various mills
also helped and are still doing
their part.
Amy Holland Smith has the
honor ol being the first donor
to the Band uniform drive. Soon
after that many others contribut
ed to the cause.
414 .‘'ta ‘ —.
had become apparent here wiin-
in recent weeks.
The opening of the drive fol
lowed on the he^s of a re-organi-
zational meeting of the District
Committee of Mount Holly held
last week. This District Commit
tee made tentative plans at the
meeting to re-form Scout troops
disbanded in recent years here
and to promote the growth of
new troops, and work has already
begun toward that goal.
Mr. Bell listed donations as
follows: American plant—$19.80;
Rush phmt~$10.00; Woodlawn
plant—$10.00; Holly-Knit—$14.00;
Holly Knit Finishing—$?.6; dona
tions from individuals—
Globe Mills—$50; American Yarn
and Processing Co.—$100; Ken
drick Brick Yard—$50. Incom
plete reports from the business
district and the outlying business
districts total $148 from the bus
iness district and $38.50 from the
outlying business districts, Mr.
Bell said.
The drive is officially over, the
chairman reported, and a final to
tal will be reported next we«jk.
Although the tentative goal set by
the local residents participating
in the drive was $700, the lead
ers are well pleased with the re
sults shown already and feel that
lafe reports might swell the funds
to that amount.
Girls Team In
County Tourney
The Mount Holy girl’s bssket-
ball team, coached by Catherine
Knox, is fighting it’s way through
the girl’s tournament in the Little
Eight Conference this week the
finals slated lor tonight on the
Bessemer City court. Whipping
HlLCl %4I4- 4WW - .^1
47, Drumm moved in to take com
mand. In the last few seconds o cueriff'F Porter Davis and
the Porter Davii. Jr., were guests of
gam treated 'Mr. and Mrs. James K. Davis here
ley’s Joe Saunders was l^ouM and, jg
earned two shots at the b.« L Wilmington and
one ol which hit. Another “'.p ,3^. 3 member of
might have chang^ the story. | Carolina State High-
lurina Cross. Lee, and Pryor, and 8UD-1 Patrol stationed near Wil-
City. Mr. Chandler will be Sup-L,j,^dcs Dicky Carpenter and Hen- Both men came especial-
crintendent of Yarns at his new [j,,3.1,. Koherts, were terrific un-L^ Golden Gloves held
position. , der pressure lor the Hollies and 1 c|,3fjutte on the four nights
The Osage is changing over to j, .^^.33 3 (^id goal fired by Cross returned to Wilmington Sun-
synthetic yarns and putting in that lied up the game 47-47 caus-1
“"■* ing the extra period that saw the. —
Hawks turn into i.uman firtbaLs « . TaaaLap
to take the victory. It was one of | f3in66 I BaCnBr
. the most courageous bati.os and I Dl««a,il UarA
I aWIAH To Maal IbrilUiint comd-backs ever seen 1$ flaCOQ II818
L8gl0n m IHBOl by most of the fans present m the
I packed gym at Bessemer City and John Bciifield, Mount Holy'Stu-
all new equipment. For this rea
son Mr. Chandler will not go to
Bessemer City until March 20th.
To Mool
OiT Monday Nighl
- , , jonn ocnueiu, iuuunt 44«i.» o4« , . ». • '
every b7y on the court tor both'dent at Lenoir-Rhyne College and thnving business.
The Johnson-Lineherger pst.of
the American Legion will hold icf’^ 4«.,ok.s.. to ho nhiroH at the Mount Automobile business m this sic-
Used Car Lot
Is Opened Here
Two local men. Robert Tread-
away and Clyde Davis, opened
the new Treadaway and Davis
Car Sales on East Central Ave.
'next to Nick’s Grill last Thurs
day. The two men are well known
here, Davis having operated the
City garage and having been ac
tive in car sales previously and
Treadaway a former partner in
the Treadaway and Moore Esso
Service.
Approximately 11 used auto- 3.^..* 3^. , .
mobiles are already on the lot shooting for the title which will
ready for sale and the two men j establish some sort of record for
state that they are ready to buy. the local high school since the
trade, and anticipate!boy’s team took the championship
'last Saturday night for the first
New Jewelry
Store To Open
Ivey Henkle, son of Mr. and
Mis. I. W. Henkle of Lucia, and a
resident of Mount Holly, has an
nounced plans lor the opening
of a modern jewelry store to be
located at the River Valley Gas
and Appliance Company (former
ly the S & A Elactric Company'.
with‘» the next.sreek. Mr. Henkle
said ftiat arlu«6erncnts for opiU-
li.-g this new jewelery store had
already been completed and that
he has ordered a new and com
plete line of nationally advertised
watches and jewelery which will
arrive immediately. He plans to
carry only the best TOrchandisc
in stock and in addition to the
wide variety of jewelry and
watches to be found at the new
store, he will offer a complete
and expert watch and jewelery
repair service.
Mr. Henkle is a graduate of the
Winston-Salem. N. C. Watch
maker’s School and is an expert
in the field of watch repairing,
jewelery repair, and engraving.
Ho was formerly associated with
Brownlee Jewelers in Charlotte
for 15 months before resigning to
make plans for the opening of
his own store in Mount Holly.
He is a graduate of Mount Holly
High School and is a veteran hav
ing served with the United Stales
*Army for 3 years. 28 months of
which were spent overseas.
Mr. Henkle plans to make for
mal announcements concerning
his opening date and the
chandise he will offer in The News
next week, so watch for this in
formation. At the present time and
for several weeks, he has been u(h
ing a thriving watch repair busi
ness at his home on East Catawba
Dallas in a good tournament start
at Bessemer City last Tuesday
night, the girls racked up a 34-33
victory which put them in fourth
place among the contestants. Last
night (Thursday) they were to
have met Stanley in the semi
finals of the tourney at Bessemer
City with a shot at the champion
ship game staring them in the
face. Stanley was expected to give
the locals a tough time in the
semi-finals and has the record of
defeating the Hollies by 7 points
in the last clash between the two.
I Miss Knox i.s confident that her
[girls will put up the best possible
fight for the championship and
street here.
Gaston To Give
Free Bicycles
Six brand-new Donald Duck
bicycles will be given away on
the stage of the Gaston Theater
under the sponsorship of several
'merchants within the next six
I sell
- The 1950 Red Cross drive, un
der the chairnu-mship of Dr. L. S.
Clark, began last Wednesday
here. Many civic leaders of this
town have volunteered their serv
ices as sub - chairmen in
charge of the districts of the town
and of the industrial plants here.
Dr. Clark said, and the drive this
year is-expected to be one of the
most successful Red Cross drives
held in Mount Holly. No quota
has been set for the drive this
year to date Dr. Clark told a
Ngws reporter in a Wednesday in
terview. but it is expected that
that $1,600 quota set for Mount
Holly last year would be repeal
ed.
Dr. Clark has divided the town
into three districts for the drive
this year with l«>cal citizens
working the business, residential*
and industriy’ districts. The resi
dential distnei will be covered
by ladies who arc making tenta
tive plans for their phase of the
drive to begin immediately. The
industrial plants will hold
drive in the usual fashion while
the business section was to have
been canvassed immediately af
ter the start of the drive. The
length of the concentrated drive
will be determined by the results
of the first canvass. Dr. Clark
said. * j . • *u
In charge the dnve mthe
basil* ss diy&'ret are^a
Fowler, Robert M.
Goldstein. W. J. Holland, and D.
S. Beaty.
Ladies in charge of the resi
dential district include Mrs. Sara
Norton, Mrs. Julian Hall, Mrs.
Barbara Hovis. Mrs. C. W. Pierce.
Mrs, R. L. Ward. Mrs. K. N. Sum-
mey. Mrs. M. L. Funderburk. Mrs.
James T. McEUvccn. Mrs. W. M.
St. Clair, Mrs. Colie Pryor, Mrs.
James Benton, Mrs. Walter Dunn.
Mrs. A. W. Bell. Mrs. Sam Aber
nathy. Mrs. Johnson Miller, Mrs.
Elizabeth Fox, and Mrs. Frank L.
Rankin.
In charge of the industrial
plants of Mount Holly under W.
G. Alligood. sub-chairman, arc
A. S. Baris, Holly-Ki\it; James
Bramhall, Jr.. Kelly K^it Finish
ing; Horace Doan. American Pro
cessing Plant; Preston Dunson
Wuodluwn Plant; Edward Black
wood, Adrian and Mudori
Plants; John Fagan, Rush Plant
James Davenport, Globe Spin
ning; O. H. Hankins, Superio:
Yam Mill; Earl Bailcs, Duke Pow
cr Steam Plant; Mrs. Elizabetl
Farrar, Duke Power plant at Riv
erbend; LeaksviUe Woolen Dy
Plant, Robert Ward.
All funds from the drive are t
be turned in by March 31st. th
official end of the drive. Dr. Clai
pointed out, in order that an a
curate report can be made t
drive headquarters as promptl
as possible.
In discussing the drive hcri
Dr. Clark pointed out the follov
ling figures indicative of the woi
I done to relieve diaaster on
small and on a national scale 1
the Red Cross last year.
A total of 228.500 persons r-
ceived Rod Cros.*; disaster aid la
year and $6,574,741 was spent fi
the domestic relu-f piogiam. (
this amount approximately '
per cent was for long-term r
habihtation — rubmlding and 1
pairing homes. re-c.>tablishii
small bu.'^inoscs. providing meo
il treatment, etc. The remaind
cmerg4ny ;ud — fn.
'O-d sh«-lt'
was for
time in school history.
trmeeUnratl--d ‘he Hawks playing «,ch-
^ c wnii"a»nc 01 the season, wiiicu h,.s
on Spring Hill g
up under fire with all the ease of
vetcrars of the hardwood. Stand
the next regular ^
the Legion Hut on Spring
next Monday night. March 6. at
7:30 p. m., Commander Harold
Stioupe announced this cceek. "’''•‘,;:“/Vhcn''ite Liulc EighI
Sovcrnl important i'f^f' Tcuinmncnt .started, the Hawks
nes! wil be discussed and all ‘hf i Trvon 58-30 in thcil
members arc urged to be presenL;^,^^d ,3,33 ...h3iioped
Legionnaires who wish then '“if.,., 2i--S to move into the
forms lilled out m.-iy h^vc t m Ur m^
service performed tor .i small "
at thU meeting. Proceeds will go P- hship.
Ill the building lund. The Hawks were .nlso bt'iS'h'd-
^ jlati'd on their spo:‘tsman«hip m
RETURH FROM FLORIDA the entire tourn.nment and during
M.-f. J. W. Pettus. Jr., and chil- the liair-raising Stanley gam® and
dren returned home recently me eon.'idcrcd by most funs a
from a month’s vacation in St. cinch to win the Sportsmanship
Petersburg, Florida. iTiopiiy.
of Mount llGlly. is the tirsi irainee 4...^-......-- -
teacher to be placed at the Mount automobile business in this see-
^loliv High Scliool since the pro- Ho^i and has opeiatod used cai
gr.m was un.tertaken b> many I lots toth here and in Belmont.
college.s Mr. Benfield will be at Treadaway is tormcily of Chai-
“e 4al high school for a period otte but now lives in Mount Hol-
ct ix wiek.s with inlervals bet- l.v- having moved lieie when he
Local Boys in
Hickory Boxing
wten the poriixls hoie and at Lc-
noir-Rhync and will be working
with several high S4horl tooutly
members, both teaching and ob
serving class loom motl ods. Mr.
B'.nfi' ld attended Mount Holly
High Schotil and after a period of
service in the Army Air Corps,
went to Brc*'» rd College fer two
>eors before going to Leno.r-
Rhyne. Uis major teaching during
the trainee period is in History.
E'.oiiomics. and in social science.
entered the service station bu.s
iness sometime ago.
weeks. The bicycles will be a-
warded to the lucky winners cm
Wednesdays, one bicycle to he
given away on each of the fol
lowing dates: April 12. 19. 26.
March 3, 10. and 17. Both boys
and girls models will be e'ven a- ^ nu-dume
way. Kenmth Daves, 'J'lheaU.r!Ch>'h., 8-,^ ^3^^
manager, said this w^k. disasUr.s during the fis.
cycles will be awardi^ promptl 33,3,3,3 ,,33
„l 8 p. m on each “'^,M,,..,p:.u-d kill.d 5,30 pen-.,ns .
dates on the stage of the C.is "n , 3„33,^3 .333^, ,,33,3,3
Theater through drawings and th. J ^ 3,3,3,,,,,.,, „ g.-,,,
^Winner must be ‘cross chapters provuhvl relief .
ceive the bikes .Ir Da .s . a • .,.,,,3333 ,3, ,3,
draw.ng.swouldeont.n. c lint. L. 3,. 33,,, 33,33 ^3 ^.,33,3
bicycle had been claimed
Johnny Wike. son of Mr. and we. k wiL.rtn w-.U he- 'The Red Gross this year :
Mrs. David S. Wiko of Mounta.nl A ehanee 3,,‘„„Vminds us that ”A11 May Help-
Island. and a toimer member nt'.given witli esicli 51 P'*' ‘ ct,,h.,the organiz.iti.m’s wide . sp,,
the Jayeee Biixing Team hero last ithe sponsoring me.eh.' - . • , ^Ihuppinilaiiaii work That sl.,c
year, wa.s slated to enter the three . mii.st be ‘'eP”-''’P“ is the theme of the 19.r0 fi
nights of Golden Gloves tights which IS l.icaud at the bieye 1.33^33^, 33,33 „ j,,. 3
being held at Hickory this week. Idisplav in Itie lotjli.e > . imeaning t'. eviiy Ameiiean.
:omimic inrouun • I’v.d Xli-' PATIENT AT PRESBYTERIA
was reported to be improved Satu.day night. Two ■"I'" ‘"‘j''|"''3’'’;‘ '?;'>‘3'.';„";'“'3p,, anvi Mr.s Charlie O.x es a pat.
Wednesday night. Miss Rhyne 1 hoys. Jack Carpenter and P. L., for ea. I. dr..w me ^ e;.f.. ’at the Pj. sb.vterian hu.,pital
wa5 taken to the hospital last, Black, are also enteicd m ‘ Ju.twci n XhartoUe wlwre she i.s rr^rov^
week and her many friends have Gloves. The throe boys will rcpre-Mn.Kh N nHiRt l>. srUUn ix ^ ^
been concerned about her illness, [sent the Stanley B’lxing Ti.«m. • * •• i-r-
MISS RHYNE IMPROVING
The condition of Miss Barbara
Rhvnc. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. twinR 444«.*
J C Rhyne who is ^ patient at j Beginning last night. (Thursda\)ji
Memorial hospital in Charlotte. | the fights will continue Ihr..ugh'
1 S_ l-_ : .....4 I Csxt.>..e4r.«.* nioVtt Tu.’fl nthlT llM'riM