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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, MARCH 31, 1950
NUMBER 7
DEMO RALLY WEDNESDAY
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Ken Davis Elected Head of VFW Post Here
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Merchants To Organize Monday
Meeting Will Be Held In
City Hall At 7:30 P. M.
The Mount Holly merchantsf
have called a meeting for next
Moftday night, at the city hall at
7:30 p. m. The purpose of the
meeting is to organize the Mount
Holly Merchants Association. The
formation of such an organization
will mean much to Mount Holly,
both from the merchants’ stand'
point and the consumer.
One of the merchants interest
ed in the organization stated,
“We have a potential list of 100
members and even though only
one half were to join our com
munity would be in position to
offer many advantages to the
buying public.” As a matter of
fact this statement is absolutely
correct. When merchants and
business men all belong to a Mer
chants Association there is no
doubt but that by pulling to
gether the entire town would
benefit. ^
The association, it was pointed
out, could also be used for activ
ities that would concern a Sen
ior Chamber of Commerce
larger cities, such as securing of
new industries, etc. This proposed
organization could serve in such
a capacity and render a real serv
ice to the community. The pur
pose could be served only by hav
ing a large membership.
A full time secretary would be
employed, if plans are success
ful. The reason for this would be
to keep records for a Credit Bu
reau which would be run in con
junction and as a part of the pro
posed Association. This will also
be a big service to those people
who pay their bills and who have
good credit. It would serve as a
central point for all merchants to
call to ascertain the credit of
any customer. If the Association
approved, by information from its
records, the credit of the custo
mer it would eliminate a lot of
red tape and get quick service.
The majority of the Mount
Holly merchants have a desire to
do all in their power to please
the public. This means that they
want to improve every service to
you. Also with regular bargain
events, scheduled holidays, quick
credit reports, etc., this commun
ity could take its rightful place
among the shopping areas and
centers of both Gaston and Meck
lenburg counties.
It is the prediction of this
newspaper that the plan for a
Merchants Association will go
through as a result of the meet
ing next Monday night.
High School To
Start Ball Games
The first Little Six league high
school baceball game of the sea
son will be played today at
Cherryville with, the Hawks trav
eling to that city to meet the
Ironmen' on the diamond for the
first match of the season, Coaches
Max Beam and John Ellis an
nounced this week. The Hawks
will play their first game at home
next Tuesday night when they
meet the local Jaycees at Hutchi-
son-Lowe Park, giving Mount
Holly baseball followers their first
opportunity to see the Hawks in
action.
The first home game in the
league will be played here April
11 when the Hawks play hosts
to Lowell, the coaches said. The
Hawks are shaping up in good
form and following a week of
good weather which permitted
outdoor workouts and batting
practice, are ready for their en
try into the league season with
confidence. The schedule for the
season will be published next
week.
VFW Has Big Radio
Show Here Saturday
Th® Mount Holly V. F. W; will
sponsor the famous Briarhoppers,
well known radio and stage show,
in an appearance at the Elemen
tary auditorium here tomorrow
(Saturday) night. Including in the
cast a long list of talented perfor
mers ,the Briarhopper show is a
favorite with radio listeners and
is heard regularily over radio
station WBT in Charlotte. On the
program for tomorrow night are
included such well-known per
sonality as Claude Casey, Nat
Richardson, Whitey, Hogan, Hank,
and the famous Briarhopper stage
production of Plunk and Unplunk.
The show will start promptly
at 8 p. m. and admission will
25 cents for school children and
50 cents for adults.
Mrs. Jloltzclaw
To Headv Drive
Plans are being laid for the
start of the annual cancer drive
in Mount Holly sometime in
April, Mrs. CJharles Holtzclaw,
Mount Holly representative on
the board in Gastonia said this
week. No quota has yet been set
for Mount Holly, Mrs. Holtzclaw
said, and the official starting date
of the drive has not yet been
decided, but will be announced
later. The -drive will continue
here for only a short time.
Mrs. Holtzclaw, pointing out
vital working being done in the
Cancer detection center in Gas
tonia, said that the money rais
ed through this drive will be
used for a two-fold purpose; for
educating the people concerning
cancer and for the maintenance
of the center in the nearby city.
At the present time, a free ex
amination awaits any female
over the age of 35 and any male
Others Also
Named For
Leading Posts
Kenneth Davis was elected to
Commander of the Mount Holly
Post of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars at the annual election held
last Tuesday night. Other officers
for the coming year were also
elected including Senior Vice-
Commander, Rudy Cole, Junior
Vice-Commander, James Rankin,
Quartermaster, C. C. MuUis, Jr.,
Surgeon, Dr. A. U. Stroupe, Chap
lain, J. E. Gaddy, and Trustee,
i - .T r. 1. Ti t Henry Grier. These new officers
favorite -Lefty’ House ,one of (orthepomingyearwillbeinstal-
at a meeting to be held April
Superior Adds
More To Team
Adding an impressive list of
returning veterans of Superior
Yam Mills baseball team to the
lists of players released during
the past two weeks. Manager
Doyt Morris said this week that
Superior is completing their sche
dule and will announce their first
game plans next week in The
News.
Sports talk among the fans has
it -definite that the first game
will be. played here and that a
gala opening for the Piedmont
Textile League season is being
planned.
Named first among the.return-
ing vets for Superior by Mana
ger Doyt Morris was the fans’
favorites of last year. House will
be back in his centerfield position
and followers look forward to
another season of smart and
clean baseball from his spot.
Also on ‘he list are Dilling, re
turning to catcher’s position for
the Superior squad, Bobby Davis,
a three-time All-State high school
second base^ m, who will hold
down that position for the Su
perior men, Glenn Hopkins, short
stop for the squad last year, Carl
Shepherd for the left field posi
tion, and of course, Doyt Morris
for the first base job.
Harry Blythe is returning to
the third base “hot comer,” and
mounting the mound for the Su
perior squad, which is apparent
ly going to fit the name in more
ways than one, are the old fav
orites “Lefty” Kerr, Bill Sigmon,
and Charlton Torrence.
Jaycees To Play
High School Team
The Mount Holly Jaycees will
put a team on fhe diamond next
Tuesday night, April 4, for the
first baseball game of the season
here when they face the Mount
Holly High School team on a bat
tle slated to crowd Hutchinson-
Lowe Park with eager fans. This
will be the first game of the sea-
over the age of 40 who suspects son to be played here and the
that they have cancer and the-* ’—
examinations are conducted by
skilled doctors working with the
best equipment. Incidentally,
Mrs. Holtzclaw said, Gaston
county is the only county in the
state in which the doctors are
donating their time to the cancer
clinic. In all other counties with
similar programs the doctors re
ceive pay for their services.
Local residents should bear in
mind the valuable work which is
being done by the clinic and the
fact that when cancer is discov
ered in its early stages, medical
1 science can sometimes effect a
cure which saves a life. The full-
hearted support of this clinic is
self-insurance in one way since
the funds you give now may save
your life later.
Mrs. Donald O. Meinnis is now
able to be out after an illness in
her home.
Artltur Wright Is
Named To Directors
Arthur Wright, well known
Mount Holly resident and man
ager of the Men’s Department at
Paul Derr’s store, was elected to
the Board of Directors of the
Mount Holly Boys Club this week.
Announcement of Mr, Wright’s
election to the board was made
by Chairman of the Board Paul
Springs.
The boys club is planning to be-
gig work on the summer athletic
program for boys of this com
munity within the near future
and further announcements con
cerning the recreational and the
athletic program to be carried out
by the group will be made by the
^ard of Directors very soon.
Bill Painter, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Egbert Painter, is at home
from Duke University for spring
1 vacation.
Jaycees are planning on a power
house nine for the occasion. Fre
quent workouts in a secret loca
tion have been reported by the
manager of the Jaycee squad,
Ivey Henkle, and there is little
doubt but that the game will be
a highlight of the approaching
season.
Game time will be 7:30 p.
and admission will be 25 and 50
cents, the Jaycees announce. The
fans are urged to come early to
be sure of seats for the garhe
which may sway either way when
Beam’s well-trained squad meets
the oldsters for this battle of the
centui-y.
On the diamor-i at various in
tervals for the Jaycees will be
“Knuckle-Ball” Ken Davis and
“Chompin’ Max” Childers, “Ease-
A-Base” Gordon Eaves “Dyna
mite” Tommy Dunn, “Hurrying
Harold” Henkle, “Tip-Em-Off’
Wally Thompson, “Butch’ Jones,
“Lingering Charles” Lingerfelt,
“Spitball Dwight” Scoggins, “Call
Em-Square” John Calder, ‘Casey”
Jones, “Jumpin’ Junius” Miller,
“Grabbin’ Manuel” Grier, “Bus”
Dunn, and manager “Homerun
Ivey” Henkle among other stars
swiped from near-professional
ranks.
For the thrill of the season,
don’t fail to see this game and
make plans now to see the Tues
day night massacre . .
Rev. D. S. Schronce, pastor of
the Pentecostal Holiness Chui’ch,
is now much* better. He has been
confined to his home for the past
week with virus flu and serious
complications. He is now able to
receive visitors.
Mrs. F. H. Sloan of Mullins,
S. C., the former Miss Mary Sue
Moore of this place, is spending
this week with relatives here.
11 at the Riverbend Methodist
Church with the Ladies of the
Church serving the'installation
supper. Cards to each member
will be in the mail soon and re
servations should be made immed
iately upon receipt of the card.
Speakers for the evening and pro
gram, will be announced later.
•* The new will succeed
retiring officers of the post dur
ing the past year who include
Commander F. H, A*bernathy, Jr.,
Senior Vice-Commander, N. H.
Huffstetler, Jr., Junior Vice-Com-
mzmder Kenneth Davis, and Quar
termaster Henry Grier.
All members of the post pledg
ed 100 per cent support for the
incoming officers and cast a vote
of appreciation to the retiring of
ficers at the Tuesday night meet
ing.
The new commander of the or
ganization, Kenneth Davis, is well
known in Mount Holly for his
ceaseless efforts in l^half of
worthy projects sponsored by the
civic groups, schools, and other
organizations here. He is a mem
ber of the Junior Chamber of
Commerce, serves on the board
of directors of the Mount Holly
Boys Club, and Is active in many
other groups. He is manager of
the Gaston and Holly Theaters
and is the son of Sheriff and Mrs.
Porter Davis of Wilmington.
Census Begins
Here Tomorrow
Housewives of Mount Holly and
Stanley can be prepared for the
knock of Uncle Sam’s official
census takers on their front doors
beginning tomorrow (Saturday),
District Supervisor Hoyt Cun
ningham announced Wednesday.
Saturday marks the start of the
biggest job in the country and an
estimated six weeks will be re
quired for the count in the
Eleventh Congressional District,
Mr. Cunningham said. Specially
trained numerators, who have
been attending school in Gastonia
this week in preparation for the
start of the census, will call at
each residence in the district as
signed to them. Both men and
women are being used for the
work.
Mr. Cunningham said that the
census workers assigned to Mount
Holly and Stanley include Ruth
Summey Paysour, Crewleader for
this group, and numerators Jack
Bentley, Samuel Wilson Aberna
thy, Mrs. Ann Y. Dellinger, Mrs.
David Lathan Friday, Mrs. Sarah
If. Hall, Mrs. Lewis H. Harris,
' Mrs. Ruth Irene Markwalder, Mi.^.
Mary W. McDaniels, Kenneth H.
McAllister, Mason Murphy, 'Wal
ter D. Punk, Jr., 'Alexander W.
Puett, Mrs. Alma J. RudisiU, Mrs.
James T. White, James Caswell
Taylor and Leola W. Wilson.
Galaxy Of Candidates To
Attend Democratic Meet
Westland Farms
Suffers Fire
The Mount Holly Volunteer
Fire Department was called to
the scene of a rapidly mounting
blaze in the boiler room at West-
land Farms Dairy last Monday
night and Ernest Kelly, owner of
the nearby dairy farm, credits
fast response by the members of
the fire department and the dairy
farm employees with preventing
thousands of dollars in damage
which might otherwise have been
done by the fire. Receiving the
alarm about 7:30 p. m. the mem
bers of the Fire Department
found the blaze apparently orig
inating in the boiler room which
houses the boiler that furnishes
heat for the washing machines
and for pasteurizing several hun
dred gallons of milk daily.
The fire was quickly brought
under control by the firemen and
the employees of the dairy farm
and damage was estimated at
several hundred dollars but
would have been much greater
had the fire not been discovered
before it gained too great a start,
the firemen said.
Legion To Meet
Next Monday Night
The Johnson-Lineberger Post
of the American Legion will hold
it’s regular meeting at the Legion
Hut Monday night, April 3, it was
announced this week. All memb
ers are requested to plan to attend
and rides will be provided for
.Legionnaires meeting at Sum-
mey's Drug Store at 7:15 p. m.
Meeting time is 7:30 p. m.
Woodrow Jones
Rotary Speaker
Woodrow W. Jones, candidate
from the Eleventh Congressional
District for Congress, was the
principal speaker at the regular
meeting of the Mount Holly Ro
tary Club held at the Lions Club
building last night (Thursday).
Speaking on the general topic
that the United States must be
put on, and kept on, a sound eco
nomic and governmental basis,
Mr. Jones said that deficit spend
ing and financing must be elim
inated. In line with his point of
keeping the country and the gov
ernment sound, Mr. Jones said
that the budget must be balanced,
waste eliminated and that unnec
essary government expenses
must be curtailed.
For a politically sound coun
try, the subtley invading “isms”
must be fought to a standstill,
Mr. Jones said and a battle
against communism and all the
others “isms” which are trying
to gain a stronger foothold in this
country must be waged before
it is too late.
“The present financial program
and spending by the government
is unsound and dangerous for
both business and individuals,”
Mr. Jones told the large audience
present.
Mr. Jones is a veteran of World
War II and resigned his position
as Solicitor in the Recorder’s
Court of Rutherfprd county to en
ter the U. S. Navy. After his dis
charge from the Navy, he return
ed to serve two terms in the State
Legislature as a representative
of Rutherford county.
TO APPEAR HERE
WILUS SMITH
Candidate for the United States
Senate who was the first to wire
his acceptance to the Democratic
Rally in Mount ‘Holly on next
Wednesday night, April 5. Mr.
Smith was prompt in his reply
and stated “It is with pleasure
that I will be there driving from
Albemarle on the same day. I look
forward to meeting the people
and exchanging with them views
on my candidacy. Reserve me a
plate.”
Tickets On Sale For
Big Legion Fish Fry
Tickets are now available for
the American Legion Fish Fry to
be held at the American Dining
Hall April 15, Legionnaires Com
mander Harold Stroupe reminded
local residents this week. Tickets
will cost only $1.25 per person
and a special price of 50 cents is
being charged for small children.
The Legionnaires are urging that
everyone who plans to attend the
fish fry to buy their tickets now
so they can plan for the approxi
mate number attending.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Tarpley are
now out after being confined to
their home with virus flu for the
past week.
Craig Addresses
P. T. A. Meeting
J. Milton Craig, a member of
the county school board, was the
principle speaker at the regular
monthly meeting of the Parent-
Teacher Association held on last
Thursday night at the local
schools. Before a large audience,
Mr. Craig explained the building
program which has been under
consideration for the Mount Holly
Schools for some time and said
that blue prints for the planned
construction and remodeling were
already in Raleigh being studied.
The work should begin early
this summer, Mr. Craig said, and
it is hoped that it can be com
pleted before next September.
A highlight of the proposed pro
gram is the construction of a new
building which will house an
auditorium modem and large
enough to serve fhe local schools
in aU activities. Acustics will be
carefully planned in the construc
tion of this modern building to
permit perfection in the presen
tation of school programs held at
the audtorium.
The present Elementary School
building will be remodeled to per
mit the addition of 8 new class
rooms which are greatly needed
to relieve the present crowded
situation. A modem lunchroom
will be constructed in the present
site of the school auditorium af
ter the floors have been leveled
and the stage removed.
Indoor toilets will be construct
ed where needed to meet high
est sanitation requirements and
Mr. Craig said that each room
through the third grades would
have a restroom for the students
in those grades.
The Finance Committee anouiv
ced a card party to be held April
25 at the gymnasium for the ben-
fit of the building program. Mrs.
Ward Rhyne is head of the com
mittee planning the card party
and Mrs. Ed Batchelor is chair
man of the ticket committee.
Further announcements con
cerning the card party will be
made in The News at a later date,
the chairman in charge of the
entertainment announced this
week.
* The Young Democratic Club of
Gaston county is sponsoring a
big fish fry and rally here on
Wednesday night of next week.
The event will be held at the
American Dining Hall at 7 p. m.
All senatorial, congressional and
county candidates for ofiice in
Gaston have been wired iftvita-
tions."
Willis Smith, candidate for the
United States Senate and former
president of the American Bar
Association, has accepted. He
wired Jim AUwran, president of
the Gaston Young Democratic
Club, late yesterday afternoon
that he would gladly accept and
be here to present his views. Also
Charlie Hamilton and Woodrow
W. Jones, candidates for Con
gress have accepted along with
Hoyle Efird, sheriff of the coun
ty, and Senator Grady Rankin,
Charlie Bryant, David Dellinger
and Carl Howard. Other candi
dates are expected to wire their
acceptance during the weekend.
Peter N. Chagaris and Harold
Henkle, members of the Young
Democratic Club executive com
mittee .are acting as co-chairmen,
of arrangements. Serving on the
committee with them are Mrs.
Emmett Venning, Jr., Mrs.
Childers and James F. Dunn.
Plans for the meeting started
early yesterday morning and at
a late hour last night there had
been more than 150 reservations
for tickets from over the county.
Many people are looking for
ward to the visit of Mr. Smith.
It is also hoped that Senator
Frank Graham and Bob Reynolds
will accept Already the event
promises to be the biggest of its
kind ever held in Reverbend
township. There will be more
candidates for public office at the
rally than have ever gathered
here at one time before, it is
said.
Basil Whitener will introduce
Mr. Smith. Arrangements for in
troductions of other candidates
will be made as fast as their ac
ceptances are wired or written
into the committee or to Presi
dent Allwran. Mr. AUwran will
act as Master of deremcnies. He
from Cherryville and will
bring a big delegation of party
members vrith him to the raUy.
Red Cross Drive
Has Reached $800
The total contributions in the
1950 Red Cross Drive in Mount
Holly stand at $800 with three
mills stiU unreported. Dr. L .S.
Clark, pastor of the First Baptist
Church and chairman of the drive
reported Wednesday. This is.
double the amount reported list
week in The News, Dr, Clark
pointed out, and with the final
reports from the drive pouring in
rapidly, it is entirely possible that
Mount Holly will top the $1,000
mark, he said. However, until
every report has been made, no
definite estimate can be made by
the chairman as to the final total
to be reported at the end of the
drive.
With the annual drive officially
ending tomorrow, Dr. Clark is
urging aU industrial plants or the
other divisions which have not
made their final reports to do so
immediately. It is important that
an accurate report be ready for
the Gaston County headquarters
for the annual drive in order that
Mount Holly wiU receive full cre
dit for the donations given
through the generosity of local re
sidents.
A final total should be avail
able for The News next week, the
chairman said, if reports are made,
on time.
ATTEND CHURCH