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Superiors Play Cramers Saturday
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Expect Large Crowd To
See League Teams Play
Superior Yarn Mills will play*
host to the Cramerton Eagles m
a game tomorrow (Saturday)
night at 7:45 at the Superior field
which wiU give many boosters
of the local team their first op
portunity to sec the Superior men
in action this year. Already
warmed up from another prac
tice game at Landis Tuesday
night which the Superior men
won 6-2, the locals are expected
to make a good showing of power
tomorrow. Tuesday night the
Superior men will play host to
Carolina Mills from Maiden at
the Superior field, this game also
slated to start at 7:45.
The Landis victory gave Man
ager Doyt Morris’ men ample op
portunity to show their stuff prior
to the opening of the season since
Landis wasn't rated as a push-
over by Anyone. Lsst v/eelc the
Landis men h&i opened their sea
son with a victoiy over a Class
“C” team while Landis is ClaM
“D” and was playing out of their
league. , _
Morris is well p'eased with the
showing his team made over the
Landis squad. Si non, Kerr, and
Armstrong twirl* i for the locals,
easily tossing t' t way to vic
tory over the U .dls squad, while
Billing and Carrol Black, a Mount
Holly ball plryer, alternated at
the catching post. Ed Kerr’s sin
gle brought La the first two runs
for Superior.
If the start made this week is
any indication of the power the
Superior squad will have on the
diamond this year, fans can ex
pect plenty of excellent baseball
from the locals. Morris evidently
has his lights set on the pennant
again and although Highland
Park, in the opinion of jnany
Vatia, will be a hot contestant,
there is every possibility that
.SuperiiMT may capture the honors
twice in succession.
Tire Re-Capping
Firm Row Open
The News is carrying an ad
vertisement announcing ^e
opening of the Witcher Tire
Service this week. This newest
business is fully equipped for
tire recapping and vulcanizing
service. The business is owned
and operated by E. T. Witcher,
of Belmont, who has had more
than 12 years experience in this
type of work. He has successfully
operated his own business in
both Belmont and Charlotte.
However. Mr. Witcher stated
' that Mount Holly did not have
this service so he moved his
equipment here. He has rented
the building behind the Triangle
Service Station at the Dutchman
Creek bridge and is already ope
rating. He stated that he was
well pleased and hoped to move
here in the near future to make
his home.
ROTARY SPEAKER
0. M. Vernon In
Race For House
O. M. Vernon, president of the
First State Bank and Trust Com
pany, entered the race for the
House of Representatives last
Saturday. Mr. Vernon was press
ed into the race by numerous
friends who started a campaign
for him to run last Friday. Mr.
Vernon served a term in the
House a few years ago and was
barely defeated two years ago as
an incumbent.
Since the local man was press
ed into the race by friends he had
no prepared statement to make
at this time. However, he did
state that he was going to cam
paign hard to win and would ap
preciate a good vote in Mount
Holly and Riverbend township.
In his two previous races he has
always led the ticket here.
Final P.T.A. Meet
Thursday Night
Local Dabaiers To
Co To Chapel Hill
Two high school students, Hen
ry Fowler, Jr., and Ann Craig,
representing Mount Holly High
School’s debating team in the
state finals, will go to Chapel
Hill next Thm-sday and Friday,
April 27 and 28. The two stu
dents, winners in the district con
test held several weeks ago, will
compete for the Aycock Memor
ial Cup with the finest debaters
fsom high schools all over the
state. The local team will rep
resent the negative side of the
question “Resolved: That the
President of the United SUtes
should be elected by the direct
vote of the people.” Miu Topeey
Dunn is advisor to the debating
team.
The final meeting for this year
of the Mount Holly P.-T.A. will
be held at 7:30 p. m., Thursday,
AprU 27, at the high school gym
nasium. The president, Mrs.
Charles R. Holtzclaw, will pre
side during the business session.
The election and installation of
officers for next year will be
conducted at this meeting, with
Mrs. Clyde L. Loftin serving as
chairman of the nominating com
mittee.
The program has been arrang
ed to feature a parent-children
night AH school children are in-
vit^ to attend and bring their
parents with them, students in
the junior and senior high school
physical education departments
will stage a demonstration of
gymnastics and other departmen
tal activities. Afterwards, the en
tire audience will be led in a
play jamboree, with square danc
ing and a variety of games plan
ned for the event.
Mrs. Richard T. Scott and mem
bers of her hospitality committee
will serve refreshments to con
clude the evening.
Stamey Home Is
Destroyed by Fire
The home of Mr. and Mrs.
Brady Stamey and family of the
Clearwater Lake section was
completely destroyed by fire this
week and neighbors report that
no clothing or furniture was sav
ed and that all possessions of the
family were destroyed in the
flames.
The home was owned by the
Stamey family but was not cov
ered by insurance. Due to an
arm which was injured during
the fire, Mr. Stamey has been un
able to work since. The Stamey
family has five children and ^he
neighbors announce that any gifts
of used furniture, or any dona
tions which might be made will be
giatefuUy accepted and will be
used for rebuilding the' home.
Write box 2133, Mount Holly, or
contact Mr. Brady Stamey at
Clearwater Lake.
W. G. Alligood, Personnel Di
rector of American Yarn and
Processing Company, will address
delegates to the District Confer
ence of the 28Dth District, Rotary
International, this afterrioon in
Hickory, N. C. The x conference
meets for a total of three days at
Hickory this year, beginning yes
terday (Thursday) and continuing
through Saturday. A special in
vitation to Mr. Alligood to ad
dress the conference was issued
by the executive committee ap
pointed by the district.
The topic which Mr. Alligood
will discuss is “A Rotarian’s Re
sponsibilities To His Employees”
and follows the general theme of
the Rotary Conference this year,
which is “Responsibilities of Ro
tary Leadership.”
Rotary Clubs to be represented
at the conference include eve^y
club in the western part of North
Carolina and in the entire 280th
District of Rotary IntemationaL
The annual conference is one of
the largest affairs of a similar na
ture to be held by Rotary Inter
national each year.
Listed on the cewnmittee which
is in charge of the program at
the conference are Rotarians from
Charlotte, Gastonia, Shelby, Le
noir, Asheville, and Hickory.
Flying Lions In
Big Air Tour
Forty members of the Mount
Holly Lions club were honored
with a “first” Tuesday of this
week when they were guests of
Eastern Airlines in a specially
sch^uled flight over Mount Hol
ly and at a luncheon at the airport
near Charlotte. Extended a special
invitation to visit the Eastern Air
lines offices at Morris Field, the
local men were flown over Mount
Holly and Belmont in two regular
airliners, one of which left the air
port at 12:15 and the other at 12:45
Tuesday. Following the flight, the
men were guests of the airlines
at lunch in the Sky Room of the
Grill 77 at the airport.
This is the first time in this
state that a civic club has been
the guest of the well-known air
lines and members of the club,
commenting on the fine flight
which they enjoyed and the in
teresting tour made of the East
ern Airlines offices, said that they
enjoyed the trip and were honored
by the invitation.
New Lunch
Room To Be
Constructed
The announcement made this
week that a new lunch room
I would be constructed at the local
schools before next fall brought
some interesting facts to light.
[The proposed new limch room is
ja part of a big school building
and improvement project to start
' here. The complete plans for the
, local schools call for a new audi-
' torium and a new building along
with the lunch room. The plans
are now in Raleigh and as soon
as they are given approval by
the State school authorities they
will be sent back here and a
complete description of the im
provements will be published.
About Th« Lunch Room
During the 3|ear 1948-49 the lo
cal schools obtained Federal aid
for the lunchi^m. In food and
cash there has been sent to the
Mount Holly lunchroom $16,535.-
21. The value of the food was $7,-
681.71. Actual cash amounting to
$8,853.50 has also been received.
These figures ^‘re for the past 17
months of school.
During the 17 months there has
been 178,154 meals served. Of
this number 11,341 have b^n
served to children free, which
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ROYS’ DIRECTOR [AudiGiicG Ptflisod LflSt
Nighfs Fine Performance
Giving their final performance
of the Senior play, “Hobgoblin
House” at the Elementary School
auditorium tonight at 7:30 p. m.,
the Senior Class of Mount Holly
High School will close one of the
R M “Dick” Thompson, popu- most successful senes of ^rfor-
lar native of Mount Holly who is|niances ever given here tomg
now athletic director at Stanley 1 the annual presentation- Wednes-
High school, was named this week ' day morning a special pertor-
Thompson To Be
Summer Director
VVO.W
by the Board of Directors of the
Mount Holly Boys Club as direc-
tor of the summer athletic pro
gram again this year. Thompson
headed the program last year
mance of the play was given for
grades 1-6 at the auditorium by
the cast and was thoroughly en
joyed by the large audience. Last
night, the first of the two perfor-
-iheaded the program ias>i ycrti .mKiu, wic iiio* w..,
I [when the Boys Club first began | minces for adults was given at
II it’s work of Planning and carrying | the Elementary School auditor-
out a thorough and instructional ] ium and although the play^was
Pictured above mapping early
plans for the summer athletic
program to be carried out by the
Mount Holly Boys’ Club is Coach
Dick Thompson, Stanley High
School athletic director. Thomp
son wiS named head of the pro
gram again this summer by the
Board of Directors of the Boys’
Club this week.
out a thorough and msirucwonai lum ana cuiuuasu me
program of athletic activities and given too late for report of at-
the program was a great success j tendance to be in this ^tion of
with hundreds of boys taking a:The News, a large audience was
part expected.
The members of the Board of I “ w.
DirectorFstated that they expect-j Pected to attend «ie ^^^dd
ed the pr,-rare t_t|s year undejmance^om^^o^^
ThompsonV lo be even ana p«iy luve* ^
laiger and more complete than L
NOW iMPROvnca
Mr. Andrew Carter, who hat
been ill at hit hMne on Satt Ca
tawba Street, it now thowing im
provement Mr. Carter hat been
•erioutly iU for over two montht,
and all of hit friendt are dad
he U on the road toward recov
ery of hit tealth.
Donkey Game On
Wednesday Night
Next Wednesday night, April
26, at 8 p. m., local residentt will
have an opportunity to witness
one of the most hair-raising, fun-
filled evenings of entertainment
ever brought to Mount Holly
when the C. A. P. sponsors it’s
Donkey Baseball game. A large
number of local residents have
been signed by team manager
George Hollar for the event and
most of the members of the C. A.
P. will also ride donkeys In the
game. Admission to the game will
be only 60 and 40 cents and one
innning will provide enough fun
to be worth the cost of admission.
Taking the field at Hutchison-
Lowe Park for the evening, to be
divided into two teams which will
vie for winner’s honors in the
game will be riders signed by the
C. A. P. for the game. Included
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Hawks Take On
Tryon Nine Today
The Mount Holly Hawks wlU
meet Tryon at Hutchison-Lowe
field this afternoon at 3:30 lor
the first time since the opening
of baseball season and Coach Max
Beam is looking forward to a
good game with strong possibil
ities of a victory for the locals.
The Hawks, lacking hitting
power, started their seaswi
slowly and dropped a game to
Belmont last Friday 10-1, but
tied the Bessemer City squad in
a rained out game at Bessemer
City this week. The score, in the
top half of the ninth, when the
game had to be call^, was 3-3
and the Hawks were playing ex
cellent ball with fans predictmg
a T-Taii/lr wifi
The Bessemer cft' game will
be replayed and the Hawks will
X e^e^:^ ttemion'’ol The seeond field trial to be
winning. Luthe7 HaU did the 1 held by the Gaston Co^ty ^a-
pitching for the locals in the Bes- gle Club since its organizahon
semer City game, working with i several months ago will to held
Field Trial Is
hi Lowesville
L 3t year’s program and that every
effort to provide the boys with
good equipment and an organized
schedule of activities commensu
rate with their age groups would
be made.
The Boys Club teams last year
made an enviable record last year
in both local league games with
similar teams and in state-wide
competition when they captured
baseball honors and the cham
pionship at a tournament held in
Raleigh last summer. It is hoped
that they will be able to partici
pate in similar tournaments a-
gain this year.
In regard to the drive for funds
which began last week, Paul
Springs, chairman of the Board
of Directors, said that the drive
was off to a good start and that
several substantial donations had
already been received or promis
ed. He also said that he hoped to
be able to give some report on
drive next week. $2600 is being
sought by the Boys Club to buy
equipment and finance the ath
letic program this year.
P.T.A. Evenl To
Be Big Success
Jaycees
Officers
Elaei
Moaday
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Catcher Burgess. Sipes and Bur
gess brought in 2 of the 3 runs
made by the locals.
Tryon offers as a tough oppon
ent and Beam told a News repor
ter that he knew little about the
club except that they were re
ported to be plenty good and
had beat4n Dallas, last year’s
winner in the tourney.
The Belmont game last Friday
was good with the Hawks carry
ing their end well and the score
standing 1-0 in the top half of
the sixth before the Belmcmt
squad poured on the coal. Beam
said that he was pleased with
the way the Hawks are working
in practice sessions but that un
less the hitting wrinkle is ironed
out, the local team will face trou
ble all the way through the sea
son.
The annual election of Jaycee
officers will be held at the re
gular meeting of the TOganiza-
tlon next Monday night at 7:30
p. BL, Jaycee president Ted John
son announc^ this week. The
election of officers for the com
ing year wiU be the feature item
of business to be taken care of
and president Johnson urges all
members to to attend this
meeting in order that a full re
presentation will bf present for
the voting.
WILLINGHAM SPEAKS
Billy Willingham, from Mary
ville College, spent the weekend
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
A. Willingham.
He was speaker at Thrift Bap
tist church on Sunday morning
and u»^ as his subject “The Sec
ond Coming of Christ.”
He also spoke on Sunday night
and then he returned to Mary
ville, Tenn., where he is a pre-
med. student He plans to be a
medical missionary.
tomorrow starting at 7:30 a. m.
at the Dennis Dellinger farm near
Lowesville. Measuring and draw
ing will begin at 7:30 a. m. and
the first dogs should begin run
ning at approximately 8:30 a. m.
Local judges will be used for this
trial.
Aoproximately 50 dogs and
most of the members of the bea
gle club are exoected to be on
hand for this trial, club officers
said and the trials will nrobably
last several hours. Ribbons for
five places will be awarded.
The first trials to be held by
the local club which numbers a
great many dog lovers from this
county in its membership, were
held at the site of the new Wild
life Club in the South Point sec
tion several weeks ago and a
large number of members were
orient.
The public is cordially invited
to attend the trials tomorrow at
Lowesville and dog owners are
nart^pularlv invited whether they
are members of the club or not
MRS 8TROUPE IMPROVED
Friends of Mrs. A. U. Stroupe
will be pleased to learn that her
conditiem it greatly Improved. She
U still a oatlent in Memorial
Hoecpital, Charlotte. Dr. Stroupe
has resumed his practice here
during the morning hours.
The Mount Holly P. T. A. will
sponsor a benefit card party at
the high school gymnasium next
Tuesday night starting at 7:30 p.
m. and tickets for the event are
being purchased in large quanti
ties Mrs. Ward Rhyne, chairman
in charge of the party arrange
ments, reports. Tickets are avail
able from Mrs. Rhyne or Mrs.
Ed Batchelor, who is ticket sales
chairman. Admission is 50 cents
peeling to see'one of the best in
the history of the schooL A weU-
chosen and talented cast has been
rehearsing few several weeks in
preparation for the event and
the story “Hobgoblin House is
well adapted for high school ac-
'^Admission to the play tonight is
40 and 25 cents, the Seniors an
nounced. , . ,4 ^
Gloria Stroupe is playing the
part of Aunt Prissy in the pn^
auction althou^ it
that she wouH *« ““^1® mJSS
part in the play whCT
became seriously ill la*4 7 v '
Aunt Prissy is a maiden aunt WM
fears that each of tha stutora who
is attentive to her two attractive
neices is seeking access to the
family money. ... * ^
Ikying the part
neices are Frances Kendrick^^
Esther Ward, while supporting
memirsoYS-c^ti^lude^
E^es, Alton Hearn.
SJSSn. Patsy Beck^
Price. Doris MiUer, HaroW IM-
ton Billy JohnstMi, and Pat
^or. Mtts Helen Norm is play
jS on® ttie two ■i,®'®^ a
flighty and highly ewitahle gfcl
while Marion is the ®*r*
si the two neices. Kadet pla^ the
part of a suspicious carttaker,
SSie Alton.Heam P^s U«
of a dignified fiance. Pot»
Drumm is cast in the ^ of JOl s
lively beau: Harry Pnee “an
Afr/American
old Helton “ taking ^
Bluebeard Bronson, an ewaprf
maniac- Bil^ Johnston is his
and Doris Mi^r ptays
«le of r>«lilfl^;*?>d natur-
P*^
fonn^ce of^the pUy
chairman. Admission is do cems jormance of me **w-*w^
per person and the proceeds will. i ~ House” tonight Cwne early
go to the P. T. A. treasury to be to be sure of seats. ^ evetung
..e-Bel {»» KBiptingr with t.h^ n^w entertainment awaits you.
Bolary Nominales
New Officers
Nominations for
Mount Holly Rotary Club for the
vear 1950-51. were pre-
bSS at the regular m«ting of
Se dub held last night at the
uLis aub building.
inaon was nomina^ tor
flee of president and J. C. Rhyne
SS nomSated for the office of
^^ra^nt. Other nomlnaUona
I^e ^uded Preston Dunson,
S^Btan^ Oyde Loftin. treasur-
M*»o^ Sergeant-
JisS. Cl!S^ Hugh Pa«hd.
and BUI Beatty.
All nomiaatiostt «« subject to
approval tar tb» club.
used in helping with the new
school building construction work
which is scheduled to begin im
mediately after the close of the
school year.
Mrs. Rhyne and Mrs. Batchelor
said that a high score prize would
be given at each table and that
any game may be played. Those
who plan to attend are urged to
make up their own table partners
prior to the start of the card par
ty. Singles or couples wUl be
placed by the ladies in charge but
they WiU have to arrive earlier
than those who have already cho
sen their partners.
Each group must bring theii:
own table and cards, the ladies
pointed out A number of draw
ings for door prizes wiU be held,
and refreshments wUl be served
at the card party. Get your tic
kets now in order to be ready
for the card party and plan to
attend Tuesday night
Mrs. J. E. Dellinger spent the
weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Er
nest Dellinger in Hickey.