Mount Holly News
' XXVII,
Constructive—If It Will Help Mount Holly And Gaston County The News Is For It—Progressive
MOUNT HOLLY, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1950
NUMBER 14
band joins glee club and chorus in concert here
CENSUS SHOWS
IN RIVERBEND
The
Girls’
'ligh School Band, the 1 matches, classical and semi-clas-
o. Club and tii*> Rnvs* i steal music, and show tunes. _
^ Club and Mixed Chorus will j The complete program is listed j Intermission
, . i below;
liam L. Dawson
Hobday Song—Wilba^n Schuman
in a concert at the
TuMri gymnasium next
it ^ifiht, May 23, at 8 p. m.
the
announced this week. With
by ,,^’^‘^^Ption of an appearance
th^ school band June 19
® ^‘Ons Club convention to
the fal Charlotte, this will be
and rtn..^^^®®t’ance of the band
• No
other
at tb,» ^tnission will be charged
«nce i.c and a large audi-
Thp to attend.
Girls’ School Band and the
^irectir.^^® Club are under the
Boys’ ni I>wight Price; the
Ben is directed by
U train j’ Mixed Chorus
ilr p. directed by both
A v ‘‘^ and Mr. Shue.
be vocal music will
ol the. during the first half
«ion After intermis-
groups this year.
Girls' Glee Club
Directed by Mr. Price and Ac
companied by Bill Johnston
Creation’s Hymn—Ludwig Van
Beethoven
Lift Thine Eyes (from “Ebjah )
—Felix Mendelssohn
The Hallelujah Chorus (from
“The Messiah”)—G. F. Handel
The Little French Clock
Boys' Glee Club
Directed by Mr. Shue and Ac
companied by Delores Rhyne
God Ever Glorious—Alexis Lwofi
Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones—
Goodhort
God So Loved the World (from
“The Crucifixion”)—Sir John
Stainer
Set Down Servant (Negro Spiri
tual)—Robert Shaw
Mixed Chorus
O Lord, Increase My Faith—Or
lando Gibbans (1583-1625)
A.iier inieriius- '7---
will take over with [ There Is A Balm in Gilead—Wil-
^LUTATORIAN
VALEDICTORIAN
«SlhL.
Mr^ D T
tori^jj *’ ^ Ward, is Saluta-
graduating class
the, ° High School. Es-
acti^^i^ church and school
® number of o£-
''Unior during both her
^hooi. ^Senior years in high
5*Uier senior year,
’ Beta Club sec-
Band Concert
Adoremus Te (chorale)—G. P.
Palestrina
Father O Hear Me (chorale)—G.
F. Handel
Washington Post (march) — John
Phibp Sousa
Holiday Moods (Suite for Band)
—John Verrall
1. Saturday in the Woods
2. Sunday Mood
3. Summer Evening Shadows
4. Morning On The River
Summer Evening Serenade —
Isaac and Libya
Steel King (March)—F. J. St.;
. Clair
Novelette—G. • E. Holmes
Tea For Two (from “No, No, Nan
ette”)—^Vincent Youmans
Stout Hearted Men (from “The
New Moon”)—Sigmund Rom
berg
Semper Fidelis (March)—John
Philip Sousa
Star Spangled Banner
Poppy Day To
Be On May 27
I Superior Plays |
i Parkers Saturday
I
: Superior Yarn Mills will meet
{ Highland Park’s mighty Piedmont
• Textile League nine at Superior
i Park tomorrow night in what
j many fans preduct will be the
I best game scheduled here this
season. Highland Park, facing
Superior for the first lime, will
be looking* for a tough game
and having dropped games to
Maiden this year, will be leery of
the strong Superior forces which
may rally to hand the Parkers a
surprise licking.
Superior has a lot to offer the
Mount Holly fans this week with
two home games scheduled, in
cluding the Highland Park game
here tomorrow night and a game
with the Belmont Combers next
Tuesday night at Superior Park.
Belmont has changed places in
the league standings faster than
most fans can follow, pulling out
of their losing rut once to take
tw'o straight victories and then
dropping back to the bottom of
the league, standings again. Hay
ing signed three new pitchers this
'week who will be elegible for the
Tuesday night game^ Belmont
may be on the rise again and fans
can look for a good game here
Tuesday night.
Superior whiped Granite Falls
in a Tuesday night game played
here last week with the final
score 6-3 and Hopkins and Arm
strong caried the pitching load,
leaving veteran “Lefty” Kerr
fresh for the Highland* Park or
Belmont encounters. Lawrence
Mapes led the hitting for the Su
periors in the Granite Falls game
nailing a single and a triple in
four trips to the plate.
Manager Doyt Morris said this
Cancer Drive
Makes Record Locaty
The 1350 cancer drive in
Mount Holly reached almost
$S00 the chairman, Mrs. Charles
Holtzciaw, reported this week
following the completion of
county reports. Mrs. Holtzciaw
expressed her thanks to every
one who assisted in the drive
this year and commended them
highly on their excellent work.
GAIN
TOWNSHIP
Stanley Leads Towns In
Growth; M. H. Also Gains
Action Delayed
On Extension
^*^ed as
7t J^^tball
as ^ Holly Hawk annual,
P^®sident of the French
junior year she was
l^ior president of the
®oys and pianist for. the
^osi She was choseri the
' class s'uper-
year. Active
■ ^ork also, Esther is
•JJiip of Youth Fellow-1
1 ^*Vrch k Presbyterian 1
' pianist for the
Adiit» Glass, and sings in
J. Choir. She plans to
woman’s College of tlie
North Carolina at
s^o next year.
f
v^he SET
the annual Daily
School for the
Church have been
12th through June
hn ®^>^iohing program of
. The 1 planned.
■ ?‘feciiol^ool will be under the
i. p Mrs. D. O. Meinnis,
for r^'^lren’s Work Counsel-
> 1'he-A Pi'osbyterian Church.
Will be
daily
Friday
* of the school.
DENTAL MEETING
is attending
^ Carolina Dental As-
,^ici which is being
I3, Pj“ •
’'^0 I^Iday ?o7'the
mehurst from May 17-
attend
CHURCH
Billy Johnston, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. Clyde Johnston, was nam
ed Valedictorian of the 1350 gra
duating class of Mount Holy high
school. Billy has engaged in many
school activities during his high
school career and has served as
representative on the Student
Council, as accompanist for the
Girl’s Glee Club, as Chaplain of
the Bible Club, and was active ib
dramatics. He is a member of the
Beta Club, the Bible Club, and
was secretary of his Junior class.
He has also served as treasurer
of the Beta Club, and is a mem
ber of the French Club; was in
the Senior Play; was selected the
class pfbphet; and was voted the
most talented and most likely
to succeed in superlative elections.
Riley Fowler Has
Accepted New Job
,B. R. Fowler, head of the Ag
riculture Department at Mount
Holly High School for a num
ber of years, has accepted a
position as head of the Agri
culture Department at Salem
High School in Morganton. it
was learned this week. Mr.
Fowler will begin his duties at
the Burke Coxmty school when
school opens next year.
FISH, FRY SATURDAY
There will be a fish fry on Sat
urday night, beginning at 5:30
p. m. and lasting until the crowd
is satisfied on the lawn of Hunt
er’s Home Laundry. Fish, hot
dogSj ice cream, and cold drinks
will be served to the public. Pic-
olo music is to be furnished and
the public is cordially invited.
VISIT IN CLOVER
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Clark
spent Sunday at Clover, S. C.
with Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Farris.
A committee trom the Ladies hopes to see a strong
following of Superior fans out for
both home games this week and
next week, and that he still is not
sure of his probable starting line- j
up for either game. Most fans feel
that Kerr, 'who has an outstand
ing record as a Piedmont Textile
League pitcher, will be the pro
bable choice for the - Highland
Park game, leaving Belmont for
one of the other meml?ers of the
pitching staff.
Added to Superior’s distinction
in placing high in the Textile
League from the start was the an
nouncement last ‘week that
“Lefty” House, one of the favorite
players on the squad, ie leading
the league in hitting to date with
.571.
Auxiliary of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars in Mount Holly,
headed by Delores Childers, will
be in charge of the'Poppy Day
sale to be held here Saturday,
May 27, President Helen Dav^
announced this week. Mrs. DaVis
said that the committee is plan
ning to extend the sale through
out the day and that a large num
ber of poppies, made by veterans
in Government hospitals, have
been ordered for the occasion.
Members of the Girls Auxiliary
of the First Baptist Church have
volnteered to handle the sale of
the poppies in town Saturday,
Mrs. Davis, said.
Band Leaders
Chosen Here
Drum Majors, Twirling Captain,
Majorettes and Tumblers, for the
next school year were chosen at
try-outs held at the high school
on Monday, May 15th.
The following students were
picked from a group of approxi
mately twenty entries by three
judges; Dwight Price, Bank Direc
tor, Ben Shue, Majorette trainer
and Gloria Stroup, graduating
drum major.
- Peggy McKinney and Dean
Barber were picked to lead the
marching band as co-drum ma
jors.
Backing up the drum majors
will be the colorful strutting and
twirling majorettes; Betty Gar
rison, Barbara Oglesby, Marlene
Wallace, Janet Davis. Gaynell
Hight, and Barbara Evans.
Betty Garrison was elected for
the position of Twirling Captain
by the incoming majorettes. The
duties of the Twirling Captain
will be to work out all the twirl
ing routines and to train the ma
jorettes.
Tentatively set as the tumblers
troupe are Joanne Cline, Ella
Frances Sisk, and Louise Mc
Manus.
A corps of mascot majorettes
will also be added to the twirl
ing line-up next fall. These jjint
sized twirlers will be: Emma Ar-
rowood, 3rd grade; Linda Huff-
steller, 3rd grade; Juanita Beach,
3rd grade; Linda Thunderburg.
4th grade: Amelia Kelly. 5th
grade, and little Miss Wanda
Wyatt, 3 years old.
These students were chosen on
the basis of twirling and strutting
ability, appearance, personality,
and music or dancing background.
Tomorrow Is
Flag Day Here
Tomorrow (Saturday) is Armed
Forces Day, Commander Keneth
Davis of the Mount Holly V.F.W.
pointed out this week, and V, F.
W. members hope that local mer
chants will display the • flags
which most of them have during
the day. V. F. W. began action
last year to see that as many
local merchants as possible ob
tained flcfgs with mounts suitable
for their places of business, and
has been active in promoting the
displaying of the nation’s flag on
all proper occasions since that
time.
“The V. F. W. feels that much
of this country’s strength which
is so necessary to advancement
in time of peace and victory in
time of v/ar, is based on pride in
the flag of our country and the
hardships overcome iiV,hich it re
presents”, Commander Davis said,
“And the members of the Mount
Holly Post of the V. F. W. hope
that every merchant will take this
oportunity to display the flag.”
The flag should also be display
ed on other specified days of the
year and the V, F, W. will,., be
happy to give any merchant who
wishes these dates, a list of the
correct occasions.
I Riverbend Township, according
tp the unofficia.1 figures of the
1950 census, .showed a gain in.
population of about 25 per cent.
In 1940 Riverbend had a popula-
tion of 8,041. This year the popu-
list Monday night the Town^ub!
Board of Aldermen held their, Lav
nteetmg with opponents - 3 possibihly that
of the town limit extension. The uic.e ^ j +^*.,4
resnlts o( meeting was ‘he j J 3^
til'tteTgllar June meeting on 33,
the £rst Monday of the naonth. Hollv run-
pISron"“auIntrJoh^''s»^SS*^beinnd.»t^^^
“o^rmaT:n"'jre;rara7^^^^
Mountain Island road. However J eeneus this year reve popu
nothmg was finally worked out o^f This of ap
on this -matter.
Several members of the Board
stated that at the next meeting
definite announcement would
be mSde on the question. ,
Boys Club To
Play Chesler
the
proximately 10 per cent.
Stanley had a gain of approxi
mately 61 per cent. In 1940 our
neighbors had a population of
1,036. This year the census gives
them credit for 1,650. This is a _
gain of 614.
Of the 1,926 increase for Rivq;-
bend township, Stanley had ap
proximately one third of the num
ber. Stanley and Blount Holly to
gether accounted for nearly one-
half of the increase. The remaind
er of the increase was made close
ly around the communities.
Baseball fans following
Mount Hollj; Boys’ Club semi-
pro team through the Gaston
Textile League season this year
will have one opportunity to see
the locals wbrk over another vis- _ «
iting team n^t wee^ when the YT’OCCIfItT
Mount Holly nine nieets Ches* .».«• * 1
at Hutchison-Lowe Park
Merchants A.SS0.
AHEND CHURCH
Golf Range Is
Opened To Public
Bill Hawley and Bill Rhodes
have opened a modem Golf Driv
ing Range at the Mount Holly
Airport on the Stanley highway.
The new range is well equipp^
with' modem lights, new golf
clubs, tees, balls, etc. It is open
every afternoon and night.
Another feature about the new
driving range is that they have
a completely equipped refresh
ment stand for those who drive
out for golf or just want ic watch
and refresh themselves.
Mr. Hawley and Mr. Rhodes
stated arrangements could also be
made for airplane rides and
charter trips anywhere. The air
port is very popular and being
the center for the C.A.P. of Bel
mont and Moimt Holly is most al
ways buzzing with activity.
Another Big Combat
Film For The V.F.W.
Another combat film, the best
to be scheduled by the Mount
Holly Post of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, will be shown at
the next meeting of the organi
zation to be held next Tuesday
night at 7:30 p. m.. it was announ
ced this week. This film, a com-
bnt film entitled “Road to Glory”,
covers the entire European cam
paign and was filmed in actual
combat by U. S. Army Photo
graphers. The film will run 90
minutes Commander Kenneth
Davis said.
Refreshments are also on the
schedule for members of the V. F.
W. and other elegible veterans
who attend the meeting, Com
mander Davis said.
Senior Schedule
For High School
Commencement schedules for
Mount Holly, High School and
Mount Holly Junior High School
were released this. week by
Principal S. H. Helton. Class
Night exercises for the high school
graduating class will be held June
2, at 8 p. m. at the high school
gymnasium. The Baccalaureate
Sermon will be given on the night
of June 4, at the First' Baptist
Church at 8 p. m. Commencement
exercises will be held Monday,
June 5 at 8 p. m. at the' fiigh school
gymnasium.
Commencement speaker at the
high school graduating* exercises
will be Dr. Malcolm McDermott of
the Duke' Law School faculty.
Speaker at the Bacculaureate Ser
vice will be Rev. Donald O. Me
innis.
Junior High School graduation
exercises will be held Thursday
night, June 1st, at 8 p. m. at the
Elementary School auditorium,
Mr. Helton said.
Mount Holly In
Clinic Record
Mount Holly set a record for
the pre-school roundup in this
county to date, it was learned
this week, and more than 105
children who will enter school
next year reported to the clinic
for examinations. Parents accom
panied most of the children the
helpers at the clinic reported and
the entire examination of the
large number of children was
handled in record time and with
little delay.
A number of ladies who ar©
members of the P.T.A. assisted
in handling the erdwd of chil
dren attending the clinic and re
freshments were prepared by
Mrs. Loftin’s Home Economics
Department at the high school.
Assisting during the round-up
were Mrs. Joe Jones, Mrs. Char
les R. Holtzciaw, Mrs. Joe Wright,
Mrs. James Arthur, Mrs. Carl
Fisher, Mrs. Bill Moore, and Mrs.
Henry Patrick.
Dr. Raymond Moore and Dr.
E. W. Connell, local dentists, con
ducted the dental examinations
at the clinic.
ter*
•Puesday night of next week at
8 p. m. Chester will have the edge
on the Mount Holly team, having
won the last game between the
two but the locals have added
considerable prowess to their
playing since that early match
and only last week walloped the
Belmont Firemen, one of the
leading teams in the league, 7-1.
Chester is rated highly in the
league and will put up a tough
fight, but the locals are confident
of adding the Chester scalp to
their belts in revenge Tuesday
night!
Torfiorrow, the Mount Holly
team travels to Gastonia again
to meet the Red Shield Club and
although managers Paul Springs
and Howard Horton said that
they are not overly confident of
whipping Gastonia, fans will re
member the terrific beating the
Mount Holly club gave the Red
Shield team' at their first meet
ing. The game should be one of
the easiest of the season to win.
Clover racked up a 13-5 win
over the local nine in a rugged
game played Tuesday night at
Clover, proving the statistics that
say the South Carolina nine is
the best in the Gaston Textile
League. The Mount Holly mana
gers pitched White, Wilson, and
Horton in an effort to break up
the lead CUover ran up early in
the game, but Clover outclassed
the locals, who were suffering an
off-night from the start. Ken
nedy formed the other half of
the Mount Holly battery in this
game. •
“Texas” Richards, one-time
Texas semi-pro star, pitched for
the Mount Holly nine in the easy
win over the Belmont Firemen
who were carrying a prattically
unblemished record. before meet
ing the Boys’ Club team. Rich
ards walked over the visitors
easily, allowing only 4 hits for
Belmont in the 9 inning game.
The Boys’ Club team is prpud
of the following they have work
ed up among local fans and hope
that crowds at their home games
in the future will be even larger
than in the past. Support the
Mount Holly Boys’ Club nine;
proceeds from the game will keep
local youngsters supplied with
athletic equipment they need in
their Boys’ Club program this
summer.
The Riverbend Township Mer
chants Association had a meet
ing on Wednesday night of the
Board of Directors at the offices
in the bank building. It was re
ported that a steady and constant •
progress is being made daily t^
wayd perfecting the association.
All necessary office equipment
has been purchased.
The executive secretary is now
busy compiling accurate and full •
reports and -information, in re
gard to. credit risks and credit
reputations of more tfian 6,000
people in and around Mount Hol
ly and Stanley in this township.
As this information is gather^ -i
it is systematically filed for the' .•
benefit and use of the members.
These records are being made iip ‘
from the credit files of raembei’ '
merchants and other resources.
It was also reported that 16 new
members had made application
for membership and have been ac
cepted by the Board of Directors.
These new members joined since
the last meeting two weeks ago.
President Dewitt Beatty stated
that in view of the fact that all
of the aims and purposes of the
association are in the direction
of improving this entire vicinity
of Riverbend township it is ^e
determination and purpose to in
clude every merchant in the
township as members.
It was also reported that the
Stanley merchants • have almost
reached a 100 per cent goal in .
membership. Several industries,
professional men and business or
ganizations that do not do credit
business have asked for and re
ceived memberships. The mem
berships in the association def
initely afford benefits other than
credit information.
Ray Broome, a student at State
College, spent the weekend here
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Gus Broome.
MOVIES ON FRIDAY
It was announced here tliis
week that movies are taken every
Friday morning over to the Orth-
poedic hospital for the children to
see. This is certainly, a grand mo
tion on the part of Ken Davis
and his crew who are making
it possible for all of the children
to keep up with the world of to-
1 day.
Legion To Honor
Dead On May 30
The* Johnson-Lineberger Post
of the American Legion will be in
charge of the Memorial Day ser
vices in Mount Holly this year.
Commander Jack Summey an
nounced this week and plans for
the service honoring the dead of
both World Wars are now being
made by a committee of Legiour
naires, it was stated. Last year the
services were in charge of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars who
sponsored a Memorial Service
with veterans attending- church
in a body, Commander Summey
stated, and the Legion members
plan a similar service this year.
Further announcements concern
ing the services wil be made next
week.
AHEND CHURCH