Mount Holly News
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VOL. XXVII.
MOUNT HOLLY, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1950
NUMBER 15
'POPPY’ DAY ON SATURDAY
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Democratic Primary In County Is Set—Vote
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Memorial Services By Veterians
VJ.W. Anxfliary Sponsors
Sale 01 Flowers Locally
of the Girls Auxiliary^
tk T Baptist church and.of
Ladies Auxiliary of the Vet-
Pans of Foreign Wars will sell
^PPys on the streets of Mount
tomerrow (Saturday) in the
effort to raise funds to
®ip in the rehabilitation program
^ veterans of both World Wars,
ne Ladies Auxiliary committee
part in the sale is headed
fil Childers, and girls
Girls Auxiliary who will
^wt in the poppy sales include
Babb, Barbara Allen, Bar-
Rhyne, Margaret Brooks and
WaUace.
tiny red poppies which the
fop»C Auxiliary has ordered
, / poppy day sale were man-
th ♦ by disabled veterans of
u*® two world wars in government
*^P*tals and represent practically
funds available for re-
^oUitation work for the veterans
their families.
poppy symbolizes an op-
•Wtimity jqj. American Pub-
vn* tribute, to, and to help,
wv the two terrible wars
^ unable to return to their
Occupations due to wounds
*uust spend in many
rest of their lives in
j these men we owe a great
A, ’ the members of the Ladies
JJ^ary of the V.F.W. declared
fin 1^?*^ as they announced the
plans for the poppy sale, and
person would pay
could for his symbolic
to buy your poppy tomor-
“oni one of the representa-
*v0^ the Ladies Auxiliary and
tell- Auxiliary who will be
ung them on downtown streets.
NOTICE
l^lons are new being made
a Reunion of the Gradual*
^olaaa of lt41. All mombore
be conteeted at a later
v^e. Itttereeted local members
yt bswiied to help complete
£yPa*aiiotM at a meeting on
May 30* at the Amer*
Legion Hut i:00 p. m.
T. A. X>unn« Jr.
^ Class President
Mount Holly Vs
Belmont Here
Tuesday Night
The Mount Holly Boys’ Club
baseball team will meet the fast
Belmont Firemen at Hutchison-
Lowe Park Tuesday night of next
week in what fans have rated as
a whale of a game from all pro-
Superior Plays
Here Tomorrow
Believe Vote
Here Might.
Set A Record
The Democratic Primary will
be held tomorrow. Voters in the
r-rwiTvrthe‘newly-'iTwerfJ j
Superior ‘YaTn Mills faces a
tough customer and a possible
chance.to break a three-way tie
existing Wednesday for third
place in the Piedmont Textile
League, when they play hosts to
Cramerton’s Eagles at Superior
Park tomorrow night. Taking
'er the newly-poweii
Belmont Combers in a match
played here last Tuesday night,
the Superiors were slated to tra-:
vel to Belmont last night (Thurs-:
day) to again meet the Combers
at Davis Park.
The Superiors, realizing the
fact that Cramerton is capable of
SD«t3. Taking to the diamond coming up with a surpriae show-
wrth a deciaive win over the >ng of atrength and being even
Firemen at the last meeting' of more aware of it smee Cramerton
slipped a win over on the locals
recently, will be on their toes to
morrow night defending their shot
at moving a little closer to first
place, now cinched by Highland
Park.
“Lefty” Kerr again did the Su
periors proud in the win over
the Combers, who left no doubt
a^ut the fact that they had
rather hand Superior two or
three solid lickings than h^e
first place handed them on a sil
ver platter. Kerr went the entire
way for the locals, pitching a
good game for the Superiors and
demonstrating his usual knaok of
laying the balls over the plate
fast and close.
Leading the hitting for the Su
periors were “Lefty” House. Mor
ris and Buchanan.
SENIOR SPEAKER
the two teams to bolster them
up, the Mount Holly nine plans
to hand the visitors a second de
feat calculated to really show
them who is top team of the two.
The Belmont nine is standing high
in the Gaston Textile League so
far this season, dropping teams
almost as fast as they meet them
with the exception of Moimt Hol
ly, which is one of the two teams
to beat the Firemen to date.
The locals dropped a game
to Chester last Tuesday night at
Hutchison-Lowe Park which
made them just a little more sure
that they would nail Belmont and
then set their sights for Chester
in the next game between the
two powerful teams. Although
every man on the Mount Holly
squad played good baseball Tues-
thaf a feverent hope j ^ay night, the visitors managed
an? P?PPy* would sold to bring in two runs to top the
locals. “Texas” Richards was
heavy hitter for the Mount Holly
squad in the Tuesday game. rAp-
ping out the only homer of the
game with one man on base.
Richards also proved his abil
ity to take a crack at all ends
of the baseball by splitting pitch
ing duties with Long. Kennedy
caught for the locals. .
Tomorrow the Mount Holly
squad goes to. Bessemer City to
meet that Gaston Textile League
tean, but little fear of losing
this one is pestering the Boys’
Club team which is working to
ward the Belmont meet Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, Miller
spent Sunday visiting friends in
Hickory.
The Cramerton game here 1>
morrow night at 8 p. m. is ex
pected to draw a heavy crowd of
fans to Superior Park where they
will have an opportunity to see
what the locals can do with Cra
merton in this match between the
two teams.
FIRING SQUAD NOTICE
All memlMcs of the American
L.egion Firing Squad an re-
quested to report at the Liens
Club Building at 5:4$ p. m. Sun
day for nhearsel prior to the
presentation of - a Union Me
morial Day Service* Summer
uniforme in all breaches.^ fha
Armed Fmcet will be the order
of tho day* Commander Her*
old Slroupe announced*
their usual polling place. Those j
in No. 1 Precinct will vote at the
City Hall, No. 2 Precinct voters
will go to the River Valley Che
vrolet Company.
Who May Voto
All Democrats can vote in the
Primary, Also all those who are
not registered Republicans. The
Attorney General has ruled that
all voters who did not register a
party affiliation may declare
themselves to the Registrar and
vote in the primary.
Iidirmt in Sooalo Raco
The most interest in Mount
Holly is in the Senate Race. The
local voters are preponderently
in favor of Willis Smith. Yet the
leaders of the Graham forces dis
pute this prediction and in all
events the vote will come close
to a record breaking event here,
it is believed.
Everyeoe Should Vof*
Regardless of whom you are for
it is a certainty • that every citi
zen should vote his or her con
victions. Go to the polls and vote
for the man you think best suited
for the particular office for which
he is running. As one election of
ficial pointed out, “This is a very
important Primary and everyone
should-take a part”
Tho Caadidalot
FOR
UNITED STATES SENATOR
(Voto for Ono)
WILLIS SMITH
OLLA RAY BOYD
FRANK P. GRAHAM
ROBERT R. REYNOLDS
NORTH BELMONT STORE HAS TEN PAGES IN PAPER
Special Program Here On
Sunday Night In Chnrch
I A Memorial Day Service, spon
sored by the Johnson-Lineberger
Post of the American Legion in
cooperation with the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, will be held at the
First Methodist Church in Mount
Holly Sunday evening at 6:15 p.
Registration for Mount HoUy ' The Memorial Day Service at
High School will be held at the I ‘he church will given by Rev.
Register For
H. S. Tuesday
FOR
ASS(X:iATE JUSTICE OF
SUPREME COURT .
(Veto for Ono)
EMERY B* DENNY
OSCAR O. EFXRD
FOR
COMMISSIONER OF
INSURANCE
(Voto for Ono)
WALDO C. CHEEK
HOKE R. BOSTIAN
FOR
MEMBER OF CONGRESS
Eleventh Congressional District
(Voto for Ono)
CHARLES E. HAMILTON
MICKEY WALKER
WOODROW W. JONES
J. NAT HAMRICK
Dr. Malcolm McDermott, Pro
fessor of Law at Duke University,
and a noted si>eaker, will be Com
mencement speaker at Commence
ment exercises to be held for the
high school graduating class Mon
day, June 5, at 8 p. m. Dr.
Dermott’s subject at the cim-
mencement exercises will be "The
Great Experiment”.
A member of the Duke faculty
since 1930, Dr. McDermott re
ceived his A. B. at Princeton Uni
versity in 1910 and his L. L. B.
at Harvard Law School in 1913.
He has taught at the University
of Tenessee, at the University of
Southern California, and was s
j visiting lecturer at the Univer-
jsity of Krakow and Warsaw in
Poland during 1936-37.
Dr. McDermott is a member of |
the North Carolina Bar Associa-'
tion, the Tennessee Bar Associa-,
tlon, and.has served on a number
of state x»mmittees including the
committees for the revision of
estate laws. He was vice-president
of the State Insurance Ck»mittee
of North Carolina in 1945 and was
recipient of the American Bar
Association’s Ross AVard. in 1939.
In announcing Dr. McDermott’s
acceptance of the invitation to be
commencement speaker. Principal
S. H. Helton said, “We feel ex
ceptionally honored at being able
to obtain Dr. McDermott as com
mencement speaker and we fe41
that a man in constant touch with
the field of education and at the
same time so active in the field
of law as practiced in thU country
and abroad will be able to make
this final address one which will
be vitally important and 'helpful
tb'the graduates.”
High School next Monday and
Tuesday between the hours of
\ 11:30 ai\d 12:30, Principal S. H.
I Helton announc^ this week. All
' ninth, tenth, and eleventh grade
I students will be required to re
gister during these two days, and
Principal. Helton is asking par-
• ents to accompany students to the
school if. at all possible to as
sist in planning a program that
will oHer the greatest beneRt
to each individual student.
“The situation regarding units
compiled by students during
their high school careen who
find upon attempting to enter iii
college that they Isck required
FOR
STATE SENATOR
(Vote for One)
R. GRADY RANKIN
KENNETTH E. DELLINGER
FOR
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
(Vole for Two)
O. M. VERNON
DAVID P. DELLINGER
CHARLIE BRYANT. SR.
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FOR
SHERIFF
(Vote for One)
HOYLE T. EFIRD
ARNOLD ARMSTRONG
GUS S. GARRISON
FOR
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
GASTONIA TOWNSHIP
(Vote for One)
W* B. GARRISON
PAUL J* McARVER
THOMAS E* BAUGH
FOR
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
DALLAS TOWNSHIP
(Tei» lev Om)
(CmRmmI On Pate •
Charles Reichard, a member of
the Army Chaplains Corps during
World War II, and Rev. Reichard
will be assisted by Rev. Ivon L;
Roberts, pastor of the church.
The Legionnaires have planned
the service to be a union serv
ice, honoring the dead of both
World Wars, and all veterans in
Mount HoUy are being asked to
attend the service in uniform if '
possible. Veterans without imi-
forms should wear Legion or V.
F.W. caps. Veterans will sit in
a body at the union service, it was
announced.
Ministers of the other churches
in Mount Holly have been invit
ed tu lh«.x«rvKc, the LegiMmaires
numb^jr'of units ?faH>"irjous courses ed to lh«.x .... .. ,
is becoming serijjs”. MT. Helton!"*?!, and » cordial mvitaUon b
' - being extended to the public to
take this opportunity to attend the
service honoring those who gave
Students Win
In Big Contest
said. 'Too often ntbsradays, a stu
dent fails to take the courses ih
high , school which the college he
plans to attend requires and is
thus, found inelegible for college
after four years of high school
work,” Mr. Helton said.
Remember: North Carbine Ugh
school graduaBon requirements
do not meet college entrance re
quirements* Plea carefully lor the
years to ccmie to avUd dieeapoini*
menf*
A great deal of comment has
been made recently by faculty,
members of both high schools and
universitys regarding the failures
to comply with entrance require
ments and a situation which re
quires careful planning has re
sulted.
In North Carolina, 16 units are
required for graduation from high
school These include 4 units in
English, 1 in Mathmetics, 2 in
social studies. 2 in science, 1 in
physical education and health,
and allows 6 elective subjects dur
ing the four year period. In too
many cases, students comply with
the required part of the program
but when offered their choice of
elective subjects choose the eas
iest with no regard to their fu
ture requirement* should they
wish to enter college*
All elective units are to be se
lected with the advise of princi
pals, advisors, and with the'eon-
sent of parents, and the ideal ar
rangement is for parents to be
present on registration day to
assist in planning the courses to
be studied by their children,
SERIOUSLY ILL
Mrs. J. F. Abernathy of the
Hickory Grove community, is
seriously ill in the Memorial hos
pital in Charlotte. She was taken
to the hospital on Sunday night.
Mrs. Abernathy is the mother of
Eleven members of the book-
Ifeepers class of the Mount Holly
HigI School won Superior rating
in a receht bookkeeping contest
conducted by the Business Educa
tion World. Class Instructor Mary
Etta Ware received a $10 cash
prize on behalf of her efforts in Mr. F. H. Abernathy, Sr.
encouraging her students to parti
cipate in the extra curricular con
test recently, and a certificate
bearing a red seal, the highest a-
ward made to students participat
ing, was also received by tHe
bookkeeping class.
An estimated 15,000 students
competed in the contest, repre
senting more than 1,000 schools,
and Mount Holly placed a great
majority of the bookkeeping stu
dents entering in the Superior
bracket, signifying the highest a-
ward.
The contest was held in March.
their lives to preserve the rights
of those who were spared.
The American Legion Firing
Squad and Color Guard will be
present. Legionnaires; said, and a
brief outdoor service will be held
by the Firing Squad which con
sists of members of both veterans'
organizations in Mount Holly.
The Legionnaires hope thetas
annual service, will w^'iit-
tended by people of this s^tion
who pause for a moment to rea
lize the sacrifices made by - men
and their families for the prin
cipals of.democracy and for the
future of Americans whO! live
today and who will live in gene
rations tq come.
IN THE mountains
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Hinkle
spent Sunday touring the moun
tains of western North‘Carolina.
Street Dance
Friday, June 2
Another Jaycee sponsored street
dance will be held on East Cen
tral Ave., Friday night, June 9th.
with a host of valuable prizes* to
be given away to holder* of Itttky
tickets, it Was snnounc^ this
^geek. Drawing huge crowds be
fore they were discontinued
with the arrival of cold weather,
last year, these dances have been
among the most popular projects
undertaken by the Jaycees here
and a huge crowd is expected to
welcome the dances back at the
June 9th dance.
Thad Lawing and his band will
furnish the muisc the Jaycees an
nounced, and first prize on the
list of many to be given to the
lucky dancers is a $125 radio and
record player purchased at cost
from Abernathy Electric Com
pany. It will not be necessary to
be present to win the radio and
record player, the Jaycees stated.
Tickets for the dance are al
ready on sale by the Jaycees and
are going fast, it was reported.' A-
mong the other prizes which will
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- First Section)
In Memoriam
By The American Legion Post 1S2. Mount HoUy
Lest we forget: Let us remember, as the sound of taps
dies away on Memorial Day, what obligations we have to our
honored dead. Let us remember the ideals, principals, and
... liberties for which our departed comrades in arms made
Mrs. Ware said, and awards were I their great sacrifiw; let us remember to protect that which
received this week. I they safeguarded for us and to transmit it safely to our chil-
Students receiving Superior ^ren. Let us remember to resolve anew that they shall not
ratings included Patricia A. Beck-1 that we shaU cherish the memory of them.
5?*”’ I Let us remember that if we faU to keep our country stroof,
IW***. tree—ve vioUte the trust that they left in our charge.
>“ remember to carry in our harU a prayar of thaiAfttt-
ne« that ^knew thrnn th«n. and will i«)oin tlwm.
en. I Let US remerfcer—lest w« forget.