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See The Mount Holly All-Stars vs North Belmont Game Tonight at Hutchison-Lowe Field
Mount Holly News
Constructive—If It WUl Help Mount Holly And Gaston County The News Is For It—Progressive
VOL. XXVII.
MOUNT HOLLY, N. C.^RIDAY, JUNE 23, 1950
NUMBER 19
S PRIMARY VOTE SATURDAY
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Mount HoUy Furniture Moves On July First
i Boys Clvib Drive For
Over $1,000 Raised For
Quota Of Over $2,500
Once again the Mount Holly''
Soys Club has begun a drive for
funds to finance one of the most
Valuable programs ever innaugu-
rated for the benefit of youth in
this community. The drive for
funds began officially last Friday,
and the Board of Directors of the
local organization is happy to re
port that even so early in this ef
fort, a number of substantial do
nations have been made by citi
zens and industry interested in
the future of the younger genera
tion of boys. This is a good indica
tion of the faith in which p^ents
of Mount Holly and others inter
ested in the movement regard the
Mount Holly Boys Club. This is a
good indication that the $2600
Seal sought by the Boys Club to
finance their program this sum-
mer win be reached. It is an indi
cation of the faith that Mount
Holly parents are putting inu the
efforts of a mer' lielp «the
Ws learn things '»H
mold theii'character for the bet
ter . , the things that will re
main with them throughout their
lives; and who,can dispute the
Work of a former champion who
says “No boy with a baseball
mitt in his hip pocket ever stuck
a grocery store.”
The Boys Club movement has
grown beyond a community- pro-
j^t both here and over the na
tion where hundreds and thou
sands of Boys Clubs are springing
into being. Last year the repre
sentatives of the local Boys Club
attended a state tournament for
similar clubs held at Raleigh. This
■year a national tournament will
^ held. This is proof that the pro
gram is valuable. This is proof
^hat it must mean something
everyone concerned.
“How do the boys feel about
the Boys Club,” is the question
Sometimes phrased by those not
familiar with the program. The
answer was seen last Tuesday
morning when more than 150
hoys turned out for the first day
of the program this summer. Last
summer’s average attendance was
approximately 150 boys per day.
And not just for a week or two,
hut for the entire duration of the
•athletic program.
On the grounds of Hutchison-
Lowe Field this summer, the bet
ter athletes of the future in high
School and even college sports will
he molded. During these summer
months, when possibly the only
alternative offered the boy not
attending the daily meetings will
he hours of fruitless loafing in
front of a drug store, boys attend
ing the program will be receiving
topflight athletic instruction and
careful supervision. Any coach,
and any sports fan, knows that
training is something which mi^t
he carried out through a contini
ou's program with no layoffs per
mitted. It is on Hutchison-Lowe
Held this summer that the cream
of the athletic crop of the future
'vill be found.
Citizens bf Mount Holly should
Fall whole-hearted behind the
drive this year. National organi
zations have met with success in
their drives for funds in Mount
Holly this year. Surely a program
purely for the benefit of Mount
Holly boys will be an even great
er success.
The Board of Directors of the
club have gone into the details of
the program and expenses and
are backing the movement to the
- hilt. Mr. Springs has devoted
much time and effort for the boys
and the success of this financial
drive will have much to do with
the future of the summer play
ground program here.
Everyone is urged to make a
donation if it is only for $1
New Shares On
Sale For Local
Bldg. Association
The Mutual Building and Sav
ings Association increased both
it’s loan and membership greatly
since last July. Next week a re
port will be published along with
the anoimcement of the New
Series of Shares to be offered
during the month of July.
The growth, as the report will
reveal, will show a definite and
healthy increase of the local As
sociation for the past year. The
increase proves that more and
more of our people are commenc
ing to realize that a strong Build
ing and Savings Asociation is an
outstanding asset to the building
of the community and the pro-
irotions of mo j home-ownership
in our area. ,
The new series of shares being
offered next month by the
Mutual Building and Savings As
sociation will extend a wonderful
opportunity for saving money in
a systematic manner and starting
on the goal of ultimate home-own
ership. It is expected that at least
150 new members will be added
to the rolls during the July Series
of Shares.
The goal is 150 new members
and officials of the Institution are
confident that it will be reached
and perhap surpassed. With the
steady gains in assets of the As-;
sociation and another 150 share-1
holders there will then be money
available for many new homes in 1
Mount Holly and this community, i
Several loans were made and i
many repaid during the past year
of activity. However, business in
general has been good in Mount
Holly and there has not been |
enough public attention given to
the local, Association. The lead
ers are determined that this will
not happen for the next
A Minute Editorial
We Are Factors
At last Gaston County is re
cognized as a political factor
and is important along wi^
other textile cominumtiec, in
North Carolina po^cs. We
base recognition'on the re
port of Lynn Nisbet, the after
noon daily newspaper repre-
sentatiTe In Raleigh.
Mr. Nisbet. in answer to the
circulan and the page adver-
tUement published yesterday in
the Gastoooia Gazette by
Cooke, manager of Graham's
campaign in this county, re
garding statements that Willis
Smith favored 10 and IS cents
an hour with 66 hour work
weeks for textile worker* stat
ed, Nisbet said:
'Then there's the story a-
bout Senator Graham demand
ing that circulation of a circu
lar prodmzning that Willis
Smi& wanted to go back to a
12-hour day, 15 CMits an hour,
industrial schedule, be stopped.
His Durham county and his
state headquartere domed spon
sorship of the circular. But a
letter from Graham state head
quarters a few days before
notified county managers that
such a circular was upcomiztg
and nught prove effective in
textile centers only.
So it Io(^ like that we in
Mount Holly. Belmont and the
other sections of Gaston County
ere important enough to try to
sway at any cosL -The only
thing will bother Graham
supporters is that our people
have just a little more intellin-
gence than they are given cre
dit for having and know that no
man can bring us back to those
times. In other words this cir
cular and advertisement is a
reflection on the Textile work
ers ability to reason, think and
make their own decisions. In
plain words it is a direct per
sonal insult to each individuaL
New Store To
Be fls Fine
As In County
The Mount Holly Furniture
Company will be in the beauti- Lowe Field at 3 p. m. This game
ful new building which has been \ should be an easy victory for the
imder construction next door to Mount Holly tea'm which has al-
the present locaton on July first,]ready defeated the Gastonia Red
Leo Fuller, owner of the popular . Shield team in three previous
said this‘trips to the diamond. The locals
are still breaking even in Textile
League standings, with six >ylns
and six losses to date in the racy
league, and competition for top
Fiinds Starts
Mach Activity Indicates
Big Vote In Local Polls
All-Stars Play
AlH-L Field
8P. M.Tonighl
The Mount Holly semi-pro base-
bal team will play host to Gas
tonia's Red Shield Club tomorrow
(Saturday) night at Hutchison-
f'lmiture company,
week. Some of the stock of fumi
lure which has been stored in the
I Old building was being moved
jinto the new building this week
and Mr. Fuller told News report
ers that the entire stock would
be moved late next week and
;hat the new store would open
it’s doors to the public by July
first.
The new building, which has
been under construction for sev
eral months, is a proud addition
to the buildings located on North
Mam Street ana its two story,
modem appesft’ance promises to
make it the niost attractive build-
mg in Mount Holly. Full sized
plate glass windows fill the front
of both the first and second floors
and the brick construction of the
building adds much to it’s attrac
tiveness.
Mr. FuLcr toM News reporters
that he was planning to put both
ground and second storys to dis
play use. A new stock of the lat
est in furniture will be purchased
from the July market to make
the wide selection offered by the
B'hoppers Here
Wednesday Nile
Local Boy Is
Selected For
Foreign Trip
place in the league, which was
held by Maiden, is stiff. Maiden
dropped out two weeks ago.
Last Tuesday night the locals
dropped a game to Clover, which
is one of the more rugged teams
m the league, 14-4.
Next Tuesday night they will
travel to Cramerton to meet the
new Cramerton addition to the
Gaston Textile League. Cramer
ton joined the league when Chest
er dropped out, filling the vacan
cy in the schedule.
Dan Brooks has been one of
the outstanding players on the
Mount Holly squad in recent
games, holding down his secohd-
base poition with all the skill of
a veteran while at the same time
carrying a heavy part of the bat
ting load. In the Tuesday night
game with Clover, he was high
man for the Mount Holly squad
with two triples and a single.
Plan now to see the Red Shield-
Mount Holly game at Hutchison-
Lowe Park tomorrow night. The
— _ _ game time is 8 p. m. And remeih-
Mount Holly Furniture Comply proceeds from the game go to
complete to the last detail, Mr. ^
Fuller said.
The inside appearance of the
store is extremely attractive and
the finished appearance will com
bine modern compactness and
good taste. Watch The News for
rext week's edition which will
nave more information about the
opening of Mount Holly’s newest
and finest store.
Cemetery Funds
The Briarhoppers, radio station
12 I WBT’s famous hillbilly stars, will
manthsT Definite plans are being i appear in person at Hutchison-
made to acquaint the pubfc with IFiejd Wednesday night of Tq AJJ rjaailimf
next week in a special program. * «
done here and'ean do in the fu- ] sponsored by the Mount Holly Hickory Grove Cemetery is i
ture. I dergoing a thorough cleaning this
Make your plans now to take | will include many of the „ learned from Mr.
out some shares. The offices are | hopper’s best known songs and week The Mews learnea rrom
in the First State Bank and Trust j acts, will begin promptly at 8:15 J. L. Hunt, and donations to-
Company and any of the em-|p. m. Admission to the program the cost of cleaning
ployees will be glad to assist you 1 will be 60 and 25 cen^, and pro-
and work with you in making a i ceeds will go to the Mount Holly
program for savings and give you
the information you require.
COME FROM PENN.
Mr. and Mrs. Yates Lentz and
•sons, Lowery and Paul Edwin, of
Petrolia, Penn, are in town visit
ing wUh i^eyera] of Mr. Lentz’s
relatives. Mr. and Mrs. W J.
Springs, Mr. and Mrs. W. C.I
Mast, and Mr. Lee Lentz. Th'^y ar
rived on Friday for a ten day
visiU While in the South thej will
also Visit Mrs. W. C. Thomas and
Mr. Thomas and family at Myrt’e
Beach.
Boys Club.
Advance tickets for this per-
fonmance are on sale now in Mt.
Holly. Get your ticket now and
plan to attend this program pre
sented by the widely known radio
troupe. A program jam-packed
with fun and laughter is guaran
teed by the radio artists.
fact the "Directors feel that if
everybody gave a dollar there
would be more interest shown in
the project. The names of the
donors will be published each
week until the drive is over the
top. The report to date is as fol
lows:
Paul Derr ..-.$ 25.00
J. A. Costner
Summey Drug
Gary Kendrick
Kendrick Brick and
Tile Company
American legion
American Yarn
10.00
15.00
25.00
Legionnaires To
Attend State Meet
A large delegation to the North
Carolina Convention of the Am
crican Legion expects to attend
ne convention which opens in
Charlotte tomororw (Saturday)
’•rom Mount ■ Holly. Alternates
*rom the local post will also at
tend the convention in many
cases and Mount Holly Legion
i-aires will take part in the vot
ing on Tuesday for state officer-'?
of the American Legion.
Delegates to the convention in
clude Jack Summey, Dr. Ray
mond Moore, Pi*e Chagaris, l^on
ard Jones, Junius Miller, and
beautiful cemetery, the largest in , .
Gaston County, are being invited j convention will feature
and will be greatly appre d. ^itnown speakers and
Billy Joe Abercrombie, 17 year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. T. M.
Abercrombie of Mount Holly, has
been officially notified that he
will be one of the two Civil Air
'Patrol Cadets from North Carolina
to take part in the summer Cadet
Exchange program, The News
j learned late ' yesterday. Cadet
1 Abercrombie, a member of the
Mount Holly-Belmont Flight of
the Civil Air Patrol, was one of
numerous cadets making appli
cations for the exchange program
earlier this summer.
The Exchange pro^am
incluk ... lOur wreign countries in
it’s list and Cadet Abercrombie
will be assigned to a two weeks
tour of duty in Canada, announce
ments stated. The other countries
taking part in the program in
clude Great Britain, Frar'*' ..id
Switzerland, Lieutenant *..Laard
Mauney, Coipmander of the local
Flight said.
One Cadet could be chosen from
each State to take part in the ca
det exchange program this sum
mer, Lieutenant Mauney said, but
two were selected from North
Carolina. While Billy Joe is in
Canada receiving regular Cana
dian flight training and observing
the military aviation functions
there, a cadet from Canada will
be in the United States on
similar tour of this country.
Cadet Abercrombie will leave
in July for an air base in Colo
rado where he will spend two
weeks prior to leaving for Canada.
He has already stood several ex
aminations for the trip and indoc
trination will be completed at the
Colorado air base. Transportation
to Canada will be by Army Con
stellation.
I Interest has reached a high
pitch in Mount Holly over the
Primary being held here tomo^
row, June 24th. There will be
only two ballots to vote. One of
the ballots has the Senatorial and
Congressional candidates and the
other has the township Constable
candidates. They will read:
For Senate
Willis Smith
Frank Graham
For C»grew
Charles Hamilton
Woodrow Jones
For Constable
W. L “Bill” McKinney '
Luther S. Abernathy
Each voter will vote for three
candidates.
There has been much activity
here for all the candidates. The
Hamilton and Jones forces both
have good organizations as have
the Smith and Graham forces.
Wednesday night a meeting of
;fyme 25 Smith "workers was held;
and the leaders of the campaign'
predict an even bigger majority
for Mr. Smith than he carried in
Mount Holly last time.
Predictions are also made, by
both sides that at least 250 more
votes will'.-be cast in the second
primary than were cast in the
first. Cars and workers will be on
hand and everyone is urged to
vote and to place Mount Holly in
the ranks of the more interested
communities of the county.
The polls will be open from
6:30 until 6:30. Precinct No. 1 is
at the fire station and No. 2 is at
the River Valley Chevrolet Com
pany.
Legion Executive
Committee Named
Commander Jack Summey of
the Mount Holly post of the Am
erican Legion announced this
week appointments to the Legion
Executive Committee made re
cently. Listed among the Legion
naires who will serve on the
(ommittee for the coming year
are Harold Stroupe, Past Com-
.nander; Cliff Head. Dr. Ray-
•nond Moore, Rufus Ingles, and
James Cullen.
The Legion here has adopted a
resolution urging citizens of
Mr. Hunt said that men have been
hired to do the work at consider
able expense and that those who
have loved ones burieti in the
cemetery are urged to take an
active part in the work through
donations.
Hickory Grove (Cemetery has
served families in Lincoln, Cleve- .
land, Mecklenburg, and Cabarrus j
counties as well as in Gaston ■
county, and is easily one of the | Saturday, June 24 Na
most beautiful cemeteries in Commander George Craig
section of the state. . . i -vill address the convention Mon-
Donations to assist m paying moining and final business
the expenses of cleaning the | ^
j.am-packed prog, am during
xour day session.
More than 4000 delegates from
North Carolina posts are expect
ed to attend the convention, state
'tfficers announced. Votes which
will be cast in the state election
of officers are allotted to posts in
,his state on the basis of member
ship.
Registration for the conventi-)n
Boys Club To
Play Gastonia
The Mount Holly Boys Club
All-Stars will play host to North
Belmont’s county baseball league
team at Hutchison-Lowe Park
tonight at 8 p. m. and fans who
want to see some fast baseball
should make it a point to see this
game. The All-Stars are looking
plenty good this year and a trip to
StarJey yesterday gave them a
chance to iron out a few final
kinks before latching onto the
North Belmont squad. The North
Belmont game tonight will com
plete the first round in the county
cemetery may be sent to L. M.
Flowers, Earl Smith, E. B. Smith,
E. R. Smith, or J. R. Hunt.
Court Of Honor
On Monday Night
The Boy Scouts will hold
Court of Honor meeting in Lowell
essions and electing will be held
Tuesday, June 27.
Mount Holly to vote in the elec-j on Monday night, June 26th. at
lion Saturday, taking advantage 17:30 p. m^ The at
10.001 of their
opportunity as citizens of the Art Cloth school. The public
- ^ Mall Vilanks
VFW Meets Next
Tuesday Night
The Mount Holly post of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars will
hold it’s next regular meeting
next Tuesday night at 7:30 p. m.
Superior Here
Tomorrow Nile
Superior Yam Mills will play
host to Maiden at Superior Park
tomorrow night in a game that
local fans expect to be one of the
hottest to be played here in some
time. Superior is definitely gun
ning for Maiden, which is stand
ing second high in the Piedmont
Textile League now, trailing only
the invincible Highland Park. Us
ing a Tuesday night win over the
Cramerton Eagles as a spring
board back toward the upper bra
ckets of the Textile League, the
Superiors were slated to meet
Cramarton again last night. This
game was played too late for The
News to carry the score.
Cramerton fell before the Sup
erior big guns 6-4 Tuesday night,
with pitchers Collins and Barkley
handling the mound for the locals.
Collins started and twirled for
three innings before being reliev
ed by Barkley, ‘who allowed the
Cramers only 2 hits in the re
maining six innings. Whether or
not the locals could repeat the
baseball league schedule.
Next Wednesday, June 28, is an ' win over the Cramers last night
open date on the All-Stars calen- l-was a matter of some speculation
’ ,T,4. aniong fans who have watched
In i Total .
I man whom thev feel most capable j to Rev. I. L. Roberts at 111 Cats- .* j •
I man wnom iney leei mo., p | members attending.
$985.00 1 'or public j'fico
dar and coach Dick Thompson
said Thursday that he is tryin.i
to fill this date as soon as possible
to avoid too long a layoff between
games for the classy youngsteii?
who have started the season off
with a bang.
Last Friday night the All-Stars
played host to Gastonia’s Optomist
Club team here, taking an easy
8-5 win over the visitors, and get
ting 8 hits and 7 runs, while the
visitors gathered 5 runs with 5
hits. The Hall brothers dominated
playing in the Optomist game for
the locals, with Luther Hall pit
ching an excellent game and Earl
, ^ Hall standing highest in batting
at the V. F. V. Hut, Commander ‘ nonors with 2 for 3. Line-up for
Kenneth Davis announced this’ihe Mount Holly Al-Stars includ-
week. Another combat film has i fed Loftin, Gobel, Pressley, Bur-
been scheduled for this meeting' gess, Washam, L. Hall, Greene, E.
and refreshments will be served Hall, Blanton, L. King, Broome,
I ....Cl It. iving.
Cramerton play some surprising
ly good baseball on occasion.
Two bad innings in the game
with the Belmont Combers last
Saturday night cost the Superior
men the game, and the Combers
racked up their second win of
the season, 6-1, over Superior at
Davis Park. This evened the
Combers with Superior for the
Superior showing two nights be
fore when the game was rained
out in the fifth inning with the
Combers trailing.
In league averages of games
through June 13, Superior was
standing third high in the league
with .946 in the jiercentage col
umn and 19 games out of the way.
*1716 Belmont Combers trailed
Superior in fourth place with .937
in the percentage list and 19
games under their belt.