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, JUNE 30, 1950
ADRIAN - MADORA BAPTIST VACATION BIBLE STUDENTS THAT MADE COBB RECORDS
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Pictured above are those who took part in the Vacation Bible School, held at the Adrian Madora Baptist Church, Mt. H0U7, North
Carolina, of which Her. C. C. Roberts is pastor, Mr. Tommy McElren, Sunday School Superintendent, and Mrs. Carl L. Thomas acting
as principal for the schooL
Preparation Day was held June 10th, 75 pupils registered. School opened June 12th, and closed the 16th. 132 pupils were enrolled with
an average attendance of 112. 19 faciUtys were engaged in the school, making a total of 152 enrolled, with an average attendance of 132.
PRESBYTERIAN VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL STUDENTS HERE
^Superior Here
Tomorrow Nile
Smith Winner
In Mount Holly
The results of the second pri
mary in Mount Holly gave Willis
Smith a lead. The two boxes are
given below for the Senate and
Congress. To make a long story
short, Bill McKinney, the third
man on. the ticket was elected
Constable for the township.
FOR U. ^ SENATE
No. 1 No. 2
Graham 109
Smith 233
FOR CONGRESS
Hamilton 185
Jones 114
170
166
177
120
VFW Late Show
At Gaston Tonile
The Veterans of Foreign Wars
of Mount Holly will sponsor the
late show starring Bud Abbott
and Lou Costello tonight at the
Gaston Theater at 10:30, Com
mander Ken Davis reminded the
theater going public this week.
Starring the two comics in one of
the funniest pictures they have
yet made, the title of the movie
is “One Night In The Tropics”,
and the Veterans hope that t
large crowd will attend the pic
ture.
The regular meeting of the V.
F. W. held last Tuesday night fea
tured the showing of three com
bat films plus refreshments which
were served the veterans attend-
LOCAL BOY GOES TO CANADA FOR C. A. P.
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Superior Yarn Mills will play
host to Granite Falls, one of the
more powerful teams in the Pied- j following the short business
mont Textile League, tomorrow session. It is hoped that the bar-
night (Saturday) at Superior Park , becue pit which was recently
at 8 p. m. Thus far in the season started by members of the V. F.
the two teams are breaking even the park at the hut site will
with 2 lost and 2 won for Superior be completed and ready for use
in their four game record with.soon. Commander Davis said,
the Granite Falls nine. “This sit-1 Attendance has been extremely
nation which is going to be chang high at recent meetings of the
ed tomorrow night”, manager |V. F. W. and Commander Davis
Doyt Morris declared this week in said that several plans are being
an interview with News reporters. | niade by the veterans for future
“If fans bear with us in our recent projects which will benefit the
bad luck and turn out for tomor- j organization and this community,
row night’s game we’ll show them
some real baseball”, the quiet
Superior manager went on to say.
^ Three losses in th“ week which
ends tomorrow have not dampen
ed the spirits of the Superior men
and they are waiting for an op
portunity to show fans tomorrow
Brothers Open
Business Here
Two natives of Lenoir. Jim and
ni'ght*thitThrirrecent"slu^p have nurchased the
been only temporary in nature. | wS j"
Superior started the 1950 season Holly and
ROTARY PREXY
off with a row of wins this year
and intends to get back , into the
upper brackets within the next
few games.
opened the business under the
name Joines Brothers Atlantic
Service for the first time last
Wednesday. The station now be-
T>. .1 • fii V %. • operated by the Joines bro-
^ I Atlantic station which
he Piedmont Textile league, fol-; was formerly operated by Coley
owed by Maiden which is giving pj-yor for a number of years and
the Parkers a run oi* their money recently by Mr. Laney.
in games won percentages. j advertising their opening in
Buddy Robinson, Superior’s. The Mount Holly News this
short stop and a comparatively | week, the two brothers told News
new addition to the Superior reporters that they were featur-
squad, has been snagging his ing an opening offer for local
share of honors since joining the motorists to introduce themselves
locals and has turned out to be'to the public here and that they
lh« rear row while Mrs. MeInnis, who also assisted with the classes is shown at the extreme right in
the rear row.
Pictured above are the children who attended the annual Bible School held at the f^rst Presbyter- ^
ian Church in Mount Holly this summer and the able instructors who led the youngsters in their daily the best players on the' hoped to meet a large number ot
program of work and play. Rev. Donald Meinnis, pestor of the church, is shown in the direct center of semi-pro nine. A Cherryville na- Mount Holly residents over the
tive and a Lenoir-Rhyne star, weekend. Beginning today and
Robinson has been playing top continuing through Tuesday of
notch baseball and played out- next week, they will give free
field for North Carolina in the All cold drinks to each gas purchaser
Star game between North and and a free quart of oil to motorists
South Carolina played in Char- who get grease jobs or oil changes
lotte two weeks ago. Proving that' at the new station,
he has plenty on the ball, Robin-1 Jim Joines, the elder of the two
son was permitted to play the, brothers, is a former U. S. Mer-
entire nine innings for the North chant Marine, serving with the
new mem- ^ Carolina squad while other play- ' Merchant Marine for the past six
Mount Holly
Plays Here Tonite
The Mount Holly semi-pro team
will play host to Bessemer City to- | HoUy, was one of the contestants
Local Girl Is On
Grady Cole Show
Mrs. Charles Cox, the former
Miss Vertie Pearl Loftin of Mount
night in one of the last games
to be played in the Gaston Tex
tile League before the teams in
the League take a week long rest
during the week of the 4th of
July. Bessemer City, has fallen be
fore the local team in previous
games and the Mount Holly ni .e
plans on having little troub’e in
putting them on the short end of
the score tonight. Be sure to visit
Hutchison-Lowe Field tonight at
8 p. m. and see the Mount Holy
team hand Bessemer City a lick
ing.
The locals were scheduled to
travel to Cramerton last night to
meet the new Cramerton addi
tion to the Gaston Textile League
in a game which was scheduled in
place of the Tuesday night game
this week which had to be post
poned. This game was played too
late for The News to carry a score.
Cramerton had the locals wor
ried before the trip to that town |
last night,
appearing on Grady Cole’s Talent
Show over radio station WBT last
Saturday morning. Mrs. Cox sang
“Thfe Lord’s Prayer” on the popu
lar radio show in competition
with other amateur artists from
Gaston, Mecklenburg, and many
surrounding counties who partici
pated in the show. Local residents
who wish to vote for her in the
competition for the trophys
awarded on the show weekly may
do so by writing Grady Cole’s
Local Boys Are
Honored By Vets
Talent Show, The Old English 1 World War II men from
Show, radio station WBT, Char
lotte, N. C. and saying that they
wish to vote for Mrs. Cox as win
ner of lae Old English show.
The induction of 1
hers into the North Carolina For-' ers on the All-Star lineup were ' years. He has traveled**over^mo^
ty and Eight society highlighted shifted frequently during the of the world during his years
the first day of the annual state ^ game. I the Merchant Marine and has
convention of the American Le- j Superior along with the other t>een in practically every country
gion in Charlotte last Saturday. | teams in the Piedmont Textile i except South Africa. John is a
Commander Kelly N. Summey j League, will be taking life easy veteran, having served two years
Jr. and Post Commander Peter | during the week of the 4th, with with the U. S. Navy.
N. Chagaris together with' 78 no other games scheduled until •Working with the two brothers
July 11. This layoff will probably sometime to help them in in-
prove to be beneficial to the troducing the new ownership of
Superior men and manager Mor- ‘’
ris hopes that they will report
back ready to shoot for the top
place in the league.
Chagaris together with' 78
other new members were initiat
ed into the society in a three-
hour secret ceremony at the
Armory Auditorium. Mr. Sum
mey and Mr. Chagaris are the
independence Day
To Be On July 4lh
The Veterans of Foreign Wars
and the American Legion joined
this week in calling the attention
some of the Mount!of Mount Holly businessmen to
Holly team officials admitted in I Independence Day, July 4th,
interviews early this week. The which will be observed Tuesday
new addition to the league re
places Chester which left the
league several weeks ago, and be
fore the meeting of the Mount
Holly and Cramerton games last
night, nothing was known about
the new squad .The Cramerton
Eagles, who play in the Piedmont
Textile League, are capable of
handing some of the best Pied
mont League teams a licking on
occasion and the new Cramerton
semi-pro squad in the Gaston
Vttiling Parents
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Brink-
ley of Fayetteville spent the
weekend here with the latter’s
- - - - - parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Kend-
league may have just as much rick, and attended the Browne-
of next week. The veteran mem
bers of both organizations are
asking local merchants to display
their flags during the national
holiday, reminding local residents
of a day great in American his
tory.
Mount HoUy to be accorded this
high honor. ,
The initiation was called
“wreck” and each inductee clad
gray—and—white convict grab
was a “poor goose’ in Forty and
Eight jargon.
Clarence McArthur, chef de
gare of Charlotte Voiture No. 793
opened the initiation. The depart
ment chef de gare, Shelton Camp
bell of Hickory, gave the first
charge to the candidates. Tom
Bird of Charlotte, past depart
ment chef de gare, presided over
the remainder of the ceremony.
Two sham locomotives, sent to
the convention by the Salisbury
and Monroe vcitures, led the
grande promenade to the Armory.
La Societe des Quarante
Boy's Club Drive
Takes A Jump
the Atlantic station to the local
public is Ted Castle, a represen
tative of the Atlantic Oil Com
pany, and a lubrication expert.
The two brothers told News re
porters that they selected Mount
Holly as an ideal location for
young businessmen because of
it’s people and the possibilities of
a fine future for businessmen
here. John, who was formerly
The drive for funds by the connected with a Charlotte furni-
Mount Holly Boys Club has taken) ture company, passed through
Mount Holly frequently and re
commended the town to Jim as
an ideal business site.
Neither of the two brothers is
married and they have, already
moved to Mount Holly.
a strong jump for the better dur
ing the past week. News reporters
learned this week from a mem
ber of the Board of Directors. A
number of good donations have
been received by the Boys Club
this week and a great number
have been pledged and should be
added to the club treasury with
in the next week, he stated. The
Boys Club Board of Directors is
hopeful that after a rather slow
start the drive will now leap a-
Hommes et Halt Chevaux is the}head in gains and hope that the
World War I veterans’ tribute to j $2,600 needed for the operation
the famous French boxcars which I of the Boys Club this summer
potential power.
Connell y/edding Sunday.
could carry 40 men or eight horses
to battle.
The Forty and Eight initiation
was followed by a banquet hon-
I oring new members at the
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and to purchase athletic equip
ment which can be used for many
summers to come will easily be
reached.
The Board of Directors was not
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COMPLETE VISIT
Mr. and Mrs. Yates Lentz and
sons, Lowery and Paul Edwin,
have completed their ten days
visit in Mount Holly and Myrtle
Beach, and have now returned to
their home in Petrolia, Penn.
While here they were the guests
Ewen D. Robinson was install
ed last night as the seventh presi
dent of the Mount Holly Rotary
club. Mr. Robinson was-graduat
ed from the University of South
Carolina in 1936 with a B. S. in
Chemical Engineering, he then
went to work for Southern Dye
stuff Corp. in Mount Holly as
Analytical and Control Chemist.
Later he was promoted to Chief
Research Chemist, which positiorf
he now holds. He was on leave of
absence from 1943 through 1946
to serve in the U. S. Navy where
he was Electronics Officer on a
light cruiser in the South Pacific.
He is a member of the First Pres
byterian Church where he serves
on the Board of Deacons and
President of the Presbyterian
Men’s Club. He is a member of
the American Chemical Society.
J. C. Rhyne was installed as
Vice President along with Pres
ton Dunston as Secretary and
Clyde Loftin as Treasurer. Di
rectors elected were O. E. Massey,
L. E. Chittum and I^witt Beatty.
D(Ktor B. D. Moore Past Presi
dent of the club also went in on
the Board of Directors as the past
president. Installation ceremonies
were in charge of Dave Clark of
the Charlotte • Rotary Club and
one of the original sponsors of the
local club, W. G. Alligood and O.
E. Massey.
Legion Active
On Stale Meet
Legionnaires from the Johnson-
Lineberger Post 152 in Mount
Holly took an active part in the
recent State Convention of the , . ,
North Carolina Department of the i ILi^ges will be in charge of the
American Legion which was held '
’ Pictured above standing beside
one of the C.A.P. airplanes at the
Mount Holly airport is Billy Joe
Abercrombie, 17 year old C.A.P.
cadet who w'ill represent North
Carolina and the local Flight of
the C.A.P. in Canada under the
Cadet Exchange Program. Cadet
Abercrombie is the son of Kr*
and Mrs. T. M. Abercrombie of
Mount Holly.
A letter, to Cadet Abercrombie
from Major General Lucas ^
Bean, National Commander W'
the CA.P., notified the local boy
last week that he was one of two •
cadets chosen from this state to
take part in the Cadet Exchange
Program in which a number of
foreign epuntries participate. KO-
will visit Canada for two weeks
under the program, touring points -
OX. interest and Cana
dian aviation techniques.
Cadet Abercrombie’s orders
specified that he must be at
Lowry Air Force Base at Denver,
Colorado on July 25 for a short
indoctrination course before leav
ing for Canada. He will return
from Canada on July 25. All
travel during the entire trip will
be by air.
A total of 24 C.A.P. cadets re
presenting various states in the
United States will visit Canada
along wtih Cadet Abercrombie,
the orders stated. No travel or
ders listing points to be visited
by the cadets have been released
yet. Canadian cadets, visiting the
United States, under the same
plan, will tour Great Falls. Port
land, San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Hollywood, Phoenix, and Dallas
among other key spots in this
country. A similar tour is being
arranged for U. S. Cadets in
Canada.
Cadets weee given an oppor*
tunity in their applications to list
spots and people whom then
might wish to visit in each of the
countries on their itinerary.
Beagle Club
To Have Trials
Pack trials will be held by the
Gaston County Beagle Club for
the first time tomorrow (Satur
day) at Lowesville, Ii..C., Delmas
Abernathy, secretary and treasur
er of the county organization, an
nounced this week.* This trial is
being held under a “B” sanction,
and members of the Beagle Club
are extending a cordial invitation
to dog lovers to attend the trials.
Trials open at 7 a. m., Mr. Aber
nathy stated. Under ruies govern
ing pack trials, dogs run in packs
of four and thoroughly qualified
in Charlotte. Allowed five votes
through the Legion system of al
lotting votes to it’s posts in ac
cordance with post strength, the
delegates from Mount Holly par
ticipated actively in the election
for state officers which were held
Tuesday.
A large number of Legionnaires
from the local post attended the
various parts of the four day ses
sions in Charlotte and the post United States sometime in
was well represented at all times, future.
Commander Summey said.
The Gaston County Beagle club
' has been extremely active in the
holding of trials since it’s organi
zation several months ago, and
awards have been given to mem- '
bers who ovrned dogs which have
won trials held by the club in the
past. Plans are now underway for
holding a trial which will be
sanctioned under rules which per-'
mit entries from all parts of the
the
Mrs. Adrian Beatty and son,
Bobby, spent last week in Atlan
ta, Georgia visiting Mrs. Beatty’s
of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Springs.Jbrother, Mr. Charles C. Leonard,
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Mast, and Mr. jhis wife, and children.
Lee Lentz. They visited with Mr. i While in Atlanta, they also
and Mrs. W. C. Thomas and fam- j visited with Mr. and Mrs. W. F.
ily at Myrtle Beach. -
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE!
RETURNS HOME
Miss Maria Mitchell has return
ed to her home in Columbia. S. C.
after being here to attend the
wedding of Miss Ann Connell
and Thomas M. Browne which
took place Saturday evening. Miss
Mitchell was an honorary brides-
m^d. She was the house-guest of
Cleek and daughter, Sandra. , v*.
i The Beattys returned to Mount \ Miss Nancy Beatty and Mr^^Con-
-lolly late Saturday afternoon. I nelL