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, JULY 7, 1950
NUMBER 21
DURENE FESTIVAL PLANS
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Mutual Building & Savings Makes Record
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Gity Appoints A Probation Board
Group To Have Charge Of
Juveniles In The Court
A number of local men, head-t
«d by Kenneth Davis, chairman,
have been appointed to serve on
a newly, established probation
board which will have jurisdiction
over all cases concerning juveniles
^hich are brought before the Re
corder’s Court in Mount Holly, it
was announced this week. Mr.
I^avis, who with each of the oth-
^r members of the probation
board is known for his interest
in the young people of Mount
Holly, was named chairman of
the board by the Aldermen, who
discussed thp functions of the new
board at their Monday night
meeting this week.
Other members of the board, in
addition to the chairman, are Rev.
Carl Fisher, Arthur Wright, W.
M. Beaty,- and Robert Ward.
The local board, which will go
into action in dealing with the
Juvenile cases immediately, will
Work under the same system as
that used by the county organi
zation which works in coopera
tion with recreation programs for
youngsters. A number of the cases
coming in the jurisdiction of the
probation board here will prob
ably be handled through the Mt.
Holly Boys Club with the boys
involved .being assigned to re
port to the Boys Club a certain
. number of days each week. This
system has been tried-in the coun
ty and found to be very effective.
Although all of the functions
of the board have not yet been
decided on, members of the board
said that in all probability each
member of the board would be
assigned a particular case to fol
low, lending his aid wherever
needM.
In recent months, the Mount
Holly Recorder, T. A. Belk, has
assigned a number of youthful
offenders to report to the Boys
Club athletic field for athletic
activity under capable supervi
sion, and modern authorities feel
that this is the most effective way
of dealing with one-time or infre-
juent offenders. A large part of
the time, the. board members feel,
a boy wanders into violations of
fbe law through idleness which
can be avoided under a supervis
ed athletic program. The /early
trials have shown very good re
sults.
New Ag. Teacher
For School Named
Posioff ice Receipts
For Quarter Drop
Post office receipts for the June
quarter of 1950 dropped $657.18
beneath the receipts from the
June quarter of 1949, Postmaster
O. L. Hoffman pointed out this
week in listing receipts for the
quarter ending June 30 of this
year. Total receipts for the June
quarter of 1950 were $4130.57,
Mr. Hoffman said, while receipts
from the June quarter of 1949
totaled $4787.75.
This, decrease in receipts for
the local post office was partially
attributed to the closing of one
hosiery mill in Mount Holly early
this year, which greatly effected
receipts since a great deal::^ busi
ness went through the Mount
Holly Post Office as a,.result of
that industry. However, the loss
over the entire quarter was very
small in proportion to the esti
mated total of lost business
through that source which means
that there has actually been a
substantial gain in post office re
ceipts over the corresponding
period of last year but that the
gain was not large enough to
completely cover the deficiency
caused by the loss of business
which sometimes amounted to $50
per day.
With post office receipts gain
ing each quarter the majority of
the time, it is hoped that this loss
in receipts will be completely
made up within the next quarter.
$600,000 In
Local Loans
For Buildings i
Occupies New
Store This Wdek
The Mutual Building and Sav-
The Mount Holly Furniture
Company moved this week and
are now in their new home. Leo
Fuller, owner and manager of the
store, stated that the Formal
Opening would be held sometime
in August when the new fall
A • Koc -.1 I furniture styles arrive. A most
mgs Association, which has “H selection of every
ready annoimced a new series of jypg ^ome furnishings has
shares for this month, has a re- been bought, and will be on
cord here that far surpasses the.hand soon, from some of the
expectations of the shareholders.! leading manufacturing firjns of
There have been scores of homes the Nation for the store. There is
bought and built through the i no doubt but that Mount Holly
loans and savings of the Associa- will have one'of the finest furni-
New Name On
Semi-Pro Roster
One new name has been added
fo the roster of the Mount Holly
Semi-pro baseball team this week,
^nd the new player, Rufus Fox, a
former American Yarn and Pro
cessing Company player, is ex
pected to take to the diamond
ready for action in the next
scheduled game. Fox will handle
first base for the Mount Holly
team.
Teams in the Gaston Textile
League took a week long holiday
this week to celebrate the Fourth
of July and the first scheduled
iame for the locals will be the
opponents of the local ball play
ers in the Monday game which
will bo played at Davis Park in
Helmont.
Belmont has plenty on the ball
this year and has been riding
high over most of the other* teams
in the Textile League in games
this season. Mount Holly has been
cne of the toughest opponents
the Firemen have had to face each
time and has taken the majority
of the games by a narrow margin.
1*he locals expect to smash Bel-
mont again in the Monday game
®nd will be setting their sights
for the Firemen.
IN MISS.
Mr. and Mrs. Baxter McIntosh
snd son, Johnny are visiting
Mrs. McIntosh’s relatives
Mississippi.
tion.
The Association has made 451
t loans since it’s organization in
' " Mount Holly. Of this number, of
course, many were for alterations
and modernization of homes. It
can conservatively be stated that
at least thirty per cent of the 451
loans went for home ownership.
The total amount of loans in dol-
A T5- * « - TUTv. lars and cents that have been
i made is $602,685.00. This figure
‘ Shows that the loans averaged
DON BIGERSTAFF
and Mrs. Fred A. Biggerstaff of
Bessemer City, was named head
of the Agriculture Department at
the Mount Holly High School by
Principal S. H. Helton in a state
ment issued this week. The young
teacher, who will head the shop
and agriculture classes at the lo
cal high school is a recent grad
uate of North Carolina State Col
lege at Raleigh, receiving his B.
S. at that school. He is now
working on his M. A. degree in
Agriculture, and came to Mount
Holly High School highly recom
mended, Mr. Helton said.
more than $1,350 each.
The shareholders, those
who
To Be Bigger Than Ever
This Year; Start Work
NOTICE
The Newt needs several
copies of the June 2, 1950 edi
tion as soon as posible. Any
one having a copy of this par
ticular edition of The Mount
Holly Newt it requested to
bring it to the Newt’ office
where they will be paid for the
copy.
ture stores in this entire section
of the State.
The new furniture store is two
stories with elevator facilities.
The building is modem in every
respect and is certainly some- ‘
thing that this entire community, '■
can be proud of at all times.' i
Large plate glass fronts on both I
the first and second stories add -
to the modem home of the' local i
company. |'
There still remain many finish- ’
ing touches to be added but that
will be done between now an4 the
participate in the earnings of the; Formal Opening. The opening
Association, received dividends, will draw hundreds of pe^ue. ^
last year of $4,821.79. The share- from over this entire swtiom -I^he -
holders are those who make re- News will work with Mr. FuUer i
gular and systematic payments m advertising the formal opening |
into the Association to apply to- 1 iri August and the people of Bel-. I
ward home-ownership, college mont, Stanley, Cramerton, LowelL f
educations for their children or McAdenviUe, North Belmont and |
for investment purposes. I In fact this entire section of the
The Association has shown a he want ''
the other hand has not been|^^_j everybody to drop in'
Mr. Fred Biggerstaff, father of phenomena. The officers and^^^^^^ ‘ ee the ne^ To're. The ?aet,
Boys Club Drive
Receipts Are Slow
The Mount Holly Boys Club
drive, entering it’s third week, is
dropping behind again, members
of the Board of Directors of the
local organization told News re
porters this week. A number of
donations have been received this
week, but the drive has not been
as successful as it was last week
and the board is hoping that an
other swing upward In donations
wil begin this week.
The $2,600 sought by the Boys
Club, this summer in the drive
wilLbuy much equipment which
is ^rely needed by the 150 boys
taking part in the program and
this equipment, to a large extent,
may be stored and \ised in the
program next year as well, the
members of the governing
board stated. $2,600 is absolutely
the minimum amount needed for
operation of the club, purchasing
of the needed equipment, and for
other expenses, they said.
Donations received this week
in the drive bring the total raised
thus far to $1,075 with a balance
of approximately $1,590 needed to
put the Boys Club in good finan
cial condition.
Donors this week include:
Tom McConnell — $1
Billy Thompson — $1
Southern Dyestuff — $20
River Valley Gas & Ap. — $5
Rankin Dept. Store — $5
United Variety Stores — $3
Mount Holly Ice and F*uel — $50
Charley’s Drug Store — $5
the new faculty member here, is,
well known in Gaston County as
one of the heads of the state high
way department in this county for
a number of years.
The new agriculture teacher
and his wife, a native of Wallace,
t? 4. c* I *ouu,uuu nas otfeu luaiieu
' ^ople, 451 of them, and that far
“M’'wa?»it»f?h^ralreadv be ■ more than 100 people in this area
gun^Jrlf^aXa'higrscti^t^i^t:'- home-owners through these
, that much work remains to be
rectors are all local business and
the AKOciation is run on a con-1 ^
^rvative basis and in assete and jj
“ith“a“ the sfltTol the old building on Main Street.
North Carolina. I
The very fact that more than
$600,000 has been loaned to local
Superior-Belmont
To Meet Tuesday
Superior Yarn Mills will travel
these
ing members of the agriculture Belmont to meet the Belmont
cliss at the high school who are S Combers Tuesday night of next
working under a supervised farm “ V ih '"cek, July 11, when the bats be-
program which give? them an op- “xioJs ^hat tointSX again for the first
portunity to raise crops or do any “ time in more than a week of
?ther W?rk related to agriculture ^her lM new stoeholders start
during the summer months under i i Superior men are still holding a
the supervision of their teacher. I H costs very little, m fact 50c over the Combers in game
These crops or livestock raising, will get you a sUrt, in the As- standings between the two teams,
experiments count as projects for sociaUon. It has been proven as
the members of the agriculture I^st meth^ of savings that
classes and tlie boys are graded been devised. The eam-
; ings are good and the work of
having won four out of six meets
with the Combers, who fluctuate
in their playing more than any
other team in the league, showing
plenty of power in one game and
absolutely nothing in the next.
Following the Tuesday night
meet at Belmont the Superior
on their work. , - - . ^ ,, x
Mr. BiggersUff is a veteran, your money is most assuredly put
having served with the U. S. to a good use, that of promoting
Navy duiing the recent war for home-ownership in our town and
two years. At the time of the community.
Japanese surrender he was a { Go by today and talk with any; men will return to Mount Holly ,
graduate of the Naval Gunnery member of the staff of the First Thursday night when they will )
School at Florida and at Norman, • State Bank and Trust Company meet Cramerton’s Eagles at the (
Oklahoma, and was awaiting as- and they will gladly tell you about Superior Park. Cramerton is j
the advantages of the Association plenty tough this season and I
without any obligation on your only last week astounded many',
* The annual Durene Festival,
sponsored by the Mount Holly
Jaycees, and one of the highlight
of the year in Mount Holly, will
be held here August 28 through
September 2 this year, Jaycee
Ken Davis announced this week.
Davis, who is chairman of the
Jaycee committee in charge of
the annual event, told News re
porters, in making preliminary
announcements, that plans for
the Durene Festival are now be
ing made and that the Durene
Committee expects the festival
this year to be even bigger and
better than those held in past
years.
The Durene Committee made
up of members of the Mount
Holly Jaycees who will be in
charge of various arrangements
• for the festival includes chair
man Davis, Jim Cullen, Emmett
Venning, Hugh Ballard,, Charlie
Landrum, Harold Henkle, W. L.
Carricker, Manuel Grier, “June”
Huffstetler, Julius Miller, J. B.
Thompson, Hai ;id rStro- «pe, ^epry
Fowler, Leonard Jones, • Jim
Smith, and Howard Huff.
A meeting of the Durene Com
mittee Monday night saw many
suggestions for the festival acti
vities this year and a number of
the plans are already being put
into action. ^Foremost among the
Durene Festival activities of
course, will be Farmer’s Day,
ong of the most popular events
with many local residents each
year. Plans for a parade, featur
ing a number of bands from this
\ county are also underway, anf a .
bicycle parade will probably be
sponsored by the Jaycees in con-
e junction with the opening day
.' parade which the Jaycees plan.
. I The annual Durene street
f dance, also one of the most popu
lar events of the festival, will
i also be held on one of the nighte
/ of the festival. Last year’s dance
, d attracted scores of dancers as
• , s well as spectators including many
, J r 1 people from surrounding towns
V 5 and citys.
' e I Also on the list of activities
ii which the Jaycees are lining up
•eti for this year’s festival are the an-
10- n .il beauty contest to name “Miss
it Durene,” a baseball game, and-
-d many other activities,
ly f Watch The News for further
announcements concerning the
■ : Durene Festival this year. The
Mount Holly Jaycees have done
111 a magnificent job with the fes-
itival each year in the past and
( this year’s program will be one
, (-it of the best.
signment to a fighter squadron.
Fire Destroys
Ledford Home
part.
fans by rudely dumping Highland
Park in Charlotte although they
lost to the Parkers on the return
game at Cramerton the following
night.
The return of baseball to the
diamond following the week-long
layoff recently will probably see
Members of the Mount Holly gome of the best games to be
VFW Plans To
Clean Up Park
SOME IMPROVEMENT
Friends of Dr. E. H. Kohn wilV
be glad to learn that a late re
port from his bedside in High
Point stated that although his
condition is still considered criti
cal, some improvement is noted.
Dr. Kohn, for many years the be
loved pastor of the Lutheran
Church of the Good Shepherd
here, was stricken in High Point
while visting his daughter, Mrs.
W. W. Gluyas and Mr. Gluyas,
and was removed to a High Point
Hospital.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis
Ledford on Hickory Grove roadi
was completely destroyed by rag-
Sfe h?me“a V.F.W. ara requested p-,a7ed'5his yea; inThe Piedmont
loB house ’ was unoccupied^when I ‘he regular meeting next Textile League. Highland Park,'
the fire started since the family j "'^ht at 6 p. m. instead standing far ahead of the other,
had gone to a show after return- meeting hour, Com- teams in league standings, wUl be'
Jng earl^r in tSTay ^ Kenneth Davis anounced the target of every team in the >
to^the mointaiL The Mountljhis week^Beginnmg at 6 p^ m. and this second half of '
haHv VnhmtM.r Fire Deoartment members will hold a field the season may see the Parkers '
ansiJer^^e alarm bu? the at the V. F. W. Hut. clean- fallen from their number one;
was already caving in when the tng up the premises and construct- position. Fans will in all probabi- t
fire truckf a?rW^® 7nd the ‘he barb«ue pit which they li.y see plenty of basebaU in the 1
have nlaned for sometime, Com- next few games. *
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Editor Attends
Press Conference
W. O. Barrett, editor of The
News, left yesterday morning for
the North Carolina Press Associa
tion convention being held this
week-end at Grove Park Inn in
Asheville. Mr. Barrett was ac
companied by Mrs. Barrett. The
meeting is of great importance
to the newspaper people and an
outstanding program has been
arranged including talks by for
eign correspondents of the As
sociated Press and other out-
aiandlng newspaper men
military leaders.
and
was completely out of control.
Furniture and all of the posses
sions of the family were com
pletely destroyed, firemen said.
The fire alarm was turned in at
9 p. m.
COME FROM HIGH POINT
Mrs. James Beam and daugh
ters, Misses Jane and Ann Beam
of High Point, are spending a few
days here with the former’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Holland.
mander Davis said, and at 8 p. (
m. refreshments will be served . VISIT HERE
and combat films will be shown, j Mr. and Mrs. Bill Spray and
All members of the Veterans sons, Butch and Sam of Spartan-
of Foreign Wars are requested to burg, S. C. spent the weekend
attend both the meeting and the with the former: parents, Mr.
clean-up session which begins at and Mrs. S. W. Spiay.
6 p. m. The veterans hope to build ‘
a small park on the lot occupied
by the hut and the barbecue pit
will be the first step in that dir
ection.
IN ALABAMA
Mr. and Mrs. James Benton
left Friday for a visit with the
former’s relatives in Alabama.
S K M. Beaty
n Re
Rotary Board
Through an error last week the
n^e of W. M. Beaty was left out
of the list of new directors elect-
ed to the Board of Directors of
the Mount Holly Rotary
Mr. Beaty will serve with DeWftr*^-
Beatty, O. ^ Massey, L. E. Chit-
turn, on thSjfcard. Dr. B. D.
Moore becanCft an automatic
member of the board as "Past
I^sidenl.