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Don* Mount Holly News ConstructiTe—If It Will Help Mount Holly And Gaston County The News Is For It—Proarressiye ^OL. XXVII. MOUNT HOLLY. N. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1950 NUMBER 32 Rotary Club Horse Show Has Large List Entries; Four States The big Rotary Club sponsored Show to be held at the Utchison-Lowe Field on Tuesday promise of bein i a major in this section of the state. g^Ph Leonard, who is managing Horse Show for the local Ro- ^lans, has a very imposing list * ^tries from several States many sections of North and ^th Carolina. Tickets have already gone on at the High School and Gram- schools. The advance sale ad- ?^ong are only 25 and 50 cents, ^o^ver, prices at the gate for Show will be 50c and $1. Mr. stated that he had been working on the Show for Weeks and was now ready ^ announce many of the entries, hich in themselves prove • that y** show will be a successful af- «ir. Horses have been entered from following stables: "hifford Stables of Hickory. ^ Wocklenburg Saddle Club IJables, Gilmer Stables, Carlo tables, Morris Stables and others Charlotte. Ine Ford Stables and The Gad- Stables of Clover, S. C. l«e Jack Galvin Stables of Gables, Florida and Lenoir. Sh^ Fairground Stables of . Ihe Winterset Stables of Cum- Maryland. « ^ of the entries are not yet in Mr. Leanord stated that there . many more to be announced beat . week. This imposing array **biries, listed above, gives the PbbUc some idea of the Rotary yb Horse Show to be held here '^^ear. onuses will draw Horse lov- ^vom many sectlens and it will TT . 11 _1 Tii? /_ • an afternoon JtlOllBllQ r mu S'-. b ^^present the pro^am. !?**> - ^ me Show has endeavored tp put jj., * show that had two perfor- in many years. The Club dft!? congratulated on the work ^ be thus far and Mr. Lronard proud of the preliminary suc- ^shown to date.*^ n,7^*h8Jte plans now to attend jiy^^crse Show here oh October french Train Here Monday Monday, of next week. Holly will have a chance i^nch Friend- ^ere at about 10 o'clock^ih’a trailer. The morning end in fact until three •eh^r been scheduled for the p^®cl children of Mount Holly. ,i.^«pals.H. Helton stated a Out of hours had been worked thi.*® students might se^ . ®dtstanding exhibit. be ii? of Mount Holly will 3 ft* 1 ^ display starting at and last until 4 o’clock. • ^ same as was ®n the famous “Friendship M ^ throughout the large cities bL^^nited States. Recently it that PMced on a trailer so jjy^Jhe smaller towns and cities ant be given an opportunity \o ^*he exhibit. ®^nch people sent this ai^^bhip Train to this country tbi^ ®^rmath of tlie “Friend- tamft that Drew Pearson, •Poft^'owspaper columnist, ^red frona ^jjis country to ajy. The exhibit will give the bp adults seeing it end French life and culture he both highly educa- \jf ®od entertaining. Holly is fortunate to be tboy,^.^ one of the points to tiQjj this outstanding contribu- bovift* • Wendship between two ’^orth exhibit will be well while of everyone Lions Big Broom Sale Is Now Underway Locally HONORED Miss Patsy Thomas, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Thomas of Riverbend, h^ been signally honored my her school. Miss Thomas was elected Vice Presi dent of the Stud.ent Government of the Baptist Hospital School of Nursing in Winston-Salem. Legion box SCORE PREVIOUSLY Hi ACKNOWLEDGED C, R. McKinn«y, Jr, >13. »*. 'T'oniM A. BbIIc. Jr. ^•*3 C. Johnson >IA Dnsis I>*®*n«* T. McConnsU IlK T. Hood 111 ^ B«Td Arndt ll? E. Lineberger lij; H. Alwran 5^'— Tates R Baker. ion R^iason 50th Birthday J. W. Holland and Company, one of the thriving insurance agencies of this section, is cele brating this yMr its 50th anniver sary of operation here, according to an announcement by James H. Ware, owner and proprietor of the business. Founded in 1900 by the late John W. Holland, long a leader in the religious, educational and civic affairs of the community, the agency began its service to local citizens when Mount Holly was little more than a few small buildings, on either side of the Seaboard Railroad. On May 10, 1900, Mr. Holland took the agency i!or the North Carolina Home In- AmerIcan'’NilWiapW>ow >he 5 of that year the Home of New York' was added. Other strong and^ reputable companies with which the agency affiliated through the years are the Mary land Casualty Company, the Aetna Casualty Company, the Piedmont Fire Insurance Com pany of Charlotte, the Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Com pany, and the Queen Insurance Company. A short time after the death of Mr. Holland in 1940, Mr. Ware purchased the business, and com panies added under his admini stration- are the Hartford Fire In surance Company, the Hartford Accident and Indemnity Com pany, the Travelers and the Unit^ States Fire. Mr. Ware, a graduate of Wake Forest College, for a number of years held a position with the Bank of Mount Holly, and later was employed by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. He is recognized throughout this sec tion as an authority on insurance, and in addition to his business duties is active in all phases of community life. Growth through the years has been steady in the company, which has followed faithfully the ideals and operating policies of its founder. On display in the company of fice, located over Holland Drug Company are a number of pla ques, gifts and other recognitions received by the late Mr. Holland when the company celebrated its Silver Anniversary 25 years ago. Mr. Ware has received many mes sages of congratulations and good wishes and other remembrances in connection with the Golden Anniversary. The company and its operator wish to thank the public for the 50 years of patronage and to as sure its patrons of continued solicitous and efficient service. The annual Lions Club broom sale' is now underway with Lions canvassing homes in Mount Holly to sell the brooms and door mats which are manufactured by the blind in the Greensboro factory maintained by Lions clubs of this state. The sale began yesterday (Thiu^ay) and will continue Saturday of tKis week. Lions Club officers announced. Ed Painter is chairman of the sale this year. Mr. Painter told News reporters before press time this week that the Lions expect a fine response to their door to door canvass this year based on the results of the sale last year. A goal of 1000 brooms and 200 door mats had been set by the members of the local club for this sale. A similar sale is being sponsored in Char lotte and other cities and towns by Lions Clubs and proceeds from the sale will go into Lions sponsored projects for the blind. The brooms and door mats manufactured by the blind in the Grensboro factory are made of the highest quality materials and are well wprth the price charged by Lions. Working with Mr. Painter in the door to door canvass this year will be every member of the Lions Club in Mount Holly. Committee men in charge of the various phases of the sale are; Henry Patrick, Frank McKinney, Frank Rankin, O. H. Hankins, Fraiik Damerson, Joe £. Jonet, G. L. Kindrick, H. J. Cross, Larkin Stowe, J. L. Davenport, Ed Batchlor, Louis Calvert and Clyde Johnson. Rally Day For Presbyterians The annual Rally Day Program of the Presbyt^an Sunday School will be held next Sunday at 10:00 o’clock at the church. Each Class will first meet in the usual place to check,the rolL The program will be presented in the sanctuary of the church after the various classes have met and will consist of a presentation of the work of each department from dep^SnenS. Adult The Rally Day offering will go for the support of the Religious Education work of the General Assembly which deals with the total education program of the Local Boy Is As "Missing Reported In Action” Town Extension Vote Passed By Slim Margin Of 12 Votes Jaycees Are Canvassing Town For New Building Legion Fish Fry Is Open To Veterans The Johnson Lineberger Post of the American Legion in Mount Holly has completed plans for the big stag fish fry to be given at the Legion Hut tomorrow (Satur day) night. Commander Jack Summey stated this week. The fish fry is t^ing held for members of the local post and eligible veterans who will be guests of the mem bers of the post. It will be one of the biggest i^irs to be hdld by the Legion in their comparatively new hut and plenty of entertain ment is being planned, Coromand- er Summey said. The fish fry is free, with no charge being made for admission, Commander Summey emphasized, and this is the first of a series of activities for members planned by the post Serving will begin promptly at 7:30 P. M. tomorrow night, Com mander Summey stated, and Legionnaires and eligible veterans are urged to be on time. Paper Drive Is Dravnng Favor The Jay^ Scrap Metal and Paper Drfve is. scheduled for Sun- to be covered which is .as fol lows: Stanley Highway to the Globe Mill; Charlotte highway to v,A Mjc Point; Belmont Road includ- Chuixir~M(S‘‘prominant ^ this i CaUwba Heights and Tucka- field is the Sunday School Thel“«®®‘ Mountain Island Road to ReUgious Education Department 1 mcludmg the Mountain Is- produces the lesson materials and' McAdenvUle Road to helps for the churches through out the General Assembly. In ad dition to the Sunday School as such, there are the other divisions of Children’s Work, Youth Work, Young Adult Work, Women’s Work and Men’s work. In each of these divisions the Department of Religious Education provides leadership training, material helps, as well as other types of helps in the total program of edu cation in the church. In just the past year there has been added to this field of work that of “Christian Education” which is distinguished from “Re ligious Education” in that it is not primarily the teaching of religion. It is rather education in the secular fields of secondary and higher education under Christian influence and guidance. This work is concered primarily with col leges and is done, not only through the program of higher e?ucation carried on through the church colleges, but includes student work on the campuses of other colleges and universities. Some of the money raised by the Cavin’s Store and tht Clearwater Lake Section; and of course, the entire Mt. Holly area. Anyone having paper or metal too heavy to move to the road may call Chairman Thompson at 142 and he will send some Jaycees to move your paper or metal. The drive is t^ing staged in order to raise funds for the Com munity Building and everyone is urged to save their paper and scrap metal for this drive. 0.0. P, Rally Set For Rankin Lake The County-wide Republican Party Rally- will be held on Fri day night, tonight,* September 22nd., starting at 6 o’clock. There are many members of the party from Riverbend township plan ning to attend the meeting which will be held along with a Fish Fry. The event will be held at Rankin Lake near Gastonia. A personal solicitation of mer chants and business leaders the downtown area of Mount Holly is being conducted this week by members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce. The ob ject of the effort is to raise the last remaining sum of money needed by the Jaycees before they can start actual construction on the Community Building, which has been the leading project of the group for more than a year. Approximately $1400 is needed before actual construction can be gin, Jaycee President J. C. Rhyne said this week, And the Jaycees, in view of a probable shortage of bmlding materials and rising con struction costs, have decided to try to raise that sum of money through personal donations by merchants and businessmen here. “We had hoped that we could make the entire sum needed be fore the first work could begin without having to take this step,” President Rhyne stated this week in an interveiw with News re porters. “We lack only $1400 of the goal when we began this drive Tuesday, and the members of the Jaycees had decided that it would be best to attempt to close the community building fund with a final effort in order that construction could begin as soon as possible.” As The News went to press this week it was still not determined how much of the $1400- had been raised. President Rhyne listed the fimds already accumulated in the' Community Building Fund as fol lows: from members who pur chased stock—$1855; from Jaycee projects held for the benefit of the fund—$260; from Building and Loan—$1120; donated by a friend—$100. This totals $5675. The fifth annual Durene Festi- dition'to FVmd since it was first started and projects held during the festival provided most of the $2600 raised through projects. Do you want to aid the Jaycees in getting the first work under way on the building which will benefit this entire community. Give what you can if you are visited by a Jaycee or if you wish mail your donation to President J. C. Rhyne, Mount Holly Jay cees, Mount Holly, N. C. Ml. Island To Hava Caretaker Leaders of the party announced , ^ that J. M. Bailey, state chairman Rally Day offering will be used in I the Republican party, would this work. The program is under the direc tion of Mr. Henry Patrick, Super- intendant of the Sunday School be the principal speaker. Mr. Bailey is a militant political lead er and those who have heard him say that he is a dynamic speaker. A great crowd is expected judging from the advance sale of tickets. Library Hcnjrs IT PAYS TO ADVCRTXSEl RETURN TO MISS. Mr. and Mrs. John Burns of Batesville, Miss., have returned home after a visit with their daughter, Mrs. Baxter McIntosh I Beginning today, Friday, Sep- and Mr. McIntosh of W. Glendale! tember 22, the Mount Holly Ave. They were accompanied here j Library will be open from 3 P. M. u.. UK- J »*_. Perkins to 5 P. M. in the afternoons. Mrs. also of I J. J. Holland, librarian announced I this week. by Mr. and Mrs. Boyte and daughter, Brenda. Batesville. A full time caretaker for the Hebern Baptist Church cemeter ies at Mountain Island has been employed this week, it has been announced. Local residents who I have relatives buried in the ceme teries are being asked to consider donating a portion of the care taker’s small fee for cleaning the cemeteries and keeping them per petually in good condition. The caretaker will be on duty at the cemeteries, which need cleaning badly, all year around , in the future, it was announced, and the amoimt needed to put the cemeteries in good condition and keep them that way will be large. Those who wish to contribute to the cost of cleaning and maintain ing the cemeteries may contact R. L. Riley at the Mount Holly Post Office for details. The people outside, in the af fected area, voted to come in the Town Limits of Mount Holly this week. This means that as soon as the final steps are taken by the Town Board of Aldermen that Mount Holly will jump from slightly over 2,200 population to an estimated 3,600 with many new sections added to the city. The population estimate is bas ed on the fact that 446 people registered to vote. This means that not every eligible voter registered and 'also that many of those regis tered had families which makes the estimate of a 1,400 increase In population conservative. Some people have estimated that we will h&ve at least 4,000 people in Mount Holly when the limits be come official It is quite possible that this last estimation is more correct that the first one. The trote was very close. Of the 446 registered only 393 voted with three of those people defacing their ballots, leaving a total of 390 legal votes. There were 189 peo ple against the extension and 201 for extension. A margin of 12 votes for the winners. Fifty six who registered did not vote in the election. While it was a hard fought elec tion it was conducted on clean level Many of those v ’v; opposed extension two years ago 'were it this time. Also the vote shows that many people, in fact a ^at number, changed over this time. This is verified by the fact, that no one living in the corporate limits Q^^ount Holly was allow ed to yote. Only those voted who were to be taken in. In the last town limits extension it was gen erally conceded that the out siders went at least three to one against it. Kelly L. Stone, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Stone of the Rankin- town section near Mount Holly, was reported missing in action by the War Department last Friday! In a telegram addressed to $fr, and Mrs. Stone, the War Depari- ment stated that Private Stone was believed missing in action during combat service in Korea but that further details were hot available at the time. Private Stone, who was bom in Mount Holly attended school here, had been in the Army less than two years, having enlisted in March, 1949. For sometime fol*r lowing his transfer overseas to Japan, he was a member of the hand picked Honor Guard of General Douglas McArthur. He is believed to have been taking part in military action in Korea for a period of about two months prior to the report that he was missing. Mr. and Mrs. Stone have three . other ’children, one son and two. daughters. Mr. Stone is employed at the Globe Mills. The report that Private Stone is missing in action is believed to be the first to arrive here eon-' ceming a native of Mount Hol^ since United Nations police action in Korea began. Soldiers picked for General McArthur’s Honor Guard are a select group carefully picked by commanding officers for excep tional military qualifications and to be a member of the Honot Guard is a coveted honor among occupation troops in Japan, pri vate Stone was given the rate of Private First Cl^ wlliir'k nem- ^ber- of the HongPGuard* but re-insiated as Private when tranlt* ferred to combat duty. PTA Yearbook Very Interesting A Parent Teachers Association Yearbook is being mimeographed this week by the high school for members of the Parent Teachers Association here. 'Hie book,which will have an attractive PTA de- sum on the cover, was ready for me lufti. DTA which was held last night at the high school. Included in the yearbook are the theme for the year which is “A Two Way Path of Cooperation Between Parents and Teachers” and the project for the year which is the improvement of the school grounds. On the opening pages are mes sages from the president of the PTA here, Mrs. Charles Holtz- claw, and from S. H. Helton, prin cipal of schools. A complete list of the Executive board of the PTA and the committees which have been named for the year are also included in the book. REVIVAL HELD A Revival which began Wed nesday night at the Church of God will continue through the re mainder of this week and next, beginning at 7 p. m. each evening. Rev. Q. J. Cox, pastor of the Church of God, Lincolnton, is pre siding. Special singing is being presented and the public is cordi ally invited. CHURCH SUPPER A Cricken Pie Supper with all the trimmings will be served by the ladies of the Lutheran Church September 30th., from 5:30 until 8 o’clock. Adult and Child ren’s plate wil be $1.25 and 76c respectively. Tickets will be on sale at Ward Rhyne’s Grocery store. ATTENDED CONFERENCE j [ Rev. and Mrs. D. S. Schronce and daughter, Rebecca, accom panied by a group of members of the Pentacostal Holiness Church, will leave this weekend for the quarterly conference in Marion, N. C. . LEAVES FOR SPARTENBURG W. G.- AUigood, personnel Di rector of the A. Y. P. Co., and Johnny York, News Editor of the Mt. Holly News, left Thursday for Spartanburg, S. C., where they will attend a 4 day meeting of the South Atlantic Council of In'^nstrial Editors. This meeting will include Editors from Mary land to Florida and all southern states. Hawks Off To Newton Tonight Mount Holly’s Hawks travel to Newton-Conover tonight for their second game of the season with hopes for a Hawk victory running high following the 36-0 defeat banded the locals by Lincolnton last week. The Hawks will be facing a tricky split’T* fonitatjqn when they tangle with the New ton-Conover squad tonight and they may have a little trouble mastering this formation their single wing. The Hawks are looking much better this week following the temporary let-down of a loss in their opener last week. ^gewton-ConoTW has a rugged Max Beam, most of the opp^f^on team is big and hard. The two teams did not play each other last year and this will be the first chance the Hawks have had to look over the Newton-Conover squad on the grairon in a regu larity scheduled game. Lut Friday night the Hawks failed entirely in their pass de fense against lincolnton, and missed a number of tackles that would have-kept Lincolnton from scoring. The Lincolnton squad failed to make any headway against the Hawks on the ground and imtil Lincolnton took to thd air the locals were showing good . form. All but one Lincolnton score were on passes and the other was set up by a pass. The Hawks looked fine in of fense and defense on the ground but couldn’t seem to get under way against the aerial attack which Lincolnton launched early in the game. The first talley for the visitors 'came during the last part of the j first quarter when the Lincolnton I squad rang up six points on a pass ' lhat saw Hawk defensive tacklers left in the lurch. In the later pass plays by Lincolnton the Hawks often got their hands on the re ceiver but couldn’t bring him down, and gains by passes were frequent. Against this, Lincolnton proved weak against the Hawks on the ground making only four first downs by ground attack. A number of the Hawks played excellent football. Coach Beam stated this week, but the first game of the season aian showed up many weaknesses which had not been apparent before. At best the Lincolnton victory over the Hawks lineup, and particularily in the backfield to secure weak spots and an almost completely (Continued On Back Page)
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