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MOUNT HOLLY, N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1950
NUMBER 34
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Jaycees’ Paper Drive Tb
Be Held On Next Sunday
Young 8 Year Old Champion Owner in Local Show
I^rive For Clothing To
Be Held Next Wednesday
‘The Jaycee paper drive and
scrap metal drive will be hald this
Sunday, October 8, in. Mount
Holly and the surrounding area.
Trucks will be sent out by the
Jaycees Sunday afternoon to pick
up waste paper and scrap , metal
and Chairman J. B. Thompson
stated this week that the Jaycees
will appreciate the cooperation
of local residents in tho drive.
If you have any scrap paper or
metal, place it where Jaycees can ’
see it in their Sunday afternoon
drive and it will be picked up.
Proceeds from the drive go to the
Community Building fund. ‘
In addition to Mount Holly,
which will be covered thoroughly
during the drive, Jaycees will can
vass Stanley highway to the Globe
Mill, Charlotte highway to Two
Points, Catawba Heights, the Bel
mont highway, and Tuckaseegee
Road, Mount Island Road to the
plant, McAdenville Road to
Cavin’s Store, and the Clearwater
Lake section.
An alternate date for the paper
and scrap metal drive in case of
I rain this Sunday is the following
I Sunday, October 15, Chairman
Thompson stated.
Limits
«ale Is Dec. 15
^^■^nance was enacted by
HoD of Aldermen of Mount
a meeting last week
ijj makes the new City Limits
Holly effective Decem-
with taxes on property
LitoH V into the City
J^ing listed under the new
^Bluing January 1, 1951.
Attorney Max Childers
this announcement, stating
th® ,»*'®8ular services offered by
ient of Mount Holly to resi-
'•'ouiH ^^thin the City Limits
bZ , ^ begin as soon after Decem-
possible.
i* ^^'oans that although taxes
property now in the City
Janii go into effect until
th® L 1951, the residents of
t(w^tions recently added to the
^ive ®lection will begin to re-
garbage pick-up and
*arvices as soon atter De-
15 as they can be put into
th Childers pointed out.
alection which saw resi-
lii« the area concerned vot-
Ci^^proval of extension of the
in was one of the closest
-bistory of the Town of
Of Holly with only a handful
carrying the plan into
Jfreet Program
Coining To End
tT®®' paving program &i
cifti Holly has come to an offi-
^ ^.ith the Board of Alder-
iUciu^^Piling a list of the streets
in the project at a Wed-
A, *'ight meeting this week.
23,961 square yards of
^oUy ^ Ihe city limits of Mount
Pfo^ repaved imder the
with expenses' totaling
according to the ex-
Of^ ®heet prepared by the Board
j^^erinen.
*Urf^^^®d among the streets re-
paved during the
CftTfi which the program was
^ were: North Alexan-
> the railroad crossings.
Street, South Hill
Glendale Street, Cedar
Cove Street. North First
Bin® Street, Nims Street,
C;st„
street,
routine business was
• ®lne j by the Board at their
hig tL®^?y night business includ-
Perinj^ ‘asuing of licenses and
tiejj ^ Tor the operation of busi-
attend church
clothes for underprivileged school
children in the Mount Holly
Schools will be held next Wed
nesday, October 11. Headed by
Mrs. Julian Hall and Mrs. T .M.
Abercrombie, this drive is being
held to find clothes which can be
put in the clothing room at the
local schools, and any used cloth
ing which can be worn by child
ren who do not have sufflicent
clothing is being sought.
Mrs. Hall said this week that
early indications point to a suc
cessful drive and asked parents
and others who have clothing
which can be put in the clothing
room to place the articles on the
front porch Wednesday where
they can be seen. Clothing to be
picked up during the drive may
be packaged to keep it clean and
Mrs. Hall said that it wouW be
greatly appreciated if a slip of
paper bearing the size of the
clothing could be pinned to each
item to aid in grouping according
to approximate size.
Teachers at the local schools
will be in charge of issuing cloth
ing to underprivileged children
from the stock which the Parent
Teachers Association hopes to
build in the clothing room.
Articles to be given to the
clothing room should be clean as
possible and ready for wearing.
Shoes should be repaired if pos
sible, the .chairmen in charge of
the drive stated.
It is hoped that this imique
clothing room will prove to be a
great aid in supplying clothing to
underprivilaged children and local
residents are urged to hunt up old
articles of children’s clothing for
which they have no fur^er use
to donate them to the drive.
Local Pastor To
Prosido At Moot
The Rev. D. O. Mclnnis; pastor
of First Presbyterian Church here,
and retiring moderator of the
Kings Mountain Presbytery, will
preach the sermon at the meeting
of the Presbytery scheduled for
Tuesday, Oct. 10 at Union Church
near Gastonia. Mr. Mclnnis’ sub
ject will be ‘*The ministry of the
Word.”
Others from Mount Holly who
are expected to attend the meet
ing are W. F. Holland, commis
sioner, and H. J. Cherry, alter
nate commissioner, both of First
Church. Also in the Mount Holly
group will be H. C. Wooten, com
missioner from Westview Church,
and Ralph Guin, alternate com
missioner.
RETURN FROM BALTIMORE
Mrs. Aileen Broadwell, Mr. and
Mrs. G. M. Scott and daughter,
Sally have returned home from
Baltimore.
Costner Heads
Jayvee Drive
J. A- Costner, tax collector for
Mount Holly and number one
sports fan in Mount HoUy^ was
named chairman in charge of the
drive to raise funds to buy Junior
Varsity football equipment this
week. The goal for the drive is
full equipment for 30 players who
are out for Junior Varsity foot
ball this seasn at the high school,
with an approximately cost of $25
per player making the drive goal
approximately $750.
Opening the drive in the down
town section of Mount Holly this
week, Mr. Costner and a number
of high school students were con
tacting merchants and local rea-
dents for donations Wednesday
and expect the drive to be in high
gear this week-end.
The Junior Varsity football
team was slated to open it’s season
yesterday playing host to Arling
ton Junior High School of Gas
tonia at Hutchison-Lowe Park.
High school faculty members who
are coaching the Junior Varsity
players hope that the necessary
^uipment can be obtained as
quickly as possible since the
schedule for the Jayvees is going
to be full this season.
Coaches for the Jayvees are
faculty members Ellis, Spear,
Gardner, and Wilson.
A number of substantial dona
tions were reported early Wednes
day by Mr. Costner and a final
report on the drive to raise funds
for the equipment should be avail
able next week if the drive con
tinues to be as successful.
In asking Mr. Costner to act
as chairman of the drive, Princi
pal of Schools S. H. Helton stated,
“We are honored that Mr. Cost
ner will act as head of this drive
because of his close association
with athletics at the high school
here for many years. His name
is associated with sports in the
minds of local residents and he is
known as the number one sports
fan of this section, seldom missing
any competitin during any sea
son.”
Mr. Helton also pointed out the
value of Junior Varsity football
to the players as well as to the
high school, which will receive
more experienced players for it’s
varsity team in the future be
cause of Junior Varsity football
Strong teams cannot be built from
inexperienced candidates, and a
Junior Varsity football program
will turn out much more powerful
and experienced teams for the
high school in the future years of
competative sports.
The two world wars increased
the appetite for foreign news in
the United States.
Above is pictured little Miss Joan Galvin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Galvin of Lenoir and
Coral Gables. Fie. Joan is shown with more ribbons than we can count, or for that matter more than
many veteran horse owners could count in a life-time of winning. She has 5 lop show hones and
two trick Palimino Horses. All seven of IheM horses have been entered in the local show b^g held
Horse Show Increases
Entries Almost Daily
Hawks Away For
Bessemer Game
Traveling to Bessemer City to
night to meet the Bessemer City.
High School’s football team in
their fourth game this season.
Mount Holly’s Hawks will be in
poorer shape for this game ThAn
here on Tuesday. October 17th. Over 100 of the ribbons and 15 of the trophies shown in the pictured they ha^ye been in this Mason ic-
have been won by Mias Galvin this year. Along with others she oonuden this to be a Top Show in cordihi|^ »
Mount Hor.y. The fact ^t Min (^vin is entering her seven o.nees U nalimony that iWlooai ^
Horse Show will be Wg time. LoweD last week, have not been
turning out in fyU strength for
practice sessions tWs week ana'
by Wednesday morning of thU
week two valuable days which
could have been devoted to de
fense against the split “T” had
been lost to the coaches.
Bessemer City runs from the
split "T” formation and while not
a heavy squad according to re
ports’ from the enemy canqi this
year, they are plenty fast and
tricky. The Hawks can look for
trouble even if they should enter
the game in top condition and
with several practice sessions this
week showing only small turn
outs they will in all probability
get the worst end of the deaL
Last year’s game between the
two squads saw Bessemer City
on the winning side of a 7-6 score.
Last Friday night, the Hawks
.played an inspired sixty minutes
of football that was some of the
best they have shown fans in two
years. Clicking like seasoned vet
erans for the entire four quarters,
the Hawks ran over the ^visiting
Lowell High School almo^ at will
to win 20-6. The Hawks opened
the game with a burst of action
startling an unprepared Lowell
as Bennett Kiestler ran a reverse
19 yards for the first Hawk score
minutes after the game started.
Scoring the second time in the
first quarter. Moimt Holly racked .
up another tally when Ted Wai-
droy plunged through the LiOweU
line. Waldrop also scored the third
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Loading Lanes
To Be Installed
‘The Mount Holly Police De
partment is working out‘a plan
for the marking off of a number
of “pick-up lanes" at various lo
cations in Mount Holly, where
cars can park briefly to pick up
groceries and other merchandise,
it was learned this week. Al
though the plan is only in it’s first
stages, Chie( of Police R. C. Rob
inson announced, the police de
partment believe some means
must be provided to eliminate
double packing and blocking of
traffic in town.
TentativI plans for the special
parking spaces provide that the
cars should be parked in the pick
up lane only while actually load
ing merchandise and if the plan is
put into use parking there wiU be
limited to one minute in all pro
bability, the chief stated.
’This will eliminate double park
ing in the heavy traffic downtown
on shopping days, it is believed.
Bids Asked For
Local P. Office
Proposals are now being receiv
ed in the office of the Post Office
Inspector, A. E. Helmick, at
Greensboro, N. C., up to and in
cluding November 30, 1950, to
furnish quarters suitable for post
office purposes at Mount Holly.
The proposals are to be submitted
for the leasing of a suitable build
ing under a lease subject to the
provisions of the standard form
used by the Post Office Depart
ment at a stated price per annum,
including heat, light, power, wa
ter, toilet facilities, plumbing,
heating and lighting fixtures, and
with safe or vault and all neces
sary furniture and equipment for
a term of 5 or 10 years from
May 27, 1951. Floor space of about
1800 feet is desired and considera
tion should be given to accessibi
lity, convenient location, and side
and rear entrances for delivery of
mails.
Further details may be obtained
at the local postoffice.
Nearly all of the eighty stables
which will be constructed for-the
horse show to be held at Hutchl-'
son-Lowe Field Tuesday, Octo
ber 17 are already reserved and
Ralph Leonard, in charge of the
show for the Rotary Club here
anticipates an overflowing crowd
of late entries, it was learned this;
week. Last week The News listed
a part of the many stables which
are being represented in the horse
show this year and many more
entries are being received now.
This will undoubtly be the biggest
and best horse show to be held
in Mount Holly and entries re
ceived from horsemen in many
towns and cities nearby and in
other states are enthuiastic about
the show this year.
Tickets to the horse show are
now on sale at the high school
and the elementary school. Ad
vance sale tickets cost only 25
cents and 50 cents, but tickets
at the gate will cost SO cents and
$1, it was announced. Tickets are
selling rapidly and it is exp^ted
that only a few purchases will be
made at the gate.
Among other stables listed dur
ing the past two weeks which are
entering horses in the show are
the following which have submit
ted their entries this week. S. R.
Brookshire Stables, Cha r 1 o 11 e ;
Barbara Ford; Patt Gibson; Con
nell Stables in Mecklenburg
County; Sam Craver; Gillie Gil
more; L. A. Love of Charlotte;
and W. D. Flintom.
More entries are arriving daily
and the list should be almost
complete by the end of next i
week.
New York Paper
Praises Product
Recently published in the Journ
al of Commerce, a trade publica
tion issued in New Yorl^ is the
following article announcing the
spun Nylon jersey introduced by
Holly Knit, Inc., of Mount Holly.
“Spun nylon jersey is being in
troduced by Holly Knit, Inc., for
sleepwear and blouses, it was
learned at the week-end. Knitted
entirely of nylon, the fabrics are
said to give these garments defi
nite appeal because of their
warmth, lightweight, shape reten
tion, washability, and pleasing
hand.
The two fabrics are made of
the same yam, but are produced
in different weights. The sleep-
wear version, adopted by GIuv-
tex Corp., under the name “nylite”
is made with a jersey stitch to
obtain lighter weight. For the
blouse weight, a twill stitch is
used, lending a doeskin effect to
the garments made by Milton
Saunders.
According to tests by the fabric
manufacturer, it was said, these
garments of spun nylon jersey can
withstand repeated laundering
without losing their good appear
ance, softness, or color. Because
the fabrics have been heat-set to
stabilize their shape and size, they
can be washed without fear of
shrinkage. They need little or no
ironing and wrinkle-recovery is
said to be excellent.”
Adrian Revival
is Drawing Crowds
! Large congregations are in at-
I tendance at the revival meeting
! now in progress at Adrian-Madora
I Baptist Church, and a good re- _
I vival is reported by the pastor, the i
I Rev. C. C. Roberts. The visiting
[preacher is the Rev. W. L. Sor
rels of Franklin. Services are held
each morning at 10 o’clock and
each evening . at 7 o’clock Ser
vices will continue through Satur
day evening.
John L. Hooper of New York,
the first advertising agent, began
business in 1841.
LEGION BOX
SCORE
1951 Memberships
Previously Acknowledged 132
133. Aaron S. Homsley, Jr.
134. Charles R. Thomas
135. Jack R. Farris
136. John B. Moora
137. Charles B. Pennington
138. James P. Benton
139. Luther F. Carotbers
LEAVE FOR MD.
Mrs. Frank J. Modderno and
son, “Skee” left Sunday for their
home in Kensington, Md. after a
viist here with the former’s moth
er. Mrs. W. D. Craig.
Mrs. Carter Now
With Paul Derr
Mrs. Ethel Carter, who for the
past several years has been oper
ating the Holly Florist here, is
now connected with Paul Derr as
a member of the sales personneL
Mrs. Carter takes the place vacat
ed by the resignation of Miss Jane
Cook. Miss Cook has left for
Alabama due to the illness of her
mother.
Mrs. Carter told a News report
er that she had diflnitely gone out
of the floral business to. accept
her new position. She also stated
that she wished to thank the
many people here who had favor
ed her with their floral business.
The Holly Florist was a popular
establishment here but she stated
her new conilections had prompt
ed her to close the busing.
In asking that this newspaper
her thanks for the business she
extend her thanks for the business
she had received as one of our
leading florists she also requested
us to invite her friends to visit
her at Derr’s.