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VOL. XXVII.
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^ ^ mount holly, li. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1950
NUMBER 35
ONE OF THE OUTSTANDING HORSES ENTERED IN LOCAL SHOW
Horse Show To Be
On Next Tuesday
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Freedom Crusade Is On
TheabovZwur^ntato^n^:. Schofleld, trainer tor the Galvin stables of Lenoir and Fort Lauto
Pb„ shown astride the champion dapple gray mare -Stardnst^ .Th.s .s ,ust one of the scores of
; horses to be shown at the Mount Holly Horse Show here next Tuesday.
RUMBA, TRICK MULE, TO BE HERE
NOTICE
The Horse Show tickets stolen
from car of Manager Ralph'
Leonard, of the Show, yesterday
will do no one any good, Mr.
Leonard has the numbers of
the tickets, which were of the
roll type, and knows exactly
those that have been sold. Since
the tickets were stolen all those
sold to-date have been cancell
ed and new ones will be given
to all who have already bought.
Check back with the person
from whom you bought your
ticket for a new one. Mr.
Leonard regrets this inconven
ience but appreciates the co
operation he knows he will get
from the good people of Mount
Holly.
liumba, the trick mule, will appear at the Mount Holly Horse
Show next Tue^ay. Rumba will add a lot of comedy to the show
everyone will enjoy his antics. Rumba is something new for
® Mount Holly Horse Show and Ralph Leonard, manager, stated
tbat he was delighted that this famous mule would be here. '
][wo Mount Holly
Roys Get Draft Call
Only two Mount Holly men,
Lawson Flowers and Paul
^Uliam Wiley, were on the list
^ Registrants who will be induct-
^ into the Aj-med Forces on Octo-
18, Lyle Edwards, chairman
w* the county Selective Service
r®^rd, announced this week. The
*i8t released this week totaled 51
^®n who will leave on October
^ for induction. Five men from
^iniont were on the list with
.ne majority of the inductees com-
from Gastonia.
LEGION ROLL
Mo. Manuel L. Grier
Ml. Richard E. Rankin*
^42. James H. Taylor
143. Gary L. Kendrick
144. Frank L. Rankin
145. Summey G. Brittian
146. John F. Allen
147. Walter J. Gibson*
148. Bobby E. Aiken
149. James S. Crump
150. Burton F. Mitchell
. Denotes new members or re-
^^‘statements.
FROM BEACH
« Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Hollar, Mrs.
w- A. Hollar, Mr. and Mrs Gordon
S'J^Telt and Mr and Mrs T E.
i*®binson returned Sunday night
Myrtle Beach, where they
a week at the Robinson
^ttage
Fire Week Is
Observed Locally
Fire Prevention Week 4s being
observed in Mount Holly this
week with particular emphasis be
ing placed on the local schools by
the Mount Holly Volunteer Fire
Department. A fire Drill was held
at the local schools yesterday
morning and all students and
teachers cleared the buildings in
record time in the surprise drill.
Each year Fire Prevention
Week is observed all over the
nation with Fire Departments in
each town and city forming the
backbone of the drive for safety
and prevention of fire.
Pointing out the importance of
foresight in prevention of fire,
Fire Chief Ralph Holland this
week asked all local residents to
take this opportunity to check
their homes and places of busi
ness for fire hazards. “Check bad
wiring, overloaded circuits, oily
rags hidden about the basement
or attic, old newspapers or other
paper which can be dangerous,
and be sure that all hazards are
removed to be safe,” he stated.
Electrical appliances which are
placed on overloaded circuits are
responsible for a large percent
age of the fires in homes each
year and each place of business
and homes if possible should be
provided with some type of fire
extinguisher.
Costner Starts
Jayvee Drive
$208.51 was raised in one day
by a few students from Mount
Holly High School working with
Mr. J. A. Cqstner, chairman of
the drive for funds to purchase
football uniforms for the Junior
Varsity team at the high school.
This has been the only opportuni
ty for a concentrated effort since
the drive for funds began, but it
is hoped that the students will
again be able to canvass down
town Mount Holly next week.
The drive is going very well, and
Mr. Costner expressed his plea
sure this week with the amount
of money given by local business
men during the short drive held
last week.
Those donating to the drive
were:
J. A. Costner, Max Childers, J.
Z. Patterson, Billy C. Spittle,
Sanitary Cafe, Dr. Howard Huff,
Nick’s Grill, Jack Loftin, Dr. A.
U. Stroupe, Delmas Abernathy,
Ivey Henkle, Johnny York, Bobby
Benfield, Pete McCorkle, Kelly
Summey, O. E. Massey, Ken
Moore, Rankin’s Department
Store, Paul Derr, Leonard Jones,
Marvin Clark, Whiteway Clean
ers, American Yam and Process
ing Company, Adrian Johnson,
Mrs. Lathan, Mrs. Cloninger,
Gene Painter, J. C. Rhyne, Mr.
Dameron, Mary Warren,, Floyd
Abernathy, Juanita Collins, Tay
lor Motors, Bus Dunn, Clara Rog
ers, Mount Holly Furniture Com
pany, D. S. Beatty, Gus Chagaris,
Ralph Holland, Willis Holland,
Anonymous, Holly Grill, Edna
Black, T. B. Duckworth, Eugene
Lucky, Lawing Furniture and
Grocery, and a number of other
anonymous donations.
Mr. E. L. Norwood will be in
charge of the drive at Duke Pow
er Company plants, it was an
nounced this week and it is hoped
that the second canvass of the
town section will complete the
drive.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Wiggins of
Gastonia announce the birth of a
daughter, Sandra Deane, on Octo
ber 1 at Gaston Memorial Hospi
tal. Mrs. Wiggins is the former
Miss Sarah Deane Cole, daughter
of Mrs. J. W. Cole of this place.
Jaycees In
Behind Big
Nat'l Move
Mount Holly’s Junior Chamber
of Commerce is sponsoring the
Crusade for Freedom with Max
Childers serving as chairman in
charge of the Mount Holly drive,
and the drive for signatures on
the Freedom Scroll has begun al
ready, it was announced this
week. Mr. Childers has named a
committee to assist him in carry
ing the Freedom Scrolls to every
potential signer in Mount Holly.
The committee includes: Dick
Beaty, Luther Carothers, Buster
Dunn, Tommy Dunn, Ken Davii;
Dwight Scoggins, Bill Quinn, Har
old Henkle, Ivey Henkle, and
Peter N. Chagaris. These men will
have copies of the Freedom Scroll
and will be obtaining signatures
this week.
The Gaston County Chairmen
of the Crusade for Freedom are
co-chairmen James Boyce Gar
land and Rutherford B. Friday
of Gastonia and they have an
nounced the •’iting up -.f an or
ganization whicn should be sec
ond to none to obtain the signa
tures of thousands of Gaston coun
ty residents on the Freedom
Scroll.
National Chairman in the Cru
sade for Freedom is General
Lucius D. Clay and Regional
Chairman is Reuben B. Robertson.
R. Gregg Cherry is vice-chairman
while other well known residents
of this state serve in other offices
directing the Crusade for.Freedom
in this state. A. G. Myers of Gas
tonia is the county representative
on the Advisory Committee in
North Carolina.
All over the nation people who
believe in the principals of the
Crusade for Freedom and who
wish to show their active interest
in the combatting of Communism
by the principals of psychology
are signing their names to Free
dom Scrolls. Contributing of vary
ing amounts, ranging from the
pennies of the poor to the larger
checks and dominations' made by
the more wealthy, are being made
to the cause of enlightening those
trapped behind the Iron Curtain
of Communism.
Every signature on the Freedom
Scroll will be permanently en
shrined with the Freedom Bell in
Berlin as a symbol of American I
dedication to the cause of world
freedom. Radio Free Europe is
the only contact many of the peo- j
pie behind the Iron Curtain have,
with the outside world. The con- |
tributions made by those who ^ive'
as they sign their names on the
Freedom Scroll go to the support j
of this broadcasting schedule. All
contributions are voluntary and
no-one has to give. But one of
the targets of the Crusade for I
Freedom is to tell the peoples of,
prisoner states what is realyj
going on in the world of Com-'
munism and how the forces of
freedom are more alive and pow-1
erful than ever before. !
In accepting the national chair
manship of the Crusade for Free
dom, General Clay issued the fol
lowing statement of purpose:
“The soul of the world is sick,
and the peoples of the world are
looking to the United States for
leadership and hope.
“They are looking to us for
leadership in a great moral cru
sade—a crusade for freedom, j
friendship and faith throughout'
the earth. j
“If we are to prove equal to
this desperate need, each U. S.
citizen must feel a personal re-1
sponsibility. We cannot leave the j
job to government alone. !
“The Crusade committee will,
actively seek from citizens and
groups of citizens throughout the!
country new ideas and new ways’
of getting the facts of freedom and
(Cooiinued On Back Page)
FINE HARNESS HORSE IN SHOW
Pictured above is Dorothy Carlough, of Charlotte, with her Fine
Harness Horse that has won scores of First Prizes in horse shows
all over the South. Mis^s Carlough has entered her horse “Crown
Derby” along with two other champion show horses in the local
show. A five gaited horse and a walk-trot horse are to be shown
by Miss Carlough.
Hawks Play Cramers On
Hutchison-Lowe Grounds
Mount Holly’s Hawks will play
host Ic a fighting Cramei'ton
Eagles team tonight at Hutchison-
Lowe Park with game time set at
8 p. m., and a host of fans are
expected to be on hand to see
what the Hawks have in store for
the Eagles this year. Last year
Cramerton handed the locals a
12-0 win' and unless the Hawks
are in top form for the gamg to
night this could be a repeat per
formance.
The Hawks fell down in the
eyes of their fans last week when^
they dropped a 6-0 game io the
underdog Bessemer City squad at
Bessemer City last Friday night.
Ready for an easy win, the Hawks
may have grown overconfident,
and the coaches both aeclare that
something was lacking in practice
all last week following the Hawk
win over Lowell the week before.
The Hawk line fell to pieces
before charging Bessemer City
players last Friday night and the
backfield for the locals barely had
a chance to touch the ball in many
instances before swarming tack-
lers were upon them. Hawk aerial
attacks proved futile with the
passers rushed by tacklers and
receivers displaying little receiv
ing talent that evening.
Only one time in tne game, and
that was in the first quarter be
fore Bessemer City racked up
their single tally, did the Hawks
display real football teamwork.
Settling flown to defend their
goal after a heartbreaking fumble
cost them the ball deep in their
own territory, the Hawks buckled
down to hold Bessemer City to
less than a first down gain. Tak
ing possession of the ball again
Mount Holly again fumbled at a
critical moment and again lost the
ball to Bessemer City. Here too
the home team was held to little
gain and for the third time the
Hawks took the ball. A third
fumble again gave the ball to
Bessemer City and a pass' on the
fourth down gave them their
single touchdown of the evening.
The Hawks held the home squad
to little gain for 11 downs in
Hawk territory only to fumble
three times and allow a pass re
ceiver to slip across their goal
line.
After Bessemer City scored in
the first quarter the Hawks blew
their own offense sky high and
succeeded only in playing a fair
defensive game preventing more
touchdowns by the Bessemer City
eleven.
What will happen when Cra-
. (Coniiaued On B*ck Page)
Registration To
Start Saturday
The books for the General
Election to be held on Novem
ber 7 will open tomorrow. Sat
urday, October 14lh. The regis
trars will be at the polling
places with Mrs. J. B. Thomp
son serving as Registrar for
Precinct Number 1 and Peter
N. Chagaris serving as Regis
trar for Precinct Number 2.
The Registrars will be on duty
from 9 A. M. until sunset tomor
row and the two following
Saturdays, October 21 and 28.
Be sure you are registered.
P. T. A. Plans Big
Father's Night
Father’s Night will be observed
at the, Parent-Teachers Associa
tion meeting next Thursday night,
October 19, at 7:30 p. m., it was
announced this week. The meet
ing is scheduled to begin at 7:30
p. m. at the gym at Mount Holly
High School and Dad will rule for
the evening in the P.T.A. Ken
neth Davis is slated to assume
the presidency of the P.T.A. for
the evening and will conduct the
meeting in place of the regular
president, Mrs. Charles Holtzclaw.
The business session will be
conducted by the men who will
also furnish the entertainment
for the program and ladies who
belong to the P.T.A. vow that this
is one pight the men are going
to be in full charge. No man will
be able to call it a woman’s or
ganization after this meeting they
state.
E. Stewart Dellinger, president
of the Parent-Teachers Associa
tion in Stanley, will give a two
minute talk about the work of the
men in the P.T.A. i
The meeting will end with a
social hour and refreshments, an
nouncements stated.
The Membership Drive to re
cruit new members and obtain
renewals of memberships in the
local organization began this week
and all parents and friends are
urged to join the local P.T.A. dur-
ing^he drive. The Mount Holly
P.T.A. has become one of the
most active groups in this town
and is growing in size constant
ly. The greatest percentage of the
money collected in membership
dues will remain in Mount Holly
for local P.T.A. work, it was
pointed out.
Promises To
Be Largest
Here To Date
The Mount Holly Horse Showe
will be held next Tuesday after
noon and night at Hutchison-
Lowe Field and with last minute
entries still pouring in this week
it will undoubtedly develop into
the biggest and best horse show
held in this section.' Beautiful
horses from stables in surround
ing slates and as far away as;
Florida will be shown at the
horse show, which is sponsored
each year by the Rotary Club of
Mount Holly.
The afternoon show begins
promptly at 3 P. M. and the even
ing show begins at 8 P. M. Lois
Gregg, vocalist, and Clarence
EtterSj organist of Charlotte, will
be a portion of the entertainment
program which is: being planned.
Horse lovers and those who ap
preciate the well trained and
beautiful animals are going to en
joy the horse show this year more
than any other they have attend
ed here, Ralph Leonard, in charge
of the show for the Rotary Club,
assured News reporters tl^is weeH.^
Among the prize animals which
will be seen are Stardust, light
dappled grey mare, and Golden
Flash, which will be shown by
the well known veteran trainer,
W. H. Schofield who is now con
nected with the Galvin Stables of
Lenoir • and Fort Lauderdale,
Florida.
Stardust will be shown in
dressage exhibition, extraordinary
since there are but a limited
number of dressage trained horses
in the United States. This work
is best known in Europe and dates
back to centyries past, being of
European origin. Dressage is
symbolical of higher education in
animals and is the most advanc
ed form of horse training and the
j highest form of equitation. It is
i effected not by brute force but
j by kindness and the building up
• of confidence in the horse. By the
I use of an understandable eques
trian language the rider is able
j to communicate his wishes to the
I horse and the horse responds. In
all movements, Mr. Leonard
I pointed out, the horse obeys the
j rider willingly with calmness and
j precision and grace.
[ In two-tracking the horse goes
1 forward and to the right or left
in the walk, the trot and the can
ter and Stardust has been train-
j ed to various dressage movements.
I Golden Flash, golden Arabian
{gelding will also be shown in
series of high school; and to add
comedy, the Galvin Stables Mas
cot, the noted little mule Rumba
will be, shown. This little mule
has been featured at many major
engagements throughout the coun
try, including the Chicago Rail
road Fair last year, along with
Golden Flash, while Stardust has
been a feature at leading horse
shows in dressage exhibitions,
which aside from entertaining, is
an educational exhibition in horse
training.
The tickets for the horse show
are now on sale at the schools
and advance sale tickets are go
ing rapidly. Advance tickets cost
25 cents and 50 cents while tick-
I ets sold at the gate will be 50
cents and $1.
Plan now to attend the horse
show next Tuesday. It will be well
worth the price oi the tickets.
HERE TUESDAY
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie DelUng and
sons, John and Wayne of Rock
Hill, S. C. visited relatives here
Tuesday.
ATTEND FUNERAL
Mrs. I. W. Parrish and sister,
Mrs. E. M. Griffin of Rock Hill,
S. C, attended the funeral of their
hephew, Sidney Hughes Friday
afternoon in Newberry, S C.