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VOL. XXVII.
MOUNT HOLLY, N. C.. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1950
NUMBER 36
HAWKS HOMECO
TONITE-CROWD
Hartsell High Will Be
The Locals’ Opponents
New Real Estate
Firm Is Opened
DeWitt S. Beatty, Sr^ owner of
Beatty’s Auto Parts; and W. N.
Beaty, owner of Beaty Brothers
Service Station, announced this
week the formation of a partner
ship in the operation of a real
estate business in Mount Holly.
The business will operate for the
present from the Beatty Auto
Parts which will serve as: tempor
ary headquarters, it was stated,
At a later date further announce
ments concerning the business
will be made.
Mr. Beatty stated that D. S.
Beatty, Jr., would be in charge
of the Beatty Auto Parts and
would operate the business: in the
future. Mr. Beatty has had con
siderable experience in the real
estate business, having operated
real estate offices in Atlanta, Ga.,
Florida, and Gaston county.
Temporary Lunch
Room Is Opened
An estimated 400 or more chil
dren are now being fed daily
lunches through the temporary
facilities installed in the gymnas
ium at the high school, it was
announced this week. The lunch
room was established by Mrs.
Henson, manager of the lunch'
room, for the children in both the
elementary and high school and
serves sandwiches, milk, ice
cream, and fruit.
The cost of eating in the lunch*
room is slight, and the school and
lunchroom officials believe that
the majority of children who do
not bring their limches or eat at
home are taking advantage of the
lunchroom.
A shipment of steel is delaying
the completion of the new lunch
room which will be housed in the
old auditorium building at the
elementary schol and it is hoped
that work on this building can be
completed as soon as possible.
Deacon Installed
At Westview Church
Blaine Hill, W. T. McIntosh, Jr.,
R. H. Austin, W. A. Bynum, and
H. L. StirewaJt were ordained and
installed deacons of Westview
Presbyterian Church at the even
ing worship hour Sunday.
The Rev. G. T. Matheny, pastor
of the church, read the ritual of
ordination and ins.tallation, and
preached the sermon. The ordina
tion prayer was offered by the
Rev. D. O. Mclnnis, pastor of
First Presbyterian Church.
Claude Howard
Buried Sunday
The death of Claude P. Howard
early last Saturday morning
spread a shadow of sorrow over
this entire community. Mr. How
ard’s death came suddenly despite
the fact that he had been ill
health for some years. This re
porter remembers his last con
versation with Mr. Howard on
Friday, the day preceeding his
death, and it concerned a plan to
aid a citizen of '»4ount Holly
financially who L- how in a ho‘>
pital. The plan was to be carried
out this week by the deceased
churchman. He always held a spot
in his heart for his neighbors and
the people of this entire vicinity,
a spot that was shared only by
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Hawks Will Stand Out Tonite; Be There
Melhodist Men To
Have Club Meeting
The Methodist Mens’ Club will
hieet next Tuesday night at the
l^hurch, Arthur Wright, chairman
charge of the program for this
h^eeting, announced this week.
The meeting will begin at 7:30
M. Supper will be served and
^ Speaker is being obtained for
the occasion. All members are
^^ged to attend.
AHEND CHURCH
VISITED DAUGHTER
AT ST. MARY'S
Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Clegg spent
the weekend in Raleigh visiting
their daughter, Miss Mary Ann
Clegg, a student at St. Mary’s
Academy. On Saturday they at
tended the Carolina-Wake Forest
game in Chapel Hill.
CHARTERED
Westview Church, organized
and sponsored by the First Pres
byterian Church here, was re
cently chartered by the Kings
Mountain Presbytery as an in
dependent Presbyterian Church,
and a member of the Presbytery
and the Synod.
Barrett To Attend
Emergency Meeting
W. O. Barrett, editor of The
News, will attend a special emer
gency meeting of the State l5emo-
cratic Executive Committee in Ra
leigh on Saturday morning. The
meeting will be held in the Hall
of the House of Representatives at
11 a. m. Everett Jordan, chairman
of the committee, called the meet
ing for the purpose of nominating
a Democratic candidate for As
sociate Justice of the Supreme
Court to succeed Justice A.A.F.
Seawell who died recently.
LEGION BOX
SCORE
151. Ralph L. Wilson
152. Dr. E. W. Connell
143. Robert I. Connell
154. Fred Hamilton*
155. Karl R. Better
156. James J. Bramhall, Jr.
157. Horace S. Doan
158. Ray Jenkins
159. Paul H. Martin*
160. Aaron S. Homsley, Sr.
161. John S. Carpenter*
BLOWING ROCK
Mr. and Mrs. Carl A. McEntire
spent the weekend at Blowing
Rock.
Merchants To
Have Fish Fry
The Riverbend Township Mer
chants Association secretary, Mrs.
Kathleen Herald, announced plans
this week for the first get-together
to be held for members of the as
sociation since it was organized
several months ago. The Mer
chants Association is planning to
hold a fish fry Tuesday night,
October 31, at the American Din
ing Hall, Mrs. Herald stated, and
all members and their wives are
being issued a cordial invitation
to attend.
The cost per plate will be $1.
Mrs. Herald stated and member
merchants and their wives from
all the town represented in the
Riverbend Township Merchants
Association can plan on an even
ing of fun and informal renewing
of acquaintances.
Merchants from Mount, Holly,
Stanley, Alexis, Lucia, Lowesville,
and other towns in the surround
ing area will be on hand for the
occasion.
The Riverbend Township Mer
chants Association has grown to a
total of 82 members since it’s or
ganization and other merchants'
are quickly becoming aware of
the advantages offered through
membership in the association.
ATTEND GAME
Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Helton and
son, John visited Herndon Helton,
elder son of the Heltons; at the
University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, Saturday. While
there they attended the Carolina-
Wake Forest game. Among other
Mount Holly people going to the
game were Mr. and Mrs. T. L.
Ware, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. F. H.
Abernathy, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. T.
A. Dunn, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. GoF'
don Eaves, and Hollis Dunn.
Jaycee's Draw
Near To Goal .
For Building
The Jaycee goal of $1400 which
the local organization lacks before
it is possible to begin construc
tion of the Community Building
is drawing nearer, Jaycee Presi
dent J. C. Rhyne announced this
week. While the exact total which
has been reached in the final ef
fort to raise $1400 was not an
nounced, Mr. Rhyne said that the
Jaycees do not lack much of
reaching the goal. He stated that
the Jaycee drive for funds would
continue until the $1400 is reached
and that the Jaycees hope that
it will be reached within a matter
of days.
Those who have contributed
varying amounts to the Jaycee
Community Building since the
final effort began include the fol
lowing listed by Mr. Rhyne and
Peter N. Chagaris, treasurer:
H. H. Rhyne and Co., A Friend,
Clara Hager Rogers, Holloway
Cleaners, Central Barber Shop,
Beatty’s Auto Parts, Edna Black,
Dr. O. S. Moore, P. H. Roberts, W.
L. Tucker, Grier’s Cleaners, Paul
Derr, Hoyle and Waldrop Service
Station, James W. Summey, Jr.,
Rankin Dept. Store, Summey
Drug Co. The Sportland.
River Valley Appliance Co.,
Ivey Henkle, Jeweler, Dr. Howard
Huff, Mt. Holly Ice and Fuel Co.,
Arthur Wright, Mrs. Jane Cook,
Chief R. C. Robinson, O., R. Mc
Kinney, Mrs. Purvis Patterson,
Sam Moore, L. E. Chittum, T. J.
Davis, Miss Roxella Abernethy,
Miss Joan L. Kale, C. E. Moffat.
Mrs. Elsie Conard.
Miss Nelda Smith, Mrs. Marie
Cochran, Miss Dorothy Calvert,
Mrs. Jeanette Underwood, Mrs.
Sue Rhyne, Mrs. Wayne Wallace,
Mrs. Roger Price, C. R. Elliott,
Miss Anita Bales, Mrs. Sally Mc
Intosh, Mrs. Dorothy Beatty,
Southern Dyestuff Corp.. The
Quality Store, R & W Shoe Repair.
Hartsell High School of Con*
cord will be guests of Mount
Holly High School’s Hawks to
night at Hutchison-Lowe Field m
the annual Homecoming game :br
the locals. A host of fans are ex
pected to turn out tonight to jee
the Hawks take on the big Hart
sell visitors and Hawk coaches
Max Beam and Herbert Hipps are
hoping that the occasion will be
a Hawk victory. The locals have
nearly a split record thus far this
season with two wins out of five •
In case of rain, the coaches said
that some rain date for the first
part of next week will be set.
They did not know the date yet
and hope the weather will be
clear tonight.
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games played. The Bessemer City
game two weeks ago should have
been a Hawk victory but the
Hawk offense couldn’t get under
way and the underdog Bessemer
City squad lowered the boom on
the locals to the disappointment
of many fans attending the game.
Last Friday night the Hawks
looked fair in taking a 6-0 squeak
over the Cramerton Eagles who
visited the Hawks' at Hutchison-
Lowe Park. The Hawks stood in
scoring position several times but
,’-.. ’ked (.he driv' to carry th'- oall
I ,-r--ss aiid th? coachintf scan a*
the high' schbol is sorry the
Hawks couldn’t rack up two or
three more touchdowns during
the game which would have given
them the win margin they were
expected to carry.
The Hawks have been having
a rough time this year with play
ing alternating between .hot and
cold again. Last year the Hawk#
hit several streaks when ^ they
looked like one of the ghatT>est
high schooi teams in the aectipn
while again they would fall apart
just as they drove into scoring
position. The coaches hope the
Hawks can buckle down to consis-
tantly good ball for the remainder
of the season, adding some more
victories to their string.
Cramerton showed little gain
against the Hawk line last week
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ATTEND TWO DAY MEETING
The Rev. C. C. Roberts, pastoi
of Adrian-Madora Baptist Church,
attended the two-day Baptist As
sociation Meeting held this week
on Monday and Tuesday at Bel
mont and Gastonia. He was ac
companied by Mrs. Roberts, Mrs.
E. J. Gowan, and Mrs. Waite:
Itillwell.
Local Couple
Killed In Auto
Double funeral services were
held Tuesday afternoon at 4
o’clock at First Presbyterian
Church for Mr. and Mrs. Parks
Daniel Stillwell, who were killed
instantly in an automobile acci
dent Saturday night at 7:30 on
Highway 16, Shuffletown cross
roads, in Mecklenburg county. .
The pastor, the Rev. D. O. Mc
lnnis, officiated, assisted by the
Rev. Frank B. Rankin of Mount
Holly, and Dr. George D. Heaton,
pastor of Myers Park Baptist
Church, Charlotte. Burial was in
Pine View Cemetery here. The
bodies remained at Mount Holly
Funeral Home until 6 p. m. Mon
day, when they were taken to the
home of Mrs. Stillwell’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Vance Lip-
pard in Paw Creek. At 9 a. m.
Tuesday they were taken to the
home of Mr. Stillwell’s father,
Walter D. Stillwell in Mount
Holly.
Mr. Stillwell was born April 16,
1906, at Newberry, S. C. He was
graduated from Newberry College
and for a number of years' was a
teacher of mathematics in the
public schools of South Carolina
and North Carolina. He taught in
the Mount Holly schools at one
time. At the time of his death he
was a merchant here. He is sur
vived by his father and two sis
ters, Mrs. H. C. Addy and Mrs. R.
L. Beaty, both of Newberry. His
mother, Mrs. Lillie Alexander
Stillwell, died several years ago.
Mrs. Stillwell before her mar
riage was Miss Lena Lippard of
Paw Creek. She was born June 10,
1907, in Lincoln county. She is
survived by her parents, two
brothers, William Darryle Lippard
of Paw Creek and Vance B. Lip
pard of Charlotte, and seven sis-
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