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, NOVEMBER 10.1950
NUMBER 39
BUS SERVICE TO RIVERBEND
Paper And Metal Drive
Jaycees To Have Their
Second Big Drive; Give
The big Jaycee sponsored paper
drive will be held in Mount Holly
this Sunday, November 12, Chair
man Bus Dunn announced this
week, and the Jaycees are looking
forward to another drive as suc
cessful as the last. The last drive
for paper and scrap metal, held
about SIX weeks ago, was high
ly successful with over 7000
pounds of paper and 3000 pounds
of scrap metal bringing the Com
munity Building Fund over $100,
the Jaycees report. This drive
will also be for scrap metal and
paper and the Jaycees are ask
ing the cooperation of all local
residents again.
The same area which was
covered in the previous drive will
be canvassed by Jaycees aboard
trucks Sunday afternoon. Chair
man Dunn stated. In addition to
every street in the city limits of
Mount Holly, the Jaycees will
canvass Stanley highway to the
Globe Mill, Charlotte highway to
Two Points, Catawba Heights,
the Belmont highway, Tuckasee-
gee Road, Mountain Island Hoad
to Cavin's Store, and the Clear
water Lake section. '
Chairman Dunn stated that
trucks for the Jaycee drive were
' being furnished by the Mount
Ht^ly Tee and Company and
that he wished to express the
Jaycee’s appreciation to J. B.
Thompson, manager of the com
pany.
In case of rain Sunday,
alternate date will be the follow
ing Sunday, November 19,
.stated.
Residents of the sections con
cerned who have paper and scrap
metal which they wish to contri
bute to the drive are requested to
tie the paper in bundles if pos
sible, or to weight it down so it
will not be scattered by the wind.
Scrap metal too heavy to move
will be picked up by Jaycees if
the owner will call Chairman
Dunn at Taylor Motor Company.
The Jaycees request those who
’have paper to be picked up to
place it in plain view of the road
so the truck will not miss it in
the afternoon drive.
Street Paving
Here Completed
The paving of streets in the city
of Mount Holly has been com
pleted, Town Attorney Max
Childers announced this week,
and with the' final streets in the
city limits surfaced early this
week, it is believed that the resi
dents of the streets which were
resurfaced and topped are
thoroughly pleased with the
work. Streets needing resurfacing
were taken care of in the program j for Vhe Hawks and wiffbe huirt-
while at the same time, unpaved I jng wins following their loss to
streets where property owners Belmont last Friday,
petitioned the Board, also receiv-}
ed attention in the program.
The Board announced at the
start of the resurfacing program
that immediate attention to the
streets would save a great deal of
maintenance expense at later
dates.
Hawks Playing
Cherryville There
In Game Tonight
Mount Holly High School’s
Hawks travel to Cherryville to
night in the next to last game on
their 1950 schedule with three
successive wins behind them and
two of the toughest games of the
season ahead. “Cherryville will
not be easy to take,” Coach Max
Beam told News reporters at the
high school this week, and Coach
Herb Hipps added the comment
that the Hawks will have to play
some of their best football to win.
“However,” Coach Hipps stated,
'We believe that Mount Holly can
win over Cherryville easily
enough if our boys play #the
heads-up football they have been
playing in the last three games.
Cherryville is Coach Max
Beam’s home town and the Iron
men will be primed to take Mount
Holly over the humps if it can
possibly be done with a hoped for
win over the locals one of the
biggest an'bitionj* • they Jiave this
season.
The Ironmen as usual are big
and tough. Boasting one of the
formidable lines in high school
football in this section. Cherry
ville will outweight the Hawks
man for man straight down the
line and the Ironmen backfield is
reported to be plenty fast and de
ceptive. Cherryville also has two
backs that are reported to cover
practially every phase of back-
field strategy completely between
them with one specializing in
slashing end runs while Ihe other
cuts high school lines to pieces
for valuable yardage. The Hawks
will have trouble stopping these
two men in addition to holding
their own against Cherryville’s
line.
Probably starting line-up for
the Hawks in the forward wall
will include Ends—Dicky Car
penter and P. L. Black, Tackles—
Larry Waldrop and Robert Lee,
Guards—Paul Dunn and Ronnie
Estridge, and Center — Johnny
Wike. The probable starting line
up in the backfield for the locals
will include Jim Cogdill, Bennett
Keistler, Ted Waldrop, and Andy
Carpenter.
The final game on the Hawks
schedule, following the Cherry
ville game tonight, will be play
ed next Friday night at Hutch-
ison-Lowe Field when the Hawks
play host to Forest City, definite
ly big league in high school foot
ball in the Western Conference.
Forest City will be in good shape
LEGION BOX
SCORE
188— William G. Rumfelt
189— 0. M. Baxley
190— ReeSh J. Holland ;
191— Earnest M. Johns, Jr.
192— ^Everett P. Johnron
193— Carl M. Sarvis
194— Curtis M. McIntosh
VISIT SON
Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Rankin
visited their son, Frank, student
at Duke University, over the
weekend. While there they at
tended the Duke-Ga. Tech, home
coming game.
ATTEND GAME
Among those attending the
Duke- Georgia Tech homecoming
game Saturday, were Mr. and
Mrs. C. S. Clegg, and Mr. and
Mrs. Milton Craig.
Beagle Club To
Have Fish Fry
A combinations fish fry and
chicken supper will be sponsored
by the Gaston County Beagle
Club at Hand’s Fish Fry near the
river bridge in Belmont, it was
announced this week. The suppef
is being held for members of the
Beagle Club and their wives and
plans for the next Sanctioned “A”
field trial to be held by the
Beagle Club will be made at this
meeting.
Hubert I. Rhinehart, president
of the North Carolina A^ociation
of Beagle Clubs, will be guest of
the Gaston County club fpr the
event, and will be the speaker.
Either fish or chicken will be
served guests attending the sup
per, and fish will cost $1.25 per
plate while chicken will cost $1.50
per plate, the announcements
said. Serving will begin at 7:30.
RETURNS FOR WEEKEND
Paul Springs, who is stationed at
Fort Jackson, S. C. with the army,
spent the weekend here with his
mother, Mrs. W. J. Springs.
This year Armistice Day comes to find us facing another threat from
tyrannical armies. It finds us, too, accepting this challenge, as did those
brave Americans in past years. In such manner is democracy defended.
Not by depriving others, and ourselves of liberty, but by defeating
those who would deprive us. Today we are *nu*tering ail of our
and joining forces with our allies. Today we are meeting this
to liberty in all parts of the world, fighting this many-headed monster
of decadence wherever we can, aware that our kind of liberty never
loses.
On Sunday
Regular Runs For People
In Entire Section Is Plan
Civic Clab To
Hear Aulhorily
Mrs. Rosalie Dyer Henderson of
Charlotte will be guest speaker at
the meeting of the Civic Club to
be held next Monday night at
7:30 at the Lions Club Building
Mrs. Clyde Loftin, president, an
nounced Thursday. Mrs. He^er-
son, a well known decorator of
wide and varied experience, will
be presented by the American
Hc»ne Committee of the Civic
Club.
Serving on the American Home
Committee are Mrs. Walter Spear,
Mrs. A. D. Black, Mrs. W. G. Hen
son, Mrs. Rudd Cline, Mrs. Hugh
Paschal, Mrs. T. M. Abercrombie,
Mrs. Henry Patrick, Mrs. Neal
Sellers, Mrs. Jeffrey Hart, Mrs.
Henry Kale, Mrs. W. D. Long,
Miss Goldie Kale, Mrs. James
Arthur, and Mrs. Carl Elliott
Mrs. Henderson has been in
decorating and designing field
since 1928 and writes a weekly
column for the Charlotte Obser
ver. In the past she has served
as manager of Hamilton’s Furni
ture Shop in Greensboro, as a
buyer for a large chain furniture
store, as decorator for Chatham
Ferniture Shop in Savannah. Ga.,
and as Home Adviser for J. B.
Ivey and Company in Charlotte.
She has just opened a new shop,
the Henderson Town and Country
Antique and Decorating Studio on
the Concord road near Charlotte.
She will be assisted in the lec
ture by her son, Foster Hamilton,
who is a recent graduate of Par
sons School of Designing.
Mrs. Henderson* subject will be
Color Harmony In The Home and
she will illustrate her talk with
various exhibits.
Following the lecture, refresh
ments will be served by the Am
erican Home Committee.
Lieia School To
Sponsor Big Sapper
A chicken supper is being
sponsored by the eighth grade
class of Lucia Schools tonight,
(Friday) beginning at 6 p. m.
Plates will be 50 cents and 75
cents with all extras included on
the menu, it was announced. The
supper is being held to raise
funds for the students of the
eighth grade to visit Raleigh, the
announcements said.
Merchants To
Display Flags
Lawing Opening
Is Held Today
Boyd Lawing, operator of the
Lawing Grocery Store at the
Nims village, is announcing the
opening of a Self-Service store at
the Madora village this week.
Mr. Lawing has the store located
next door to the Launderette aiwi
has completely renovated the in
terior of the building and install
ed modem meat .counter equip
ment. I
Mr. Lawing is also announcing! ^ the proper sources.
Response For
Lunch Deficil
Made To School
One civic organization in Moimt
Holly has already contacted
Mount Holly School officials in
regard to the free lunch situation
which is forcing operation of the
lunchroom at the local schools
into a deficit. Principal S. H. Hel
ton announced this week. Ex
pressing the thanks of the school
to this organization which has ex
pressed it’s interest in working
with other groups in Mount Holly
to provide a free lunch program
for the lunchroom, Mr. Helton
said this week that he is hoping
other groups including * civic
groups and churches will take an
interest in the problem.
• Explaining the free lunch situa
tion, Mr. Helton stated that prices
in the lunchroom are alreay cut
to the bone and that some items
are being sold to students below
cost “Milk,” be stated, “1? pur
chased I7 the lunchroom for five
and one-half cents per bottle «nH
sold to the students for five cents.
While it is possible to operate a
lunchroom on a narrow budget,
providing good substantial
lunches to the children for the
sum of twenty cents, which
what they are charged now, the
additicmal cost of the free lunches
for the children who are in need
of lunch but whose parents can
not pay for them, is a dead weight
which must be borne by some
one,” be said.
Mrs. Anne W. Maley, writing
in the state publiactim for the
guidance of school lunchroom
managers, expresses the thought
when she says,” . . Actually
there is no such thing as a free
lunch. SMDebody pays. It may be
paid for by sc»ne individual or
organizatiem or from funds col
lected on a school or community
program. These and almfiar
The News learned this week
that a franchise will be granted
in Mount Holly f6r the operation
of a bus line to cover the section
between Mount Holly and River-
bend. The name of the person to
whom the franchise has been
granted was not revealed, but
The News was informed that
complete information regarding
the the bus line would be releas
ed for publication next week.
The bus line will operate on a
regular schedule seven days per
week it was revealed, according
to tentative plans, and buses will
probably leave Mount Holly every
two hours for Riverbend on week
days and every hour on Friday
and Saturday.
This bus serviefe between Mount
Holly and the Riverbend section
will be of great value to the com
munity and will supply a need
now existing for a great man
local residents. It will be the
only bus offering transportaticai
between Mount Holly and. River
bend at the present time. While
buses travel through Mount Holly
from the Charlotte terminal and
through Riverbend from Char
lotte, no transpotration by b**^
lines has evij. *d between Mo* at
Holly and ki^rbend in the past
The residential section lying
between Mount Holly and River
bend is increasing greatly in size
and with the City Limts of Mount
Holly recently expanded in that
direction it is believed that the
bus line will be a great asset
Grand Prizes for the ^opening to
day. He will give away a beauti
ful 32 piece set of dishes and two
9x12 Gold Seal Linoluem Rugs.
*T have plenty of parking space
here and jiave tried to create a
good, clean self-service store. It
•ramerton Plafs
Here Next Tee^af
very low
profit. Everyone is invited to
come out and inspect the store
and to compare our quality and
prices. We believe that you will
like it and enjoy driving out to
see us and to trade with us.” Mr.
Lawing stated.
So attend the opening of the
store today.
Merchants of Mount Holly who
have American Flags are being
requested by the Moimt Holly k» „ "x: v' •'
.... , •'will be operated on a cash basis
Post of toe American Legion to with cash pric«» at a very low
display them today, Friday, No
vember 10. Today i s Armistice
Day. Designated as a national
memorial to those who fought and
died for their country, and to
those who fought and lived,
through the First World War,
Armistice Day should strike a re
sponsive note in the hearts of
Americans who pray for world
peace, futile as the possibilities of
aggressor nations throwing down
their arms might seem.
“Armistice Day,” Commander
Jack Summey of the Mount
Holly Post of the Legion declared
Thursday, “Must continue to car
ry it's full share of meaning to
us and should serve in addition
to it’s memorial capacity as a
memento of the tenible cost of'
war. Today, we as Americans,
should pray even more earnestly
for world peace.’*
Ladies Sponsor
Late Local Show
A late show, “Look for the Sil
ver Lining” will be shown at the
Gaston Theater Thursday night of
next week, November 23, under
the sponsorship of the Ladies
Auxiliary of the Veterans of For
eign Wars; President Helen Davis
> announced Wednesday. The late
The Mount Holly Post of the*show will begin at 10:45, Mrs.
Legion has planned no specific
observance of Armistice Day this
year. Every man, woman, and
child knows the meaning of
Armistice Day. November 10 is a
^ date which will engarved in blood
[red leters on the minds of Ameri-
‘ cans for generations to come. But
the local post of the Legion wants
to urge those who have flags and
who might otherwise momentari
ly forget, that today is a day on
which the American Flag should
Cramerton's Bantams, nursing
loss to Mount Holly’s Jayvees
last Monday and ready to avenge
the unexpected defeat, will visit
Hutchison-Lowe Field next Tues
day afternoon at 4 p. m. in a re-1 be displayed, and they ask the
turn game, the last of the Jayvee j coc^ration of everyone' in this
season. Coach John Ellis announc-1 observance of Armistice Day.
ed this week. The Jayvees are'
priming for Cramerton this week IWEEBXND IN M. H.
foUowing their 13-0 win over the j Harold Auten, staUoned at Fort
visitors last week and will be in Knox, Ky. with a unit of the Air
top shape for the game barring National Guard, spent the week-
injuries in practice this week. | end here with his wife.
Davis stated, and tickets to the
show will be on sale this week by
the members of the Ladies
Auxiliary.
Starring June Haver, Ray Bolg-
er, and Gordon McRae, the show
one of the best musicals* produced
in recent years and is expected tc
attract a large audience, it was
stated.
The show will be held on
Thanksgiving Night and a.holiday
audience will enjoy the ligh*
comedy which makes “Look for
toe Silver Lining” a fine picture.
CHURCH MEETING
The Women of the Presbyteriar
Church will have their monthly
meeting Wednesday. November
15th., at 3 o’clock in the after
noon, at the Church.
**Tbe lunchroom should not be
expected to absorb them. Again
somebody pays. If>the so-called
free lunches are not paid for by
sources in toe community outside
the lunchroom, then the “paying
child” pays. This is just as true
in the schools that operates a la
carte without Federal assistance
as it is in the reimbursed pro
grams.
“In the reimbursed programs
the Federal assistance of cash and
commodities is supplied on every
lunch served to children, but the
20 cents cash that the ncm-paying
child does not supply comes from
the 20 cents others do pay—
leveling down the
cents and 15 cents to 10 cents
average per plate outlay, depend
ent upon the percentage of free
lunch» served.*
‘Free lunches are necesary for
McCoy's Grand
Opening 2 Days
Ed McCoy, president of the
McCoy Service Statiems, is an
nouncing toe opening of his sta
tion here 'in this issue of The
News. The opening is for two big
days, today and tomorow. One
quart of oil, in cans, will be
given with every five gallons of
gasoline sold during these two
days.
Several new pieces of equip
ment have been added and Mr.
McCoy stated that toe station
would specialize in lubrication
jobs. Prices for the two opening
days for gasoline will be 25.9c
and 27.9c. The lowest price for
regular and the higher for Ethyl
gas.
The station is located across
from the Methodist Church and
was formerly owned and operat
ed by W. M. Beaty. The station is
now leased to the McCoy group.
Demos Got Big
Vole Here 7ih
^ Mount Holly voters marched to
cents to 191 toe pells with more than 150 in-
in —‘-‘crease in votes over the last off-
year electiem held in 1946 when
mly 350 people voted. Last Tues
day there were slightly more
than 500 votes cast with many
those children imable to (>ay, but | people not veting for all candi-
semeone muri pay. We urge that | dates or for all ammendments.
it be the adults of the community j The Democrats, where there
who pay and not toe other school • were contests, carried easily, here,
children.” | The sheriffs race, which pre-elec-
• This rovers the utuation com- j tion talk had premised would be
pletely. Principal Helton points
out, and shows that other lunch
rooms face the same problem.
Mount Holly has* a problem to
meet.
More than 500 children from
toe Elementary school alone eat
at the lunchnxan at the Mount
Holly Schools. It is impossible to
accurately estimate the traffic at
the lunchroom under the present
circumstances without a special
count, but one teacher in charge
of a typiacl elementary classroom
told a News reporter that all but
of her 30 students ate in the
lunchroom and other rooms show
ed about the same statistics.
Principal Helton is urging every
rivic group and church in Mount I ANNOUNCE BIRTH
Holly to consider this problem] Mr. and Mrs. Bob Williams an-
and ^ to aid in working out a | nounce the birth of a daughter,
olution fcH* the children who November 1 at the Charlotte Me-
mist suffer if it becomes neces- morial HospitaL Mr. and Mrs.
iry to cancel the free lunch DiUiams also have a small bc^,
am. I Bobby.
close, failed to materialize. Sheriff
Hoyle Efird secured a total of 345
votes to 144 for his opponent
Johnny Russell. This was nearly
three to one. which was the coun
ty average received by Efird in
his re-election.
O. E. Massey, representative
from Riverbend Township on the
Board of county commissioners,
received the highest vote cast for
any candidate, a total of 380. Basil
Whitener, Grs^y Rankin and Dan
Buckner ran close behind.
Bill McKinney, for ccmstable,
was re-elected with one promin
ent citizen here receiving two
votes as his only oposition.