Mount Holly News
VOL. XXVII.
Constructive—If It Will Help Mount Holly And Gaston County The News Is For It—Progressive
MOUNT HOLLY. N. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1950
NUMBER 41
DRAFT SEVEN LOCAL BOYS
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Football Baru^et To Mi^bliQ^lit Big* Soason
Vets Start Toy Pick-up Sunday
IndDGtees Leave Today
For Training In Service
Everyone Urged To Give
Toys For Underpaivileged
Members of the James Parks
Warren post of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars in Mount Holly
will meet Sunday afternoon, No
vember 24, at 1 p. m. to begin
picking up toys which are to be
repaired and distributed to de
serving and needy children this
Christmas. The toy drive was be
gun last Friday with the an
nouncement by the members of
the local V.F.W. that old toys
would be repaired and distribut
ed to children in this section who.
might otherwise not enjoy Christ
mas.
The veterans have not checked
the distributing points at which
toys can be left to be picked up
Sunday, and no reports have been
• forthcoming this week from indi
vidual members who are trying to
collect toys but they hope that
the response will be enthuia&tic.
Places wherQ the toys can be
left to.be pick^. up Sunday are:
Calvin Burrell’s Store in the
Clearwater Lake section; Jack
Warren gt Carpenters Barber
Shop'ln Mount Holly; and at the
Riverbend Steam Plant, where
David Cox will collect them.
For the convenience of donors
who have toys but will not be
able to leave them at one of the
designated points .toys will be
picked up at the donor’s home if
they will call one of the follow
ing veterans: Burmah Hager at
Kistler’s Store, Coimty 3303;
Rudy Cole at 108X; F. H. Aber
nathy, Jr., at Abernathy Electric
Company; or Noah Huffstetler,
Jr„ at the Quality Store in Mount
Holly.
The veterans are anxious for
the toy drive to be a success and
hope that every local resident will
give the drive their attention and
cooperation.
Take a few minutes off to go
through your home and collect
the old and worn toys which can
he repaired, repainted, and given
to some young&ter Christmas.
Please do your part
Tickets On Sale
Benefit Bridge
Tickets are now on sale for the
benefit bridge to be sponsored by
the Women’s Civic Club in Mount
Holly next Tuesday night, No
vember 23, at the Lions Club
Building. Play will begin at 8
P. M. and all players will bring
their own tables, score pads, and
cards, it was announced. The tick
ets to the benefit bridge cost 50
cents per person and members of
the Civic Club hope to have a
large crowd present for the event.
The Education Committee of
the Womens’ Civic Club is spon-
aoring the benefit bridge. Mem
bers of the Education Committee
from whom the tickets can be
purchased include Mrs. Bobbie
lR>vis, Mrs. Pete Chagaris, Mrs.
Max Childers, Mrs. Jack Summey,
Mrs. T. L. Ware, Jr., Miss Amaryl
lis Vaughn, Miss Mildred Lips
comb, Miss Eleanor Smith, and
Mias Toi;>sy Dunn.
New Ford Now
In Show Room
Al Taylor Motors
The new 1951 Ford goes o
display today at Taylor Motor
Company in Mount Holly, and
large numbers of interested view
ers are expected to visit the local
Ford dealer to have their first
approving look at the newest
creation of the Ford industries. A
beautiful automobile from .front
bumper to rear bumper, the new
Ford features for the first time in
the history of Ford automobiles,
an optional Fordomatic drive
transmission. This is the first
Ford to have a transmission
the fluid type available if the
buyer wishes it.
The two Ford engines available
agaii> this year are the 100 horse
power V-S and the 95 horsepower
six cylinder engine. Both engines
are available in all models of Ford
automobiles with conventional
gear shift, overdrive, or the new
Fordomatic transmission.
The grill has been changed
considerably with two spinners
now balancing the front end ap
pearance of the car better than
the single spinner did. Radical
changes have been made in the
dash, with a beautiful girl appear
ance adding the modem look to a
redesigned dashboard and in
strument panel. New grouping of
the controls most used in driving
the car have been tested by Ford
engineers and all of the most
New Pastor
Sixty Boys
To Be Guest
Of Local Men
The Reverend R. G. Mace has
accepted a call to the pastorate
of the Catawba Heights Baptist
Mission. Mr. Mace is an outstand
ing Minister of the Baptist faith
and has already takdn full charge
Of the work as pastor. He will
preach at the Sunday evening
services until he can secure resi
dence in the community.
On Simday afternoon, Decem
ber 3rd, the Catawba Heights
Mission will be organized into a
Missionary Baptist Church. This
work will be done under the direc
tion of the organizing committee
of the Gaston County Baptist As
sociation. The Mission extends to
the public an invitation to all of
it’s services. Regular services are;
Sunday School 10 o’clock; morn
ing worship 11 o’clock; B. T. U.
6 o’clock; Sunday evening worship
7 o’clock.
Prayer meeting each Wednes
day evening at 7 o’clock. Come
often used controls are placed ^ „
where they can be reached most' and worship with us.
easily.
The control panel also features
a new lighting system which is
known as “Safety-Glow” to Ford
dealers. The engine has a few
changes and the chassis of the
automobile has been changed
slightly where necessary for more
strength. The engine sits on a
new type mounting and is mount
ed in the automobile at a 4 de
gree angle.
Drop over to Taylor Motor
Company today and see the new
Ford.
Dr. Stanbary To
Preach Sonday
“Cheetah” In Person
Al Stanley Theatre
Cheetah, the chimpanzee that
makes the comedy in the Tarzan
pictures, will appear in person at
the Stanley Theatre on Monday,
of next week, November 27th.
Cheetah will thrill the old and
young alike. Cheetah will also ap
pear in the screen in the picture
*Tkrzan Triumphs” co-starring
with Johnny Weissmuller.
The public is cordially invited
to be present and see Cheetah in
person and compare her with the
screen production in which she
all but steals the show.
Dr. W. A. Stanbury, District
Superintendent, will 1m present
for the evening service at 7:30
next Sunday. Following the
preaching service, he will conduct
the first quarterly conference for
the Conference Year.
At the nuMning service the pas
tor will preach on the subject,
ACHIEVING OUR BEST POSSI
BILITIES.
The church School will begin at
9:45, preceded by tower music at
9:15.
The youth meetings will begin
at 6:30 in the evening.
Prayer service will be conduct
ed next Wednesday night at 7:30.
We cordially invite new resi
dents and visitors to come and
worship with us.
Hill’s Chapel To
Have Ham Supper
A real country ham supper,
complete with chicken, pie, and
all the trimmings, will be held
at the Hills Chapel hut in Lowes-
ville tomorrow (Saturday) night,
November 25, with serving be
ginning at 5:30 P. M. The public is
cordially invited to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Sowers of
Winston-Salem spent Sunday here
with Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Abbott.
Annual Theatre
Parly Growing
Members of the James Parks
Warren post of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars in Mount Holly will
lend a hand to the Ladies Auxili
ary in collecting donations for the
annual Christmas Theater Party
to be given in the Gaston and
Holly Theaters again this year, it
was annoimcecl this week. Rudy
Cole, Commander of the V.F.W.
post in Mount HcUy, stated that
Jie members of the Ladies Auxili •
ary will do the wrapping of
special packages of fruit to be
given each child attending the
theater party and will take care
of the many other details of pre
paring for an event which packs
both theaters with children each
year.
A number of the members of
the V.F.W. will call on local busi-
Sixty members of the Mount
Holly High School junior and
senior football squads and their
coaching staff will be present as
the guests of local citizens at the
annual High School football ban
quet which will be held next
Friday night week at the Ameri-
con Dining Hall here in Mount
Holly. Letters of invitation to fifty
local men have been sent out to
assure financial backing of the
banquet, however this does -not
affect any citizen who desires to
attend, if you did not receive
letter and desire to come to the
banquet contact W. G. AUigood
Personnel Director of the Ameri
can Yarn and Processing Com
pany before Wednesday noon No
vember 29th, and a place will be
reserved for you.
Dr. A. U. Stroupe is in charge
of the program fo. tne banquet
and has arranged a bang up affair
for the local football squads, as
for the eats Rogers Barbeceue of
Charlotte will serve their famous
southern style barbecue dinner
for the boys and their guests.
Special guests of the banquet will
be Ken Alexander sports editor
of the Gastonia Gazette and Wil
ton Garrison sports editor of the
Charlotte Observer along with
Johnny York News Editor of the
Mount Holly News. No banquet
in connection with Mount Holly
High School sports would be com
plete without the presence of
"Uncle Jim” Costner local grand
old man of sports, he has been
issued a special invitation to at
tend the banquet as the guest of
honor and has accepted. The ban
quet will get underway at the
American Dining Hall promptly
at 7 P. M. Friday night December
1st. All reseirvations will be closed
out promptly at noon on Wednes
day Nov. 29th.
Players from the varsity and
Junior Varsity football who have
been invited to attend the ban
quet, and the coaches of the two
teams who will be present for the
football banquet include the fol
lowing:
Ted Warldrop, Rueben Waldrop,
Andy Carpenter, David Wright,
Bennett Kistler, Loimie Norwood,
Walter Batchlor, P. L. Black, Mra-
tin Holloway, Robert Lee, Dicky
Carpenter, Johnny Wike, Larry
Waldrop, Joe Huffstetler, Paul
Dunn, Ray Campbell, Ronnie
Estridge, Ronald Medders, James
Cogdill^Gene Hendrix, Donald
Abernathy, Ricky Moore, Merlin
Brown, Benny Miller ,Dean Law-
ing, Bobby Abernathy. Managers
attending for the varsity will be
Tommy Cherry, Brevard Brown,
Jake Rhyne, and Jerry Smith.
Coaches Max Beam and Herb
To Preach Here
Rev. I. D. Dickens, pastor of the
Pentecostal Holiness Church in
Raleigh, will be guest speaker at
a series of special services to be
held at the Pentecostal Holiness
Church in Mount Holly, Rev. D.
S. Schronce, pastor, announced
this week. Rev. Dickens will
preach the first of the series of
sermons at the local church next
Monday night, November 27, and
the special services will continue
each evening through December
10.
The services will begin at 7:30
Jaycees Over
Half Way In
Building Goal
Girl Scout troops in Mount
Holly stepped in this week to
donate $150 to the Jaycee Com
munity Blading Fund, which
coupled wi§i a $1000 donation
from the American Yarn and
Processing Company will give
the Mount Holly Junior Chamber
of Commerce a total of $8000 now
in the building fund..
The Jaycees will not be able to
start the Community Building
which has been the goal of all
their projects for the last two
years immediately because of
present building restriction. Presi
dent Rhyne.pointed out. However,
with $8000 in the Building fuif t,
they are ready to start construc
tion the minute the ban is lifted.
Until the government restric
tions on the construction of many
types of buildings are lifted, Mr.
Rhjme stated, the Mount Holly
^imior Chamber of Commerce
stated, and a cordial invitation to
the public to attend the services
is extended by the church and the
pastor.
Rev. Dickens is a well known
evangelist and this will be his
first visit in Mount Holly.
nessmen and merchants next ,„in k- *
week to coUect the don.tione | “'^^4
which make the annual party for |
youngsters possible.
The custom in past years has
been for merchants who do not
wish to donate prizes to give $3
cash toward the expense of the
party. Grocers annually donate
&uit and candy for the kids and
j From the Junior Varsi^ team
I will come Paul Adams, Jerry Pa
terson, Bearl Davis, Rossie Boyter,
Jack Parker, David Stack, Curtis
Broome, Gene Cline, Jimmy Whi
taker, Daryle Waters David Lav
ender, Charles Loftin, Donald Lee,
Carl Murphy, Wayne Sigmon,
p. m. each evening- Rev. Schronce I continue to place pro-
• ceeds of all projects m the build
ing fund in order that as large a
portion of the needed money as
possible can be accumulated dur
ing the time the ban is in effect.
It is understood that the mon
ey donated by the Girl Scout
troops here to the Community
Building Fund was raised by the I
Girl Scouts several years ago for j
a Girl Scout Hut through pro
jects which the members of the
Girl Scout troops innaugurated.
Mr. Rhyne pointed out the fact
that in placing their funds at the
disposal of the Junior Chamber
of Commerce, the members of
the Girl Scouts have shown an
unselfish indication of their in
terest in the progress of the plans
for construction of a building
which will serve the town and
everyone here.
The Mount Holly Junior Cham
ber of Commerce conceived the
idea of erecting a building which
would fill the need for a Com
munity Building in Mount Holly
about three years ago and all pro
jects since have been aimed at
acctimulating sufficient funds to
begin construction as soon as
possible.
other merch^t, donate pme, of MoMaius, Tommy Mete-
all types including clothing, toys, ,^3,,
away ° j Benny Carpenter, bW Rhine:
o ■ * /-ai V- ^ I heart, Shan Norton, and Doras
” Ellington, Manager James Loftin
the party each year and a long
list of cartoons and comedies are
shown the youngsters.
The theater party this year will
attract even more children then
have the previous theater parties
which were originated by Ken
neth Davis, former manager of
thfe local theaters now serving
with the U. S. Marine Corps.
AHEND CHURCH
will be present and coaches John
Ellis, Walter Spear, Vance Wilson,
and faculty memters Bill Dixon
and S. H. Helton will also be pres
ent.
RETURN FOR THANKSGIVING
Cpl. and Mrs. Charles C. Cloin-
ger, Jr. and daughter, Martha Ann
of Camp Rucker, Alabama, are
spending Thanksgiving holidays
with relatives here.
New Bus Route
Starts Next Week
Next Friday, December 1, the
Riverbend Bus Company should
begin a regular operating sched
ule of trips between* Hount Holly
and Riverbend, with buses leaving
about every two hours to the
Riverbend section. An agent is
obtaining the final clearance from
the Public Utilities Commission,
Roe Payne, owner of the new bus
line, stated this week, and it is
believed that ever^^thing will be
in readiness for the line to be
gin hauling passengers.
Although the final details, con
cerning rates' and schedules have
not yet been completed, Mr.
Payne said this week, it is esti
mated that fare to Riverbend
Steam Plant will be about 25
cents. It may be necessary to
change this rate later, Mr. Payne
said, but final announcements
concerning rates and schedules
will be made later.
Also on the list of tentative
plans is the scheduling of one bus
to leave here hauling passengers
to a point not as far away
Riverbend in between long trips
if the demand shows that it is
needed. Rates to points between
Mount Holly and Riverbend will
be less than the fare for the full
trip, it was pointed out.
The first bus daily will pro
bably leave Mount Holly for
Riverbend at about 6 a. m., ac
cording to the early plans, and a
trip to Riverbend every two hours
is expected to be scheduled when
everything is complete.
Two buses have already been
purchased by the Riverbend Bus
Company and are ready to be put
into use.
Seven young men from Mount
Holly leave today (Friday) for
duty with the Armed Forces in
the third call for inductees made
by the Selective Service Board of
Gaston County since the outbreak
of the Korean war. In comparison
with the previous two calls, small
towns and cities in Gaston Coun
ty were hit rather heavily by this
call for inductees.
Men leaving Mount Holly to
day were: Robert Earl Stroupe,
Box 61; Nesbit Odell Hollis, Box
51; Charles Edwin Ward, Route 1;
Kelly Monroe Elmore, Jr., 3
Globe Mill; James William Nantz,
229 West Redmont St.; .Bobby
Marshall Wells, Route 1; Ranzo
Leroy Hight, Jr., Route 1; and
Paige Nelson Hall, Box 338.
From Stanley, the following in
ductees left today: Glenn Hall
Stone, Route 1; Hal Eugene Hom-
buckle, Box 301; Eugene Omar
Wallace, Box 331; Bobby Elliott
Caldwe ■„ Box IP.j: and’ Roberi
Doughftn Benti^y, ';?ox 222.
Dallas also had five inductees
in this group including; Horace
Tillman Beam, Jr., Route 1; Reid
Carol Ingle, Route 1; Robert
Glenn Richaitl, Route 2; Ralph
Lamar Humphrey, Route 2; and
Edward Lewis Jaggers, Box 369.
Lowell had 5 in the group;
Belmont had 11, and North Bel
mont had 1. A total of 99 induc
tees were included in the groi^)
which was selected from the re
gion which the local board covers.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Thomp
son, Jr. and children. Tommy and
Charlotte, Mrs. L. L. Kile, Miss
Rozella Abernathy, and Miss
Dorothy Kile were Thanksgiving
Day dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry M. Thompson, Sr. in Bel
mont.
School Festival
Was Greal Saccess
As has been the custom in past
years, the Fall Festival was held
at the school auditorium and in
the gym Friday night at 7:30 with
an overflowing crowd present. The
short program given in the audi
torium was very interesting and
those taking part had given much
time in preparing the play. The
crowd retired to the gym where
all kinds of entertainment await
ed them. There were more than
one hundred who joined in the
■‘Cake Walk” and when it came
time for awarding the turkey
there was a great deal of excite-
men in the crowd, the twenty five
pounder went to Marcia Martin.
The proceeds from the event was
approximately $500.00 which sum
will be used in purchasing various
kinds of equipment for the school.
Vets Plan Big
Fish Fry Here
The Johnson-Lineberger Post of
the American Legion will sponsor
another fish fry at the Legion
Building Saturday night, Decem
ber 2, with serving beginning at
6:30 p. m., it was announced this
weelL This fish fry will be for
veterans only and a cordial invi
tation is extended to all veterans
to attend. A small charge of 50
cents per person will be mgde for
the meal. Commander Jack Sum-
mey stated.
The fish fry December 2 will
mark the end of the 1950-51
membership drive which closes
officially on November 30.
AHEND CHURCH
LEGION BOX
SCORE
1951 Membersbip*
201. Rufus M. Ingle
202. Jack S. King
203. Frank Grier
204. Herman R. Sipes
.l5. Bariley A. Stone
NOTICE
Tha Mount HoUy Public Li*
brary will bo eloood today. Fri
day, according to an announco-
mont by Mn. John W. Holland,
librarian. It is tho custom for
the library to obsorro tho samo
holiday schodulot as tho public
school^ and this is b^ng fol-
lowod for Thanksgiving holi
days.
Tho library will opon again
Tuosday aftomoon at 3:30
o'clock.
Gonrl Of Honor To
Be November 27
The regular Boy Scout Court
of Honor will be held at the Mc-
Adenville School auditorium
Monday night, November 27,
starting at 7:30 p. m., it was an
nounced this week, ilie Scouter
meeting will be held at the same
time, the announcements stated.
DINER MEETING
The local Jaycees will have a
dinner meeting on Monday nite,
Nov, 27 according to an an
nouncement by President J. C.
Khyne. The dinner, for .members
only, will be at the Shady Grove
Irm on the Charlotte Road. All
Jaycees are urged to make re
servations to Secretary Rufus
Ingle.