Newspapers / Mount Holly news. / Dec. 22, 1950, edition 1 / Page 1
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Third Jaycee Scjuare Dance Tonight At The Whitehall Mill Building^ SECOND SECTION Mount Holly News Constructive—If It WUl Help Mount Holly And Gaston County The News Is For It—Progressive SECOND SECTION VOL. XXVII. MOUNT HOLLY, N. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1950 NUMBER 45 MERCHANTS PRIZES TODAY ★ ★ ★ ★ ★' ★ ★ Town Proposes New Sanitation Ordinance ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Chiirch Day of Prayer On Sunday All Churches Co-operate In National Prayer Day The National Council of the Churches of Christ in’ America has designated December 24th as a “Day of Prayer for World Peace.” All Christian people throughout the nation are urged to attend their own churches and to join in the prayers of confes sion, repentance, and petition for world peace. If one is unable to attend church on that day he is urged to join in the prayer in his own way. The Ministerial Association of Mount Holly accordingly calls upon every Christian in this vicinity to attend his own church for worship and prayer next Sun day and to join with other Chris tians of our nation in confession, repentance, and petition for/world peace. This movement in Mount Holly is sponsored by the churches and appropriate steps will be taken by each church to give an oppor tunity for every one to take part in this nation wide prayer. Stores Closed Two Days - 25-26 StorM in Mount Holly will bo eloMd Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday for'the Christmas holi days, the Riverbend Township Merchants Association anounc- ed this week. The stores which form the membership of the aseoriatiott have decided on the days specified as the most con venient for both store person nel and customers. The stores will re-ppen for business Wed nesday morning as usual, it was stated. Square Dance Whitehall Tonight The third in the series of big Jaycee sponsored square dances which are drawing large crowds to the building formerly owned by Whitehall Mills on East Cen tral Ave., will begin tonight at 8 p. m. Mount Holly Jaycees, anti cipating one of the largest crowds tonight of past weeks, are get ting ready for th& biggest dance yet Thad Lawing and his band will play for the dance and there will be plenty of room for the crowds expected to attend. The Jaycees are also planning a New Year’s dance to be held Monday night January 1st &t the Whitehall Building. This will be the final dance of the group which were scheduled after the first dance proved to be such a huge success. Large numbers of square dance lovers from out of town as- well as crowds of local residents who enjoy “swinging their partners” Lutherans In Special Service At the Luthem Church Of The Good Shepherd there will be two Special Services on December 24th at 11:00 A. M. and 5:00 P. M. At the regular morning Worship at 11:00 we will join with the many Churches of our great Na tion in PRAYERS FOR PEACE. At 5 o’clock in the afternoon there will be a Special Christmas Serv ice in which both the Adult and Children’s Choirs will participate. On the first Christmas morning, into a world confused, heavy at heart, and impoverished, there flash^ the radiant message— flashed from the heavens: “Unto you is bom a Saviour”. Angel voices alone were equal to the good news—news direct from heaven to earth. As we are preparing to com memorate the birthday of Christ, to celebrate His coming into the wrold on that fint Christmas morning, the .Church calls upon us to prepare ourselves, that Christ, the King of our Souls, may come more vividly to each of us. “Unto you a Saviour is bom” who can save the world from this impending mdst devastating World War IIL We need to pray. How can we pray aright, that God will hear and heed our pray ers? (II Chronicles 7;14) “If My have been attending the recent dances and the Jaycees are billing people, which are called by My th«n as “the largest indoor. Name shall humble themselves, dances in the world.” ’ and pray, and seek My face, and The Jaycees also wish to ex-'^^ wicked ways; press ag^n their thanks to the ^ from Heaven, and American Yam and Processing Company which now owns the Whitehall Building for the use of the building for these dances. Admission to the dance tonight, as during the past two weeks, will be only fifty cents per per son. CHmSTMAS JL. ■» 19S0 will forgive their sans, and will heal their land.”—A wayword son need not ask an urgent request of his parents unless he intends to manifest regret for his diso bedience. When we (America) pray, and pray aright, with pray ers of true repentance, and come to God with a clean conscience, then, and only then, can we ex pect Him to hear our prayers fbr peace, and intervene, that He might be our Saviour from a merciless war. Special Christmas music is being planned for both the morn ing and evening Services. The public is cordially ihvited. Will Effect Old And New City Limits A new ordinance to promote sanitary conditions by f providing proper storage and handling of all garbage, rubbish, waste matter, and stored materials has been pro posed by the Board of Aldermen of the Town-of Mount Holly and may become official at the nejft meeting. Defining garbage as the accumulation of animal or vege table foodstuff or other matter that attends the prepration and consumption of meats, fish, folw, fruit, vegetables, and cans, wrap pers, and containers, the proposed new ordinance states that garbage accumulating in business build ings shall be stored in metal re ceptacles which shall completely (Confinued On Back Page) Rankin Speaker At Tuckaseege Senator R. Grady Rankin, lead ing. Methodist layman in Gaston county, chairman of the Budget Commission of the State of North Carolina and President of the Superior Yarn Mills, will speak briefly at the morning worship service of the Tuckaseege Baptist Church. Rev. O. B. Real, pas'lor of the church will deliver the ser mon. At the evening service the Choir will present a special program of Christmas music under the direc tion of L^ter Thomas. There will also be a' Baptismal service. $50 Cash, Other Awards To Be Made In Stores At 3 SPECIAL FLASHI Yaiierday was prats day at j lha Haws and also tha day of lha birth of a daughter to ono of our, valued amployaat and his wife. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Flshar. Tha daughter was born at tha Mercy Hospital. This afternoon (Friday) at 3 p. m. in the block of East Central Ave. next to the First State Bank and Trust Company, the draw ings for a score of valuable prizes which will be given away mark ing the end of “Shop-Portunity Days" will be held. Hundreds of shoppers who have taken advant age of the town-wide sale which was sponsored by the Riverbend Township Merchants Association during the past two weeks will be present to share in the draw ings for the many fine prizes which merchants are giving away, and the grand prize of fifty dol lars which will be given to some lucky person in ttie grand draw ing. Dewitt Beatty, president of the Riverbend Township Merchants Association told News reporters this week that the close of the “Shop-Portunity Days” sale will mark the end of one of the big gest similar events ever held here._ Local merchants and members » of the association have exceeded all past records in offering fine bargains to the Christmas shop ping public during the sale and reports from several sourced in dicate a satisfactory response to the association-sponsored promo tion. Stanley isparticipatingin “Shop-Portunity pays” also and the drawings for the prizes which the Stanley merchants are offer ing plus the fifty dollar prize to be given away in Stanley will be held tomorrow (Saturday) after noon at 3 p. m. Mrs. Kathleen • Herald, secre tary of the local association, stat ed this week that the hour of the (Continued On Back Page) I Let a holiday spirit prevail, and giver and receiver alike cherish the happiest Christinas ever. ^May the faith of the children be strong in your hearts. I Mount Holly Furniture Co. | Special Services Sunday At 5 P. M. The annual Christmas vesper; | program will be presented at the 11 First Presbyterian church Sunday ] j afternoon at 5:00 o’clock. The! music will be rendered by the j church choir under the direction of Mrs. David Smith and will con- { sisft of many of the familiar Christmas carols. The story of the ' J birth of the Christ will be read from the Scriptures by the mini ster. The program will feature two guest soloists: Miss Nell Johnson, soprano, and member of the cele brated choir of the First Presby terian Church of Charlotte will sing “He Shall Feed His Flock” from the “Messiah” by George Fredrick Handel. Miss* Ruth Davis of Charlotte will sing the beautiful “O Holy Night” by Adams. Miss Davis has had private voice instruction and ^ also at the University of South Carolina. At the prestnt time she is a member of the choir of the First Baptist church of Chatta nooga, Tenn. oj;, Greetings ith the realization that each passing year brings a fuller appreciation of old friends and pleasant associations, we extend to you our sincerestiwishes ' for a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Handicapped workers, when properly prepared and placed in the right job, make safe, reliable, and efficient employees. Surveys by Government and industrial firms have proved conclusively that their ability equals that of the average non-disabled worker and is often outstanding. Ability, JONESBROS. SOPER MARKET
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