OES Held Regular Meeting Friday Kings Mountain Chapter 123 Order oi the Eastern Star held its regular meeting on Friday night November 23rd at the Ma sonic Hall with a good number of members present. Mrs. A. W. Kincaid gave an in teresting report or< a recent visit to the Masonic and Eastern Star Home in Greensboro, N. C. Alter the business meeting de licious refreshmehts were serv ed in the dining hall by the hos tesses, Mr. and Mrs. Rowell Lane. MYF Planning Christmas Program The MYF of Central Methodist church set the date for its Christ mas program for Wednesday, De cember 19. * Mrs. B. A. Murray, superin tendent of Youth, will be in charge. Sub-District To Meet At Central Methodist The Gastonla Sub-District of the MYF will meet at Central Methodist church on December 13 at 7:30 p. m. A banquet was held recently at Main Street Methodist church, Gastonla, using the "Dog patch" theme. Winner of the "Li'I Abner" and "Daisy Mae" cups were the young people of El Bethel church, who raised the lar gest amount of money in electing the pair to represent them. Molasses Takes the v^ake w The family that likes gingerbread will be enthusiastic about mo lasses cake. It is fine-grained and moist for which unsulphured molas ses gets the credit. This old-fashioned, mellow molasses cuts use of sugar because it is a sweetener as well as a distinctive flavorer. This special event cake may be baked in layers or in a square cake pan and then iced with a fluffy frosting. Using your basic 7-minute frosting recipe, omit corn syrup or cream of tartar and add 2 table spoons of unsulphured molasses for a caramel-like flavor and golden beige color. The square layer may also be served as spicy shortcakes wit n fri'it, ice cream or sauce fillings. Molasses Cake 2K cups silted all-purpose Hour % cup shortening 1 teaspoon double acting baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons cinnamon ' " % teaspoon nutmeg .% teaspoon cloves Sift together flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Cream shortening, sugar and soda. Gradually blend in un sulphured molasses. Stir in % cup flour mixture. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Add milk alternately with remaining flour mixture. Beat batter K minute. Line bottom of 2 9-inch layer pans with waxed paper. Turn batter into pans. Bake in a moderate oven (376?F.) 25 minutes. YIELD: 2 9-inch layers. For Square Layer Cut all ingredients in half using one whole egg and one egg yolk. Use remaining egg white for Molasses Frosting, or beat until stiff, add 1 tablespoon sugar and fold in 1 cup apple sauce. Serve over squares of the molasses cake. For Ice Cream Sandwich, cut cake in squares, then halve each piece and put slice of ice cream between halves. ? V4 cup sugar 1 teaspoon soda 1 cup unsulphured molasses 3 eggs, unbeaten % cup sour milk Cleveland Tops $90,000 Quota In Bond Drive Cleveland County exceeded its quota in the Defense Bond Drive which closed November 13, ac cording to an announce Tier.: by County Savings Bond Chairman, Mr. Geo. Blanton. The County quota in E. F, & G Bonds for the Drive, which o ?pened September 3, as $90,000.00. Total sale* for the County were $106,069.25. The County Chairman stated that although there was no over all state quota for the Drive the sum total of quotas for the 100 counties and the City of Rocky Mount, was $9,021,300.00 and to tal sales amounted to $10,383, ^11.00. We are all proud that our county has done so well in this important Defense Bond Drive, Mr. Blanton Said. We not only have shown our support of our men in the fighting forces, but we have made a strong forward step in combating inflation. The chairman said he wanted to thank all volunteer workers who had a part in making the drive a success and asked the continued further cooperation oi all citizens in buying Bonds dur ing the national emergency. The State of North Carolina earned $3,200,000 last year in in terest on surplus tax fund In vestments. Chatham County poultrymen are finding that the use of arti ficial lights to lengthen the work ing day of hens increases egg production considerably. rrrmi* n nuimmmitrin Lovely SOFA by Day . . , Comfortable DOU?gJ MP by NigMT Boltaflax Wathabla PLASTIC ARMS k? Hit brunt of handling and toiling! ?At STERCHVS I $1.00 Down ? Balanca on Construction 1 EASY TERMS Kb ,# 'S Call Charles A. Goforth Bandar son ZTaradoa ? mtk Ik. v.- ?' ? SKK **? ? IfSSta In Time for Christmas! El-Bethel-Bethware News (Mrs. Leonard Gamble) On Tuesday night eleven mem- j bers from the El-Bethel M. Y. F. went to Gastonia to attend the annual Thanksgiving banquet of the Gastonia district M Y. F. held at Main Street Methodist church. Each church of the four- j teen which makes up the district had been asked in advance to se lect a "Daisy M&e Queen" and a "Li'l Abner King" Lois Gamble and Dennis Neal were selected from El-Bethel church. They were elected king and queen over all the district having had the largest number of votes. They had 5,873 votes. This entitled them to a silver cup each and they also reined over the ban quet for the night. A turkey din ner with all trimmings was serv ed the large crowd by mem bers of the Main Street church. The Bethware basketball team met the National Guard team of Kings Mountain in the Bethware gym Wednesday night for a prac tice game. The score was 22-18 in favor of National guard. Harvest festival was observed Wednesday night at David's church. Holt McPherson of Shel by was the guest speaker for the occasion. Produce and money were brought and added to the new building fund to build some more Sunday school rooms and to do some decorating in the near future. A picnic was spread at 6 p. m. with the program fol lowing at 7 p. m. Joe Grisby of Marlon was mas ter of ceremonies Friday night at Bethware school for a concert sponsored by the Senior Class of the school to raise funds for a trip to Washington in the spring. Musical groups taking part in the concert were: The Joy Quar tet of Marlon, Duckworth trio of Morganton and the Twilight quartet of Kings Mountain. A large crowd was present. Sunday afternoon at 2 p. m., the G- A. Girls held a -study course at David's church. Miss Patsy Hoyle was the teacher of the course. Saturday night at 7 p. m. the W. S. C. S. of El-Bethel church observed family night at the club house. A large crowd was pres ent for a picnic supper, after which games were played and Christmas Carols were sung. The group brought clothing to be sent to the needy. Mrs. W. M. Berard and two children, Jerry and Bonnie of Mi ami, Florida returned home Tues day after spending three weeks here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hoyte Matthews. Mr. and Mrs. Kee Harmon had as their Thanksgiving dinner guests, Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Har mon and son Steve and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hamrlck and daugh ter, Sarah Elizabeth of Shelby. Mrs. Clyde Gamble and daugh ters, Catherine Sue and Mrs. Francis Sloan and son Butch of Waxhaw spent Thanksgiving here with Mrs. J. N. Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Smith. They visited Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Gam ble in the afternoon. Robert Brown accompanied his uncle from Gilkey or-, a goose hunt down east for several days last week. He returned to Gilkey to spend the weekend with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Brooks who brought him home Sunday. Peggy Harrelson, student at W. C. U. N. C., spent the holidays here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Harrelson. Alton Dover of Gardner-Webb college spent the Thanksgiving holidays here with his parent?, Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Dover. Mrs. H. A. Goforth attended an alumni meeting In Llncolnton Saturday. Steve Harmon spent several days last week in Greenville, S. C. with Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Har mon. They brought him home Saturday and spent the weekend here with Steve and his parents, Mr. and Mis. Ear le Harmon. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Harmon spent Sunday in Cherryvllle with Mr. and Mrs. Grover Dellinger. Mr. and Mrs. Worth Devenny and son Jimmy of Washington, D. C. spent the Thanksgiving hol idays here with Mr. Devenny*s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee De venny. Pvt Max Bolin of the U. S. Army stationed at Fort Bragg spent the weekend here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Bo lin. Jack Matthews of the U. S. Navy, stationed at Kfey West, Fla? returned home Tuesday af ter spending two weeks here his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Matthews. Wade McSwaln, of Mars Hill College, spent the holidays here with Ma parents, Rev. and Mrs. W. L. McSwaln. Hubert Wells, of Washington, D. C., is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Wells. William Andrew McSwaln of Mars Hill college spent the holi days here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. R. McSwaln. Mr. and Mrs. James Led better and children attended a birthday dinner Sunday sit the home of Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Barrett H. W. Gamble and Mrs. T. H. Matthews visited Mr. and Mrs. Warren Gamble and daughter, of Shelby, Sunday. Mr, and Mrs. Harold Hord spent Thanksgiving here with Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Whisnant. Mr. and Mrs. Flay Harmon and daughter, Brenda of Shelby, spent Thanksgiving her* with Mr. and Mr*. Jack Anthony. North CaroHna textile mills produced 780 million pairs of fcoae last year, 40 percent of the II, & output. , ? . For variety and vaiue A*P'? lane Parker baked poods are tops in treats rr - Marvel Bread -.'t? 20* Brswi ?' 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