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
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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.
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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
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