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Newspaper
The Gaston Gazette
Location
Gastonia, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 2000
Page
1
Brad Sitton serves as Evening Assistant Administrator for CIS Department at The Gazette since June 1999 with prior history at the Gazette beginning June 2000. Subscription rates show weekend/holiday delivery terms, monthly charges, and mail option discounts, with contact for information (704) 869-1800.
A weather section outlines neon positions of weather systems and precipitation. It lists daily high temperatures by city with forecast highs and lows. The report notes a ramp up in national activity and urges readers to monitor local updates.
Actress Gillian Anderson discusses shifting from science fiction to Edith Wharton’s The House of Mirth. She notes fan relationships and soul-feeding choices, as the film portrays early 20th century New York society and masked lies. James Brown hosts a toy giveaway in Augusta, donating 2500 dollars and bikes for needy children. London court upholds privacy rights in Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones wedding photos dispute with OK! and Hello! photographers.
Nashville based Kitty Wells and Johnny Wright, a pioneering country duo, will perform together for the last time on New Year's Eve after 63 years on stage. Wells, 81, famed as the Queen of Country Music, helped break barriers for women. their career began in the late 1930s with Jack Anglin and included performances on the Louisiana Hayride and Grand Ole Opry.
The article traces Gastonia's financial birth from 1887 with Craig & Jenkins, the town’s first private bank, to the 1890 formation of First National Bank of Gastonia. It details key figures Laban L. Jenkins, John H. Craig, George W. Ragan, and early mill ventures, the 1893 Gastonia Banking Co., and the later evolution through mergers, crises, and the rise of Gaston County’s banking landscape, ending with historian Robert A. Ragan’s background.
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