GTI HITS SNAG IN BUILDING PROJECT
Gaston Technical Institute faces renewed delays moving into Firestone Dormitories as bids loom for December 18. State agency hurdles push rewiring costs from 2 000 to 25 000 30 000, depleting the 95 000 contingency. Director James Mason says no source exists to cover the extra funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Jimison
Gazette
Morea
Gaston Technical Institute
Firestone
Firestone Textiles
Technical Institute
State Budget Commission
Gant Lewis
James Mason
Wesley Park Christmas Decoration Contest At Wesley Park
Wesley Park residents may win prizes of 10 dollars 7 50 dollars and five pounds for the three most original Christmas displays. Decorations may be outside or visible from the outside and judged on originality and fit with the setting, not cost. Announcement by Mrs Allen Fuller beautification chair urges new ideas.
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Wesley Park
Wesley Park Association
Allen Fuller
Prosperity Brings Prices Rise in Island Colony
Boyle and a growing overseas boom draw wealthy American English and European investors to the colony. Population leaps from 68,646 in 1943 to about 90,000, but housing costs surge. A resident laments $196 monthly for a three bed furnished home while executives cost $36,000 for a posting. Local businessman notes wage pressures as Americans hire top staff, pushing up salaries from $42 to 70 weekly. Prosperity shines, but its price strains locals.
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U. S
Patterson Named Local Leader In County Agriculture
The article notes Patterson a prominent farmer from Bessemer City who is starting a new term in January after a three year elected period. He has served as president of the Gaston County Farm Bureau for two consecutive terms and chairs the local soil conservation board. He has long involvement with the ASC community committee and the DSA, with a nine-year tenure noted. The county elections committee met for the official ballot count after polls opened Monday and closed Saturday. Bosses of Jaycees will be invited to attend.
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County Elections Committee
Watterson
Bessemer City
Gaston County Farm Bureau
Senet Asc
Soil Conservation Board
DSA
Jaycees
Janu
Dary
Civic Musiuinon
Ovle Mac
Two Gastonians Awarded DeMolay Representative Honor
Markham Edgar Falls and James Alan Giles became the Gastonia Chapter DeMolay’s third and fourth recipients of the Representative De Molay Award. The ceremony at the Masonic Temple highlighted their community leadership roles at Ashley High School and local clubs, with remarks on DeMolay ideals.
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Markham Edgar Falls
James Alan Giles
Gastonia
Order of DeMolay
Representative de Molay
Falls
Giles
Masonic Temple
Jim Giles
Ashley High School
Markham Falls
University of North Carolina
First Methodist
Courtesy Week Honors Earned by Gastonia Drivers
Professional drivers captured most awards during Courtesy Week in Gastonia held by the Gastonia Altrusa Club public affairs committee. Citations praised Floyd Crouse of Gastonia Transit, an unnamed American Cab driver, James Coley of Coley Gale Company, and James Yelton of The Gazette mechanical dept. Aiding traffic, they paused for a bread truck, a mail carrier on foot, a car entering traffic, and a crossing near the railroad, impressing judges with courtesy amid rush hour.
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Gastonia
Floyd Crouse
Gastonia Transit Company
West Airline
Holston Bak- Jing Company
American Cab Company
Franklin Avenue
James Coley
Coley Gale Company
James Yelton
the Gazette
Hin
Oakland Street
Yelton
Nominate Gastonia Young Man of the Year for DSA
Public urged to nominate Gastonia civic workers under 35 for the annual Distinguished Service Award to be presented at the January 23 banquet at the Masonic Temple. A secret committee led by Henry Whitesides will decide, with nominations due by returning pantry blanks via Box 4.
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Jaycees
Masonic Temple
Henry Whitesides
The
Gastonia
DSA
Whitesides
Phil Williams
Jaycee Dsa Committee
Eda
Jaycee
Group To Hear Mr. Andrews at AIChE meeting
Harold J. Andrews of Lithium Corporation of America will present a paper on lithium extraction from Run-of-Mine Spodumene Ore at the annual meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in Chicago. Andrews is plant manager at the 2400 Takata Avenue facility in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, and former production superintendent at the Bessemer City plant.
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Harold J. Andrews
Lithium Corporation of America, Inc
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Chicago
Mr. Andrews
Lithium Corporation
Takata Avenue
St. Louis Park
Mion
Bessemer City
Miller infant dies in Tacoma obituary note
A graveside service for Robert Lynn Miller five months old son of Bet James IL and Elizabeth Cole Miller will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. Mountain Rest Cemetery Kings Mountain with his death reported as occurring Friday in Tacoma Washington.
Audiences Respond To Messiah Presentations
The Messiah performances at First Baptist Church featured two shows over the weekend. The Gastonia Community Chorus of 24 area churches, 104 voices strong, performed under Paul E. Puckett with Mrs. W. Ward Barr at the organ and Mrs. John Kersh on piano. Soloists included Mrs. William T. Robison Jr. and Mrs. C. A. Eden, sopranos, with Anthony Emanuel, tenor, and Phill Blackwood, bass.
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Gastonia
Death Notice for Alfred B. Mays of Gastonia
Alfred Burton Mays aged 81 died Monday at 4 15 p m in a local hospital He is survived by two sons John James Mays and Bert R Mays both of Gastonia eight daughters Mrs Alice Benfield Mrs May Henderson Mrs Mary Leatherwood Mrs Page Yar borough Mrs Juanita Ramsey Mrs Alma Brittain all of Gastonia Mrs Bethle Harding of Kings Mountain Mrs Martha Pool of Baltimore Md and 47 grandchildren The funeral will be Wednesday at 3 30 p m at Marietta Street Baptist Church burial in Armstrong Memorial Cemetery Officiants are Rev W H Poole of Durham and Rev Nathan Holt of First Free Will Baptist Church The body was removed from Carothers Funeral Home to the home Tuesday at 3 p m and will be staged at the church one hour before services
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Alfred Burton Mays
South
Oakland Street
Mad
Marietta Street Baptist Church
Burtal
Armstrong Memorial Cemetery
W. H. Poole
Durham
Nathan Holt
First Pree Wil! Baptist Church
Carothers Funeral Home
Will Beinstate
Mrs. Mary Helms 88 Dies in Cramerton
Mrs. Mary Hila Helms aged 88 of 71 Fourth Street Cramerton died Monday night at 10 13. She was predeceased by husband Henry Helms and survived by a daughter Hattie Stowe four sons Chess Ernest Frank and J C Helms a sister Lizzie Gales a brother John White twenty grandchildren five great grandchildren and one great great grand. Funeral service will be held Wednesday at 4 pm at Riverside Baptist Church Cramerton with body lying in state from noon to 4 pm Burial in Gaston Memorial Park Cramerton ministers C R McMahan and B V Hudson officiating. The body will remain at Carothers Funeral Home until transferred to the church.
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Belmont
Mary Hila Helms
Fourth Street
Cramerton
Henry Helms
Helms
Hattie Stowe
Chess Helms
Iron Station
Ernest. Helms
Mt. Holly
Frank Helms
Charlotte
J. C. Helms
Lizzie Gales
B V. Hudson
Carothers Funeral Home
Bank Robbery Suspect Nabbed After King Bank Heist
Federal agents arrested a man at a Hamilton rooming house, linking him to a Winston-Salem bank robbery on May 2. The suspect, using the alias Jimmy Grant, had $315.61 in loot and a .32 pistol. Jerry Lee Farthing faced misprison charges for not reporting the felony. Extradition to North Carolina was being arranged. the King bank heist involved forcing cashier Bobby Coleman to strip before fleeing.
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Aj ‘Wan
Bennett
Hamilton
Winston-Salem
N. C
FBI
Jerry Lee Farthing
Bobby Coleman
Wetzel charged in killings after FBI links fingerprints
Wetzel faced charges for killing two patrolmen after the FBI tied prints found in an abandoned car in Chattanooga to Wetzel. The vehicle identified by Terry was the killer’s car. Greensboro Highway Patrol Capt. A W Welch said Wetzel denied the killings and claimed she had never been in North Carolina.
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Wetzel
FBI
Chattanooga
Tenn
Woetzel
Terry
Highway Patrol
A. W. Welch
Greensboro
California
North Carolina
Indonesian politics split as Sukarno faces party rifts
Fragmented coverage shows intraparty division within the Nationalist faction, with protests over alliances and education funding debates. Mentioned figures include Sukarno, a vice chair and various party leaders, amid labor and communist tensions shaping policy.
Cotton Growers Vote On Marketing Controls In Gaston
Gaston county cotton growers went to the polls to decide on marketing controls for upland cotton for next year. Voting required two thirds favorable for passage. Polls opened at 8 a.m. in seven communities and close at 7 p.m. The ASC office conducted the election.
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Gaston County
Catton
Leven
ASC
Delinquency Case Is Continued In Gaston County Court
A delinquency case involving a 15 year old Cranmerton white girl in Gaston County Juvenile Court was continued to Friday of this week for further proceedings.
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Cranmerton
Gaston County
Lodge To Meet Tonight At Masonic Temple
King Solomon Lodge No 704 will hold two stated meetings on Tuesday night at 7 30 oclock at the Masonic Temple The regular business session will be held when new officers are elected Seven youths and a girl charged with delinquency and contributing to her delinquency are involved in the case Read The Gazette Daily
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King Solomon Lodge No
Masonic Temple
the Gazette Daily
Break Ground For Dallas Phone Building
Dallas begins a $166,000 one story brick telephone building on West Wilkins street. Mayor A J Maxwell dug the first spadeful. Seth Lumber Company as general contractor expects completion by April 28 and late summer operation with equipment installed. The Walker WA office of Gastonia exchange will serve Dallas with WA prefixes. Dallas listings stay in Gastonia in the phone book. Jack Allen will run the Dallas office and notes reduced pay mileage for local subscribers.
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Dallas
West Wilkins Street
A. J. Maxwell
Seth Lumber Company
Walker
Gastonia Exchange
Gastonia
Jack Allen
Gastonia Telephone Manager
Allen
Massey Taken By Death
Glenn Massey aged 57 of 16 Mutual Road died Monday at 8 40 am after an illness. Survived by wife Ferry Pryor Massey, one brother and three sisters. Services Wednesday at 4 pm at Sandy Plains Baptist Church with burial in church cemetery. Officiants Rev Miller Freeman and Rev Guy Walker. Body in state at church one hour prior to services.
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Glenn Massey
Mutual Road
J Ferry Pryor Massey
Carothers Funeral Home
Christmas At Home Play At First Methodist Church
First Methodist Church presents Christmas At Home a modern Christmas play by Joseph Hayes on Wednesday night replacing the mid week prayer service. The Burgess family faces an empty home as Johnny in Chicago and Grandpa Williams is missed after his summer death. Cast includes Mrs. Larry Jenkins Jr Markham Falls Martha Atkins Becky Dawsey Nancy Weldon Steve Long and Phil Carson directed by Garland Atkins. Public invited.
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Joseph Hayes
First Methodist Church
U5 Pen
Firs Methodist Church
Burgess
Johnny
Chicago
Grandpa Willams
Burgesses
Burgess Family
Iarry Jenkins Jr
Markham Falls
Martha Atkins
Becky Dawsey
Nancy Weldon
Steve Long
Phil Carson
Garland Atkins
Prayer Band Meet at Annie Hamilton Home in Bessemer City
The Vantine Missionary Prayer Band of Bessemer City gathers Tuesday at 7 30 p m at the home of Annie Hamilton 3605 Calgary Street. The week’s note lists Zeta Phi Beta state meeting in Gastonia with Highland High School hosting December 1 next year. Dallas Elementary PTA meets tonight at 7 30 in the school auditorium with devotions and social hour after business. Gaston County Boy Scout Court of Honor is at Pleasant Ridge Elementary Wednesday at 7 30, last for the year. Marvin and Melvin Brown are to be recommended for Eagle rank.
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Maude M. Jeffers
Vantine Missionary Prayer
Bessemer City
Annie Hamilton
Calgery Street
ZETAS
North Carolina
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority
Gastonia
Dora R. Humphrey
L. H. Holland
Gaston County Boy Scout
Pleasant Ridge
Marvin
Melvin Brown
Stanley
Fund Raiser Club Speaker Inspires Optimist Members
Marshall Thompson, a professional fundraiser for First Presbyterian Church, spoke at the Juncheon meeting of the Gastonia Optimist Club. He urged that people can achieve anything with effort, noting giants we fear but can defeat with focus. Thompson, a New Englander, has been in Gastonia six weeks preparing a building fund campaign for the church representing Ketchum, Inc. of Pittsburgh, Pa. John Peden introduced him, with Jim Reed presiding.
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Marshall Thompson
First Presbyterian Church
Mandgy
Juncheon
Kya Gastonia Optimist Club
Thompson
Gastonia
Ketchum, Inc
Pittsburgh
John Peden
Jim Reed
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