Citizens National Bank Opens Akers Branch in Gastonia
Citizens National Bank opens its Akers Center branch in Gastonia on Monday December 19 from 9 am to 6 pm with two drive in windows and modern service. Manager Giles Arndt leads staff in offering full banking services, including vault facilities and air conditioned interiors.
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Gastonia
Citizens National Bank
Akers Center
Spanley
Gramerton
Herring-Hall-Marvin Company
Allen H. Sims
Giles Arndt
Iiis
Giles Arndt Named Manager of East Branch Citizens Bank
Giles J. Arndt, longtime Citizens National Bank employee since 1946, will manage the East Branch at the Akers Shopping Center opening Monday. A Maiden native and World War II veteran, he previously led the personal loan department at the Franklin Avenue Branch. He and wife Virginia Plaster of Hickory have three children and live on West Second Street.
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Giles J. Arndt
Citizens National Bank
Akers
Arndt
Citizen
Franklin Avenue
Maiden
Charlotte
American Institute of Banking
Virginia
Plaster of Hickory
Theresa Jean
Alice Lee
Giles, Jr
Arndts
West Second
Main Street Methodist Church
Gastonia
More About McCarthy Begins On Front Page
A front page feature recalls McCarthy urging corrective hearings beyond a kangaroo court. He cites a January 10 Senate resolution to continue investigating communism and notes Democratic support for condemning McCarthy’s conduct a month earlier.
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Hennings
Johnston
Senate
McCarthy
Kefauver Deliberates Run in Ohio and Maryland Events
Senator Kefauver weighs entering Ohio primary against Gov. Lausche as March New Hampshire primary spins on. He left a question unanswered about his candidacy and attended a Baltimore dinner with 85 Maryland Democrats where Mayor D Alesandro urged keeping an open mind on the presidential nomination.
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New Hampshire
Kefauver
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Baltimore
Maryland
Thomas D’alesandro
Funeral for Mrs. Lillian E. Shelton at Lutheran Chapel
Funeral services for 75 year old Mrs. Lillian E. Shelton will be Sunday at 3 30 p m at Ward Love Funeral Chapel with Rev Hoyle L Whiteside officiating. Burial will be in Lutheran Chapel Cemetery. She died Friday morning at her daughter’s home on Robinwood road and is survived by her daughter three sisters a half sister two brothers and a grandson.
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Uadiy
Lillian E. Shelton
Ward- Love Funeral
Hoyle L. Whiteside
Lutheran Chapel Lutheran Church
Lutheran Chapel Cemetery
The Quill Starts On Front Page Christmas Observance
The piece reflects on Christmas morning routines as teens grow older and parents age. It notes late rising, muted joy, and a quiet exchange of gifts. It evokes nostalgia, suggesting grandchildren bring renewed happiness despite the passage of time. Subscriptions to The Gazette are mentioned.
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Mama
Daddy
Pageant at Main Street Church Presents The Trinity of Sacrifice
A Christmas pageant titled The Trinity of Sacrifice will be shown Sunday at 7 30 p m at Main Street Church. The three scenes trace the shepherds and wise men to the manger the adorations and a final manger scene urging service and self. Cast includes Rachel Young George Sloan Terry Wallace and others with Mary and Joseph roles and a dedicated church crew directing staff and musicians.
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Main Street Methodist Church
the Shepherds
Terry Wallace
Max Davis
Murray Rudisill
The
Wise Men
Gene Walsh
Rhea Spencer
John Long Jr
Two Little Angels
Cynthia Ann Lynch
Marianne Thomas
Max Parrish
BE. G. Wilson
Sandra Smith
Mary
Rachel Young
Joseph
George Sloan
Connie Hooper
Doris Goodnight
Sybil Wallace
John Kersh
L. C. Groves
Ernest Matheson
W. W. Collins
Jane Kirk
Mary Hale
Charles Goodson
Bailey Hatcher
Joe Leonhardt
Atkins Michael
Lyle Edwards
Neighbors feature on Bob and Agnes Howard family
The piece profiles Bob Howard and his wife Agnes of 520 West Fifth Avenue across from Central School. It covers their quiet, informal lifestyle, children Susan Holly and Robbie, Bob’s career path from teacher to pilot to central school principal and then Pilot Life agent, Agnes’s sewing and page to community work, and their community ties with ASC First and local clubs.
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Bob Howards
Susan
Holly
Robbie
West Fifth Avenue
Central School
Mama
Papa
Howards
Papa Howard
Bob
Charlotte
Fie
John Howard
Gastonia
Sam
Mars Hill Junior College
Wake Forest
Rockingham County
Wray
Air Corps
England
Pilot Life Insurance Company
Howard
Concord
Mars Hill
May T. New
Firstlager
ASC
ARP Church
Civitan
Gaston County Center For
American Legion
Red Cross Blood
American Heritage Society
Hbrary
Hand sickle usage through centuries in agriculture
The text notes that the hand sickle, used by ancient Egyptians for harvest, remained common for grain gathering long after its origin. It gradually gave way to the grain cradle in the late 1700s, marking a shift in agricultural tools.
Woman Hurt In Accident at East Second Avenue Intersection
Mrs Joseph Fisher 8 suffered chest injuries as a 1949 Oldsmobile driven by her husband collided with a 1949 Pontiac driven north by Charles Perdue at the East Second avenue Chestnut street junction Friday about 3 PM. Damages totaled about 3600.
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Joseph
Man Suffers Neck Cut In Car Accident
Edward Pendleton, 44, was taken to Gaston Memorial Hospital with a one-inch neck laceration after an incident on West Airline avenue near North Highland street. Detectives report he may have fallen or been pushed from a vehicle stopped in traffic. witnesses could not confirm how he left the car. Pendleton does not appear seriously hurt and the car was not identified.
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Edward Pendleton
Gaston Memorial Hospital
West Airline Avenue
North Highland Street
R. H. Smith
Smith
Pendleton
Salvation Army Seeks 500 For Christmas Help
In Gastonia the Salvation Army warns at least 130 families will miss Christmas. Capt. Fred Boyette says an extra 500 is needed to feed 200 families, as coin kettles have raised only 300 in three weeks. Moose Club aided 50 families and Eagles 25. more gifts urged after J Phillip Malone’s visit.
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Gastonia
Santa Claus
Salvation Army
Fred Boyette
Moose and Eagles
Moose Glub
Eagles
J. Phillip Malone
Groceries Stolen From Unlocked Car Lesson in Locking Up
A shopper bought a week’s groceries and left them in her car. In minutes a big black car arrived, two men seized the items, and vanished. Chief G F Peninger warns shoppers to lock purchases in trunks to deter thieves and urges clerks to remind customers.
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G. F. Peninger
Peninger
Modern Marriage The Plight Of The Distressed Friend
A neighbor faces divorce amid a stubborn stance and blame. the piece urges timely, respectful intervention from trusted confidants or counselors to help save a marriage. It offers steps to contact the husband, explain the situation, and provide guidance toward understanding and rebuilding marriage, plus reader questions and answers on spousal communication and postdivorce life.
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John F. Dille
Gaston County TB Association Gives Christmas Gifts
The Gaston County Tuberculosis Association and local churches and clubs sent Christmas packages and cards to 63 Gaston county TB patients in North Carolina sanatoria. Donors include the Elks, Masons, Circle groups, and church women from Gastonia Bessemer City Cherryville Stanley Dallas and Belmont areas. Packages visited Morganton and mailed to McCain Sanatorium Goldsboro and the State Hospital at Morganton.
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Blanche Gray Hammer
First Presbyterian
Con
Gastonjterview Baptist
County Tuberculosis Association
Cramerton
J. B. Card
Alva B. Rhyne
Will Baptist
Presbyterian
First
Black Mountain
Western North Baptist
Church of God
Carolina
Lowell
Coit M. Robinson
Gaston Sr
Merry County
Circle No. 1
State Hospital
Morganton
Gaston County
McCain Sanatorium
McCain
Goldsboro
North Carolina
Gaston County Tuberculosis Association
Dora Humphrey
Gaston County Negroes
Elks Club
Moloch Lodge
Woman's Garden Club
National Association of College Women
College Woman's Club
Eastern Star Chapter
Gastonia
Tuberculosis Association
First Baptist Church
First Methodist
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Stanley
Richard Thompson
Women
Bruington Memorial Church
Dallas
Vernon Bickley
Women of
Holy Communion Lutheran
Methodist
Dallas Baptist
Long Creek Memorial Baptist
Tata
Sewage Plant Showdown Divides Gastonia Council
A new administration weighs a four million gallon plant on Long Creek with talk of a two plant system and a possible southside site. Mayor supports original plan and aims to settle quickly. Condemnation could move to obtain Ralph Robinson farm site. Contracts targeted for August. project could finish in a year. Also on agenda buy land at Rankin Lake, cemetery charging, and river pump station report led by engineer John Dandridge.
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Long Creek
Schneider
Southside
Ralph Robinson
Gastonia
Southern Railway
Dan Gunter Jr
Rankin Lake
Gray McArver
Japan
Ata
John Dandridge
Farmers Urged to Release Unplanted Cotton Acreage
A county program asks farmers to release cotton acreage they do not plan to plant. Released acres are redistributed to those seeking larger allotments, with credit given as if planted. Failure to release could reduce next year’s allotment.
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Auivuiutius WU AU
Junior PAC To Have Yule Party
The Gastonia Junior Police Club plans its Christmas party Monday at 6 PM. Police Captain Ray Short says all members should attend promptly at Memorial Hall on Second Avenue.
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Gastonia
Ray Short
Memorial Hall
Second Avenue
Orthopedic Children Present Annual Christmas Play
Five year old Phillip Brown of Greensboro, though sick, played Tiny Tim in the Orthopedic Hospital’s annual Christmas play A Christmas Story. Seventy two crippled children performed with over 200 spectators in the Morgan B Speir Auditorium.
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Ray Ray Jimison
Gazette
Phillip Brown
Greensboro
Orthopedic Hospital
Phillip
Tiny Tim
Morgan B. Speir
North Carolina Orthopedic School
Leslie Hill
Paul Shinn
Charlotte
Scrooge
Defective Flues Cause Two Fires
Gastonia firemen report two fires caused by defective flues. Midnight Friday, 1214 Essex Street home of Charles Rutledge suffered major damage to two rooms and contents. At 7:35 Saturday, Odessa Russell home on Roy Street had minor damage.
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Gastonia
Essex Street
Charles Rutledge
Roy Street
Odessa Russell
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Main Street
Agnes
Paul Popenoe
Dr. Popenoe
Gaston TB Association
Junior Pac
Janice Haskins
Hickory
Mrs. Cracket
Richard Dunkin
Pembrooke
Mr. Crackit
Gayle Anderém
Winston- Salem
M. D. Youngman
Elizabeth Mason
Adams Ice & Coal CO
John Ruskin
Vance St
Dial
Toytown
Raates
Atoytowne
West Main
Christmas Club
Main Bank
Franklin Ave
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