Local families host weekend visitors in Lowell
Mr and Mrs Ralph Caldwell and children from Tarboro entertained and hosted numerous relatives from Dallas Stanley Gas tonia Belmont and Concord area for weekend visits and Sunday meals including Mrs Caldwell and family. Funeral attendees for Danny Harrelson in Concord Methodist Church included many local residents. Mrs B L Whitener and daughters from Columbia SC visited Lowell for dinners and church events with I J Harris Jr and family. A large Baptist church Bible school program closed with Nathaniel Elliott leading. enrollment reached 1689 with 149 average. Presbyterian and Woodlawn church groups attended meetings at Kings Mountain Presbytery Camp and Fruitland Memory Tournament winners were Carol Elliott Brenda Huffstetler. Audrey Hoover III and daughters visited with Dr J W Reid at Sparrow Springs cottage.
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Belmont
E. Wilkinson
Charlie Caldwell
Wayne Caldwell
Danny Harrelson
Concord ‘Methodist Church
P. W. Nipper
Roberta Smith
A. R. Warren
Celia
Jera- Jine Warren
A. E. Clemmer
George Young
Haitie
Terry
Eugene Rankin
Sue
Smith
Horse Shoe Bend
Thomas
P. Rankin Jr
B. L. Whitener
Camille and
Andreas
Columbia
S. G
C.I. D. Henderson
I. J. Harris Jr
Harris
Jimmy
Phil
Joe
Jane
J. Whitener
C. D. Henderson
Shelby
J. L. Wolfe
First Baptist Church
H. 5
Elliott
H. S. Elliott
James Seagle
Carol Elliott
Brenda Huffstetler
Joyce Ann Watson
Fruitland
Ann = Morrow
Donna Stafford
Frances Nell Reddick
Margaret Reddick
J. T. Stafford
J. G. Morrow
Woodlawn Church
Audrey Hoover III
Marietta
Patricia Reid
Concord
J. W. Reid
Sparrow Springs
F. O. Lawson
Isalie Cook
B. A. C. Taylor
Beulah Rhyne
Stanley
Fother
Gina Morrison
Charles Lieurance
Gay
Hickory
Sis Ehoey
Morrison
Herbert Hoover
Warwick
Jimmie Whitley
Howard Walt
Nags Head
Lace
Cathy
James E. Wallace
Stanley-Dallas
Lancaster
S. C
Jerry Hollifield
Virgil Whitley
Sare
Hun- Jackson
Sunda
D. C. Ware
Gordon
Hacker
Cleveland
Myrtle Beach
Weathers
Ware
Frank Boyd Jr
Trene
Sam
Cooleemee the Lions
Durham
West
Belern Auto
Gaston Memorial Hall
Greenville
Gastonia
Fred Dunn
S. O. Bran
Charlotte
Don
Lof Spencer
N. C
Val
A. C. Taylor
W. W. Marshall
Jeffrey
Patsy
Kansas City
Taylor
Rutherfordton
Laura Ensley
Bruce Blakenship
Banks Bolina
Fort Bragg
Wilson Rhyne
Sandra Hager
Nannie Goodson
Washington, D. C
Hunter Garrison
Stanley-Lincolnton Road
Greensboro
Vermuyn
Angy
Faye
Garrison
Martha Sue
Ben Hoover
General Electric
Knoxville
Tenn
Gandal Foods
Glidden
Goodrich Rubber
Tale Goodyear Rubber
Adams+Mults Admiral Corporation
Alleghany Corporation
Allied Chemical & Dye
Columbia Gas & Elec Commercial Credit
Consolidated Edison Continental Can
Continental Motor
Continental Oil
Curtis Wright
Dan River Delaware
Douglas Aircraft
Dow Chemical DuPont de Nemo
E— Eastman Kodak
Electric Auto Lite
Tllinois Central Int Nickel Can - Int
Tel & Tel
Kennecott ‘Copper Kroger Company
Libby
Owen Ford GI Liggett
West Palm Beach
Fla
Gordon Hacker
David
Helms
Ohio
Senenaus Ve
Pace
Stanley Presbyterian
Penney J.C. Co
Pakanivatite RR
Philos Peek
Harry Hawley
Phillips Petroleum
Pittsburgh
PGI
Hil- A
Pullman Company
Pure Oil Co Radio Corporation
Republic Steel Reynolds
Seaboard al RR
Sears Roebuck Southern Pach Southern Railway
Sperry Corp
N. J. Stevens
J. P. Co
Sylvania
Oeen & Lco
Bud Murphy
F. M. Spargo
Sia
Stanley Press
Oibyterian Church
Texas Gulf
Alfred Rhyne
Brea
Aire
United States Rubber
U. S. Smelting & Refa0
Pentecostal Holliness Church
United Bates
4 . Spargo
Vick Chemical
Virginia Caro
Chemical
Manehana
Virginia Electric & Power
Christian Fellowship
Non- Western Union Ontiming
Westinghouse
Elec
Zenith
W. E. Howard
Fayetteville
Stanley Methodist Church
C. W. Kirby
J. L. Bayley
Methodist Parsonage
Kirby
J. L. Rayle
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Lake Junaluska
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Robert, Groves
Educational Department
PF. D. Lowe
Grace
Markets Rally Sends Wall Street Higher on Martin
Markets advanced in early afternoon trading with gains across most sectors. Motors and chemicals led the move as steel shares mixed amid union news and mounting volume near 1.7 million. Ford and Chrysler posted modest gains while National Distillers and Allied Chemical attracted buying interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Steelworkers
Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Allied Chemical
Union Carbide
du Pont
National Distillers
Stanley News And Events Picnic and Local Notices
Stanley community life highlights a Friday lawn picnic at Dr and Mrs B G Weathers with guests and a thank you after a bountiful ham and chicken dinner. Raleigh market reports dairy and poultry prices holding steady while local homecomings and weddings are noted among residents and visiting relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Deacul Duuruluy
AIG
B. G. Weathers
Oliver Shook
Weevil Infestation in Gaston County Rises Slightly
Gas ton county reports a rising boll weevil infestation with 10 percent across 13 check farms, though no single farm exceeds two percent. Farm Agent Paul Kiser urges continued field checks and notes 1955 patterns warn against hasty treatments until at least 10 percent on one farm. Several farms show 1 2 percent levels, others with no infestation. some reports missing. Local residents and visitors described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaston County
Paul Kiser
Kiser
E. C. Pasour
Bessemer City
John Walker
Real Estate Man Returns From Georgia Redmen Convention
Charlie Wallace, local real estate dealer and national chairman of the Degree of Pocahontas of the Great Council of the United States, returned Thursday from Buford, Georgia after attending the Georgia state convention of Redmen. He traveled with Rose Quinn. Wallace attended the event and represented Bryan Hurd of Cramerton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Wallace
Buford
Georgia
Redmen
United States
Bryan Hurd
Cramerton
Wallace
State bus driving contest honors given to north carolina youths
Dan Shannon of Gastonia and Betty Jean Massey of Mount Holly each received a $25 savings bond from the Gaston County Merchants Association for participating in the state bus driving contest. District 6 representatives from Gaston and Lincoln counties competed in Chapel Hill. Robert Dunn of Orange County and Allee Pritchett of Greensboro won the first North Carolina school bus drivers contest, earning $300 scholarships and a trophy. Local judges Martel Beam, Tom Moore, and Paul Hallman presided as 56 drivers competed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Shannon
Gastonia
Betty Jean Massey
Mount Holly
Gaston County Merchants Association
Gaston
Lincoln Counties
Chapel Hill
North Carolina
Robert Dunn
Orange County
Allee Pritchett
Greensboro
Martel Beam
Akers Motor Lines
Tom Moore
Paul Hallman
Carolina Motor Freight Carriers
Cherryville
Bill To Finance Courts Passed by Senate and House
Washington reports the Senate and House approved a compromise bill funding State and Justice departments and federal courts at 548,930,957 dollars, 50 million less than President Eisenhower requested, and sent it to the White House for signature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
White House
State
Justice Departments
Eisenhower
Local Boy Put In Active Charge Of Flint Plant
Emmett Morrison Jr of 372 North Edgemont avenue named acting superintendent of Burlington Industries Flint No. 2 Plant by J D Barbee. Morrison assumes charge during civil defense poster distribution period following Supt Sproull's heart attack and convalescence. Morrison, son of Mr and Mrs S E B Morrison, attended Gastonia High, McCallie, and NC State College earning a BS in textiles. The Civil Rescue Association plans to auction posters in Cramerton in June 1953 and distribute them to home and business owners with pocket sizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett Morrison Jr
North Edgemont Avenue
Burlington Industries
Flint No. 2
J. D. Barbee Oygly
Morrison
James G
Civil Defense
Sproull
S. EB. Morrison
Hillside Lane
Gastoniajwor
McCallie
Chattanooga, Tenn
Civil Rescue Association
N. C. State College
Civil de
Burlington Organiza Heatner
Cramerton
Jraid
Heafner
City Hall
Belmont Rotary Views Movie Time and Eternity
The Belmont Rotary Club viewed the second half of the film Time and Eternity on Wednesday after the first half was shown two weeks earlier. Guests included Visiting Rotarians from Charlotte Gastonia and Mt Holly clubs. no meeting next week due to installation of new officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belmont
Belmont Rotary Club
James Dixon
W. N. Borsley
J L. Mendler
Charlotte Club
Jim Dougherty
Dilworth Club
Frank Love
Mt., Holly Club
Gastonia
Jack Garland
John Eck Jr
P. E F. Pearson Jr
Bill Patrick
Jim Comer
Dick Nielson
Joe Hinds
Sam Tull
Charlie Zeigler
W. G. Boyd
J. H. Mann
Andrew Rhyne
T. Marion Hunter
J. E. Cashett
Charlie Fite
Morrison J Marries Rankin Suber of Whitmire South Carolina
Morrison J forms a union with the former Rankin Suber of Whitmire South Carolina. They are noted to have one child, Emmett Morrison III, in the public record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrison J
Rankin Suber
Whit ‘Mire, S. C
Emmett Morrison
Gastonia Holds To Sixth Spot In Building
Gastonia remains sixth among North Carolina cities with over 10,000 population in construction. Five month permits total 2,914,825 while Charlotte leads with 14,918,678. Cities ahead include Durham Greensboro Raleigh and Winston Salem. May permits show Gastonia eighth with 713,775 as Charlotte tops 6,590,963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gastonia
North Carolina
Charlotte
Durham
Greensboro
Raleigh
Winston-Salem
Goldsboro
Salisbury
TPA Delegates Return From Nation Convention in Baltimore
Guy Ladd and Clyde Wallace of Post P Travelers Protective Association of America returned from the national convention in Baltimore with North Carolina representation including 32 delegates and four children. Ladd led NC in new member signups with 12 in April and 16 for the year. A dues drive runs to June 30. Wallace, secretary treasurer, at 192 West Franklin Ave, will forward dues to Winston Salem. Also noted: US milk cow count fell 11 percent in 1954 and Minnesota reports 22,380 professional teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Ladd
Clyde Wallace
Post. P
Travelers Protective ‘Association of America
Baltimore
TPA
North Carolina
Ladd
State Association
Post
Post P
Wallace
West Franklin Avenue
Winston Salem
Shine Parlor Break-In Reported in Gastonia
Gastonia detectives Brittain and Hasketh report a Wednesday night break-in at Floyds shoe shine behind Main Avenue News Stand. Entry came through a skylight. About $50 in dollars and change stolen from a box chained to the floor. thieves broke the container. Third-shift officers found the scene around 2 oclock Thursday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gastonia
R. G. Brittain
L. G. Hasketh
Floyd’s
Main Avenue
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William
Bill) Kincaid
Florida
Gee
Jown. E. Tfonakd Gen
Spe
Earn
Milton E. Pharr
Robert Pharr
North York Street
DePauw University
Greencastle
Ind
Gastonia Elks
Highland High School
DePauw
Reccor
National Methodist Scholarship Fund
National Negro Scholarship Fund
Service F
Schoenoff
Tusitalis
Young Pharr
Columbia University
New York City
Davidson
CROSS
Davidson College
Samuel R. Spencer Jr
Wall Street
Stanley Events
Sutter & Eggs
Chicago
NODA
Rocky Mount
Bethel
Tarboro
Enfield
Kinston
Benton
New Bern
Clinton
Mount Olive
Mount Gilead
Micro
Elizabethtown
Siler City
Farmville
Beulaville
Nahunta
Murfreesboro
Baley
Dunn
Newton Grove
Whiteville
Clarkton
Tabor City
Kenly
Shallotte
Smithfield
Lumberton
Rich Square
Castle Hayne
Rocky Point
Wbeweeeme
i/P
Mpen
Stanley News and Events
G Taylo
Tobe Ee Das Anatha
Uilitary
WOO Was & Gelegale
Meo Pulori
Ine
NCDA
Asheville
Jimmy Todd
F. D. Love
Sapitist Church
T. B. Bowen
Delores
Mickey
Norfolk
Bob Abernethy
Mildred Hallman
Clyde Robinson
Edgar Abernethy
Hallman-Haskin
Joanne Hallman
Sandra Caliendo
Mercy Hospital
Amy Caliendo
W. W. Hovis
Annie Browne
Ted Crowell
Jean
Rock Hill
Frances
Charlotie
J. T. Hamilton
Rickie
Maxie
Clyde Hovis
Bruington Memorial Baptist Church
Edward Rickman
Burton Sherrod
Marty
Ann
Jimmy Rutledge
Roxanne
Kings Mountain
Thurman
Morris Anderson
Ed Sisson
Wade Rutledge
Barbara Rankin
Cherokee
Hyatt-Catton
Hyatt
Miss Rankin
Archie Saunders
Vom
jAvenee
Jim Hickory
Doe Rickman
John Sherrill
Arlington
Annie Sherrill
Ashley Hogewood
Monty
Graham Abernethy
Bill Browne
Mooresville
Carrie Abernethy
R-1
C. C. Braswell
Richmond, Va
Rutledge
B. H. Finlayson
Mr. Rutledge
Beate
Aya Leis
Layla Beach, Flanda
Flint
Rotary Club
Minnesota
Shine Parlor
S Marmaduke
the Gazette
Pikes Peak
DeSoto
DeSoto-Plymouth
G. G. Walker Motor Company, Inc
West Airline Avenue
Smith’s Drug Store
W. Main
First Federal Savings & Loan Association
West Main Ave
Dial UN
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