The Gastonia Gazette from Gastonia, North Carolina • Page 9

Monday, April 4, 1949. TOIWCORN FILM TONIGHT Movie Entitled "More Corn Per Acre" To Be Shown At Dallas High Tonight And Tryon High Wednesday. A 25-minute agriculture film entitled "More Corn Per Acre" Is scheduled to be shown by the county farm agent's office at Dallas High School tonight at 7:30. Another showing will he made at Tryon High School Wednesday at p.m. This movie Li being shown throughout the state in an effort to help North Carolina farmers' to do their part in winning the IMS "corn war" with Virginia, the county agent said.

The "war" began in January when Gov. William M. Tuck of Virginia sent word to Gov. Scott I dare you to ask North Carolina farmers to Join in a race with Virginia farmers to see which state can make the biggest Increase in corn yield in 1949." Gov. Scott accepted.

Appearing with several agricull tural leaders Saturday on a statewide broadcast entitled "Operation Corn Yield," the North Carolina governor declared (hat winning the corn contest "is a part of every Individual farmer." "It will profit us little," he added, '-if just a few pitch in to grow the highest possible yields. The important thing is the farm and state average. Every farmer that grows com h-as something to do with de. termining this average. Explaining the terms of the contest, Gov.

Scott said the winning state will be the one which shows the greatest increase in corn yields this year over the average for the 1937-46 base period Officers Are Installed In B. C. MRS. ALICE MORE ABOUT Pact (Begins On Front Page) bale on the North Atlantic treaty The other major issue expected to come up in the Senate Is whether the treaty would pledge the United States to help rearm western Europe Some senators who have indicated they might vote for the treaty have declared against administration plans for a military assistance program, estimated to cost around $1 250.000,000 the first year. President Truman Is expected to send the treaty to the Senate within a few days.

He will present it as an instrument to preserve peace and a defensive arrangement entirely in accord with the United Nations charier. Ratification if the last slep needed to make the pact effective. Ft will come into as soon as it is ratified by Belgium, Canada, France, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, United Kingdom and the United Slates. Those are the seven nations which negotiated the pact in conferences which began here lasl July and continued into mid-March. The seven nations subsequently invited Norway, Denmark.

Iceland, Portugal and Italy to join in signing ana they accepted. The seven original negotiating nations and the five invited participated thus make up the 12 sharing in today's ceremony. Only three nations holdinr rtratetrtc in the North area are out ol (be pic- taw. They are the Republic of Irefcuvi, hfch declined to have in alliance with with which the stabs an not on Sweden, which to remain "neutral." MORE ABOUT Legislature On Front Page) the freest spending of any in fcs atatrt history. OPPOSED TO IT Senator Rankin is opposed to us- rrig million cushion fund as part of the.

$50 million school bond issue, since it means taking that much out of the current ex- -BY JUNE SMITH- BESSEMER CITY-The Masonic lemple of Bessemer City was packed to capacity recently for Installation of new officers of the Order of the Eastern Star, Bessemer City Chapter No. 263. Prominent officials from over the district attended the exercises. The new officers are Mrs. Alice C.

worthy matron; Walter L. Whit ey, worthy patron; Mrs. Janie J. Kincaid, associate matron; Floyd Noblett, associate patron; Mrs. Vlda Linder, secretary; Miss Pear) L.

Smith, treasurer; Mrs. Dorothy M-nn, conductress; Miss Annie Roberts, associate conductress; Mrs hadie Ormand. chaplain; Mrs. Lu- clan Pmnex, organist; Mrs. Ploye Oates, marshal; Miss Dorothy Whitley, Adah; Mrs.

Isabcll Saunders Ruth; Mrs. Marjorie Carson, Esther-' Mrs. Ivey Costner, Martha; Mrs. Louise Martin, Electa; Miss Pearl Ramsetir, warder; and Lee Bridges sentinel. The welcome address was delivered by Mrs.

Bertha Kiser, past worthy matron. Mrs. Irene Moore of iSelmoni, District Deputy Grand Matron of the 15th District OES presided as installing officer, and was assisted.by Mrs. Zula L. Eisenhower of Gastonia, installing marshal; Mrs Edlfh P.

Bridges of Bessemer City Installing conductress; Mrs. Minnie C. Abernethy of Gastonia, installing secretary; and Arnold W. Kincaid of Kings Mountain, District Deputy Grand Patron of the 15th District, installing chaplain. Presentation of flag was made by Mrs.

Ivey CosLner, roll call of officer was led by Miss Pearl Smith an music was presented by Miss Jun omltn, organist. Past Matron's jewel and Past Pa irons Jewel was presented to th past matron and patron. Mrs. Berth Kiser and Burton E. Callis by th, chapter in appreciation of the fin work they had done during the year Other gifts were presented by friends the chapter, and Mrs.

Kiser presented each retiring officer with a gift of china. The chapter also re- with'Tg'ift each icer The closing hymn "God Be With You Till We Meet Again" was sung in f- en After the oi installation a reception was held in the dining room, which was made ath-active with spring flower, and BESSEMER LAD DIES IN WRECK Robert Poteat, 17-Ycar-Old High School Student, Killed When Station Overturns Near Wilmington. A 17-year-old Bessemer City High School student, Robert Poteat, died i Gastonia (JN. Gazette Revival At ARP Church Begins Tonight, 7:30 ton Hospital from a brain concui- and Internal injuries received Wr f. ck eig ht hours near Carolina Beach.

The accident hospitalized two of nis three companions, while another escaped unhurt, James Walker Hospital In Wilmington are Bobby McDonald, 18, suffering from a se- and jj mmy stetlerTTs; whoTuTfeml 1 Tractured arm and other minor hurts. Rush i passenger, was The vehicle is owned by Jack ostner son was In the wreck. It was re- Jorled. According to reports, the right ont wheel of the 1947 Crosley sta- ion wagon came off, and young he driver was thrown out head first on the highway. He never regained consciousness.

He's survived by his 'parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd A. Poteat of Besemer City; one brother, Charles of he U. S.

Navy; and one sister, Mrs. Margaret Home of Charlotte. He a member of the First Baptist and sang In the Youth 'hoir. He was also a member of the Bessemer City High School baseball earn. Funeral services are incomplete.

ower, and other decorations, and delicious refreshments were served. MOREABOUT Violence On Front Page) their names. W. B. Murphy, 26, a Negro railway employe, who was struck by a train at Charlotte Friday Floyd J.

Lewis, 19, ort Bragg soUier, who was killed Saturday in a motorcycle accident at Raleigh 3 of Currl who penw "The people wanting to do are hurting the school teachers," explained, "since it will make H. twice as hard to pass the higher salary scale if $30 million ta taken out of what you have to spend." By leaving the emergency fund It Is, (tie state can adopt the salary schedule for teachers without worrying about where the money is coming from, he said. Last week Senator Rankin's committee rewrote the S50 million school building bill so that it would stand a better chance of passage by people. The old bill granted each of the 100 counties an equal snare of the money. Gaston county, with students, would receive only $300,000, as would Camden county with 900 The new bin appropriates the money in (wo ways: a flat guarantee of plus a certain amount that's figured on the school population.

Under this formula, Gaston county wonld receive a larger share for school buildings. crashed into the side of a speeding passenger locomotive at Atkinson yesterday. Four of his relatives were injured Robert Poteat, 17, Bessemer City who suffered fatal injuries in an automobile accident at Wilmington yesterday Two others were Injured (See story P-5). Staff Sgt. John D.

Grainger, 34 of the Pope Field air force base was killed early today when the station wagon he was driving was in collision near Raeford with a tractor-trailer driven by Edward Carter of Chesterfield, Md, Highway Patrolman J. C. Tyson reported FjilHICK The Rev. H. Louis Patrick Statesville starts a week-long reviva at First ARP Church here tonight Twice-a-day services will be held through Sunday, with preaching a 10 a.

m. and 7:30 p. m. Monda' through Friday. The services oi Sunday will be at 11 a.

m. and 7:30 P. m. There will be no service on Saturday. Rev.

Mr. Patrick, the pulpit com- wittee of the church announced is a native of South Carolina aix a Navy veteran of three years service. He graduated at Erskine Col- ege, Due West, S. and the Erskine Seminary before taking postgraduate work at Princeton School of Theology. After that he joined the U.

S. Navy and served as a His first pastorate was at ARp-etrarch in StatesvHle where he succeeded the Rev Presley, who retired after of service. years ROBERT POTEAT MORE Whionings -(Begins On Front PagcJ- Local Post TPA To Have Annual Dinner Gastonia Post North Carolina division of the Travelers Protective Association, will hold its annual meeting at Jolly's Coffee Shop 1025 West Franklin avenue, Wednesday evening, April 6, at 7 o'clock. Among the speakers will be the state secretary association Following short talks by the of fleers, directors and committees will be chosen for the coming year and other routine business transacted Delegates will be chosen to the state convention. bad reports about you." Then, related West, "They (ook us up Into the woodt nearby and whipped us one at a time.

I was the sixth to be whipped. They had me pull down mr pants. One man took a leather strap and (wo men had switches. They beat us 12 or 15 licks and told us to ran across the hill. We finally got away and came back (o Chattanooga." Sheriff Lynch said the Klansmen burned a cross before the-whippings He said he and his deputies left when the Klansmen ordered the officers to leave.

"There wasn't anything else left for us to do but leave," the sheriff said. 'What would j-ou do If there were 50 or 100 men around and ordered you to leave?" Jayceea To Hear Spencer Tuesday W. T. Spencer, head of the fi- lancial drive for the enlargement of the Gaston Memorial Hospital will be the speaker at the meeting the Gastonia Junior Chamber Commerce Tuesday night at 7 'clock at the Armington Hotel. Following the program, nomina- lons for new officers will be made Officers to be nominated will in- lude the president, two vice presi- ents, secretary, treasurer and three irectors to service for a two-year wriod.

Graham's Condition Reported As "Good" (AP Special Washington Service) WASHINGTON, April 4 (IP, Aides to Senator Graham (D-NC) said today his condition Is good. The senator was taken to emergency hospital Saturday after a cold developed into pneumonia. Graham was sworn In last Tuesday as successor to the late Senator J. Melville Broughton (D-NC). Contrary to their reputation, most bloodhounds are docile and affectionate animals.

Deaths MRS. WILLIE R. McNEIL BELMONT Mrs. Rain. McNeil, 84, widow of John McNeil Belmont, died Monday morning at o'clock at her home on Poplar stree She had been in declining health fo year or more.

A native of Tuskegee, eh was born January 27, 1865. and wa. a daughter of the late W. A an Margaret Rains. Mr.

and Mrs Me Neil and their daughters moved Belmont more than 30 years ago. McNeil, an expert In his field wa connected with a large construe tion company. He died In 1832. Mrs. McNeil IM survived by daughters, Miss Elizabeth McNeil the home and Mrs.

William J. Arm strong of Belmont; three granc children, Frances, Billy and Alle Armstrong; three sisters, Mrs. A Hill of Montgomery. Tennison and Mrs. J.

C. StewarTo Sylacauga, and a number and nephews in Alabama. Funeral services will be held Tues day morning at 10 o'clock at Bel Cathedral with Rev Gabriel Stupasky officiating In terment will be in the Abbey ceme tery. File Funeral Home has charg of the MRS. GERTRUDE HOL.TZCLAW Mrs, Gertrude Vivian Hoitzclaw (6, died at the home of her son Charles R.

Hoitzclaw in MU' Monday morning at o'clock. Bom in Hampton, she was well known In this vicinity when she had spent part of her life 8h Is survived by three children, Mr foltisclaw of Mt. Holly, and Mrs 1. Gumming and E. L.

Hoitzclaw lampton, and one sister Mrs Lucy J. Reese of Hampton, Va. She was a member at the Baptist church in Hampton. Funeral arrangements are incomplete btrt the body will be io the Wood-Richardson Mineral Home in Hampton. Mt.

Hols' Funeral Home has charge of ar- aiwements. Clorer Concern To Barbecue Party A "family party" win be glvtu Friday at Clover by the Clover Im- ilement Truck according to announcement made Monday by W. G. Reid, owner and manager ol his concern. Manager Reid says that there will le barbecue hash, soup, coffee and forth with serving- beginning at p.m.

and continuing to 9 p.m. A special mvitation Is given the adies to attend. Mr. Reid says, Come at your convenience, tell our neighbors, bring your family ome yourself," This concern has many auMomtrs Gaston county and no doubt arge number of will ccept Mr. Invitation.

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