The Gastonia Gazette from Gastonia, North Carolina • Page 1

THl GASTONIA (N. 6AZCTTI THURSDAY, FHRUARY 24,1955, NEW Robinson (left) and Jules Witten '(center) have been elected to the board of trustees of Gaston Memorial Hospital. Here with them is C. C. Dawson, chairman of the board, who welcomed them as new.

members last Monday night. Robinson and Witten took the place of Grady Rankin and Robert Gurney, who retired after-10 years on the board. (Photo by Ennis Atkins.) Textile Club Changes Name The Charlotte Textile Club bylaws have been amended by a vote of the membership to change the name of the Greater Charlotte Textile Club and to expand its membership eligibility area beyond Mecklenburg county to Include a 30-mile radius of Charlotte. extension of the membership area will encompass Gastonia, Monroe, Kannapolis, Concord, Mooresville and Lincolnton, to mention several outlying textile municipalities. MORE ABOUT Firemen (Begini On Front Fife) piece of equipment will be delivered this weekend from Columbus, O.

Chief Farrls senl Howard Hand and Raymond Orlndstaff to Columbus to accept the truck from the Seagrave Corporation, which built it. They will be accompanied by Seagrave engineer who wil ride the truck to Gastonia anc stay with it through the trial runs. Chief Parris lists a dozen or more improvements that resulted from the two-weeks Intensive training program started under Houren. The big Irishman, representing a White Plains, N. Y.

Insurance company, goes from city to city instructing firemen. Blunt in his approach, Houren makes enemies at first and then converts them to friends. He insisted that the Gastonia Fire Department adopt certain "spit and polish" rules to improve their appearance, morale and efficiency. Little things, such as changing the bed sheets. The men are sleeping sounder now, with fresh, clean sheets on their beds every night.

AH the equipment has bwn tested under simulated fire- lighting conditions. The tests turned up 30 sections of hose that weren't any good. These 50-foot lengths sprang leaks or split under high pressure. New hose has been ordered to replace the defective pieces, Mechanical defects in the pumpers have been corrected. With new concepts of firefighting, the crews have been able to save time laying hose and putting water on a fire.

Where they used to take four minutes, the same crew has been clocked at 35 seconds. "The first three or four minutes are what counts," said Chief Parris. "That's the difference between saving a house or losing it in many calls we 1 NEW NOZZLES The fire department has ordered new fog-type nozzles which suppress the fire with less water With the old nozzles, they otten drenched everything in sigh and caused more water damage than fire damage. The new noi- zles will hold down the water damage. Houren's visit resulted in the city getting a complete review 01 its waterworks system.

New hydrants are being Installed. New pipelines will be laid. Fire protection will be extended. Houren left the firemen a rule book that covers nearly firehouse etiquette. They are not to argue politics or religion.

They will have one-hour devotional period on full day's preaching like they used to. It was reported that a seminary from another state hac be.en sending its student preachers into Gastonia on Sundays for practice. The soul-savers used the fire station as a training ground. They preached to the "captive" audience all day long. Houren's teaching brought on this trucks answer every call now, and three trucks if the alarm comes from the business district.

Sending two trucks, one each from two stations, is insurance against the first truck having a breakdown If it's an easy fire to handle the second truck turns arounc ind goes back immediately. Houren worked the men hard then recommended they get an Increase in pay. He asked that firemen's and policemen's salaries be equalized. The request has been given favorable thought by the city council. For years, Oastonia policemen have been paid $20 to $25 more month than firemen.

That based on the assumption that policemen's work was more hazardous. Houren disputed this every policeman killed on duty," he Mid, there are 12 firemen lost. And for every policeman Injured, there are 20 firemen hurt." On the day Houren laid that Baltimore hotel fire claimed UM livn of llx firemen and injured down othen. Bruit cookies, before btlrinf, with Ulfhtly bstten white iprlnkle with finely Chapped mlDUU or pecMi. MORE ABOUT Tax (Begins On Front Page) Others must itemize their deduc- 4.

The Senate sent back to its Judiciary 1 Committee a bill which would require the Department of Motor Vehicles to give a Hearing before suspending the driver's license of a motorist convicted twice within months of speeding. The Senate also sent back to Judiciary II Committee or further study a measure to make changes in the old age assistance lien law. 5. Rep. Ed O'Herron of Meck- enburg introduced a bill to amend the financial responaibil- ty law enacted in 1953.

He said lis proposal would correct iniquities discovered in the opera- Ion of the law. One would exempt state employees driving state-owned vehicles Jrcm post- ng security to cover damages in event of an accident. MORE ABOUT Dulles (Bejlns On Front Pate) Monday, then fly to the Philip- jines for a conference of Amer- can Far Eastern ambassadors Tuesday. His itinerary beyond the Philippines has not been made public but there are strong indications that he may visit Formosa. In the closed meeting yesterday Dulles ticked off these components of the American force he said could strike anywhere in the Pacific: A fleet of 400 warships Including carriers and 300,000 men rive divisions of 350,000 men.

Thirty squadrons of Air Force Jet bombers and interceptors plus other strategic forces. He argued against breaking up this powerful force and assigning parts of it to Manila Pacl nations. He urged instead that it be kept intact, able to strike anywhere needed and that the separate nations add their strength to that of the U. Pacific force. DEATH CLAIMS GASTONNATIVE Mrs.

A. Hoke Husg Dies Suddenly At Her Home In Cherryville. A. Hoke Huss, 76, prominent Gaslon county native, died suddenly Thursday morning at 9:30 o'clock at her home on Academy street In Cherryville, following a heart attack. Mrs.

Huss was an Invalid, having suffered a stroke seven years ago, but she was in her usual condition until the fatal heart attack. She was the mother of W. iunter Huss. superintendent of the Gaston county schools. Mrs.

Huss was born here on October 18, 1818, the daughter of late Moses and Sara Carpenter Stroup, and spent her entire life in Cherryville. She was married on July 4. 1900, to A. H. Huss and her husband died in 1944.

Throughout her life she was nterested in church and community affairs, taking an active part in the work of the Cherryville Woman's Club, Order of Uie Eastern Star, and the St. John's Lutheran Church and Woman's Missionary Society until her health failed. The funeral will be held Friday at 3 p. m. at St.

John's Lutheran Church, with the pastor, the Rev. Leroy C. Trexler, and a former pastor of the church, the Rev. W. G.

Cobb, officiating. Burial will be In the family plot in the Lutheran cemetery. Mrs. Huss is survived by six children, all of whom are connected with schools, including W. Hunter Huss, superintendent of education in Gaston county; Paul H.

Huss. principal of Spindale schools; Thomas K. Huss, on the school faculty at Oxford; Miss Marie Huss of the home, teacher at Tryon school; Dorus H. Huss, member of Harris school faculty, Harris; and Jack Huss, on the faculty of the Cramerton schools. Another son died in infancy.

Other survivors are two sisters, Mrs. Georgia Kincaid of Bessemer City, and Mrs. George S. Falls of Cherryville: 12 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. GI Charged With Driving Death Car JACKSONVILLE, N.

T. Sgt. Theodore Durden, accused of driving the car which killed Cpl. J. A.

Wright of Alexandria, last night Was bound over to Onslow superior court on a manslaughter charge. After a probable cause hearing into the death of the Marine military policeman, Burden's bond was set at $2,000 which he posted. The Onslow superior court will convene March 7. The corporal was fatally injured by a car that sped past a TJ. S.

17 roadblock Tuesday night which had been set up af- Ser the robbery of a drive-in theater. Four persons in Durden's car also were bound over as material witnesses. Bonds of $250 were set "or them which they posted. They were John Grass. Patricia Durden, the driver's wife; Raymond Hurst and Mary Ojodman, all of Jacksonville.

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