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THE EAGLE
VOLUME FIFTY
(Published Every Wednesday) Cherryville, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1955
NUMBER FORTY-FIVE
RIDDLE GASTON COUNTY'S HONOR VETERAN
CHERRYVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY OBSERVING FIFTH ANNIVERSARY
VETERANS PARADE IN GASTONIA FRIDAY AT 5:30 P. M.
Friends Invited
To Pay Visit
Next week the Cherryville Pub
lic Library will be celebrating a
birthday. On November 14 the
Library will be five years old. All
friends of the Library are invited
to visit daring the week.
As an added feature to help
celebrate our birthday, no over
due fines will be charged during
next week. If you have a book
which you have forgotten to re
turn to the Library, next week
will be a good time to return it.
Whether the book is two weeks or
two years overdue, no fines will
be charged.
In next weeks Eagle all contri
butors fce the Library Drive will
be listed.
The book “Furniture Making
and Cabinet Works” by Felton
has been placed on the Memorial
Shelf by Mr. and Mrs. Tom Henry
in memory oi' Ron Kelly Henry.
THIS IS BOOK WEEK!
Next week is Book Week. Cer
tainly a majority of us, young
and old, in this community is in
terested in books for children.
Without this common interest
Book Week would not have sur
vived these 40 years.
The idea for Book Week was
introduced in 1915 by the late
Franklin K- Mathiews, then chief
librarian for the Boy Scouts of
Amercia. Mr. Mathiew used to
tour around to see what boys
ere reading and what ne dis
vered made him unhappy. He
ew up a lust of pood books for
.mys, pot a few stores to display
iho books for one week in No
vember, and an idea was under
way.
In the yea*- of that first Book
Week, exactly one American pub
lishing firm boasted a children’s
book editor. MJost major houses
now have them and the wealth of
our children’s books is improving.
Every year thousands of dollars
are spent for books for children.
Gay new title© crowd the chil
dren’s book shelves in our public
libraries. Yet the question may
be raised,” But why do books
help children?”
Books offer children opportuni
ties for identification with char
acters through whom they may
find solutions to their own prob
Books provide ‘‘stuff” of imagi
nation through which much of the
objective world may be clarified.
Books extend experiences, pro
vide new names for new ideas,
and help to give new meanings to
old ideas.
Books provide opportunities for
the joy that comes from shared
laughter.
Books assist children in de
termining what is acceptable be
havior in their world.. Books
can help in making right deci
sions.
Book Week will be celebrated
at your library the week of No
vember 13-19. Visit the library
with your children, and see the
wealth of readable books which
you will find th«re.
For the very young there are
picture hooks and easy-to-read
books which help the child to dis
cover for himself that fun, ad
(Coatimaad on page four)
DR. HANS G. HEYMANN
Lenoir Rhyne Prof.
To Speak Here
Dr. Hans G. Heymann, Profes
sor of English and German at
Lenoir Rhyne College, Hickory,
X. C. will speak on the subject:
“The Christian Mission in a Re
volutionary World.” Monday
evening, November 14th at 7:30
o'clock at St. John’s Evangelical
Lutheran Church.
A warm and cordial invitation
is extended to the public to hear
this most timely and splendid lec
ture. Following the lecture an in
formal reception will be held to
afford the citizens of Cherryville
the opportunity of meeting Dr.
Heymann.
Dr. Heymann, a native of Ger
many, having been born in Berlin
and brought up in a small village
near Stettin, is most qualified
through vital experiences in his
own life to speak on the subject:
“The Christian Mission in a Revo
lutionary World”. At the end of
1!)39 he was called for military
service. World War II, and serv
ed as an officer, fighting against
the Russians and in North Africa.
He was taken prisoner by the
English on the occasion of the
breakdown of the German Africa
corps and, as a prisoner, was
transferred to the United States,
where he stayed until the spring
of 1946, a period of three years.
While a prisoner in the United
States, Dr. Heymann volunteered
for work and served as an inter
preter for Geiman-E|nglish and
also as a teacher of English at
Come, Mississippi. Later he work
ed at the Reynolds Tobacco Com
pany, Winston-Salem, N. C., and
on several farms in North Caro
lina, thus becoming acquainted
with life in the U-S.A. and making
friends here.
After his release as a prisoner
of war he worked for one year as
an interpreter for German-Eng
lish at Neumunster, Germany,
1946-417 and then continued his
studies at the University of
Frankfurt!Main, Germany. From
1950-51 he taught English at the
German Federal Ministry of Traf
fic; and also from 1950 until
early 1953 he taught English and
(Continued on page four)
Fund Drive For
The Handicapped
The Ga-ston Center for the
Handicapped is staging thir drive
this month, osters and cups have
been placed at the Carolina
Freight Carriers, Dora Yarn Mill,
Carlton Yarn Mill, Rhyne Houser
No. 1 and No. 11 mill, Howell
Mifg. Co., Nuway Spinning Co.,
and at The Eagle Publishing Com
pany.
This organization is not includ
ed in the United Fund Drive and
the only way they have to receive
help is through this fund drive.
The Handicapped Center provides
special services for the mentally
or physically handicapped chil
dren and young people of Gaston,
Mecklenburg and Lincoln coun
ties.
Your help is needed to aid the
Handicapped. The poster for the
Handicapped is a picture of a Dal
las lad. It is a true picture and
he like many others need your
gifts of money.
STAFF WORKERS
A staff of ten persons, includ
ing a doctor, psychologist, social
workers, teachers, drivers, voca
tional instructors, and therapists
are kept busy meeting the in
creasing demands of its patients.
Medical, social, educational, rec
reational, vocational, and trans
portation needs of the handicap
ped and their parents are taken
care of by the staff at the center.
All expenses are met on a
week to week basis, accord
ing to Mrs. O. C. Clemmer,
school director. All income
is from individuals and orga
nizations on a voluntary
basis. The average cost per
child is $65 per month, and
Mrs. Clemmer says that no
one has been turned away
through inability to pay.
This unique school was orga
nized here to take care of a
growing need. It is one of the
few of its kind in th South. It is
not supported in any way by
funds from any source other than
that contributed solely for its pur
The Gaston Center for the
Handicapped provides a haven f°r
those unfortunats for whom no
one is held legally responsible for
training, Mrs. Clemmer stated.
Kenneth Mayhew, Jr
Honored At Duke
Omicroti Delta Kappa, national
men’s leadership honorary, tapped
11 men. including Kenneth Mlay
lew, Jr., into its ranks at Duke
University last week.
Mayhew, rectntly named to Phi
Beta Kappa, is also a member of
Phi Eta Sigma, national scholastic
honorary for freshmen.
He has served as a house presi
dent, president of the Interdormi
tory Council, and as a student
government representative.
He has also been intramural
manager for his dorm, a member
of the college newspaper staff,
and active in the Methodist Stu
dent Movement at Duke.
Tobacco growers in all parts of
North Carolina lost tobacco to
brown spot disease this year, says
Furney A. Todd, extension tobac
co specialist at State College.
Joe Billy Pharr
Enter Leadership
Fraternity At College
Joe Billy Pharr, of Chen yville,
and an outstanding senior at
Davidson Collette, was tapped into
Omieron Delta Kappa, national
honorary leadership fraternity,
during its fall tapping exercises
in chapel on November 1. This is
one of the greatest honors which
a student at Davidson can re
ceive. Joe Billy is certainly de
serving of this honor, since he is
serving in several positions of top
leadership on the Davidson cant-'
pus. Here are some of his activi
He is the president of the Pi
Kappa Alpha fraternity, and has
been a member of promise ever
since he has been at Davidson.
He was awarded the George Sum
mer Best Pledge award during his
freshman year, and has served
the fraternity in numerous ways,
having served as Vice-President
and Sports Manager, among other
things. Currently he has the high
est average in the fraternity
well over a B-plus.
Joe Billy is also the Cadet
Regimental Commander of the
Davidson ROTC program. This,
the rank of Cadet Lt. Colonel, is
the highest rank in the ROTC de
partment, and would itseif insure
election into ODK. Joe Billy has
distinguished himself! along other
lines, too, and he is serving as
President of the Honorary Frater
nity Council, and of Sigma Pi Sig
ma, honorary physics fraternity.
In scholarship, also ,he has proved
himself, outstanding, placing in
the upper 10 per cent of his
Bess Chapel To
Have Cake Sale
Bess Chapel Methodist Church
will have a Cake Sale at Rhodes
Appliance Store on East Main
Street on Saturday morning No
vember 19th, beginning at 9 o’
clock.
Don’t forget the date and be
ready to buy a cake.
Condensation on spark plugs
will ground the ignition and pre
vent firing. Wipe off plugs with
a dry rag to remove ground.
72 Units Will
Cover Six Blocks
(.ASTON I A, Nov. 9—The pomp
and precision of military units,
‘lie carnival giitey of miles of
colorful floats, and the pula3 of
martial airs will site a:, expected
30,00(1 spectators lining Main
Avenue curbs here Finlay at 5:30
p.m., as the Absher-Flowers Post
9.330. Veterans of Foreign Wars,
sponsors its first county-wide. Vet
erans Pay observance.
But behind the festival dress of
the 73-unit, procession will be a
sober purpose—rememoerance of
Gaston veterans who laid down
their lives on foreing battlefields.
All Gaston will be here to
commemorate the day, formerly
known as Armistice Day, in
what is expected to be the
longest and most impressive
, Gastonia parade since shortly
after World War I.
High school bands from all over
the county, veterans bands, bands
from C.arolinas camps, and from
Charlotte reserve units, will
march at. intervals in the 12-sec
tion parade, which will form on
Main south on Broad Street and
move westward over six blocks to
Trenton Street.
MANY DIGNITARIES
Dignitaries of local, state, and
national scope will occupy a giant
reviewing stand which will he
erected on South Street", north of
Main, between the Children’s
Shop and Carolina Florist.
.. General program chairman is
r^oyce Robinson of the local
VFW, and parade chairman is
Capt. Roy Short of th Gastonia
Police Department. Leonel Brun
nenter will have charge of dis
tinguished guests, Ed Fox of
transportation and feeding, H. R.
Hughes of the numerous floats,
and Dr. J. Philip Malone of pub
licity. Henry Bliss is post com
mander.
The order of march in the giant
parade tells its own story:
SECTION ONE
1. Escort by Gastonia Police
Department; 2. U. S. Marine Col
or Guard; 3. Mayor Leon 1.
Schneider; ’ 4. Ninth Air Force
Band; 5. Gaston’s Veteran of the
Year;" 6. the Veterans Day Pa
rade “Queen;" 7. VFW float; 8.
VFW Auxiliary float; 9. VFW
Auxiliary 2oat; 9- VFW marching
m SECTION TWO
1. State Highway Patrol es
cort; 2. Rambling Rebels; 3. Op
timist Club float; 4. . “Optimist
Queen” Beatrice Bradshaw; 5.
War Mothers; 6. Travelers Pro
tective Assn’ car; 7. Gold Star
Mothers; 8. Nurses’ car; 9. Am
erican Legion Auxiliary.
SECTION THREE
1. County police escort; 2. Ash
lev High School Band; 3. Ashley
High School “Queen;” 4. Gaston
ia National Guard: 5. Tagles Club
float; <i. Eagles Club car; 7. Ki
wanis Club car; 8. Carothers am
bulance; 9. Pocahontas float.
SECTION FOUR
1. Gastonia city police escort;
i 2. Cherryville High School Band;
I 3. 'Cherryville ‘‘Queen;’’ 4. Cher
i rvville merchants float; 5. Nike
Missle unit; fi. Seth Lumber Co.
I float; 7. Bell Telephone Co.
1 (Continued on page four)
Annual Sales Meeting Is Held By Carolina Freight Carriers
FORTY-TWO REPRESENTATIVES ATTEND ANNUAL SALES MEETING—Shown above is a group picture taken of Carolina Freight Car
riers Corporation’s salesmen who attended annual sales meeting in Cherryville, N. C.
Freight Carriers Cor
eld its annual sales
October 28-29 in the
Carolina building at
Forty-two represent
ative* attended the meeting.
OWNERS OPEN MEETING
President C. G. Beam and Sec
retary-Treasurer D. F. Beam «**
tended greeting) to the reprteent
Careliaa
po ration h
meeting on
new Club
atives and commented briefly on
the propress and growth of the
company within recent years.
Plans for future expansion of
terminal facilities and equipment
were discussed in length by the
owners. Announcement also was
made of new building sites acquir
ed recently by the company for
contraction of new terminals in
Cherryville and Charlotte, and
Worcester, Massachusetts.. The re
presentatives were informed that
construction work on the Char
lotte and Worcester terminals had
already begun and would be com
pleted before the end of the year.
VICE PRESIDENT
SALES PRESIDES
E. L. Noffitt, vice president,
sales, presided over the meeting
and introduced participants ap
pearing on the two-day program.
Speakers included John L. Fraley,
executive vice president, and C.
R. Cook, vice president, opera
tions, who discussed new policy
procedures initiated by the com
pany to improve service and to
enhance operational efficiency; J.
L. Boies, general claims manager,
who presented a summary analy
sis of claim costs; and L. B.
Doggett, traffic manager, who dis
cussed general traffic problems.
The meeting was adjourned
Saturday, following a general
luncheon at Carolina Freight Gar
ners’ Restaurant.
BEAM RAPS
MILK PROGRAM
GASTONIA, Nov. 7—Dr. Jack
Ramsaur, county health officer,
took a verbal lashing1 today from
County Commissioner Grier Beam
during a discussion of the health
department’s milk control pro
I)r.. Ramsaur, at home sick in
bed d,id not hear the criticisms
heaped on him.
Around the commissioners’ ta
ble. heads nodded in agreement
as Commissioner Beam attacked
the health department’s handling
of the milk inspection program.
‘‘I’m in favor of giving him the
money he needs,” said Beam, re
ferring to Dr. Ramsaur’s request
for a budget increase of $7,660.
NOT INTERFERE
“But if we give him the
money,” the Cherryville commis
inner added, “I think we ought
to make it clear that Dr. Ram
saur is not to interfere with the
milk inspector’s work.
“We know for a fact why the
last inspector quit. It was be
cause he didn’t have any au
thority. I know of instances ot
him checking a dairy and con
demning it until it came up to
certain sanitary practices. But
a day or two later somebody—
Dr. Ramsaur or someebody else—
got the dairy off the hook and
gave it back its rating.”
Beam said he just couldn't ae
c e p t the health department’s
story that Robert Pryor, the milk
inspector, quit because of his low
salary and a feeling of “frustra
Pryor quit November 1. He
was being paid $320 a montn.
To replace him, the health de
partment asked for two men. Bill
Long, chief engineer, said the de
partment would like to hire a
milk specialist at. $450 to $500 a
month, and a lab technician at
5325 a month.
The commissioners appro ved
the budget hike, but wrote into
the minutes that the milk in
-pector must be given a free hand
carrying out his job.
“As long as Dr. Ramsaur is go
ing to interfere with his work. ’
said Commissioner Beam, "it
won’t do any' good for us to raise
the budget and hire more men.
This man’s got to have authority
to do the job without ir.terfer
The health department said
Gaston county's dairy farmers
were worried over the loss of
Pryor as milk inspector.
Bill Long said it was important
that a good inspection program
be maintained if the county has
a 90 per cent sanitary rating.
“We have to have a 90 per cent
rating,’” he told the commission
ers, "if our dairies ship nnlk into
other counties or take milk across
state lines.”
Long estimated that mtlk ex
ports amount to $1,000 a day
from Gaston county dairies.
The milk inspector will have
charge of checking dairies in
inspecting pasteurizing plants and
sampling milk in the laboratory.
The lab assistant will help him.
SALARIES TOO LOW
Long also eomplained that
health department personnel were
nearly all the victims of low
salaries.
Five years ago, he said, the
Gaston County Health Depart
ment paid salaries in line with
any department in the statet, But
in the years since, salaries haven’t
kept pace and now local sani
tarians are $30 to $40 below the
average for the state.
Buddy Poppy Day
Will Be Observed
Buddy Poppy Day will be ob
served on Friday, November IX,
and each one is urged to wear a
poppy on that day. They will be
sold "by the Junior High School
Band members.
These poppies are made by dis
abled veterans who are in Veter
ans Hopitals. Funds from the
sales of these poppies w’ill be used
for those Veterans and their fam
Wear a Poppy on Veterans
Day.
Hoke Shuford Has
Bills Dated 1778
Hoke Shuford, popular young
man about town has in his collec
tions two bills of money. One is
a thirty dollar bill and ts dated
September 26, 1778 and was
printed in. Philadelphia. It meas
ures three and three fourths by
two and three fourth inches and
carries the U. S. Seal. It was
printed ‘by Hall & Sellers.
The other is a sixty dollar bill
printed the same year 1778, also
printed by Hall & Sellers.
REV. GEORGE L RIDDLE
Mrs. Joseph Hopper
To Speak Here 18th
Mrs. Joseph Hopper, Presby
terian, U. S., missionary on fur
lough from Korea will speak at
First Presbyterian Church on Nov.
18. 11*55 at 7:30 o'clock.
Mrs. Hopper has served with
her husband for over thirty years
in evangelistic work in Korea. Be
side the contribution she herself
has made to the Korean people in
her work with them, she has pro
vided two missionaries of the
Presbyterian Church to further
carry on the ministry there for
her son, the Rev. Joe B. 'Hopper,
and her daughter, Mrs. George T.
Brown, are both serving in Korea
at the present time.
Mrs. Hopper was Miss Annis
Barron and was born near Rock
ated from Wflnthrop College and
Hill, South Carolina. She gradu
later studied at the Bible Teach
er’s Training School in New York
City. For two years she taught
school at. Rowland, North Caro
lina. She and Dr. Hopper first
went to Korea in 1920. Besides
their son ard daughter who are
serving in Korea they have anoth
er son. the Rev. George Hopper.
The Hoppers, who are on special
furlough, are making their home
in Montreat, North Carolina.
Veteran’s Day
Service Friday
Veteran’s Day Service will be
held Friday, November llth, at
2:30 o’clock on Main Street in
front of the City Hall. The Cher
ryville High School Band will pa
ri. de .and play appropriate music.
Short talks will be made and
taps will be sounded.
everybody i invited to attend
this service in honor and in mem
ory of the Veterans of our land.
Services At First
Methodist Church
Sunday morning. November 13,
at the First Methodist Church, the
minister will preach on “The
Second Beatitude”—“Blessed are
those who mourn for they shall
be comforted.”
The evening service at 7:00 o’
clock will be the Expository Mes
sage from the Book of Acts
Chapter 20.
Rev. C. O. Swicegood
To Preach Here Sun.
Rev. (’. 0. Swicegood of Le
noir City, Tcnn.. will preach at
Free Saint? Tabernacle Saturday
night. November 12th, at 7:00 o’
clock and again Sunday morning
at the 11 o’clock hour.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
Woman's Club
To Continue
Rummage Sale
This Saturday the Oherryville
Woman’s Club will continue its
Rummage Sale in the Kendrick
Building on Main Street. For
this third sale the Woman’s Club
has secured a large lot of chil
dren’s winter clothing. The club
has also added to its stock of
women’s and men’s clothing.
Prices have been cut on all the
old stock carried over from the
last two Saturday sales.
Come to this remarkable bar
gain sale. There will be some ar
ticles of clothing to suit every
one’s type, sire, taste and age.
Come early so as to have a chance
at the best bargains. A real bar
gain doesn’t wait long on a cus
tomer.
Selected From
Seven Hominees
Rev. George L. Riddle pastor
of the First Presbyterian Church
was selected Gaston County’s
Honor Veteran of World War II
last night. He was chosen from a
large and distinguished field of
candidates for the honor.
The Rev. Mr. Riddle will occu
py a place of honor in Friday’s
mammoth ;72-unit procession thru
six blocks on Mia in St., Gastonia
as 30,000 or more line the curbs.
The parade sponsor is Absher
Flowers Post 9336, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, which plans to
make this big Veterans Day ob
servance an annual event.
LONG DELIBERATION
It was a distinguished commit
tee which met last night at the
■Chamber of Commerce in Gastonia
and deliberated long before choos
ing George L. Riddle as Gaston’s
Veteran of the Year. It was made
up by D. S. Beatty of Mt. Holly;
County Commissioner C. Grier
Beam of Cherryville; At “y
Claude B. Woltz of Bessemer
City; Solicitor Grady Stott of
Gastonia Municipal Court; Attor
ney Max Childers of Mt. Holly;
and Executive Secretary Brice T.
Dickson of the Gastonia Chamber
of Commerce.
TWO RUNNERSUP
Runnerup for Veteran 'of the
Year was Everett J. Jones of
Gastonia;, and in third iJace was
Dfitton gts’We of Dailatf
In considering nominations for
the honor, mem'bers of the com
mittee did not know the identity
of each man as they studied his
record. He was considered on the
basis of his record alone. There
fore, members of the committee
did not know whom they had
chosen until the final vote was
As the countywide Veterans
l>ay parade moves along Gas
,tonia’s Main Avenue at 5:30 Fri
day afternoon, in 12 big sections,
the Rev. George L. Riddle, as
Veteran of the Year, will be in
an open automobile in fifth place
in the first section, immediately
behind the Ninth Air Force Band,
and directly in front of the car
bearing M'iss Sylvia Parks, the
Veterans Day Parade “Queen.”
CIVIC RECORD
(1) Man of the Year for
Cherryville in 1950; (2) Scout
master for ”1 years; (31 Director
of Civil Defense in Cherryville;
(-C Active in Boy Scout work,
with two years a vice president
of the 11-county Piedmont Coun
cil; (5) director of the Gaston
County chapter of the Red Cross;
(6) Member of the pastoral com
mittee for Cherryville distribution
of clothes and toys to the needy
at Christmas tome; (7) Lions
clubber and president in 1949;
(8) Chairman of poppy sales in
Cherryville each Veterans Day;
and (9) Chairman and treasurer
of Cherryville Bible Committee.
PROFESSIONAL
(1) Became pastor Cherryville
First Presbyterian Church Aug.
1, 1937 and church erected a new
edifice in 1945-4(5; (2) Church
membership grew from 95 to 420;
Cl) Church budget increased
from $850 to $28,500; (4) Re
ceived Master of Theology degree
in May, 1948. from Columbia
Seminary; (5) Six years work to
ward doctorate.
MILITARY
(1) Fifty-four months m arm
ed forces during: World War II:
(2) Attached to 82nd Airborne
Division as assistant chaplain and
as division chaplain during: 20
months in European Theater; (3)
Four bronze battle stars for in
vasions of Sicily, Italy. Nor
mandy, and Holland; (41 Purple
Heart won for wounds in Holland:
(5) Received Order of Orange of
Nassau Degree of Officer for
meritorious service in Holland
from the Queen of Holland; (6)
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Clus
ter; (71 Bualitied glidist; (8)
Crash-landed in glider in Nor
mandy on D-Day; (91 Crash-land
ed in glider in Holland September
17, 1944- (101 Hospital chaplain
April-November, 1945, Thayer
General Hospital, Nashville,
Tenn.- (ill Chaplain 113th Field
Artillery of 30th Division. Fort
Jackson, one year; (12) Separat
ed from service December 20,
1945, as lieutenant colonel, and
holds same rank in Army Reserve
Corps • (131 Past chaplain 13th
District. VFW; (14) Post chap
lain VFW Post 5200, Cherryville;
(15) Continuous member VFW
and American Legion.
Before the fall of Corregidor
fortress in May 1942, a sailor in
vested $700 in cash savings in U.
S. Savings Bonds, knowing that
the Treasury would redeem them
if lost, stolen, or destroyed. He
survived over three years in pris
on camp, collected $700 plus in
terest.