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WWWWVWWWWWWWWWVWVWWWW ATTENTION PLEASE! We are now in a position to do JOB PRINTING every dayi during the week, Monday through, Saturday—We have the Printers and we have the equipment. Call or send us your Printing any day and we can produce it for you when you want it. PHONE 6752 WWWWWVWWWWWVWWVWWVWVWW? VOLUME FIFTY (Published Every Wednesday) Cherryville, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1956 NUMBER THREE, ORGANIZATION OF 1956 MARCH OF DIMES HARVESTERS QUARTETTE TO BE IN (HERRYVIUE SAT., FEB. 4th. High School Auditorium The Harvesters Quartet will be in Cherry ville Saturday night, February 4th at 8 p.m., to bring' a convert of the finest quartet singing to Cherryville that we have had the pleasure of listen ing to—in person. These boys are well known on radio and tele vision and are one of the finest groups of quartet singers in this part of the country. The Junior Women’s Club will be the sponrors of this fine group of entertainers and the proceeds will go towards a worthwhile project the women’s clu'b has sponsored for thq growth and bet terment of Cherryville. This night of entertainment is good wholesome family type of entertainment that we are sure everyone will enjoy, so be sure to make plans to come out Sat* day night, February 4th and bring the family. Tickets will be sold in advance by the members of the Junior Women’s club so contact one of these members for your advance tickets, but in case you don’t get your ticket in advance you may purchase tickets at the door. ’Make your plans to go and hear this wonderful program of quartet singing by the Harvesters Saturday night, February 4th at the High School Auditorium. Junior Women’s Club Cherryville B. & L. Stockholders To Meet Friday Night The Cherryville Building and Loan Association Stockholders annua] meeting will be held on Friday night, January 20th, in. the office on West Main Street for the purpose of election of of ficers and directors for the ensu ing year and the transaction of such other business as may prop erly come before the meeting. The Building & Loan Associa tion has made great progress dur ing the year, 19B5, and all stock holders are urged to attend the meeting and hear the financial report read by Mr. Claude C. Beam, secretary-treasurer. Refreshments will be served by the Beam family after the bus iness meeting is finished. Polio Still A National Menace March of Dimes Leader Says I Four “big reasons why polio isn’t licked yet, despite the Salk 'vaccine, were cited today by Grady Stott, chairman of the Gas ton County Chapter of the Na tional Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. "The year 1955 ushered in ac tual polio prevention with the use of vaccine and opened up what may he, in future years, the final assault on this crippling- di sease," Mr. Stott declared. “But 1955 was only the year of the entering wedge, not the year of I final victory. The vacine came ■too late for an estimated 30,000 persons stricken last year, and it will be too. late for thousands more in 1956. This is Reason No. 1 why polio isn’t licked yet." Pointing out the urgency of the need faced by the March of Dimes, Stott said thousands of polio patients depend from min ute to minute on March of Dimes breathing devices to stay alive. He explained that techniques in treatment of patients with impair ed breathing are developed and demonstrated at 14 respiratory centers in strategic locations throughout the country. This is Reason No. 2 why polio isn’t lick Still Not 100 Per Cent ■While the Salk vaccine, de veloped with March of Dimes funds, is “a medical milestone,” Stott continued, it is still not 100 per cent effective, nor can we tell yet how long its protection lasts. March of Dimes research must be supported with continuing en thusiasm if the job is to be fin ished. That’s Reason No. 3 why polio isn’t licked yet.” Recalling that Dr. James Salk, developer of the vaccine, was trained under a fellowship made possible by the March of Dimes, the County chairman said. “It will be a good many years before we can afford to stop training polio scientists for the labora tories and professional workers for hospitlas—especially in view of the acute shortages now ex isting in thees fields. "March of Dimes scholarships have helped recruit and train more than a third of the nation's physical therapists, yet the ranks of these and other specially skill ed personnel are still inadequate for the war on polio. Nurses, doctors and professional asistants are needed in every state of the Farmers Must File Returns For Workers Farm operators who have paid as. much as $100 in cash wages to any farm employee during the year 1955 should file an employ er’s tax and information return for agricultural employees, Cecil Dellinger, senior agent, Internal Revenue Service, Gastonia, an nounced today. This tax return will be filed with the District Director of Internal Revenue, Greensboro, N. C., together with the social security taxes on the wages shown on the form. Mr. Dellinger emphasized that this annual report of wages paid for agricultural labor must be filed with the Internal Revenue Service before January 31, 1956. The return must show the name, social security number and wag es paid every employee whose cash wages from the same farmer amounted to $1 00 or more. Tax return forms are mailed out about January 1 to those who have previously notified the dis trict employees. Farmers, who must make these tax returns and have not yet written for the pro per forms, should write the Dis trict Director of Internal Rexe nue, Greensboro, N. C., immediate ly in order to be sure of getting the report filed before the Janu ary 31 deadline, Mr. Dellinger urged. Your Pennies Will Count In The Parking Meters In Cherryville Your pennies will count in the Parking Meters in Cherry ville. The Meters have been arranged for a 12 minute nark ing time for lc. So come on to town and try your pennies for a short parking time. If you want to stop to make a purchase, you can do so for union for the polio fight.” “This is Reason No. 4 why polio isn’t licked yet and another rea son why citizens of Gaston Coun ty are being called upon now to rive generously to the March of DEMPSEY JONES stir* a batch of his “Peanuts for Polio” as he works to get ready for selling them on the streets of Boone. He will gieo the proceeds to the March of Dimes. “Peanuts for Polio” — that’s Dempsey Jones’ si®*?** ia “* campaign to raise funds for tne •Mtaroh of Dimes in. Boone. Demp sey mav be seen most any after noon after school on the streets with his basket of parched pea, nuts he sells for a dime a bag, which he will turn over to Hugh Haewnan and S. C. BgJjers, Jr, co-chairmen of Wataega 3 March of Dimes campaign this y**? Why is this 13-year-old eightn c-rade lad so interested in helponff with the March of Dimee? He says: “I am working’ for it be cause it helped me. I know what it means to need help—••a ffet lu I want to see others ffet it, too. When Dempsey was 4 >4 years old he had polio and was hospita lized for 16 weeks. In 1952 four operations were performed on his feet at the Gastonia Orthopaedic Hospital—the hill feeing paid by March of Dimes. Teklay, he can walk and run wttti ease a™ no ene would ever know he had been crippled. This boy is no amateur when it conies to working for the March of Dimes. He has been in the peanut business for several years, haring started selling them for nolio five years ago-. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Jones say the idea is Dempsey’s but they pitch in and help him parch and bag the goobers each night for his next day’s sale. Already this year, he has more than $30. He’s having a little trouble finding raw peanuts now because they are not grown in Watauga County, but with the help of friends he hopes to find enough to keep him in business during the campaign. Last year, the Cherryville, N. C.. native was living in Conway, S. C., where his parents had taken him in hopes of aiding his re covery from the disease. He rais ed $200 there in 1955, and for this effort he received a letter of commendation from Basil O’Con nor, president of the National Foundation for Infantile Paraly sis, Inc., which was the inspira tion for the name of his project, “Dempsey’s Peanuts for Polio.” He also was presented to Gover nor Timmerman of Sonth Caro lina, and was recngnizod on the floor of both houses of that state’s legislature. You’re nerer seen a trio— Mother, Dad, Son—more enthusi astic about the March of Dimes, They know what it can do; what it has done for them. So when the folks in Boone see this bright young chap' with his basket on his arm, they know what to do. Or some just address an enve lbpe, “Dempsey’s Peanuts for Polio,” Boone, N. C., and enclose a contribution with it. They are sure it will reach the rignt place, because Dempsey exclaims: "I will turn it over with my peanut money to this wonderful cause, ‘The National Foundation'!” PAUL H. ROBERTSON, State Commander of the American Legion, has his hands full as he “sells” a miniature crutch, symbol of the crippled child, to John Blount, pre-med student at the Univer sity of North Carolina. Blount, father^ of John, Jr., held by Robert son, was stricken with polio in July, 195r. He was released from Central Carolina Convalescent Hospital at Greensboro on Decemher Q Robertson says, “Polio Isin't Licked Yet!” Ironmen Move Into Number Two Soot With 57-47 Win | Cherryville High’s Ironmen were able to hit but 28 r/r of their shots last night at the local gym as they licked R-S Central 57-47. Far off their usual pace, the locals were true on 2] of 75 shots from the floor with the Hill toppers of Chester Womack hit tine- on 1 7 of (12 from the floor. With help from lip Cliffsiide way however, Cherryville today rests in second place in the Southwest AA Conference with a 4-1 mark. Last night’s win was the fifth in a row for the men of Emmett Feimster. Lincolnton High, still unbeat en after five starts, visits the lo cal fieldhouse next Tuesdav night and should Cherryville whin Shel hy Friday night, (which in itself is a tall order! and the Wolves get by Relmont Friday, fans had better come earlv next Tuesday to get a good seat. Ronald Turner had 20 points for the winners last night with T. L. Sain getting 16. Bobby Austell and Bob Buff 10 each. Turner, now the leading scorer in t.he Southwest Conference wiht 110 points in five games, tallied seven field goals and six free throws with Sain also having sev en buckets. Cherrvville led at the quarter 14-10, at half time 217-22, and at the end of the third period 41 40 as the Centrals gave them a battle all the way. Central’s girls posted a (17-57 win in the opener of last, night’s twin bill. Shelby upset Belmont 42-40 Monday, have now won two in a row- and w'ould like nothing bet ter than to knock the props from under the Ironmen. Kings Mountain’s Mountaineers lost last, night to Cliffside 48-47 as Lincolnton picked up their fifth win at Tri-Hi’s expense. Social Security Meet For Farmer* At Howard* Creek On Wednesday Night, January 18th, at 7:30, there will be a rep resentative from the Gastonia So e al Security Office at Howards Creek School. The meeting will be for all far mers in the Howards Creek Town ship or any other farmers inter An farmers are now required to file a Social Security report by April 15. 1956, for the year 1955, if they have taken in as much as $800 in 1955 or if they hara a net profit of $400 in 1955. Other meetings planned are: Jan. 25—North Brook No. II School; Feb. 1—Triangle School; Feb. 8-—Asbury School. PTA City Council To Meet January 25 The PTA CHy Council will meet Thursday afternoon. January 26. at 5 o’clock at the High School Library. All officers and delegates to the Council are urged to attend. CHAPEL HILL—Prom Manteo to Murphy, men of North Caro lina American Lefrion Posts today join the fight against polio by celebrating “Blue Crutch Tag Day.” On city and village streets across the state. Legionnaires will “sell” miniature crutches, symbol of the crippled child. They are giving this one day to the March of Dimes campaign, which opened in the state and nation Tuesday morning and will continue through January. Paul H. Robertson of Chapel Hill, State Legion Commander and spark-plug of “Blue Crutch Tag Day,” early in December ap pealed to all Post Commanders in North Carolina to adopt this street activity “to raise funds for this worthy cause.” “We all want to help finish the fight against t-his threat to our young people,” Robertson said. Pointing out that while great strides toward victory over polio have been made through the dis covery of a vaccine. Ribertson e mphasized that “much must still be done before polio is licked.” Robertson said, “The American Legion has here a great oppor tunity to be of service.” Church Attendance Still Increasing The church attendance chart in the Kendrick’s Building reveals on increase in the attendance in Cherryville churches last Sunday There were 1686 people in Sun day School, which is 62 per cent of the total enrollment. There wore 1171 persons present for Morning Worship, which is 42 per cent of the enrollment. The Sun day Evening Service was attend ed by 496 persons, which is 18 per cent of the enrollment. You are urged to attend your Sunday School and Church next Sunday. ROLL CALL AND SOUND FILM AT FIRST METHODIST As a part of the observance of the World Wide Church Attend ance Movement, the Rev. Mr. Cooke will call the roll of the membership of the First Method ist Church. Two minutes in the morning service will he consumed) every Sunday until the roll call is completed. Each member will he privileged to answer “Preseat” when his or her name is called. The evening service at 7 o’clock will feature a sound film “Like A Mighty Army.” which reveals a thrilling experience of a minister and his members when they dared take Christ seriously. Mrs. D. P. Dellinger Suffers Broken Hip The many friends of Mrs. David P. Dellinger will ibe sorry to know she had the misfortune ef falling in her heme last week and suf fered a broken hip. She is a pa tient. at the Gaston Memorial Hos pital in Gastonia and is getting along as well as could he expect ed. Mrs. Charles P. Beam 89, Passes Suddenly At Her Home Monday Mrs. Charles P. Beam, 89, fa miliarly known as “Aunt Callie” passed away unexpectedly Mon day evening, January 16th, about 8 :i5 o’clock shortly after she re tired for the night at her home or. North Pink Street- Mrs. Beam has been in failing health for many years and was seriously ill last March and spent many weeks in the Memorial Hospital in Char lotte, but since her return from the hospital she had gained her strength and just last week she had heln with tacking a ouilt and had started on her knitting. Mrs, Beam, who before her marriage was Miss Callie Cooke, was born June 28, 1866 and came to Cherryville on New Year’s Day in 1884. She was married to Charle P. Beam, ctn June 11, 1885. Mrs. Be,am has been actively engaged in the First Methodist Church most of the years "since first coming to Cherryville. She was teacher of the Woman’s Bible Class for 25 years, ill health forcing her to resign iu 1984. Mrs. Beam organized the first Mis sionary Society and was president of the organization for 85 years. She was presented a life member ship certificate and pin to the Women’s Society of Christian Service by the members in 1948. Mrs. Beam has been keenly in terested in the growth and de velopment of the religious and civic life of her town. When she came to Cherryville salons were dotted all over the town and she was a staunch supporter of pro hibition, often talcing her pen and defending the cause in prose and poetry in The Eagle. She kept her interest in cur rent events and especially in the young people to the end. During World War II, she kept in touch with her nieces and nephews in the armed forces as well as her I grandchildren, and kept her scran I book filled with pictures and clip- 1 pings of some of their achieve-1 ments. She was a Bible student, read her Bible, knew her Bible | and was a consecrated Christian woman. runerai services are ueaiir ueiu this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at. the First Methodist. Church with her pastor, Rev. Jack H. Cooke of ficiating-. assisted by Rev. George I.. Riddle, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. The body will lie in state at the church for 30 minutes prior to the services. Burial will be made in the family plot in the Lutheran Cemetery. She "is survived by two children, Mrs. J. M. Crocker with wnom she made her home and Merton H. Beam of Charlotte, together with the following grandchildren, .Tames Milton Crocker, Jr., of Rockingham; Charles Beam and Howard Beam, both of Charlotte: Mrs. Ralph Todd of Gastonia and Mrs. Oren Stacker of Charlotte. Also surviving are the following great-grandchildren: Donna Lynn Beam. Gail Stacker and Douglas Stacker of Charlotte and Jerrv Todd of Gastonia and one half sister. Mrs. Minnie Conner of Cherryville. A host of nieces and nephews also survive. Her hus band preceded her in death on February 14, 1936 and a son, Floyd Beam died May 23, 1913. Mauney Gin & Feed i Co., Two Big Days Maunev Gfn & Feed Company wi! lhave two big days. Friday ■end Saturday. January 27th and 2Sth when they will se’-ve Free’ Refreshments and offer special prices on feeds and concentrates. Be sure and remember trie dat es and visit them on these special Dellinger's Attending Showing In Atlanta Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Dellin ger left Saturday for Atlanta, Ga., to attend the Southern Chi na, Glass and Gift Show at the City Auditorium, where they will buy merchandise for both Cher ryville and Kings Mountain Stor es. Alcoholic Anonymous The Alcoholic Anonymous will 'hold an open meeting at che First Presbyterian Church in the Men’s Bible Class on Thursday evening, January 19th. at 8 P-m. The speaker will be from Charlotte. All interested are cordially invit ed to attend, both men and wom en. Price of cattle in 1959 may be gin a gradual cyclical recovery; sheep and lamb price* also are expected to average as nigh this year a9 in 1955. Girl Scout Annual Meeting Postponed Officials, of the Pioneer Area Girl Scout? Council have postpon ed the annual meeting' from Thursday, January 2fit.h unlay Tuesday. January 31st. The meet ing will be held in the., coimfey I Court. House at 7:30 P\,M. previously planned. Attending the meeting, in addi tion to council members, will be adults in the area who are either registered in or interested m Scon ting. Miss Kathryn Love, formerly of Shelby, and now executive direc tor of the Pioneer Area Girl Scout Council, will be present. Sbe recently assumed her new duties and will get her first op portunity at. the annua! meeting to become aotiuaintod with chair men and workers in the area. Mrs. Frank A. Young, presi dent of the Pioneer Area Coun cil. will preside. The program will 'be presented by district chair man and Girl Scouts and will in clude the following: Flag ceremony, exhibits, rmisic hv a Girl Scout choir under the direction of Miss Josephine Os borne, and reports from district chairmen. Following the program will be 'business meeting, highlighted by the election of new officers. Mrs. Arthur Rose heads the nominat ing committee. Several matters of extreme im portance to the Pioneer Area will he acted on. The annual meeting committee is made up of Mrs. C. C. Hudson, chairman, Mrs. W. I). Detly. Mrs. Paul Hendricks. Mrs. Harold Hoozer. Mrs. I). R. Manncy, Mias Martha Leo Lucas, ant Mrs. Frank A. Young. Six districts make up the Pio neer Area. They are: 1. Gastonia, Rex-Ranlo. and Dallas. rungs '.mountain. nrewii.ri C ity, and Lincoln Academy. 3 Cherryville and Waco. 4. Lincoln ton. High Shoals. and No Hr Belmont. Belmont, Lowell. Cramertcn arid Mo AdenvlUe. The Che try villa Girl Scents will i participate in the flat' ceremony and will also serve as the guides and ushers for the meeting. The Gherryville Scouts wall have two exhibits: One will he on Litera ture and Drama and the other will he on Out Door?I,ife. All per/ons connected in any manner with the Girl Scout pro •mam in Gherryville are invited to attend this meeting Death Claims Mrs. Laura Beal Correll Mrs. Laura Catherine Beal Cor rell. 64, wife of George H. Cor rell of Iron Station, died at her home about 4:45 p.m., Sunday Funeral services were held Tues day at 4 p.m., in T,a wings Chap el Church near Maiden in Cataw ba county with Rev. I,. A. Me Clure officiating. Burial was made in tile chnrcr cemetery. Surviivnp are the husband, one daughter. Mrs. Kdwin T. Watt* of Rock Dill • six sons, Clyde For ney and William Correll of Boper City. Ralph Correll of the home Robert Correll of Newton. Theater Correll of Cramertnn: one broth er, Joe Beal of Maiden..T' ’ 1 ' and 16 grand-children. INFORMAL TEA. BAPTIST CHURCH All the women of the Firs* Baptist Church are invited to attend an informal tea to be held at the parsonage on Thurs day. January 19th, from 4:00 1 to 6:Q0 p.m. Everette Ellington & Lewis Doggett • Campaign Leaders The Organization of the March of Dimes fo-r Cherryville for 1956 has been announced by the Campaign Directors: Everett E3 iinjston and Lewis Dogjreit with Mrs. James Putnam, as Chairman rf the Womens Division and Rev. ;tnd Mrs. Leroy Trexler as Cam iwign Advisors. The Oherryvidlp Schools will be beaded by Prof. Fenton L. Lar on, Superintendent with his co ma-kers as follows: High School, :>herrill Cranford; East Elemen ary, Erskip Carson; West Ele mentary, Mrs. Irene Sox Heav ier: Junior High School, John ^eacth and John Chavis, J. H. Corporate and Buiiaeu: Carolina Freight Carriers, John "7 F. Moose; Dixie Lumber Co., T. Carlyle Summer; Carlton Yam Mill, James Black: Rihyne-Houser Mfg. Co.. No. 1, B. B. Brackett; fthyne-Houser Mfg. Co.. No. 2, John P. Wilson; Nu.wav Spinning Co, Bill Fitzbugh; Howell Man ufacturing Co., Tom White; Dora Yarn Mill, Hector Stroupe, Ctoer ryville Foundry, Mlrs. C. C. Dell C!nb* and Organizations Rotary Club, E. R. Viehman; -Liens Club, Kenneth B. Beam; I 'Vsneriean Legion, Johnny Mos I teller; V. R W.. Mark “ Bearn; \ W i,>e.i.\ “Clubs, Mrs. Jajmes, A. .IN.t'-am. im Materials Distributed and Dis played, Wilbur Canipe Coin Collector Committe. Jam • W. Parker. Ohief-of-Police. Publicity. Mrs. Fred K. Hoo tfhurehes. Rev. Jack Cooke. Business District, Mrs. John I K raley. Mr. Canipe has done a won derful job in the distribution of materials and coin boxes have been placed in outstanding public Mrs. James A. Putnam has an nounced the Junior Womans Club and the American Legion will Co-Sponsor a March of Dim es Dance the last Thursday in this month. Tickets for the dapee will be on sale at the Houser Drug Co., or any member of the Junior Woman’s Chib will have them for sale. Price, men $1.00, women, .50. Also a “Tag Day” will be held on Stauirday, January 28th, and will be conducted by Girl Scout Troop 69.. Mrs. Putnam announc ed The “Mothers Mlarch” would not be held this year as in pre vious years. So if you want to rive don’t wait to be called on during the “Mothers March” as there will be none this year. Millions of dollars in March of Dunes furfds are needed, these officials say. “to aid thousands and thousands of polio patients fur whom the Salk vaccine comes too late.” Some 68,000 patients 'll! over the country am* now on I ho rolls of the National Foun du*ion, and many more will bo ‘-triikon before the Salk vaccino i- administered to all. Research Funds Needed Funds arc also needed to con tinue the National Foundation’s ■v.i it seientifie research, That, ■■(v-ram has already produced the vaccine, which is (10-00 per ert eflective against. the three ’y: of virus known to cause ■.'•’I'o. Additional research may t un. up still better medical wea - March of Dimes research goes 1 ”vond preventive techniques and devotes a food deal of time rd money to the search for new " ethods of care and treatment: :ho polio fund also provides train ee for doctors, nurses and other specialists in rehabilitation. Thia tatter phase of the program aids not only polio patients but all those who suffer from cripplings handicaps. The minimum need for the 1 f>R(t March of Dimes nas been H1’ at $47,600,000. “More than 55 cents of each dollar of these funds will go d» ■cclly into financing of the it^ed Va) and other care so essential to those who have been stricken by polio,” March of Dimes leath ers said. “This includes cost of maintaining the 14 respirator celt tens which the National Foonda lion operates throughout the 1 omvtry for research and demon si ration of new techniques in the <ar<> of persons whose breathing s impaired by polio. Death Rate Reduced * "By steadily (improving the methods of coping medically with polio, scientists whose work he financed by the March of Dknee have been, instrumental net only in cutting down the death rate by more than half since the National foundation was estalblMied in * hut also in greatly eitend inr the degree of recovery from crippling disease.”