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r I SHOP EARLY AVOID THE RUSH % VOL. 36 (Published Every Thursday) CHERRYVILLE, N. C. SHOP EARLY AVOID THE RUSH THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1942 No. 60 ' * f.,. f • . ■ • ■■■%*- I • . ■ ’ • ; .. WATCH FOR OUR BIG CHRISTMAS EDITION December 24th NO CHRISTMAS LIGHTS WILL BE USED •• «» am am am am am am , . V «» v Carl A. Rudisill Speaks To Local Lions Club Ben R. Rudisill Received A Special Distinc tion and Honor Sunday When He Receiv ed His Wings At Kelly Field. Carl A. Rudisill; member of the Cherryville Club of Lions made a short talk on Texas at the second regular monthly meeting of the Lions Club. President 1). R. Mau ney, Jr., called the meeting to or der; and after the opening cer emonies, a steak supfer was serv ed by members of the Woman’s Club. An activities report was made by Club secretary Bob Smith who listed the following ac.ivilies thus far in the 1942-43 year: The club has erected attractive Lions Club signs on the four main roads leading into Cherryville. A sum of fifty dollars was given by the club as their part in the construc tion and erecting of a service board of the men from Cherry ville artd Cherryville Township who are new in the.urmed forces. Lion F. M. Houser reported that all persons had been cared for in respect to the blind and the near blind. The club would appreciate information about those who need glasses, so that prompt attention can (be given. The club present ed a silk .American flag, complete with stand tjo the Elementary School No. 2 at a, special chapel 'gram. * Jon VV. F. Starnes, chairman a resolution committee, read to the club a resolution which had been drawn up concerning the late W. B Putnam. The club, by a unanimous vote, approved the resolution and directed that the proper disposition be made. President Mauney stated that one of the Lions of the Cherryville club had received a special dis tinction and honor on Sunday, De cember 13. Lion Ben R.- Rudisill vrho has been in training in Tex as for the past nine months, re ceived his wings at Kelly Field at this time along with 3000 oth er cadets. Lion C. A. Rudisill, his father was present for this occassion and he spoke to the club telling something of this event and also commenting on various phases of Texas. Lion Rudisill had the greatest of praise for the people of Texas and spoke of their hospitality. In closing he said that a person couldn't really appreciate the size and var ied activities of the Lone Star state unless he could visit and travel over portions of it. In spite of the beauty, the hospitality, and the many points of interest, Lion Rudisill said that Cherryville was the “garden spot of the world.” President Mauney expressed the appreciation of the club for the informative address, and the meeting was adjourned. At a tors, a motion was made and meeting of the board of direc tors, a motion was made and pass ed that the Cherryville Club would send a check for fifty dol lars to the State Commission for the Blind Work, which is a pro ject sponsored by Lions Clubs all over the state. Lions Carlyle Sum mer and R. F. Smith will have charge of the program. Gaston Ration Board Members Are Praised d Gastonia, Dec. 15.—Members of Gaston county’s ration board, several score in number, heard themselves praised for “patriotic, unselfish service” in an address by George Fulenwider of the dis trict office of Charlotte here last night. “The work you are doing,” Mr. 'ulenwider told the ration board tmbers, “is indispensible be use if the ration boards of the .Ation fail to function the armed services will suffer. “It is your job to see that everyone gets what he is entitled to, tut not one bit more.” H. S. Mackie, Gaston county ration chairman, told the gath tring: “People will swear at you and berate .you, but if you have the rules and regulations by which to be governed, there is but one thing to do—go by the rules.” I County-Wide Blackout Is Ordered In Gaston Gasto' ia, Dec. 15.—,A coumy wide blackout ’nas been ordered in GastcM county next Sunday night, December 20, it was an nounced here today by Civilian Defense o cials. Tnere was no indication of the piobable time of the blackout, other than the statement by of ficials that it would not begin early enough to interfere with any religious services. No factories or establishments of any sort will be exempt from the Sunday night blackout. This will be the last preannounced blackout for this area, officials said, w'ith “surprise” blackouts possible at any time in the fu COTTON GINNING REPORT Census report shows 6,170 bales cf cotton were ginned in Gaston County N. C., from the crop of 1942 prior to December 1st as compared with 6,017 bales of 1941. Please Save For “Me” Red Cross Plea | During November and Decem ber the women have been doing some mighty fine work in knit ting for the Red Cross. Twenty fcur women have turned in 50 knitted garments with a total of 917 hours spent in knitting for the Red Cross. All these wom en are to be commended for their fine work but we would like to | give special mention to Mrs. Pink | Dellinger, who is 82 years old and knitted five pairs of gloves I in less than a month, and Mrs. Lawson Sipe who is 78 years old and knitted two turtle neck sweaters in less than three weeks. Below is a list of the knitters and number of garments made and the hours spent on the gar ments: Mrs. Ed. Sullivan, 1 V-neck sweaters, 44 hours; Mrs. Floyd Dellinger, 1 V-neck sweater, 22 hours; Mrs. F. D. Kiser, 1 V neck sweaters, 55 hours; Miss j Marie Huss, 2 V-neck sweaters, I 43 hours; Mrs. R. J. Morrison, | 1 V-neck sweater, 22 hours; Mrs 1 J. R. Burch, 2 V-neck sweaters, j 44 hours; Mrs. Frank Henkle, 3 V-neck sweaters; 66 hours; Mrs. F. M. Houser, 1 V-neck sweater, 22 hours; Mrs. H. D. George, 1 V-neck sweater, 22 hours. Mrs. C. A. Rudisill, 2 turtle neck sweaters, 64 hours; Mrs. W. H. Houser l turtle-neck sweater, 32 hours; Miss Mary Mostelier, 8 beanies and 2 helmets, 70 hours; Mrs. Victor Stroupe, 1 beanie, 5 hours; Mrs. Lawson j sipo, 2 turtle-neck sweaters, 64 hours; Mrs. ,A. H- Huss, 3 hel mets, 45 hours; Mrs. J. W. Sty ers, 1 muffler, 25 hours; Mrs, Pink Dellinger, 5 pairs of gloves, 5 hours; Mrs. L. L. Self, 3 V I neck sweaters, 66 hours; Mrs. R 1 C. Sharpe, 1 child’s sweater, 20 hours; Mrs. McCurry, 1 muffler, 25 hours; Mrs. Wofford, 1 beanie, 5 hours; Mrs. John Beach, 1 V neck sweater, 22 hours; Mrs. Heinan Hall, 1 helmet, 15 hours The following have helped with this project: Miss Julia Hall and Miss Louise Aderholdt sewed in the Chapter labels; Mrs. Victor Stroup helped to give out the yarn and The People’s Dry Clean ers blocked all the sweaters. We are safe in saying that over a thousand hours have been spent in this project over a pe riod of six weeks. Knitters and Red Cfcbss workers who have put in as much as 25 hours are entitled to purchase a production enrollment pin for 50 cents. These pins will be for sale after Christ mas. Women Chain Gang” For UNCLE SAM * No Vassar daisy chain Is this one, composed of the first women evci to be hired by the quartermaster corps on an army reservation. The> are hauling a big army truck out of its garage at Camp Grant (111.), and in case you’re asking, wo don’t know why somebody didn't rtari the motor and back it out. . COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS PROGRAM HERE SUNDAY AFTERNOON Wi'l be Given At The Cherryville Methodist Church At 4 o’clock. The Community Christmas program will be given at the Cherryville Metb/Mjj. t Ch'..ch Sunday afternoon, December 20, at 4 o’clock. The program is being directed i by Miss Minnie Coleman, instruc I tor of Public School .Music. There I will be Community Clr it . special ' Glee Club, Junior land friniai, Choirs. Thursday night', December 17. ;a recital of mano students will be I given at the? scho " auuitorium | at 8 o’clock. The Glee Club will i,assist with several numb. in. 1 The public is cordially invited to attend both programs | Christmas Padget At Bess’ Chapel The Youth Division of Bess Chapel Church will give a Christ inas Padget, Sunday night,. De cember 20th, at 7:45 o’clock at the church. The public is cordially invited. W. oTwTT^M^t Tuesday Night All members of Live Oak Camp Xo. 57lJ, Woodman of the World, are requested to be present Tues day night, Decmeber 22nd, at 7:30 o’clock. Very important business. Refreshments will be served. W. S. BEAM, Fin. Secy. Christmas Cantata At Baptist Church A Christmas Cantata, “The Light Celestrial" will be given at the First Baptist Church Sunday night, December 20th, at 7:00 o’ clock. The public is cordially invited. VV AKIN 1V1A I LMtS MAY BE SCARCE Civilian Conservation Urged to Offset Demand of Troops, Lend-Lease. Washington, Dec. 15.—Mat ches, the War Production board warned today, may become scarce, if civilians don’t conserve The armed forces and lend lease are taking an increasing quantity of matches, the Board explained, and the material and labor for producing matches tlso are beingcurtailed. WPB and match manufacturers now are studying several methods of saving materials, including possible shortening of wooden matches by a quarter of an inch, using smaller wire stitches on pa per matches, and eliminating “fi ills” on paper matches. “John Q. Citizens should bor row a light from a neighbor when he can, and put up with stumbling around in the darjc while looking for a light switch,” the board suggested. The 13-foot female statue of “Justice” formerly on top of a Canton, Ohio, office building has yielded 400 pounds of zinc to the local scrap drive. Scrap Being Moved From Post Office Lot /_ The Sera] Metal which was merchants closed one halt day zens some weeks ago, when the merchants closed one half day and took their trucks and helped out, hauling -serai) iron and me tal for the one-naif day, gather ing more tha-n two hundred thous and pounds, is new being moved. Chairman of the scrap drive, Mr. Kenneth E. Putnam e nt/acli ed with the Witten Machine Iron and Metal Works of Gasionia. They began on this big task, of hauling it away tin's morning and will tontinue until the entire scrap is hauled. . • Proceeds of the amount of money will be published in the Eagle next week. Rhyne-Houser To Give Christmas Play A Christmas' Play, “Story of Christmas will be given at the Khyne-Houser Club House on Tuesday evening, December 22nd at 7:30 o’clock. The public is cordially invited to attend. Warnings To Mail Packages Early Some of the public, but not enough, are heeding the warnings of the Post Office Department that Christmas gifts must be mail ed early this year, earlier than ever before. The local postmaster, John \V. Mosteller has taken on extra hedp to handle the crowded conditions but it is hoped that everybody will mail their Ghiistmas mail soon as possible. Cherryville Public Schools Closing Fri. The Cherryville Public Schools will close Friday, December ltsth, for the Christmas Holidays and will only have one week, begin ning at, the usual hour on Mon day morning, December 2Sth. Alonzo Blackwood Has Stroke Monday Mr. Alcnzo Blackwood, who lives on Cherryville Route N... 2. suffered a stroke of Paralysis Monday morning. His condition is better today. FORMER LOCAL BOY JOINS ARMY Kilvvard Lee Ream, son of .'I I'm. J. Lloyd Beam, and the late Mr. Beam, has volunteered for army duty and reported . at (’amp Croft, S. for induction Mr. Beam is a partner in the Westbrook Insurance agency of Charlotte, joining the Westbrook agency as bookkeeper in 1934. Since going to Chaflotte he has been a leader in the activities of the young business men of that city. He is a past member of the Myers Park Country club and Optimist club, was president of the Young Civic society in 1940, and is a member of th« Second Presbyterian church. He has been active in Junior I Chamber of Commerce activities and was chairman of the Fire Prevention committee and co chairman of the Jaycee Annual m 1941. Mrs. Beam, the former Har riet McCoy Sample of Charlotte, will continue to reside in Char lotte at 1520 Biltmore drive, where they made their home. Catches Rabbit With Two Tails In Box Clarence Grigg, 14 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. A Grigg who lives on Lincoln Route 4 caught a rabbit Monday in bis rabbit box which has two tails. One tail is the natural cotton tail, while the other one resembles a tip of a Fox tajj, about 2 1-2 inches long. The rabbit is of the gray wild rabbit Variety. Clarence has the rabbit at his i home and will be glad to show it to all visitors. oOLON LASHES WAR PURCHASE Washington, Dec. 15.—Pur chase by the War department of the Stevens hotel in Chicago was criticised today by Senator Byrd, Democrat, of Virginia, in a let ter to Secretary of War Stimson in which he asked an itemized statement on that and “similar purchases.” Byrd, chairman of a joint con gressional committee on reduction of non-essential expenses, asked S.inisoii to include in his state ment the appraised values of such properties. Commenting that the $6,000, n00 paid for the |Stevens, which In said had been in financial dif ficulty, was “very satisfactory to the security holders.’’ Byrd ask ed Siimson whether it was the purpose of the War department or the govednment itself “to en cage in the hotel business.” "It seems to me it would be far better to pay a rental for such properties, and you already have the power to commandeer properties of this nature, on a rental basis,” the letter, inserted in the congdessional record, ad ded. FLETCHER DELLINGER GROWS LARGE TURNIP Mr. Fletcher Dellinger brought to this office Saturday a five and one-half pounds purple top tur nip grown in his garden. This is the largest turnip we have had brought to this offiee this Sea son. In Co-operation With Civilian Defense Office i !' <. •■■{] All Street Decorations and Lightings Will Be Dispensed With This Year Due To War Existing In The United States. SCHOOL GIVEN FLAG BY LIONS At a special chapel program on Thursday, the Elementary School No. 2 was presented a beautfiul American flag by the Cherryville Lions Club. Members of the second grades opened the program by singing two Christ mas songs, after which a student of the fourth grade read the Christmas Story from the Bible A rhythm band composed of boys and girls from the first and sec ond grades, entertained the as sembly with two selections. Miss Irene Sox, Principal, introduced Lion President D. R. Mauney, Jr., who in turn presented Lion S. M. Butler. In his presentation speech. Lion Butler spoke of the glorious heritage of the American people and the glory and respect that was due the flag. He urged the boys and girls to believe in, love, and respect their flag as it was a symbol of liberty. He then presented the flag mounted on a staff. Miss Sox expressed thanks on the part of the school and then had the children give the Pledge of Allegiance. The asembly closed with the singing of the Star Spangled Ban ner. 197 AMERICANS JAP PRISONERS Firat Group From Philippines Listed—Charlotte Man Among Tar Heels. Washington, Dec: 15.—The War department made public to day the names of 197 American soldiers who are held as prisoners of war by the Japanese i'h the Philippine Islands. The department said this was a preliminary list of the first names of prisoners in the Philippines re ceived from the Japanese govern ment by way of the International Red Cross and that other lists would be issued later. In the list issued today were the names of four North Caro linians and three South Caro linians. The department said the next of kin had been notified. - The names and next of kin follow: Lt. Col. Elvin L Barr, Mrs. Cornelia Barr, mother, Waynes ville. Capt. John H. Davis, Mrs. Mary Plummer Davis, wife, 5 Howland Rd., Asheville. First Lieut. Ralph Palmer Ford, W. A. Ford, father, 321 W. Sev enth St., Charlotte. Lt. Col. David L. Hardee, Mrs. Elizabeth H. Hardee, wife, R.R.D. No. 5, Durham. South Carolina: Lt. Col. John H. Bennett, Mrs. Bennett, wife, Oswego. Lt. Col. Hampden E. Montgom ery, Mrs. Mary S. Montgomery, mother, Kingstree. Lt. Col. Ulysses J. L. Peoples, Jr., Mrs. Eliza W. Peoples, wife, 831 Sumter St., Columbia. Masonic Meeting There will Jbe a special com munications of Cherryville -Lodge No. 505, A. F. & A M., at seven o’clock this evening. Work in the M. M. degree. Candidate is one of the newest soldiers, one who was inducted into the Army only last Saturday. All members and visiting Masons invited and urg ed to attend. Refreshments will be served. DAVID P. DELLINGER, Huttr. GEORGE B. FALLS, Secretary. In cooperation with request from Civilian Defense Office, no Christmas street lights will bright en he streets in Cherryville this Christmas, indoor treetlights will be permitted. The merchants have decorated their stores with lighted trees and Christmas deco rations and the Christmas spirit prevails here as we see Christmas shoppers hurrying from store to store with their Christmas pack This year, a wartime Christmas brings many problems not ex perienced in normal times. With * gasoline and rubber shortages, shopping trips afce limited, there fore, shoppers ar^ urged to make their list at home which might save making an extra trip. Tnc merchants still have a full line of merchandise. Many items have changed because essential materials must be saved for war use, but of gifts there are plenty. Santa Claus will be on hand before Christmas to talk with the children and The Eagle is publish ing a long list of letters to Santa this week telling him their de sires for Christmas. We urge the public to do their ishopping at home and save both tires and gas, and the prices in Cherryville are just as cheap if not cheaper than other places. i 1 : Band To Give Con cert Friday Night Tlie C. H. S. Band will give a concert Friday night, December 18. The program includes some v^ery tine selections, some new tunes and some old favorites. The program is as follows: The Liberty Bell (March,) .Sousa Song of Love . _ Rumburg The Footlifter (Mar'ch) Fillmore Phantom Trumpeters (overture) -.Gillette Brass Quintet Crusaders (overture) Buchtel Coronet Solo (Jim Boyles) Baley Something About A Soldier.Gay Queen City (March) ... Boorn American Patrol_Mecham Christmastide (overture) \ (swing novelty) .Whistler Star Spangled Banner. \ This is the first program the band has given this year and it promises to be a program that all will enjoy. Patrol Bomber And 9-Man Crew Listed San Diego, Calif. Dec. 15._ A twin-engined navy patrol bomb er and its crew of nine, unreport ed for 1 l days, was listed today as missing at sea off the southern California coast Engaged in a routine flight, the plane has not been heard from since it set out December 4, 11th naval district authorities report ed. Names of the crew were not made known immediately. An extensive search of the area in which the bomber was believed to be missing has been fruitless. No other details were released. SOLONS EXPECT SHORT SESSION Legis'ators Visiting Raleigh Be lieve 1943 Assembly to Finish In Hurry. Raleigh, Dec. 16.—Legislators visiting the Capitol City gen erally are predicting a short ses sion for the 1043 General As s^m^ily. Several have told Secretary of jState Thad Eure that they think the Assembly will last no longer than 45 days Others have given estimates ranging up te SO days. E. As Lost
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