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VOL. 37_(Published Every Thursday) CHERRYVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY. JULY 1, 1943 No 26 JUNIOR TEAM TO PLAY THREE HOME GAMES Community Cannery Opening Today Postponed Sealers Have Not Arrived And Cannery Cannot Operate Until This Missing Piece Arrives. The community Canneries lo cated her.* and in Gastonia which were scheduled to open today for business will not open according to announcement by Maury Gas ton. county agent, who stated that the sealers have not arrived and the canneries cannot operate until this missing piece of equip ment is secured. HoweVer. Mr. Gaston stated, it is the hope of those in charge that the canneries will be ready for operation on Tuesday of next week, but all interested persons are requested to watch the Eagle for further announcements. Mr. Gaston regrets this delay in beginning operations of the canneries but all concerned are doing all possible to sturt as soon as possible for convenience of the public. SHOE STAMPS MUST NOT BE TORN FROM RATION BOOK Local merchants are warning the public that it is against £>PA orders to accept shoe stamps which have been torn from ra tion books. Your stamp No. 18 must be given to the shoe mer chant in your ration book No. 1, and no loose stamp will be ac cepted. Beam Is Now U. S. Deputy Marshall VV. B. Beam of Cherryv'ille, oast commander of Tryon Post *> and who has served until ■“V -ntly as night policeman for town has received his ap .ntment as deputy United Stat es Marshall, with headquarters in Pastern Carolina. Mr. Beam has had eight years experience as a Gaston county officer for Cherryville township. GAUZE ARRIVED AT SURGICAL DRESSING R|OOM The local Red Cross has re ceived a new shipment of gauze and the surgical dressing room will reopen tonight. The dressing room will be open trice times weekly. Monday and Thursday nights from 7:30 until 9:30 and Wednesday afternoons from 2:30 until 5:00 o'clock. Every woman is urged to come and do her part. That is, what ever she is able to do; be it great or he it small. FORTY FIVE FROM FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH AT RIDGECREST CAMP About forty-five young people from the First Baptist Church are attending the North Carolina Training Union conference at Ridgecrest this week. They left Wednesday morning and will be gone for a week. The young peo ple were accompanied by Rev. and Mrs. E. S. Elliott, together with aeVeral other ladies of the Bap tist Missionary Society. WILLIAM L CARROLL ARRIVED IN SCOTT FIELD Scott Field, 111.—Pfc. William L. Carroll, son of Mr. and Mrs. 0. L. Carroll of CherrvVill* has arrived at this Army Air Forces Technical Training Command Post where he will receive an inten sive course in radio operating and mechanics to fit him for duty as a member of a fighting bomber crew. During his training period here, Pfc. Carroll will be tested by ex perts as to aptitudes for special types of work, and when his course is finished he will be sent to more advance training centers which are part of the vast net work of Technical Training Com mand schools. Upon graduation, he will be well o»nlified for duty as an expert radio operator or technician wherev'er his services are required by the Army Air Forces. Scott Field is located six miles from Belleville, 111., in the “Look ing Class Country.” immortalized y Charles Dickens. Formerly a )aining ground__for aviators in /orld Wat 1. ft is now devoted exclusively to the production of radio operators and mechanics. Restrictions in the use of steel in war model ice boxes saVe an average of 79 pounds of steel per ice box. DRAFTEES LEAVING FROM DRAFT BOARD The following draftees left Wednesday, June 30th, at 3:00 o’clock from local draft, board No. 3. for Fort Jackson, 'South Car olina, for actvie duty. They are: Pratt Quinn, Cecil A. Law, David Y. Wallace, Burley D. Crocker, Thomas E. Robinson, Francis M. Adams, William J. Phifer. James T. Smith, Frank C. White, Loy Carpenter, Robert H. Watts, Eugene Bridges, Oscar C. Carpenter, Paul Allmond, Chesley G. Black, John T. Brown, Jr., Howard S. Gantt, Chalmers C. Crawford, James R. Armstrong. Loyd T. Metcelf. Those leaving today, July 1st, at 1:00 o'clock are: Robert L. Gladden, Clarence F. Huss, J. D. Smith and Grady A. McAllister and those leaivlng July 6th at 1 o’cock are: William Taft Smith and Tommy A. Carter. Tryon Schools Opens Monday, July 12th. Tryon Schools will open Mon day morning July 12th at 8:30 o’ clock. The buses will operate on the same routes that were used when school closed last spring. All buses leave the drivers home at 7:30 A. M. except numbers 5, 33 and 4P which begin their trips at eight o'clock. Since class es begin early each morning the school will dose early in the af ternoon. It is nicst importnat that all students enroll the first day so that supplies and books may be had promptly and the students may Be properly classified. Par ents should pay all rental fees, etc., as son as possible since many books and supplies cannot be issued until fees are paid.. Faculty Primary: Miss Imogene Greene, Miss Vipnie Ford, Miss Maggie Kiser, Mrs. Annie Young, Miss Verie Cline and Mrs. Heman Hall. Grammar Grade: Miss Alma Usher. Miss Mozelle Costner, Miss Marit- Huss, Mrs. Meta Bailey, Mrs. Eunice Kiser, Miss Rowena Austin, and Miss Virgin ia Morris. High School: Miss Ruth Catlin, Mr. R. E. Drye, Miss Ada Mae Moss, Mr. Frank Hoyle. Mrs. Nell Patte n. Miss_ Ruth Simpson. S. H. HELTON. District Principal. Chief Davis Urges People To Lime Hog Pens Here Chief-of-Police Lawrence Davis urges the people of Cherryville to lime all hog pens in order to keep the breeding of flies down in town. Many complaints have been made about flies and if the citizens who hav'e hogs will lime their pen and keep as clean as possible, it will be greatly appre ciated by the chief-of-police, asi well as by the city officials. 1 In previous years, Cherryville has had the reputation of having the least flies of any town any where, but due to the raising of hogs inside the city limits, nat urally there will be many more flies this year, but If the owners will use every precaution possible, it will keep the breeding of flies down, and make Cherryville a better place to live. SGT L. S. STROUPE TRANSFERRED TO PENN. Sgt. L. S. Stroupe who has been with the Pittsburg Hospital Unit, Pittsburg, California for the past four months has been transferred to Greenville, Penn. Sgt. Stroupe writes that he has traveled ten thousand miles, thru thirty-six of the forty-eight stat es since January 1st., and although California is a beautiful state with ideal climate, he is glad to he getting back east, and nearer North Carolina. His address is; Sgt. L. S. 'Stroupe Co. B. 18 Bn. 6th Regt. S. P. R. D. Bldg 2410, Greenville, Penn. Japanese Americans From Centers Working on Farms About 1,-00 workers from the WRA relocation centers, all of Japanese ancestrv, are at Uaukienl labor camps and many more have left the centers to take seasonal and year* round employment on farms. These people were evacuated from the Pacific coast and quartered for « time in relocation centers. Now they are helping in the production of food needed b> our soldiers and civilian population, WRA officials report. Lincolnton Man Named Head Textile School - * M. L. Rhodes, of Lincolnton, experienced executive in textile education, was named superin tendent of the North Carolina Textile Institute by the commis sion in charge of the school Fri day at a meeting held at the In stitute building near Belmont on Wilkinson boulevard. Mr. Rhodes is a graduate of the North Car lina Textile school'and has been assistant state supervisor for trade indus'rial education. Those elected to the advisory board which will aid the commis sion members in plans for oper ation of the school, were W. M. McLaurine of Charlotte, secreta ry and treasurer of the Ameri can Cotton Manufacturers’ As sociation; W. K. Mauney, of Kings Mountain; R. Dave Hall, of Belmont; Hunter Huss, of Gastonia; .John F. Schenck, Jr.,, of Shelby; B. B. Gossett of Char lotte; C. C. Davidson of Cramer ton; E. R. LaFar, Jr., of Gas tonia; and C. E. Noisier of Kings Mountain. T. W. Bridges, a graduate of the North Carolina Textile school and former principal of the Mar shall-Field Textile school at Spray, is already serving as prin cipal of the institute. It was reported that the mill machinery shop is in operation with students busy in three class es and that the entire plant should be in use by September 1 Members of the commission who attended the meeting were: O. M. Mull of Shelby, chairman; Carl A. Rudisill of Cherryville, ; F. L. Jackson of Davidson; J. B. Vogler of Charlotte; W. W. Pollock of the North Carolina Budget Bureau, and George W. Cogin secretary of the board _and official of the North Carolina Vocational Education Depart ment. Members who were not present were T. E. Brown, of Raleigh; C. C. Bunch of States ville; and C. A. Cannon of Con cord. STAFF SGT. JAMES BORDEAUX, JR., IN UTAH KEARNS, UTAH.—S Sgt. Jam es E. Bordeaux, Jr., of 109 Cen tral BlVd. Sunset Park, Wilming ton, N. C., is now a Pre-Aviation cadet at the Army Air Forces Technical Training Command’s Basic Training Center. Cadet Bordeaux is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Bordeaux formerly of Cher ryVille. PVT. NORMAN P. BEATTIE IS AT CAMP HOOD NOW Pvt. Norman P. Beattie, son of Mr. and Mrs J. W. Beattie was inducted into the service in March 1943. Ho was sent to Camp Croft, South Carolina and came home for seven days before re turning to Fort Jackson for ac tive duty. Later he was trans ferred to Camp Hood, Texas. His present address is: Pvt. Norman P. Beattie Co. “A” 138th Bn. 13th. Increment T. D. R. T. C. North Camp Hood. Texas Pvt. Beattie will be glad to hear from his friends. j First Cotton Blooms Reported Mr. Charlie Coggins reported the lirst cotton bloom on Friday. June 25th. Mr. Coggins brought the bloom to the office, a nice fresh one. and stated he has only one - acre in cotton, but it was looking fine. Since then we hav'e had several others to report blooms. Mr. .1. D. Jenkins of Cherryville, R-2, reported blooms on Saturday. June 2Cth, and Mr. Brice Dellin ger reported blooms on Tuesday, June 29th. John VY. Quinn brought red blooms in Tuesday morning, June 29th, and stated his field had lots of blooms Mr. Percy Dellinger reported blooms from Coker Wilds 14 seed on Tuesday. June 29th. Mr. Dellinger has 6 1-2 ac res in cotton and his cotton is looking good. W. Blaine Beam reported bloom on Tuesday, June 29th, and Mrs. Dora McGinnis re ported blooms Sunday. June 27th. Mrs McGinnis brought her bloom in on Tuesday, three in all. white, pink and red. Her red bloom had withered and fell on the ground and she said it opened Sunday June 27th. f Building And Loan Associations Set Record Mark For Dividends Preiident Of State League Say» Two Million Dollars Now Being Distributed By .June doth, distribution of two million dollars of earnings for the first half of 1 O ld will he I distributed in the form of divi | detuls to the members of 174 Building. S; t ings, and Loan As sociations of the State, it is an nounced In the North Carolina ! Building and Loan League. C. B. Miller, Albemarle, pres ident of the League, said. "The i dividends will help pay for the ! War hv several uses to which it i will be nut. In the main, the bulk | of the payments will he on the j regular savings and investment I share account.- in the associations ; On the savings account the divi dends will he credited, and will 1 flow hack into thi- same uses as | the reguiai capital of the iusti j tutioh is directed, and much of ■ it will go into the purchase of I War Bond issues of the Associa t ion." "Dividends, paid in cash, will, in a great many cases, lie used to increase the individual War Bond holdings." : "Among the Associations par ticinating in this dividend d'Stri j tuition." said Mr. Miller, "will be | the Chertyv'ille Building and Loan Association. ('herryville." IN ENGLAND CHARLES PARKER GEORGE, son of Mrs. A. H. George is stationed some where in England. Mail from Parker comes in fiv'e days air mail. He is expecting to get a five day leave soon and visit London. His address is: Charles Parker George C. M. 3|C 29 U. S. Naval Construction Katt. Fleet Post Office New York, N. Y. All Games To Be Played At High School Park Gastonia Playing Monday, July 5th, Char lotte Tuesday July 6th, and Shelby Thurs day, July 8th At 5 O’clock. .+ Cherryville Juniors Defeat Gastonia Juniors, 10 to 8 The improed Cherryville Am erican Legion Junior team de leated tne league leading Gasto nia Juniors' fuesday niglu ill Gastonia. 10 to X The game was tile best exhibition the local team has playeu. hitting the Tall hard lor lour doubles, a triple, and two singles. Gastonia started oil' as though she would make short shrilt of the visitors, nutting two runs ac mss in the last half of the first inning on a triple and two sing les. There was a double play and a strikeout. Po; t 100 had got no runs aim no hit: in the first of the initial frame. The Kiser crew replied in kind, however, against Rookie Arthur Russell who star ted for the home team and he had to he relieved in the second rack after four unis had crossed on three free trips, two errors on the catchei and tile third batman and the Cherries' Pitcher Neil hit by « pitched hall. A double |day was made and alid one Hied out to end bottom half of the second rack to make the score 4-2. In the third stanza Cherryville got one hit. a two nagger by Charles Gabriel, and one run across. Gastonia got one hit and no runs fhe fourth found an other two-tripper for the visitors by Joe Carroll and another run across, with the home team get ting three runs across by merit of three errors on Cherryville in the last of the fourth and collec ted only one hit, a single-. Clyde Lutz got a two base knock in the fifth for Jack Kber's boys and again a Gastonia error aided in letting two runs across the plate. Gastonia had three men up in then half, two going out on a double play, and the other was thrown out second to first. There was one free trip to first. Score: >J-5, Cherryville. Another two-trinper was clou ted by Cherryville’s Gabriel in the sixth, one run coming across after a base was stolen. Gusto nia’s Leroy Shires also pounded a t-w.i-bajocer in the last of the sixth hut wits thrown out trying to turn It. into a triple. There we re no runs and no hits for tm visitors in the top of the seventh An error, a hulk, wild pitch and stolen base put two runs across tor the home team in the last half of that frame to make the score to !> 7 for Cherryv ille. ■lot- Car-oil started the eighth inning oil' by slapping a three base knock into tight field. They ■»ed in one hit. a single. and ■tolen iir.se hut no runs scored, fwo men went down on fly hulls to start the last half for Gasto nia and Jesse- Rhyne got a single to left field, to come in home on i double by Jack Heafner, the pitche r. spools. V11 ii*'*' viiiiy un. a single *o ceiitei field, for Coach Kiser's outtit in the ninth. A" riii‘.s scored. Castonia managed one hit but failed to draw inter est on it. ending the tilt 10-S in Cherryville's favor In the seven hits Cherryville collected, four were good for two liases, tlieie was one triple, and two singles. Castonia only got 2 two-base knocks and one triple by Doug Anglev in the first frame. It was learned that the Char lotte Shelby contest was rained out. These games are to be play ed on the next open date when weathered < lit. The shill of the game for the Chart'.'' '.-Che v ville encounter, originally sche duled for Cherryville to Char iotte was learned yesterday. The game of Tuesday. July 6, will he played in Cherryille instead of Charlotte. Score hy innings: Cherryville 041 J2I 001 — 10 Castonia . - 2(^0 200 2 10- - S THE STANDINGS Team W. L. Pet. Gastonia 5 2 .714 Charlotte __ 4 2 667 Shelby .2 2 .500 Cherryville __ 1 6 .142 Cotton fibers, impregnated to make them durable, are now used to manufacture house screens. 1 The 1'iyeli Post No. 100 Amer ican Legion Junior hast* bail team will play Gastonia here Tuesday afternoon, July nth Charlotte will he here Tuesday afternoon July (jlh and the last home game before the |day off starts will he played here Thurs day afternoon, when Shelby will come heie for a scheduled game. The local Junior team has steadily im; roved since the elim illation began, and defeated the league leading Gastonia Juniors at Gastonia Tuesday night by the score of 10 to S. The local hoys showed some power at the plate, getting four doubles, a tiiple and two singles Monday. July 5th will be known as “Ladies Day” and it is expect ed that all the ladies of the town will be present for this game. I.adies will he admitted free of anv charge and will ha Vo an op portunity tc get free prizes that will he given away on that day. Tuesday. Julv fit'll when Char lotte invades the local Juniors, free prizes will again he given a way. KvVry one attending these games will have- an opportunity to get a prize. The last home game to he played h -foyo the play off begins will he played here Thursday. Ju ly Nth. when Shelby Visits Cher ryvillc. All games begin at 5:00 P. M . and will all lie played at the high school park. Public Program To Be Given At Nuway Club House Friday Tile first, in a series of three* public programs to he given by the Nuway, Howell and Carlton Club House children, will be giv en ;it the Nuway Club house Friday night. July 2nd, at s :()0 o'clock. The play “Loltji May It \v aVc" is patriotic in celebration of the fourth of July. The chat aiders are as follows: Dolt ie — I toyleta Wright. Janie Hetty Jean Sain. Jaekie—HauI iSigmon. Reggie- Kathleen Sain. 1 ode Sam Harold Sigmon. ('< liunhia - f!eahi in W right. Hi. wiath;.~ Jimmie Sigmon. Laughing Water Edith Hat tel on. I'risrilla- Christine Sigmon. Sus\ Jewell 11 it list et let. 1 he esii Mary Joe Flowers. Annie Rooney Hetty Jean Sain. Nma Katherine Patterson. Hi Lo I toy lot a W right, Peace Kathleen Snitie. The play pictures America as " 1 he Melting Pot" Ilf the world and all the children of other na l ions arc lo ought in. I MIC oj 11 If High spots o I the program i a group of little sol diets; Howard Sain. David Craig. Don Said. .Kenneth \\ tight. Kay Sain. I. L. Sain, lien Sain and Billie l-’iv ik Sigmon. Parents aji 1 friends ate given a special t, vit nion to attend m d ep.iov the propram I’he second urogram will he given at the Howell Clap 11.. (>,■ on Wednesday Jiight, .Inly Till at s o'clock. Tie play "The i'n chanted Carden*' is a musical pageant showing what it talcs to he beaut iful. The play is full of color and music. The characters are as follows; A young hoy t—A dean Miirpliv. Cirl Mary I ill. Beaut y— Pet t \ D. Ves. Night Dili,. Marine. Service— Mildred’ Sisk. < onseiettic -Patsir Caj pentet Kind I houghls—Peggy Thoru herg. Joan Carpenter. C’ooil Deeds -Kathleen Mur phy. Carolyn Ileav'ner. Speech—Carolyn Pruett s, f.it tic Dreams,—Norma Jean Morrow. Nejlie Site Rust. Peggie Carnoiitcr. Sherlic Tail. Joyce Pruett. Evelyn Pruett. All will enjoy the program and get a great deal from it Par •“tits >nd 1 rietuls at'p o-iv‘ JU q special Invitation to attend, I lie tiiiiii program will he giv en <>n Friday night, July 0 at S o'clock at the Carlton Club bouse. The description of the play and name of characters will be given in next weeks issue of the Eagle. 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