Funeral Services Held
For Mrs. Christy Eaker
Passed Away Christmas Eve At Home Of
Daughter, Mrs. Dave Carpenter Following ;
A Long Illness; Was 84 Years Old.
Funeral services were conduc*
ted for Mrs. Catherine Matilda
Heafner Eaker, 84. widow of
Christy M. Eaker, Monday after
noon at 2:80 o’clock from the St.
John’s Lutheran church. Services
were in charge of the pastor,
Rev. W. G. Cobb, assisted by
Rev. L. S. Miller, pastor of St.
Mark’s Lutheran church, Crouse,
and ReV. E. S. Elliott, pastor of
the First Baptist church, Cher
ryville.
Active hallbearers were grand
sons: Kern Eaker, Boyd Eaker.
Max Eaker. Ben Eaker. Cecil
Eaker and Heber Eaker.
Flower girls were the grand
daughters assisted by friends of
the family.
The body was laid to rest in
the Eaker plot at the Lutheran
cemetery under a mound of lov
ely flowers.
Mrs. taker was born April
20, 1869, being 84 years. 8
months and 4 days of aee at the
time of her death which occurred
Friday night about 11:80 o’clock
at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. DaVe Carpenter, followin'?
several weeks illness. In earlv
womanhood Mrs. Eaker united
with Antioch Methodist church
and later transferred her mem
bership with her husband to S'.
John’s Lutheran church when1
she remained a faithful member
until death. IShe was married t •
Mr. Enker on December 4. 188''.
to this union were horn ten chil
dren. 7 sons and 8 daughters,
one son died in infancy.
Surviving are the followin ''
children: Mrs. DaVe Carpenter.
Mrs. Henry Dellinger, Roy Eak
er, Rex Eaker. all .of Cherryville;
P. Stowe Eaker. L. Coy Eaker,
William W. Eaker, all of Crouse.
Dulin Eaker and Mrs. Doris Del
linger of Homestead, Floridn.
Also surviving . .me brother.
John Heafner of Natches, Texas
end thirty-flv'e grandchildren.
She iias five grandsons i n the
)^rvicc who were unable to attend
e funeral. Two of her grandson:
e on foreign soil.
POSTPONE AUTO
LICENSE DATE
Owners Of Vehicles Will
Be Allowed Ufnil January
31 To Purchase Tags.
By virtue of a bill enacted
into law by the North Carolina
General Assembly at the 1943
session, owners of motor vehicles
are allowed until January 31.
1944, to purchase their license
plates.
Representing an extension of
time to the tune of 30 days by
comparison with the previous
statute, which made the use of
old license plates unlawful after
December 31 the statewide mea
sure is intended to prove wry
helpful to motorists in North
Carolina.
Eagle With Only
Four Pages Today
The Eagle is only carrying
four pages this week instead of
the customary eight and there
fore we are compelled to leave sv
number of feature stories as well
ns a lot of local news out of the
paper this week, however we will
he on the job next week und will
» art back giving the people
plenty of local, county, state and
rational news throughout the
\ ear 1944.
We wfish all of our readers
throughout the world a most
Happy and Victorious New Year.
Grocery Merchants
To Continue to Close
Tuesday Afternoons
N. U. Boyles, president of the
Cherryville Merchants Associa
tion announced the grocery mer
chants would continue the prac
tice of being dosed on Tuesday
afternoons beginning next Tues
day .Tan»arv 4th. During the
month of December thev remain^
ed open to aid the buying public
during the Christmas season. Be
ginning January 4, they will
close at noon on Tuesday ivnd
continue closing on Tuesdays' un
til further notice. All house
wives are asked to please coop
erate by buying their groceries
<esday morning.
f Sharks of today are insignifi
nt in size compared to their
ancestors, which grew to lengths
of more than 100 feet
To Hold Revival
REV. J. F. BIDDLE
Hear Rev. J. F. Biddle of Tel- I
ford. Tenn., in revival services j
at the Wesleyan Methodist i
church each evening- at 7:30 o’
clock. January 2nd through Jhn.
16th. Special singing service on
Sunday, January 2nd at 3 o’clock
hy the Song Lovers Choir.
BUFFALO MILL
SALE IS MADE
i -
J«cl» C. Turk And Com
pany New York Firm..
Buys Property
SHELBY.—Sale of the Buffa
lo Mill, located four miles .east
of Shelby on the Chorryv’ille
highway to Jack C. Turk and
Company, of New York, was coni-1
pletcd today by R.J. Woods, own-1
or of the property for the past I
several years.
Transfer of the business was
effective December 22 but not
until this morning were details
eis take over operations of the
completed by which the new own
plant which manufactures coarse
yarns.
Amount paid for the property
I which includes the mill and 26 |
l houses together with the. store, j
1 was not announced, but it wasi
understood to be in the neigh-i
borhood of $80,000 to $100,000. j
! Mr. Woods bought the mill in |
: 1940 from I. D. Bhnnenthal of:
I Charlotte, after directing its op
| eration for three years prior to
j that. Since taking ov’er, Mr.
i Woods has virtually rebuilt the
I eouinment to bring production
to its present standard. The
plant was built originally in 1892
in a village which previously had
been the location of an iron foun
dry and also a paper mill, hut it
has for the past f>0 years opera
ted intermittently with different
managements producing yarns.
The Woods management has been
more successful than those which
"receded it.
Mr. Turk and his brother have
othor textile properties as well
;vs commission and business inter
ests in the north. He expects to
spend much of his time actively
directing the Buffalo plant.
Mr. Woods has no immediate
plans although he hopes to get
into operation as soon as possible
a yarn mill at Boiling springs
where he bought the old hosiery
mill two years ago. A portion of
•hut plant is being used for knit- J
Mnjr operations by the Belmont ■■
Hosiery mill, but if Mr. Woods J
can get necessary machinery nnrt
'lower he expects to have a- tex-.
‘ile plant operating there after!
the war if not during it.
Steve A. Beam Won
Early Promotion
Stove A. Beam, 21, husband
if Olivia R. "Beam, Box 50f>,
Unrolnton, N. C.. has won an
early promotion in the NaVy ns
■> result of his nast civilian train
ine’. Because he has had sufficient
eynerienee in n trsde essential in
the Maw he hr/s advanced to the
rank ’of fireman seeopd class un
nn com define- his recAuit trainin'’
■>* tt' IT. S. MaVal Training Sta
tion here.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—
i The army has announced that the
• second of combined maneuvers
employing elements of the air
borne command and the troop
carrier comma<nd will he held in
the vicinity of Cajpp Mackall, N.
C„ January fi-9.
. »> hat Do You Mean. Happy New )ear?
0>JE OP THE
GREAT DECISIVE,
YEARS OF
HISTORY
fjg>gg.t<cr
MRS. J. T. ALLEN
PASSES YESTERDAY
Funeral Services To Be Held Friday After
noon At 3:00 O’Clock At First Baptist
Church; Interment In Memorial.
Mrs. Margaret Eliza Elliott
Allen, wife of J. T. Allen, passed
away at nine o'clock Wednesday
night at the Memorial Hospital
in Charlotte where she had been
sc patient for the past week.
Funeral services will be con
ducted from the First Baptist
church Friday afternoon at 3 o'
clock with her pastor, Rev. E. S.
Elliott, in charge assisted by oth
er pastors of the town.
Burial will be made in the
Memorial cemetery here.
Mrs. Allen was a daughter of
the late Hoyle Elliott and
Maggie McBrayer Elliott of Wa
co. She was born on August 2,
1897. In early womanhood she
united with Prospect Baptist
church and later moVed her mem
bership to the First Baptist
church here where she remained
a faithful member until her
death.
She was married to J. T. Allen
on June 19, 1919, to this union
were born four daughters, Mrs.
W. J. Allran, Jr., of Hilton Vil
lage, Va., Carolyn and Janie Sue
Allen, students at Meredith Col
lege, and Miriam Allen at home.
Surviving in addition to her
husband and children are the
following.brothers ivnd sister. Dr.
W. M. Elliott and Hole Elliott of
Forest City. Mrs. Walter Pope
and Mrs. M. C. Whitworth of
Waco, and Mrs. Boyd Stroup of
Huntersv’ille. Ala.
Masonic Meeting
Monday Night
There will be a regular coin*
munication of Cherjryvllle Lodge
No. 505 A. F. & A. M. next
Monday evening at 7:30 o’clock.
No degree work. Installation of
officers for next year. Manv pe
titions for balloting. A full at
tendance is urged and visiting
Masons in vited. Light refresh
ments will be served. **
DAVID P. DELLINGER",
Master
GEORGE S. FALLS. Secretary
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our appre
ciation to our many friends and
neighbors for their many deeds
of kindness and words of sympa
thy during the illness and death
of our dear mother, Mrs. C. M.
Eaker. We are also deeply grate
ful for the many beautiful floral
offering’s.
THE CHILDREN
Born to Mr’, and Mrs. W. W.
Wallace, a son. Thursday, Dec
ember 23 at Gordon Crowell
Memorial Hospital, Lincolnton.
Born to 1Mr. and Mrs. Boyce
Humphries, a son, Boyce Wake- j
field, Jr., on Christmas Day, De-'
eember 26. at the Gordon Crow-j
ell Memorial Hospital.
Music Club Has *
Christmas Program
The Chen yville .Music Club
met at tiic home of Mrs. Julia
Hull on Friday evening-, Decem
ber 17 with Mrs. Hull and Miss
Irene Sox as hostesses.
The program, “The Christmas
in Rhyme" wnh beautifully ren
dered under the leadership of
Mrs. \V. H. Houser, Jr. The pro
gram consisted of scripture pas
sages interspersed with hymns.
Solo: Come and Hear the
(Hand Old Story--— Mrs. Garland
Sherrill.
» Hymn: Hark Herald Angels
Sing—Club.
Duet: Away in a Manger—
Mrs. R. R. Porter. Mrs. R. II.
C arroll
Hymn: O Come All Ye Faith
ful—Club
Hymn: 0 Little Town of
Hethiehem—Club.
.Quartet: Silent N'ight— Mrs.
L. L. Self. Mrs. L. L. Summer,
Miss Minnie Coleman and Miss
Fannie Farris.
Story of Silent N'ight— Mrs.
J. VV. Payne.
Hymn: Joy to the World. Club
Story of the Shepherds—Miss
Irene Sox.
Trio: We Three Kings—Mrs.
D. R. Rudisill, Mrs. S. M. Butler.
Mrs. Grier Beam.
Following the program a de
licious dessert course carrying
out the Christmas idea was ser
ved to the members and guests
who were: Mrs. Emmett Houser.
Mrs. D. P. MeClurd; Ms. W. rP.
Fitzhugh. Mrs. Heman Hall, Miss
Louise Wyantt, Miss Mary Mos
teller, and Mrs. Edwin Getchcll.
Jr., of Safety Harbor. Florida,
who was visiting her mother,
Mrs. J. W. Payne.
As in years before gifts were
exchanged bv the members of
the club.
1.1UN5 CLUB 3tni 1 ntA I
TO COUNTY HOME
TW Chorryv'illp I.ions Club
sent n Christmas treat to the in
mates of Gaston county liome at
Dallas on Christmas Eve. Five
dozen bags of oranges, apples,
tangerines, raisins, nuts, was
carried. The committee with R.
C. Sharpe, chairman was com
posed of R. C. Sharpe, Grier
Hearn, Troy Carpenter, and Russ
Hopes.
This was the first time this
project has boon done by the
Lions and it will be an annual
ev'ent.
Our buys must keep on fighl
Bl tug—we must keep on buy
Bjp tug WAR BONOS until vie
W tory is won. Keep on BACK
jM 1N1< THK ATTACK.
Killed In Action
JOHN HARDIN BROWN
John Hardin (Buster) Brown
who was first reported as missing
in action by the Wat Department
has been announced as killed in
action. He is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. John K. Brown and his wife
the former Miss Pauline Baker,
has received the second message
from the War Department as fol
lows: The navy department deep
ly regrets to inform you that
your husband John Hardin Brown
Quartermaster. Third Class, I’S
NR previously reported as miss
ing in action is now known to
have been killed in action while
in the performance of his duty
and in the service of his country.
If further details are received
they will be forwarded to yo
promptly. His remains have been
interred in allied territory, out
side the continental.
In Madison^ Wis.
PFC. E. J. HAYES
Pfe. K. -1. Hayes, second son
of Mis K. J. Hayes was inducted
into the arwv at Camp Croft on
April 1-1, 194-T He was sent
from there to Miami, Florida,
then to South Dakota and now is
at the Army Air Base ai Madison
Wisconsin.
Cadet .lames William Aderholdt
left Tuesday night for Maxwell
Field, Ala., after spending: ten
days here with his parents, Mr.
anil Mrs. VV. A. Aderholdt.
New Year Shooters To
Keep Old Custom Alive
Will Start At One O Clock Saturday Morn
ing From Wayside Inn With Twenty Or
Twenty-Five In Number This Year.
Christmas Passed
Off Quietly Here
.No accidents were recorded
here to mar the Christmas- holi
days.- A/ore Oherryville people
remained inside their homes on
Christmas Day due to the ice
coated Kiound than ever before
on a Christmas Day. .Vl&ny trips
which had been planned were not
made. Freezing rain, which start
cd between midnight und dawn
of Christmas Day covered the
highways, sidewalks and every
thing was coated with ice which
was so slick that even the best
walkers could hardly walk. Not
many made the overhead bridge
without falling, several got
humps and others walked around
without trying to make it.
Two More Cherry
ville Men At
Great Lakes ,
William I; Stafford, 21. hus
'and ot' I'oris I. Stafford, and
Tamos \. f'orrc'l. 2U lushnod of
T’thvl M. Corrcll both of Chcrry
ville, X. C. arc now receiving
| instruction in seamanship, mili
11■*rv drill and naval procedure at
fli o it Lakes, .111.. Naval Station.
They will soon be (riven a se
rie- of antitude tests for deter
minimr whether thev will be assi
gned to one of the Ns'w's service
i ' chools. oi to immediate active
I duty at sea.
L'pon completing their rccju.it
j training thev will be given a nine
I day leave to come home.
| Labor Shortage In
! Eastern Part of State
RALEIGH .— North Carolina
! contains three areas in Group 1
j classification by the War Man
, power Commission, as of. Novem
ber 1. Elizabeth City. New Bern
and Spruce Bine which means
| that these are areas of acute la
| bor shortages.
These areas, along with tit;
others so classed in the nation,
are subject to strict hiring con
trols. i)r. J. S. Dorton, State
I U'MC Directot, explains that
Group"] areas ate those in which
r.ii establishments hiring eight 01
imore workers must go on the ih
| hour work week ba.-ds, paying
I time and one-half for hte eight
i bours above -10. Such areas are
inIso passed over in awarding ad
I additional contracts, those going
| to less critical areas.
I lie Elizabeth City labor mar
ket area, embracing Camden,
I Chowan, Currituck, Date, Gates,
i Bas(|Uotan and Bei<iuimans
j counties; the New Bet ti area in
I eluding the counties of Gartaret,
j ( raven. Jones Bamlico and Ons
low, except Camp Dttvis, and the
I Spruce Bine area, which includes
l.-Wety, Mitchell and Yancey coitn
1 ties were placed in Group 1 bj
let of the Regional WMC di
ii.ior and having been operating
j umlt'i strict regulations since
Nov, IS.
Three other labor market areas
Burlington. Charlotte and Wil
mington ate in Group II Classes
ca of tabor stringency and
;lvo.se anticipating labor shorta
ges within siv months. These
ipeas have been and still are on
lie Verge of going over into
• grotto 1 ate;.' . However, because
if uniform and effective action
if industrial leaders, in the Char
lotte area, cspecilly, this classifi
cation has been avoided so far.
ind the Jo areas may remain in
Group 11.
The Charlotte Labor Market
-I’-ea embraces Mecklenburg.
I Union. Cabarrus, Gaston and
1 Lincoln counties and clips into
] South Carolina. The Burlington
'area includes Alamance county
| alone, and the Wilmington area
I takes in the counties of Bruns
! wick. Columbus, New HanoVer.
Bender and the Camp Davis part
of i in slow county.
Three other labor market
areas in the state are in Group
III. areas "in which slight labor
! urnlusos will remain after six
'months They are Asheville,
which covers Buncombe Madison
| Henderson, Transylvania, and
Havwood- Raleigh-Durham,, rm
bruin" Durham, Orange, Gran
ville Vance. Warren. Franklin
•-mi Wake; and Winston-Salem
Greensboro, including Forsyth,
Guilford and Davidson counties.
All other North Carolina areas
are in Group IV. with substantial
j labor surpluses.
Three million babies were born
i in the United States during
The New Year Sliooteis.
old custom that ha.-- been to
vogue here for the past tit tv
years will again make theh
rounds in and near Cherryvitio.
visiting friends throughout the
section.
The group which will rntmUet
about-twenty or twenty-lit ,• will
start at the Wayside Inn -at l .uu
o'clock Saturday moruingV and
will go on their journey through
out the countryside ‘and wi
shoot their lust round in toVu
here about live odock Saturday
afternoon.
A. Sidney lieutp. tiio vetei.f
speech crier will go with the obv*
ftfi-um this vgar to call the peivm
from their home or business ana
then the -bovs will shoot then
STEEL STRIKE
APPEARS ENDED
Back To Work Order Is
sued After WLB Di
rective' On Pay
PITTSBURGH. JHv -,s • i
1 70 OOA Tlk.°Ut ,bv
I <0.000 steel workers anne-ired
ended today with tlie '•r-in'tiii"
oi their demands for “on si hi'*
retroactive nlv p0"slbl''
Iioui new con
ftioor.0"' r e"’~ MeS'° tinted.
piJST In' ’ ,Kf ‘CO~‘
cioied v,n*:,‘‘*vhieh —
•howed myos, of W,°ho ;'OPPi8^
:te"vrT- ..£,.xv,":
W6rke°/. IV AC'° ■ S«Vei
Patched a tew_ minutes after the
■ S^r #i. I,0a,d •»> WavhiiiBter,
issue,1 „ directive which ineorpo
l; ted MiK^cstions of President
Roosevelt that retroactive mv
oe guaranteed.
No Alternative
u -Steel operatives h;*| but little
, .He. native but to accept the m
, Reports m informed source
iE‘h“l . ,Ul° - War 1'roducUon
Hoard would readily consider ,>•
iuests for higher steel price
which Den iamiu K. Fairless pic
'dent of the U. S. Steel Corn
said -some time ago would be nee
0 sary to cover any added cod
such as more pay to the workers
Republic Steel Corp.. hirge-t
01 2H companies whose con
tracts with the union expired «i
midnight Christmas live, precipi
tatinir the crisis, estimated it
wood require "about IS hours"
lor production to return to no,
mal.
-More than llaif of IVnrisvIva
Otheis were to follow on the ai
11111 s 100,000 idle went hack,
ternoon and evening shifts. Ohio
reported big turnouts from it
army of more than SO,000 idle
'J. o* oubs Bag Jap
Destroyer, 11 Ships
WASHINGTON. >jh .
K ;i i il in Japanese supply linos
over which the enemy is trying'
-O' supply bases in the South Pa
otic. American submarines' h.«\ -
blasted a destroyer and Jl'ntlu"
vessels to, briny to 530 the mini
'■er of enemy cruft sunk, mob a
bl.v hunk or damag'ed by tho im
'.ersca arm of the Navy.
This largest sinking ronort i i
recent months gave emphasis to.
\ r«cent • statement hv Secretary
Knox that the siibirfiuines n"u
their lonely putroU through the’
’•ar Pacific ;.re doing-“an excel
lent' job.”
No Details
No details were disclos'd or
’be sinking ol the dostroyer. lr\
huge tankers, one large freiehfe*
two medium transports and sir
medium frieehters. which wen’
down “somewhere in the Pacific"
All of tho ships sunk were in .
‘lie category of Vessels used to
~-trrv men and materials to the
•ttt-flung .Timanese base 1'tesu
'liable the destroyer was on ion
vov duly.
The submarine darna",-. wii-ch
ith aerial bombing lias forced
he dananese in some Parts of
*'C South PtccHie to resort to the
-e of ha>-nos for movin”' snonlles
brought to 3Ki! the nmnher of
nnnnie sl-in. definitely .-pelt, I;.
addition the Navy has annonneed
-'-nbable sinking of 3t> Japanese
s'ovvu and ilamt/fing of 114
CAROI. D1ANNF fU ACK
Pvt. and Mrs. V I,. Block. Jr..
'Joel announce• the• birth of f?
nnghter. Carol. Digorie, oti Sat
npdnv Tleeefnhpv or, u»43, nt
Gordon Ci-owoH Memorial Hospi
tal, l.ineolntnn.