THIS COMMUNITY ASSURED JUNIOR BASEBALL
Eaker Announced Last
Wed. For Commissioner
Paul H. Beam Filed Monday For Re-Elec
tion As County Commissioner
Floy E. Eaker, well known
farmer, dairyman and merchant,
il' Cherryville, announced last
Wednesday nis candidacy for the
position of County Commission
er representing his township sub
ject to the action of the voters
of Oaston county at the Demo
cratic primary to be held Satur
day, May 2?th.
Active, not only as a farmer,
duiiyman and merchant, but also
in the civic life of Uie communi
ty, An-. Eaker is a lifelong mem
ber of the Council of his church.
He is a member of the Masonic
bodies, Knights of Pythias, and
a charter member of the Cherry
ville Club of Lions. For several
years he has served as a mem
ber of the A A A committee of
the Cherryville area.. He is a
member oi the Cherryville seho<d
board, having served in this < a
l>acity many times. As a mem
ber of the board he has shared
in the supervision of the progress'
of education in his community.
During his young manhood Mr.
Eaker was a teacher in the
schools for a period of lb years
•and at that time formed the in
terest in the cause of education
which has remained as a eharac- j
teristic of his activity ever since.
Mi. Eaker was born in Has- I
ton county and lives at present i
on the site ul the old home place. |
A lifelong- farmer, he has been
engaged in the dairying business
in the Cherryville area for the;
past twenty-three years. For
the past live years, he lias served
as manager of the Farmer’s I’n
ion Supply Company ot Cherry
ville. lie is president of the ( her
ryviile ,, Production Association ,
and has served as president and
director of tiie Cherryville I'nit
of the National Farm Loan As
sociation.
In ins announcement. Mr. Fa
ker states that he intends to
make a vigorous and intensive
county wine campaign for the
seat of County Commissioner
*rom Cherryville Township.
Paul 11. Hearn, present county
commissioner informed us Mon
day he hail tiled for re-election
to the Hoard ol County Commis
Subscriptions And
Renewals Received i
Subscriptions and renewals
lo the Eagle include those of the 1
following:
D. R. Mauney, .)r.. Miller
Siieed. Arlene Shuford, Clvde Ca
mpe. Mrs. W. A. Aderholt, C. C
Sellers, Cline Beam, Flank Put
nam, J. II. Workman. C. B. Iiur
l-elson, L.. P. Dellinger M \
Waterson. Airs. R. H. Ross,
Mrs. T. C. Carpenter, Tessie Lei'
Sellers, A. II. Ilalhnan, Rex Eak
er, Mrs. J. Lee Beam. Forest
Wehunt.
• Marcus Hoyle. A. II. lilac!
A It on so Beam. Bedie Stroup*
U . B. Rhyne. W.C. Rudisill, Cai
Hicks, Jack Self, Author Hall
man, Stowe Carpenter, Wilfor
Dellinger. John S. Stroup, Law
rence Stroupe. I.. C. McDowell
Mrs. Oscar Paysour, Mrs. Alan
rice Beam.
He man Huger, J. E. Brittain,
Mrs. John Brown and Dave
» t arpenter.
Howard D. Black
Scores Nine Shots
In Bullseye
>$beriy
‘"AMP KOH1.RR.
Howard I).
Calif.. .Mar.
Black. of
ts .in the center of the bulls
r<" ,n sustained fire on the rifle
at the Western Signal
train in o’ Center at Camp
recently. Markers were
t need in the target to score the
croup, fired front the sitting- po
stmn. Pvt. Black is the husband
Mw. H. n. Black, Rt. No 3,
< herryville, X. C. He qualified as
sharpshooter.
nhb
New South Wales. Australia,
1 producing methane gas motor
fuel and it is estimated that :J,
000,000 cubic feet aif gas can be
drawn from the mine each day
for 60 years, 120,000 cubic feet
being equal to about 1,000 gal
14on»vof. gasoline.
t
Candidate
ROY E. EAKER
Av. Cadet Carol
Dellinger Graduates
Aviation Cadet David Dol
liMtier. son of Mr. and Mis. Hon
Dellinger, 2.r»3 S. Mulberry St.,
has completed hjs basic flight
training at the AAF Pilot School
(Basic) Gunter Field. Montgnin
orv. Alabama, it was announcei;
today by Major Arthur K. Stump
Jr., comms’iidunt of cadets at
this field. Prior to h's arrival
here. Cadet Dellinger had reeo
ved his primary trainin'", at Cari
strom Field, Florjad. Ho was tip
pointed an aviation cadet Aug
ust 111. 1VMJ.
While at Gunter Field, Cadet
Dellinger had logged approxi
mately 70 hours in basic train
ing sl ips. Those flying hours in
cluded cross country navigation
flights, night flight- and forma
tion flying. llis advanced train
ing will be given at another
school in the vast VAf 'l raining
t 'onimatid.
Col. Raymond I.. Winn. Coin
irianuitig Otficer of Gunter Field
-’tiHtl that in addition to the
living course, basic navigation ca
dets have completed courses in
raitio code and communications,
aircraft identification, mettcor
ologv- navigation. instrument
and parachute instruction.
Eagle Subscribers
Must Pay
Subscriptions
It is important that all Eagle
subscriptions be paid up at once,
or we will be forced to discon
tinue the subscribers who are
not paid up to date. Relatives
and friends of soldiers who sub
scribed for the Eagle to be sent
to them should keep these suh
eriptions renewed at the proper
lime. Due to the shortage of la
bor. it is impossible to send
■ at eiucnts at the expiration of
t- h subscription. therefore
! -e watch your label.
Due to the shortage of news
print paper, and the advance in
the price of paper and other ma
terial it takes to publish a news
paper. it has become necessary
to discontinue all unpaid sub
scriptions the first of April. Mail
or firing your renewal in at once
in order for you not to miss a
single issue of the Eagle.
Willie M. Browne
75 Year. Old 2nd
Mr. Willie* M. JJrowrn*, who
live*; :i couple miles out on - the
fiholhy Highway was in town
Saturday and says ho will cele
brate his 75th birthday anniver
sary on April 2. He was horn
April 2. 1SH9. Mr. Browne is a
great Bible student and knows
his sciipture. He is very active
.nd appeared much younger than
AARON MOSS
COMPLETES COURSE
Aaron Bernard Moss, son of
Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Moss of this
place, has completed the course of
training in the Aviation Machin
ists’ school. i
' Invasion Rehearsal Cannes Casual l
A Itiiti~.li soldier who had trousers blown apart and his legs I,*
In an explosion charge walks ashore from a landing barge dui m*
lie rein arsal ol invasion tactics that were < an .i d out under a< t
' loii'litions. He is one of the numerous easualties lesulling It
the massive invasion test maneuvers now being staged through,
tiigiind.
"MA SIMPKINS OF S1MPK1NS
VILLE” ANNUAL SENIOR
PLAY HIGH SCHOOL AUDI
TORIUM, FRIDAY NIGHT,
MARCH 31
The Annual Senior Play of
the ( hen vville High Sehnol util
he given tomorrow night at eight
o'clock in the High School i.vdi
Tliis play will atfoiii an even
ing of giiod clc.m amusement.
We are sure eveiTom* win. at
tends will enjoy it. The play,
“.\la Simpkins of .Simpkiiisvdie,"
has the following c:tst :
Hubble V\ ooiHu idge, .Jac<|Ue
lilte Wallace.
Cynthia Woodbi idge, Marga
ret .Newton.
Harlan Wnodhridge, Grimes
llarrelson.
Sunny \\ inton, Colette Bullard
Pren llrennau, Handel Long.
Elmer Xorthcote, Kent Jen
Cissie Brett. Faye Hullemler
Mrs. Thyr.a Messing, Sue
Ma Simpkins, Gail Hearn
Donna Arnold, Francis Uudi
sill.
Chet Darnell, Kenneth Stroup
Sptdei Mulligan, .I.T. Sigmon
Aggie Mulligan, .Margaret
('at pent er.
1 he W oodhridge family, con
sisting ot Harlan Woodhridge
anil his two daughters, Babbie
and Cynthia, has been without a
housekeeper for a few weeks ami
hopes to get a saitisfactory one
soon. The girls are greatly con
cerned about father Wood b r i o ge
because he has been acting so
peculiarly. One evening when
Harlan is unusually irritable, El
mer Xorthcote and Oren Bren
nan come to the Woodhridge
home to take the girls out. Elmer
is very much in love with Hah
hie. and Oren is equally anxious
to marry Cynthia. Harlan makes
it very plain that not only does
lie retu>e to give his consent to
E liter's marriage, hut he forbids
Elmer to even come to the house
again. It is then that Elmer is
inspired with a bold plan! In or
dt i to la* near Mabbie hi* decides
to get into female attire! In spite
of the objections of the others,
Elmer will not he talked out of
it. \\ hilt* Elmer is making prepa
rations. Father Woodhridge an
onunees that lie has engaged a
housekeeper from a far distant
eitv and is expecting her any
minute. W hen Elmei appears,
dressed as a woman. Mr. Wood
hridge mistakes her tor his new
housekeeper, one Ma Simpkins
of Simpkinsville, and further as
tonishes everybody by adding
that in corresponding with Ms
Simpkins lu* has fallen in love
with, has proposed to her by
mail and that they are to he mar
ried immediately. The girls have
hardly recovered from their
shock when Ma Simpkins arrives
and from then on it is anybody’s
guess as to how it will turn out.
So come on out, folks, and re
member, ‘'A good laugh doeth
good like medicine."
All the descendants of cen
tenarian Mrs. Margaret ,1. Smyth
who died recently in Whitehead.
Northern Ireland, live in Ameri
ca.
At Johnson Field
CPL. YATES L. BABER
Corporal Ya-tes Louie I’.aber.
who Ii;ibeen in the m'iui'i: mi
about 15 mouths. is now station
ed at Seymour .Johnson Field. Ho
is the son rtf Mi s. Mao Bahei .
His adilrrss is Cp|. dittos 1. Bu
hot . :i 10 I'd 5-1!. lOtli Acad Aipi.
Seymour Johnson Field. N * •
Soldier Gives Self
New Invented Title
.Medford. Oregon, Nov. 2::
I'fo. moans private first class in
the army hut none of his bud
dies oottld figure out what the
Pfe. meant which Pvt. Hill Snthh
of the (|ii:n lerniastei eoi p» pltu
ed before his name.
Someone finally asked: "You
mean Pfe; dont you Kill"-.***
"Nope." retorted Bill. *'l‘vo
been a pi ivato so Ions . that lye
almost •riven up hope of getting
higher. So I've invented a title
for myself Pfe. means Private
Avia. Cadet James
Aderholt At Cochran
iMH'til.AS. (la. Aviation
Cadet James' \\ . \derholt of P i\
l -'i l. Cherry\ iile. X. has com
pleted the til st -t.'io'e of his flight
trainiii" at I hi' A A F primary
school lien* operated hv the Ray -
nioilil Richardson Aviation t o.
Cadet Aderholt has been
transferred to Cochran Field,
.Macon. (!a.. lor the intermediate
-hurt of his Might training'.
COLLECTION OF STATE
INCOME TAXES GAINS
RALEIGH. .Match 2f>. The
Department of Revenue Commis
sioner Edwin (iill said today that
state income taxes collected for
•lie fiscal year amounted to $:<1
854.724 through Mulch 27.
This was an increase of S2,
10b*2:i ovei the same period last
year. North Carolina's fiscal yeai
begins July 1.
Denmark has u shortage of
radio tubeg.
CHERRYVILLE OVER
THE TOP WITH RED
CROSS WAR FUND
Chairman D. R. Mauney.
Jr., Thanks People For
Splendid Cooperation
l'iiri.i y;\ illi- i- uvei it,- ti..y
with ili,. | Cross War Fund
1 *i i\ «* n was unnoulP.ed yestei
>fnv i• \ • 11■,11 111:< i: I). K. .Maiiitey,.
.!. . ( hall man .Mauney Vva- hl,'i:
:n hi- prai-e l'ni die loyal coopei
mii'u ut' every efti>i i iii.de. F.v
•TV conlrih liter, and i-very »ul
her, i- e-i e;,tly thanked f.,i in- ill
hit ciackon- response ill T iaiv
worthv urive. .The (iy.ire.- a c not
available at tne jne-ent tjuie hut
they hav c -m passed the tp.ir.fa of
Heavy Duty Trucks
Under New Program
A la w |)l ii"rulli ile-ie lied t'l
train full utili/'.a; ion of heavy du
ly "vet the road Trucks by re
pairiiu; empty and partially load
ed true]., to rc.o'j-ter with the
Office eh I'efen-e Trai.-portathn
in ordei 'a yet a full load before
liiakine a trip ha- beeii launched
1 * \ the I'l'l. rii, new* plan ffoe
into effect' new Atdndav. March
2 7th.
I i dot 'he new pi'o^iam icpr
trati.ii facilities wjll be estab
lished at all * >I > T district oh'
of winch there ale 24 jn the
Soutl.ea-t and 142 tin "iJu'liolit
'lie nation. Five such office.- ale
located In Asheville. ( Iia riot ti
llaleif'.i . \\ nist.iii-Sal-u; and Vi ■!
I'P" i cu j - nat ion by a eon;
i on canier. uf an empty op. p,o
. ia 11 v leaded truck. the ifl'T do
trier niaiiajitT* may diiect him to
aeeept and transport freipht
Wli|e!j lias been registered with
the district ..litre, or. if tile truck
United lease it a ccul'uo'
.'arriei or anothei cunmion ear
lift. Patially loaded t-f lick - opel
a ted l.y private and contract
earlier.- will mu be resetsfeted,
hut empty n of such carri
ers most he reg'i-tered and ntay
he leased to ether carriers at the
direc tion ' of the OUT li-i ru t
In "i dec t... yet full load- the
truck- mat he required to travel
silo'll! ty urea t e I distance that)
m iyinallv ctiiiteiuplated.
In the event a . arriei - enip
t V' "i part hilly 1 i.ided. t rilek i
not near an UiiT district office,
i"' k- -till i. untied to ci.iiijiiiinj
rale w ith .shipped - ,,r other yarn
'•'> 111 11"’ vicinity if hr j- ., ,.,,,11
tnon carrier and with other car
l'"'l' t) lie j- „ p, i\ ate or mi:
; ran . arriei. .f.o ,!.jVifi po-e of
ac.i(Uii iny rapacjiv load oi
leasine hi- empty vehicle
I ank truck;-, cei'ain ''ruck op
erut ions conducted t \ I'ai'Pier-.
and vehicle- who-e total weight
and normal load combined do not
exceed iL’.ftlfil pound- are exempt
from the ordei.
Report- ina'y he made 1 v tele
phone. (>{ >T -iivs. , i:d caller - t live
heeii teoue-fe.l to a - k f.o ■'Tl-if
tic Ife.'Vl’.ra'i.up'w lien , >"p(':':ij!y
to • 1 i r i i t office-.
CHERRY NAMES
10 MANAGERS
RAI.KK.IH. Match IV.
( ; 1( hell's 's state head]Uat
'cl - lu re ulilnuiiu cil today the
appointment of In adfl.it tonal
counts lilliiuiyel'- to handle local
phases of the candidate's cam
pair'll t"i t Inventor.
Appointed were:
Walt el F. i >shnrne of Sparta
for AHeS'lr.'in. Maym Walkei
I veils of MicUors for Catawba.
I Speit'I't, Wreen of Siler ( it s
for <'hatham. Allen I Kell ot'
lla'sesvide for (’lay. flee-lei of
lleeds .Mels in K haniel- for
hare, (trails \ Ward of Mo.Us
ville for havi. . .lohn It. Mave
11., of Os; ford foi (riaivillt.
Chief of Police Clarence fh Kd
ties of Ijei devs'ins ille lor Hen
dersop, l;. S. .lor.es of Franklin
‘■“i- Macon. and Irentpe Hurt,
"■eneral ch;.innari. and Miss Su
• ie Sham. women's cliaieman.
fo, RocU in" hanr.
ffeailona i tei-s also announced
'hat Chet is's Coil f. ad count v
headmc1 rtet s hail been aliened
at (rreetlst.or.. in the Piedmont
l.nildiiiK'. hon M. Stafford is
manager and Odell Lambeth is
assistant manager.
Meeting Tonight At
Carlton Club House
American Legion And Carlton Yarn Mill*
Co-sponsors; Coaches To Be Announced
In England
SGT JAMES E. BLACK
.Mr, ..mi Mi >. .1 A Flack luvr
■cci'ived ,i niC'Sci««? lV',>m' their
«nn. Sk! Janie' K I’dack. Hr has
aicxed 'i.ii- ■■ FnjJand. His ad
■.irei-s 1^ St;; K. lilac k,
HP H ami H.j P'. Tth
Al nif*r*;d <.■■-•!>. APt» *i4y2. c-o
Ma rc*,. Xeu York. V Y.
Return Missionary
To Speak Sunday At
Wesleyan; Methodist ,
Air- lluth Aim'. .if Kmm
.Mountain. a i ctu) i, Missionary
ft At i ‘ a. uMI -peak at the
\\e-ie y:, AI c : I u mI i -; chili fit here
Si!ii.lax ins': • Apt i liml. at S
oYlnci Mi- Alt;,, and hei hu<
hai.d. Cry V [i. Alt';., aic
iiilikiiit: i i. paii:- return i..
Africa ii. t'P’ Veit neai futlire
We e eml licaiit in citation
t'o -.11 f,. al.trOiM. n - 'pecia1 ire
vie- an.i i.e.u Mi- Ali-o.
Coaches Entertain
Basketeers
Me- I I'm-lei aiiM F.i’-kuii
l ill -"!■ - - pecf I V e coaches ..I
"lie uni- . 1111 i h.,v- ’on'ket 1,ai
tel.in . i ealr-ii their plat e'*s to „
(.art; i ■ at the Xuway clul
hou-c .'ii I i: . I a \ 11 n;!... A).pi..y
Ililitl'h t'"l t\ rneml.ei - .if lip
a 111! e 11,
‘I p
really
•vlliUe
VI ve,|
"Ip e»:KS.«ed; ill 'lie
■VI- .if 1 he’ t« i P>i
1 w el e iti-eo\ ered at
I' ' ii iik Starne' devout
':e-.i l.el.Pe ‘lie lie-in
act it it ic- ..ai in- w i'
I. |.ai ■ i. 'p;ite, hut
K ed \ 'tail c of the
>'e. t 'a i !y ie Tiifirn lui i t;
pi.'iidei .! tnusii for
tile lice, -a i W i ad; w . 1! .,r., .f|.
It rnioyed lev all p.e-ent Pin.
!'•. ' at pi.'Ve.i :|,ai la- i
really iitdhill. a; heal: In hi
nfa'tei f1 call Hie ..; : lie - e'«
I a -I i ... ; e u n e,.'. ecu • • da -.
I.fid In addition if,. .■ ,aeli
*■' and plat to (>! hei intiled
* ne-,1' r. Ip.led .Mi - (i <uy , Mi'
U’y.ain • All- Ft. ilcu'ei.
.Mi' i ar.'on.. !: F. Smith. w.iul 1
A. Cartel
Good Conduct
Ruby Stroup Wins
Ribbons
A <• 11(»|>iiiu from a Honolulu
papi”' dated Mau-h 1i\ sent home
l1' 'Joint of our hoys in the Pa
rilic iiu hided the unine of Ss;t,
Ruli> Stroup of < hen.)A illf
nnmnv tliH't1 W \< ~ who won
tfOi d t o||,luct I ihWons
J. W RLACKWF.LDER
IN SPARTANBURG
HOSPITAL
Ah'. -1. W. Pluck welder is a
patient at the tieneral Hospital
in -Sviattunliuia'. S. (' where he
undciuent a niinoj operation.
He i- geUina aloim nicely and
expects to be home b\ the mid
dle of next week.
Muiitei ftudi
t he A mei !«.•;« n I <
folia) that ;
a iuiiioi team
and t hat pins ei -
ted 11 on. lain.h
count ies. t her
ders Mtn. how >
non nceme nj w 11!
to a la r e e iiuifii
this i oniinuiiil \
t lie
't
a, Le
The fil-t inert,! lie a •
Thursday. Ala re!. :;-prl
o’clock aj r.he t „,
House and all.'ho. ,t
I.eg’ion ball ate aSi-.ed
ent. [tiredoi Kuuisilt
all member- of the !
any other pet-on- who
ested in the proyiuni t
ent foi this tin;.! ,
time plan- tot 'he f.
season will be mapped
expected that
ot tile coat-lie
also plans f,.u
will be di-ctr
erint; i- ex pec
A 11 ho\ s, h.i| r,
wards, ate eli
Pi Legion hall ;
not be over 1 7
1 !• M to meet
The call for
Icom National
the American 1
’ ry-wide pi oct ant
"ion of the Fe.lei
r'atn aod cyiimutiity ttireiCain
net t and tan-' in this and aUiei
coin I nu M i t ie- will welcome tile
rtexv- that null a pto-ti'am is to
established in -pile . • f wav-little
Idle ('Iter r\ \ die It
to a slow star, la-t .
W111
;ib
1.1 5 P11
On!
ted it
"i P’ea
e pre.s
. 1’ it
he made and
A larse "sat h
participate
yea t- of age in
the i equ 11 eluents.
the plann ;u» ut
.* Milt t \ ha - Conte
Headquarter- of
eqioii. This coulr
la- the saile
.1 g'ovet muenr
Sot
I I of the firs;
However. they
the plav-otf -
eliminated f'h;
of three e-a'ine
led Shelby lot
ear's player
pro- [led s foi
are eood.
d rlieii st ride a?
ie- be sail ami
h’tte t rv.., out
riien the\ tuc li
the district play
•hmiua.ted ;u t"b ts
-Several of la?:!,
lie back and the
a winning team
Gaston County
Farmers To Plant
Sericea Lespedeza
A number ,,r (ia-loir county
l‘«niters will pi;,n: M-ii,.ey lespe
'f/M alnuc thi-ii l.ejd burden
fM- sprinp p,,.! ectj„,. uguin-'
«■ 11. ~ i«* i i and i.n piovide a wiVfi
'* • il» fm w tiiili! i ..n the
>;,'v I- Seitz ,j! ;l e l.owev Ca
I 'Unlit tin1 i lls'*-- of lieUis [«.,i
11*‘, !"-• " nddlan.l nf unptodu,
'At-, .luf In the r, m ii.nifif t ItiwV
!"*<*'. >• <-i! v, sa\-' A strip
i't '-frirt-a in tins .biudet s\i!| lyecp
I 1.-Mil -lituK- ! i nfii jiitn'iiij:
'"'■'it I., t lit i mp an.I :»i fl
'I"'"' tint»- fa vm llit- *(t*v>lupniet't
-.I' 'li*-iiablf >|>-. r- „|‘ wildlife
Alt hone It 11 t- st-t-tl of st-riot'll
in eaten uii-a -1" - alls by M it al'
a'"l 1' 11 u'. u i > in,I IlilpOt
'•tin a- ;v liioil plant. Hit- votiVet
vatioinst point- ui.it. |is .-bit-:
valiit- u, fit in i s) | (.,,vt-t •*,, > |,; f -}».
and -ni.a.11 animals, lif -ny. aim
iitliuil-- itKiif t-vttrri'iN«• Cange i)
t'i adjoining litltjs foi insects.
\sa-:t> grain.. tiiul IffttLis*- alui
WfHil -IffH,
Smut- fanners are planning
tn 'ffd bic"k>r. a shrubbery .-pc
i-i'-s of IfSpetJe/.u that grows t.o
al.mi.it six feet Iiijrli between tile
,sf- ricea strip and tie Wwvdtar.d
s\bt‘ie the field borders me Wide!
than 12 to )..'i feel. Hicojvc yeeJ
scarce. but the supply is being
increased as rapidly a* po-Mbit'
since quail are known to be very
r-'iul of ilie heed. Kabbits eu.t the
hit'll, of bicolpr plants in wintet
Without nisiterial Ivaihi to these
,clirubtiei v plants.
In addition to furnishing food
nnd cover for wildlife, the cwui
bination of a 12 to l.i foot sti'U
of sericea running parallel With
the taller bicoloi adds beauty to
the lields and woods, ana i'ui
proves tile appearance of ittost
lluana, China. will have a
match factory to supply the #n
tire^ province.