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Miss Pansy Hallman returned
home Friday, after spending sev
eral weeks in Wilmington with
Mr- and Mrs. Ralph Wease.
Sgt. Harry George, stationed
at Camp Polk, La., is home on a
furlough with his wife and baby.
.Mrs. Hob Lackey spent Sunday
in Lincolnton, the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. C. A. Lacsey.
Miss Lorene .seill is spending
her vacation with her brother,
May Neill, in Knoxville, Tenn.
Mrs. J. W. Coley of Newton
spent Sunday here the guest of
Mrs. A. H. George and other rel
atives.
Misses Juanita, Ruby and Bob
by Rudisill and Sue Sneed spent
the week in Lenoir, the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Shull.
Mrs. Sidney Caskey and son.
Jackie of Lincolnton, spent from
Saturday until Tuesday with Mrs.
Caskey’s sister, Mrs. Emmett
Brown and Mr. Brown.
Lt. and Mrs. Guy H. Howell
and son Guy, H. Jr., are spend
ing several days with Lt. Howell’s
parents before returning to Camp
Mrs. Walter Warren of Bel
mont and Mrsi Ralph Self and
daughter, Nell, spent Tuesday
night with their mother, Mrs. P.
S. Gettys at Polkville.
Dr. and Mrs. Charles C. Mor
rison of Salisbury spent the week
end in Cherryville with Mrs.
Morrison’s mother, Mrs. John F.
Heavner.
Palmer Black of Clifton, N. J.,
is visiting his mother, Mrs. Fan
nie Black and* Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Absher.
- Mr, and Mrs. Van Adams of
Mount Holly spent last week-end
with Mrs. Adams’ parents, Mr%
and Mrs. Lester Benliehl.
S Sgt. Earl Greene spent fif
teen days at home visitng his
wife, the former Miss Ada McGin
nis and his parents, Mr. and Mrs
,G. W. Greene. Sgt. Greene is
staliuned at Fort Benning, Ga.
I.eyon Carroll who is stationed
at the Columbia Air Base in Co
lumbia, S. G., arrived home Mon
day to spend several days fur
lough with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Olen Carroll.
Mrs. Rodney Hamby and chil
dren, Bobby Lee and Rodney, Jr.,
of New River, spent last week
here, the guests of the formers
sister, Mrs. T. C. Homesley and
Mr. Homesley.
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Devine,
Mrs. (!uy Hardin and little son,
Mickey, Misses Marcelle and Nan
cy lievine and Miss Mimi Devine
of Shelby spent last week on their
vacation at Hats Cave.
Miss Helen Barbee has accept
ed a position with the Civil Ser
vice with headquarters in Char
lotte. Miss Barbee is at home .
with Sgt. and Mrs. Ralph Holland,
.‘Ml East Blvd., Charlotte.
Sgt. and Mrs. Hoyt S. Shidal
are receiving congratulations up
on the arrival of a son, June 10,
Dennis Hoyt, at the Crowell Hos
pital in Lincolnton. Mrs. Shidal
will be remembered here an Miss
Jeanette Ifowell.
Mrs. Edward Noga and daugh
ter Sandra and Miss Helen Absher i
has returned to their home in
Clifton, N. L. after spending a|
few days with their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. M. Absher.
Sgt. Hoyt Shidal of Monroe,
l>a., is spending a 15-day Fur
lough witli his wife and small ]
son at Mrs. Shidal's home on
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with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
P. K. Shidal on Vale, Route 2.
The many friends of Mr. and
Mrs. Guy Dellinger who are mak
ing their home in Hendersonville,
will be glad to know their little
four-year-old daughter, Janice,
who has Infantile Paralysis is get
ting along nicely and their three
months old baby who is in the hos
pital is improving.
Pvt. James E. Absher landed
safely in England. He would like
to hear from his friends. His
address is: Pvt. James E. Absher,
ASN 345357775, (>. “C” 320th
Inf. APO 35, c o Postmaster, New
York, N. Y.
Mr. and Mrs. W. N. McGinnis
left Saturday for Bat Cave, where
they will spend the next four
weeks. This has been Mr. and
Mrs. McGinnis’ custom for several
years to take a months rest and
vacation each summer at Bat |
Cave. j
Cpl. John F. Heavner, Jr., who
has been attending Signal Corp i
School at Camp Forrest, Tenn.,
spent the week-end in Cherry
ville with his mother, Mrs. John
F. Heavner. He is being trans
ferred this week to the Eastern
Signal Corp School at Fort Mam-1
mouth, N. J„ for a six months i
•pedal course, I
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Miss Lunez Houser!
Honored on Birthday
Mr. anil Mrs. Brice Gates de
lightfully entertained at a buffet
supper Sunday evening at their
home honoring Miss Lunez Hou
ser in celebration of her birth
day Anniversary.
Covers were laid for Miss Hou
ser, Mrs. Ira A. Gates of Gain
ville, Florida, Mrs, Jack Ilouser,
Mrs. Rupert Camp, Mr. and Mrs.
Brice Gates, Camilla, Dariel and
Charles Gates, Malinda Kay Hou
ser, Judy Gates, Douglas Camp,
Anna Gail Camp and Miss Olivia
Carpenter.
Absher-Gantt
Announcement
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Absher an
nounce the marriage of their
daughter, Miss Jacqueline Absher,
to Mr. Earl Lyvette Gantt, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gantt of
Cherryville. The ceremony took
place June ICth, in Gaff ney, S. C.
They were accompanied by Mr.
and Mrs. Hershel Boyles anil Mrs.
C«yt Engle.
The couple will make their
home in Cherryville.
LITTLE HERMAN McGINNIS
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
Herman McGinnis celebrated
his eighth birthday with a party
for his little friends at his home
Saturday, June 17th. Those pre
sent were: Joan, Linda and How
ard Crane, Bessie McGinnis, Mor
ris McGinnis, Coleen, Garland,
Joe and Glenda Fourshee, Margar
et Boyles, Cecil and Lester Jen
kins, Erline and Guy Eaker,
Frances, Mildred and Eugene
Burroughs, Dale and Benny Hen
dricks, Thelma and Martha Tur
ner, Edward Schronce, Janet and
Larry Carpenter.
Games were enjoyed aftei
which they were served cookies
and lemonade, ice cream and
suckers. Herman received lots
nice presents, among which was a
fifty dollar war bond from his
parents.
YOUNG WOMAN’S SUNDAY
SCHOOL CLASS MEETS
The Young Woman's Sunday
School Class of St. John’s Luth
eran church held its regular
monthly meeting on Tuesday ev
ening at 8:15 at the hon e of Mrs.
Cecil Eaker with Mrs. Eaker and
Mrs. Kern Eaker as joint hostess
es.
The meeting was called to or
der by Mrs. J. Benjamin Dellin
ger. Mrs. Kern Eaker conducted
the devotionals and Mrs. Dellin
ger gave an interesting reading
from the Lutheran.
During the business session the
minutes of last meeting were
read and approved, roll called and
dues collected. Several small bus
iness matters came up and were
disposed of.
The hostess assisted by their
little daughters, Patsy and Ver
neda served delicious ice cream,
cake and cold drinks.
Those present were: Mesdames
W. B. Rhyne, Roy Jarrett, Judsou
Black, Howard W. Allran, D. R.
Mauney, Sr., J. Ben Dellinger.
Kern Eaker, Cecil Eaker, Dewey
P. Beam, Rex Eaker and Fred K.
Houser.
SILVER WEDDING
ANNIVERSARY
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Howell de
lightfully entertained at a buffet
supper last Monday evening at
their home on Mulberry street
commemorating their twenty-fifth
wedding anniversary.
An artistic arrangement o?
quantities of mixed garden flow
ers was used in decorating the
home throughout. In the dining
room the table, covered with a
lovely hand-made cloth, a gift
from Mr. Howell to his wife on
their Silver Anniversary, had as
a centerpiece a silver pound cake
decorated in green and wnite At
the four corners of the center
piece were low crystal candle
sticks holders holding tall white
tapers. A crystal swan lihed with
lofely pink roses set on the buffet.
The guests were received at the
door by Mr. and Mrs. Howell,
Mrs. Robert R. Carpenter and
Mrs. D. Hunter Rudisill received
in the dining room, and Misses
Dorothy Ruth Beam, Peggy Hou
ser and Marguerite Jenkins serv
ed. The cake was cut by Miss
Lucy Lee Howell, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Howell.
Invited guests were: Mr. and
Mrs. L. Berge Beam, Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh Durham, Mr. and Mrs. E. E.
McDowell, Mr. and Mrs. George
$3. Falls, Mn and Mrs. H. H. Al
len, Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Car
penter, Mr. and Mrs. D. Hunter
Rudisill, Rev. and Mrs. W. G.
Cobb, Mrs. Beadie Stroupe, Mrs.
Lester Dellinger, Mrs. Lloyd Beam,
Mrs. Jennie Lineberger, Mrs. N.
B. Kendrick, Mr. and Mrs. J. D.
Hobbs, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Ken
drick, Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Stroup,
Mr. and Mrs. L. C McDowell, Mrs.
J. P. Dellinger, Mrs. N. L. Mau
ney, Mrs. A. Hoke Huss, Miss
Marie Huss, Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Carpenter, Mr. and Mrs. C. D'.
Koontz of Lexington, Misses
Marguerite Jenkins, Peggy Hou
ser, Dorothy Ruth Beam and Har
ry Allen, Jr. _
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One Year Old
WILLIAM BURL RIPPY
William Burl Rippy, son of
Pvt. and Mrs. Bud Rippy, cele
brated his first birthday anniver
sary on May 29th. Mi-s. Rippy
and baby are at Camp Gordon,
where Pvt. Rippy is stationed.
Mrs. Rippy was before marriage
Miss Alma Sue Kester.
The grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Pete Kester are residents of Cher
ryville.
Cobbs Entertain At
Presbyterian Manse
The Reverend and Mrs. J. W.
Cobb on Tuesday of this week
entertained some friends at din
ner in the Presbyterian Manse.
The theme was, “The Hanging of
the Crane,” the occasion being
the anniversaries of the marriage
of Mrs. Cobb's parents, Dr. aVd
Mrs. Robert Price ninety-two
years ago and of Mr. and Mrs.
Cobb’s at the half-way point, for
tv-six years ago. all being as of
May 19.
Besides Mrs. J. R. Meadow of
Woodbury, New Jersey, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Cobb and
her two little girls, Joan and Bar
bara, and Mrs. H. E. Martin of
Jackson, another daughter and
her daughter, Jeannette, other
guests present were: Mrs. Matil
da Black, who painted the pictur
es: “Mollie Pitcher,” which was
ihe anniversary gift to Mrs.
Cobb from Mr. Cobb. (This pic
ture which is in oil colors is ded
icated “TO ALL THOSE WIVES
OF MINISTERS OF THE GOS
PEL OF WHATEVER NAME
AND DENOMINATION — MES
DAMES OF MANSES, PARSON
AGES, RECTORIES, Etc—Who
are due to be cited for extraor
dinary Heroism beyond the call of
duty’”; also painter of a picture
entitled, “Living Water”; Mrs.
Giace Crocker, painter of pictur
es, “First Steps Into The Life
Abundant,” “The Old Oaken
Bucket,” “The Pitcher Broken At
The Fountain,” and “The Forgot
ten Waterpot,” (all of these pic
tures except the Mollie Pitcher
having been used by Mr. Cobb to
illustrate a series of evangelistic
sermonettes which he preached
some time ago to tne children oi
the Sunday School. Mrs. Martin
was the author of another version
of “The Forgotten Waterpot’’);
Miss Soonie Stroup, baker of the
anniversary cake which had on it
the inscription “May 19, '44”;
Miss Hetty Kay Hendrick, whose
voluntary expressed wish to unite
with the Church led to the Pas
tor’s forming of a Communicants
Class as a result of which the
following persons were admitted
into the communicant membership
of First Presbyterian Church:
Hetty .Jean Blackwelder, Charles
Richard Blackwelder, Marcielle
Browne, Bobbie Gay Browne,
Chark Melvin Carroll, Harry
Wayne Carroll, Robert Hunter
Carroll, Hattie May Cook, James
Allen Flowers, Betty Ray Hen
drick, Tommy Hendrick, Rachal
Josephine Pharr, Bobby Ray Sig
mon, Mrs. Jessie Cody Sigmon
(the two latter were not mem
bers of the Communicants’ Class),
John Wayne Sigmon, and Joe Da
vid Wise. Mrs. Grace Crocker
was the Teacher of this Commun
icants' Class. All the pictures are
at the Manse where they may be
seen by those who wish to see
them.
Mrs. Martin and Jeannette left
Wednesday for their home in
Jackson, Tennessee. Mrs. Mead
ow and her daughters are con
tinuing their stay a while longer.
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ABOUT THE STARS?
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esting subject. You’ll enjoy an
article about a newly discovered
planet which is veiled in consid
erable mystery. Look for this
educational article in the July
16th issue of,
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Celebrates Birthday
MRS. CHARLES P. BEAM
MRS. CHARLES P. BEAM
HONORED ON BIRTHDAY
Mrs. J. M. Crocker entertain
ed at a luncheon YV ednesday morn
ing at her home, honoring her
mother, Mrs. Charles P. Beam on
her 78th birthday anniversary.
Lovely mixed summer flowers
were used in decoration in the
rooms where the guests assem
bled. The dining table was over
laid with a handsome lace cloth
and centered with a white birth
day cake decorated in pink and
green and bore the inscription:
1&66-1944 “Happy Birthday”.
The centerpiece was surrounded
with green ivy and pink verbenia.
Those present were: Mesdames
D. P. McClurd, Julia Hall, P. C.
Beam, J..J. Beach, J. P. Dellin
ger, Calvin Carpenter, Jennie
Lineberger, Noah Stroup, Lester
Dellinger, YV G. Stroup, Walter
Beam, E. C. Sullivan, R. L. Davis,
J. :M. Beam, W. J. Allran, J. W.
Cobb, W. A. Farris, J. H. Rudi
sill, W. L. Browne, C. C. Sipe,
C. C. Dalton, and little
Catherine Dedmon, and Mer
ton H. Beam of Charlotte.
Mrs. R. C. Mullinax, Mrs. Laura
Ford and Mrs. Fred 1C. Houser
called in the afternoon.
Mrs. Beam received many love
ly gifts.
CPL. LOLA R. SNEED
IS NOW OVER SEAS
Cpl. Lola R. Sneed, the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Sneed
of Cherryville, N. C., is now over
seas and has participated in a
course designed to bridge the gap
between training in the states and
soldiering in an active theatre of
war. At one of the Air Service
Command stations known as Con
trol Depost. Sneed was care
fully processed by classification
experts who make certain that she
was well fitted for the job assign
ed to her.
Security training, personal hy
giene, a talk by a Special Service
Officer informing her of facilities
for healthful recreation and a
lecture by the Chaplain are all in
turn a part of the WAC's prepa
ration for duties overseas.
Her next station will be one
from which America's lighting
planes take off to smash the Nazi
war machine.
Local Boy Gets
’Chute Awards
Seven enlisted men have com
pleted the three-week parachute
packing course at FAAF under
the tutelage of Raymond Presley,
civilian chief of the parachute
department.
Receiving certificates as certi
fied packers were (Sgt. Harold
Lovelace, Pfc. Winn Hoyt, Cpl.
James Broadbent, Pvt. Roscoe
Hart, Cpl. Florin Snider, Pfc. Lee
ATTENDS B. & L. MEETING
IN CHARLOTTE LAST WED.
Messrs. Claude C. Beam and
Dewey F. Beam attended the
North Carolina B. & L. League
Convention last Wednesday held
at the Hotel Charlotte, Charlotte.
FINE
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DIAMONDS
JEWELRY
DELLINGER’S
JEWEL SHOP
Subscriptions And
Renewals To Eagle
Subscriptions and renewals re
ceived to the Eagle this week in
clude the following:
C. J. Hoyle
W. N. McGinnis
Edwin George
J. C. \Vrains
Sgt. Coy Ford Sisk
Pvt. Lester C. Beam
James Boyles
R. L. Camp
Pvt. John H. Anthony
Mrs. Frank Getto
M. G. Cornier
J. F. Howell, Jr.
Samuel W. Franklin
Pfc. Glenn D. Willis
Marshall Black
L. Bynum Homesley, S 2 C
McGinnis gets discharge
Pvt. Pete McGinnis who has
been stationed at Fort Jackson
and recently underwent an oper
ation at the Station Hospital there
was discharged Saturday and ii
home with his wife and daugh
ter.
Sheriff Clyde O. Robin: on of
Gastonia was a business visiter in
town this morning.
Rev. and Mrs. Dorus Rudisill
and children of Durham have
been spending the past week here
with Rev. Mr. Rudisill's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Rudisill.
The Mexican dragon-lizard has
a five-inch body and an 18-inch
tail and can run across water on
its hind legs without sinking.
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JUNIOR “G” MEN AIR
Mon.-Tues. — July 3-4
Round-up
The War Production Board
says: Arsenical insecticides . for
the coming summer months should
be bought early, because uncer
tain transportation and manpow
er and container shortages might
delay last-minute orders and re
sult in heavy crop damage . . .
A water-resistant match, useful
to service men in jungle areas,
has been developed by match
manufacturers . . . An estimated
•'10,000 dozen household furnace
scoops and 85,000 dozen snow
shovels will be produced in 1044,
and the first of them should be
available to consumers by late
fall or early wintei,
National Headquarters of Se
lective Service announces that in
ductees no longer will be ear
marked for either the Army or
the Navy after their preinduction
physical examination, beginning
.Inly' 1, but will be placed in the
common pool to be drawn upon
as the needs of the respective
branches develop . . . Shoe deal
ers tnav sell limited quantities of
“odd lot’’ shoes ration-free to
consumers at specified price re
ductions July lb through July
29, OPA says . . . WFA expects
that, shipping will be available
CHERRYVILLC FIREMEN
CALLED OUT SUNDAY
!
The pherryville Fire Depart
ment was called to the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Forest E. Davis ia
the Eastern part of town Sunday
evening about 8:00 o’clock to ex
tinguish a blaze. -
USE EAGLE ADS
to import six million bushels of
corn from South America during
duly to aid the war food and live
stock feed situation in the Unit
ed States . . . U. S. Public Ser
vice reports that approximately
20,000 patients have been treated
for syphilis and gonorrhea with
new intensive methods in more
than 50 rapid treatment centers
and that penicillin is being used
on a large scale in the treatment
of early syphilis . . . Home can
ners who have the use of a pres
sure canner this summer will do
well to put up chickens when far
mers are selling large numbers
of hens that are not laying enough
to be worth their keep, the De
partment of Agriculture advises.
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TO THE KIDDIES:—
And Children Patron*
Be good Boys and Girls and
stay Home until the possibil
iiies of Infantile Paralyrfs
subsides. We will miss you
as you miss our good Shows.
But! We will have many
more good Shows to enter,
tain in the future & please
you later. This is in co-op
eration with the Health Au
thorities.
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BABY CHICKS
We have Baby Chicks for immediate
delivery now and will have two more
hatches on Wednesday, July 5th and July
12th. After this we will close our hat
chery until early Fall.
FITZHALL HATCHERY
Cherryville, N. C. Phone 4111