Scrap Paper Drive Here Sunday Afternoon September Third
Beginning Sunday
Afternoon at 2 o'clock
Drive To'Be Conducted By American Legion
Here; Everyone Asked To Cooperate.
The Waste Paper Drive will
get underway here Sunday after
noon beginning at 2 o'clock. The
drive will be conducted by mem
bers of the American Legion
Tryon Post 100, assisted by vol
unteer workers and the trucks
will be furnished by patriotic
truck owners.
All card board boxes must be
packed and tied into bundles. All
newspapers must be folded and
tied into bundles, and all old mag
azines stacked and tied into bun
dles and all be placed on the side
walks in front of your home. All
scrap paper must be tied up in
sacks or into bundles separate
from the other.
Rural communities are asked
to bundle their paper and bring
it to church on Sunday morning
and it will be gathered from
there. Any one who has paper
and will be unable to carry it to
church,if they will bring it to the
band stand any day suitable to
them it will be taken care of.
All business houses will be
worked on Friday, September 1st.
in order that their paper may be
collected as the business estab
lishments will be closed on Sun
day.
Paper is badly needed and it is
the patriotic duty of all citizens
to salvage as much as possible
for vital war material. Bundle
your paper and have it rea
dy and waiting on the curb, when
the tluck arrives on Sunday af
ternoon, September 3rd.
Although the American Legion
are large in number, they will
need volunteer workers to help
load and unload the trucks. Who
will volunteer to help? Report to
W. C. Howell or J. Benjamin
Dellinger, they will be glad to take
your name and depend on your
services' Sunday afternoon.
Scrap paper has been designed
as the greatest salvage need in
the country today and those who
help to provide the paper in this
scrap drive are doing their coun
try a great service.
2Np. LT. STARNES IS NOW
STATIONED MARAUDER BASE
AN EIGHTH AAF COMPO
SITE STATION, NORTHERN
IRELAND — Second Lieutenant
William F. Starnes of Cherryville
is now stationed at this (B-26)
Marauder base, where he is receiv
ing advanced training under
simulated combat conditions.
This final phase of training
is aimed at perfecting the airman
ship and tactics of the pilot, as
applied to conditions pecular to
the European Theatre of Oper
ations. When he leaves here to
face “Jerry”, he will have mast
ered the newest air war strategy.
Lt. Starnes is a pfTot on one
of the famous medium bombers
that has played such havoc with
German defense. He received his
flying training at Lake Charles,
La. He arrived in the European
Theatre of Operations in July
1944.
Before he enlisted in the AAF
in 1943, he was a student at
North Carolina ptate College.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs. William
F. Starnes, live at Cherryville.
Pfc. Paul Devine
Seriously Wounded
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Devine
received a telegram Friday from
the War Department, their son
Pfc. Paul Devine, stationed in En
gland had been seriously wound
ed in action is France on 'August
STS 11th. They also received a let
w ) er from their son on the follow
ing Monday, asking them not to
worry and stated he was getting
along OK.
Pfc. Devine entered the service
in October and landed in England
in May this year. He was with
the Infantry in France. He has
one brother in service, Pvt. Her
man B. Devine in Virginia. Be
fore entering the service he was
.employed with the Carolina
Freight'Carriers Corp.
Killed In France
PVT. WILSON BYERS
Mrs. Wilma Byers of this place
recently received a message from
the War Department that her
husband Pvt. Marshall Wilson
Byers was killed in action in
France on July 14th. Pvt. Byers
was 30 years of age. He held an
honorable discharge after four
years in service in the U. S. Na
vy when war was declared and
enlisted in an infantry division
last January. Before going over
seas the latter part of April he
was in training at Fort Lewis,
Washington; Fort Benning, Ga.;
and Fort Jackson, S. C.
In addition to his wife who be
fore marriage was Miss Wilma
Shuford, daughter of A. R. Shu
ford and the late Mrs. Shuford
of the Carlton Mill village, is his
mother, Mrs. J. C. Byers and the
following brothers and sisters:
Mrs. E. C. Smith, Mrs. Albert
Fox and A. C. Byers, all of Lin
colnton.
Gaston County Tuber
culosis Association
The Gaston County Tuberculo
sis Association is getting set for
real functioning. James W. At
kins, of Gastonia is President.
Board of Directors for Cherry
ville are: Mrs. Russell Boggs, Mrs.
D. R. Mauner, Jr., Miss Mary
Mosteller and Mrs. Edwin Rudi
sill.
The sole means of support of
the association is the sale of
Christmas Seals and Mrs. W. L.
Balthis of Gastonia is Treasurer,
and Mrs. May C. Nichols, the ex
ecutive secretary in the office of
the association at Room 408 Nat
ional Bank of Commerce Building,
receiving the as-yet-unexpected
funds of other seal sales. With
these funds, the committees will
plan and carry out a program of
tuberculosis control for all of
Gaston County. They will, of
course, work very closely in co
operation with the Health Depart
ment and with the doctors in pri
vate practice.
Mr*. J. F. Greer
Passes In California
Mrs. Bertha Black has received
a message from San Bernordono,
California, of the death of her
niece, Mrs. J. F. Greer, who is
a daughter of Rev. C. F. Wright.
The holy, accompasied by her
husband and two small sons, is
I being shipped here for burial and
is expected to arrive the last of
, this week.
Kings Mtn. Benefit
Horse Show Monday
Kings Mountain Benefit Horse
Show sponsored by the Kings
Mountain Lions Club will be held
at the New Municipal Stadium in
Kings Mountain on Monday, Sep
tember 4th, Labor Day, beginning
at 2:00 o'clock. *
£ • ‘Invasion Kid’ Now Only Fifteen
Hes only 15 but he's doing a man’s job. This coast guard “I.
vasion Kid, Gerald W. Haddon, seaman second class, of Chicago, II
who has been under Are of battle and is a veteran of 13 landings .
the Normandy beach, granted to be the youngest invader in the Air
forces. He enlisted when he was 14.
MRS. ELIZABETH HOMESLEY STROUP
LAID TO REST FRIDAY AFTERNOON
Mrs. Elizabeth Frances Homes
ley Stroup was laid to rest last
Friday afternoon in the family
plot at Mount Zion Baptist
Church, under a mound of lovely
flowers. Funeral services were
conducted at the church at 4:00
o’clock with her pastor, Rev. E.
S. Elliott of the First Baptist
Church in charge, assited by Rev.
W. G. Cobb, pastor of St. John’s
Lutheran church.
Pall bearers were: John Horn
esley, Yates Homesley, Perry
London, Preston Long, M. A.
Stroup and Ralph Dover.
Flower bearers were neigh
bors and friends of the family.
Mrs. Stroup was born in Cleve
land county on May 17, 1855, a
daughter of the late Benjamin
and Mary Homesley and moved
with her parents as a young girl
to Gaston county. She was 89
years, 2 months and 7 days of
age at the time of her death
which occurred on Thursday af
ternoon about 3 o’clock, follow
ing an illness of four weeks, how
ever she had been confined to a
rolling chair for the past four
years.
Mrs. Stroup was married to J.
M. C. Stroup on November 28,
1871 who preceded her to the
grave in 1928.
She united with the Mount Zion
Baptist church and shortly after
the organization of the First
'Baptist ChurcJj she transferred
her membership here where she
remained a true and faithful mem
ber.
A daughter, Mrs. Mollie Long,
passed away in June of this year.
Surviving are three children. Miss
Sallie Stroup, Ben Stroup and
John ;Steve Stroup, all of Cherry
ville. eight grandchildren, 12
great-grand children, one sister,
Miss Texie Homesley and one
brother, A. B. Homesley, all of
Cherryville.
MR. GEORGE
BEAM PASSED
AWAY WED.
Mr. George Beam, 82, died at
his home Wednesday about noon,
following a heart attack which ha
suffered on Tuesday about ona
o’clock while he was up street.
As we go to press the funeral
arrangements^ are incomplete,
pending the arrival of near rela
tives, but will probably be held
about 4 o'clock Friday afternoon
from the Wesleyan Methodist
church with the body lying in
state at the church for one hour
prior to the service.
He is survived by the following
children: Mrs. M. R. Harvey,
High Point; W. D. Beam, Burling
ton; Mrs. J. D. Frye, Cherryville;
Mrs. Ed Sclater of Washington,
D. C. Also surviving are several
grand-children and one brother,
Jonas Beam, of Cherryville.
His wife preceeded him to the
grave about eleven years ago and
one daughter, Mrs. Pearl Hoyle
also proceeded him several years
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To Start Revival Here
Sunday Morning, 3rd.
REV. W. C. GRAVES
Rev. W. C. Graves, nationally
known Evangelist of Los Angeles,
California, will begin a Revival
meeting Sunday morning, Sept.
3rd at 11:00 A. M., at the Wes
leyan Methodist Church in this
city. Rev. Graves is a man of
wide experience, having traveled
the nation in Camp meetings an^
Church revival work. He is a spir
it filled man with a spirit filled
message. Rev. Graves will be ac
companied by a very splendid
young man, Rev. Emery Wallace,
a graduate of John Fletcher Col
lege, who will be in charge of the
singing and will furnish special
music each evening.
Preaching services each evening
at 7:45 o’clock and is scheduled to
continue through September 17th.
REV. J. W. McLEAN, Pastor
Sgt. M. C. Alexander
Reported Missing
Mrs. Hazel J. Alexander of
Cherryville, Route 2, received a
tleegram from the War Depart
ment Tuesday that her husband
Sergeant M. C. Alexander had
been reported missing in action
since August 7th, in France.
Sgt. Alexander was inducted in
to service in 1941 from the Shel
by Board and was shipped over
seas January this year. His wife
is the former Miss Hazel Dellin
ger, daughter of Mr. Lee Dellin
ger and the late Mrs. Dellinger.
They have a son two years of
age.
3 Cherryville Roys
Meet In S. W. Pacific
Mr. and Mrs. Luwson Hallman
received a letter from their son,
Pfc. Claude Hallman telling them
he and his brother, Cpl. John D.
Halmlan had met Bet Workman,
the first Cherryville boy they had
seen sisce sailing. They are hop
ing tp see ea£fe otfref often.
95 YEARS OLD
UNCLE NATH ANTHONY
Uncle Nathan Anthony, Cher
lyville’S oldest and most beloved
citizen, will celebrate his 95th
birthday anniversary at the home
of his niece, Mrs. L. S. Stroupe,
with whom he make his home, Sat
urday, September 2nd. Mr. An
thony is still strong and gets a
round well. He still makes fre
quent trips up town. Known as
Uncle Nath by every one, his
wishes are being carried out with
no celebration, but just a quiet
day at home.
CHERRYVILLE RE
SPONDS TO POLIO
The drive that was carried on
in Cherryville during the past two
weeks has gone beyond all expec
tations with the total contributions
to date amounting to $615.13 in
cash and contributions of five
high chairs for the Polio hospital
in Hickory.
All funds have been turned ov
er to Mr. E. V. Moss at the Cher
ryville National Bank, and one
check in the-amount of $582.13
has been remitted together with
the five chairs and a balance of
$33.00 that has been collected
since the first check was mailed
is being held so that any other
contributions that may be donated
will be added to this and remitted
during this week.
During the canvass of the
town, there were several that
made pledges to pay at a later
date and if anyone has not taken
care of their pledge, they are urg
ed to do so at the Bank during
this week so that all amounts can
be submitted by the week-end.
There was no stipulated amount
asked for Cherryville but the
committee that staged the drive
were in hopes that $500.00 could
be raised to send to the hospital.
This amount was set as a goal at
which to work toward, and with
the contributions that have been
turned in to date we have reach
ed a figure of 123% of the goal.
Contributions to the Polio Fund:
Carlton Yarn Mill $25.00
Nuway Spinning Co. 25.00
Howell Mfg. Co. 25.00
Rhyne-Houser Mfg. Co. 25.00
Dora Yarn Mill 25.00
American Legion 25.00
Lions Club 25.00
| Town of Cherryville 25.00
Woman's Club 10.00
Carolina Freight Carriers 25.00
Farmers Union 25.00
Employees Rhyne-Houser 72.35
{ Lutheran Church 38.55
First Methodist Church 36.00
Second Baptist Church 13.00
Wesleyan Methodist 8.00
Belk’s 5.00
Cherryville Nat’l. Bank 15.00
; Roses 10.00
Allen Drug Co. 5.00
Kester^Groome 3.00
City Market 2.00
Houser Grocery 2.00
Putnam Hardware Co. 20.00
McGinnis Grocery 10.00
Galloways Dept. Store 1.00
Dellinger Jewel Shop 15.00
Modern Dry Cleaners 1.00
Coleys Shoe Shop 1.00
Eakers Dairy 1.00
Rita Cafe 2.00
Eagle Publishing Co. 10.00
Elite Beauty Shop . 4.00
Beam’s Inn 1.00
Sullivan Motors 10.00
Homesley Chevrolet Co. 10.00
Roy & Troy 15.00
Goldiner’s 5.00
Sanitary Market 15.00
(Continued on page live)
Plans Being Completed
For Opening Day
Superintendent W. F. Starnes Announces
List Of Teachers White And Colored
In France
PFC. GEORGE W. FRYE
Pfc. George W. Frye, gon of
Mr. and Mrs. Jessie David Frye
has been in Ireland for the past
eight months. He sailed in De
cember, 1943 and has recently
been sent to France. Pvt. Frye
entered the army October 2, 1941
and received his basic training
at Camp Wheeler, Georgia. He
wishes his friends to write him.
His address is: Pfc. George W.
Frye, 34171293, Hq. Co. 3 Bn.
121st Inf. APO 8 c,o Post Master,
New York, N. Y.
Stores Will Continue .
To Close At Present
James L. Putnam, Jr., presi
dent of the Cherryville Merchants
Association announced today, by
a general agreement with the
merchants, the stores would re
main closed on Tuesday after
noons for the present.
Cherryville Horse
Show Scheduled For
September 26th
The second annual Tri-County
Horse Show, including Gaston,
Cleveland and Lincoln counties,
being sponsored by the Cherry
ville Club of Lions will be held
on Tuesday, September 26th, at
the High School Ball Park.
The show will start at 1:00 o'
clock.
Manager and Ringmaster, Beck
Moehlman of Conover.
Last year, the first tri-county
horse show proved to be a suc
cess and this year it is expected
to be even better.
Committees have been appoint
ed to make arrangements lor the
show with more and better en
tries than beioie.
The Rangers Quartett
Coming To Baptist
The Rangers Quartette of WBT
Charlotte will appear at the First
<.«>piisi cnuicn Sunday night at
8 :o0 o’clock and give a program
of sacred hymns.
This program is being sponsor
ed by W. Blaine Beam and the
American Legion, Tryon Post No.
J00.
The public is cordially invited.
Pfc. George Hovis
Reported Wounded
Mrs. Julius Hovis received a
telegram from the War Depart
ment Tuesday, that her son, Pfc.
George Hovis had been seriously
wounded in action in France on
August 11th. The following day
she received a wire from her son,
asking her not to worry, and
stated he was getting along OK.
The Cherryville Schools, as pre
viously announced, will open
Monday, September 18th at 9:00
A. M., for the reception of pu
pils. The State Board of Educa
tion, however, b*s made it possi
ble to have two full days of prep
aration prior to this opening date
at which time all teachers and
principals will be given an oppcr
‘unity to ma'.e constructive plana
for the new year. All teachera
wd! report to the Hi^n School
building on Thursdav, Septem
bei 14th at 9.00 A. M. Confer
ences, meet.ngs, etc . will be held
on this and the (Wowing day.
The following is a complete list
of the teachers:
high school
D. O. Rudisill, Prin., Science.
Mrs. E. E. McDowell, Math.
Mrs. Vera B. Hoyle, English.
Julia S. Renfro, Soc. Sci.
Mrs. H. R. Harrelson, Latin, Fr.
Erskine W. Carson, Eng. Band,
Phys Ed.
Ed^enS°n ^uinn’ History, Phya.
cia^ary Franees Hord> Cominer.
Katherine Stamey, Home Ec,
K. C Sharpe, Agriculture
ELEMENTARY NO. 1
John L. Beach, 7th grade,
barah Workman, 6th grade
r anme Farris, 7th grade.
Louise Wyantt, 6th grade.
Mrs. Marian Houser, 6th grade.
M*s. Maude Carter, 5th grade.
Altoma Beam, 4th grade
5*rs- Hunter Carroll, 3rd grad*
Kat‘ RWHhc6heruri11' lst
Kate Whitworth, 2nd grade.
Mrs- Crace B. Crocker, 1st.
ELEMENTARY NO. 2
Irene Sox, Prin., 1st grade
Mary Mosteller, lst grade.
Ruth Black, 2nd grade.
Mrs. Mary H. Doggett, 2nd.
Mrs. Velma Homesley, 3rd.
Mrs. Janie C. Hall, 3rd.
Mrs. Pauline Beam, 4th.
Janet Hobbs, 4th.
Mrs. Ruth Porter, 5th.
Carolyn Allen, 5th.
Minnie Coleman, Public School
Music.
JOHN CHAVIS, Colored
W. H. Green, Principal. 1
W. B. Howell ^ ;
Mrs. Evelyn M. Fleming
Walter E. Bess
Edwina Simpson
H. W. Reid
Mrs. Nettie M. Wray
Matilda Hairston A
Mrs. Charlotte Byers
Mrs. Dorothy M. Smith
GLENN LEONARD WITH
CARLTON OFFICE FORCE
Glenn Leonard, originally from
Lincolnton, but who for the past
several years has been employed
and residing in Charlotte, has be
come a member of the Carltorl
tain Mills’ Office force, succeed
ing Bob Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard expect
to move into our community as
soon as they can secure a suitable
home. Cherryville welcomes these
young people into our midst.
Hickory Polio Hospi
tal Good One
Dr. Edward A. Piszczek, Head
of the Public Health Unit of Cook
County, Illinois, and Director of
the new Hickory “polio” enter*
gency hospital, spoke in Boone
rriday night to a meeting of citi
zens on the “polio” epidemic in
America. Some of the encourag
ing and interesting things said by
Dr. Piszczek were that no caste
of “polio” have developed in. Wa
tauga County for the past tw®
months; that the hospital at Hick
ory is able to give as good treat
ment as can be given in Chicago;
that the best protection against
“polio” is good, vigorous health;
that over a period of years, th®
epidemic area shifts from on®
other—that it seems now to b®
part of the United States to an
shifting from North Carolina. A