VOL. 38
blished Every Thursday) CHERRYVILLE, N. C.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14,
1944
No7S6
CHERRYVILLE SCHOOL TO OPEN MONDAY
Second Annual Tri
County Horse Show 26th
Sponsored Bv Cherryville Lion’s
Club; Plans Completed For Bis: Show
Plans have been completed for
the second Annual Tri-County
Horse Show which is being spon
sored by the Cherryville Club of
Lions and will be held at the High
School Ball Park on Tuesday,
September 26th.
This is expected to be the best
amateur show that has been put
on in the state.
The following is a summery of.
the different classes with the
prizes listed:
1. Pony Class (Children,)
2. Model Class open to all
horses to be shown in hand. (Con*
firmation only.)
3. Walking horses
4. 5-Gaited Mares.
6. Ladies Horsemanship.
6. Gentleman’s Horsemanship.
7. 5-Gaited Stallions and Gel
ding’s.
8. Pleasure Horses.
9. Pair Class.
10. Thrill Class.
11. 3-Gaited Horses.
12. 5-Gaited Horses.
13. Walking Ponies.
14. Champion Horse of the
show. (Ribbon only).
Classes 4 and 6 must be enter
ed to be eligible for 5-Gaited
Stakes.
Classes 4-7-12 not eligible for
ClaBs No. 11.
Three prizes' awarded in each
class as follows in addition to
Ribbon:
1st Place—$5.00.
2nd Place— £.00.
3rd Place— 2.00.
For information on entry
blanks write W. "P. Fitzhugh,
Rliyne-Houser Mill office, Cher
ryville, N. C.
Kern Beam Fell from
Tree Last Wednesday
Kern Beam, 12 year old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Beam, had
the misfortune of falling from a
persimmon tree onto the cement
road last Wednesday afternoon.
He was rushed to Gambles hos
pital in Lincolnton where it was
found he had suffered concussion
of the brain and was unconscious
for some time. He returned home
Monday afternoon and is geting
along nicely.
Try on Schools To
Open Monday Morn
Tryon Schools will open Mon
day morning, September 18th at
eight-thirty o’clock.
It is required by law that
"children to be entitled to enroll
ment in the public schools—must
be six years of age on or before
October first of the year in which
they enroll.”
All students should be present
Monday for registration and clas
sification. The buses will follow
the same schedule and routes in
operation when school closed last
term. Buses mill leave driver’s
homes on first trips around 7:30
A. M. .
The school plans to operate a
cafeteria this term, however, it
will not be in full operation dur
ing the first week due to delay in
receiving equipment.
FACULTY:
Primary:
Mrs. Lula Carpenter Robinson
Miss Vinnie Ford
Miss Lois Lineberger
Mr* Verlie Ran tie Cline
Mrs. Walline Deck Best
Urammar Grade:
Miss Ruth Biggers
Mrs. 4nne F id L: leberry
Miss Marie Huss
Miss Marie Katherine Hamilton
Misg Louise Kiser
Miss Velma Carpenter
Miss Helen Morgan
Mr«. Meta Q. I'a .y
High School:
R. E. Drye
Misa Margaret Stroupe
_ Mrs. Bryte Little Efird
Mrs. Inez Kiser Dellinger
Mr. A. S. Kiser
Mr. Frank Hoyle
Mr. H. S. Helton, Dist Prin.
PVT. RAY BLACK AT HOME
Pvt. Ray Black, stationed at
Camp Crowder, Mo., arrived here
Tuesday n(ight on several days
leave, due to the accident of his
little daughter, who suffered a
fractured skull from a fail Sat
In England
PVT. BRITE V. FOSTER
Pvt. Brite V. Foster has re
cently arrived safely in England
and has informed his wife, Mrs.
Foster here of his safe arrival.
He would like to hear from his
friends. His address is: Pvt. Brite
V. Foster, 34894657 3028 O. B.
A. M. Co. (E. R.) 143 O. B. A. M.
Bn. APO 505 c'o Postmaster, New
York, N. Y.
LIFT POLIO BAN
NEXT SUNDAY
The ban against children under
15 years of age attending public
gatherings which was imposed
weeks a^o ton account of the
Polio outbreak will be lifted Sun
day morning for the children to
attend Sunday School.
The State Board of Health set
Monday, September 18th, as the
day to lift the ban when schools
all over the state would official
ly open for the 1944-45 session,
but due to the fact Cherryvijle
has no new cases the children
here will be allowed to attend
Sunday School Sunday morning
for the first time since the epi
demic in early summer.
Farmers Union Gin
In Full Operation
| The Farmer? Union Gin is now
in full operation with Marvin Mit
chem, an old experienced opera
tor again at the wheel. The Gin
started last week and up to date
has ginned twenty bales of this
years cotton.
They have had their gin put in
first class condition and appre
ciate the business from the far
mers. Read their ad elsewhere in
this issue of the Eagle.
$23,000,000 PAID TO
G1E BENEFICIARIES
Schenectady, Sept. 13.—More
than 130,000 employees of the
General Electric Company are in
sured for a total of $347,000,000,
an average of approximately
$3650 per employee under the
company plan, it was announced
here today.
More than 10,000 beneficiaries
of employees have collected $23,
600,000 in claims since the insur
ance plan was adopted in 1920.
All workers with more than one
year’s service are eligible to par
ticipate.
FOR V-DAY
When news of the surrender of
Germany is known, special wor
ship services have been planned
for the community. The church
es will be opened during the day
for ihe convenience of those .vho
desire to spend a few moments in
prayer and meditation.
In the evening a community ser
vice will be held at t:.e band
stand near the Cherryvilb Nation
al bank building. If the weath
er is unfavorable, the commun
ity survice will be held in the nigh
■chuol auditorium. G
Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
TECH. SGT. JOHN B. DELLINGER
7th AAF Headquarters, Central Pacific—Tech. Sgt. John B.
Dellinger, Jr., 25, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. hen Dellinger, Cherryville.
N. C., crewmember of « 7th AAF bomber, has been awarded the
Distinguished Flying Cross for Aerial bombardment operations
igainst the Japs in the Central Pacific. Presentation was made by
Colonel Clarence F. Hegy, commanding officer of a 7th AAF Bomber
Group. TiSgt. Dellinger, whose wife, Mrs. Coneta Beam Dellinger,
resides in Cherryville, also wears the Air Medal and first Oak Leaf
Cluster. (Photo by 7th. AAF.)
BACK IN THE STATES
CHARLES PARKER GEORGE
Charles Parker George, son of Mrs. A. B. George has arrived
back in the States after being overseas for the past two years. He
has been in Prance and England in the European area. Parker en
listed in the Navy in August, 1942 and received his basic training at
Norfolk, Virginia. He is expected to come home in a short time.
MRS. CHARLES P. BEAM
SUFFERS FRACTURED HIP
Mrs. Charles P. Beam had the
misfortune of tripping: on her
shoe string: last Fridav morning
about 2:00 o’clock and suffered
a fractured hip in the fall._ She
was carried to the Memorial Hos
pital in Charlotte and is recover
ing nicely.
MASONIC MEETING
There will be a special commu
nication of Cherryville Lodge No.
605 A.F. & A. M. next Monday
evening at 7:16 o’clock. Work in
the M. M. degree. All members
and visiting Masons invited and
urged to be present. Light refresh
ments will be served.
DAVID P. DELLINGER,
Master
GORGE 8. FALLS, Secretary
Model Gin Company
Now In Operation
The Mode! grin is now open and
ready to gin your cotton. Last
Friday and Saturday they ginned
eleven bales, but due to the rain
which held up the cotton picking,
the grins have been operating slow
ly this week. However, they have
theii gins in readiness and can
take, care cf your cotton any
time. They have been in the gin
ning l bsiness for about forty
years and appreciate your busi
ness.
HUDSONS TO LEAVE HERE
Mr. and Mrs. Orlando Hudson
have bought them a home in
Charlotte and expecting to move
there within the next two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Hudson have made
many friends since coming to
Cherryville, who regret to see this
good family leave eur town.
! Foot Ball Season
Opens Sept. 22nd.
Again it is time for us to draw
our attention to the football sea
son. Coach Carson's “Iron Men"
for the 1944-45 year promises to
be one of the best teams we have
had in several years.
This year we have with us Hin
son Quinn, who is a former Cher
ryville boy and Lenoir-Rhyne
Star, to help pull our team thru
to victory. Coaches Carson and
Quinn will work together to
bring Cherryville a fine team.
The “Iron Men” have been
working out several weeks to get
in, shape for their first game next
week. Cherryville will open their
season by paying CjJamerton
here September 22nd.
This year we have back with
us nine letter men of last year.
They are: Hugh Dellinger, Boyd
Eaker, J. -T. Sigmon, Backs, Yat
es McGinnis, end, Harold Black
wood, center and tackle, Edward
Elliott and Tommy Summer.
Guards, also we have Ned Beam,
back, Harry Rudisill, Guard, R.
B. Robbs, Guard and Hoyle t>ell
ingjer, tackle* who played last
year.
The new players for this year
are: Howard Henkle, Caroll
Wright, Tommy Quinn, and Law
ton London, backs, Ted Leon
hardt, end, Bobby Carpenter,
Guard, and Bill Beam center. We
are expecting Voyde White and
several others to report between
now and the beginning of the
school term.
We lost this year Bob Franklin,
Capt. Hilbert McGinnis, Co-Capt.,
Frank Knight, Hoover Knight and
Wayne Jenkins. These boys will
■be greatly missed but we are sure
that the “Iron Men” will continue
to carry on.
It is not positive whether or
not Kent Jenkins will be with the
team this year. He is a star of
last year.
This year, the school has a great
team and should go places. Let’s
show the boys we are behind them
by being present for the opening
game, Friday, September 22nd.
The schedule for this year is as
follows:
September 22—Cramerton at
Cherryville.
September 29—Lincolnton at
Lincolnton.
October 6—Open date.
October 13—Shelby at Cherry
October 20—Kings Mtn., at
Shelby.
October 27—Bessemer City at
Cherryville.
Nov. 3—Newton at Cherry
ville.
Nov. 10—Kings Mtn., at Kings
Mtn.
Nov. 17—N. C. S. D. at Mor
ganton.
Obituary Of Mr.
Geo. Franklin Beam
Mr. George Franklin Beam, of
Cherryville was born July 28,
1862 and departed this life Aug
ust 30th, 1944 at the age of 82
years, 1 month and 2 days.
On July 19, 1894 he was united
in marriage to Anna Victoria
Carpenter, who preceded him in
death, March 17, 1933. To this
union were born seven children,
as follows: W. D. Beam, Burling
ton, H. Lee Beam, Cherryville,
Mrs. Ed Hoyle (deceased) Char
lotte, Mrs. Ed Hoyle Harriman,
Tenn.. and Mrs. J. E. Sciaier of
Washington, D. C. Twenty grand
children and twenty great grand
children.
Mr. Beam was a charter mem
ber of the Wesleyan Methodist
Church and remained a very faith
ful member to the day of his
death. He had a host of friends
in Cherryville, who loved and es
teemed him. “Uncle George," as
he was commonly known, will be
greatly missed in our community,
especially by the children, with
Father Of Coach
Carson Passed Wed.
Rev. E. G. Carson, 63, father
of Coach Erskine CarsOn, died
Wednesday afternoon in Moore
Hospital at Statesville, following
an Illness of several months.
Funeral services will be held
in Statesville this afternoon at
3:00 o’clock and interment will
be made in a Statesville ceme
tery.
Rev. Canon, was a native of
Gaston county and for the past
20 years or more was pastor of
Pressley Memorial A. R‘. P. Churcn
in Statesville.
USE EAGLE ADS
High School Students To
Register Today and Friday
Parents Urjjed To See Their Children
Are In School The First Day, Sept. 18
Seriously Wounded
PFC. PAUL DEVINE
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Devine re
cently received a telegram from
the War Department informing
them their son, Pfc. Paul Devine
had been seriously wounded in
action in France on August 11th.
They also received a letter from
their son asking them not to wor
ry and stated he was getting a
i«vag K,
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.
BELFORT PASS
FACING DRIVE
BY 3 COLUMNS
ROME, Sept. 13.—A three
pronged Allied Seventh Army
drive was aimed tonight at the
Belfort pass—southwestern gate
way to Germany—as the Seventh
and Third Armies completed a
junction in force near Chalillon,
closing the major enemy retreat
routes out of southern and wes
tern France.
All three drives toward Belfort
were meeting bloody resistance,
but one spearhead was near Mon
tbeliard, eight miles southwest of
Belfort, Sixteen miles south of
the gap French troops engaged in
bitter fighting at Pont le Roide
against strong German fortified
positions extending to Villersexel,
20 miles to the northwest.
Americans moving directly east
toward the German-French-Swiss
bolder pass from captured Ve
soul, 30 miles from Belfort, en
countered Nazi tanks and self
propelled guns, but advanced four
miles to Damp valley. The Ameri
cans captured Vesoul after a two
dav tight and successfully hurled
off a counterattack from the
northwest. Other units drove six
miles north to Flagy.
The junction in force by Lt.
Gen. Alexander M. Patch’s Sev
enth Army and Lt. Gen. George
S. Patton’s Third seals a noose
around Some 20,000 Germans
trapped in a bulge to the west,
remnants of thJf 19th German
army. An official announcement
said the 29-dhy-olti southern
France campaign already had
gathered a bag of 75,000 prison
ers. In addition, thousands of
Germans have been killed and
wounded.
With the fall of Chatilon, 30
miles southeast of Chamount,
headquarters of Gen. John J. Per
shing in the first, World war, ma
ny Germans garrisons in towns
to the east weic reported desper
ately trying to escape toward the
border.
Headquarters snid there was a
noticeable slackening of enemy
resistance west ol the Soane riv
er. French troops pushed for
ward in the upper Uurce valley,
cleaning out pockets southeast of
Chatillon.
MISS SUE JENKS EXPECTED
HOME IN A FEW DAYS
Miss Sue Jenks who is in the
Memorial Hospital, Charlotte is
getting along fine and is expected
home in a few days. Her moth
er remains in Charlotte with her.
The Cherryville Schools, both
white and colored will open Mon
day morning1, September 18th, at
9 o’clock for the 1944-4-5 session.
The delay in the opening has
been due to the Polio epidemic
and the ban on children under
15 years of age gathering in pub
lic places will be lifted Monday,
September 18th, by the State
Board of Health.
Following is a list of the teach
ers:
HIGH SCHOOL
D. 0. Rudisill, Prin., Science.
Mrs. E. E. McDowell, Math.
Mrs. Vera B. Hoyle, English.
Julia S. Renfro, Soc. Sci.
Mrs. Hillard R. Harrelson, La
tin, French.
Erskine W. Carson, Eng., Band,
Phys. Education.
Henson Quinn, History, Phys.
Education.
Mary Frances Hord,. Commer
cial.
Katherine Stamey, Home Ee.
R. C. Sharpe, Agriculture.
ELEMENTARY NO. I
John L. Beach, 7th grade.
Sarah Workman, 6th grade
Fannie Farris, 7th grade.
Louise Wyantt, 6th grade.
Mrs. Marian Houser, 6th grade.
Mrs. Maude Carter, 5th grade.
Altonia Beam, 4th grade.
Mrs. Hunter Carroll, 3rd grade.
Mrs. Ruth Sherrill, 1st {Trade.
Kate Whitworth, 2nd grade.
Mrs. Grace B. Crocker, 1st.
ELEMENTARY NO. S
Irene Sox, Prin., 1st grade.
Mary Mosteller, 1st 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.
W. B. Howell
Mrs. Evelyn M. Fleming
Walter E. Bess
Edwina Simpson
IT. W. Reid
Mrs. Nettie M. Wray
Matilda Hairston
Mrs. Charlotte Byers
Mrs. Dorothy M. Smith
TEXTILE SCHOOL'
OPENS MONDAY
North Carolina Vocational
Institution at Belmont
Ready to Resume Work
BELMONT, Sept. 13.—The
North Carolina Vocational Tex
tile school at Belmont, which was
dedicated early in June, will op
en to begin its fall session on
Monday, September 18. It would
have opened on September 1, had
it not been for the state board of
health restrictions due to infan
tile paralysis.
The school, sitcated on Wilkin
son boulnard near the Catawba
river and on the outskirts of Bel
mont, Gaston county, got off to
a good beginning last year in ita
; first session of operation. During
the year which closed June 3 the
school enrollment was 316, and
1 at the dedication exercises certi
ficates in carding and spinning
were awarded a number who had
completed the course.
The coming year’s program of
activities is unusual in scope, due
in large measure to the work and
planning of Tilden W. Bridges,
principal.
Mr. Bridges has succeeded in
the face of acute man power
shortage, in building up hia fac
ulty by bringing in practical mill
men from the surrounding terri
tory who will work in close co
operation with the fulltime instruc
tors. These men are master me
chanics, superintendents and or
erseers who have answered •
plea for help in his program. The
friends of the school have exert
ed a great effort in obtaining the
materials, and operating supplies
to the extent of complete sfmila
tion of aetcal textile mill opera
tion and maintenance.
This school is operated for the
purpose of acquainting inexper
ienced hands with the general
principles and practices of the
major phases of textile mill work
and operation, embodying the
I practical day to day requirement#
| in this field.