ANNUAL TRI-COUNTY HORSE SHOW TUES.
Ironmen Open Football
With Cramerton Fri.
Coaches Carson and Quinn Have Team In
Fine Shape For First Game Of The Season.
Cherryville football fans will
get their first look at the 11>44
edition of the Cherryville "Iron
men” Friday afternoon, Septem
ber 22, at 3:30 o’clock when the
Cramertoit Eagles invade Cherry
ville for a game with the iron
men. Coaches Erskine Carson and
Hinson Quinn have been working
hard with the boys for the past
two weeks, whipping them into
shape for Friday’s'tussle.
It is not known the exact
strength of the Cramerton team,
but Cherryville defeated them
last year and Cramerton will be
seeking revenge. A good battle
is predicted. **
As for the Ironmen, they have
a letterman at every position, ex
cept the two half back spots and
they will be filled by first year
men.The Ironmen suffered a great
loss last Friday when Boyd
Eaker broke his collarbone in
scrimmage. Eaker was hoping to
be one of the regular backs. He
will be greatly missed by the
team.
New candidates for the team
who reported this week were
Harold Wyantt, Ben Tillman, W.
H. Putnam and John Crowder.
At a meeting of the squad recent
ly, Hugh Dellinger was named
Captain and Tommy Summer was
named alternate Captain.
Line-up for Frilay’s game is as
follows: Voyde White, LE; Cone
Moss, LT; Tommy Summer, LG;
Harold Blackwood, C; Edward
\ Elliott, RG; Hub Black, RT;
9 Yates McGinnis, RE; Hugh Del
linger, QBj Wright or Quinn,
LlIB; Howard Henkle, RHB; J.
T. Sigmon, FB.
Come out and support the
Ironmen.
U. S. FIFTH ARMY
MAKING GAINS
Breaches Germans’ Gothic Line
On Six Mile Front; Overcome
Strong Defense Action.
ROME, Sept. 20.—American
troops of the Fifth Army have
breached the Germans’ Gothic line
on a six-mile front above Florence
after a week of intensive fighting:
and struck within three miles of
the important road center of Fire
nzuola, headquarters announced
Storming steep mountain slop
es, American troops won the
heights of Castel Guerrino and
Lacroce and penetrated well into
the heart of the Gothic defenses
22 miles northeast of Florence.
Front line dispatches to the
IT. S. Army newspaper Stars and
Stripes said the gains through the
rugged mountains “cost us an un
comfortable number of losses.”
The official announcement said.
“Although no large .scale break
through is apparent, the Fifth
Army penetrated against defenses
which are stronger than any yet
encountered in Italy.
On the coast, units of the Brit
ish Eighth Army battered to with
in rifle ranee of Rimini, gateway
to the Po valley.
On the flank of the Americans,
Brazilian, South African, British
and Indian infantry also scaled
mountain strongholds and came to
grips with the enemy at close
quarters.
“The capture of most impor
tant hill features within the past
48 hours threatens the whole en
emy position.” it was commented
officially at Fifth Army headquar
ters.
. 464,346 Nazi*
Taken Since D-Day
LONDON, Sept. 20—More than
464,346 German prisoners have
been captured since the landings
in France June 6. This total does
not include the thousands bagged
» \t captured Brest or tottering
! • toulogne.
Possibly 12.000 may he added
to the total by the final count of
Lt. Gen. Hermann Ranicke’s Brest
garrison.
HARRIETT ELIZABETH
PUTNAM
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E.- Put
nam announce the birth of a
daughter Harriett Elizabeth, on
Sunday, September 17th, at the
'Memorial Hospital in Charlotte.
2nd Baptist Churchy (
To Observe Fourth
Anniversary, 24th
Next Sunday, September ‘24th,
will be red letter day for the sec
ond Baptist church of Cherry
ville. That day will be the occa
sion of celebration of the Fourth
Anniversary of the organization
of the Church. Four years ago,
with a small band of interested
Baptists, the Church had its be
ginning at the Dora Mill here. In
observance of its fourth birthday
the Church plans a full day pro
gram for next Sunday.
Beginning with Sunday School
at 9:45 there will be a series of
services and events throughout
the day. Mr. Joe R. Nixon, for
mer Cherryville man, will teach
the Men’s Bible Class at the Sun
day School hour. At eleven o’
clock, the Morning Worship hour,
there will be an address of wel
come by one of the newest mem
bers of the Church, Bobby
Scronce. The history of the
Church will be read by the pres
ent Church Clerk, John McGin
nis. Mr. A. J. Kirby of Gastonia
will bring the morning message.
After the morning worship
hour, lunch will be served picnic
style on the Church lawn. Every
one is invited to bring baskets and
enjoy this hour of feast and fel
will adorn the center of the table.
A child will light the candles and
two charter members of the
Church, Mrs. S. L. McGinnis and
Mrs. Bessie Huss, will cut the
In the afternoon there will be
a music festival in which a num
ber of choirs, quartettes, trios,
and other musicians including the
Royal Quartette of Forest City,
the Spindale Quarette of Spin
dale, the Victory Quartette of
Gaffney (S.C.), the Drum Quar
tette of Lincolnton, the Smith
Quartette of Spartanburg, and
the Spindle City Four, of Gasto
nia, will take part.
At 7 o’clock the Training Un
ions meet with Mr. Henry Stroupe
director in charge. Then at 8:00
0 clock the Evening- Worship
hour. At this service there will
be some short talks by members
01 the Training Unions and the
evening message by Rev. Arthur
Blackburn, former pastor of the
Thurch and now pastor of the
Troutman Baptist Church of
Troutman, N. C.
On last Sunday the Church se
lected the following officers for
the coming year, these officers
take over on the first Sunday in
October They are: Sunday school
oupt., John McGinnis; Training
Unions director, Henry Stroupe,
Church Clerk, Mrs. John McGin
2,‘jL o- i w Finance Committee,
Odd Sisk; Music Director, Hobson
Hendricks; Pianist, Mrs. Pauline
Dellinger; Treasurer, Lee Heav
ner; Assistant Treasurer, Mrs.
Bessie Huss; Head Usher, Arval
Mauney; Building and Grounds
Committee: Walter Peeler, Arval
Mauney and Mrs. Dan Black,
Sunday School officers and teach
ers and draining union leaders
will be elected later.
The pastor and leaders and
members of the Church would
!.ke ex.Press appreciation to
the Charryville Eagle for its lib
eral use of itp columns during
the past year and to the many
fi lends in Cherryville who have so
liberally given to its support dur
mg the past years and who are
this year making Birthday Offer
ing's to the Church for its program
of expansion.
Cherryville School
Enrollment Higher
Than Last Year
The Cherryville Schools opened
the 1944-45 session Monday, Sep
tember 18th, with a full corps of
teachers. The enrollment was
higher this year than last. The
enrollment today stands at 1225
including the colored schools with
240 of this number in high school.
, Last year’s enrollment on the
first day was »«5 with 230 enroll
ed in the high school.
One of the earliest ways of
measuring time was by burning a
eandle or stick.
Churchill-Roosevelt in Quebec
Britain’s premier, Winston Churchill, left, and President Roose
velt, pictured when they met in Quebec for another conference of war
fate of Japan will be at stake.
CHRISTMAS MAILING PERIOD
FOR OVERSEAS FORCES ON
$15.00 Reward
Offered Here
A reward of $15.00 will be
paid to person or persons for in
formation leading to the arrest
and conviction of person or per
sons who wilfllly, for the second
time, who deliberately smashed
or broke glass in advertising
frame, for the second time in
front of the Lester Theatre, dur
ing the past two weeks. The
practice is not funny, it is expen
sive to personal property. Both
times the glass was broken at
night after theatre closed.
Hoodlums or smart guys should
be punished, and just because
there is a war going on, their
last fling or tendency to tear up
jack will be curbed ana persons
will be prosecuted. Labor and
service is scarce in many cases
the business man is taking a
licking, it is also not respectful
nor good citizenship, and high
ly un-patriotic. Such people
should live in Japan or Germany,
and certainly not in our freedom,
the breaking of the glass is only
a slight performance of what tak
es place in communities—but
should not left go un-said.
Shelby Horse Show
Monday, October 9
SHELBY, N. C., Sept. 20.—At
the request of many horse owners
in Cleveland and surrounding coun
ties, two more classes have been
added to the Shelby horse show
which is slated for the night of
October 9, the show to begin at
7 o'clock.
Besides the 14 classes already
listed for the show, a thrill class
sponsored by the J. Lawrence
Lackey Co., and the grand cham
pion of the show, sponsored by
Dedmon’s Livestock yard, will be
added.
Mostly youngsters will ride in
the thrill class which will feature
fast riding around the ring. The
grand champion will be selected
from all blue ribbon winners in
the show and a prize of $10 will
be given the winner with a prize
of $5 to be given the reserve win
ner.
The Shelby show, which will be
one of the largest held in this sec
tion during the fall, will be open
ito horses from seven counties.
‘The show will begin promptly at
7 o’clock on Monday night, Octo
ber 9, which is only two weeks
from next Monday.
John D. Campbell, chairman of
the executive committee, said
plans for the show are already
well underway and' entries are
coming in every day| Local horse
owners are urged to get their en
tries in as soon as possible to fac
ilitate publishing of the programs.
First Meeting Of
Woman’s Club Wed.
The first meeting: of the Wom
an’s Club will be held Wednesday
afternoon September 27th at
3:45 o’clock at the Nu Way Club
House. All members are urged to
be present and ^new members
are invited.
VISTULA CROSSED
LONDON. Sept. 20.—The Ger
man communique acknowledged
today that Russian groups had
crossed the wide Vistula river at
Warsaw but insisted that Red
troops on the west bank “were
eut off.’’
September 15 was the opening
day of the mailing season for the
Christmas packages addressed to
members of the armed services
overseas.
The “Christmas Mailing Peri
od’’ set aside by the Postoffice
Department and the armed forces
will continue through October 15
All the packages will have a
long way to go—and so it behoov
es everyone to mail packages as
soon as possible in the one-month
mailing period.
Under the Christmas mailing
rules, a person may not send more
than one “Christmas Package”
parcel in one week to the same
address. If you’re planning to
send more than one package to a
relative or friend overseas, that’s
an extra reason to start mailing
earlv.
Mailing Rules
A summary of the rules an
nounced by the Postoffice De
partment for Christmas Package
mailing:
Be sure that the packages are
wrapped securely and addressed
properly. Use the latest—and the
complete — address of the per
son to whom the package is sent.
Also, the address of the sender
and of the addressee should be
placed on the inside of the pack
age—to assure delivery in case
the outer wrapper is lost.
Containers made of metal,
wood, or fiberboard are preferable
Parcels must not exceed five
pounds in weight nor be more
than 15 inches in length or 36
inches in length and girth com
bined.
“Christmas Parcel” should be
marked plainly on the outside.
One sender may mail no more
than one parcel a week to same
addressee.
Perishable goods, intoxicants,
inflamable materials, and any
thing that may damage other mail
seas” includes the personnel of
The term “armed forces over
ments must be protected carefully
may not be sent. Sharp instru
our armed forces who receive their
mail through an A P O or Fleet
Postoffice in care of the postmas
ter at New York, San Francisco,
New Orleans, or Seattle, Wash.;
or through an A P O in care of
the postmastter at Miami, Fla.
Presque Isle, Me., Minneapolis,
Minn., or through naval installa
tion or station in care of the post
master at Seattle.
American Legion
Wants Addresses
Of Service Men
The American Legion, Tryon
Post No. 100, wants the address
es of all the service men and
women in this community imme
diately. Hoping to mail them
something for Christmas by the
first of October, they will appre
ciate the cooperation of parents
and relatives in getting the cor
rect addresses to them immedi
ately.
These addresses may be given
to J. C. Stroup, at Nuway Grocery
Store, Hubert Mauney, City Mar
ket, Troy E. Carpenter and the
Eagle Office.
David William Moore
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Moore, 424
Lockland Ave., Winston-Salem,
■ announce the birth of a son, David
| William, Sunday, September 10,
at the Baptist Haspital. Mrs.
Moore was formerly Miu Fannie
Prue BudieiU,
Committees Appointed
For Woman’s Club
Governing Board
Miss Fannie Farris
Mrs. C. A. Rudisill
Mrs. D. R. Mauney, Sr.
Mrs. George S. Falls
Mrs. Victor Stroup
Mrs. Julia Hall
Welfare
Miss Irene Sox
Mrs. W. H. Houser
Mrs. A. H. Huss
Membership
Mrs. D. P. McClurd
Mrs. H. H. Allen
Mrs. D. R. Mauney, Jr.
Miss Mary Mosteller
Mrs. E. E. McDowell
Mrs. Garland Sherrill
Health SeaD
Miss Mary Mosteller
Mrs. Hunter Carroll
Mrs. Ralph Hoyle
Entertainment Committee
Mrs. D. R. Mauney, Sr.
Mrs. J. Ben Dellinger
Mrs. E. S. Elliott
Mrs. W. F. Starnes
Mrs. Garland Sherrill
Mrs. Grace Crocker
Chaplain
Mrs. J. W. Payne
Asst. Mrs. E. S. Elliott
Reporter
Mrs. Ruth Porter
Lion* Club Supper
Mrs. Julia Hall
Profram Committee
fSeptembeu—Music
Chairman— Miss Minnie Coleman
Mrs. Grier Beam
October—Education
Chairman—Mrs. Ralph Hoyle
Mrs. E. E. McDowell
November—Health
Chairman—Miss Kate Whitworth
Miss Altonia Beam
December—American Home
Chm—Miss Katherine Stamey
Miss Martha Gray
January—Civics and Garden
Chairman—Mrs. D. P. McClurd
Mrs. R. C. Sharpe
February—Citizenship
Chairman—Miss Julia Renfro
Miss Ruth Black
March—Art
Chairman—Mrs. Howard Houser
Miss Ruth Porter
April—Literature
Chairman—Mrs. Victor Stroup
Miss Marie Huss
May—Religion—Education
Chairman—'Mrs. E. S. Elliott
Mrs. L. P. Barnette
Mrs. W. G. Cobb
Mrs. J. W. Cobb
Arrangement Committee
September
Mrs. W. J. Allran
Mrs. Dewev Beam
October
Mrs. George S. Falls
Mrs. T. A. Carter
November
Mrs. John Beach
Miss Ruth Black
December
Mrs. D. R. Mauney, Jr.
Mrs. Hunter Carroll
January
Mrs. J. M. Crocker
Mrs. Dave Thornburg
February
Mrs. Yates Homesley
Mrs. Troy Homesley
March
Miss Mary Mosteller
Miss Louise Wyantt
April
Mrs. E. S. Wehunt
Mrs. C. T. Skidmore
Mrs. L. L. Summer
Mrs. D. A. Rudisill
Refreshment Committee
October
Mrs. H. H. Allen
Miss Altonia Beam
Mrs. J. W. Allran
Mrs. John Beach
Mrs. Dewey Beam
Mrs. Grier Beam
Mrs. Marshall Beam
Mrs. Ralph Beam
Miss Ruth Black
November
Mrs. S. M. Butler
Mrs. W. IV. Browne
Mrs. Hunter Carroll
Mrs. Ersldne Carson
Mrs. T. A. Carter
Mrs. W. G. Cobb
Miss Minnie Coleman
Mrs. J. M. Crocker
December
Mrs. H. R. Harrelson
Mrs. J. Ben Dellinger
Mrs. E. S. Elliott
Mrs. George S. Falls
Miss Fannie Farris
Mrs. A. Galloway
Mrs. Julia Hall
Mrs. H. O. Halstead
January
Mrs. J. D. Hobbs
Mrs. T. C. Homesley
Mrs. Yates Homesley
Mrs. Emmett Houser
Mrs. Howard Houser
Mrs. Ralph Hoyle
Mrs. Orlando Hudson
Mrs. A. H. Huss
February
Mrs. D. R. Mauney
Miss Marie Huss
Mrs. D. R. Mauney, Jr.
Mrs. D. P. McClurd
Miss Mary Mosteller
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Lion s Club Announces
Plans Completed For Event
Beck Moehlman of Conover Will Be Ring
Master And Call Event Over Loud Speaker.
No Changes In Gas
Rationing Due Before
End Of The War
Washington, Sept. 13.—No
changes in gasoline rationing can
be expected before the end of the
war in Europe, the Office of W'ar
Information said today in a 7,000
word report on the crude oil and
gasoline supply.
How much additional gasoline
will then be available for civil
ians will depend on how much
the Army and Navy will need af
ter Germany surrender. Esti
mates are being prepared by mil
itary authorities, OWI said.
The report says that when
more civilian gasoline does be
come available, the rations for
trucks and busses will be in
creased first.
Next in line will be “B” card
holders who use their cars in
the course of business—not mere
ly between home and work—and
who aren’t getting as much as they
need.
It IS planned to equalize me
maximum “B” rations in all re
gions, an action that would par
ticularly help eastern “B" driv
ers who use gasoline in their work.
The East’s “B-’ maximum now is
325 miles of driving month; Mid
west 475 miles; West Coast 400
miles. Not all “B” drivers re
ceive the maximum, and not all
“B” drivers receive the n’.f’iraum
and not all would benefit by a
boost in the ceiling figure.
The Office of Defense Trans
portation is quoted as maintain
ing that an increase in gasoline
rations would increase the rate
at which automobiles are scrap
ped, and that with each scrapping
the burden of the public trans
portation lines is increased. As
against this argument, the policy
of the Office of Price Administra
tion is shown as having always
been to ration all the gasoline
that can be made available.
The oil report was compiled
from information provided by the
Petroleum Administration for War
OPA, ODT and other agencies.
The OWI summarized the situa
tion hy saying the record-break
ing production of crude oil and
gasoline has failed to keep pace
with wartime demands, with the
result that above-ground stocks
are diminishing.
Memorial Service
For Marshall Byers
To Be Held Sunday
A memorial service for Pvt.
Marshall Wilson Byers, who was
killed in action in France July 14,
will he held at 5 p. m. Sunday,
September 24th, at St. Luke's
Episcopal church, Lincoln ton, N.
C. The service will be in charge
of the rector. Rev. Grant Foims
bee, assisted by Captain Scott.
Chaplain at Morris Field, and
other clergymen close to the
family.
Pvt. Byers was a leading figure
in the life of St. Luke’s church
and was at one time a member of
the Vestry.
Pvt. Byers was the twenty-first
member of the armed forces from
this county in war number two
and the first member of St. Luke’s
church to fall in battle, and as
far as can be ascertained was the
first from Lincoln county during
the battle of France.
He is survived by his widow,
the former Miss Wilmer Shuford
of Cherryville, his mother. Mrs.
Mattie Byers, two sisters, Mrs. E.
C. Smith and Mrs. Albert H. Fox
and one brother, A. C. Byers, all
of Lincoltnon.
Firemen Attend Con
vention Is Charlotte
Last Week
Messrs. Lee Cauble, Giles W.
Friday, Roy Carpenter and Fred
K. Houser attended the State
Firemen’s convention held in
Charlotte at Hotel Charlotte last
week. Practically every town and
city in the state had representa
tives present. Hon. R. Gregg
Cherry, candidate for Governor of
North Carolina was tha speaker
for tha occasion.
The Second Tri-County Horse
Show being sponsored b> the Cher
ryville Lion’s Club will be held
here at the Cherryville High
School Hall park next Tuesday
afternoon, September 26th. This
is expected to be the best of its
kind to be held in the states. The
show will open at 1:00 o’clock.
Many fine saddle horses from
all over the three counties will be
exhibited.
Beck Moehlman of Conover,
equine expert, will be ring master
and will call the event over a
loud speaker system which will be
installed especially for the occas
ion.
CLASSES:
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.
5. Ladies Horsemanship.
6. Gentleman’s Horsemanship.
^ 5-Gaited Stallions and Gel
8. Pleasure Horses.
9. Pair Class.
10. Thrill Class.
11. 3-Gaited Horses.
12. 5-Gaited Horses.
13. Walking Ponies.
14. Walking Horses.
15. Champion Horse of tha
show. (Ribbon only.).
Classes 4 and 5 must be enter
ed to be eligible for 5-Gaited
Stakes.
Classes 4-7-12 not eligible for
Class No. 11.
Threeyjtrizes awarded in each
class as follows in addition to
Ribbon.
1st Place—$5.00.
2nd Place—$3.00.
3rd Place—$2.00.
For information on entry
blanks write W. P. Fitzhugh,
Rhyne-Houser Mill office, Cher
ryville, N. C.
Annaul Meeting
Of Combed Yarn
Spinners Association
Plans have been completed for
the annual meeting: of the South
ern Combed Yarn Spinners Asso
ciation which will start at 11 o'
clock Friday morning in the
main ballroom of the Hotel
Charlotte, Charlotte, N. C., and
it will be one of the most impor
tant and largest attended meet
ings yet held by the spinners, ac
carding to Caldwell Ragan, pres
ident of the association.
One of the objectives of the
Friday's sessions will be toward
increased production in the in
dustry which at the present time
is considerably lower than 1942
peak levels, Mr. Ragan pointed
out.
Major General Edmund B.
Gregory, the Quar.ermaster Gen
eral, will be the principal speak
er at the afternoon session, and
will be introduced by Governor
•T. Melville Broughton. Both of
the speakers will stress the im
portance of combed yarn as a vi
tal war product and that a slow
down in production at this time
would he detrimental to the entire
war effort. General Gregory will
also discuss the Army’s needs for
continued production of cotton
fabrics from the standpoint of
the organization which has had
more to do with wartime produc
tion of cotton textiles than any
J. Bruce McCullough, chief of
the cotton yarn branch of WPB,
and Luther Hodges, chief of the
lot ton textile branch of O PA,will
participate in an open forum on
immediate combed yarn problems
at the morning session. The fo
rum will cover price ceilings and
WPB regulations, with members
of the association asking ques
tions from the floor.
Despite the trend of thought
caused by overconfident people,
combed yarns are still urgently
needed as are many cotton tex
tile products, said Mr. Ragan.
President Ragan will make his
annual report and the election of
officers will take place following
General Gregory’s speech.
Colonel C. W. Woodward, com
manding officer of the Charlotte
Quartermaster Depot, has an
nounced that General Gregory
plans to make a brief tour of the
Charlotte Depot Friday morning.
The early Greeks smeared
their curly locks with special oint
ment and sought the power «f the