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II THE RED CROSS DRIVE STARTS TODAY Funeral Services Held For Martin L. Rudisill Prominent Cherryville Citizen Passes Away Early Tuesday Morning At Age Of 77.. Martin L. Rudisill, 77, one ot Cherryville’s oldest and most prominent citizens passed away at his home near here Tuesday morn ing about 6:30 o’clock. Mr. Ru disill had been in declining health for the past three years and his condition has been serious for the past four weeks. He was a son of the late Eman uel Rudisill and Cynthia Killian Rudisill and was born in Gaston county February 5, 1868. In ear ly life he became a member of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church and was active in church atfairs as long as his health permitted. When the present church was built Mr. Rudisill served as chair man of the building committee. He was married to Miss Fannie Falls, November 30, 1801. Mr. and Mrs. Rudisill celebra ted their golden wedding anniver sary in November, 1941. Funeral services were conduct ed from St. Mark’s Lutheran church Wednesday aftednoon at 3 o’clock with the pastor, Rev. L. S. Miller officiating, assisted by Rev. H. P. Barringer, a former pastor, now of Salisbury and Rev. W. G. Cobb, pastor of St. John’s Lutheran Church, Gheny ville. Active pall bearers were neph ews: Olin Rudisill, Cherry ville; Kohn Rudisill and Marcus Mau ney, Hickory; Martin McCarter, Clover, S. C.; Robert Miller, Kings Mountain; and Jake Rudi sill of Charlotte. Honorary Pall bearers were members of the church council: M S. Rudisill, Carl Rudisill, W. t\ Foiu, E. M. Melton, Forest Ramsey, Ralph Sellers, B. 11. Car penter Dave Carpenter, r. L. Ki ser, Clyde K.str and Clarence Fioneberger. Nieces and members of the La dies Bible Class of tit. iUaiki served as Dower beareis. Surviving ate his widow, one biother, Jonas D. Rudisill, Lm colnton and one sister Mrs. C. P. Miller of Chester, va. The beautiful floral offerings and the large concourse ot friends and relatives attested to the high esteem in which the deceased was held. Sgt. Rush'Hardin Gets Medal For Excellent Work FIFTEENTH A.A.F. In Italy, Feb. 20.—Master Sergeant Kush IV. Hardin, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Hardin of 100, Lime Street, Blacksburg, S. C. has been awar ded a bronze star medal by or der of Maj. Gen. Nathan F. Twin / ing, commander of the 15th AAF in Italy. The award, one of the newest C. S. medals authorized by the president for military personnel, was made recently at a ceremony in which Brig. Gen. Charles W. Lawrence, Wing Commander, of ficiated. Chief of his squadron's B-17 Flying Fortress bombers, was cited for “meritorious achieve ment in connection with military operations against the enemy." “The crews under his direction," the citation reads, “set an envia ble maintenance record, despite unfavorable weather conditions and shortages in personnel, tools and equipment. When moditica tions and improvements were or dered, he exerted untiring efforts to familiarize and instruct his subordinates in new methods and procedures. His selfless devotion to duty, leadership and example contribu ted immeasurably to excellent op erations record set by his squad ron.” A graduate of Centralized High school he was employed as a me chanic before entering the army. He is rounding out 22 months ov erseas, having served with his unit at overseas bases in Africa . and Italy. Besides his newest dec f ) oration, he is already authorized to wear a Distinguished Unit badge with an Oak Leaf Cluster, a good conduct medal and a Ku rope-Afrlca-Middie East Cam paign ribbon with six battle par ticipation stars. About three pigs out of ten die before the time of weaning. Plan to save one extra pig per litter this spring through better care and proper sanitation. Passes At 77 MARTIN L. RUDISILL Pfc. Benjamin Homesley With The Sixth Army Group 6TH ARMY GROUP FKA.NUK —Little heard of in today's me chanized war of jeeps, trucks and tanks is one of the oldest systems of army transport — the pack mule. Picking their way through winding, treacherous mountain trails and snow-swept passes along the Franco-Italian border, in the French Alps, they are bring ing up material of war to front line units that cannot be reached by mechanical means. To the man a veteran Field Ar tillery Battalion of Lt. Gen. Ja cob L. Devers’ 6th Army group, the pack mules are indispensable. Using the pack trains to transport artillery pieces, ammunition and supplies over the almost impassa ble terrain of the French Alps, the battalion is able to support the infantry by accurately blasting Germans from well-intrenched positions. Members of the battalion are not novices in cold-weather fight ing. They made their debut the hard way by landing on Kiska Island in the Aleutians on Aug- j ust 16, 1943, as part of an assault wave. After three months on the island in defensive positions, tney were ordered back to the United States. In March, 1944, they arrived in Italy, where they received mules. Reformed into a pack unit and advancing into the rugged Italian mountains where the infantry was fighting tenaciously for each peak and hill, the battalion De eame the doughboys’ life-line tor supplies and equipment. When the Allied Armies began their crushing drive toward Rome, the battalion played a leading roie by giving constant artillery sup The battalion's present position in the French Alps is the climax of long and specialized tramfng in mountain warfare. Alter its activation in April 1944 it undei went strenuous maneuvers in the Colorado mountains, learning many lessons in pack artillery functions that were to prove in valuable during these campaigns.i Members of the battalion in clude: Pfc. Benjamin 5. Homes ley, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Homesley of Cherryville, Rt. i. Jerry Hobbs Makes College Honor Roll MARS HILL, Feb. 22 — Jerry Hobbs is one of the five students from Gaston county to make the second honor roll for the fir»t semester at Mars Hill College. Miss Hobbs is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Hobbs. To be eligible for second honor roll a student must average 30 ^.points with ne grade be In Germany T-5 WILLIAM F. HALLMAN T-5 William Fred Hatlman is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Hallman of Bessemer City, Route I. He was inducted into the Army March 12, 1943. He was first sta tioned at Camp Jackson and then transferred to Camp Wallace, Texas, Camp Edwards, Mass., Camp Campbell, Ky., and Camp Stewart, Georgia. He was shipped overseas in November 1944, and landed in England. He has been m France, Belgium, Holland, and is now somewhere in Germany with the 9th Army. T-5 Hallman would like for his friends to write him. His present address is: T-5 William F. Hallman 34609343 Btry “D” 571st AAA Aw Bn (sp) APO 339 c|o Post Master New York, N. Y. Subscriptions and Re Newals To the Eagle Subscriptions and renewals received to The Eagle during Fetru«ry include the following: G. W. Beam, Cpl. Hurbert A. Yoder, Frank Ballard, S. Sgt. Russell Leatherman, Bert Stroup, G. C. McGinnis, Cpl. Howard Mc Ginnis, Guy Sisk, the Cherryville National Bank, Pvt. Robert hi. Hallman, Mrs. Bill Wright, C. A. Self, Pvt. William E. Moss, M. Jtt. .'Wilson, Cpl. William L. Beam, Mrs. Leon Baxter, Roland A. Goins, J. M. Leonhardt, Lt. W.H. Sellers, C. A. Martin, Mrs. Geo. Darty, Mrs. W. B. Andrews, Fan nie Foster, Paul P. Moretz, Joe Billy Putnam iSM 3-C R. J. Put nam SM 3-C, Pvt. R. E. Stroup, J. C. Goins, R H. Kiser, T. A. Carter, R. V. Guiton, Lt. E. K. Parker, Mrs. M. L. Strickland, Pvt: Forrest Ross, Jim R. Mc Neill, Mrs. R. J. Morrison, J. T. Queen, Lt. Roy C. Eaker, Lucy Blackwood, Hubert Mauney, Har lee Beam S 1-C, Pvt. Jim Stroup, Mrs. J. W. Stroup, Pvt. James C. Stroupe, Sgt. James L. Lewis,Pvt. Carmie H. Rhoney, Mrs. Dasie Morrow, S-JSgt. Earl W. Green, Hudson Black, P. C. Beattie, Pfc. Max L. Davis, Mrs. Gus Helms, Lee Sisk, S. K. Burroughs CCS Mrs. Winnie Wyant, W.A. Shuforl H. C. Putnam, Mrs. Guy R. Beam, Fletcher Dellinger, Cpl. Richard (Continued on page eight) In France PVT. RALPH D. WILLIAMS Pvt. Ralph D. Williams has no tified his wile the former JVLss Carrie Hallman that he is some where now in France. Pvt. W ll liams is, the son of Mr. and Mrs L. H. Williams of Kings Moun tain ana entered the serwce Oc t )h.->r 12, 1943. He received his bnstie tv.lining at Foit Bragg ur.d was alto : rationed at Fort S II, Oalahom, and Camp She toy, Miss, before sailing. DELLINGER HERE 3RD I expect to be in my otfice all day Saturday, March 3rd, and will be glad to be of service. Particu larly I want every person to he fully protected with Fire Insur ance. Better protect your automo biles as it costs but little. Always accommodating. DAVID P. DELLINGER S/Sgt. Laney Allen Destroys Pillbox Staff Sergeant Laney E. Allen 34779106, Intantry, Company A, 309th Infantry Regiment for he roic achievement in connection with military operations against the enemy on January 10, 1945, in Germany. Staff Sergeant Allen was a member of an assault team assigned the mission of destroy ing a pillbox to their immediate front. As the assault began, a concentrated artillery and mortar barrage completely disorganized the group. The assault was reor ganized with Staff Sergeant Allen as BAR man. His extremely effec tive fire and coverage of the de molition man made it possible for him to go forward and place the charge that destroyed the pillbox. Maintaining a constant covering Are, Staff Sergeant Allen advan ced with the party after the ex plosion and aided in the capture of eght prisoners and holding of the ground around the pillbox un til support could be brought up. His aggressiveness and disregard for his personal safety are in ac coruance with the highest military traditions. Entered the military service from South Carolina. Allen is a son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. John Robinson, of Crouse, Rout* 1 and is a son of Mr Ed Allan oi Qfe«a$«r, C, __ Returns To Base S-SGT. CARL B. RUDISILL Staff Sergeant Car! Benjamin Rudisill, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.ll. Rudisill who was reported missing in action as of January .‘list, ov er Yugoslavia, has returned to his base in Italy, according to a telegram receivel by his parents Friday from the War Department) The telegram said he returned on February oth, the family also re ceived two letters from Sgt. Ku disil! Sunday saying that he was back with his outfit, nowever, none of the communications told how he got back. Movie Late Shows Discontinued Here States Miss Killian Miss Mary B. Killian, manager of the Cherryville Theatres, the Lester and the Strand, announced this week that the early Monday morning late shows have been dis continued here until further no tice. “It has always been our policy to cooperate 100 per cent with ail government requests,” she said. James F. Byrnes, director of War Mobilization and Reconversion, recently requested all places ot entertainment to close by 12 o’ clock midnight. “Our organiza tion, since the outset of the war, has fully complied with all war effort requests and we teel we cannot shirk our patriotic duty during these critical times.” Mr. Albert Miller, owner of the theatres, as well as the popular managress, are really giving the people of Cherryville and commu nity some real good entertain ment with the best of pictures all the time. It is very fortunate at this time to have folks like Miller and Killian at the head of our movie houses, since the gasoline and tire situation is as critical a it is today. It enables the people here to see as good pictures as people in the much huger cities enjoy. LEGISLATIVE NEWS The General Assembly appears to be making good headway now and the time of adjournment is drawing near. There is no fixed time or term for the transaction there has been an understanding of the business of the state but that the members can draw all of their pay within sixty days, t hen it is thought that after the pay stops the legislature is likely i" stop pretty soon. That is there will be a special effort to get through before many days or weeks. 1 he impression here is that ten days or so will be sufficient after the pay stops. Many important matters have been enacted into law. Outside the revenue bill there will be very few more important bills to come up in all likelihood. The most important of the en tire session is the appropriation bill and that was passed by both Houses last week. This bill carries the largest appropriation ever made by the legislature. It car ries more than $232,000,000.1)0 for the operation of state affairs for the next two years. The bill carries from $10,000,000.00 t> $15,000,000.00 extra appropria tion for the schools of the state. The Governor says it carries three increases for teachers. That is the bonus for the balance of the year to June 30th, a substantial in crease in regular monthly salaries and also $120.00 extra for the year to be paid in monthly addi tions to' salaries if tne state s in come is sufficient as we go along. Attention was called to the fact, that a small bonus of $10.00 per month to teachers and state em ployees means an extra cost ol nearly $5,000,000.00 to the state treasury. And that that is the ^Continued ou eighty Chairman D. R. Mauney Says Plans Completed All Organizations Accepts Quota And Work Began Today In The $6;16'0.OU Drive. Returned To Ship GERRY WHITE, Petty Officer j Gerry White, Petty Officer 3-C U.S.N.R. has returned to duty of ter being home on a twelve-day furlough recently with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Reece White, lie has been overseas l'or nine months since being at home and has participated in five of the major invasions and two decis:\e battles. lie holds the Purpie Heart which was awarded him m February 1944, S Sgt. C.T. Carpenter Wins In Style Show 1330th A A F BU, INDIA CHINA Division, Air Transport Command Assam, India, 7 Feb. 1945— The 1330th AAF BU, celebrated the coming of Spring with a “Style Show and Beauty Contest.' f rom a “bevy of beautiful babes,’’ the “Very Special Services Judges’’ selected as the most lovely, Staff Sergeant Colon T. Carpenter, ot Cherryville, North Carolina. This “prize package” won two chicken dinners, at the post’s Chi nese restaurant, and two cartons of cigarettes. Where or how these prizes were obtained or disposed of, remains a TOP DRAW HR SKCUKT. j Pricu io coming to the CB1 thea | Ire, C arpenter confounded the I school authorities, his family and friends, by remaining in Cherry ville High School long enough to graduate. Hollywood's Comman dos were highly skeptical of “his" future in the Air Transport Com mand, as the ole sarge has alrea dy spent 21 months m the picture business. These men of the famous Air Transport Command, are the unit recently awarded the coveted Presidential Unit Citation for their achievement in supplying our allies in China and Burma, with the vital war materials so necessary in the struggle with the Japanese. They fly the giant un armed transports over the treach erous Himalayan mountains, the route known as the “aerial Bur ma Road." S-Sgt. Carpenter is an Ord nance Maintenance non-com. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Car penter's address is Box 524, Dixie Street, Cherryville, X. C. R. W. Moseley Moving To Norfolk Norfolk, Va., Feb. 23. — C. O. Tysor, President, White Motor Lines, Inc., announced today that R. W. Moseley, Cherryville, North Carolina had purchased an inter est in the company. At a meeting of the Board of Directors, Mr. Moseley was elected Vice Presi dent and also appointed General Manager. He will shortly move to Xoi'ic lk to assume his auties. Mr. Moseley has been engaged in the transportation held for the past ten years. He is active in the national transportation tieM a.so. He is Regioi.al Director of fie .American Tiucking Association, a member of tne American Society of Automotive Engineers, a Ma son and a member of the juion’s International. Four hundred special corn dem onstrations will be established in the state this year to show how corn yields may be greatly in ___ D. R. Mauney, Jr., Chairman of the American Red Cross War hmd Drive announced plans have 1 ' tii Completed and workers or ganized to stadt the big Red Cros3 Drive today. Chairman Mauney states each organization has accepted the quota assigned them and wiflTthe whole-hearted cooperation of ev ery citizen he believes the quota will be reached. This year the Cherryville quota is $0,160.00, about five hundred more than last year and evedy in dividual is expectel to do his or her part. The Red Cross is doing a magnificent job and they must have funds to continue. The nationwide campaign be gins today, March 1st, and the quota is larger than ever. Let's keep the Red Cross at his side. Each Red Cross worker will have his official identification but ton so that no householder answer ing a ring or knock will have any doubts as to his identity. For the most part, the buttons will not need display, for the volunteer worker is usually someone in the same block, or from the nearest community and is Known. Families who give to the 1946 Red Cross Fund will receive from the solicitor the white window stick er bearing the well known Red Cross emblem and a sentence tes tifying to the solidity of theid support. Render Unto Caesar’ A Tribute To a Grand Group Of Citizens There is a Biblical thought that seems to us well worth us ing here—“Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s.”—Mark There is a group 0f men in Cherryville who are seldom men tioned when folks are saying good things about others. fet they deserve a lot of credit. That group is our splendid band of merchants and business men. Throughout these busy days, with a manpower shortage the. like of which has never before been seen, with merchandise get ting more and more scarce, they have worked long and tirelessly and made many sacrifices to bring to us the things we most i rue, tney may have made many mistakes, hut who hasn’t? They have been accused of discrimina tion in that they sometimes devia ted from the truth in order to hold hack some scarce commod ities for their regular customers, and this may be true in some cas es, but have we stopped to think that they may have done so a gainst their own will to keep from hurting our feelings? None of us are perfect! The only perfect man who ever lived said, “Render to Caasar the things that are Caesar’s." In oth er words, “(Jive the devil his dues” or “Give credit where Credit is due.” So, let’s step and give a little credit to our grand group of Cherryville merchants and busi ness men. They have labored long and tirelessly; they have racked their minds to find ways and means to bring to ua the things we want and need; they have withstood criticism and kept going! Faults or no faults—they have been and still are doing our fair community a great service. Our hats are off to this great bunch of fellows—our Cherry ville merchants and business men. What could we do without them? MASONIC LODGE TO MEET MONDAY NIGHT There will be a reular meeting of Cherryville Lodge No. 505 A. P. & A. M. on Monday night, March 5th, at 7:30 o’clock. Work in First Degree. All members and visitors cordi ally invited to attend. G FO. S. FALLS, Secy. RALPH LONDON SENDS SOUVENIRS FROM GERMANY Ralph London, somewhere in Germany has sent a box of sev eral souvenirs to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Perry London. The box contained a silver pin tray, a pair of slipper pin cushions, an asn tray of china, the insignia from & German pilot's uniform and bis identification neck chain, ttalph ba* been oyeiseaf for
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