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No7l7
(Publistieu i^very
, N. TkllRSDAY, APRIL 26, 1945
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677 VOTES CAST IN TUESDAY’S PRIMARY
Grocery Stores To Close
Earlier On Saturdays
Schedule For Saturdays: Open at 7:00 and
Close at 9:00 O’Clock at Night.
The Cherryville Merchants As
sociation, through its members,
announced today the grocery stor
es will close an hour earlier on
Saturday nights, beginning Sat
urday night, April 28th. Hereto
fore the grocery stores have been
closing at ten o’clock on Satur
day nights and they will close at
nine P. M., from now on.
This measure is being taken to
make it possible for the grocery
men and their help; to get home
early enough to get ready for Sun
day in order from them to attend
church some where Sunday morn
ing. It may seem a hardship for
some of the people to have to get!
their trading done by nine o’
clock on Saturday nights, but the
grocery merchants are asking the
co-operation of the public by do
ing your shopping earlier in the
night in order to relieve these men
and women who have worked ,
since seven o’clock in the morn-!
mg an hour earlier.
The general public has always
co-operated in every way possible
and we feel sure it will be a pleas
ure for them to do so again and
make a special effort to get the
trading done early as possible.
The grocerymen has done a won
derful i"b in serving the public
and this little effort on the part
of the public to shop early, we
are sure, will be a pleasure.
The four grocery stores on
Main street: City Market, McGin
nis Grocery, Sanitary Market and
Roy & Troy are being joined by
many of the other grocery stores
'n'the closing hours, N. B. Boyles,
^ lugh Helms Grocery Store, W. N.
w deGinnis, Harrelson Table Sup
ply and Nuwav Grocery Store.
The following schedule will he
followed:
Week-days except Tuesday and
Saturday open at. 7:00 A. M.,
close at 6:00 P. M.
Tuesdays: 7:00 A. M., to 12:00
Noon.
Saturdays: 7:00 A. M., to 9:00
P. M.
Future Farmers Of
America Dedicate
Service 'Board
The Cherryville Chapted of the
Future Farmers of America hefd
a meeting in the Agriculture de-1
partment of the Cherryville High,
School on Wednesday afternoon I
at 1:00 o’clock for the purpose of j
dedicating the F.F.A. Honor Roll
board recently purchased and on
which have been placed the names ]
of sixty-one F.F.A. members now
in service. Three of the sixty-one
are in the Marines, and the other
fifty-eight are divided equally be
tween the Army and the Navy.
Two of the boys are reported mis
sing in action; one has been seri
ously wounded, and three recei
ved the purple heart.
The meeting was called to or
der by the president, Ben David
Eaker, who led the opening cere
mony with the F.F.A. ritual, j
F.F.A. members led by Mr. Car
“America”. Grimes Harrelson,
son played several marches and
former F.F.A. president and state
officer, made the speech of dedi
cation. Anne Hunter Sharpe sang
“Thanks to the Yanks”. Mr. R. C.
Sharpe, F. F. A. adviser spoke
words of explanation in regard to
the rank and location of the boys
who were being honored and poin
ted out boxes, rackamounts, and
picture frames in the department
made by boys who are now on the
battle fronts and by one who is
now missing in action.
The entire group then sang
“There’s a Star Spangled Banner
Waving Somewhere”. Mr. Starnes
made a speech commending the
chapter for commemorating the
boys on the far-flung battle fields
of the world and stated that ac
tion such as this would bring
strength and courage to the boys
who are fighting. Mrs. Hoyle also
spoke words of praise. The pro
'V gram closed with the pledge of al
W legiance to the flag and “The Star
Spangled Banner”.
The F.F.A. Honor Roll will be
on display in the Eagle Office
window, after which it will again
be hung in the agriculture de
partment as a part of the perma
nent regalia of the chapter. The
F, F. A. boys wish to thank their
many friends for their generous
donations which made it possible
for the Cherryville Chapter to
«ew tfeeir brothers in wins. ,
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Prisoner of Germany
SGT. AUBRY A. DELLINGER
Mrs. Ina Dellinger Gantt of
Kings Mountain, Route one, has
received a card from her son,
Sgt. Aubry A. Dellinger stating
he is a prisoner of Germany. Sgt.
Dellinger had previously been re
ported missiing iin action. He lan
ded overseas in December 1944
and has been missing since Jan.
5, 1945.
Sgt. Dellinger is a brother of
Marvin anil George Dellinger of
Cherryville Route 2. His step
father has three sons, -CpI. Tvfiles
A. Gantt, Pfe. Leonard Gantt and
Pfc. Edward Gantt, all in the Eu
ropean Theatre of War.
Slightly Wounded
I
CPL. JONAS D. JONES
Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Jones
have received a telegram from the
War Department that their son,
Cpl. Jonas D. Jones has been
slightly wounded on Luzon, 26
March 45. Mr. Jones has also re
ceived a letter from his son stat
ing he was getting along fine and
not to worry about him.
Annual Meeting Of
Gaston County
Tuberculosis Assn.
The Gaston County Tuberculo
sis Association held its Annual
Meeting in Main Street Metho
dist Church, Gastonia, on April
15, 1945 at 3:30 P. M. The meet
ing was presided over by Mr. Jam
es W. Atkins, President.
The guest speaker was Dr. T.
F. Vestal, Director of the Divis
ion of Tuberculosis Control in
the North Carolina State Board
of Health. He spoke on the gen
eral problem of Tuberculosis con
trol and tentative plans of how
the Division of Tuberculosis Con
trol, created by the Bulwinkle
Bill, will function. He repeated
his intention to come to Gaston
County as soon as physical equip
ment and personnel for operating
it are available. That will proba
bly be sometime in the fall.
Following Dr. Vestal’s talk, the
business meeting of the Associa
tion was held, at which time a re
port of the activities and finan
cial statement for the fiscal year,
closing March 31, 1945, were giv
en.
The Nominating Committee,
Mr. D. P. Stowe, Belmont, Chair
man; Mrs. S. A. Burts, Gastonia;
Mrs. Joe R. Hudson, Lowell; pre
sented a slate of the sixteen di
rectors to fill the places of those
whose terms expired March 31,
1945. This list included: Mrs.
M. M. Batton, Bessemer City;
Mrs. G. C. Frye, High Shoals;
Mrs. W. M. Hall, Belmont; Mra.
Holland Band, Lowell; Mra. Joe
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STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM IN 1917
Reading left to right, Front Row: Hillard R. Ilarrelson, Guy Sipe, Rush Stroup, Per
cy Helms, Victor Stroup and Haywood Kendrick. Back Row, lift to right: Her
bert Carpenter, Van Sellers, Jay Boggs, Esper Royster, deceased, and Grier Friday.
Cherryville Took
1917 Baseball State
Championship
The records of the Cherryville
High School team which won the
State Championship in the spring
of 1937 are not available. They
must have been destroyed in the
fire which burned tbe high school
building a few days afterwards.
However, most of the outstand
ing games are well remembered,
by many of the Cherryville citi
At this time the State Champ
ionship was an open field for any
high school, small or large, that
wished to enter. The State was di
vided in the Eastern half and the
Western half. The winners of the
West played the winning team of
the East at Chapel Hill for the
State Championship.
Cherryville defeated Raleigh in
a close score of 1 to 0 for the
Championship on May 10, 1917.
Grier . Friday pitched a no hit
game and Cherryville only con
nected for 3 hits. Some of the
other outstanding games played
that year were East Bend, also at
Chapel Hill for the Western
Championship. Cherryville won in
an exciting 10 inning game 3 to 2.
East Bend tied the score in the
9th inning. Other games played
in which Cherryville was the win
ning team in all were Gastonia,
Shelby, Asheville, Boiling Springs
Piedmont and Charlotte.
The game with Charlotte High
School was played at Belmont
Abbey. George Murray was the
pitcher and Chuck Pharr was the
catcher for Charlotte. It will be
recalled Murray pitched major
league ball for many years after
this. It is not definite but the
Charlotte game was something
like 5 to 3 in Cherryville's favor.
Asheville another highly rated
was defeated by the score of 17
2 by Cherryville,
S-Sgt. Mike Jones
Won Infantry Badge
WITH THE 78th INFANTRY
DIVISION IN GERMANY—S|Sgt
Mike A. Jones whose wife Mrs.,
Bence M. Jones lives at
Cherryville, N. C., has been
awarded the Combat Infantry
man’s Badge for “exemplary
conduct in action against the en
emy.’’
Sergeant Jones is serving with
the 311th Regiment of the 78th
‘•Lightning” Division in the cam
paign of Germany. His unit has
participated in the Siegfried.
Roer, Rhine and Remagen bridge
head battles.
SOLICITOR CARPENTER
RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL
Solicitor Robert R. Carpenter,
returned Wednesday night from
the Petrie Hospital in Murphy,
where he has been for treatment
under Dr. W. H. Hoover. Mr.
Carpenter’s friends will be glad
to know he is much improved and
expects to be out again soon.
Every kind children's, wom
cr’s, men’s • Jung ca.j save
lives abroad. vVHAT CAN YOU
8P-VRE T .f THEY CAN
WiAHl
CITY CLERK
ALFONSO BEAM
Major Ballard
Is Commended
At a 12th AAF P-47 Base in
Italy—Major Alvin H. Ballard ol
Salisbury, N. C., recently receivec
a commendation form Maj. Gen
John K. Cannon, commanding
general of the 12th Air Force
and the Mediterranean Alliec
Tactical Air Force, following i
successful attack by pilots of hii
squadron against the Lavis rail di
version bridge.
An important and well defen
ded military installation ovei
which the Germans had beer
rushing great quantities of sup
plies to their troops defendinj
the approaches to the Po valley, i
was destroyed.
Brig. General Benjamin W
Childlaw, commanding genera
of the 22nd Tactical Air Com
mand— a fighter-bomber arm o:
the 12th Air force—sent the fol
lowing message to Major Ballarr
commanding officer of the squad
ron:
“Confirmatory photographs o:
the destruction of the Lavis rai
diversion bridge has occasioner
dispatch to me of extremely com
plimentary message from com
manding general of the Mediter
ranean Allied Tactical Air Foret
Records here show that the mis
sion was accomplished by youi
squadron. Please convey to thost
responsible the congratulations o
General Cannon for the splendit
job done in destroying such an im
portant and well defended target
Also send my sincere appreciatioi
and best wishes for continued sue
cess.”
Brig. Gen. Robert S. Israel
commanding general of the 12tl
Air Force fighter wing, sent th<
following message to Major Bal
lard:“The results of your notet
mission are indeed gratifying.Ma;
I add my appreciation for th<
splendid work being accomplishet
by your squadron and the grou]
as a whole.”
Major Ballard’s organizatioi
holder of a War Department Dis
tinguished Unit Citation, for out
standing performance of duty
has taken part in every majo
campaign In the Medfterraneai
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MAYOR
E. V. MOSS
Jones Plumbing Co,
Opens Business Here
J. A. Jones of Shelby Ms
i opened up a Plumbing: Siiop in the
j Lloyd Stroup store building m
East First Street and will do gen
eral plumbing and repairing. Mr
Jones has had many years exper
ienee in the Plumbing business
The citizens of Cherryville wel
come this new enterprise to oui
REV. A. P. ROBINSON
CONCLUDES MEETING
The Rev. A. P. Robinson, wel
' known Evangelist, of Roan Moult
; tain, Tennessee has just complet
ed a two weeks Revival meeting
■ at the Free Saints Tabernacle ii
1 YVest-End Cherryville. The las
; sermon was delivered last Sun
day night. Several profession
• were made during the meeting
I Rev. Robinson left Tuesday fo
• his home in Tennessee.
Rev. C. O. Swicegooc
To Preach Sunda)
Rev. C. O. Swicegood of Lenoi
' City, Tern., wdl preach at th,
: Free Saint; Tabernacle in Wes
' End, Cherryville, Saturday night
April 2Sth, at 7:30. He wil
; preach Sunday morning April 29
at 11 o’clock and again Sunda;
I night at 7:30 o'clock. The publi
■ is cordially invited.
1 EARLY SUGAR PEAS
FROM VICTORY GARDEN
■ Mrs. J. M. Funneberger is ser
1 ving sugar peas from her Victor;
1 Garden. The first from the gar
■ den was on Sunday, April 22nd
I These are the first to be reporter
r this year.
! White Rock Hen
, Lays Large Egg
Rans Black, Jr., brought to th
- Office Wednesday a large egi
, laid by a White Rock hen. Th
r egg was not weighed but it wa
k as large or larger than the fiv<
| ounce egg in the window.
Mayor And City
Clerk Re-Elected
Wiley N. McGinnis and Howard W. Allran
Elected From Wards One and Three.
Return to Duty
.
WILLIAM C. RUDISILL, Jr.
S 1 C' William C. (Billy) Rudi
sill, .Jr., left Monday for Raleigh
where lie will be reassigned to du-.
ty after spending a 30 day fur
lough here with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs, W. C. Rudisill.
Billy joined the Navy in March
1943 and during the last 10
months has participated in five in
vasions in tin Pacific theatre of
I Cherryville Scouts
Collect Twelve
Tons Of Paper
Some twelve tons of scrap pa
ct wo. .’ shipped front Cherry
ilie this week as a result of the
■lb.or of Scouts and their friends
ding the past few weeks, the
live culminating in a big eollec
;on last Sunday afternoon.
The collection began a couple
months ago when Scouts of
j troop 1 began bringing in the
|; crap paper they could collect on
Saturday mornings and having it
' haled and stored at the Dora
Yarn Mills. This continued until
i the week of April 1st, when it
was decided that a big paper
drive would he held on April 8th.
<>n that Sunday afternoon ten
Scouts from troops 2 and •’> came
. in and helped.
j Last Sunday afternoon, April
. 22, at 2 o’clock, a large number
of Scouts from troops 1, 2, and
. 3 met at N. B. Boyles' Store and
; from there went on trucks out
thiough the city to collect scrap
paper and old clothing. Mr. E. E.
McDowell, chairman of the old
clot lung drive, expressed his ap
preciation for the work done by
1 the Scouts in helping to collect
.1 the c id clothing as well as scrap
. 1 paper.
, ' I hicks were furnished b> Kes
J l< Gnome Furniture Co., with
t Vernon Harrelson driving; Wes
. te.iii Auto Store, Mr. Lee Cauble
< driving; Putnam’s Hardware, J.
. R. Campbell driving; Roy and
r Troy Grocery, Edd Abernethy
. driving: N. B. Boyles Grocery,
Lonnie Crane driving; Cherry -
| ville Ice & Fuel Co., Pete Hudson,
* driving; and the City of Cherry
r ville, Ralph Neill driving. The
services of these men and busi
. ness firms are much appreciated.
, Scoutmasters of Cherryville
troops are: Troop 1, Rev. W. Lu
ther Hawkins; Troop 2, Harry Al
jjlen; Troop 3, Rev. J. W. McLain.
i Much credit is due Messrs. G.
; L. .lames, chairman troop com*
. mittee of Troop 1; Alonzo Stroup,
chairman troop activities of troop
1 : and John McGinnis, assistant
! Scoutmaster troop 1, and others
! who will be mentioned in a later
j write-up.
'! PRESSURE COOKER CLINIC
[ IN GASTONIA MAY 1ST.
j I There will be a Pressure Cook
er Clinic at the Home Demonstra
tion Center in Gastonia on South
Street, on Tuesday, May 1st at
9:d0 o'clock. This clinic is free
and all who own Pressure Cook
ers are invited to bring or send
? ! them for a check up. This clinic
r1 is sponsored by the State College
j Extension of Service. It is very
3 important that all pressure cook
> era will be well regulated in or
der to save the fruits.
T. C. Homesley Entitled To
Run-Off With D. R. Mau
ney, Jr., From Ward 2.
Voting today in the town pri
mary election was rather slow un
til about four o’clock when the
first shift workers began coming
in to cast their ballots for their
favorite candidates. When the
polls closed today there were 678
votes cast, much lighter than was
predicted by old time politicians.
About two o’clock this after
noon the count was only 213, and
at 4:40 the count was 546.
.Two years ago the entire board
filed for re-election and was not
contested. This made a primary
election unneecessary. Thus there
was only a general election, and
the voting was the smallest in
some thirty years or more of the
‘ty s history. The final counf
foi that year (1943.), according to
figures in the clerk’s office, was
84 votes.
The election before that, 1941,
saw a total of 816 votes cast, Mule
the year 1939 gave out the great
6« V°t,e of a11’ there being a total
official count of 959, in the pri
mary election.
Two candidates for this yeara
election w>ere not contested, thus
1 it!r.n,ames did not appear on the
official primary ballot. They are
Robert R. Carpenter, recorder
and George S. Falls commissioner
for ward 4.
Troy C. Homesley was entitled
to a run-off with D. R. Mauney,
Jr., in the general election next
however, Met -Homesley
informed us this morning he
would not seek the run-off. This
lea\es L. R. Mauney, Jr., elected!
fi om W ai d 2 as City Commission
voting iuesday in the town pri
polls closed at 7:00 P. M. there
we,e 678 votes cast, much light
er than was predicted by old
time politicians.
About two o’clock Tuesday
"he count was only 213, and
Even an election has its hu
morous incidents. Bost Bess,
candidate for commissioner for
\\ard 2, came to the polls late
Tuesday afternoon to cast his
vote, and incidentally to vote for
himself, and found that he could
not do so. He had forgotten to
register!
OFFICIAL COUNT IN TUES
DAYS PRIMARY ELECTION:
FOR MAYOR:
E. V. MOSS
CRIER C. BEAM
OTIS (Tarp) HOMESLEY.
375
205
74
FOR CLERK AND TREASURER:
ALFONSO BEAM 649
ARVEL HOMESLEY 67
HOP P. HENDRICK 27
JACK BEAM 24
FOR COMMISSIONERS:
WARD I
wiley n. McGinnis 421
J. W. BLACK WELDER 218
WARD 2
D. R. MAUNEY JR.
TROY C. HOMESLEY
L. F. JENKINS
HOST BESS
295
232
60
46
WARD 3
HOWARD W. ALLRAN
STEVE STROUP
322
303
District Lutheran
Brotherhood To Meet
The Southern District Brother
hood, comprising' the counties of
Gaston, Lincoln and Cleveland
will meet Sunday April 29, 1945,
fct 3:00 P. M., with Holy Com
munion Lutheran Church, Dallas.
Rev. S. E. Ridenhour is the pas
tor.
One of the unusual features of
this meeting will be the introduc
tion cl new pastor who have come
inlo the district recently. Rev.
C. E. Ridenhour, Dallas, Rev.
Charles Bernhardt, Stanley, Rev
George \V. Lingle, Gastonia and
Rev. Win. H. Stender of Kings
Mountain. The main address w:lT
be delivered by the Rev. John K.
Linn of the Southern Seminary,
Columbia, S. C., and a former
Missionary and teacher of reli
gion in Japan. The subject of
the address will be “Japan, Yes
teiday and Tomorrow."
The public is cordially invited^