26 DRAFTEES LEFT FOR INDUCTION WED.
Urgent Appeal To
E Bond Buyers .
Need $6,663.75 Before The E Bond Goal
Will Be Reached; Buy A Bond Today.
Chairman D. R. Mauney an
nounced today Cherryville only
needs $6,063.75 more before she
will be over the top in the allot
ted quota of $113,770.00.
The bank which includes the
Cherryville Merchants Associa
tion, The Lion’s Club and the
Dora Yarn Mill, reports the foll
owing sales: $39,356.25.
Carolina Freight—$9,093.75
Carlton—$24,300.00.
Nuway—$5,212.50.
Rhyne-Houser—$0,763.75.
Howell—$0,543.75.
Post Office—$5,287.50.
B. & L. Ass’n.—$0,350.25.
Production Credit—200.25.
Making a total of $107,106.25,
leaving a balance of $0,003.75.
With only three more days to
go, the Bond sale closes Saturday,
June 30th, and Mr. Mauney urges
every effort to Me made to com
plete the quota before Saturday.
If you haven’t bought that bond
buy it today, or if you can buy
another bond, do so today. Your
help is needed to complete this
quota.
Bond Report From
Elementary No. 2
The Elementary No. 2 school
reports the finals in the Seventh
War Loan Drive:
Number Am&unt Total
90 $ 18.75 $1681.60
5 37.50 1,187.50
8 75.00 600.00
3 750.00 2,250.00
Grand Total $5,725.00
106 Bonds total $5,725.00
HIGH SCHOOL REPORT
Total
75.00
37.50
18.75
1.000 G
300.00
75.0
65.6v
2.000
$2,4.10.50
The following are membe...
the Blue Star Brigade:
Miss Ruth Black sold 20 bond
and her rank is Captain.
Miss Irene Sox sold 17 bond
and her rank is 1st i.t.
Mrs. Ralph Beam sold 11 bond;
and her rank is 2nd. Lt.
Mrs. R. B. Porter sold 11
bonds and her rank is 2nd. Lt.
Mrs. ileman Hall sold 11 bond;
and her rank is 2nd. Lt.
F. D. R. MARKER
TO BE SIMPLE
Memorandum D e s cribing
Tombstone Found Among
Late President’s Effects.
NEW YORK, June 25.—A sim
ple white tombstone of imperial
danby marble, cut to specification
detailed by the late Franklin D.
Roosevelt in his own handwriting
will be placed at the grave in the
Rose Garden at Hyde Park.
The memorandum describing the
stone dated December 2(i 1937,
was found among the late Presi
dent’s effects, the office of Basil
O’Connor, his former law partner
said today in releasing it. It read
“A plain white marble monu
ment— no carving or decoration
—to be placed over my grave,
east and west, as follows: length
eight feet, width four feet, height
three feet. Whole to be set on a
marble base , extending two feet
®ut from monument all around—
but said base to be no more than
six inches from the ground.
“J hope that my dear wife will
on her death be buried there also
and that the monument contain i
no device or inscription except
the following on the south side:
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1882-19—
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
1884-19—”
Father Of Mrs. Leroy
Dedmon Passes
Mr. Frank Dietz, father of Mrs.
t iroy Dedmon, died at his home
Baltimore on Sunday, June 17.
Ae had been ill for only a short
time and :.!is. Dedmon was hero
at the time ol' his death.
Communion At St.
John’s Sunday Morn
The Mid-summer Communion ^
will be held at the 11 o’clock
morning service at St. John’s Luth-«l
•ran Church Sunday morning/
July 1*1. _1
Given Purple Heart
PFC. STOWE DELLINGER
I Pfc. Stowe Dellinger was a
warded the Purple Heart on
Match 10, 1945 for wounds he re
ceived in action on March 2, 1945.
Pfc. Dellinger has beet in the
European Th entire of War for the
last six months and has seen ac
n in Fiance, Luxemburg anil
Get many.
He is expecting to return to Hie
states soon.
Motor Vehicle Stamps
On Sale at Post Office
Owners of automobiles are re
minded that the Motor Vehicle
$5.00 stamp is on sale at the
Post Office and each automoibile
is required to have one on the
windshield by July 1st.
Every owner of a motor vehi
cle which is used upon the high
ways should call at the local Post
Office and secure the $5.00 rased
tax stamp and affix it to hits ve
hicle on or before July 1st
This stamp is good for the »ext
12 months.
The Tobe Hartwell
Gospel chorus coming
Would you like to hear 20 tal
ented well trained mixed N,egro
voices sing.
“When The Gates Swing Open,
Let ME In”, |
"What A Time”,
“Oh DEATH, Spare ME Over
dust Another Year”,
“Swing Low Sweet Chariot”, !
“Slow Down Chariot and Let I
ME Ride”,
Good Laud, 1 Done an Done;
What You Told Me To Do,
Amariiig Grace How Sweet the!
Sound.
Oh Yes These and Many mere
you will hear and enjoy as tjhe
,nohe Hartwell Gospel Chorus iof
Sp&rtannurg, S. C. brings to Cher
ryville the Greatest Gosp* 1 Fra
grant ever to be Booked for thM*
community. You have heard then*
on the iadio. Plan now to hear
them in Person.
Pvt. Ralph London’s
Co., Is Commended
Pvt. Ralph London, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Perry London, who is
with the 512th Engineer Light
Ponton Company in the European
Campaign has been coma-ended!
along with the entire Company
for the successful complete on of
the European Campaign.
This company has been in com
bat operations for the past oleven
months. The good recard wad
made only by excellent w\> •!» on
the part of the Company. n the
commendation the Major tateel
they had bridged the major ivei*.»
of France, Belgium, Holland anq
Germany, many under lir. an t
under all conceivable condHSons.
You have taken your losse •• and
gone aheatl._ Due to the mtuio
of your mission you have li id *
work with many different battal
ions and groups but nevertheless
you have been able to fit quickly
into the team-work of these units.
You have a remarkable reeoi 1 for
promptness in that, no bridge con
struction was ever delayed by non
ui rival of bridging material
JJo congratulated thorn ."or jheir
excellent record of aceonpjlUh
OSCAR PALMER
DIES SUDDENLY
AT BALL GAME
Oscar 0. Palmer, 61, prominent
citizen pf Shelby died suddenly
about 6 o’clock Tuesday afternoon
while watching the American .Le
gion Junior base ball game be
tween Shelby and Cherryville at
the High School park here.
Mr. Palmer, a merchant in
Shelby for more than forty years
until his retirement abouT IS
months ago had been in declining
health but had been active.
He was born and reared m
Shelby, son of the late W. D. and
Sudie Magness Palmer, member
of one of the oldest and best
known families in Cleveland coun
ty
He was a member of Central
Methodist church and was a stew
art and active in civic life of the
city of .Shelby.
Funeral services were conduct
ed this morning from the Cen
tral Methodist church.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Mamie Beam Palmer, two sons, Os
car O Palmer, Jr., of Camp Leej
Va., and Bill Palmer at home.
Merchants Closing
For Fourth of July
Wednesday, July 4th being a
legal holiday the merrhants will
close as usual on Tuesday, July
• !rd, at 12 o’clock and remain
closed Tuesday afternoon and
Wednesday following.
Tl'c buying public is asked to
please take notice and give the
merchants the usual cooperation
by buying Monday and Tuesday
morning supplies enough o catry
them until Thurs.'morn, when the
stores will open as usual for busi
ness.
This will give the employees a
day of much needed rest. the
stores will all be open on Thurs
day morning, July 5th as usual.
Camp Rudisill Opens
Wednesday, July 11
July 11th will he a gala day on
Carlton and NuWay playgrounds
for the smaller fry will be off for'
a two weeks stay of rest, fun and
frolic at Camp Rudisill. Many
suit cases are alredy packed and
mothers, dads and playground su
pervisors have answered numer
ous questions. There will be two
groups going for two week peri
ods each. The groups have divid
ed themselves according to play
ages. The camp is being condition
ed this week and if providence per
mits it looks as if there’ll be a
camping season for the 140 who
have arranged to participate.
Camp will close August 6th. Au
gust 7th the adult women’s will
enjoy a swim and supper party
at the camf).
Much Fire Damage
At Buffalo Mills
SHELBY — Several thousand
dollars in damage largely from
water and smoke, was done by a
fire which broke out Saturday af
ternoon at 4 o’clock in the spinn
ing room of the Buffalo Mills
north east of Shelby. Some of the
frames, other equipment, yarn and
lopes were damaged.
About 50 per cent of the mill’s
operation were resumed this
morning and it was stated that1
the plant would be in full produc
tion again by Wednesday.
The fire started when a belt on
a slipping pulley thfSw off a series
of sparks which ignited the cotton
in the spinning room. The mill
laid two lines of hose from its own
hydrants and the Shelby fire de
partment laid a line from the res
ervoir. In addition the sprinkler
system went off.
Legion Fish-Fry
Enjoyed By Vets
Last Triday evening at the
country home of Legionnaire
Mayor E. V. Moss, Tryon Post
100 of the American Legion held
a well attended fish-fry, inviting
all service men either discharged
or home on furloughs, also the Le
V.ion Junior baseball club and all
members both old and new of the
*ivt. Among the War 11 Veterans
a number of them the writer didn’t
learn, was Capt. Vernon O.
Moore, Ernest C'Shug) AlcOinms,
Henry Thomas, J. W. Kisher and
Black and Aderholdt, also others.
Much eredit for an enjoyable feed
is due Messrs. Schronce and Clin
ton of the Dora village for pre J
.paring the fish.
Next get-together will be Com
mander W. Blaine Beam’s big
watermelon feed. Watch for the
<date.
JPrivate motoring has been
H^WWtad on weak-anda is ttytrn
Pie-Eaters En Route to Pacific
One of the features included in shipboard entertainment aiming
AAF tighter plane service unit en route to Pacific was a pie-eatim; <
lest. Left to right, the pie-eaters are Cpl. Frank Kohnier, Nerdli
Mass.; Sgt. Joseph Brodeth, Philippine Islands, and Pfc. Floyd Jon
Parker, Va.
CHERRYVILLE JUNIORS LOSE BEST
GAME OF SEASON TO SHELBY, 1 TO 0
Lefty Stamey Outpitched Kent In Best Mound Duel Seen
Here In Many Years; Stamey Struck Out 10
While Kent Only Struck Out One.
The Carpenters And
Franklins Received
Letters From Navy
The Carpenter and Franklin
Families received letters from the
chaplain of the Navy Department
Sunday and enclosed was a copy
of the Memorial services which
were held aboard the ship on Sun
day May 13th the day following
the deaths of their sons, Max Da
vid Carpenter and Robert Theron
Franklin.
The program was very appro
priate and was printed on a four
<heet folder with the program on
the inside and on the front sheet
was only “Memorial Services.
May 13, 1945, and the roll of
those who made the supreme sac
rifice was listed on a scroll on the
back. Among the fifty-six names
were those of Max Carpenter and
Bobby Franklin.
The letter explained in detail
the burial and the memorial ser
vice. The memorial service which
was held on deck was witnessed
by a large group of officers and
crew shipmates.
The Chaplain stated he accom
panied the bodies as they were ta
ken ashore on Okinawa Island,
and stated the Cherryville boys
who gave their lives were huried
in the ?~th Division (Army) cem
etery This cemetery is on a west
ern slone in the southern part of
the island. Fach body was placed
in an individual grave, a cross
placed at the head, and a metal
marker with the name of the man
wos placed on the cross. The cem
etery will have a nermanent office
and chapel, and records of each
man will be kept.
He further stated a priest bles
sed the dennrted of the Catholic
faith at the Memorial service, and
held Mass aboard ship in the af
ternoon, and he held a service at
the cemeterv for the men of the
Protestant Faith.
The lettter was signed bv Har
old E. Buckey, Chaplain, USNR.
Ca«ua]tv List
Now 1,023,453
Increase Of 6.3S6 Over Fig-'
urea Of Week Ago Due j
To Action in Pacific |
WASHINGTON, June 26. —
United States battle sasualties in |
World War II now total 1,02a,463
an inrrease of 6,356 from those
reported a week ago.
The Army casualties reported
today represent the period exten
ding through the greater part ot
May and the increase apparently
repreesnted mainly Pacini- action.
Of the total, 903,701 are Army
casualties and 110,762 Navy.
Army casualties reported this
week and a week ago follows:
Killed, 189,294 and 187,369
wornded, 660,836 and 558,611;
missing 39,936 and 42,710; pri-v
i.ners (before liberations), 113,
615 and 111,262.
The Navy figures:
Killed, 45,417 and 44,769; the
pounded 59,196 and 57,402; mis
sing, 10,908 and 10,736; prison
ers, 4,231 and 4,238.
A new national fish hatchery is
now njwn&Bf Olivia.
Chen yville’s American Locum
juniors lust u hard fought came
to Shelby Tuesday al'erho >.t,
but they gave base hall fans from
Cherry die, Shed y, I.in
Hessenier city. Knit's A! nint'im
and other tu.vns anu vivos one ot
'he best j. a nes played n Chor-v
v;!ie or anywhere else in many
years, wiv • John Stanley and
Hoots Ktrt hooked up in a pret
ty mourn duel, with Sta’ y . >•*
pitching ms rival, a I low in if only
five hits. ; nil sending i.c .-I.eHiy
sluggers Lack to th■ liei.chcs ov
the strike-out route, but lost the
hard fought came, I to U in nine
last innings.
Kent, a big right hander gave
up only four scattered tuts
and si ruck out only cite Cherry
ville man, but kept the heavy hit
ting Legion Juniors from rattling
the fence as they have been doing
against Charlotte, (ia-so i i utility
and Davidson.
TENSE NINTH
Kem walked Wright 'he first
hatter up in the ninth. Wright
stole second and Kent walker
pinchhitter Harwell to make tw<
on with one out, Stanley s grouii
der. Hut Hollis popped out to
center and Gabriel hit to short
stop forcing Harwell at second to
end the game and give Shelby the
Box score:
Shelby
Washburn, ss
Bowen, cf
Cheek, lb
Hutchins, ;;b
McKee, 2b
Bridges, c
Paige, if
Poston, rf
AB R H L
;; u o i
a o (i i
4 o o o
4 110
a oio
4 0 2 0
a o o i
a o i o
a o o o
Totals
Cherry vi lie
Wriuht, Mb
Heafner, if
iioiiis, if
Gabriel, lb
Parker, if
Black, c
Hicks’,' lib
Stanley, p
xHaiwell
Burleson, rf
30 1 5 1
AB R H E
o l «i
2 0 0 0
;s o l o
4 0 0 0
3 0 0 0
o i i
3 o 0 1
o o o
0 o o
o 0 0'
Totals 27 0
x—Hatted for Hoafiver 1
4 0
itth.
Shelby
Cherryville
OOO 100 000--.
1)00 000 000—
Huns batted in; Bridges. Stole)
ban's: Bridges 2, Bowen, Wash
bui 11, Wright. Sacrifice: McKee.
EVA NANCELLA HARDIN |
HOME FROM HOSPITAL
Eva Nancella Hardin, infant
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. t.uy
Hardin who was earned from the
Sh« !by hospital three days after
birth to the Presbyterian Hospital
in Charlotte for treatment was
brought home Frida\ and is im
proving satisfactorily. Mrs. Har
din before marriage was .Miss Ru
by Divine, daughter of Mr. and
Mr . E. M. Devine.
HOUSEWIFE HANDS?
. Why wait until your hands get
red and rough to use hand lotion';
Instead, protect your hands w.th a
homemade mixture of 1 part zinc
oxide, 1 part Kaolin to 2 parts ot
White Petrolatum before you do
your laundry or wash your dishes,
advises “The Chemical Formula
*y,’’ Vol. VII. 1
Gone To Fort Bragg
For Army Training
Ten Cherryville Boys Among The Number
Who Left Here Wednesday Morning.
Tribute To Him
CAPT. E
V. STEPHENSON
As a tribute to Captain K. V.
Stephenson, North Carolina phar
macists will attempt to sell an
additional half-million dollars ol
-K" lioiids during’ the rematnder
ol" the Till War Loan I/rive. They
have already topped their original
$ 1,00(1,000 “E’ goal.
Marine Captain Stephenson ot
Madison, N. ('. was killed m action
on 1 wo Jinia March 4, 1945. He
was graduated from the University
of North Carolina School of Phar
macy in 19-17 and practiced in
Madison until volunteering- for
tiie Marines in 1942.
Memorial Services
Held Sunday P. M.
Memorial services were held on
Sunday afternoon at St. John’s
Lutheran church at 4 ocloek for
Sgt. Rain ('. Leonhardt, who was
killed in action on March 111,
19 15. Rev. W. G. Cobh, pastor,
had charge of the service. In the
procession of dags the flags were
carried by J. C. Wilson and Hill
Larger.
Rev. E. S. Elliott, chaplain of
the American Legion Tryon Post
No. 100, presented the Hag.
Sergeant Leonhardt entered
the service on June 21, 1944 and
m January Is, 1945 he was re
united missing but later returned
ot his base in Luxembourg sale,
and on March Id, was hilled in
Surviving are the widow and
four children, Harleu, Selena,
Larry and Rita, his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. M. Leonhardt, one
sister, Mrs. Carl Webb, one grand
mother, Mrs. Lizzie Cates, and
one great grandmother, Mrs. Jen
nie Coon, together with a host ot
other relatives and friends.
“A Gas Coupons
Now Get You Six
WASHINGTON, June 25, —
Thr 5.0 p'er cent increase in basic
"A" c-vt'liiie rations is now in el
:'ect throughout the country.
Motorists usin.tr newly valid A
lii coupons could buy six gallons
witdt a stamp instead of four as
heretofore.
That figures out to an average
"ation of three, gallons' per'week,
or ubo.iu siv miles of driving a
day. Previously it was two gallons
and four miles.
The six new A -1 »> coupons must
last three months through Septem- j
her 21. and they are good for a
total of :lt! gallons. 12 more than
ho A 15 stamps which expired re-1
SI NCI NO CONVENTION AT
MISSIONARY METHODIST
There will he a singing conven
■ ion at the Al issionarv .Methodist
' ur. h >n Surd.-iy afternoon, July
'st liegint ill" : me o'clock. The
puldic is cordially invited to at
tend.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our many
thanks and appreciation for the
many det ds of kindness and words
of sympathy at the death of oui
father, Julius Queen. May God
bless you all.
THE CHILDREN
The following twenty-six white
draftees left from Draft Board
No. ;J here Wednesday morning,
June 27th foi final mduition at
Fort Bragg, N. C.
Fee ret to Karl Faker, ft-1, Bes
semer City. N. C.
Johnny Forest :Vlilwood, Besse
mer ( itj, N
William I-red White, High
Shoals, N. C.
llarold Hugh IWanuey, K-2,
Cherryvi.ie, N. C.
John Henry Fieeman, K 2, Lies
semer City, N. C.
Bob Pate. Cherryville fr. C.
Giles Benjamin Brewer, K-l,
Dallas. N. C.
Janies David Huffstetler, K-l,
Dallas, N. C.
Lewis Henry Fraley, Route 1,
Bessemer City. N. C.
Alfred Wilson Thompson, Bes
semer City, N. C.
Herman Eugene Alexander,
Bessemer City, N. C.
Howard Melvin Henkil, Cherry
ville, N. C.
George William Moore, Route 4,
Liricointon, N. C.
Floyd Hugh Dellinger, Koute 2
Cherryville, N. C.
Janies Paul Neill, CherryviUe.
Woodrow Tate, CherryviUe.
Charles Franklin Cauble, tias
tonia, N. C.
James David Hester, High
Shoals, N. C.
Tommie Lee McNeilly, Cherry
ville, N. G.
Edward Monroe Lineberger,
High Shoals, N. C.
Albert William Abernathy,
Stanley, N. C.
Ray llomesley, R-2, CherryviUe
Floyd Augusta Beal, CherryviUe
John Henry Jenkins, Jr., Dal
las, N. C.
David Andrew Devine, K-2,
CherryviUe, N. 0.
Latta P. Mosteller
Aboard heavy Cruiser
ABOARD A HEAVY CRUISER
OFF OKINAWA—Latta P. Mos
teller, 20, Fire controlman, thTru
class, son of Mr. and lvlrs. Thom
as J. Mosteller, CherryviUe, N.C.
tights aboard this cruiser whose
big guns have helped smash the
Japanese resistance on Okinawa
by blasting remaining enemy pill
boxes and artillery installations in
to twisted piles of concrete and
Nearly four weeks ago this cru
iser moved into position to take its
turn at bombarding the plateaus
and ridges of the formidable is
land bastion. As enemy resistance
subsided, she moved in close to
the barren beaches to afford poini.
blank range for her ti-inch guns.
While her guns kept pounding
away, the ships observation plane,
flying over the target radioed
back changes m elevation as new
objectives were sighted for the
gun’s crews. Mingled pith firing
directions were words of praise
for the gunners, phrases like
'‘nice work, light on.” or ‘‘Bull's
eye.” or a blunt “That one really
knocked the hell out of them!’*
Every man has been at his bat
tle station during most of the op
e rations and men on the antiair
eroft batteries have been at their
guns more than 400 hours. Their
only respite has been an oec&Kon
al nap atop ammunition ready
boxes, or against splinter shields
or the housing of their gun turrets
While bombarding the enemyt
the ship has had its share of ene
my aircraft attacks and the log
has many new notes on enemy
planes shot down.
Would Put Curb
On Manufacture
Of Legal Liquor
GAFFNEY. S. (\, June 26.— Pe
titions bearing the names ot
more than 500 Cherokee county
citizens urging a cessation of legal
whiskey manufacture until after
maturity of the next sugar crop
in order to increase available sug
ar supplies for home canning have
been forwarded to U. S. Senator
Oiin D. Johnston for presentation
to the Congress and to President
Truman. Several other petitions
were being circulated and will be
forwarded to Senator Oiin John
ston later. Ed H. DeCamp, Gatf
ney publisher and editor who ini
tiated the movement said.
The cooperative wool pool at
Asheville is scheduled for June
27. All wool should be tied witlt
paper twine.