- -- - (Published Every Thursday) CHERRYVILLE, N. C.t THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1945 " -Jl x Nq 4?
MERCHANTS CHRISTMAS PARADE FRL30m
Special School Tax For
Cherryville Carried
250 Votes Cast For Special Tax; 51 Against;
Inclement Weather Kept Many Away.
1 hree hundred and one voters’
braved the inclement weather
on 1 uesday, November 27th. to
cast their ballots, in the Special
Ii.x Election for the Chorrvviile
School Listrict. Of the above
number, 250 votes were cast in
favor of the tax while 51 dissent
ing votes were being cast, leav
ing a total of 196 registrants
who failed to vote out of a reg
istration of 497. By virtue of this
election, the Cherryville Schools
are assured of fifteen cents on
the dollar valuation on property
lying within the Chenwille
school district with .vh'ch to
carry on its work with extra-cur
ricula activities. The great maj
ority of schools in Nortn Carolina
have been voted this supplemen
tary tax as the people of these
communities have realized the
great need for these extra-cur
ricula activities for which no
State provision is made.
The rainy weather prevented
voting on the part of many who
had registered for the election
and who were in favor of this
special tax and would have car
ried the issue by a much larger
majority. The results of Tues
day’s election places Cherryville
on a par with Gaston County
schools who have also been fav
ored by a similar supplementary
tax. The action of the voters in
thi3 section indicates that the
people of the Cherryville School
District realize the value of ex
tra-curricula activities in the
schools and are anxious to make
theirs a “progressive school”.
Funeral Services Held
For Mrs. Craft Wed.
Mrs. Hudson Craft, 52, who
was Miss Sallie Baxter before mar.
riage, died Monday at midnight in
a hospital in Lincolnton, the re
sult of injuries received in an au
tomobile accident Saturday on
the Cherryville-Dallas road.
The funeral services were
held Wednesday at the First
Methodist church at 3 o’clock.
Burial was made in the new Me
morial cemetery. She is survived
by her husband, two daughters.
Miss Ruth Craft, a teacher in the
Lexington schools, anu Miss Sara
Craft, a student in Appalachian
State Teachers college; one son
Wilbur Craft at home; three
brothers, Jack Baxter, Boyd Bax
ter, and Earl Baxter of Cherry
ville; and a sister, Mrs. F. A.
Wright of Hudson and her aged
mother, Mrs. Ida Baxter.
Funeral Services Held
For Mrs. Dora Sellers
Funeral services for Mrs. Dora
Seilers, widow of the late H. S.
Sellers were held from the home
on West Church Street Sunday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Ser
vices were in charge of Rev. W.
G. Camp, a former pastor and
Rev. E. S. Elliott, pastor of the
First Baptist church.
f'allbea e’s were nephews:
Dwight Sweatt, Alvin Sweatt,
Hugh Stroup, Author Stroup,
Neil Beatty and Harvey Lee
Stroup. Flower girls were niec
es and friends of the family.
The body was laid to rest in
the family plot at Mount Zion
cemetery under a mound of love
ly flowers.
Mrs. Sellers was born May 10,
1875, a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Adam Stroup. She spent
most of her life in the Shady
Grove community. Six years a
go she moved to her home on
West Church street, Cherryville.
She died at the home of her sis
ter, Mrs. A. B. Sweatt, late Fri
day night. She had been in de
clining health for a number of
years. . „
Surviving are the following
children by two marriages: Low
ell Beatty, of Hollywood, Cali
fornia; Knox Beatty, of Ashe
ville; Ralph Beatty, of Shelby;
Stowe Sellers and Mrs. T. A.
Moss of Cherryville.
Surviving also are three brotn
ers- Dan Stroup, and Lloyd
Stroup of Waco, John Stroup of
Gastonia and two sisters, Mrs.
Jim Smith of Waco and Mrs. A.
B. Sweatt of Cherryville, to
gether with ten grand-children.
ALICE GERTRUDE RUDISILL
Mr and Mrs Edwin Rudisill
announce the birth of a daughter,
Alice Gertrude, on Wednesday,
November 21, at the City Hospita^
in Gaatonia. Mre. Rudisill and
!>aby are getting along nicely.
Tommy Massagee
Aboard USS Seirra
Tommy Masagec, seaman, first
class, USN, Cherryville, N. C.,
served aboard the USS SIERRA,
one of the Navy’s famed "floatl
ing Navy Yards”, which has re
ceived a commendation from the
commander of destroyers, Pacif
ic Fleet, for her crew’s feat of
performing 21,392 man-hours of
work on 05 ships in one nine-day
period.
At another time, during a five
week period at Port Purvis in
the Solomon Islands, the crew
of the SIERRA helped the ship
distinguish herself by substitut
ing divers for drydock facilities
j to complete repaid on worn and
1 damaged underwater equipment.
During that period, she also pro
vided tender service for a Fleet
of LST’s destined to carry troops
and supplies to Iwo Jima.
Although the SIERRA is des
ignated a3 a destroyer tender,
she repaired all units of the Fleet
from landing craft to battleships,
during more than a year’s ser
vice in combat waters.
Sgt. D. DeVenny
Received Discharge
rAN* ANTONIO. Tex.—Sgt.
D. DeVenny, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Alheft L. DeVenny, Waco, who
served 10 months as Supply Clerk
jWith 8th AAF in European Thea
ter has been separated from the
'Army Air Foirces at the San An
tonio District, AAF Personnel
Distribution Command,
i Air crewmen and ground crew
men returning from combat areas
and army ptisonnel from con
tinental installations are receiv
ed by the San Antonio PDC in
stallation and in three days of
processing their records afre
straightened out, their army pay
matters arranged and their phy
sical condition checked thorough
ly in a medical examination. Only
then are they returned to civ
ilian life, adjusted completely
for the change from combat sol
dier to civilian.
PRIZE HOME IN DORA COMMUNITY
Homes Judged In Yearly Yard Contest in October.
For several years one of the highlights of the community pro
gram for the Dora Yarn Mill has been an annual yard beautifica
tion contest. The fall prizes are awarded the houses with the
highest average grades in the community.
The first prize is $10.00; [Second prize, $7.60; and Third prize,
-6.00. One dollar s given as an honorable mention award to each
house having an average grade of over seventy-five. The grading
is based on six requirements for attractive homes as set up by the
landscaping department of North Carolina State College. The
requirements are: (1) General appearance; (2) Neatness; (3)
Grass in the yard; (4) Foundation shrubbery; (5) Evergreens;
(6) Attractive poi ches.
Enthusiasm for libs contest is widespread, and the results are a
source of pleasurue lo the occupants of the homes and to the visitors
to the village.
in the yard beautification contest prize winners were as follows:
First prize, Buster Gantt; Second prize, Clyde Beam; Third
prize, S. L. McGinnis. ,
Honorable mention: W. W. Lynn, R. B. Kidd, J. W. Webb,
Evans Warren, Mary Lou Upton, E. R. Bivens, Pearl Hartman, I
Meda Lail, Paul Dfeilinger, Gordon Mode, Everette Upton, J. C.
Brackette, G. L. James, Boyd Schronce, Alonzo Crane, J. P. Nolen,
Annie McNeely, Silas Fourshee, John McGinnis, Nell Hendricks,
Walter Peeler, Mrs. Marshall Lecnhardt, D. M. Carpenter, Herman
Bivens, James Welch, Odell Carpenter, E. II. Devine, and Junior
Upton.
1 He Is Coming Tomorrow |
T-4 Eugene McGinnis
Home With Discharge
T|4 Eugene MsGinnis arrived
home early Saturday morning
from Fort Bragg with his dis
charge. He is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. L. Webb McGinnis and has
been in the service for more than
five years, serving forty-five
months of that time overseas. He
has been in the South Pacific
spending most of the time in Ar
gentina and the Philippnes.
BEN GRIFFITH GETS HIS
HONORABLE DISCHARGE
Ben Griffith, C. B. M., U. S.
N. R., has received his honorable
discharge from the Naval Ser
vice and has accepted a position
with the Police Force at Norfolk
Navy Yards, Portsmouth, Va. .
Military Rites For
John L. Raper Wed.
Brother Of Mrs. Vernon
Harrelson.
Funeral rites for John T,. Ro
per, 49 year old High Point res
ident, and Veteran of World
War I,'was held at the home of
a brother, W. W. Raper, 213 Lind
say St., High Point on Wednes
day, November 21st. Rev. Wil
bur Hutchins, pastor of the First
Baptist church conducted the ser
v ots.
The body was laid to i est in
Oak Wood Cemetery under a
mound of beautiful flowers with
full military honors.
Mr. Raper was a brother of
Mrs. Vernon Harrelson of Choi
ryville. He was a native of Dav
idson County and moved to High
Point in ealy life, joined the
First Baptist Church at the age
of 10 years. Had lie lived until
November 22nd, he would have
celebrated his fiftieth birthday
anniversary. Mr. Raper died sud
denly Monday morning, Novqm
be(r 19th, following a heart at
tack.
He served his country on the
Mexican borders and then trans
ed at Greenville, S. 0., before he
went overseas and served with
the 30th. Division. He received
his commission as 2nd Lieuten
ant in World War 1. Following
his discharge he was commission
ed a Captain in the local unit ot
the National guard which he serv
ed for ten years.
Captain Raper had been in fail
ing health for sevelral years.
Surviving ave his wife, the for
mer Miss Lula Cannon. His fath
er and stepmother, four brothers
and four sisters. C. B. Raper, V .
W. Raper, and H. M. Raper of
High Point, W. C. Raper of At
lanta, Ga., Mrs. B. F. Hayworuh
and Miss Minnie Raper of Hitrh
Point, Mrs. H. W. Rudisill of Lin
colnton and Mrs. Vernon Harrci
son of Cherryville.
Merchants To Stay
Open On Tuesdays
For the convenience of the
buying public during the Christ
mas shopping season the Chesrry
ville Merchants Association lias
announced the Cherryville mer
chants will remain open on Tues
day afternoons, beginning next
Tuesday, December 4th, and will
remain open on the half holidays
until Christmas.
The merchants appreciate the
fine co-operation they have re
ceived and will rmain open to
serve their customers during the
rush season.
James L. Alexander
Lands in States !
Pfc. James L. Alexander, son
if Mrs. Ben Alexander has ar
-ived in the states after thirty- j
me months overseas. He landed t
November 27th and is expected I
lome soon.
Luther Glenn Rudisill
Gets His Dischorge
Luther Glenn Rudisill, S I C,
Radiar Man, son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. John E. Rudisill receiv
ed his discharge on November 18.
at Shelton, Virginia. Seaman
Rudisill landed in San Francisco,
on November , th. He joined the
Navy in June, 11)44 and wa.s as
signed to Ilk USS Rochambeuu
APt>5 in the Asiatic Pacific Tl,ca
ll e of War and was later trans
ferred and served on the USS
Hid DE141 in the European Thea.
tie of War. Before entering the
service he was employed at the
Howell Manufacturing Company.
He is married and has three cim
dren. His wife was the former
Miss Helen Moses. He reee'ved
the American Theatie, Victory -
world War ll, ana the Asiatic
Pacific Theatre medals.
Sgt. Blaine McGinnis
Home With Discharge
T ■'! Sgt. Blame McGinnis, son
of Mrs. L. A. T. McGinnis ar
rived home Tuesday night from
Fort Bragg where he received
nis discharge on Monday night.
Sgt. McGinnis arrived in the
states on November l'Jth, after
serving in the South Pacific for
2years. He has been in the
service for thirty-one months.
Sgt. Fred Carpenter
Scheduled To Arrive
S Sgt. Fred K. Carpente 1\ SO*'.
»f Mr. and Mrs. Clayton H. Carp
enter was scheduled to leave
Rome, Italy, on November l(!th.
Mr. Carpenter is expecting him
home within a short time. He is
the last one to come from over
seas of the Carpenter family. He
is expected to get his discharge
ivben he reaches the states.
Pfc. John P. ’Beam
Home With Discharge
Pfc. John P. Hearn, son of
Mrs. John P. Beam returned
tome Sunday after twenty-eight,
months overseas serving in the
Mcutians Islands. Pfc. Beam
■eceived his discharge from Fort
Bragg. He has been in the .sen
dee almost four years. He re
turned to the state on Novem
ber 9th.
r-5 Hugh Harrelson
Home With Discharge
T6 Hugh Harrelson received
bis discharge at Camp Gordon,
la., and arrived home on Thurs
lay, November 15th. He has been
)verseas for eighteen months and
las been in service for mure than
wo years. His wife is the former
diss Aleen Hoyle.
British police are looking for
i golden-haired girl who drove
he car for two bandits who rob
ied the postoffice at Great Bad
dow, England.
Christmas Lights To Be
Turned On At 5 P. M.
Gherryville School Band Will Pariade;
Santa Claus Coming To Town,
John fB. Brigman
On USS Keokuk
John B. Brigman, chief com
missary steward, USNR, Cherry
ville, N. C., had the distinction of
serving on the USS KEOKUK—a
sliip which Navy records have dis
closed had pribably a more varied
career and a longer one than al
mist any ship of the Fleet.
The KEOKUK is a survivor of
two world wars, with continuous
service beginning in 1914 when
she was built for peaceful com
mercial trade. During the recent
ly ended Pacific conflict. she
went, hack to the wars to see the
capituluation of Japan after suf
fering her first, damage due to
enemy action, an aerial bomb hit
at Iwo .lima. In that operation
she became known effectionately
as “struggle buggy" becausue
she was the oldest auxiliary in
the campaign, if not the very
oldest vessel present.
Changes of name, classilcation
and theaters of operation were
common for the KEOKUK. Proof
of her staunchness is the fact
she still retains her original en
gines and boilers, though the
lattor units have been converted
from coai to oil burners.
Acquired by the Navy July
2S, 1941, the ex-merchantman
had a career as a cruiser-mine
layer, taking part in virtually all
of the Atlantic and European
j campaigns. Then, as a netlayer,
she saw service in most of the
Pacific "hot spots*'' including
Okinawa.
During World War I, the sliip
served as a train lerry, trans
porting box cars to Europe.
Attention To
Cherryville Veterans
it' you are an overseas veteran
What are you doing to protect
the rights and privileges that
have been created in your behalf
hy our gov- rument?
You can help defend these
: ighis and privileges by joining
the Veteran* of foreign Wars of
the United States, the only 01
gatii/.atki". i Inn is eouipo'd ex
clusively of overseas veterans.
Ti e men Who speak year lan
guage—who share your exper
iences. Within the next thirty
day* there will be a V. F. \V.,
I'os' here in t herryville The
chant r lias been applied fir and
it is Imped our State Uiynman
dor, .Mr. Ai /hie Ingram will tie
lioie pel’s-ii'iitiv tor the rsialla
lion oi tin yost. In the mean
time we want . very Veteran eli
gil le lrom Uherryvlle to get his
application in now. Mr. basil
lie1 linger is 'temporarily writing’
t he application and will he
found at MiW'innis Grot .y any
ween day. See him for more in
lormation an t watch bus paper
next week for the date and
place of "Imallation Nig.i'.'
Robert H. Beam
Lands In California
Robert H. Beam landed in San
Pedro, California, November 22,
on his way home from 23 months
of overseas service. He was last
stationed at Manila.
He is eligible for discharge.
Pfc. Robert McLeod
Gets His Discharge
Pfc. Robert McLeod received
his discharge at Fort Bragg on
October 28th., after being over
seas for 12 months. He has been
;n the service about two and one
half years. He is at home with his
wife who is the former Miss Lil
lian Homesley. v
ONLY FEW DAYS LEFT
BUY VICTORY BONDS
The Victory Loan Drive is
drawing to a close. Chairman Mati
ney urges every one to buy all
the bonds they possibly can.
The Drive will close on Satur
day, Decent be 8th. Mr.. Mauney
hopes Cherryville will be over the
top again. So lets all buy all the
bonds we can.
LEAVES FOR RALEIGH
SI C Bob Rudisill will leave
Friday for Raleigh after spend
ing a 30-day furlough here with
his parents," Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Rudisill.
He is to report for active duty.
Ifinal plans and preparations
are being made for the Christ
mas Parade and opening of the
Christmas Shopping Season,
sponsored by the Cherryville Mer
chants Association, which will
take place tomorrow, (Friday)
November 30th., at 5 o’clock. The
I town’s electricians have done a
fine job in stringing the Christ
mas lights and they will be turned
jon for the first time in four long
years tomorrow when the High
School Band Parade begins at
5 o’clock. This will mark the offi
cal opening of the Christmas shop
ping Season in Cherryville.
The Spirit of Christmas in
person—Santa Clause—has been
notified of the event and has con
sented to be present for the oc
casion to help entertain the child
ren.
The merchant^ this year are
preparing for Christmas in the
first peace time Christmas in
four years, and they are expect
ing the largest Christmas trade
they have had in the four years.
The stores have all gathered the
Christmas spirit and have deco
rated on the interior, some with
ugh is, some with trees, and others
with Christmas decorations of
various colors and assortments,
showing the Christmas Spirit
once more.
The public is cordially invited
to come out and see the lights
turned on and the band parade
and bring all the children for a
visit with Santa Claus.
Remember the date, Friday,
November 30, at 5 o’clock.
Col. Clyde H. Lewis
Receives Discharge
Clyde H. Lewis returned to
his home here on Thursday of
last week al ter serving 31 months
in the U. S. Army Air Forces
having been attached to the 36th
Fighter Group of the Ninth Air
Force stationed in the European
Theatre of Operatons.
He served 20 months n Eng
land, France, Belgium and Germa
ny and holds 6 battle stars for par
tioipation in the Air Offensive
Europe, Battles of Normandy, Nor
them France, Ardennes, Rhine
land and Central Europe. In ad
dition he holds the Good Conduct
Medal, Unit Citation with Clust
er and The Belgian Fourragere
which was presented to nis unit
by the king of Belgium in appre
ciation for the part which his
grouup took in the Liberaton of
Belgium.
Lewis was Chief Operator in
the Teletype Section of his group.
He states his group held second
place in achievements in the Nin
th Air Force as a Fighter Group
when the war ended. He held
the rank of Corporal.
Mr. I. P. Long Hit |
By Passenger Car
Last Tuesday afternoon, No
vember 20th, about 6:00 o’clock,
Mr. 1. I’. Long was struck by a
pasenger car driven by Mr. Tom
Hood and suffered painful bruis
es. Mr. Long started to cross
the street at the square and the
car was making the turn at the
Houser Drug Company and ran
into Mr. Long, knocking him sev
eral feet out into the street. Mr.
Long’, many friends will be glad
to learn he is improving at his
home in the Western part of
town.
CHERRYVILLE BOWLING
TEAM WINS THREE
Cherryville Men’s Bowling
Team defeated Mooresville and
Charlotte twice.These men have
won every home game this season
while losing only one game away.
The Charlotte-CherryvilLe was
sparkled fr>y Johnnie Mosteller’s
high game of 161. The first game
finals were Cherryville by 168S
pins to 1498 pins.
The second game in Charlotte
was close with Cherryville win
nig by 1584 to 1501 pins. Skid
more’s game was high.
The Cherryville - Mooresville
game ended 1526 to 1404 pine
with Stroupe’s 128 game being
high.
Everyone is invited to attend
these matches and root for their
home team.
interest is running high for
the organization of a local lea
gue beginning around January
1. Any mill or store wishing te
sponsor a team get in touch with
Stewart Shumate at the Bowling
Alley.