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(Published Every Thursday) CHERRYVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1945
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VOL.40
NO. 19
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING BRISK THIS WEEK
Christmas Concert To
Be Given Mon. Night
At High School Auditorium Beginning At 7
O’Clock Promptly By High School Band.
The Cherryville High School*
Band will present its annual
Christmas concert, Monday even
ing, Lee. 17, 7 o’clock in the
school auditorium. An afternoon
performance will also be given
for the benefit of students of all
three schools and parent, who
find it impossible to attend the
night event.
There is much interest in the
band this year. The people of
Cherryville and the students are
proud of the band and have
eagerly watched its growth and
development.
A large crowd of music lovers
and supporters are expected to be
present. The members have been
working hard for some time and
believe this concert to be one oi
the best it has ever given.
A small fee of 15 cents and
25 cents will be chai,| d for ad
mission to the concert. The pro
ceeds are to go for music and
needed supplies for the band. The
citizens of our town have neve*
let the band down and our band
members promises everyone that
he will get his money’s worth.
An interesting program has i
been arranged—Pieces that every j
one enjoys hearing and the band
loves to play.
The-program follows:
The fhar Spangled Banner
Our Director (March) Bigelow j
The Glow VV arm Lincke
His Honor Fillmor, j
Anchors Awisiglh 4 mmermaii <
The Bells of St. Mary’s Adams
Saxophone solos 1
Milton Crocket
Flying Cadets Keller
Stout Hearted Man Romberg
White Christmas
Marca National Emblem
o. Baglew
/ 'J here's Something About A
Soldier Coy
King Cotton Sousa
Christmastide Overtuie
DeLameter
Christmas Festival
DeLameter
W. C. McRorie Of
Rutherfordton Dies
RUTHERFORDTON, Dec. 8—
William Caldwell McRorie. promi
nent Rutherfordton attorney died
Thursday morning at the home of
hi* daughter, Mrs. John W. Dal
ton in Forest City.
Mr. McRorie had been a mem
ber of the Rutherfordton bar for
42 years.
Mr. McRorie was born in Un- ,
ion county December 22, 1874,
the son of Cyru- A. and Mrs.
Sylvanit Helms McRorie. His
early life was spent on a farrm
He was educated at the Union
ville High School and University
of North Carolina, and was ad
mitted to the bar in September,
1903.
He married Miss Cassie Wilma
Hagler December 81, 1897. She
died in Rutherfordton a little over
three years ago. He is survived
by four sons and three daughters:
Robert G. and Ted McRorie of
Ruutherfordton, Syrus B. Ml
Rorie of Charlotte; M-Sgt. George
S. McRorie of Fort Belvoir, Va.,
Mrs. John W. Dalton of Forest
City. Mrs. Jack Waehter of Ruth
erfordton, Mrs. Robert F. Smith
of Cherryville, and a number of
grandchildren. I
He was a member of the First
Methodist church of Rutherford
ton, where funeral services were
held Friday at 3:30 p. m.
George Homesley
Home On Leave
George Homesley stationed at
Norfolk, Va., has arrived home
on a twenty five day leave with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
W. Homesley. He has been in the
service for three years and ser
ved overseas thirty months. He
wears the American-E,ulropean
Ribbons, Asiatic Victory Medal.
He served in Africa, Italy, France
Iran, England, Scotland, Irelrnd,
Russia, and the Hawaii Islands,
aho in the Marshell Island, Car
olina Islands and on Okinawa. He
(m has 35 and 1-2 points.
CALEB FARMER
HAS STROKE
Caleb Farmer, 87, suffered a
cerebral hemorrhage a the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Black in
Cherryville, Wednesday night..
Mr. Farmer is well known to
residents of Cherryville, and had
eome Wednesday afternoon to
■pend a day or two visiting.
I N. DELINGER
IS FOUND DEAD
Well Known Cherryvillo
Native Found Dead In
Woods Near Ranlo; No
Evidence Of Foul Play;
Dead Several Days.
Thomas Nathniel !Bud) Dell
inger, about 60, native of
Cherryville, wheri, he lived most
of his life and was well-known,
was found dead in a grove of
pines just west of Ranlo late
Tuesday afternoon by two
o'possum hunters. He had been
missing from his temporary resi
dence in Belmont since Friday,
and. the body is believed to have
lain in the woods for about two
or three days.
At an inquest conducted by
Sheriff Efird here about 11 o’
clock Tuesday night decision was
that Mr. Dellinger’s death was
due to natural causes. There
were no mark. on the body nor
aiiy indications of foul play. It
was said that he had been in ill
health.
The body was discovered late
Tuesday by John Bolin, employee
at Rex School, and his son, Eu
gene, who were hunting o’pos
sums when they came upon it. It
had apparently been lying ai the
spot through all the rain and sub
freezing weather of the. past few
It was said today that Mr. Dell
inger hail lor some time bee 1
working at the Chronicle Mill in
Belmont, and that he had been i
lving in the Climax Mill village.
Hi, family' have continued their
residence at Die family farm on
the outskirts of Cherryville.
Funeral services were set for
sometime Thursday afternoon,
, rohably at 2 i’cloek, to be con
ducted at ihe M unt Zion B p
list Church of Cherryville, with
burial following in the church
cemetery'. Rev. E. S. Elliott, pas
tor of the First Baptist Church,
was to officiate.
Mr. Dellinger leaves his widow
and two sons anda daughter of
Cherryville. The children are
John Bill and Clayton Dellinger
and Mrs. Annie Sue Roberts. He
also leaves two brothers and four
sisters, all residing in or around
Cherryville: Dores and Dave
Dellinger, Mrs. Jap Watkins, Mrs.
Lester Benfield, Mrs. Riley Tal
bert and Mrs. Sam Adams.
Mrs. Vernon Myers
Sister Of Mrs. J. C.
Stroup Passes
Mrs. Cliff J- Stroup was called
to Wadesboro last Friday due to
the serious illnes., of her sister,
'Mrs. Vernon Myers. Mrs. Myers
died Frday at the Anson Sani
torium. She was buried Sunday
m Wadesboro. Mrs. Stroup re
turned home Tuesday and was
accompanied home by her sisters,
Mrs. Floyd Smith of Peoria, III.
and Mrs. Vernon Smith of Wades
boro, who spent until Thursday
with Mrs. Stroup.
Dixie Home Super
Market Opens Fri.
The Dixie Home Super Mar
ket, self service will open here
Friday, December 14th, in the
building formerly occupied by
the Elite beauty Salon next to’
Beam’s Inn.
The building has been remod
eled and redecorated for the
store. This will be a complete
modern meat market and grocer.v |
store. i
Ben Homesley
Gets Discharge
Ben Homesley, s. u of Mr. and
Mrs. John W. Homesley has re
turned home from o\erseas ami
and ha., received his discharge. He
has been in the service for three
years and five months and over
seas two and one-half years. He
has four stars, the American-As
iatic Ribbons, European Ribbons,
Good Conduct Medal and Vic
tory Ribbon. He served in the Al
eutian Islands, Italy, France,
Austria and Germany. He receiv
ed his discharge from Fort Bragg.
CHERRYVILLE “IRONMEN” 1945
Regular line-up of 1945 Cherryville “Ironmcn” reading from left to right. First row: Right
End, Wild Bill Elliott; Right Tackle, Joe Cooke; Right Guard, Edvard Elliott; Center, Harold Black
wood; Left Guard, R. B. Robbs and Left Tackle, Cone Moss; Left End, Colon Hayes. Back row:
Half-Back, Harry “Swifty One Hundred Yard Dash” Rudinll, Half Back; Carroll Wright, Half
Back; Tom “Swifty’s Twin" Quinn, and Full Back Captain, Hub Black.
Yates McGinnis, Co-Captain anl regular Right End was ill when the picture was taken.
1945 ENTIRE FOOTBALL SQUAD
Reading: from left to right: Front row: Blackwood (50); Rudisill (28): Robbs (45); Cain Black |
(52); E. Elliott (44); Hayes (11); Sigmon (24); Bill Elliott (47 ). Second Row. I.eft to. Right : |
Blaine Froneberger, Carpenter (26); Putnam, Wayne Froneherger (20) : Wil.-on (52); Coho |
Moss (43); Wayne McGinnis (’42); Max Beam, Goins (29); Holm* (23). Third row: Car-on, Coaclv;:
Bill Beam, Paul Sigmon, Wright (46); Tedder (21); Seals (33); Crowder (27); G. B. Beam (37);
Quinn (48); Cooke (30); Paul Moss (22); Lynn>(35); and Quinn, Coach.
Three men were absent when this picture was taken. They are Tates McGinnis, Paul Ray;
Costner and Brice Moss.
Mrs. George Baxter
’Buried Saturday
Funeral services were coduct
ed Sat. mo tiing at 11:30 o'clock
from Bethehetn Methodist Church
for Mrs. George P. Baxter, 70,
who died in a Lincolnton hospital
Wednesday morning following an
tllnes, of ten days. Services were
in charge of the pastor Rev. W.
L. Harkey. Burial was made in
the family plot in the ehurcti
cemetery.
Mrs. Baxter was one of Lin
coln county’s well known and be
loved women. Before her marri
age she was Miss Junie Florence
Dellinger. She was bom June 23,
1875.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs J, H. Hoyle, of Lincoln,
Route 3, Mrs. H. G. Celd, Roa
noke, Va., two sons, Tom Bax
ter of Charlotte, formerly of
Cherryville, and E. E. Baxter of
Lincolnton. Also surviving are
two sisters, Mrs. R. S. Childers
of Cherryville and Mrs. J. D. Peel
er of Lawndale, Route 2 and one
brother Mr. Z. M. Dellinger of
Cherryville Route 2.
FLASH!
Altho sale of Victory loan
market issues 2 Vi % and 2 1-4%
Treasury Bond, and % % certif
icates closed Saturday, Decem
ber 8, all serie, E, F and G Sav.
ings Bond, and series C Savings
notes sold through December 31
will be credited to the Victory
Loan Drive. E Bond sales are
lagging. E Bond sale, will con
tinue through December 31st and
Chen yvil e and Gaston county
are expected to go over the top
by that t me. Give E Bonds for
Christ)’ - gift", aching would
he appreciated more. North
Carolina must not fail in th>
last great Victory Loan E Rea l
drive, the most important of all.
E Sale., as of December 7, 817,
500,000, 58 % of F quota. Orly
17 more selling days with 42"
yet to go.
Our boys did the job over
there, let us do our part over
here by buying all the E Bonds
you can. Buy them today.
Santa Claus Coming
To Western Auto
Store Saturday
Santa Claus will arrive at the
Western Auto Associate Store
on the square on Saturday af
ternoon, December 15th, at 1:00
o’clock, according to an announce
ment from Lee W. Cauble. ow
ner and manager. This will be
a big day in the hearts of th<
children. Bring them all to town
to see Santa Saturday afternoon,
lie will arrive at the Western
Auto Store at 1:00 P. M., Satur
day, December 15th.
New District Supt.
To Preach Here
Dr. W. A. Stanbury, District
Superintendent of Gastonia dis
trict of the Methodist church will
preach at the First Methodist
church here Sunday morning at
eleven o’clock.
Dr. Stanbury comes to Gaston
ia District from the Great Cell
tenary Methodist church in Wi.
ton Salem. He served Centenary
church five years prior to com in
to Gastonia. He is one of the out
standing ministers of the Met ho
dist church.
You are cordially invited to
hear Dr. Stanbury Sunday morn
ing.
Mail Your Christmas
Packages Early
Postmaster1 John IV. Mostelle’
the buying puglic to mad
all Christmas packages and
( hrislmas card, early as possible
| The Post Office will remain open
I on Saturday afternoons, Decern
, her 15th., and Decemeber 22nd.
until five o’clock in the after
noon in order to take care of the
Christmas mail and for the con
venience of the public.
Do your Christinas Mailing
Early An Possible.
Girls Choir To
Give Cantata
The Gills Choir of Cherryville
High School under direction 01
Minnie Coleman will give a thro.'
part Cantata “Gloria in Excel*'
on Tuesday evening, December
JHth, at 8 o’clock in the First
Baptist church auditorium. The
music is written by Mendelssohn.
Theie will be chourses, solos,
duets and trios. Soloists will be
Joan I.ondc n, Sue Black, Patsy
Sneed, and Margaret Sue Dellin
ger Misse< Louise and Mildred
Cobb are assisting.
Miss Coleman and the choir
wish to thank Rev. and Mrs. El
liott for their hospitality, Mrs.
McDowell for her decorating and
Airs. Allen for playing.
There will be an Informal Re
cital of Music students at -\u
Way Club House on Monday.
Decern be 1 17th, at 3:45 P. M.
These are Mis,, Coleman's stu
dents and the parents, friends
and teachers are cordially invit
ed.
Boggs Mens Shop
Opened Wednesday
Rogge Mens .Shop, owt nd and
operated by Mr. R S. Boggs,
catering to men's wear exclusive
ly opened in the Jarrct' building
on East Main street here th
week. Mr. Boggs invite* the
public to visit his store at all
Clarence Barker
Has Discharge
Clarence Barkei ha* returned
from overseas and is home with
his discharge. He is a son of Air.
and Mrs. W. R. Barker ai d bis
wife is the former Miss !'• V 1
He received his di«'i ha*g*
’ r an Fort Bragg. lie has hi on
in ‘he service for thirty trior.t s
hr 1 served wen tv-six months
overseas, statu aed in Tokyo, D "v
C bdonia, N w ( eorgia. The
Philippines, and on the Okinawa
Islands.
Merchants Expecting
Rush Business Here
Merchants Making Preparations For *Rig
Rush In First Time Peace Christmas In Years
Hal Beam Is Now
U.S.S. LST 41
Garland Hal Beam, CCS. 650 i
50 04, V-0, L'SNR, the Chief
Cook aboard the T'.S.S. LST 28
was burn in Cberryville, N. C., i
son of Mr. and Airs. Cline Beam. ]
Hal enlisted in the L. S. Naval
Reserve on May 27, 1942, and
ha., completed forty-one months
of active duty. He served a ;
shoit period aboard the YP 425 ]
before being transfeired to the
U. S. S. 1ST 41 on wh'ci: he was
beaded for plenty ol serlice in ,
the Pacific Theatre of Opera
Hal is authorized to wear the
following ribbons and stars for
the listed Initial Landings he took
part in while aboard the C.S.S.
LST 4 1. He participated in the
Initial Amphibious Operatons on
Kvajalein Atoll, Marshall Is
lands; the Initial Amphibious
Operations at Hollnmlia, Hum
boldt Bay, New Guinea: the Ini
tial Amphibious Operations on
Saipan and Guam, Marianas Is
lands; the Initial Amphihious Op
orations at PetUieu, Palau Is
lands. Caroline Group. Each ot
these operations entitles Hal to
wya ■ a star on bis Ashitic, Pacif
if Ril'ben. totaling five in all. He
is also' authorized to wear the
American.. Theatre of Operatic:.
Rinboii. the Amphibious Force
i : N y Good Con
■ , t! e years ser
;.! . . Shellback* j
i j, . i r. giutre a !
oio.. ■ y of March, ’
1 :t i .. irk , initiated in
tite Iv -lni of Ntj .i.-ti s Rex. j
Hal was U.IibiVru-il bark to
the 1 like.: t i.r u:t November
27. 1944 .ii...l Via. t• atisferred to j
the 1 .A.is. 1ST :.s on the 28rd
Hherryviile Post Of
VT’W’s Installation
Tonight, Thursday, December
1-Tth, ij to be installation night
for tin* Hoy Lee VanDyke Post
No. 52(10 Cherryville Veterans of
Foreign Wars. Every overseas
Veteran of Cherryville is urged
to be present for the ceremony.
If not a member come and join,
and help elect the officers for
the coming year. Tonight at
7 :•".(! o’clock in the Bank build
ing on West Main street.
BASE!. DELLINGER,
Act. QTRM.
James J. Patterson
Returns To States
ABOARD' THE USSS PEN
SACOLA. JAPAN, (Delayedf)?—
Among the Navy men transferred
to this heavy cruiser for trans
portation to the States for dis
charge was James J. Patterson,
Jr., 27, aviation machinist’s mate,
third class, USNR. son of M'r
and Mrs. James J. Patterson, Sr.,
j.'S Hi West 2nd st.. Cherryville, 1
if'., and husband of Mrs. Velma
Quinn Paterson, Cherryville.
Patterson entered the Navi,*
I .March 2-L 194 t, and served over
j seas five months at the Naval
■Air Base, Ominato, Japan.
! ___
! Smokey Dellinger
Home Few Days
Smokey Pellnigei is home on
•i Do-lough for Christmas with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. T.
| Dellinger, lie has been in the ser
I vice for three years and over
seas nineteen months. He serv
ed in England, France, Belgium,
j Germany, Lu.vnburg and has
six battle stars, and the Purple
Heart, the Good Conduct medal,
I the E. T. O. and A. T. O. ribbons
.■and Victory medal. He is sta
tioned at Lawson General Hospi
tal m Atlan’a. Ga.. and will re
port hack on January Clh.
MASONIC MEETING
There will he a special com
| niuriication of cherryville Lodge
iNo. 505 A. F. & A. M. next Mon
ly evening at seven o’clock. In
t ali i! ion of -.f-fi reins. Then work
o t! • ■ E d-'.r '0. All members
and visiting Masons invited and
urged to attend. Light refresh
| DAVID PI DELLINGER,
Master
'GEORGE S. FALLS,
Secretary
Chrstma* shopping has been
brisk' fin Cherryville this week
ana the merchants are looking
iorward to a big Christmas shop
ping rush during the next ten
lays prior to Christmas. The
Cherryville merchants are pre
pared for the lirst peace time
Jhristmas in four long years and
lave their stock as near complete
is is possible under the present
londitions. it is true there are
liany items not available but the
nerchants still have a very com
ilete stock of many nationally
idvertised merchandise which
nake nice gfts for each member
)i the family.
More than ever the Christmas
spirit is in the air here and peo
ple are rushing from store to
;tore buying Christmas merchan
iise and selecting their gifts
from their long list.
The streets are gayly lighted
tach evening and the merchants
iave attractive decorated Christ
mas windows which give the at
mosphere a cheery Christmas
spirit.
All storea will remain open next
Tuesday afternoon, including
the grocery stores to take care of
the Christmas shoppers. The pub
lic is urged to do their shopping
early as possible.
SHOP IN CHERRYVILLE THIS
YEAR —- OUR MERCHANTS
HAVE YOUR NEEDS.
American Legion
Sends Gifts To Vets
The Tryon Post Xo. 100, Amer
ican Legion, has just completed
the packing and mailing of gifts to
all the veterens who are in North
Carolina Hospitals. The packages
were mailed Wednesday of this
week. Those serving on this com
mittee were J. C. Wilson, R. C.
Williams, Howard Ballard. Ken
neth Beam, Wallace Franklin.
Ralph Pope and Howell Stroup.
The money was raised through
donations and the total amount
given was $191.95.
Previous years during the war
the American Legion packed and
mailed gifts to each boy from <mr
conimuntrty in the service. Thes*'
packages run into large numbers
and the mailing- was done for the
overseas boys during the mont^j
of October. Thi^ was not done
this year due to the fact so many
boys were writing their parer. ’
they would be home for Christ
mas. The packages would have
been shipped in October and t
outlook was bright for so many of
the boys to he home with us for
the Christmas holidays, and true
it. is, lots of the hoys are home,
while some are still away, lhose
boys who were not fortunate
enough to be home for Christmas
are not forgotten. The only rea
son they were not remembered
by the post wa5 the fact they did
not know which ones would be
home and which ones would still
re away.
Those making the donations
are.
Inez Crowder, Elith White, H.
V. Bridges, Annie Sue Johnson,
R. G. White, H. D. Duncan, Wil
ma Henkle, Eva Newton, Marven
Scates, Ted Leonhardt, Lester
T-4 Copeland Stubble
field Gets Discharge
T 4 Copeland Stufbblefield is
home with his discharge. He re
ceived hi* discharge on Novem
ber 11th, from Fort Sheridan.
111. T!4 Stubblefield has been in
the service for three years, one
month and one day. He served
fourteen months oversea* in the
European Theatre of War and
was returned to the states May
25th, 1945.
He is a son of Mrs. D. A. Stub
blefield.
S Sgt. Glenn Self
Receives Discharge
S Sgt. Glenn Self, son of Mr.
and Mrs. P. T. Self arrived in the
states Decemeber 1st. He received
his discharge from Fort Bragg,
December 7th., after serving :>
years in the Army. He spent two
years overseas in the China, Bur
ma, and India Theatre with the
236th Engineers. He received his
training at Camp McCoy,- Wiscon
sin before going overseas.
Sgt. Self received the Asicti?
Pacific Theatre medal, with two
Bronze service stars, the Good
Conduct Medal and the President
ial Unit Citation. His wife is the
former Miss Rachael Beam.