OFFICE SUPPLIES I PRINTING X°Zw7H°L0y^iZ **“»‘«*' Need At Lowest Prices. Small for Us to Take Care ot THE EAGLE THE EAGLE ^ PHONES: 2101 and 2501 PHONES: 2101 - 2501 VOLUME FORTY-NINE ” ~ NUMBER TWO PLANS S. Chesley McGinnis, Native of Cherryville, Dies In Charlotte Th < i; top notch entertain ment (on-. iig to Chefryydle on February 0, 105-1. when Arthur Sni'th and 'He ' -a l:er-.Iacks pre sent their grand new '■Television Talent n nl" show on the stage at Starnes Auditorium. The show will get under way at 7:30,and admission prices: are only $1.00 and 50c. You’ll see the very best in local amateur talent compet ing for the chance to appear on Arthur Smith’s AVRTV television program. Your friends and neigh bors will be there rooting for the home town folks and they need ■ your help Remember it’s one | gigantic local talent contest that the whole famil'v will enjoy. And to can t all off. Arthur. Ralph, j and Sonny Smith plus Tommy ; Fade and Don Reno—the whole 1 Cracker-Jack gang—will present, their brand new variety show for I your entertainment. It’s a real fun festival and something you don’t want to miss. Sponsored lo- 1 cally by the Cherryville High i School Rota Club, “Television j Talent Hunt’’ will be the biggest I fun-event of the season. Don’t miss it. Plan now to attend on February 6 at the high school auditorium. American Legion Friday Night Dance For Polio Benefit The proceeds from the dance at i the American Legion Hut Friday; ight will go for ^he “March of imes.” This is a custom each /ear that one dance will be given for th's great cause. Friday night, January 15th has been chosen for this special fund drive and all proceeds taken in at this time will go to the March of Dimes. Come and dance that some child might walk. Armstrong Joins Sullivan Motors Sales Staff Mr. Arnold Armstrong, well , known automobile salesman of Lincolnton and Gastonia is now affiliated with Sullivan Motors. Mr. Armstrong plans to move his family to Cherryville in the near j future. , Fug ra: . rvi fur H. t hesley Mv .inn;.. Mock oiiburg. County .'•iif. i to: i;> y: ;.r<, anti a na‘.ive ■ - *' 1.. . wr. ■ held Mop ' i ' i . ! • _ art '' i . K a. . Iu: ■> 1 ( !i i r. < :: : ‘.v. i.-.- 1*. T -itt 1 pastor oi i : ■ a t i, htt i u, a s;st7. CU •. a. In : :.. n: v. a - inane in O ! i . on ry I, : 'i.i'fhv at ■ r, M. , A-t.lV tail:,-s wav' .lay :; an-, nr K li. Mo'e’l.. Ha rvcV . . Mm. -. 1: nde W. i>.. , Her ■+ ><• i: i a m; hi o;' Pito-i i.!e and iud.ro M illard Catling. Honorary pallbearers were J. Clyde Hunter, Judge F. *>. Clark son, Harry Rawing, J. K. Turner, H. S. Cox, J. R. Renfrew, Stan hope Rineberry, Hugh MeAuley, W. M. Stagy, Henry K. Fisher, Dr. C. It. Siiuires, Sam P. Dweese, Robert O. Malley. Frank K. Sims, Mrs. Jessie Smith, Hamilton C. Jones, George D. Moody, J. Pes ter Wolfe, Dr. J. R. Shull, Arme D. fashion, Homer McGinnis, Gay T. Carswell, Dr. C. R. Nance, Dr. A M. McDonald, Sam C. McCall, T. M. King, S. V. Me Aden, mem bers of the county board of com missioners and members of the sheriff's department. Mr. McG nnis died at his home In Charlotte Saturday night at the ace of t!7. He was horn December 31, 1886, a son of the late Will iam B. and Martha Candace Mc Ginnis of Cherryville. Mr. McGinnis was a veteran jailer, and regarded as an expert by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, he took over his first assignment in 1926. He was'serving as jailer when the jail was moved from South Mint street to its present quarters atop the Courthouse. He elinquished the job in 1936 dur ng a change of administrations and was reappointed to the jail •lost in 19-16 by Sheriff J. Clyde Hunter. He attended Cherryville High School ami the Georgia-Alabama Business College of Macon, Ga., in 1903-04. His first experience in the business world was with the Seaboard Airline Railway, later he was employed by the Adams Grain and Provisions Co., and the Statesville Flour Mills. He was a member of the Elks Club, the First Methodist Church, Patriotic Order Sons of America and the Charlotte Men’s Club. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Annie B. McGinnis, two daughters Miss Mary Elizabeth McGinnis and Mrs. Miller H. Newton; two sons, Chesley S. McGinnis and Lawrence E. McGinnis, all of Charlotte; two sisters, Mrs. Luth er Dellinger, Charlotte, and Mrs. Tom Mosteller of Cherryville; two brothers, L. Webb McGinnis of Cherryville, and William McGinnis of Charlotte. The following me. ibers of St. John’s Lutheran Church were honored in a spec' i service held on Sunday, December 27th for the older members 01 he. .congregation or the ones who have passed the mark o!f yen'-*. P i. to right, front row: Mrs. John H. Rudisill, Mr. John L James S. Black, Mrs. 1). A. Rudisill; Second Row: Mr ,v. ... ris, Mrs. \Y. A. Farris, Mrs. Fox Craft, Mrs. J. P. Dellinger. M . F.. Farnsworth. Back Row: Rev. Leroy Trexler, Mr. W. N. Me lis, Mr. D. P. McClurd and Mr. T. F. Summer. Former >i. C. Mgr. Elected Southern Bell Vice-President Harvey G. Booth, former North Carolina Manager for the South ern Bell Telephone Company, has dP been elected a Vice President at General Headquarters of the Company in Atlanta. He will be in charge of public relations eflfec tiv February 1. Mr. Booth will succeed Frank M. Malone who will become Vice President in charge of personnel upon retirement of Vice-President G. D. Garner. Mr. Malone waa at one time District Manager at Asheville. Mr. Booth is well known throughout North Carolina, lived n Fakigh from 1943 until 1945 while heading the Company's Commercial Operations for the Raleigh District. From 1945 to 1947, he was District Manager in Atlanta. He lived in Charlotte 1947 to 1953 while serving as North Carolina Manager, heading coiiinier"-'-') activities for the entire state. His duties took hint over the entire state, and he is well known in Telephone, as well as in other business and civic circles. He was a frequent visitor 1o this city. He s a Director of the Carolina Tele phone and Telegraph Company, , with headquarters in Tarboro. Mr. Booth began his telephone career ‘n 1927 and rose through the ranks to positions of increas ing responsibility to achieve one of the top executive positions in the telephone company, which serves eight other southern states in addition to North Carolina. Cherryville March of Dimes Drive volunteer workers map campaign. Left to right: Mrs. J. \V. lilackweider, Miss Marie Huss (s uniting) Tryon School, the Rev. Leroy Trexler and J. W. Blackwelder. Mrs. Leroy Tivxier was absent when this picture was made. P.T.A. To Have Study Course 28th The High School P. T. A. will not meet the third Thursday in January due to a Study Course which will be conducted for the Cherryville P. T. A. by Miss Blanche B. Haley. Field Secretary of the North Carolina Congress of i Parents and Teachers. This Study Course will be held j on the fourth Thursday, January 28th at 3 o’clock in the afternoon and at 7 o’clock in the evening. If you are interested in un certainty that concerns your child attend this Study Course and dis cuss with Miss Haley the problems concerning the youth of today. i Gospel Concei t To Bt | Held In Tryon High School Jonuary 16th ' An old time Gospel Concert will ; l>e held in the auditorium of the i Tr.von High School, near Bessemer ! City, this coming Saturday night, j .January Hi, doors open at 7 p.m., sponsored by the Fellowship Club I of the SunnySide Baptist Church. The program will be one of the first of its type to be seen in this section and will feature old time and modern harmony, gospel, spiritual, and sacred music in a well rounded program of enter- ] lainment for the family. Sisk Quartet, religious and sac red singing group, whose pro grams are heard locally over radio Seatons WOHS, WKMT, and \\ HcC, will present their all new concert, along with music and sonjfeby The Parris Trio, Gaffney, S. C*%^aturing sacred song styl ist 1 y ShiMe.v Parris. Also on the jjcram to render gospel musi -P its best will he Kings Mou'w^Mp’s own sacred singing group of WKMT, the Kings Men Ql lartsjtjfc, Other leading sacred j sinagcr^Afoups are also expected Refreshments will be on sale before,. And during intermission of the three hour gospel concert program? with proceeds to the Fellowship club 6f the Sunnyside Baptist Church, near Bessemer City, N '0. Door PrisC wjll be awarded to lucky at _>nu..hts in the school auditorium during “ CHURCM ln mother and daughter are getting along nicelv. New 1954 Ford passenger cars and trucks went on display here at Sullivan Motor Co. showroom i Wednesday. j Interior beauty and bright ex | terior body colors for new own ; ers are highlights of the 1954 ! Ford passenger cars. 1 There are 156 exterior and in terior color comb nations and 13 single-tone body colors, 10 of which can be ordered in 13 two tone combinations; E. C. Sullivan, Jr., pointed out that Ford’s new overhead valve Y-hlock V-8 engine with its deep block construction, is of modern, short-stroke, low-friction, high compression design. It has a com pression ratio of 7.2 to 1. It rates 130 brake horsepower, up 20 | horsepower over the 1953 L-head I V-8. j The new I-block 1 lS-'n.p. Mile | age Maker Six also is a eomplete j ly modern high-compression, low friction engine. It rates 14 horse j power more than the 1953 Ford j Six and, like the Y-block V-8, it i ! is an “over-square” engine—that 1 i is the diameter of the cylinder is i greater than the stroke of the piston. According to Mr. Sullivan, the I new ball-joint suspension makes the 1954 Ford the most comfor- ■ table and easiest handling Ford ever built. Exclusive to Ford is the high volume field, the ball- I joint suspension replaces the old er type king-pin suspension. This new system permits up and down movement of the front wheels through the ball-joints as the wheels travel over rough spots or directional movement as wheels turn right or left in steering. In its 1954 passenger cars, Ford again is offering three lines— Mainline, Customline and Crest line—with 14 body styles. Three new body types added this year are: the Crestline Sklinei with the transparent roof and a Crest line Fordor Sedan, featuring lux urious interior trim formerly found only in costly limousines. A new Customline two-door sta t'on wagon similar to the four door Country Sedan in trim and interior appointments has been added to the three Ford station wagons previously available. This j s called the Customline Ranch Wagon. Mr. Sullivan said that this year, for the first time, Ford is offering buyers a choice of either its V-8 or 6-cylinder engines in all models —a total of 28 models foi 1954. The 1954 .Ford passenger cars are readily distinguishable by their new grille with its charac teristic Ford center spinner, re cessed parking lights and jet-type air scoop. There is a new Delta wing type hood ornament; an in i l ease of half an inch in the height of the crown of the front j fenders, and a new diagonal slant to the headlamps, combined with the single strip of chrome run- | ning the length of the car. MRS. CARTER'S GRADE TO BE GUEST OF LESTER THEATRE As a reward to the members of Mrs. T. A. Carter’s fifth grade for a perfect attendance record from the beginning of school until Christmas' the m>ni's ' i ihe Les tiiealre on Thursday after noon. They will he served refresh ments. " '->• I * ■ i.;ry i>!': < 1', ■; >.;• | h ,b.-v r. r. ihe < Yn i:"! t".i ■, ! i '■ f; o’ i: i .r, i.rotho; , ■ ' '• • ■ " ■ a; ■ aval Ah ■. t'i 1). LinyeriY-ii, " lii'. ■ ■ ■ j; ' ■ . ■ at!■! ' ' ‘ y i' ■ . : ..‘ a. rh; h - V a. . •, 1 . ■ - ■ . I I li ‘ : ■ 1 ;A A; a : a h ■ ], • a .a a;j(! is ■■r jwavh:y . [: i- ;:a . ■;y i ll a 1948 Victijn POLIO VICTIM I STEVIE SELLERS Stevie Sellers, 7 year old son o!' Mr. and Mrs. Sam Sellers. Stevie was born March 30, 1940 and stricken with polio On June Jo, 1948. He is now a patient at the Orthopaedic Hospital and has been at the Orthepae :i? since September 8. 195.3, Stevie hod learned to walk with ‘he n:d of braces but h s foot was C'lowinp- crooked. Since he has been In the hospital his foot has been placed in a cast in an effort to straighten it. He has never been able to enter school but when his treatment is over it is hoped he will be able to join the other chil dren in school. APPLE SCHOOL TO BE HELD AT CHERRYVILLE In conjunction with apple1 schools to be held in Henderson ville and Taylorsville this month, announcement that another school this one to be held in Cherryville, has been made by Farm Agent J. P. Kiser. The Cherryville apple school will he held on January 13, a day after the Hendersonville school and a day before the one at Tay lorsville. The school has been scheduled for Cherryville to better serve apple and peach growers of Gas ton. Lincoln, and Cleveland coun ties. Classes will be held Jhc night of the 13th, beginning at 7:30 in the agricultural depart ment of the school, and extend until adequate coverage has been given. Mi’. Kiser emphasizes that grow ers in this section can attend either of the other two schools, but feels that more information can he acquired at Cherryville since instructors will be able to work more thoroughly with the ex-ne- ted smaller crowd. The school will brief growers on apple insects, diseases, and dis cuss the latest i xperimental re sults in insecticides and fungi cides. Both apple and peach growers, or anyone connected 'n any wav with the growing of the two, are invited to attend this school. Members of the Entomology and Plant Pa t hoi eg v stud's from V ' State College will he on hand to take part in the discus sion and answer questions. HOWELL STROUP ATTENDING N. C. NURSERYMAN MEETING Howell Stroup, owner of the 1 herryvillo Nursery, and Presi dent of the North Carolina Nur seryman Association, left Mon bv for Raleigh where he will pro over a three days meeting. A’ ■ C :-.i£ -will attend this i meeting. The object of the course is the advancement of nursery plants and grafts in North Caro lina. DANNY N£AL Danny N'cal, (> year old son ol j Mr. 'and Mrs. Fred R. Neal, is a men-be;- of the first grade in Ele mentary School No. 2. Danny was "he victim of polio in 1948, at the age of 14 months. He has received treatment at the Orthopaedic hos pital and were braces for some time. Now he only wears correc tive shoes and shows a slight limp in bis left leg. Danny was born August b, 1947. Mildred Jeffers Conquers Polio And Graduates M b'rcd Jeffers, student of the John Chavis School, graduated in | 19-V1 after ha ring keen stricken with polio when she Was 12 or l.'l • years ,,f age in 194 . After her attack she was unable to walk and spent months in' the Orthepae- j die Hospital hi Gastonia. After her I release from the hospital she re- ! mined to John 'Chavis School on criic-hes and entered the ninth grade. She was a .bus student and whs assisted *by other students on; and off e bus and eonf'nuod her school work until she completed 1 her. high school education last : year. In her last year she was able to waflk without crutches and is now baby sitter for Mrs. Betty 1 Farnsworth. Mildred is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Jeffers of near ('herryvilk . Cherryville Theatres Have New Manager Mr. A. K. Miller, owner of the Lester ami Strand Theatres here announced this week that he has ; secured the services of Mr. M. \V. Lemcke, as manager of his two theatres here, the Lester and the Strand. Mr. Lemcke was formerly con nected with the Statesville Thea tre < orporation of Statesville and has had many years of exper ience in the theatre brsiness. He Will only show high class pictures and invites the people of this vi cinity to visit his picture houses jit all times, He will run a clean house and will have it comforta ble at all times inside the theatres The new manager is married and has two children. Rickie and Susan. The family will move to Oherrvville just as soon as a house 's available. The former manager of the Tin Mr ” ’• " ’T - *■’ fl’-i v-boro. v. irre be r age a Drive-in 'ineatre in that city. ”"»”th r--'i'ing farmers prod”"" les" leia seed than those r any other state. frexler Names Committees M.-. . Leroy Trexler, •-non Ml "4 March of -S ... f sin n Oherryville, for the fund inpleted and all .eon appointed. ■ oil he was very* nt Cooperation : ! re rived from :: e t- would • i freer! : . . ' ' ■ Schools h V. Carson . 1 John Beach . .. Mrs Blanch Chav . .1. ii. Tw tty Corporations &. Busir.ess Houses Committees i irolina Freight—Jimmie Boies Dixie Lumber Co.—Harry Stroup Oherryville Kmmdy Works—Mrs C. C. Dellinger Mhu'ney Cotton Co.—Mrs. Aaron Moss Carlton Yarn M)Ji—J. A. Black welder Rhyne Houser No. 1—B. B. Brac kett Rhyne Houser No. 2—.John P. Wilson X ivvav Spinning—Bill Fitzhugh Hrwell. Mfg. Co.—W. B. Khyne Dora Yarn Mill—Wonnie Webb. Jr. 1 own Committees Mrs.„ George S. Falls, Chairman; Rev. George Riddle, Mrs. Bill Fitz hugh, Mrs. J. L. Fraley, Mrs. Blaine Dellinger, Mrs. W. H. Houser, Jr. Clubs and Organizations Rotary—F. I>. Larson Lions—Kenneth B. Beam American Legion—Johnnie Mos teller V.F.Mj.—Everett Ellington Woman’s Club—Mrs. Julia Hall « Junior Woman’s Club—Airs. Ken neth Stroup , Materia! Distributions i!? Displays Wilbur Canipe Coin Collectors Chief W. W. Bennett Publicity—Mrs. Fred Houser Churches—Rev. Walter R. Kelley Tag Day January 23—Mrs. Jim mie Hutto. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Blackwelder are assisting Mr. and Mrs. Trex le;- in the work. These leaders have a big responsibility and we hope as we look, back over the past record that every man, wom an and child will have a part in this drive. Give your dimes and help fight polio. We have come a long way but don’t give up, let’s keep fight ing with our support. Broken Leg And Many Bruises Suffered By Sisk Mr. Qlin Sisk who was driving ■i MdVeury car, owned by Mr. Phi! Neill early .Sunday afternoon overturned near Mt. Zion Bap tist Chnrch, three miles North of Cherry ville, after failing to make a turn at a sharp corve. The car overturned several times, cutting off pine trees and taking a Holly tree up by the root and throwing the driver of the car many feet away from the wrecked automo bile, which was almost a complete total loss. He was rushed to the Crowell Hospital in Lincolnton by Car penters ambulance where it was found he suffered a broken left leg and also many bruises about the face and body. \V/ord received here today, al though his injuries were very painful, he is getting along as well as can be expected, and without any complications, he will recover satisfactorily. Rev. B. W. Lefler Nof Only Good Preacher But Also Good Shot Last week Atkin Hoyle, Hugh Helms and the Rev. Mr. B. W. Lefler embarked for a Bird hunt ing trip in Lincoln ocunty. The party had three fine Bird Dogs which Hoyle and Helms prize svery highly. Of course Hoyle and Helms are recognized to be among the greatest hunters in this section of the country, as they frequent ly go on hunting trips many time during the hunting season. Nat urally, a preacher only has an opportunity to go hunting only once or twice dhring the season, as they are always bnsy men. visiting the sick, shut-ins ahd mem bers of their flock who need di vine guidance, and are not sup nncn'i ' -v •'vtrkrmer. be Rev. Mr. Lefler. TV pastor was the only one to brir home any birds after the da's hunting The masoned hunte-s wore with v>v game at all at t' r' ,h? according to information learned here th s week. ,