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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1955
NUMBER FIFTEEN
REGISTRATION BOOKS TO CLOSE APRIL 22nd.
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CHERRYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL BAND TO PRESENT CONCERT
Sunday Afternoon
In Auditorium
The Cherryville High School
proudly presents the 70 piece
Concert Band in the traditional
“Contest Concert” Sunday after
noon, April 17, at 3:00 in Starnes
Auditorium. No admission will he
charged; however, a free will
offering will be taken.
This particular concert has been
traditional for the past several
years. Only five members will be
played and the concert will be
short The music played will be
the selections that the band has
been working on and rehearsing
for the past months to play at
Greensboro State Band Contest.
Last year the band received a
Superior in grade four and this
year the band is moving into a
higher classification to that of
grade five. There are 6 grades in
the band classifications of this
state. Grade one is the least diffi
cult and grade six the most diffi
cult.
The bands competing this year
in grade five are New Hanover of
Wilmington, Charlotte Central,
Charlotte Myers Park, Marion,
Greenville, Henderson, Cherry
ville, Thomasville, Winston Salem
and High Point.
The band performs on Aycock
Auditorium stage in Greensboro
at 12:00 noon, Friday, April 22.
They will be judged by three
prominent musical authorities
from throughout the United
States.
The concert is short; only one
march and four very easy to lis
ten to compositions, commencing
exactly at 3 00, Sunday, April
17, in Starnes Auditorium.
Funeral Services
FcrC. M. McGinnis
Funeral service for Mr. Charlie
M. McGinnis was conducted in St.
Mark’s Lutheran Church Thursday
afternoon with his pastor, Rev.
L S. Miller in change, assisted
by Rev. H. P. Barringer, a former
pastor, now of Grace Lutheran
Church, Besseaner City.
Pall bearers were Messrs. Berlin
Carpenter, C. C. Crocker, D. D.
Black, Wayne McLurd, H. S.
Crocker and Lemuel Nolen.
Mrs. Berlin Carpenter, assisted
by Mrs. H. S. Crocker, was in
charge of the flowers with the
following friends and relatives
serving as flower bearers: Mes
dames Doc Kiser, Carl Kester,
Thamer Stroupe, Albert ilallman,
Frank McAllister. Loy Beam, C.
C. Crocker, Hattie Foster, Carr
Black, George Neal, Jr., Zeb Mfir
phy, Rob Elmore, Ralph Elmore,
J C. Jenkins, Gus Kiser, Wayne
McLurd, and Misses Josephine
Gragg, Peggy Sue Tutherow, and
Jo Ann Elmore.
Music was furnished by the
church choir using the appropri
ate hymns: “Asleep In Jesus”,
“In The Hour of Trial”, and “My
Jesus As Thou Wilt.”
Mr. McGinnis was porn and
reared and lived his entire life in
the St. Mark community with the
exception of the winters spent in
Florida truck farming. He was a
faithful member of St. Marks
Church from his youth. In early
manhood he was married to Miss
Bessie Lee Heafner, and to this
union was born seven children:
Mrs. Bill Drum and Fitzhugh Mc
Ginnis of Lincoln county, Mrs*
Carrie Lee Tutherow, M'. E. Mc
Ginnis and Mrs. Johnnie Freeman
of Crouse, Route 1, and R. D.
McGinnis of Homestead, Fla. One
daughter, Mrs. Marshall Elmore
preceded him to the grave about
five years ago. Besides the im
mediate famiy he leaves to mourn
their loss: two brothers, three
sisters, seventeen grandchildren,
four great-grandchildren, and a
host of relatives and .friends.
Mr. McGinnis was a good hus
band, a loving father, a good
neighbor, and a friend to every
ope with whom he came in con
tact. always willing to lend a
helping hand to any one in need.
He will be greatly missed in the
home and the community in which
he lived. .
The Lord has given and the
Lord has taken away. Blessed be
the name of the Lord.
Revival At Oak
^ Grove Baptist
A Revival meeting is being
Iteld at Oak Grove Baptist
Church this week, beginning last
Sunday, April 10th.
Services are being conducted
each evening this week through
Sunday, April 17th. Rev Harold
Parker, originally of Danville,
Va., but now pastor of Antioch
Baptist Church of Lincolnton is
doing the preaching. Special sing
ing each evening.
The public is most cordially in
vited to attend all of the services.
Rev. Ray Caldwell is the pas
tor. Oak Grove Baptist Church
is located about one and one-hall
miles North of Oherryville on the
Tot Dellinger road.
First Baptist
Church Revival
REV. HORACE EASOM
REV. LESLIE BOOKOUT
The members of the First Bap
tist Church feel that our church
is most fortunate this year
because of the coming of Horace
Eason, of Shelby, N. C., as God’s
spokesman for the Revival and
Leslie Bookout of Monroe as our
singer.
People all over North Carolina
have admired and appreciated
Horace Easom as Secretary of the
Baptist Brotherhood of North
Carolina. During the past years he
has had many calls to help in Re
j vival services. He preaches God’s
j Word and likes to see lost people
saved and lives dedicated, to His
service.
I Leslie Bookout, pastor of one of
the Baptist churches in Monroe,
is truly one of our own. Cherry
ville boys. He is not only a
preacher of the Gospel but he is
one of our great singers of the
! Gospel.
: These two men of God will
make a great team working
| together in our midst for the
Our church is joining 29,000
I other Baptist churches in the
| Southern Baptist Convention in a
Simultaneous Revival Campaign -
a real crusade for Christ. These
services are community-wide and
I everyone is given a special invita
tion to attend. Every one is asked
to come praying and with an
humble heart to be led of the
spirit in doing God’s will. God has
a purpose for every individual
soul. Have you found that pur
pose in your own life? These ser
j vices will help you to find peace
and happiness in your own life.
Don’t miss these services.
A special broadcast is being
given each morning by the Gasiton
Baptist Association Pastor's
Evangelistic Breakfast Meeting at
the Temple Baptist Church, Gas
tonia, over the two Gastonia
broadcasting stations. This can be
heard from 8i30 to 9:00 a.m.
every morning this week and
next.
300 HP Chrysler
On Display At
Cherry Motors
The Sensational New Chrysler
300, the first one like it to be
shipped in North or South Caro
lina is now on display at Cherry
Motors.
America’s most powerful stock
car set new standards for perfor
mance over all others in 1966.
Cherry Motors invites you to
see it. It has that “100-Million
Dollar Look.”
R. G. McLURD IN THE
PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL
Mr. R. G. McLurd entered the
Presbyterian Hospital in Char
lotte last Thursday for further
treatment. His many friends wish
for him a speedy recovery.
During the past five years, cot*
ton production in Central America
has increased 600 per cent.
Mad H. Hayes
Laid To Rest Here
.Mack Hall Hayes, 61, of Val
mead, superintendent of the Hud
son Cotton Manufacturing’ Com
pany in Lenoir, died Monday night
at 8 o’clock, following a heart
attack.
MY. Hayes had been a resident
of Valmead for about 20 years.
He was born in Mount Holly,
January 9, 1893, the son of Ste
phan Decatur Hayes and Ellen
Agatha Ballard Hayes. His wife
is Mrs. Maggie Aderholdt Hayes.
iMr. Hayes lived in Cherryville
most of his life, before moving
to Lenoir and was superintendent
of the Cherryville Manufacturing
Company and the Howell Manu
facturing Co. He moved from
here to Lenoir and made his home
there since. He moved his mem
bership to the First Methodist
Church in Lenoir but remained a
member of the Cherryville Ma
sonic Lodge here.
Surviving in addition to his
wife are two daughters, Ruth
Hayes of the home; and Mrs.
Arthur (Virginia) Adoph of Hol
lywood, Fla.; three sons, Gienn
Hayes of Lenoir; Max Hayes of
Hickory and M|Sgt. Don R. Hayes
of the U. S. Air Force in Chica
go; two grand children, Martha
Sue Hayes of New York City
and Kenneth Hayes of Lenoir;
two brothers, Ray Hayes of Cher
ryville and William Hayes of
Bessemer City; two sisters, Mrs.
J. Meek Hallman and Mrs. M'on
roe Hallman, both of Cherryville.
Funeral services were held at
2 o’clock today at the First
Methodist Church in Lenoir with
the Rev. Harlan L. Creech, Jr.,
pastor, officiating. Tv body was
brought to Oherryvil'i id inter
ment was made in the City Me
morial Cemetery here.
Funeral Service
E. L. Whitworth
Everette L. Whitworth, 74, life
long resident of the Waco com
munity, died at the Shelby Hos
pital Friday morning ac. 9:30
o’clock. He was a son of the late
J. W. and Nancy Putnam Whit
worth and until his retirement in
1950 had been connected with the
North Carolina State Highway
Commission for 30 years.
He was married to the former
Miss Mary Beam, who survives.
He also leaves two daughters,
Mis. J. W. Black of Bladenboro
and Miss Aline Whitworth of
Charldtte. Surviving also are the
following brothers and sisters: M.
C. Whitworth, J. A. Whitworth,
Mrs W. G. Hord, Mrs. D. B,
S' p, Mrs. W. L. Brown and
M J. R. Hord, all of Waco and
A. F. Whitworth of Shelby.
Funeral services were held from
the Waco Baptist Church Satur
day afternoon at 3 o’clock with
the body lying in state from 2:15
o’clock to 3 o’clock. Rites were
conducted by Rev. Burley Turner,
Rev. J. W. Suttle and Rev. A. M,
Kiser. Interment was made in
Capernaum Cemetery.
Revival Begins At
Shady Grove April 17
A Revival meeting will begin at
the Shady Grove Baptist church,
Sunday, April 17th and will con
tinue through Sunday. April 24th.
The Rev. Lawson Allen of the
Gardnei^Webb college, Boiling
Springs, will be the guest minis
.Services each evening at 7:30
o’clock. Good singing will be
heard each evening during the
Revival.
The public is cordially invited
and urged to attend all of the
services.
Singing Convention
Sunday Afternoon
There will be a singing conven
tion Sunday afternoon at the
Missioary Methodist Church on
Ballard, street, beginning at 2:00
o’clock. There will be some ut
standing Trios and Quartettes.
Make your plans to be with the
Missionary Methodist Sunday. The
public is cordially invited to at
tend.
Rev. Paul Harris is the pastor,
and Ed Sisk is music director.
Demonstration At
Ferguson Hardware
You are invited to attend a
Paint demonstration by Kurfees
Color Consultant Saturday, April
l©th, from 9:30 A. M., to 4:30
P. M., at Ferguson Hardware
Company on East Main Street.
To the first 100 persons entering
the store after 9:30 A. M., on
Saturday, April 16th, a 40c can
of paint will be given free. Also
free cans of Beacon Wax will be
given away. Don’t forget to at
I tend.
Three Scouts Get God and Country Awards
Reading from left to right: David Carpenter, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. Troy Carpenter; Dwight Har
relson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hililard R. Haireison, and Howard Homesley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Troy C.
Homesley, received the God and Country Award in an impressive ceremony at the First Methodist
Church on Sunday, March 2fTth. The awards were presented by James L. Beam, Jr., president of the
Rotary Club.
ISOS' People Gathered At Sugar
Hill Sunday For Easter Egg Fight
I Revival To Begin
I At Wesleyan Church
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REV.ftC. WESLEY LOVIN
Revival services will begin |
Monday night, April 18th, at the
Wesleyan Methodist Church. Ser
vices will be held each evening
at '7:30 o’clock. The Rev. C. Wes
ley Lovin, pastor of the Wesleyan
Methodist Church in Kannapolis,
will do the preaching. Special
music will be featured at each
service.
You are invited to attend the
revival and help advance the
Cause of Christ in Cherryville.
The revival closes Sunday night,
April 24th.
The Rev. J. W. Kiser is the
pastor.
Dr. L. Nelson Bell
To S£eak At First
Presbyterian Church
Dr. L. Nelson Bell of Montreat
will preach at the First Presby
terian. Church Sunday morning at
the 11 o’clock hour. Dr. Bell is a
physician and surgeon, the father
in-law of Billy Graham, the noted
evangelist, and served for a num
ber of years as a medical Mis
sionary in China.
Dr. Bell is a great Christian
and one of the leading laymen
of the land.
i The pastor, Rev. George L. Rid
die will be in Richmond, Va.,
preacihng in the Evangelistic
Services.
The public is cordially invited
to hear this great man of God.
Lawrence Alexander
Opens Floor Covering
Store On Main Street
Lawrence Alexander has open
ed the Main Street Floor Cover
ing Store next door to the Bow
ling Alley on East Main street.
Mr. Alexander will handle all
kinds floor covering: linoleum,
tile, rubber tile and asphalt in all
c'olors and will put the covering
on your floor ready to walk on.
He invites you to visit him and
discuss your household problems.
Man/ Cherryville
M*n In Crowd
To Fight Eggs
1500 Egg- fighters and specta
tors gathered Sunday morning at
Sugar Hill, seven miles West of
Cherryyi.lle to practice the old
time tradition of Eastsr Egg
fighting. The annual Sugar Hill
E&g fight brought hundreds of
people from Gaston, Cleveland
and Lincoln counties.
Beautiful colored Easter eggs
were carried in tubs, boxes, fruit
crates and milk cans. The tight
ing began in the early morning
and continued for several hours,
with the spectators coming and
going throughout the day. A to
tal of 1500 people were there
during the day.
Cherryville fighters and specta
tors present were:
A. Sidney Beam, Dock Shull. Ed
Chapman, Alvin Barrett, Paul
W. Dellinger. Paul W. Dellinger,
Jr., Glenn Dellinger, Dr. R. J.
Morrison, Sid Carpenter, Ben
Black, Daniel M. Black, Kent Jen
kins, Ray Jenkins. Bill Lynn. Pud
Linn, Lawrence Alexander, Don
Alexander, Ronnie Alexander. J.
Ralph Hoyle. Melvin Kelly Chap
man. Miss Janet Chapman, Guy
Anthony, Kenneth Anthony, Ed
Timmons, Lewis Doggect, Lew
Doggett. Lawrence Beam, Bub
Beam, Hugh Davis, and many oth
ers.
FINAL REPORT
ON RED CROSS
This is our final American Red
Cross Funds Campaign Report.
Collections - Week of April 6 ■
Dora Yarn Mil!
Employees . $ 33.20
Howell Mfg. Co. .... 25.00
Elementary Xo. 1
Teachers . 39.00
High School Teach
ers . 13.50
110.70
Previously Report
ed ..'.. 1,127.64
$1,238.34
I wish to take this opportunity
to thank everyone who assisted
me in this campaign and alsc
each and every contributor.
K. B. BEAM. Chairman
American Red Cross Funds
Campaign.
Revival Meeting
At Crouse Baptist
A Revival meeting will begin al
Crouse Baptist Church on Sun
day. April 17th, and will contin
ue through Sunday'. April 24th
Services each evening at. 7:30 o’
clock. Rev. A. F. Blackburn ol
Landis Baptist Church will be the
visiting minister.
The pastor, Rev. R. G. Black
burn and the congregation ex
tend a cordial invitation to all t<
attend.
Anniversary
Edition
Please bear in mind that the
ume is rapidly approaching when,
we will get out eur M'ammoth
50tih, Anniversary Edition. We
ask that all friends begin to bring
in any and all interesting stories
and news suitable to be included
in this edition. We urged fnends
throughout this entire section, to
co-operate with us in getting in
teresting facts about the happen
ings in the long ago. Any stories
of happenings connected with
people, business enterprises, chan
ges in town and country affairs,
personal interest stories and any
thing that would make the spe
cial edition a thing to he preserv
ed for future generations.
This will he the biggest edition
of a newspaper ever published in
Cherryville and it will be distrib
uted over a wide territory. This
will appeal to advertisers and it
is our purpose to make the edi
tion one that will pay advertisers
as no edition has ever aone in
the past fifty years. Also we be
lieve that hundreds and thousands
of our readers will want to keep
the copy they receive for years
and years and that feature alone
will make the medium a lasting
ad for all those who are repre
sented in this special edition.
Wlith the above features in
mind we urge that many friends
begin now' to get their copy to us
soon for page or two page ads.
It will necessary for 11s to begin
soon to run the large advertise
ments. four to eight pages at a
time to the end that when the
real publication date rolls around
we will be able to put out the pa
per strictly on the publication
This edition will consist of
Cherryville business men, citi
zens, women and children, togeth
er with pictures of Cherryville’s
new homes.
Gaston Baptist
Ass’n. Wins Again
The Gaston Baptist Association
again wins the highest honors
given in the entire south in a con
test with one thousand associa
tions. The Grade being one hun
dred per cent, perfect. This asso
ciation is comprised of 69 church
es and over twenty seven thous
and members and all located in
Gaston County except one church
in upper or western part of Lin
coln County. Z Miller Freeman,
pastor of East Belmont church,
is the Moderator and David F.
Dellinger of Cherryville is the
clerk.
The clerk is charged with the
actual making of the records but
must make all records as specified
by the Sunday School Board oi
the Southern Baptist Convention
of Nashville, Tennessee.
New Years Shooters
To Meet April 22nd
The Howell Stroup and A. Syd
ney Beam New Year Shooterf
wiiil meet Friday night, April 2i
at 7:30 o’clock at the Triple-ti
Drive-In Restaurant on Cherry
ville-Bessemer City Highway.
All who are interested are in
vited and urged to attend thii
very inrpoftant meeting.
An Appeal For The
Dock Russ Fund
Arthur Lee (Dock) Russ who
was on the “Strike It Rich” pro
gram last week has returned
home and is now making prepa
ration to put in his stand. He is
in need of more funds to help him
get started.
He wants to g«t his stand op
ened up and has the promise of
a place, just as soon as he has
enough money to equip the place
and stock it. This is a most wor
thy cause and you are urged o /
give this your consideration and
make a contribution.
Any contribution, large or
small will be appreciated and will
help him get. started into a little
business of his own, whereoy he
might be able to help support his
family.
Bill Houser at the Houser Drug
Company or Fred K. Houser at
The Eagle Office will gladly ac
cept your contributions.
Do this today, he needs it this
week. Just think what it would
mean to him if everyone would
do something today.
Gastonia District
W.S.C.S. To Meet
Friday, April 22
The Gastonia District meeting
of the Woman’s Society of Chris
tian Service will be held on Fri
day, Apirl 22 at 9:45 at Central
Methodist. Church, Shelby, N. C.,
Lunch will be served by the host
church for ont dollar per plate.
The women of the Western
North Carolina Conference Wo
man’s Society will have an unus
ual experience this spring when
they hold their annual district
meetings. Mrs. W. B. Landrum,
field wroker of the Woman’s pi
vision will be in this area and
will be featured speaker at each
of the ten meetings. Mrs. Lan
drum has bad wide experience in
the work of the Woman’s Society
of Christian Service, has taught
in leadership schools, pastors’ and
standard training schools and in
schools of theology. She is an ac
credited teacher and has taught i
courses on the work of the Wo-'
man’s Division. Mlrs. Landrum is |
an active member of First Meth
odist Church, Little Rock, Ark.
Mrs. Hilliard R. Harrelson of
Cherryville is President of the
Gastonia Distict.
W. A. Harmon Opens
Apartment At Beach
iMr. W. A. Harmon, manager
of the Webb Theatre in Gastonia
has opened up the Susy Q. Apart
ments at Myrtle Beach, S. C,.
j right near the ocean front with
\ all modern electric kitchen.
I Mr. Harmon is well known in
Cherryville as he was employed
j with the Mark Black Theatres
I here many years ago. He is mar
i ried to the former Miss Virgie
Eaker of Cherryville.
Mr. Harmon has an announce
ment in The Eagle about his ap
artments and invites you to call
j him up when you are anticipating
i a trip to the beach.
Challenge Day
Saturday 23rd.
As filing time draws nearer t*
a close, politics are warming up
in Cherryville for the big primary
election to be held here Tuesday,
April 26th. R. V. Moss has un
announced for re-election as
Mayor. T. Carlyle Summer and
W. D. Browne announced! last
week for reelecrtion in their re
spective Wards, two and. four.
Three men are seeking election ag
Recorder. D. Ray Ballard is seek
ing re-election, while Hob6on
P. Hendricks and Bennett Van
Dyke are seeking the office that
Ballard now holds. Another of
fice seeker, Mr. Berlin Craig, ow
ner of the Craig Cleaners here
tried to file for the Recorders po
sition, but was rejected and would
not let him offer himself as a
candidate on the grounds that he
did not live within the city limits
of the town. Craig claims that
he is eligible to file for Recorder,
as he lives within three miles of
Cherryville and the Recorder has
jurisdiction in the court here as
far as three miles each direction
of the town.
Candidate desiring to run for
any office of the town, must file
name with the City Clerk at the
City Hall on or before 5:00 o’
clock, Friday afternoon, April
22nd. Registration books for new
voters are now open and the reg
istrar will be at the City Hall all
day Saturday, April 16th and Sat
urday, April 23rd. The registrar
for the town election is Mr. J. T.
Allen. Mr. Steve Stroupe will
serve as one of the judges.
Voting will begin at 6:00 A. M.
and will continue until 6:00 P. M.»
on primary election day, Tuesday
April 26th.
THREE MEN PILE FOR
SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION
The Cherryville School Board
election will he held on Tuesday,
May 3rd. Three vacancies are to
be filled by the expiration of
terms of Messrs. Roy Carpenter,
Harry H. Allen. Jr., and Floyd
T. (Dink) Dellinger. Mr. Car
[ penter and Mr. Allen, stated to
: the press today that they do lot
“choose to run” again, and will
not be candidates in the election.
Three men have have filed for
the positions, namely: Floyd T.
fDink) Dellinger and Russell S.
Boggs for election to six year
terms and Jab Blackwelder will
seek election to a two year term.
The registration books are no'.v
open for the registration of new
voters and the registrar will be.
at the r *v TTal' Sa:u day, April
16th and Saturday. April 23rd.
The registrar for the school board
election is Mr. J. Clarence Dellin
ger. The Judges will be Mr. Hugh
Helms and Mr. J. Cliff Stroupe.
Candidates desiring to run for
the position, must file notice and
pay their filing fee at the office
of the superintendent of schools,
Prof. Fenton L. Larson on or be
fore sunset, Friday, April 22nd.
Farmers received about 30
blli’or do’ rrs for what they mar
keted in 1954. This ’.vas five per
cent less than in 1053. according
to figUies released by the USDA
Agricultural Marketing Service.
Revival Meeting |
At Second Baptist
A series of revival meetings is
starting tonight at the Second
Baptist Church. Rev. Wendell
Mullen, pasitor of the New Testa
ment Baptist Church in Augusta,
Georgia, will be the Evangelist.
The singing will be directed by
Wfeyne Beam.
These services will begin each
evening at 7:30 and will continue
through April 24th. The public is
cordially invited to attend.
A special Sunday School rally
day will be held this Sunday with
a “break the. record” attendance
campaign. Their record attend
ance so far is 252 and the goal
set for this Sunday is 255. Every
member of the Church and Sun
day School Is urged to cooperate
and the public is cordially invit
ed to be present for this special
Sunday School rally.
Tune in to WLON, Lincoln ton,
1050 on your dial, each morning
at 9:15 for a special religious
broadcast in connection with this
I revival.