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VOLUME FIFTY
(Published Every Wednesday) Cherryville, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1955
NUMBER FORTY-ONE
GIRL SCOUT DRIVE TO START OCTOBER 17
NEW WOMAN'S CLUB BUILDING
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This modern structure is the
Oherryville Woman’s Club’s new
building. It was begun in March
and. completed in July of this
year. It consists of one large club
room, a nice sized lounge, a mod
ern kitchen, a large storege room,
closets and ample facilities for
conveniently handling large
crowds. The estimated cost of the
building was $14,150.00.
The Woman’s Club is indeed
proud to at last have a place to
crjl ’ o-me. This is the c’^im.: \,*Axi
of years of endeavor. The first
building the club owned was a
small dwelling near the High
School. When it became necessary
to obtain more property for
school purposes it was sold to the
school. Later the property known
as the John George residence was
purchased and after a few years
this was sold at a nice profit.
Since that time the meetings have
been hold in the different club
houses, Howell, Nuway, and
! Knyne Houser. The Club wishes
to express to these owners its
deepest gratitude for their unsel
fish generosity.
It is desired that the people of
Cherryville use this building for
meetings and make it a real com
munity center. A minimum charge
will.be made for maintenance.
Many citizens have made gen
erous contributions to the club;
namely, light fixtures, stoves,
draperies, and cash which is very
greatly appreciated.
—Photo by Chapmans Studio
Ironmen Idle Friday
Spencer Next Foe
Athletic Director Emmett Feim
ster announced yesterday a slight
change in the Cherryville High
football schedule. Original plans
called for the Ironmen to have an
open date on Nov. 4 but under
the new set-up, the open date
conies Friday night.
Following this week’s open date,
CHS will meet Spencer here Oct.
21, Hudson there Oct. 28, Stanley
here Nov. 4 and K~S Central here
Nov. 11. This week’s rest will
give the Cherries plenty of time
to sharpen up their attack for the
remaining foes. The undermanned
Cherries have several boys on the
injured list and the much-needed
rest will be welcome relief. Natur
ally. Coaches Bill Link and Em
mett Feimster hope the breather
will be just what the doctor or
dered. The locals will carry a
1-4-1 record into the Spencer
game next week.
High school games in this sec
tion Friday night' have Lincoln
ton at Belmont in a battle of the
unbeatens; Lenoir at Shelby,
Kings Mountain at Rutherfordton,
East Mecklenburg at Forest City.
College games next Saturday
night in addition to the Gardner
Webb vs. Lees-McRae battle at
Shelbv are Appalachian at Cataw
ba, Guilford at Lenoir Rhyne.
Wake Forest is at Raleigh Satur
day night against North Carolina
State with Washington and Lee
at Davidson and Maryland at
Carolina Saturday afternoon.
Song Service At
Friendly Chapel
Next Sunday night is the third
Sunday night and that means a
real Song Service at Friendly
Chapel Baptist Church, 314 miles
west of North Brook School No.
1 on Highway 182.
Good singing is on the menu
and plenty of it. If you like good
fellowship and singing that will
stir and warm your heart, then
make your plans to be there. Bet
ter come early if you want a seat.
Quartettes, trios, duets and solos,
some of the best in the Ole North
State, will be there. The entire
program has been, prepared for a
thrilling eve of spiritual enter
tainment and you are invited, bo
C°Roy Walker is the pastor and
Ed Sisk is music director. v
Bulb And Variety
Sale October 20th
Plans for the Bulb and Variety
Sale sponsored by the Village
Garden Club are progressing.
This sale is to be held Thursday,
October 20th, from 2 to 6 o clock
in the afternoon at the Womans
Club on South Mulberry street
Exceptionally fine bulbs of all
kinds for spring flowering will be
offered for sale. Look over your
garden and decide what kind and
number needed. There will
also be lovely handmade aprons,
j fancy handiwork as well as
town’s!
attend this safe.
[ High School P.T.A.
Meeting Held Thurs.
The first Senior High School
P.T.A. meeting was held at 7:110
on October 6th, and 141 parents
with their children turned out to
follow the students schedules.
Parents seemed to enjoy climbing
stairs and meeting the teachers.
The modified class schedule in
cluded all classes and ended with
chapel.
A slate of officers were elected
and a program of events have
been worked oOt for the coming
The first big project will be the
Halloween Carnival which will be
sponsored jointly by the four PTA
units. Russ Boggs has been ap
pointed General Chairman of this
activity and contacts are now be
ing made for committee members.
Officers elected are as follows:
President—Stewart Shumate
Pirst Vice President — Sherrill
Cranford
Second Vice President—Mrs. Pete
Blackwelder
Secretary—.Mrs. Keith Long
Treasurer-—Paul Crocker
Perfect Attendance
Pins Given At St.
John’s Lutheran
Those receiving Perfect Attend
ance Pins at St. John’s Lutheran
Church the first Sunday in Octob
er were:
FIRST YEAR—Johnny Wilson,
Mike Boies, Susan Ford, Patty
Brown, Tommy Houser, Mr.
Maurice Beam, Libba Houser,
Judy Fitzhugh, Mrs. Roy Houser,
Mrs. John Bennett Dellinger.
SECOND YTAR—Benny Dell
inger, Oren Summer, Anita Dell
inger, Mrs. Bill Black, Bill Rhyne,
Doris Dixon, Janice Summer, Ger
ry Daugalis, Shirley Rhyne, Mr.
Bill Rhyne.
THIRD YEAR — Sandra Shu
mate, Sylvia George, Clarence
Dixon, Jr., Boyce Eaker, Edwina
Rudisill, Helgi Kuuskraa, Diana
Rudisill. Frieda Eaker, Sarah
Lynn Clark, M>rs. Bill George, Mr.
Paul Crocker, Vicky George, Im
Vonn Clark.
FOURTH YEAR—Patsy Eaker,
Mrs. Garland Sherrill, Marty Cost
ner, Eddie Costner, Brenda Cost
ner, Lois Crocker, Sallie Eaker,
Ella Mae Costner, Ginger Black,
Garry Summer, Velio Kuuskraa,
Mrs. Clarnce Rogers, and Bubba
George.
These people are to be congrat
ulated upon their effort to make
this perfect attendance record.
Annual Birthday
Dinner L. Coit
Dellinger’s Sunday
The annual Birthday Dinner at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. Coit
Dellinger’s in memory of Mr. and
Mrs. Jacob Dellinger will be held
Sunday, October 16th at their
home. The dinner will be spread
about 1 o’clock.
The public is cordially invited
to attend and bring well filled
baskets.
To Hold Preaching
Mission At Cedar
Grove Lutheran
The Rev. Leroy Trexler of
Cherryville will lead the annual
I Preaching Mission at Cedar Grove
Lutheran Church, in the North
P.rook community of Lincoln
county, October 16 through 20th.
Rev. Trexler, native of Granite
Quarry, is now pastor of St.
John’s Lutheran Church of Cher
ryville. He is a graduate of Lenoir
Rhyne College and the Lutheran
Theological Seminary at Colum
bia, S. C. He has spent his minis
try in North Carolina and was
serving Mount Herndon Lutheran
Church in Concord prior to his
coming to Cherryville.
The Preaching Mission will be
g;n -on Sunday night. October 16
at 7.20 o’clock and each night
through Thursday.
This year special emphasis will
be placed on “Congregational
Singing’’ together with the Evan
gelistic messages..
Pastor Trexler has arranged the
following as his sermon topics:
“It’s Later Than You Think’’
“An Array Of Faces”
“The Singleness Of Christian
Living”
“Ye Shall Be My Witnesses”
“A Faith That Will Forebare”
A cordial invitation is extended
to the entire community to at
tend all these services.
Rev. Glenn. A. Yount is the pas
tor.
Sylvania ■ Contest To
End Saturday, Nov. 5
Saturday afternoon, Nov. 5 at
6 o’clock, the Sylvania most val
uable player contest will close.
The following week-end the win
ner accompanied by a Sylvania
representative and Coach Bill
Link will attend the Carolina
Notre Dame football game at
Kenan Stadium, Chapel Hill.
There’s still plenty of time to
vote. Each person in Cherryville
is entitled to one vote at the bal
lot boxo located in the Appliance
Department of Cherry Motors on
North Mountain Street. Sylvania
Television, distributed in the ole
North State by Walker Martin,
Inc., is sponsoring this contest in
200 or more North Carolina towns
and cities.
All contest winners and their
coaches will get together at Cha
pel Hill November 12th for a big
day capped off of cours, by the
Carolina-Notre Dame grid battle.
Notre Dame is still one of the
nation’s unbeaten and untied.
Ask Walter1 Pope, Craig Beam,
C. J. Beam, Alton Carpenter,
John Harrelson, or John O.
Smith, or any of the boys at the
Cherry Motors and they will tell
you all about it.
Cherryville Col
lege Enrollments
Frances E. Craft, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Craft, is a
mong the 182 freshment students
enrolled at Kings College in Char
lotte.
She is taking the General Bus
iness Course.
Memorial Hospital
To Build Addition
Three Story Wing
To Give 30 Beds
GASTONIA, Oct. 11.—Officials
of Gaston Memorial Hospital an
nounced plans Tuesday for a 30
bed addition costing approximate
ly $230,000.
Fred Hubbard, administra
tor, said plant are being drawn’
by Architect Frank Griffin and
construction contracts will be
in December.
The expansion should be fin
j ished in nine months, he added,
giving the hospital a capacity of
180 beds. It now has 150 beds.
FEDERAL FUNDS
The 30-bed addition .vas ap
proved yesterday by the State
Medical Care Commission in Ral
eigh. Dr. John A. Ferrell, exec
utive secretary of the commis
sion, said the $23,000 will come
from three sources: $115,000
from federal funds, $11,090 from
local funds, and $3,910 from
state funds.
“We already have our mon
ey,’’ said Hubarrd, “so there
shouldn’t be any trouble get
ting it financed.’’
In addition, the hospital will
get help from the Duke Endow
ment but the exact amount
hasn’t been determined.
The plans still have to be ap
proved by the U. S. Department
of Health, Education and Wel
fare. When Griffin’s final draw
ings are ready, the blueprints
will be submitted to Washington
for this approval.
Every room in the hospital
is air-conditioned. This was
done last summer at a cost of
$50,000.
Gaston Memorial Hospital fnn
sists of two sections. The old
building—which used to be the
City Hospital—has 50 beds. The
new section—opened in October
1951—has a hundred beds.
WAR MEMORIAL
The hospital was bought in
1940 from Dr. L. N. Glenn by
Gaston American Legion Post 23.
The Legion post raised the mon
ey from the public and made the
hospital into a memorial to Gas
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Harold Farnsworth
Is Leader Of Group
At Pyramid Electric
Experts estimate that the elec
trical industry will double its pro
duction in lO years. This fact,
along with the arrival of new in
dustries to Gaston county, ex
plains why Pyramid Electric Com
pany came to Gastonia about a
year and a half ago.
When Harold Dean Farnsworth
enrolled in the Gaston Technical
Institute, he was planning for a
“better future.” Today, Harold is
working for Pyramid Electric
Company as a group leader with
prospects for future advancement
in this new industry in this vicin
ity.
Harold is the son of Mrs.
Cornelius Farnsworth and the late
Mr. Farnsworth of Bessemer City.
He completed Tryon High School
and served for two years in the
U. S. Air Force.
PLAYED BASKETBALL
While a student at the Gaston
Technical Insitute studying radio
television technology, Harold was
a member of the school basketball
team and well liked by his class
mates. He completed the one-year
terminal course in June 1955.
Pyramid Electric hired Harold
on July 22 as a stamper. As a
stamper, Harold had some spare
time during slack periods so he
observed the production line, fa
miliarizing himself with produc
tion aspects of the industry.
Harold’* spare time interest
paid off. He was named group
leader, responsible for the work
done on the first floor, second
shift. Now he is in line for pro
motion into a supervisory posi
Pyramid, producers of capaci
tors and rectifiers, built its sec
ond plant at 101 N. Yates street
in Gastonia. They leased the
Burnside Mil Building, and they
now employ about 400 people in
their local company.
The home office of the com
pany is in North Bergen, N. J.,
with' Stanley J. Staklinski as
president. General manager of the
local plant is Fred Davison and
office manager is Max Parrish.
Farnsworth is married to the
former Miss Betty Beam. They
live on Route 2. Cherryville with
their two children, Sherry and
Stevie. They are members of
Shady Grove Baptist Church in
Cherryville.
The Gaston Technical School is
operation in Gastonia under the
direction of James I. Mason. The
technical school is sponosred by
the N. C. State College School of
tension Division. Each year the
Engineering and the college’s Ex
school offers four one-year_ ter
minal courses in radio-television,
electrical, mechanical, and auto
motive technology. In addition,
the school offers evening courses
in technical training.
GIRL SCOUTS SALUTE TO THE FLAG
(URL SCOUTS include respect to the flag in their Citizenship Training in troop meetings.
Last Rites For
Mrs. Clyde Shull
Funeral services for Mrs. Clyde
Shull were held Sunday after
noon at ,3 o'clock in the First
Presbyterian church. Rev. Geo.
I.. Riddle pastor, officiated, as
sisted by Rev. Jack H. Cooke, pas
tor of the First Methodist Church.
The choir sang: “My Faith
Looks Up To Thee;” “Have Thine
Own Wav Lord”; and “Abide
With Me.”
Active pall bearers were: Bill
Barger, A. C. Beam, Ben Heaf
ner, Charles Kistler, Jack Law
injr. and M. L. Shull.
Flower girls were Mesdames
Paul Helms, George Turner, Hugh
Helms, William Barger, Parker
George, George Tutherow, Wil
liam Sneed, Hillard Lee Beam,
A. C. Beam, Ben Heavner, Siler
Reep, Ernest Stroup, Clyde Goins,
Ernest Sellers, Lela Devine, Dow
Dellinger, Monk Black and Alpha
Huffman.
The body lay in state at the
church for thirty minutes, prior
to the services. Burial was made
under a mound of beautiful flow
ers in the City Cemetery.
Mrs. Shull died early Friday
morning in a Lincolnton Hospital.
Surviving in addition to her hus
hand are three sons, two daugh
ters, her mother and one sister.
Bess Chapel And
Bethlehem Methodist
Church Services
The Bess Chapel-Bethlehem
Methodist Church services has
been changed as follows:
Sunday School-—9:45 A. M.
Church: Bess Chapel—1st and
3rd Sundays—9:45 A. M. 2nd
and 4th Sundays—11:00 A. M.
Bethlehem; 1st and 3rd Sun
day—11:00 A. M. 2nd and 4th
Sunday—9 45 A- M.
You are cordially invited to
worship in church on the Sab
bath.
Adult Sewing Classes
Being Planned Here
Adult, sewing classes are being
planned. These classes will be
held from 3:30 to 4:30 on Mon
day afternoon in the home eco
nomics department. At present
there are only four vacancies in
the class. Miss Betty Shealy Vo
cational Home Economics teacher
of the Cherryville High School
will bo the instructor. If you are
interested in taking these classes
please call Mrs. I^awrence George,
phone 5282 or call 6821 and have
your name enrolled with the girl
in the principal’s office by Friday
afternoon.
The only cost for the classes
will be the material you use to
make a garment for yourself or
a member of your family.
First Meeting Tryon
P.T.A. October 13th
The first meeting of the Par
ent-Teacher Association of Tryon
School will be Thursday night,
October 13, at 7:30 in the school
auditorium.
The several committees of the
PTA met several weeks ago to
plan tentative programs and pro
jects for this years work. These
will be presented to the. entire
group for approval at this first
meeting.
Of interest also is the function
ing of the social committee. Af
ter the program, there will be re
freshments and entertainment in
the lunch room.
It is hoped that all PTa mem
bers and others interested in a
better school at Tryon will be
|here for this meeting.
Howell Fair Closed
Saturday Night
The Howell Fair, held at the
Howell Club Houie Friday and
Saturday, cpontored by the
Howell Woman’* Club was one
of the most successful ever
held.
The exhibits on display were
beautiful. Needlework of every
description, quilts, counterpanes,
childrens dresses, dolls, bride and .
groom and bridal attendants, cen
terpieces', aprons and many oth- |
er handmade items. Flower ar
rangements were most colorful,
flower gardens, potted plants, I
large outdoor flowers, cut flowers,
dried arrangements and table
A department of woodcraft
which was very attractive. The
most appetizing- department was
the cakes, cookies, candy, pies,
and the canned exhibits. There
were jars of jam, pickles, jellies,
soups, vegetables of all kinds.
Much work on the part of the
committees was in evidence.
The main feature of enter
tainment wa* the bingo stand
and the most enjoyable part
wa* the hot dogs, hot coffee,
cold drinks, hambergers, cake,
candy and pie which was serv
ed by the refreshment commit
tee.
Large crowds attended both
days and a very successful fair
was reported.
Watch for the Xu-wav Fair
next week.
Doty’s Men’s Shop
Opening Thursday
The Duty's Men’s Shop owned
and operated by James and Vail
Doty, will open Thursday morn
ing, October 13th, at 8:30 o'
clock. You are invited to regis
ter for the grand prizes to be giv
en away, following the drawing
on Saturday night.
The Doty hoys come from Shel
by and Forest City and nave had
much experience in the men’s
clothing department, stores. They
invite the ladies to visit them and
register, also.
These boys have a pleasant per
sonality and are waiting to make
friends with you, so go visit them
during the opening days and reg
ister for the grand free prizes.
Democratic Fish Fry
At North Brook
Township Friday
A Democratic Rally and Fi»h
Fry will be held at North Brook
No. 2 School House, Friday ev
ening:, October 14tb. A free
fish supper will be given to all
who attend at 5:00 o’clock ia
the school cafeteria.
Senator Sam J. Erwin, Jr.,
will be the principal speaker of
the evening: at 7:00 o’clock in
the school auditorium.
All citizens of North Brook
Township are cordially invited
to attend the fish supper and
the big Democratic Rally.
Come out and eat all the fish
you can, free of charge.
Extension Service At
Missionary Methodist
An Extension Service will be
held at the Missionary Methodist
Church on Saturday night, Oc
tober 15th, at 7:30 o’clock at the
church with Rev. Hardy Medlin. of
Mount Holly conducting the ser
vices.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
Mihkel Salumaa Gets
Citizenship Papers
Mihkel Salumaa of Cherryville
was one of the twenty-two for
eign born persons to become nat
uralized citizens of the United
States last Thursday in Western
District Federal Court held in
Charlotte.
As they stood before presid
ing Judge Wilson Warlick they
renounced all allegiance to for
eign nations and swore to sup
port and defend the United
States, its Constiution and laws,
against all enemies.
The legal ceremony for these
persons, who ranged in age
from about 25 to about 65, took
only a few minutes.
Then they heard brief wel
coming message sfrom Mrs. J.
.V Stribling of the Liberty Hall
Chapter, Daughters of the Am
erican Revolution, and the Rev.
O. X. Hutchinson, Jr., of the
Charlotte - M ecklenburg Chris
tian Ministers Association.
They received gifst from the
DAR chapter and Ribles from the
ministerial association.
Warwick capped the ceremo
ny with a welcome from the
United States government.
He noted that there were
many high school students in
the audience and told them
that the ceremony was the
only way that a person can be
come a citizen of the United
States unless he is a natural
born citizen.
Warwick urged each of the new
citizens to “become good citizens,
and reflect credit upon yourself
and upon America.”
‘ Uwelcome each of you to cit
izenship,” he said, ‘‘it is good to
(Continued op page four)
LIBRARY DRIVE
STILL LAGGING
The Library Drive had only
two new donor* added to the
li*t thi* week, they are: Cherry
Motor* and Carolina Freight.
Don’t forget and mail your
check to the Cherryville Public
Library this week.
The need is great the cause
is good, and Mrs. Ledford, the
Librarian is waiting to receive
your check.
Steak Supper At
Dellview Sat. Eve
There will be a regular coun
try style steak supper at the
Dellview Club House on Satur
day night, October 15th. Serv
ing will begin at 5 o’clock.
The Menu:
Steak with rice and gravy
String Beans Cole Slaw
Potato pudding
Pickles and tomatoes
Cake with coffee or tea
Adult plate, $1.00
Children under 10, 60c
Come out and enjoy a real
home cooked country style
steak supper.
Cherryville's
Quota Is $1,000
A campaign to raise funds to
provide training in good citizen
ship for the girls of the Pioneer
Girl Scout Area Council was an
nounced today by Mrs. F. A.
Young, President of the Council.
A goal of $19,243.00 with
rherryviJle’s share at $1,000 has
been set, Mrs. Young said, for the
drive which opens October 17 and
will extend through October 28.
Funds will be used to finance the
work of the council during the
coming year, to develop and or
ganize new troops, to provide
training for volunteer adult lead
ership, to provide year-round pro
gram opportunities in such fields
as Home-making, Out-of-Doors,
Citizenship, and to extend the
Camping and Day Camping pro
9 We have a membership of
10.r> 1 girls, ages seven through
seventeen with approximately 400
more girls in troops in the process
of organisation this fall in the
Pioneer Area”, Mrs. Young said
in announcing the drive. ‘‘Through
the Girl Scout program of fun,
service and training in good citi
zenship, they are growing up.to
be better qualified to undertake
the responsibility that will be
theirs in the home and as active
citizens of their community.”
Finance Chairman for the Pio
neer Girl Scout Area Council is
Mr. James T. Comer, Gastonia,
with Mr. 1). It. Mauney, Jr.,
Finance Committee member from
Cherryville, and Mrs. Carlyle
Summer, Cherryville Finance
Drive Chairman. Mrs. D. R. Mau
ney, Jr., is Cherryville Town Com
mittee Chairman.’ Mr. Mauney and
Mrs. Summer urge wholehearted
support of the drive to make this
, program possible for the girl- of
Cherryville.
Busy Days Ahead
For Girl Scouts
The Girl Scouts presented a
short but colorful program Thurs
day afternoon and Thursday ev
ening to the Cherryville Woman’s
Club and the Cherryville Junior
(Woman’s Clob in their new Club
I building.
I The program was opened with
I an impressive flag ceremony
’ which was followed by the Girl
(Scout Promise and the Girl Scout
I Laws. The many advantages of
being a girl scout were pointed
out in a talk given by Caroline
Mauney, an intermediate scout.
Mrs. Carlyle Summer and Mrs. D.
R. Mauney, Jr., representatives
from the Girl Scout Town Coun
cil, appeared on the program.
This noon the same program
was presented by the girl scouts
to the Rotary Club at their lun
cheon meeting. Tuesday evening,
October 18th, the girl scouts will
be the guests of the Lions Club
and again present their program.
On Sunday, October 30th, the
eight girl scout troops in Cherry
ville will observe “Go to Church
I Sunday for Girl Scouts”. They
will attend in a body at the elev
en o’clock worship service at St.
John’s Evangelical Lutheran
Church.
Merchants Assoc.
Meeting Tonight At 7
The Cherryville Merchants As
soication will meet tonight (Wed
nesday) at the American Legion
Hut at. 7 30 o’clock. All members
and non-members are urged to be
present and bring a member. Thi3
is a very important meeting so
don’t fial to be present.
J. E. Costner, President
Gaston Baptist Ass’n.
To Meet At First Bap
tist Church Tuesday
The annual meeting of trie Gas
ton Baptist Association will meet
at the First Baptist. Church on
Tuesday, October 18th.
The President of the State Bap
tist Brotherhood has invited the
Reverend William C. Lamb, Pas
tor of the First Baptist Church
in Cherryville. to deliver the in
spirational address on Tuesday
evening.
REVIVAL AT
SECOND BAPTIST
A Revival meeting is now in
progress at the Second Baptist
Church. The preaching is being
done by the pastor, Waldo Kl
Mullen and the singing is being
led by Mr. Marlow Dellinger. The
services start each evening at
7:30 and will continue through
Sunday night.
The public is cordially invited
and urged to attend all of the
services.
Cows are being grazed 800 days
a year on Borne North Carolina
dairy farms, according to Marvin
E. Sender, extension dairy speci
alist at State College.
The total value of all cattle oq
farms in North Carolina the first
of the year was set over 69 1-2
million dollars, or about 12 pec
cent less than a year earlier.