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VWWWWWtfWWWWWWWl^WWWWftfo o YOU WILL FIND THE GIFTS YOU NEED j! IN THE EAGLE 'vvwvwwwwwwwwvwwwwwwwwwfr • VOLUME FIFTY (Published Every Wednesday) Cherryville, N. C. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER; 14, 1955 NUMBER FORTY-SEVEN SANTA CLAUS COMING TO CHERRYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL BAND WILL APPEAR IN CONCERT THURSDAY On Main Street From 2:45 - 3:45 The Cherryville High School Band under the direction of Mr. Dale Grmbill will be pre sented by the Cherryville Mer chants Association in a “Christ mas Concert” on Main Street Thursday afternoon, December 15th from 2:45 until 3:45 o’ clock. The public is invited to be present for this program and visit with one another and say “A very, very Merry Christmas to all. If weather permits. Frank Leonhardt Dies In Hospital Mr. Prank Leonhardt, 66, died in the Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock. He had been in declin ing health and came home from Florida two weeks ago for a check-up with his doctor, and en tered the hospital about ten days ago. FUNERAL TOMORROW Funeral services will be held from Bess Cdapel Church Thurs day afternoon at 2 o’clock. The body will be carried to his home in the North Brook section this afternoon from Carpenter’s Fun eral home where it will remain until the funeral. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Ltarie Gates, his wife, four sons and four daughters and four brothers. Mrs. Lillie Ponder Passes In Florida The many friends and relatives re vei'l saduu ii last V eejfc b.<t the death of Mrs. Lillie Ponder. Mrs. Ponder was Miss Lillie Huss before her marriage. She had made her home in Arcadie, Fla., for many years. Her death came last Thursday, December 8th, and the funeral was held in Florida on Sunday, December 11th. Mrs. Ponder i£ survived by two sons and one daugdter. Mrs. Eunice Ray and Cathey Hallman of Gherryville attended the funeral. Sunbeam Farm Jersey Rated A Tested Dam A registered Jersey cow owned by Sunbeam Farms, Cherryville, \. c., has been rated a Tested Dam bv The American Jersey Cattle Club. The distinction was awarded Biltmore Draconis Ivy Jewel for bavins’ three offspring with official production records. The cow’s progeny averaged 9, 928 pounds milk containing 467 pounds butterfat on a twice-daily milking, 306-day mature equival ent basis. The records were made under one of the programs of official testing of The Ameri can Jersey Cattle Club, which has its national headquarters located in Columbus, Ohio. The Tested Dam rating aids Jersey owners in the selection of superior breeding stock. The three tested progeny required to qualify a cow as a Tested Dam may be either three tested daugh ters or three tested sons, or any combination thereof totaling three. Handicapped School Closed GASTONIA —* Thirty-six local children are being forced^to quit They’re handicapped children, •unable to attend the public schools, and the Gaston County Center for the Handicapped was closed Friday on account of a shortage of funds. The directors voted to close the school when they took the year end audit and discovered a de ficit of $500. They say they won’t reopen it until they raise at least $2,500, enough to run the school one month. Appeals are being made for money. Howell and Nuway Christmas Programs The Howell Manufacturing Co., will present its ChristmasPlayon Saturday evening, December 17in at 7 p.m., and the Nuway Spin ning Company will present its Christmas Play on Sunday after noon, December 18th, at 2:30 o - Cl The public is cordially invited feo attend both Christmas plays. MISS KATHRYN LOVE Miss Love Takes Post As Girl Scout Leader The appointment of Miss Kath ryn Love of Shelby, North Caro lina, as Executive Director of the Pioneer Area Girl Scout Council is announced by Mrs. Frank A. Young* Council President. The new Director has arrived in Gastonia to assume her new du ties in the Girl Scout organiza tion, which maintains headquar ters in the Woman’s Club Build ing on Second Avenue. Miss Love is an A. B. graduate of Coker College in Hartsville, S. C., having majored in chemis try and minored in physical edu cation and mathematics. Her fur ther training includes a number o'i courses, s ponsored by the N. C Recreation Association and the X. C. Sports Institute, in such subjects as Recreation, Camp Counselling, Leadership, Games, and Dances. Recently she has been employ ed as Personal Dierctor at Dover Mills, Inc., in Shelby. At the same time she also filled a part-time positon as Director of the Wo men’s Recreation Leagues at Do ver Mills, in which capacity she organized and managed the rec reation teams and directed the summer playground for children. In addition, she has had exper ience in recreation work while employed as Assistant Superinten dent of the Shelby Parks and Recreation Commission. For the past four years Miss , Ix)ve has been a Girl Scout Troop Leader, and has directed a Girl Scout Troop Camp in the mountains near Hendersonville. She also has served as a Counse lor at Camp Pinnacle in Hender sonville. A member of Shelby Presbyter ian Church, she was Chairman and Treasurer of her chinch cir cle. She was also Vice-President of the Junior Woman’s Club and Chairman of the Junior Charity League. 1 Miss Love is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Love of Shel by. In Gastonia she has an apart ment at 21£)V. South. York Street. Pfc. Melvin Ervin Expert In Firing BERLIN—Pfc. Melvin J. Ervin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl N. Er vin, Modena Ert., Route 4, Gas tonia, N. C., recently qualified as l expert in firing the M-l rifle in Berlin. Private First Class Trvin, a | member of the 287th Military Po lice Company, entered the Army I in April 1954 and received basic training at Fort Jackson, S. C. The 22-year-old soldier is a former employee at Southern Pa per Industries, Inc., in Gastonia. DANCE AT SELLERS DANCE HALL EACH SATURDAY NITE A dance is held at Sellers Dance ' Hall on the Cherryville-Dallas Highway each Saturday night be ginning at 8 o’clock. Music is furnished by Roeehill Play Boys. Admission: Men, $1.00 and la dies free, i Pvt. Clyde Williams Recently Graduated FORT STORY, Va.—Pvt. Clyde E. Williams, 19, whose wife, Mary Helen, lives at 801 Third Street, Kings Mountain, N. C., recently was graduated from the Army’s amphibious truck operation and repair course at Fort Story, Va. Private Williams, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Wililams, Route 1, entered the Army in July 1956 and completed basic training at Fort Jackson, S. C. Funeral Today For Mrs. J. C. Ballard Funeral services are being held this afternoon for Mrs. J. C. Bal lard, 85, who passed away Mon day morning at 10:30 in the Gas ton Memorial Hospital, Gastonia where she had been a patient for the past two weeks. Mrs. Ballard had been in ill health for several years, and had the misfortune of felling and breaking her hip two weeks ago, however, she was re covering and heij death was unex pected. Mrs. Ballard was Miss Sarah Rhyne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Rhyne. She was born at Labortory in Lincoln County, May 2, 1870. Surviving are the following chil dren, Mrs. John Chapman, Mrs. Garland Sigmon, Ray Ballard, Mrs. Carl Carpenter, Mrs. Monroe Randall, Mrs. Flay Huss, Howard Ballard and Robert Ballard, all of Chersyville, 19 grand-children and 23 great-grandchildren. Also sur-' viving is a sister, Mrs. John By num of Lincolnton. Her husband preceded her in death June 25, 1950. She was also preceded by three sons, T. A. Ballard, Willie Ballard and an infant, Edward. Funeral services will be held at the First Methodist Church this afternoon at 3 o’clock with the pastor, Rev. Jack Cook in charge asisted by Rev. George L. Riddle and Rev. ,J. W. Kiser. Bill Daugherty Dies In Lancaster The many friends here of Mr. I Bill Daugherty were shocked Sun . day to learn of his sudden death ! which occurred Saturday at Mar ion Simms Hospital in Lancaster. Mr. Daugherty had visited friends | in Cherryville on Sunday before his death and had made plans to I return to Cherryville next Sunday, and spend the day here. He was taken suddenly in on Friday night about 8 o’clock and rushed to the hospital where he rallied and was able to give in structions about his business at 9 o’clock on Saturday morning. About 11 o’clock he suffered an other attack and died at 12:15. Funeral service was held Mon day afternoon at 3 o’clock at Be'thesda Chapel Baptist Church ir. Dover, near New Bern and burial was made in the family plot in the church cemetery. .Mr. Daugherty owned and oper ated the Cherryville Dry C'eaning plant here in Cherryville for sev eral years before selling his busi ness and moving to Lancaster where he ibought the Superior Dry Cleaning Plant. In addition to the Superioreplant he also owned and operated the Lancaster Laun derette and also had interest in the Lancaster Radio Station. He was a Mason, a Shriner, member of the First Methodist Church in Lancaster, active in his church and will be greatly missed ij- Lancaster as well as by his friends in Cherryville where he was a regular visitor. He is survived by his mother | and one brother, both of Dover. Joel Mauney Makes Honor Roll At GW Joel Mauney, son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Mauney, was one of the 17 students named to the honor roll at Gardner Webb Col lege last week. Mr. Mauney is a graduate of the Tryon High School and spent four years in the Air Force. This is his sophomore year and he is studying Business Education. The honor students earned their rating for grades of 92 or above during the first half of the semester. Of th# 435 students enrolled, only four per cent re ceived the coveted honor. Shooting Match Saturday, Dec. 17 There will he a “Shooting Match” Saturday, December 17th at the Cherryville Feed and Seed Store, North of town, sponsored by the Traditional New Year Shooters, Inc. The match will begin at 10:00 a.m., and will continue until all the Country Hams and Turkeys are gone. Shells wil lbe furnished at the match. Everyone is cordially invited to attend the match and test your skill, and at the samei time have some fun and win for yourself a nice ham or turkey for your Christmas dinner. (Jowa fot/ Cb Mem/ Ovustnm... Dale Grabill Does Fine Job In Parade Mr. Dale Grabill, Band Direc tor, is to be congratulated for his efforts put forth in helping make the Christmas parade a great success. It was through his untiring ef forts that the parade was sparked with music from one end to the other, and the merchants and en tire town are grateful to him for his accomplishments. MR. GUY BEAM AT HIS HOME NEAR HERE The many friends of Mr. Gui lt. Beam will be glad to know he has returned home from the Gas ton Memorial Hospital where he underwent an operation and is getting along nicely. Cherryville Production Credit Association Moving To New Building Stores To Close On Mon. After Christmas The Cherryville Merchants will be closed on Monday, December 26th, the day after Christmas, in observance of the Christmas holi days. This announcement was made today by the president of the as sociation, Mr. J. E. Costner. Another Contributor The Blackwelder Textile Indus try has been listed to the many that helped to make our Christ mas parade one gigantic success. Carlton Christmas Program SUNDAY. DECEMBER IB, 1955 3 O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON PRELUDE At The Organ. Choir PRAYER Wade H. Stroupe Carlton Girls Club One Act Play The Birds Christmas Carol In Two Scenes Carol Bird Mrs. Bird Mrs. Ruggles Peter Ruggles Kitty Rug-gles. Sara Maud Ruggles Peoria Ruggles Cornelius Ruggles Clement Ruggles Larry Ruggles .... Elaine Boyd Mrs. Dennis Beam Mrs. Hugh Sneed Ronnie Cook Linda Heavener Bertha Peeler Bobby Henkle Gerald Yount Ronnie Boyd Dennis Beam, Jr. SCENE I. Its Christmas Day in the Ruggles home and Mrs. Ruggles is getting her children ready to go to the “Big House” of the Ruggles for Christmas dinner. The brief closing of the curtain indicates the pass ing of one hour. SCENE II. Carol Bird and Peter Ruggles talk things over. Mrs. Ruggles gives Mrs. Bird the ‘‘grandest Christmas present any mother ever had. After the choir has sung “O Little Town of Bethle hem” the audience please join in singing— “Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow” as the benediction. A Joyous Christmas To You—It is not always what we do or what we spend that can make a Joyous Christ mas, “It's the WAY you say it.” The Cherryville P r o d u c t i on I Credit Association is moving to day into its new handsome and up-to-date building on West Main street next door to the Cherry ville Building and Loan Associa Mr. John K. Tyson is secre tary-treasurer of the Association. Wiatch The Eagle for their grand opening which will be held short ly. | Cherryville Girls Down Mountaineer With three forwards hitting in double figures, Oherryville's girls opened Southwest. AA play here last night with a thrilling 52-44 victory over Kings Mountain. The Mountaineers .evened the count in the nightcap of the twin bill with a 52-47 w-in. Both contests were thrillers and had the local gym in an uproar from start to finish. With Alene Beal hitting for 20 points, Mar tha Sue Hayes for 17. and sub Pat Sigmon for 12, the local six came from behind a 17-16 KM lead at the quarter to go ahead at halftime 24-28. Linda Chastain, Sonja Black, and Jill Wise play ed great ball iti the back court and Judy Hovis contributed a vi tal four points to the winners’ cause. Cherryville outscored the visitors in all but the first period. Forward Ronald Turner and Guard T. I,. Sain had 18 and 16 points respectively wtih the Cher rie Ironmen trailing 13-12 at the end of the first period and 29-22 at halftime. The Emmett Feim ster lads got hot in the third stanza and were leading 37-36 at the three-quarters mark. Cherryville goes to Caroleen on Friday night for a pair of tilts with Tri-Hi starting at 7 o’clock. Other Southwestern openers last night found Belmont taking two from Tri-Hi and Lincolnton capturing a couple from Ruther fordton-Spindale Central. Schools Close Friday For Yule Holidays Announcement was made today from the superintendents office that the Cherryville city schools will close at nooni Friday, Decem ber 16th for the Christmas holi days and re-open on Wednesday, December 28th at 8:30 a.m. The Cherryville city schools are rated among the best in the coun try and have some of the best teachers and instructors to be found any where, and the super intendent, Mr. Fenton L. Larson urges all parents to see that their children attend pchool regularly unless sickness or other unavoid able conditions keep them away. HEBER EAKER Heber Eaker Heads Masons Heber Eaker, book-keeper for Mauney Gin and Feed Company, was elected Master of the Cher ryville Lodge No. r>05 AF & AM, during its meeting here Monday right, succeeding Mr. A. B. Beam. Elected to serve with Mr. Ea ker were: John C. Wilson, senior warden; Raleigh J. Putnam, jun ior warden; W. D. Browne, Treas., and George S- Falls, secretary. These officers will be installed Monday night, December 19th at 7:30 o’clock, with the exception cf the secretary, who was install ed on December 12th. Appointive officers will also be filled at the Monday night meet ing. New Year Shooters To Meet Friday The old traditional New Year Shooters wil lhave a meeting Fri day evening. December lGth at the Triple H Restaurant at 7:00 o’clock. All members and those interested are urged to be pres ent. as some important business will be discussed. A. Sidney Beam, Dock Shull and Sam Sellers, three of the old est members of the group, say they all shot New Years, before any member of the new crowd, who call themselves “Traditional New Year Shooters, Inc., before any member of the group were All members of the old group are hoping to see you as the New Year 1955, comes to a close, and wishes each one a very Merry Christmas. Local Stores Crowd ed By Christmas Shop pers During this Week Only ten more days until Christmas, and the hustle and bustle of the shopping crowds in Cherryville stores is impressive proof that the Christmas shop ping season is in full swing here. Most Cherryville merchants are reporting an unusually good early Christmas business. Business con ditions locally continue good with the mills humming, and shoppers with cash in their pockets and purses are spending it on choice Yule gifts. 1 Many people, too, are taking ad vantage of lay-away-plans. some store managers report, while oth ers are taking advantage of com ing and just looking and finding themselves buying early. The Cherryville stores have a wide assortment of Christmas items on display and the attrac tive holiday windows as well as the sparkling, multi-colored street lights are getting customers in the gift-buying mood. All local stores are staying op en all day on Tuesdays before Christmas for the convenience of shoppers. Christmas Program At Wesleyan Church The annual Christmas Program will be held at the Wesleyan Methodist Church on Sunday night, December 18th, at 7:30 The program consist of special Christmas music and a Christmas play entitled “Why Christmas.” This is the story of an old man’s disappointment and how profess ing Christians observe Christmas, and his search for the real mean ing of Christmas. The public is invited to see and hear this solendid Christmas mes sage. Monday, Dec. 19 Through Sat. 24 Beginning Monday, December 19th. Santa Claus wlil be in C’herryville each day through De cember 24th. The Oherryville Police department will escort Santa during the hour of 2:00 to 3:00 o’clock, so that he may visit the different communities and. business houses, other than the Main Street, to visit with the chil Saturday, December 24th, San ta will visit all of Gherryville dur ing the hours of 9 :00 A. M., until the closing hours, because then Santa will have to leave and go back to his workshop to gather all the presents for the Christmas trees throughout this fair land of Letter Theatre Has Face Lifting A brand new face lifting' is taking place* at the Lester Thea tre, Cherryville’s Family Theatre, under the new ownership of The Stellings-Gossett Theatre Circuit of Charlotte. Mr. Erskin Wimberly, manager, and the entire personnel from John Ray Sigmon, the operator to Lawrence (Tiny) Costner, Main- . tenance man, have .iust compet ed eight weeks of intensive study and instructions in movie presen tation. Thus assuring the citizens of Oherryville and community a. theatre opertaion, second to none. * Since mid October, on most any # morning, the Lester Theatre has been a scene of constant activity as the more than 500 seats were taken out, dismantled, re built and reupholsfcered in a love ly maioon leatherett covering. All in an endeavor to add to the comfort of the patrons of the lister Theatre, Cherryville’s Earn l ily Theatre. A nerw ocean green carpet has been installed in the isles, again, adding to the beauty of the build ing for the Movie goers enjoy The projection equipment and sound system have been complete ly overhauled and rebuilt by Mr. L. A. Davis, motion picture main tenance specialist of Charlotte. Mr. Davis has been retained as a constant consultant on the Lester Movie Projection, assuring this theatre of the utmost in picture projection at all times. With the addition to the wide screen and new projection lens, The Lester Theatre is able to show the citizens of Oherryville a quality picture that is unequal ed. Under the professional work manship of the Cornwell boys, the building has received a new coat of paint adding color and beauty in an effort to make The Lester Theatre, truly a place of pride and joy to the community. A newly decorated and freshly stocked soda bar is maintained in the lobby to supply a constant, source of refreshments for the Lester patrons. Miss Betty Short, pretty brown-eyed concessioner, is always on band with a pleasant smile and plenty of delicious re freshments. A new automatic oil heating system just installed insures each patron of a eontinueous even, flow of warm air heat. Under the guidance of Mr. P. N. Cade, professional booker on film row in Charlotte, The Lester will be assured of a constant flow of new up-to-date pictures. Starting the list this week with Jenifer Jones in “Cood Morning Miss Dove”, a current hit of the Iiast week the Lester showed “The View From Pompey’s Head”, a new release that is jnst being shown in Charlotte this week. So for tops in entertainment, keep your eye on The Lester. Bring ing you the moetest of the be»t est and the newest furstest. Christmas Pageant At Mount Zion The Annual Christmas Pageant at Mount Zion Baptist Church will he presented at the church on 'Sunday night, December 18th, at '7 o’clock. “The Coming of Christ’’ is the theme of the pag eant. The public is cordially in vited to attend. Prayer Meeting At Mr. James Seate There will be prayer meeting at Mr. James Seate on East Main Street Everyone is invited to come and worship with us. Con ducted by Missionary prayer band. There will be a holliness rally at the Missionary Methodist Church Sunday1, evening at 2:00. Every one is invited to come and be with us. Rev. Paul Harris.
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