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VOLUME FIFTY
(Published Every Wednesday) Cherryville, N. C.
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CHERRYVILLE JOINS THE CHURCH CRUSADE
TOWN OFFICIALS ENDORSE CHURCH - ATTENDANCE CRUSADE
CAROLINA FREIGHT HOLDS CHRISTMAS PARTIES FOR EMPLOYEES
And Urge You
To Attend Services
Oherryville Board of Aldermen,
J. Lester (Fuzz,) Armstrong1, T.,
Carlyle Summer, L. Webb Mc
Ginnas and Ed C. Sullivan, Jr.,
along with Mayor W. T. Robin
son, has unanimously endorsed
the CSiurch Attendance Crusade
which is being sponsored by the
churches of Cherryville for the
period from January 1st through
Easter.
In announcing the Town's of
ficial endorsement and coopera
tion of this special drive for in
creased church attendance, May
or Robinson said, “The officials
of our town are anxious that this
Church-Attendance Crusade is
fully successful and that it will
bring the average church atten
dance to an all-time high in the
number of people attending the
church of their choice. We know
that cities and towns with high
average attendance records are
the cities and towns which are
progressive and which constantly
maintain a lower crime record
than cities or towns in which the
citizens are indifferent to church
responsibilities. We are glad to
endorse this crusade and to as
sure our citizens of our sincere
hope that they will cooperate in
every possible way to make the
crusade the success it should be.’’
^ob Clippard
&j mtertain* Hi*
dancing Classes
The teen-age students .of Clip
pard’s Dancing School enjoyed a
lovely Christmas party Wednes
day night. December 21st, at the
Cherryville Woman’s Club. Stu
dents from Cherryville and Lin
colnton classes attended along
with their invited guests.
Dancing of various types was
enioyed throughout the evening
after which refreshments were
served. A decorative note of
Christmas predominated in the
refreshments. The climax of the
evening was the Grand March led
ihv Mr. Clippard.
' Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Ellington
were Chaperones.
Mr. Clippard was assisted by
Mickie Clark and Ruth Hoover
with the Dance Program and also
in serving refreshments.
Students present were Johnny
.Stroupe, Diana Rudisill, Jimmie
Beam, Edwina Rudisill, Richard
Pope, Mildred Beam, Don Heaf
n?r, Kav Heafner, Charles Rich
ardson, ‘Cathey Beam, Max Gar
ner, Cora Lee Rudisill. Dickie Led
ford, Bettv Warlick Putnam, Jer
rv Elmore' Karen Kale, June Rid
dle. Alethea Moody, Gail Houser,
Jimmy McLurd, W. F. Craig. Pa
tricia Ellington, Penny Hoyle,
Barhara Hovis, Martha Mauney,
Donnie Hutto, Howard Homesley,
Bengie Rudisill, Joseph Mendal,
(Dennis Ramsey and Terry Yount.
Mrs. Betty Cornwell
Wins Sewing Machine
Mrs. Betty Sip# Cornwell was
•winner of the Portable Electric
Sewing Machine given away last
Saturday afternoon Dumber
24th, at 4:30 o’clock by The Rem
man* Shop at 105 North Mountain
,Street, where the drawing was
’held. The winner's ticket was
posted on the window.
The owners of the Remnant
Shop, Holton and Fannie Helen
Smith wish to express their
thanks to all, far and near, for
vour patronage dnnng the past
year. They said they would stnve
(to serve you even better m the
future, and may the New Year
be a happy and prosperous one
for all.
^. llowship Breakfast
W'' Homefolks Cafe
The Fellowship Breakfast will
be held at the Homefolks Cafe
Monday morning, January 2nd,
at 7:30 o’clock. This i* a weekly
affair and is belI« h®ld.^h
Monday mornmg. Much inter
est is being manifested i* this
fellowship meeting.
You are invited to attend, Mon
day morning, January 2nd, at
7:30 o’clock. _
his roar’s North Carolina cot
ton crop averaged 364
Hnt nor acre, 35 pounds above
the RW av*r**rL£€thG1To year
and 20 pounds above the 10 year
averago.
Mrs. Tom Houser
Laid To Last Rest
MRS. THOMAS HOUSER
Funeral services for Mrs. Wil
ma Beal Houser, were held Fri
day afternoon, December 23rd,
at 2 o’clock at Pleasant Grove
Methodist Church with the Rev.
Zane Norton, officiating.
The body lay in state at the
church for thirty minutes prior to
the services. Burial was made in
the church cemetery under a
mound of beautiful flowers.
Mrs. Houser was born in Ca
tawba county, May 2, 1894, a
daughter of the late Daniel L.
Peal, ar.d Lavra Shuford Beal.
She was married to Thomas Hou
ser on December 23, 1911 and had
lived in the Love Memorial School
section of Lincoln County for the
past 40 years where she was an
active member of the Pleasant
Grove Methodist Church.
Mrs. Houser died at her home
at 4:30 o’clock Wednesday after
noon, following an extended ill
Mrs. Houser was a consecrated
Christian woman, a good neigh
bor, kind to all with whom she
came in contact and loved by all
who really knew her. She will be
greatly missed by all, especially
in the home and in her church
where she was a faithful member
and in her community where she
She is survived by her husband
Thomas Houser; three sons, Frank
Houser of Lincolnton: Forrest L.
(Bud) Houser, Cherryville; Tho
mas Houser, Jr., Danville, Va.;
four daughters: Mrs. Jonas Per
kins, at home; Mrs. Bill Hoover,
Btthphage; Mrs. Jarrett Harrell
Bess, North Brook; Mrs. Kermit
Self, Lincolnton; 20 grand chil
dren; two brothers, Charlie Beal,
Lincolnton; Poley Beal, Gastonia;
three sisters, Mrs. Eula Kudisill,
Charlotte; Mrs. Bessie Kale, Lin
colnton; Mrs. Mattie Boyles, Cher
rwille.
Lincoln Youths
To Take Course
LINCOLNTON—The two local
hanks, First National and Lincoln
National, wilt send two Lincoln
County farm boys to a two-week
school' at N. C. State college.
February 6-17, 1956. They are:
Flay Clifton Sehronce and Char
les Bethea Houser, both of Route
one, Vale.
The school is sponsored annu
ally by the School of Agriculture
of N. C. State College and’N. C.
Bankers Association.
Local banks throughout, the
state get together each year and
sponsor youths from their lespec
tive counties. Local bankers fi
nance the entire cost of the
school.
Production Credit
Christmas Party
Employees of the Cherryville
Production Credit Association en
joyed a Christmas party on Fri
day evening, December 24th at
7:30 o’clock in the Conference
Room of the new building. De
lightful refreshments were spread
on the table , in a setting of
Christmas decorations. Christmas
-Carols were played and gifts ex
changed.
Those enjoying the party were:
Mr. John Tyson, Mrs. Carol Beam,
Mrs. Bennie Page, Robert Dellin
ger, Wayne Barrett, Mrs. Betty
Spake. Mrs. J. H. Burwell and
Mr. Claude C. Beam.
Aibout eight tons of coal arc
required to produce one ton of
magnesium.
Farm Operators To
Pay Soc. Security
Farm operators who figure their
farm income on a calendar year
basis will be paying social secur
ity taxes on their self-employ
ment income for the first time
between January 1 and April
16, 1956. The payment of social
security taxes on net earnings
from operating a farm is compul
sory, provided the net earnings
amount to $400 o more during
the year.
The farm opeartor wlio bad net'
earnings from farming of $400 or
more in 1955 should first make
sure that he has adequate rec
ords of his farm income and ex
penses for the, year. Next, he
should get a social security ac
count number from his nearest
social security office if he does
not already have one. If he has
bad a number but lost it, he should
apply for a duplicate number.
This should be done soon to a
void the last minute rush, since
the number will have to be shown
on his income tax return.
Even though the farm operator
may not make enough to have
to pay income taxes, he will still
need to file an income tax return
in order to pay his social secur
ity taxes. Social security taxes
aro paid on net earnings of $400
or more before taking off for per
sonal exemptions. For example,
a married farm operator whose
net earnings were $1,000 in
1955 would not owe any income
taxes, since he is allowed $1200
personal exemptions, $600 for
himself and $600 for his wife.
In this csae, however he would
pav the social security tax on
$1,000.
A recently issued free booklet,
“How Social Security Covers Far
mers”, outlining the details of
this now law as it applies to
farm operators, can be secured by
getting in touch with your social
security office, located at 212 W.
2nd Ave., in Gastonia. The phone
number is UN 5-4611.
Farmers Asked
To Return Social
Security Forms
P. K- Sanders of Gastonia, Dis
trict Director of Internal Reve
sue, this week issued a state
ment to remind employers that
social security taxes apply to
cash wages paid to every farm
worker to whom the employer
pays $100.00 or more cash wag
es during the year 1955.
The taxes (2 percent employer
tax and 2 percent employee tax)
apply only to cash wages paid to
covered farm workers.
Every farm employer who owes
these taxes must file a return on
Form 943, and pay the taxes, n
or before January 31. 1955. Farm
employers should file their re
turns on time in order to avoid
the penalty which may be charg
ed for late filing.
Any employer of covered farm
workers wh ohas not already reg
istered with the District Direc
tor’s Office should do so at cnce.
The registration Form SS-4 can
he obtained from any Internal
Revenue or Social Security Of
The District Director will mail
the necessary return forms and
instructions to all registered em
ployers.
Howard L. Taylor
On USS Henderson
PACIFIC FLETT (FHTNG)—
Serving aboard tre Pacific Fleet
destroyer USS Henderson is Ho
ward L. Taylor, seaman, USN,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin M.
Tavlor of Route 1, Cherryville,
N. C. v
Before entering the service Ul
1952, he attended North Brook
High School.
O. C. Parker, Jr.
Wins Heart Desire
O. C. Parker, Jr., was the win
ner of “Your Heart’s Desire” at
Doty’s Men’s Shop Saturday af
ternoon at 2 o’clock, when the
drawing was held. Mr. Parker
selected a pair of Slacks, after
being informed he was the win
ner and was the happy owner of
an extra gift for Christmas.
A nationwide effort to And
methods of increasing milk con
sumption is being carried out by
the Agricultural Marketing Ser
vice, USDA.
Large Attendance
Enjoy Festivities
Two Christmas parties honoring
aii company personnel were giv
en by Carolina Freight Carriers
.Corporation on December 23 with
a banquet dinner being held dur
ing the early part of the evening
at Brackett’s Cedar Park near
Polkville, N. C. Between 4-8
P.M., a delectable variety of ex
cellent foods consisting of ham,
chicken, oysters and fancy salads
'were served buffet style.
Following the dinner, dances
were held at both Brackett’s Ce
dar Park and Club Carolina in
Cherryville. Orchestration in
Cherryville was provided by Char
lie Friar’s Band from Charlotte,
N. C., and those remaining at
Brackett’s were entertained by
the Rhythm Masters Group from
Lincolnt-on, N. C. An unusually
larmge attendance of 800 employ
ees necessitated the Company se
lecting two separate sites for the
dances.
Similar parties were held for
employees at all cities where
the firm maintains terminals.
Cadet Larry Summer
Promoted To CpI.
RALEIGH, N. C., Dec. 27.—
The Army ROTC Department at
North Carolina State College an
nounced today that Cadet Thomas
Larry Summer of C-herryviUe has
'been promoted to Corporal of Ar
fmy ROTC Drum and Bugle Corps
The promotion was made on
the basis of outstanding drill
performance in the Army ROTC,
according to Col. Richard R. Mid
dlehrooks, professor of military
science and tactics a't State Col
Cadet Summer is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. T. Carlyle Summer
of Cherryville.
He has been active in extra
curricular activities.
Cherryville Music
Club Meeting
The Cherryville Music Club
held its December meeting at St.
•Tohn’s Lutheran Church on_Thurs
day evening, December 17th. at
7:45 o’clock with Mrs. Marshall
Agner and Rev. W. G. Cobb as
hostess and host. The church
school audiotrium was attractive
ly decorated, carrying out the
Christmas motif.
Rev. W. G. Cobb called the
meeting to order in the absence
of the President ,Mr. Robert Gur
ley. During the business session
the secretary, Mrs. ,1. Garland
Sherrill read the minutes of the
previous meeting and checked the
roll.
Mr. Hector Stroup, year book
chairman, presented the r ew at
tractive books to all the members.
Mrs. Julia R. Hall, program
chairman, presented a most im
pressive and enjoyable program
on Christmas music.
The following program was giv
en:
Piano selection, Lnrisimas
Music”—-Mrs. Clyde Carpenter.
What Christmas Means to Me
—Mrs. Blanch Heavner.
Mrs. HaTl read appropriate
scripture reading, followed by
the singing of several of the best
known Christmas Carols.
A Trio-Shine O’Shining Stan—
Mrs. Marshall Agner, Mrs. ,T.
Garland Sherrill and Rev. W. G.
Cobb.
We Three Kings—Mrs. W. L.
Armstrong, Hector Stroupe and
Rev. W. G. Cobb.
Duet: “Deck The Halls “God
Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”—Mrs.
W. L. Armstrong and Miss Sue
Jenks.
At the conclusion of the meet
ing a special offering of $22.00
\As received and mailed to care,
New York to help buy food for
hungry nations overseas.
During the social hour ths hos
tess and host were assisted by
Mrs. J. Garland Sherrill and Miss
Lavinia Rudisill in serving a de
licious sweet course and coffee to
the following: Mesdames W. L,
Armstrong, R. W. Boggs, Clyde
Carpenter, D. Troy Carpenter, T
D. Gurley, Julia R. Hall, Blanch
Heavner, R. B- Porter, R. C,
Sharpe, J. Garland Sherrill, W.
F. Starnes, Erskine Wimberly, J.
W. Quinn, Misses Fannie Farris,
Sue Jenks and Lavinia Rudisill.
Development and release of new
and improved alfalfa varieties
have spread the use of this
legume over wide, new areas ol
the country.
Farmers Need To J
Know More About
Social Security
The months immediately ahead
are of special significance to I
self employed farmers and all
others who work for themselves
in some kind of agricultural en
terprise. It is possible for them
to become insured under the so
cial security law after they have
had credit for net earnings of at
least $400 in both calendar year*
1955 and 1956. This could be as
early as April 1956.
Older farmers—'those row 65
or over, and those who will have
reached 65 at that time—can re
tire after March and start get
ting monthly old-age insurance
payments if they meet the earn
ings requirement stated above.
Other farmers. regardless of
age, will acquire family protec
tion under social security on the
first of April provided they meet
the same earnings requirement.
If they should die at that time
their dependents would become
entitled to monthly survivors in
surance benefit checks.
It is well to bear in mind that
becoming insured does not mean
that a person will remain insured.
Those under age 65 and alive af
ter March 1956 will need addi
tional work to retain an insured
status. I want to point cut also
that being insured has nothing
to do with the amount of benefit
payments. Payments to a self-em
ployed farmer and his family or
to his. surviving ii oendents will
i be based o nhis Average earn
ings. His own monthly benefit in
retirement could be as little as
$30 or as much as $108.50: total
monthly payments to his family
would range from $45 to $200.
The amount of the benefit de
pends upon the farmer's average
net earnings in years after 1954.
Today, I have discussed the
protection under the old-age and
survivors insurance program
which so many farm people will
have acquired by mid-1956. In
my next article I shall explain the
obligation that go along with this
protection — the responsibilities
which must be mt by self-employ
ed farmers after the turn of the
Self-employed farmers should
report their 1955 net- income for
social security credit and pay the
self-employment tax not later
than Aprii 15. 1956. Watch for
n full explanation of these re
porting requirements is a later
installment of this series.
Fred C. Phillips
In Germany
Army Home Town News Cen
ter, Kansas City, Mo., Pec. 23.—
ULM. GERMANY—Army Pvt.
Fred C. Phillips, son of Fred C.
Phillips, son of FYed T. Phillips,
’Shelby, N. C., recently took part
in a cold weather indoctrination
exercise in Germany.
The exercise, held by the 9th
Infantry Division, trained Pri
vate Phillips in the methods of
survival in sub-zero temperatur
A radio operator in Company
1 of the division’s 47th Regiment,
Phillips entered the Army in May
1954 and completed basic train
ing at Fort Jackson. S. C. He
arrived in Europe in December,
I 1954.
! (EDITOR: Mother not listed).
Timothy R. Ives
Joins Broadcasting
CHARLOTTE, N. C— Timothy
R. Ives has joined the Jefferson
Standard Broadcasting Company
a: a sales representative for WBT
A native of Bloomington, 111.,
Ives is a former jet fighter pilot
with four years’ service in the
Air Force. He saw nine months’
action in Korea and finished out
his tour of duty in this country
as an instructor.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
L. Ives of Southern Pines, N. C.,
he attended the University of
Virginia where he was a member
of Phi Gamma Delta social frater
nity.
He and his wife, the former
Adrienne Osborne of Chicago, live
at 920 Monticello Terrace.
The alfalfa seed crop is estima
ted at nearly 214 million pounds,
a third larger than last year, and
18 per cent above the record year
in 1952.
19 TAR HEELS
AT DUKE RATE
WHO’S WHO’
DURHAM — Forty-eight Duke
University seniors have been se
lected for listing in the publica
tion “Who’s Who Among Stu
dents in American Colleges and
Universities,” it was announced
here Saturday.
They were chosen on the basis
of academic and extracurricular
leadership, citizenship, service to
the University, and promise of
future contribution to society.
Nineteen North Carolinians are
among the “Who’s Who” students
at Duke. They are vThelma Bar
clift and Patricia Ann Stansbury,
both of Durham; Joanne New
land, Brevard; Nancy Ormond,
Hickory; Sarah Pfohl and Philip
Leinbach, both of Winston-Sa
lem; Rosemary Rhine, Hillsboro;
Sylvia Davis. Charlotte; Odessa
Southern, Walkerton; Bryant Al
dridge, Kinston; Verne Caviness,
Raleigh; George Evans. Jr., Ashe
ville; James Harbison, Jr., Reids
ville; Samuel McMillan, Jr., Wil
mington; Robert Martin, Jr..
Goldsboro; Kenneth Mayhew, Jr.,
Cherryville; Richard Player, Jr.,
Fayetteville; William Tudor. Tho
masville- and James Warren, Jr.,
Roxboro.
Gardner Webb
To Receive 10,000
BOILING SPRINGS—Gardner
Webb College will receive a gift
of $10,000 from Carson Stout of
High Point, it was announced
Sunday by Dr. H. Hansel Stem
The commitment, payable by
1957, is to the Golden Anniver
sary expansion program. Stout is
president of Carson’s, Inc., High
Point furniture manufacturers.
Dr. Stembridge is director of
Gardner-Webb’s enlargement cam
paign.
Stout will retire from the col
lege’s board of trustees on Jan
uary 1 after four years service.
He has made a number of sub
stantial contributions to the col
lege in recent tyears, and ui 1951
completely furnished the parlors
in the girls’ dormitories with
custom made furniture valued at
close to $2,000.
“Plhis is the third largest con
tribution we have received for the
expansion program,” Dr. Stem
bridge said in making the an
nouncement, The Boiling Springs
Baptist Church has pledged $30.
000. which if is paying at $1,000
nermonth. The O. Max Gardner
Foundation and the Gardner
family have1 given $25,000.
Another substantial gift to the
college, apart from the campaign,
came last summer from the
George Blanton family of Shelby,
which placed $10,000 in the trust
department of the First National
Bank of Shelby for Garinor-Webb
scholarships,
‘‘Hundreds of people have given
generously of their means to the
cvollege in its enlargement cam
paign,” Dr. Stembridge remarkei
today. “We are grateful for every
gift. If Gardner-Webb is to ex
pand its usefulness it must con
tinue to grow in physical plant
and increase its services to the
pOOftlo. Our campaign for $1,750.
000 is well underway, but it has
a long way to go. We can expect
roughly a half million dollars
from the Baptist State Conven
tion. P'hat. leaves $1,250,000 to
ct me from people who believe in
Christian education and ehurch
. related colleges.”
Gardner-Webb is engaged in an
' expansion program that includes
I six new buildings to cost around
I $1 million. The remainder of the
goal is to increase the college en
dowment from its present $250,
000 to $1 million. The first
building in the program, a dormi
tory for 100 girls, is now under
construction and will be complet
ed by next August.
A Thanks and Appreciation
I wish to thank the St. John’s
Lutheran Church and the. pastor,
for their fruits and candies, also
for the bed clothing’ I received
for Christmas, as I am blind and
appreciates visits and friends at
any time.
I want to say again, I thank
each and everyone that had a
part in me. Very kindly.
JAMES CARPENTER
North Carolina State College
etxension forestry specialists say
that treating fence posts with
Pentachlorophenol add* from IE
to 20 years life.
Daniel Boyd Stroupe
Passes In Waco, 25th.
Daniel Boyd Stroupe, 78, died
at his home in Waco, Christmas
Day, December 25th, following a
lengthy illness.
Funeral services were conducts
yd at the Waco Baptist Church
Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o’
clock with the pastor, Rev. Bur
ley S. Turner, officiating.
Burial was made in Capernium
cemetery near Waco.
Mr. Stroupe was a successful
farmer and operated a general
merchandise store in Waco for
a number of years. He W3S born,
January 25, 1877. He was mar
ried to Miss Eura Whitworth. No
vember 28, 1906. To this union
two children were born. Mrs.
V. L. Jenkins of Harris and Au
thur Stroupe of Waco. His wife
and two children survive, also
nine grand-children, and two bro
thers. John Stroupe. of Gastonia
and Lloyd Stroupe of Waco, and
one sister. Mrs. Delia Sweat.t of
Cherryville.
Boy Scout Program
Leaders For Year
In a general meeting at the
Carlton Club House on Friday
night, December 9th, the follow
ing citizens were selected to
head the Cherryville Boy Scout
program:
Norman Warlick, Community
Chairmn: Jimmy Boies, Commun
ity Commissioner; Harry Allen,
Jr., Organisation and Extension;
Harry Allen, Jr., Troop Organiza
tion; H. A. Blackwelder, Cubbing;
Raleigh Putnam, Exploring; Clyde
Ledford, Advancement; Tom.
White, Leadership Training; John
B. Dellinger, and Keith Long,
Camping and Activities;; Clarence
Dixon, Camping; Erskin WimbeT
ly, Civic Service; Guy Howell,
Reading; Dr. Marshall Agner,
Health and Safety; Sherrill Cran
ford, Public Relations; Sherrill
Cranford, Publicity ; Sherrill
Cranford, School Relations; Rev.
Leroy. Trexler, Inter-Racial Ac
tivities; Rev. Leroy Trexler,
Church Relations; Stacy Harrel
son, Rural Relations; Garland
Sherrill, Unit Leader Relation
ship; John L. Fraley. Finance.
BOARD OF REVIEW
MERIT BADGE APPLICANTS
Jimmy Clawson. First Class:
Harold Kester. and Bobby Gene
Peeler. Camping; Ronald Cook,
Reading; Ronald Cook, Citizen
ship in the Community; Harold
Kester, Life Saving. Bobby Gene
Peeler, Recognition for Piagle.
Cherryville Farrier
Cut Yule Mellon
Pressley C. Dellinger, 70-year
old retired farmer, continued bis
20-year tradition with a Yule
watermelon cutting when his fam
! ily gathered on his farm near
| Cherryville to celebrate Chritd
! Sometimes the melons are not
j edrible because the Dellingers
don't have a deep freeze. But
the cutting always Likes place
I i very Christmas.
I Dellinger had two big melons
j put in a storage room thri sum
Pvt. Issac Jamerson
In Soulac, France
Army Home Town News Cen
ter, Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 23.—
SOULAC, FRANCE— Pvt. Isaac
Jamerson, 22, whose wife, Edith,
lives at 411 Childer st., Kings
Mountain, N. C., recently took
part in NODF.X VI, a training
exercise held at Soulac, France.
The exercise trained men to
unload ships where theer are no
permanent dock facilities.
Private Jamerson, who arrived
in Turope last March, is a cerpen
ter wit hthe Base Section of the
U. S. Army Europe’s Conimuniea
tons Zone in Soulac.
Before entering the Army in
October 1954, he worked for the
I Timer Lumber Co. His parents,
j Mr. and Mrs. Ike Jamerson, live
at 104 S. Consler st.
Traditional New
Year Shooters To
Begin At City Hall
The Traditional New Yeai
iShooters will begin shooting th«
Old Year out and the New Yeai
in on Monday morning, Januarj
2nd, at 12:01 at the City-Hall.
SIX CHURCHES
PARTICIPATING
The six very fine Cherryville
■Churches are participating in th»
World Wide Church Attendanca
Movement are The First Baptisb
Church, The Second Baptistl
Church, St. John’s Lutheran
Church, The First Methodist
Church, The Wesleyan Methodist
1 Church, and The First Presbyter
ian Church. These Churches aro
all blessed with splendid pastors,
Rev. W. C. Lamb, Rev. Waldo
Mullen. Rev. Leroy Trexler, Rev.'
Jack W. Cooke, Rev. J. W. Ki
ser and Rev. George L. Riddle.
Never before has the secular
world been so permeated with
religion as it is today. Shining
through the amor of military
might and material strength is *
deep yearning for faith—a faith
in God which our founding fath
ers believed a sure source of
strength.
Throughout America there is »
resurgence of interest in religion.
Church membership is up. Church
lattendanlce is increasing. New
church constructions continues.
■Seminaries are at top capacity.
More Bibles were published be
'w-‘T\ j 940 and 1050 than i.n the
previous 40 years. Publishers re
port. that, the demand for books
with religious themes, both fic
tion and nonfiction, is the great
est ever. Iv»st year thousands of
broadcasts of religious programs
were made, with many listeners
and viewers requesting religious
j literature. A revival of religious
| drama is in progress. f The, mo
I rf Ion picture' industry is incVeas
iTig its budget for religious films.
iSeeular magazines are discovering
that articles on religion help sus
tain circulation. Advertising men
even write religious sentiment in
to their copy.
Religious denominations, na
tional organizations, government
I leaders, civic groups, and mdivid
| ual citizens are searching for :i
i way, a plan, a crusade, for cap
Storing and crystallizing these
hopeful trends in some great spir
itual movement to which every
.American may subscribe. This
movement known as the Church
Attendance Movement was born.
It wiill begin on January 1 and
continue for fourteen weeks—
through blaster Sunday. The
theme is: THE ANSWER IS
GOD. Worship HIM in Church
«>aeh week ... In your home ev
cry day.
Kach church in Oherryville will
keep an accurate account of the
attendance in Sunday School,
Morning Worship and Evening
Worship every Sunday. Those
reports will be totaled every Mon
day and placed on a large eh^rt
■in the window at the Kendrick
Building on the* corner of Main
and Mountain Streets. It is hop
ed that every chinch member m
(’herryville, whether he or she
hue been active or not. will de
■*# "mine to take part in this great
| World Wide Church Attendance
, Movement so that our wonderful
Community may have a better
I opportunity of knowing that
j "THE ANSWER ’S GOD”.
Bobby Morrison
In Germany
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Array Home Town News Oe«
»ter, Kansas Pity, Mo., Dee. 23f.—
■ at 1 Piv.. GERMANY—Specialist
| Third Class Bobby Morrison, 25,
whose wife, Cynthia, lives at
Ilf) Bowman st... Shelby, N. C., b
a member of the 4th Infantry Di
vision in Germany.
Training received by the “Ivy”
division, part of the U. S. Sev
enth Army, includes intensive
i maneuvers and realistic 4ield
j problems.
Specialist, Morrison, a cook^ in
Bat < ry A of the division’s ^fltSu
Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion,
entered the Army in August tt)S4
and arrived overseas last F’ehrn
ary. His father, William E. lok>c
rison. lives at fi1G Laekery st.
(EDITOR: Mother not listed).
AN APPRECIATION
T wish to express my apprecia
tion to each organization apd
each individual who remembered
me with Ohristmas flowers, Christ
mas cards and gifts.
My Christmas was a very en
joyable one and I thank each of
yon for helping to make it a
Nappy Ohristmas.
mrs. l. a. t. McGinnis
There are 61 million registered
motor vehicles in the U. S., and
72 million licensed drivers.