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^wwwwwmwwwww;wwvww ATTENTION PLEASE! We are now in a position to do JOB PRINTING every day during the week, Monday through Saturday—We have the Printers and we have thd equipment. Call or send us your Printing any day and we can produce it for you when you want it. PHONE 6752 VOLUME FIFTY (Published Every Wednesday) Cherryville, N. C. WWWAIWVWWVWWNVWVMWAMIW FOR YOUR PRINTING CALL 6752 OR 6866 THE EAGLE WVWWWWUWWWW’i WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1956 NUMBER ONE BLOODMOBILE TO VISIT CHERRYVILLE THURS. CHERRYVILLE CHURCHES REPORT GOOD ATTENDANCE JAN. 1 NEW YEAR SHOOTERS WELCOME IN NEW YEAR WITH A BANG ALL MINISTERS WELL PLEASED The First Presbyterian Church, First Baptist Church, Second Bap tist Church, St, John’s Lutheran Church, Wesleyan Methodist Church and First Methodist Church report the following at tendance on Sunday, January 1. Sunday School—1,752. 64% of 2,712 enrollment Morning Worship—1,210. 43% of 2,769 enrollment Evening Worship—600. 21% of 2,769 enrollment. Cherryville churches) are fortu nate in, having good preachers, namely: George L. Riddle, First Presbyterian; William C. Lamb, First Baptist; Waldo Mullen, Se cond Baptist; Jack H. Cooke, First Methodist, J. W. Kiser, Wesleyan Methodist; Leroy C. Trexler, St John’s Lutheran Church. All ministers expressed joy ov er the way the Church atten dance movement has started, and they urge every citizen to attend Sunday School and Church every Sunday during this program. Read the attendance chart in the window at the Kendrick build ing, on Main and North Moun tain Streets. Other churches of the town who are not participating in this Church Attendance Crusade from now until Faster, cordially invites the public to attend the church of your choice, often. Petty Officer Boyd Homesley Spends Holidays Af Home Petty Officer 2nd Class Boyd Homesley, U.S.N. left Sunday morning by plane for San Fran cisco, California after spending 20 days here with his parents, Mr. anid Mrs. Herbert Homesley. He has just completed a 19 months assignment on Guam, at tached to the Public WorksCen ter. Petty Officer Homesley will resume his duties with the MCB No. 2. Subic Bay, in the Philip pine Islands. Week Of Bible Study At First Baptist, 3-6 This week, Tuesday, January 3rd through Friday, January 6, the members of the First Baptist Church are studying together the book, “Teachings of Jesus” writ ten by Dr. Leo H. Eddleman. This book is being taught by the pas tor, the Reverend William C. Limb, and classes are being held from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., each iHie public ie'cordially invitpd. j Miss Hi Miss rock HILL, s. C.—Miss Mar tha Sue Hayes of Cherryville High School has been selected as the 1956 Miss Hi Miss by the senior girls of her school. The daughter of Mrs. Alma Hayes of 409 South. Mulberry Street, Misa Hayes will be honor ed in the special Miss Hi Miss edi tion of The Johnsonian, Winthrop College weekly newspaper, in February. The honor senior girls from South Carolina and North Caro lina high schools will be the guests of Winthrop for a week end March 16-18. Miss Hayes La a member of the Beta Club. Basketball team, Stu dent Government Association, Al lied Youth, French Club, Future Teachers Cldb, newspaper staff and annual staff. She plans to major in business education in college. The Miss Hi Misses are select ed from each high school cn the t>asis of scholarship, character, leadership, and personal attrac tiveness. Funeral Service For J. T. Kiser Funeral services for J. T. Kiser, 76, of Kings Mountain, Route 3 were held F*riday after noon at the Shady Grove Baptist Church at 2:30 oclock with the pastor, Rev. P. A. Hicks officiat ing. assisted by Rev. Floyd Wil lis. Burial was made in the church cemetery. Mr. Kiser passed away sudden ly Thursday morning. He is sur vived by one son, two daughters, two brothers, -11 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Mrs. Kiser preceded him in death two years ago. Worship Him -At Church Every Week -At Home Every Day CHURCHES OF CHERRYVILLE Mr. John K. Tyson Leaving Cherryvilie Mr. John K. Tyson, Secretary Treasurer of the Cherryville Pro duction Credit Association has re signed his position to accept em ployment with the First National Bank in his home town, Wades The Board of Directors elected Mr. A. P. Cotton of St. Matthews, S. C., who has former experience in the Production Credit System to succeed Mr. Tyson as Secre tary-Treasurer of the Cherryville Production Credit Association. The Association has now moved into its new home on West Main Street, which is owned by mem bers of the Association and Mr. Cotton welcomes all members and farmers to call on the Associa tion for their farm needs. Mr. Tyson has been with the Cherryville Production Credit As sociation for approximately two years and the Board accepted his resignation with deep regrets. Mr. Cotton who replaces Mr. Tyson has had a broad experience in farming himself and in extending credit to farmers and the Board of Directors feel very fortunate in being able to secure the ser vices of Mr. Cotton to serve the Association as Secretarv-Treas Films Available From Library The Gaston County Public Li brary will have the following 16mm sound films available for the period Jan. 2, - Jan. 27th. These films are of adult interest and suitable for program use. Any Club, Church, or Civic group wishing to use the films may make reservation by contacting Gaston Countv Public Library. 1. MAN AND HIS CULTURE. 15 minutei-iound-black & white.. Shows the great variety of ways in which people live by compar ing the African tribesman, Am erican city dwellers, people of China, Mexico, South America, India, etc. Indicates the charac teristics which all cultures have in common, and the conflict which results from the fact that cultures are constantly changing. 2. PERU-Highlandi of the An del. 20 minutei-iound-black & Based on the geographic prin ciple that the highest settlements in mountain regions are usually associated! with mining, (but whore groups of people living at high altitudes depend only on agriculture, they lead a barren and di icult life. We see the dif ference in the kind of life led by the Peruvian Indian doing his best to eke out a bare subsistence from meager crops and few do mestic animals, and the Indians who work in the operation of the , mines. This film takes up right I into the copper mines at Cerro de Pasco, virtually at the top of the world. 3. POSTER MAKING — DE SIGN AND TECHNIQUE. 10 minutei-iound-color. The qualities that make a good poster are illustrated by samples. A poster is completed in care fully planned step by step demon strations. 4. PRESIDENT. THE 17 min utes-black and white. The ifilm opens with an_ elec tion which marks the beginning of a President’s career. Then, over glimpses of Presidents Tru man and Eisenhower taking oath of office, we note that the Con stitution originally gave few spe cific powers to the Presidency, but the achievements of strong Presidents have made this one of the most powerful offices in the 5. ROMANCE OF TRANSPOR TATION. 11 minutea-sound-col or. P G While an ironic commentator delivers the historcial narrative, animated figures independently portray, with humorous effect, successive stages in the develop ment of transporttaion in Cana da. 6. SNAKES ARE INTEREST ING. 10 minute»-»ound color. The film develops clear under standings of the snak eas a living creature, and helps build reason able attitudes toward them. High School Band To Be At Wesleyan Sun; Members of the Cherryville High School Band will present a short concert of sacred music at the Wesleyan Methodist Church. The program will be given during the Sunday School hour on Sun day, January 8th. All members of the Sunday School are urged to be present. Telephone Expenses Expected To Rise Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company sadd today its 1956 North Carolina expendi tures for payrolls, taxes and a widespread construction program are expected to exceed 1955’s to tal of over $42,000,000. E. F. Farris, the company’s manager in Cherryville, said the 1955 program has resulted lo cally in a net gain for the year cf some 100 telephones. He said similar progress is expected dur ing 1956. Mr. Farris said Southern Bell's 1955 spending for expan sion and improvement of service in North Carolina totaled $17, 250.000. State and local taxes paid were oven $4,000,000. And •the company’s 1955 payroll in the state was approximately $21, 000,000. In 1956 the telephone company expects to boost its spending for expansion and improvement of service to $21,000,000. “The 1955 tejephone progress in Cherryville was part of a net gain for Southern Bell in North Carolina of some 30,000 tele phones,” Mr. Farris said. “We expect about the same gain for 1956. “,4 s part of’the company’s con tinuing program to extend tele phones in rural areas of the state,” the telephone official ad ded, “service was inaugurated in six rural communities by the con struction of new dial exchanges. They are Denver. Gatewood, Ju lian. Kimesville, LGeust and Mil Tn addition, a new exchange building was completed in Ellen horo. and service is expected to begin this spring. A manual office. Mount Holly, was converted to dial operation. While all areas served by the company saw service expansion during the rear, new buildings or building additions—in addition to those already mentioned -— were completed in Carolina Beach, Charlotte. Elon College, Leices ter and Mount Holly. New build ings are scheduled for completion during 1956 in Laurinburg and Newton. The company reported it has 451.000 telephones in service in North Carolina. This is twice as many as tre number in January 1943. During 1955 Southern Bell’s Morth Carolina forces handled 30.000 long distance calls every business dav. on an average, and more than; 2,500,000 local calls. Operator distance dialing, by means of which long distance operators can dial directly tele phones in thousands of cities throughout the United States, was expanded in North Carolina dur ing 1955. Telephone service was also ex- j panded by wider usage of such j conveniences as mobile telephone j service, telephone answering sets, i “speakerphone?.”1 iilluminated dials i and telephones ip color, the com pany said. Hurricanes struck a heavy blow at telephone operations in 1955. Hurricanes Connie, Diane, and Tone knocked! out more than 13, D00 Southern Bell telephones, in the state and necessitated a wide spread restoration' job. Damage in independent telephone com pany territory along the coast was even heavier, and. Southern Pell assistance was utilized in re storation work in many of these areas. Premier Showing Rain# Of Ranchipur At The Lester Theatre Thursday and Friday Cherryville’s Lester Theatre has been chosen as one of the South’s first theatresto show the New 20th-Century Fox Cinema scope movie, “The Rains of Ranchipur” starring1 Lana Turner and Fred MacMurray, opening in Cherryville Thursday and Friday of this week. It is with pride that the man agement of the Lester Theatre, in keeping with its policy of bringing bigger and better movies to Cherryville, presents this truly great picture of 1956 filmed in glamorous technicolor. Accord ing to all advance information, the critilcs predict that “The Rains of Ranchipur” will gc dwon in history as the big hit of '56. The Lester Theatre is gratified to share with the people of Cher ryville this distinctive honor of being one of the first towns in the entire South to receive this Big Hit Movie. A. Sidney Beam Chants Speech 1 he New Year was literally urshered in with a “bang” by the New Years Shooters with the old muzzle loaders last Monday night. The beginning was 24 hours late, due to the holiday falling on the Sabbath, but the delay seemed to. have made no difference as their pent-up exuberance was released by the discharge of these old muskets. This custom has been followed since long before the memory of anyone living today and from the number of young folks who par ticipated this time it appears that it will be followed for many more years to come. It’s one custom which certain ly separates the men from the boys and some of the older folks that fire have more vigor and stamina than men half their age In this category you will find the venrable, A. Sidney Beam, Dock Shull and Sam Sellers. “Uncle Sid,” as he is affectionally call ed. has made his chant national-, ly famous over the years and is sure to be around for a great number more. Other shooters who made the 18 hour trek were as follows: Lawrence Beam, J. O. Beam, Charles Beam, Garth Beam. Boh Pfiefer. Johnny Shull, Hall Beam. George Neill. Carroll Lackey, Tom Quinn, Harold Beam, Robert Carpenter, Earl Brown. Charles Kester. David Self, Garry Shull. Vance Sellers. Bynum Homesley, A. P. Homesley. T. C. Homesley, E. G. Greene, Keith Freeman, Jim Potter and Howell The persons and placed honor ed by the “Mascateers” this year are listed below in sequence oi visitation. Dwight Sweatt, Dal Black. Oscar Blackburn, then to the home of Mrs. Violet Carpen ter for the traditional midnight supper. Next Dave Anthony, ; Austin Beam, Harold Lowes, Ray \ Ream, Esper Wright, Guy Brown, Lester Wehunt. Floyd Beam. Mr. er, Roy Taylor, then to Mr. Thea or, Roy Taylor, tehn to Mr. Thea Beam’s who has already celebrat ed his 88th birthday anniversary. Next, Kent Beam. Raeford Dellin ger, Michael I/eonhardt, Blaine Beam. Lawrence Beam and to the Triple H. Restaurant, where j a hearty breakfast was enjoyed bv the group. They fired for Tames Homesley. Ray Seif. Sam Sellers. Carlton iMfills, Carolina Freight Carriers. Ben Black, Rhyne-Hou*er Mills, Fred K. Hou ser. John K. Tyson, Claude C. Roam, W. J. Allran, Jr., Nuway Mills, Blackwelder Machine Shop, j then stopped at the Carlton Caf eteria. where a delicious dinner was ready for serving through ; the competence of Mrs. Monroe ; Randall. After this repast they journey ed to Lineolnton where they fired at the Court House for Joe R. Nixon and all the other fine Lin coln County citizens. Returning they fired at the Hilltop Service Station and Firestone Service Station. Back in Cherryville, the home of Mrs. Jane Lineberger and Mrs. Pearl Beam was the next j stopping place, the Farmers Un- : ion, Jesse VanDyke, Shake Shop, j were the next in order was the I last round fired at the Cherryville Nursery on West Highway 150. The tired, but happy old timers, then dispersed with the know ledge tha theyhad really done a nice job of welcoming 1956 and had 364 more days to rest and! clean their musket* before start ing out again. This being Leap Year, they have an added day of rest, but these fellows have mar velous recuperative powers and it probably isn’t needed. Funeral Service For W. R. Seate Funeral services for William R. Seate, 83, of Crouse, Route 1, were held Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock at Anthony Grove Bap tist Church. Rev. Cartee. pas tor officiated. Burial was made in the City Memorial Cemetery Mr. Seate died at his home early Thursday morning1 follow ing an extended illness. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Callie Williams and seven sons, two daughters, two brothers, one sister, 16 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. During the past decade, per capita consumption of frozen fruits and fruit juices, fresh equivalent basis, increased more than 10 times. CHERRYVILLE CHAIRMEN EVERETTE ELLINGTON Schedule of Social Security Visits The schedule of visits to sur rounding communities by a social security representative during: the month of January was released today by Josbph P. Walsh, dis trict manager of the Gastonia of fice. The Gastonia Social Secur ity Office services an area com prised of Gaston, Cleveland and Lincoln Counties These visits are made in order to serve residents of the three counties on all mat ters pertaining to social security. If you wish to file a claim ob tain an account number, or re ceive information of a general nature on social security, contact the representtaive when he is in your community. The representative will be in: Kings Mountain at the City Hall, it :30 a.m.. January 16. Shelby at the Court House, 9:30 a.m., January 3, 6, 10, 13, 17. 20, 24, 27 and 31st. jjncolnton at the Court House, 1:00 p.m., January 5, 12, 19 and 26th. Mt. Holly at the City Hall, 10:00 A. M., January 9 and 23rd. Belmont at the City Hall, 1:00 p.m., January 9 and 23rd. Cherryville at the City Hall, 10:00 a.m., January 12 and 26th. Color TV Has Come To Carolinas Following the origination of e first local live color program the South-east New Year's Eve, BTV officials announced plans schedule studio color programs i a regular basis. Charles H. Crutchfield, execu te vice-president and general anager of the Jefferson Stand ■d Broadcasting Company, said at the successful locally origi iteil color program '“marked rBTV’s graduation.” “We have now completed all ■chniral phases of color opera ons,” he said. “We are looking irward to the future when a eat majority of all telecasting ill he done in color. “Out of 459 TV stations on the r today, WBTV is the 18th in le nation to commence local live ilorcasting . . . the first between altimore and New Orient- rw •esent objective is to start with le program a day in color m le near future and build from Under the guidance of Joseph Bryan, president of the Jeffer >n Standard Broadcasting Com tnv, WBTV originated the Caro nas first color TV when the sta on telecast a color test pattern , Mav of 1954. The station, hich brought TV to the Caroli 3S in 1949, was also the first to riginate a color film nd has been telecasting color etwork programs for. • 1 months. All color or^nattons, etwork. local, slides or film, are reived clearly on regular re Womans Club Will Meet Thursday 5 th The Cherryville Woman’s Club will' meet Thursday, January Mi, at 3-45 o’clock at the new club house on South Mulberry Street The Welfare Comimitte, with Mrs George Neil, chairman will have charge of the program. Dr. M. E- Agner will speak on Heart The public is cordially invited to attend this program. LEWIS DOGGETT Messrs. Lewis Doggett and Ev crette Ellington have been ap pointed as chairmen of Oherry ville Township March of Dimes Campaign. The March of Dimes Campaign j will continue through otit the 30th I of this month. The chairmen are busy appointing committees and making nlnas for the drive in Chenyville. The 1956 March of Dimes will ! be launched in Gaston County 1 and the nation on January 3 and ; will continue through the entire! [month, Grady B. Stott, chairman [ of the Gaston County March of ; Dimes Campaign announced to ! day. j A “kick-off” meeting of all ! community campaign directors | wil lbe held Tuesday, January 3, 7:00 P.M.. Elks Club to plan the ! ]ftr,6 drive and distribute cam paign material. “The fight against, polio- is far from over,” Mr. Stott said. “Tens | of thousands of peoole will suffer from this crippling disease. Thous and more will be stricken before the Salk vaccine becomes fully effective and available to all. We must not al andon these victims The National' Foundation needs $47,600,000 to carry on the fight next, year he said. More than 50 per cent of this sum is earmarked for patient aid. March of Dimes funds must he raised, he said, to train much need ed medical specialists, for explor ing new methods of care and treatment, and for continued la boratory research. The Salk vac cine is 60-00 per cent effective and it has already brought a sharp reduction in new <as«os, hut further research may produce still better medical weapons. 1956 March of Dimes direc tors for each community in the Gountv will be appointed in a few days, Mr. Stott, said. Leaders For Workshop Named G1BS0NVTLLL. N. C.—Derem V) o r 30., 1955—Loaders for the Parent Education Workshop of the North Carolina Con "toss of Parents and Teachers January 10-10 in Ntw Bern were announc ed yesterday by Mrs John W. Crawford of Raleigh, State PTA President. They will include: Mrs. Trwin Masten of Littleton, teacher: Hr. Jack Miller, teacher at Greens boro College; Pr. I. V. Sperry, of WCtJNC in Greensboro; Mrs. Mn ry Hayes, health eductaor in the Charlotte City schools; and Mrs. O, N. Rich and Miss Grace D«n ! iols of the State Roard of Health in Raleigh. j The Rev. Marvin Vick of Me hane is workshop chairman and the workshop committe .ncludes Dr. Laura Ross Venning of Char lotte, Mrs. J. Z. Watkins of Ohar | lotte, Mrs. Crawford. Mias , Blanche Haley of Greensboro, and Mrs. J. W Burke of Gibsonville. I The workshop will open on ‘ Monday. January 16, with regis ! tration beginning at 2 P. M. A ! general session at 7:30 will be j presided over by Miss Haley, and will be followed by a social hour at !) o’clock. Sessions w:ll close or. Thursday. Full time atten dance is required. The workshop will be held in the new Hotel Governor Tryon in New Bern. CARSONS MOVED TO NEW HOME RECENTLY Mr. and Mrs. Erskin Carson have purchased the Lee W. Cau hle House and lot on East Mlam Street and moved recently from West Academy Street to their new home. Iii Basement Of Methodist Church The American Red Cross Bk>od mofbile will visit Cherryville on Thursday, January 5th, at the First Miethodist Church from 10 A M., to 4:00 P. M. Over and Over again slogan, “Give a pint of blood and save a life’’ has held true. No one knows his own destiny, next time the life saved may be your own, or your child's . You would not in tentionally withhold a pint of blood from a wounded soldier* or a child dying of polio. If you are physically fit to give blood and from Sheer neglect do not do so, then you are depriving some per son of Wood who is in urgent need of it. Tomorrow, Thursday, is the day. It is so easy and much quicker than you think, go go to the First Methodist Church atnd give your pint of blood to morrow, some time between 10 A M., and 4:00 P. M. Donors are being solicited by workers, but if you are not con tacted, be sure and go and give to this worthy cause. Tracy Gaskin's Father Passes In New Bern Tracv Iceland Gaskins, Sr., father of Tracy L. Gaskins, died Saturday afternoon at his home on Neuse Boulevard in New J?ern, N. C. ITe had been in ill health for some time. Survivors include his wife, two sons. Tracy L. Gaskins of Lineot* ton and Haney Gaskins of New Bern, and two daughters, Mrs. Gladys Farnel of Fuquay Springs, and 'Mrs. Helen Greene of New NEWS FOR VETS More than (ifl.400 home loans totaling over $755,000,000 were ■guaranteed by the Veterans Ad ministration during Novemflfca, the second consecutive month “.hat. a new record was set for the 11-year-old Gl loan propram, VA announced. In addition, GT home loan ap plications received in November cent meed at a record rate, while the number of homes for which V 4 received appraisal requests sh'w(>d a decrease. Dunne November. VA received 55,174 (IT home loan applications from private lenders on behalf of veterans, the sixteenth straight month the rate has topped 51.000 However. VA. received appraisal re mi cats for 511,410 proposed and existing1 homes, 25 per cent lua dcr the October figure of 71.S41 homes, VA said the decrease probably '.«■ due to three factors—(11 » ability of builders to got advance commitments in the tightened money market; (21 seasonal, and '21 smaller number of workdays dtin.no- the November reporftsg p.—icd than in October. Of the 53.410 homes fo - which V 4 received appraisal requests, 1 •fl(‘5**7 were proposed houses and 211.(1 •' were existing homes. The total of 00.1(1(1 loans guar ant cod during November was tH>c nor cent more than w»s gnanan teed in the preceding month. The total for the first 11 months of 1055 was 594JS28 loans, totaling over $0.5 bilflhn. With one month yet to go. more 'oaur already have been guapan teed during 1955 than in any pre vious year in (II loan history. Tryon PTA Meets Thursday, Jan. 5 * * The first meeting of the Tryon DTA in 1950 will be held Thw day night, January 5, at 7:30 p. m.. in the school auditorium. Safety will be the theme af the first meeting of the .New Year. Mr. Thompson, Driver Improvement Representative of Gaston County, will have charge of the program portion of the meeting. His training and etQwr ienee in the area of safety make him well-qualified to speak on the subject Many helpful sugges tions and points of intevest will be given by this expert. Mrs. Beam. PTA PresMeort, urgec all members to be present at this meeting. Heports from the Forest Swr- » vice it S. Department of Agrirat ture. show that the timber law vest amounted to 70 million dol lars for the year which ended Jww 80. ..
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