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4 THE ONLY PULITZER PRIZE WINNING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN THE UNITED STATES More Than 10,000 People Read The Tribune Every Week 74e 7< People Shop From The Pages Of Their Hometown newspaper VOLLME XII. ΝΓ.ΜΒΕΚ 10 "Tabor City — Tb* Town With A City Future" Alton err*, north Carolina Wednesday, october 9.19577 ··«' i'Kl! C'OrV—S! Oil IM R vi." \ it Curtain Goes lip On 10th Annual Yam Pestival Tomorrow PRESIDENT TALKS WITH NEW MEMBERS—Ann Elizabeth Mallard, l^\sident of the Tabor City School Beta Club talks with several of the new members after the recent initiation orogram. Miss Mallard, far right, talks with initiates, left to right, Martha Brooks Bell. Daphene Gaskin, Margaret liunan, and Tony Waddell. They were among the 13 new members accepted into the Beta Club. Tabor City Beta Club Initiates 13 New Members Thirteen new members we*v recently initiated into the highest honorary scholastic organization. t'Jf, Beta Club, at the Tabor Cityt School. Miss Ann KHzaheth Mallard,j prsiilent of the Beta Club, con-! ducted the initiation rites for the Officers of the local Beta Club following members : Leverne Ward, Dixie Cox, Martha Brooks Bell, Daphene Gaskin, Betty Dimntery, Tony Waddell, Joe". Hedgecoe, Henry Neil Wright Eugene Watts, Frances Norrie Jessica Gore, Katherine Harrel son. and Margaret Innian. Officers of the I·ι·.;ι| Beta Clut :ire, besides Miss Mallard, Patsj Collier, vice - president; Bett; Muriel t'. x. secretary; J.> · Λ ι Watts, treasurer; and Ray King reporter. The initiation exercise Was con,.acted dm inj; a regular chape program of the school. Fast On The Draw Ralph D:iyt··!) Smith Κ a »nan with confluence. "Nobody ran draw a 44 re volver and fire any faster than I ran. And I'll not rhanfe from that statement until someone show·, me I'm wrong." the 19 - year - old, squar."jawed y.rtinsster said this <· '•"k on the verge of his exhibitions at the lOtli annual Carolinas Yam festival in fibor City. Slated for a leading role in the thrce-d^y festival pro (ram. Smith has trained lone and hard to perfect a liehten ing-like draw that stacks up favorable with the best Wyatt E»rp and Matt Dillon ran do. "1 can't hit the very tinest objects with that fast draw but I ean sure hit a man. When I'm really right. I can Λΐ a man in the head every time with the fastest draw I make. I'll have some cutouts of men at the yam festival and show you whether I'm any good at hittinjr thing· or not," he said. "I can't shoot » pistol as accurately as I can a rifle, though. But I'll have my rifle too in Tabor City for the ex Vpltlon. If you think folks •vould like to see H, I'll be glad to shoot cigarette· oat of my brother's mouth or «Bart ers out from between his fing ers," the confident gnnsllnger said without grinning. His brother wasn't available to verify the hassardous part he may play In the exhibi tions but Ralph saya he want' to do it C"At aay rate, Thursday aft m, ·, τ. Μρπ nam vmm ;m hM km nn«i»lly mNw «Μ the Tm Feattral pUmMag. MM hu flrwM tha warakaoaa 4m oraUona aal ha* etiarra of tick it «ale· far Ik· pibHe rata Ma· ÜMMT. Κ D. CMWS B. D. Craws, fathar of Mn (WE. Waldau, eeatieoaa II k the ffaltfax Roßtal, HaHfas V·. .. ... . ernoon. at 3:30 Smith Is set i to stage his first exhibition at ' thr Tabor City school athletic field. The following day, Fri day, he will put on another demonstration 01 npird and accuracy with a shooting iron at the exhibit hall at 11:00 A. M. His fin·! demonstration, and the only one In which his brother wilt be able to take part, he Is scheduled to do his fast and accurate shooting in Um exhibit ten at 2:00 an Saturday afternoon. Young Smith is determined to use his unlqne ability to get to Hollywood and then the movies or television. A native of the Mollie section in Co lumbus county, he has devoted a great deal of spare time to excelling in his strange hobby that may eventually prove to be his real profession—bat only mahe believe as in TV. jUJA Campaign Directors Named The United Jewish Appeal fund kick-off dinner was hold last night at the Hotel White· ville. Some 00 persons attended the meeting and »aw u beard of gov ernors named to handle the ov erall planning for this year'i drive. The board of governors is ex pected to meet again next week and name various caoanuattj chairman for toWns in South eastern North and South Caro lina. Named to the board last nigh! were Herman LuHr of White Vill··; Jerry Popkin of Jitfcse· ville; Harry Kramer of Wallace, Robert Wolpevt of Low*: and Emanuel Sugar of Lumbrrton CANTON VISITOM Mr. aai Uta. f. 9, Hirnlion Me· insists Sei Workshop For Frida - — A "The !as; · Ί . · '.Volkers* In· Ist'lu ■; b ., hold in the Wil nii"S*on Ottilie' tlu· Mr-iliod ! Chun · i'I ').· held at ;h< Wiitcv.iU· Me. 'ist Churcl Fnd.i> i.ik-U, CVluter 11. a ,7:.5n ι· m. Λί. t »sc wlio ar< Si'""<iay sclj ijl superintendent: at. tani superintendents, Coin· mis:,. ii Fdu .uion chairmen Sunday scnool teachers and thcii a:.. I.;.—.'.?, Methodist Youth Fel Ii·· ·. ο tc ihf:·.; v.rl their as si.....;lJ, Mvthudi.it Youth Fel lowship counselors, snd all past ors of the .ilea jrc expected tf attend this important workship,' W C. Teachey, of Fair Bluff said today. Dr. J. E. GaiHng'on, District Superintendent of the Wilming ton District, will meet with all th<? pastors: Rev. J. D. A. Autry, District Director of church school work and also pastor ol Trinity Methodist Church in Fairmont, will meet with the church school superintendents and Commission op Education chairmen. Rev. John Pfister, District Di rector of adult work and also pastor of the Sneads Ferry Verona Methodist charge, will meet with all the workers with adults; Rev. W. C. Teachey, Dis trict Director of youth work and also pastor of the Cerro Gordo Olivet Methodist charge, will meet with all workers with youth 15 years and older; Rev. W. B. Starnes, District Director of Intermediate work and also pastor of the Shallctte Method ist Church, will meet with all workers with intermediate, ages 12-14. The District Director of children's work will meet with all workers with children. "A number of important items will be discussed at this meeting, and it is urged that each Meth odist church in thie are· be ful ly represented." Pev. Teachey said. Santa's Arrival Dale b Dec. 4 Santa Claus will arrive In Tab or City thU year on December * at 3:30 p. m. Tally Eddinks, executive sec retary of the Tabor City Merch ant· Association, ««Id today that Um promotion committee ο( the Association had dec kl cd to in vito Santa to Tabor Crtr « A*! date Santa will b· loaded. He will distribute noma 1900 bags of nuts, fruit and candy to th« children. Howard Harreleon, ehainnon at the promotion eomiatttee aid that to to Santa*! pride Santa CW tale OD De I comber ft, β. aatf 7. , Take your choice—there arc dozen's of events und some ol itl.ein should be ti^ht down your enjoyment- clley ouring the I three-day 10th annual Carolinas Yam Festival that opens it: Tab or City tomorrow (Thursday), Dancing. music, parades, shooting exhibitions, walking contests, greasy pig chases, bea tv pageants, yam judging, speaches, highly decorated booths, and a host of other at tractions have been planned and will be unveiled I or thousands oi visitors this week. With a program va' ied to some extent from year.; past ar.d yet wilh attractions provided betöre that proved successful, the 1957 festivities promise to be second to none seen here before. Hampered by a late start in ι the planning and with the ever (i present shortage ol operating ju-itpitnl. the festival committee [has apparently overcome these ί obstacles to bring to Tabor City ijanothcr outstanding event. I Perhaps foremost of the events will be the Johnny Long Orchestra that will high light the Queen's Ball on Fri day night. Under direction of the Jnnior Chamber of Com merce, this marks the first time in many yean that a big name band has played here. Both dance tickets and spect ators' tickets will be available at the door. There will be seats available for spectators. Advance sale of dance ticket3 has been in progress for sev eral days. With .1 minimum oi contusion, '■'· e booth framework was com pleted early this week under the direction of K. P. Counts. Do coratin·* rnmmittcs with capa »I■» as 'Ve fioi.i school home economic classes ;nd teachers· huve made 'he exlebit hall as| attractive as it ha:: ever boon in tin· decade li.st< r.v of tin event. The two color • -ritual urogram, and recipe book hüs come off. tin· presses and the 21 page I brochure appears ti compare favorably .vitli tiios·· of !' e past two seasons. With Mr*. Ejrl Cartrrttc carrying most of the load, booth spur has been sold in a variety of towns of the area, ι I Mrs. Cartrette haa devoted I many days of work and travel in selling thr booths to mer chants and in rrality has made the event financially possible. Some $('»00 m «ash prices» will I be given in farmers with tht Winning sweet p.naio exhibits ι jand Ciiiiatx Agent Charles D. iRaper ha.» issued . Ί urgent ap peal tu |»it>iUi growers to get ttheir best ousheis on display. ; • Officials of X. C. State Col- > j leite have .»sain «-«»operated ti the luiiest in helping to pro- , mote thr educational phase of the festival. B-ioths stressing the marketing of yams are be lieved to be the b<*st ever pre sented during a festival here and are novel In every respect. Even their location in the ex- - hlbit hall has been changed. And for folks who like to eat while sightseeing, many exhibit) hall booths are devoted to that cause. Clubs and churcher have gaily bedecked fooj booths thro-1 ughout the warehouse. The parade on Friday is ex pected to have η ι less than 38 floats, bands or other attractions. A variety nt pretlv girl* ha*··? Ibeen secured to ride these floats i ' nd Johnny PhÜlip Morris is set tu lead it all The Winyah Festival Parade Will Be Longest And Best Yet MRS. EARL CARTRETTE uveuiiis V II U committee for this year's Yam' festival is Mrs. Cartrettc wh< h^s again made the event pos sible through extensive sale of Exhibit Hall space. Perhaps Mrs. Cartratte worked harder1 on this year's festival than any, other individual ;>nd is due a lion's share of the credit. c esuvai nay Play Advertising; Role Eor Slate Γ Tabor City's widely acclaim-] cd Yam Festival may play a part in future ndverti«s'n5 of North! Carolina. Tally H. Eddinis, executive! secretary of the Tabor City] Merchants Association, said to-1 ilay that S. W. Buchanan, photo-ί grapher of the Stale Advertising Division, had acceptcd his in-, vitation to attend the festival. | Mr. Buchanan noted in his; letter of uccepta ice to Eddings tnai he would be here to take the pictuies of j,.vcet potatoes! nnd the festival in general. lie naid ti e pictures would be used in ptbl'cizing North Carolina1 Yams. Tabor City and North I Carolina. MISS WESTMORELAND VISITS MJm Frances Ann Weatmore-j land who is teafhinr Science in the Bass Hi«h School Atlanta, (hi., spent week end before laM with tear parent·. Mr. and Mr· 0. C. Westmoreland. rONT RISKS Peer ride* will W set up Fii behind the Taw* Hall Η wai announced today by Raymond Bene mi WMtovftta. Aa«· aaM today tkat Im defin itely mM aat ap Me pany ride* far rrklay aad Umt tkm «aa a HiilHty ba «κΜ remain av »•ι«. Μίκΐ'Μ par,in- ever Sias cd in Tabor City will begn moving on I-'riday ni 2 p. m Tally Π Ι·Μ<Ιιη·,<. executive secretary of I ho 'i'jbor Cit; Merchants Association, seid to «lay that the re λ«»ιι!·1 be a tota o." 43 units in th · parade. Thi includes floats, hands, beaut; queens, etc. Although military bands wil be extinct. there will be nin I'igh sciiool bands including th< famed Winyah Ili^h Β ηΊ fron Georgetown, S C. The assembly print foi thi year's parade will Lo behind thi Tabor City Ili«h School build ins?. Units in the parade anil tht order in which they will niov« include Johnny Phillip Morris Winyah High School Band, Mis: Georgetown, Atlantic Coastlim Railroad float, 1908 Ford Garn er Cain; Lake City Chamber ol Commerce Float. Columbus Cc unty Band, "Mi.-is William: Township High," Fox Roya Bakery float. Tabor City Rotarj Club float. Congressman Altor Lennon, Whiteville High Schoo Band, "Miss Whiteville," White ville Merchants Ass-ociatior float; Willard Garrell float; Wil· Iiston High School band. "Miss Evergreen," Piggly Wiggly o! Tabor City float, Hickman's Boat float, 1909 Model T, Bladcnborc High School band, V F. W. offi cial, Mrs. Maude Osborne, pres ident of the N. C. VFW Auxili ary. James Wallace, department bocai jaycees Set T« Host District Meet Tabor City Jaycces will play host to some 250 RU«tt on Tues day, October 29, when the Sixth District holds its sccond meeting of the year. Jaycees are expected from throughout the 10-county area comprising the dfstiict. Towns to bo represented include Wil minkton. Burgaw, Red Spring; Raeford, Lumbert^n. Fayette ville, Bladenboro. Dublin. Kliz iibethtown, Kenansville. War saw, and Clinton Harold Ward, local Jayce« president, said plans were mov ing ahead .apldly for en'ortain in« the district guc .t*. Howard Fowler, is chairman of the dis trict meeting. It marks the first time in th< brief history of the local Jayceei that they have h or led a district meeting. The mtcting will b< held at the Tabor City Schoo [cafeteria. MRS. STEVBN8 ILL Mr·. Davis Stevens in a patiem In the James Walker Memoria Hospital in Wilmington. ....... nuiain V ili'OIIM.IS lall) (JUCHMl of I!).■»<;** who will crown the new quee. shortly iiefo'X· . , .ι... !" '·' .. evening in P!::i:t r's \V:uv house. She is tin· d.-uiuhter of Mr. and Mrs. Lr-I' J. Μ until·..* 01' erton. Too, she wears Lh».· crown a> l.unihcrSoiiV Fire Prevention Queen. soil««·! bund ·>! Cinrgotown, For Uikm· who likr gooil cou i. C . national champions. will try music and re d;.:uir 10 :he first band ir the mile- Ken Lovell (The S.^arccroppe lit· parade. n I hi ι ι I · lJo will put oil a iiueit Saturday ifternuon at tin· -xhibit hall and then play fur the C'ivitan-spon sored square danc<; at Planter· Warehouse Saturday nigh*. Bingo Stand Will He In Operation For t'v fiiM :\· ·.ΐ' several years, a 1>ίη·ν» sl.w .1 will bo op ■■ ' ' Im in·', t: ν in Festival 'Jη ι r .··>·.ivorsli'i) ot tiie Tab "I· City C'ivitan Club, the bingo siiiiid will be op:?r;it«*d ill the !·">: ;:>it s! ·ίI : int: ·. ; on Τ lUl'Sii > Pr< ' '·■ .s in.! will b used I'H I i i! !.\i<· ptojects. RADIO I!R')\fnA:-r>i Live broadcasts < ; tri«· Vara Festival parade λ iit lie aired over tVTA15 in Tuber I it> and \Vi:XC in Whiteville .Managers I'roy Mcl herson ol WTAB and Λ·γγ\ Iluiie.vcutt of WENO announced today tha" their live broadcasts would be gin at 1 p. m. Friday. WANT TO ATTEND? Any persons in town or the (immediate rural area who v. auld like to attend the pub lic relations dinner Thursday uiKht and hear Congressman Alton l.ennon make the main address, is urged to procure tickets from Mrs. S. T. Kokers before the dinner meeting. Time has not permitted all persons to be contacted per '* sonall.v but the dinner is open ß· to everyone but tickets do r) have to be bought prior t« the nicetin "·. I lie ν IK1III I'IUII V> Illy be a special feature of ' commandcr of the N. C VFW. V. F. \V. float, Loiis High Band. Miss llorry Electric Coop, White 1 lee Cream Floar, C'hadbourn Archie Fipps Funeral Today j Archic Devon Fipps, 66, died I in the Conway, 3. C. Hospital at 12:10 a. m. Tuesday following a three year period of declinitij health. A son of the late W.lliam Blain Fipps and I-a urn Clement nc Stephens Fipps h- was ι w"ll known farmer of route 3, 7 Ti er City. He served η Worl.l War I with the Navy. I Funeral services ;.ie to be held from the home tins afternoon (Wednesday) at 3 ;». in. by thr Elder Gardner Mishoe and tl-o Rev. O. Clyde Prine«*. Burial will be in the Spivcy Cemetery. He is survived by his widow the former Gurley Mae Wright; two brothers, Alton and S. Ρ Fipps of route S, Tabor City and a sister Mrs. Vera Jernigan o< route 2, Tabor City LATE ENTRY A late entry «η the yam queen's contest bringing the to tal to 17 is Miss Ci»»Olyn Turb« ville of Ccrro Gordo, sponsored by the Cerro Gordo Home Dem onslr; lion Club. »I \KI>K(M Κ WONT MAKE Π I ardrork Simpson, tin· I5«ir lington postman who spend« hi* leinurr hour· walking and running, notified Τ a· Festival official« thin afternoon that he woald not be able to make an appearance for thin year's "Bunion Derby". The nmipHI«· ρ .tinnn In·« been a favorite of the crowdn ever ninee the "Hunion !>erh> ' wan initiated here aweral yearn ag·. He wan dethroned In^t year by Mack Gar· of Tabor I City. Bat erea la defeat ke waa a farerlte of the crowd. λπ nign Schoo r \· rclun- :,and of Georgetown will ι am Fest' ;·. Je Kriday ''ftcrnoon nt *2:00.. Chamber of Commerce float, Carolina Power and Light Com pany float. Central High School biuiil, "Miss C ο Γ ι ο Gordo." j Manning. S. C.. Chamber of | commerce float, Cutter Cup Icon Cream float. "Miss Loris. * Arte sia High School b <nd. Florence') C'l amboi nf Cor.imeree float.!. Southern ".W fl LunH:erionj High School band. Miss Tabor City." M. C. Sarvis buggy, hors es, ponies, etc. TOWN BOAR» MEET Tabor City's IJ<>? -d of Corn, nissioners will hoi'l their rcgu ar monthly mreti-i? Tuesday light at the City mil. The meeting, originally sche luled for last night, was port ioned due to several of the com missioner's playing an active »art in the Yam Festival fun«. ;lons. Mlayor Cites Fire Prevention Week Mayor Howard Harreleon today joined hundred· ί of other mayors throughout the country in proclaiming the week of October 6 as Fire Prevention Week. "Fire is no respector of boundaries, therefore, you cannot afford to give it a chance to start. Practice I Fire Prevention every day of the year, every hour in the day, regardless of where you may be and by doing : so you will save life and property," said HarreNon. PROCLAMATION BY MAYOR HOWARD HARRELSON WHEREAS, Fire Prevention Week is traditionally observed each year during the full calendar week including October 9. anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire of 1X71: and WHEREAS. in the last decade fire has killed more than 100.000 p<>i on* and burned and disfigured many hundreds of thousands more; and Ί WHEREAS, each year about 11,500 Americans die needlessly in fire and more than twice that number are severely burned or disfigured for life; and , WHEREAS, Inst year alone fire took the lives of 201 people in North Carolina and resulted in property loss of more than $.'51.369,621 ; NOW, THEREFORE. 1, HOWARD HARREUSON, Mayor of Tabor City in recognition of the importance I of fire prevention to all our citizens, do hereby desig nate the week of October 6-12, 1967 as FIRE PRE I VENTION WEEK. 1 urge all of our people to join in ! effective programs to promote safety in the control of Are. HOWARD HARRKLeON, it*· Major
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