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TABOR CITY
• Built by Farmers
• Patronized, by Farmers
• Devoted to Farmers
• Interested in Farmers
ff Tabor City — The Town With A City Future"
ftTvi. NUMBER 30
TABOR CITY, N. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1952
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RED DEVILS RED HOT IN AA LOOP
;· or City's Rod Devils, winners of five consecutive srames in the fast AA conference, meet a|
. , Whiteville basketball team in Whiteville tonight. Coach S. W. Caruso's cagers started1
• wo run over all competition in recent engagementss. They are left to right: Sonny Sanders,
:: oughs. Jimmy Jernigan. Jimmy Tompkins, Junior Jordan. Maitland Smith, Sam Waiden,
- - Jimmy Garrell and Tommy Rogers.
AMERICAN LECION POST HERE
b MEET AT HUT THURSDAY
I V iv.omh- is οι the American
:0>* in Tabor Cit> are
r_"; : · * attend a regular busi-i
, _ at the Hut Thürs-·
z ; ,r 7:30. The committee
{\:·,s recently appointed to
?.*?·.-a ν the possibilities or re·
rsaniz'.ns the Auxiliary are re
ueit .i to be present at the
tee: ins alio.
The:·:· will be a drawing for
r- ·?. kpo" piaze of S10.00 at the
teev.r.s and in older to win. the
t.vT.s name that is drawn
ms: be present.
S-veiai iten~s of interest tc
.... L·».*· vfiS«. aSSOu <il ulc
leeting.
ΛΥ- will make a serious effort
d hold this meeting to just one
eCommander W. Horace
fer.t-i· .-aid. "We are now hold
is n:·-•'•tings twice a month be·
I us·- we feel that the group
:uld get together that often,
•w-ver. we do not want the
-•'.:'.2S to run too long and ev
• rfort will be made to limit
to just one hour."
)airy School
or Columbus
ο Be Held Thursday
County Agent Charles D. Rap-;
r announced today that a dairy
chool for all farmers and others ι
irerested in dairy· cattle will be
f-'A or. Thursday February 14th
c the Countv Agents office, be
dräng at 10 A. M.
Jlr. Raper says that farmers
J Columbus County are turning
lore and more to keeping live
cock as a means of supplement -
their income and maintain
soil fertility. This one-day
chool is scheduled to give farm
rs practical information on
air.* cattle problems. Mastitis
'ontrol. Increased Profits thro
?a Good management Practices, j
Economical Feeding, Building |
ierd Replacements, are some of
he subjects which will be dis·:
^ssed. In addition to the sched-;
Η prosram. time will be avail
ible for a discussion of local
lain.· problems.
j
1AR JORIE WARD
Ό SPEAK AT
ROMAN'S CLUB
Miss Marjorie Ward of Claren
on a state 4-H club winner who
Gently attended the National
°ovention in Chicago, will be
u?st speaker at the general
»eeting of the Tabor City Wo
■an's club Thursday evening at
o'clock p. m.
Miss Oayle Wells, assistant
°tne demonstration agent, will
ttend with Miss Ward. Mrs. J
• Singletarv, program chairman
or the evening, announced.
Clubwomen are asked to note
change in hour for the meet
'?· The scheduled hour was set
arlier due to a conflict with th£
Potlighter's play in the school
uditorium at 8 o'clock.
'unbeam Band
Γο Meet
The Sunbeam Band of the
lount Tabor Baptist church will
Net at the church Monday after
Pn, February 18, Mrs. Β. 1»
mith, in, leader, announced
SPOTLIGHTERS
TO GIVE PLAY
THURSDAY
"Outward Bound" a Broadway
run play will be presented in the
Tabor City School auditorium
Thursday evening at 8 o'clock
bv the Spotlighters of the high
school.
Taking leading roles in the pres
entation are Harold Jordan, Alice
Ann Home. Tommy Rogers. Sar
ah Williams, Mar-" .Τς Pinner and
Snannon Spivey. ^VIi*s. Katherine
Jackson is the director.
W". S .C. S. Slates
Monthly Meet
The Woman's Sociev of Chris
tian Service, Saint Paul Method
ist church, will meet in the
church auditorium Tuesdav eve
ning, February 19. at 7:30 Mrs.
Doc Bruton. president, announc
ed.
Mrs. Α. V. Elliott, Jr. will be
in charge of the program entitled
"Let Courage Rise With Danger"
and Mrs. J. L. Winstead will give
the devotional.
New Life Club
Makes Flowers
Members of the New Life
Home Demonstration club met
at the home of Mrs. Lester Watts
recently to study flower making.
Several corsages were made from
old nylon hose.
Attending were Mrs. W. H. Ste
phens, Mrs. Worth Mills, Mrs. L
B. Cox, Mrs. S. P. Fipps, Mrs. A.
D. Fipps, Mrs. Alton Fipps, Mrs.
Lewis Watts, Mrs. Stewart Huf
faker, Mrs. Murray Fowler, Mrs.
Rutherford Norris, Mrs. Ο. Ο
Watts, Mrs. Harry Stephens
Mrs. James Puckett, little Misses
Linda Huffaker and Joann
Watts.
Hma Hews Notes
BAPTIST INSTITUTE
An Institute will get underway
at the First Baptist church on
Monday, February 18, and con
tinue each evening through Fri
day. Class periods will be held
from 6 o'clock to 8 o'clock and
programs will be given each eve
ning after classes on the follow
ing schedule: Holy Light Holi
ness church. Monday; St. Mat
thew Methodist church, Tuesday;
Nichols Baptist church with Rev
E. P. Vereen, pastor, Wednesday;
Mount Olive Holiness church,
Thursday; Ever Bee Baptist
choir of Simthboro, and Rev. H.
P. Billips, guest speaker, Friday
night.
Rev. V. S. Singletary, pastor
of the First Baptist church will
direct the institute and the in
structors will come from Shaw
University, Raleigh.
W. W. Η. Y. C. CONFERENCE
The W. W. Η. Y. C. will meet
at the Hickory Grove-church
Thursday for a quarterly confer
ence, Rev. V. S. Singltary grand
president, announced. The con
ference will be in session from
10 o'clock a. m. to 10 o'clock p. m.
CI VIT AN CLUB
PLANS MINSTREL
The local Civitan club hoard
Bob Hodges, director, outline!
plans for the third annual min
strel at the weekly supper meet
ing of the club at the City Cafe
Monday evening.
This year's show, to be given
in early spring, will feature
many changes giving more
laughs, Hodges told the cast
composed of Civitan members.
Di\ H. G. Dameron, president,]
presided and Ben Nesmith, III I
conducted a quiz program.
NEW MARKET
OPENS HERE
The Belton Ward Grocery store
on Fifth Street is now undergo
ing renovation to house a new
self-service grocery and meat'
market, officials of the company !
announced this week. 1
A part of the building will j
house a modern meat market op
erated by Mr. and Mrs. G. G.
Floyd, local residents, and the
remainder of the store will be
converted into a newly decorat
ed grocery under the ownership
of Mr. and Mrs. Belton Ward who
have been operating in the same
location for some time.
The store and market are sche
duled to open for business Sat
urday.
Ο. E. S. Chapter
Calls Meeting
The Tabor City chapter, Order
ι of Eastern Star, will meet in the
Masonic Hall Monday at 7:30 p.
m. for a special program. All
members are urged to attend
Mrs. Inez H. Rogers, secretary
annoucned.
Refreshments will be served
during the social period.
Miss V. Fipps
Attends Meeting
Miss Virginia Rose Fipps or
the Carolina Beauty Shoppe at
tended the three day convention
of North Carolina Hairdresserr
and Cosmetologist Association,
Inc. in High Point last week.
The convention, in session for
the fifth consecutive year, at the
Sheraton hotel was highlighted
by new hair styles.
GRAINGER
NAMED
MANAGER
Levi (Shorty) Grainger, sales
manager of Lewis-Peay Motor
Company here for the past two
years, this week was named gen
eral manager of the business.
A native of Tabor City, Graing
er is well known by townspeople
and farmers throughout the ai^a.
"I want to invite my friends
to come in and see us whenever
they have automotive troubles.
We guarantee satisfaction and
want to know about anything
that isn't completely satisfactory
with you," Grainger said.
Albert Schild, local merchant,
was admitted to the Conway hos·
Ipital this morning for treatment.
One Killed, Another Shot As
Homicide Record Is Shattered
For a year and a half Colum
bus county set a record of envy
to the world as not one single
case of homicide occurred but
the stillness of burst like a bub
ble in the early Sunday morning
hours.
Elizabeth Taylor, a 25 year old
Negro woman was killed instant
ly about 4:00 A. M. Sunday with
a three foot length of firewood.
Eddie Clifford McNair, 44, Ne
gro, was arrested by Officers
Mack Canady and Ε. B. Gaskin
following the killing.
An hour before this murder.
Ernest Strickland, a farmer who
lives about three miles from Ta
bor City on the old Fair Bluff
road, was mysteriously shot in
his bed. His wife, Mrs. Gladys
Strickland, and their baby dau
ghter Hilda, were at home at the
time of the shooting.
I Strickland was shot in the
right hip and the bullet came out
his left groin. However, attaches
of a Wilmington hospital in
which he is presently confined
have declared his condition as
satisfactory.
Sheriff Hus:h Nance said today
that he has been unable to ques
tion Strickland about the shoot
ing because of his condition but
that when doctors permit, he will
be questioned as to whether the
injury was accidental or work of
a prowler.
Baptist Women
Hold Meeting
The Woman's Missionary So
ciety of the Mount Tabor Bap
tist church met in the young
adult department of the church
on Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock
with Mrs. C. G. Westmoreland
president, presiding.
Announcement was made of
the state W. M. U. meeting to be
held in Durham at the First Bap
tist church, March 11-13, and Mrs.
Westmoreland reported on the
executive meeting of the W.
M. U.
Mrs. J. A. Mills, study course
chairman, urged members to at
tend the study course on Mis
sions which will be given at the
church on February 25. Mrs. C. C.
Leggette will lead the discussion.
The program "Ministery of
Prayer" was given by Mrs. C. C.
Leggette and special music was
rendered by Shannon Spivey.
Frances Ann Westmoreland, Mar
garet Jo Jernigan, Mary Jo Pin
ner and Sarah Williams, vocal
ists, and Mrs. W. W. Woody
pianist.
WOODMAN
TO MEET AT
WILMINGTON
BY GEORGE W. WALTER
National Woodman of The
World President, Farrar New
berry, of Omaha, Nebraska, will
visit Wilmington on March 14th
and 15th. He will address Wood
man of Southeastern North Caro
lina at a Banquet to be held in
his honor at 7:45 o'clock on Fri
day, March 14. National, head
camp officers and members from
over the State will be among
those to greet him when he ar
rives.
Λ tour of the historical spots
of New Hanover C^ ity is being
arranged for Mr. "lNeWberiy dur
ing the course of his visit with
the idea of selecting an unmark
ed historical site for considera
tion in so marking by the Socie
ty. The Honorable Addison Hew
lett, Chairman of the Board of
New Hanover County Commis
sioners is Chairman of the local
committee on arrangements for
this tour and the compiling of
historical data on unmarked his
torical sites that may be offered
for marking by the County, city,
Historical Societies, organiza
tions. or persons who have a
tangible interest in the site pro
posed.
The tour will include the Aza
lia gardens in and around Wil
mington; Fort Fisher, Carolina
and Wrightsville Beaches. Presi
dent Newberry inaugurated So
ciety's "Fraternity in action pro
gram" and created a "National
Service Fund" offering financial
aid to local woodmen camps all
over the nation for conducting
Public Recognition Programs
furnishing rooms and equipment
for local hospitals, Blood Plasma
Banks, new United States flags
for presentation t ο schools
Churches, Boy and Girl Scouts
and other Patriotic Organiza
tions. (More than 12,000 flags
have been presented during the
past five years.) Appreciation
programs honoring Scoutmasters
with compass awards, placing
memorial plaques, and erecting
Historic Markers, contributing to
cancer, Arthritis, High Blood
Pressure, and Infantile Paralysis
Foundations, and to the Ameri
can Red Cdoss, establishing and
maintaining of parks and play
grounds for children. He also
gives an award of a handsome
copper honor plaque with receipi
ent's name inscribed thereon,
and a citation by local camps to
those selected individuals in the
community who have rendered a
useful and conspicuous service.
Mr. Newberry was born in
Gurden, Ark., July 30, 1887. When
he was seven years old the fam
ily moved to the county seat
town of Arkodelphia, where he
attended the Ρ*"™* gradesι of
the Arkodelphia Methodist Col·
lege now the Henderson State
Teachers College. He also obtain
ed his B. A. degree there in 1906.
Two years later he received his
Master of Arts degree in Vand
erbilt University. At Vanderbilt
he became a member of the Phi
Kappa Sigma fraternity. Follow
ing his graduation at Vanderbilt,
he taught in the Union City
Training School at Umon City
Tennesses, in his Alma Mater, at
Arkadelphia, and for a year was
acting professor of history in the
University of Arkansas. He com
pleted his law studies in the law
GREEN SEA P. Τ. Α.
ΓΟ GIVE PLAY
A play entitled "Old Maids
Club" will be given at the Green
Sea High School Tuesday, Feb
ruary 19, at 8 o'clock p. m. in the
school auditorium officials an
nounced this week. The Parent
Teachers Association is sponsor
ing· the presentation.
A small admission charge oi
15 and 35 cents will be charged.
w. R. BUTLER
AT SHELLEY'S
W. R. Butler, local man, has
accepted a position with Elberl
Shelley's Market and Grocery
here.
Mr. Butler, an experience meal
cutter, will be associated with the
meat department of the store.
DAVIS JEWELERS
! ERECT CLOCK
i
Davis Jewelers have erected an
! attractive electric clock in front
!of their establishment on Fifth
I Street here providing another
■ convenience for Tabor City Pa
trons.
ι
I The new clock, made by Wyler,
is a double face neon model.
offices of Calloway and Huie at
Arkodelphia, and was admitted
to the bar.
After practicing for a short
time and serving in the Arkan
sas Legislature, he entered field
work in Southern Arkansas for
the Woodmen of the World Soci
^ty. He was elected Head Consul
of the Jurisdiction of Arkansas
in 1915, and in 1918 was appoint
ed State Manager for Arkansas,
and served in that capacity for
17 years. In 1932 he became a di
rector of the Woodmen of the
World, and in the fall of 1935
removed to Omaha, Nebraska,
! where he served in various de
partments, particularly in field
. work, and helped to organize
ι several nationwide membership
campaigns.
He has published three books
which are: "A Life of Mr. Gar
land of Arkansas," "The Life ol
I J. C. Root and the Glories oj
Perfected Woodcraft," "James Κ
ι Jones, the Plumed Knight of Ark
'ansas," and his contributed num
■erous articles to newspapers anc
I magazines.
DINES
DRIVE
REPORTED
, A total of $968.15 was contri·
! buted to the annual March of
Dimes fund by citizens of the
Tabor City area S. T. Rogers
local chairman, announced today.
Rogers expressed apreciation
for the contributions here and
!said he would like to thank each
1 person wao assisted in making
'the campaign successful.
The Tabor City fund has been
sent to Dave Neilson, Whiteville
to be applied to the Columbus
County Polio treasurer.
NEW DE SOTO
|T0 BE SHOWN
AT WHITE'S
The new 160-horsepower De
Soto Fire Dome 8. a car that sets
a new standard in American au
tomobiles, will go on display Fri
day, February 15. at White's Mo
tor Sales De Soto - Plymouth
dealer at Tabor City.
j Not only is De Soto introduc
ing a brand new car to its line,
but it is a car with a revolution
ary new V-Eight engine, a new
note in functional styling, the
Air-Vent Hood, and is available
with Power Steering, sensational
new Fluid-Torque Drive, power
brakes and electric window lifts.
The doors of the dealership
!will open at 7:30, according to
A. A. White, and will remain
open until every visitor has seen
the new cars.
The dealership is being special
ly decorated to show this new De
Soto and special events are plan
ned all day long. An attempt
will be made to accommodate
every visitor who wishes to try
out the car's 160-horsepower en
gine, power steering, and other
features, A. A. White said.
"It's not only the finest car
that De Soto ever built, it's the
finesst car on the market today,"
he said. "We anticipate a huge
, turn-out to see it and we're ready
I for them."
I Mrs. L. P. Hardwick of Ocean
. Drive spent last week here in the
home of her brother, John T.
Bell, and Mrs. Bell.
Tabor
City
Yams
Head
For
Canning
Factory
A. W. Lewis, Chadbourn; Β. Α. Garreil, Charles W. Pritchard
and A. C. Edwards pose for the photographer just before a
carload of Tabor City yams head for the canning factory.
This particular carload of yams were the first to be shipped
in quanity to the canning industry, most yams handled here
going into the retail grocery stores of the nation. Farmers
in the area enjoyed their best price in history last year as
the city continues to enjoy its title of "Yam Capital Of the
World."
Photos by Bill Oakley