"Tabor City — The Town With A City future"
VOL. VI. NUMBER 46 TABOR CITY, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1952 5c A COPY; $2:00 A YEAR
Joe Tally Calls Run-off
In Congressional Race
■ k< Tally has announced his in
..;··) λ of calling for a second
• ·:Γ..ί···· June 28 to challenge the
y . ; .·> attained by Congressman
ν :-:r?oI Carlyle May 31 for the
\ ·.. ι Ν C. District's Congres
5iiVM· office.
received a majority in five
- -oven counties of the dis
. failing to carry his own
· county of Cumoerland and
j i ·,:«'< home countv of Robeson.
■· total district vote — official
. Carlyle. 22.981: Tally. 21.
.> ι: Ernest Mavhan, 1.S88.
„Mr:/ie*s failure to get a major
thc votes rather than a
j .. :l. v entitled runner-up Tally
, .tsk for the second primary.
·;, ν t-a.a: "The majority of the
■ · , voted against the present
.j; ;rv>man. This confirms my
belief '.hat the people of the Sev
enth District want a change from
do-nothing representation ..."
This referred to the combined |
vote for Tally and Mayhan as be- :
ing exclusively protest votes.
"We are not professional politi
cians." Tally said, "and we made
two mistakes in our campaign in
the first primary. It will not hurt
to admit them. We did not made
a determined effort to organize
the present congressman's home ·
county of Robeson and we took the
Cumberland vote for granted . . .
But those mistakes will not be i
made again." <
Tally's statement reiterated his ]
campaign declarations and refer- }
red to "do-nothing representa- ·
tion." 1
BAPTIST BIBLE SCHOOL
COMMENCEMENT FRIDAY
— "" ! T'hö
OTIS PRICE
ATTENDING
BOYS STATE ;
v·. CV.vl Price, a junior at
V. Township school, is at
:e . i Boys State in Chapel Hill
-λ -^rc under sponsorship of the
7, C ity American Legion Post,
; Young Price, of Clarendon
: -ν- was picked from Williams :
; c of his outstanding schol
ar: record.
Λ.! expenses of attending the
α .ν-*, long event have been paid;
r ν Local posts. One sutstar.ding
st'.i. :it from this area will be
; ό Boys State each year byj
'.jcai post.
Γ ve has never missed a day.
ohool and has exhibited great
ap .'ude in class room activities.
■a ν > maintaining his attendance
:·λ* n\i.
He ..:I1 return home Sunday.
Second Session
Summer School
Slated Here
Τ ν second session of summer
κ λ ill open at the Tabo rCity ;
S: ) >! Monday morning at 8
ο κ Mrs. Frances Raynor, di
rect >r. -nnounced.
who wish to take re
?·-·.> >rk or make one-half units
·:ι:ο11. Mrs. Raynor said. j
Western Auto Owners
Attend Annual Show
■·": jni Mrs. S. T. Rogers, f
'*'■'· Auto Associate Store
■ v:i in Tabor City. N. C. and
ν C. received their first ι
^ previeew of the na-i
; .est ideas in toys this,
'Af ·. : a two day show held in I
Η King Cotton in Greens-,
N". C. by Western Auto Sup- I
Co 1
m this preview of more
.» - Cnrisimas items that thet
Said they made their se
lect >ns iit the particular needs
a:;: ; -ires of their trade area.
3<- i toys, the show featured
goods. sporting goods.
*;>· t. ν guns and amunition and j
• tohic supplies.
A:r»t).ig new toys this year will
00 docket Planes, Rodeo and
sets. Tallula the talking
;arr') .an a complete line of new
processed plastic head dolls with
r-u: if.i features. These include
T: ie and groom brides Maid,
frr;" · - iirl and boy, teen ager, the
■ aad several others.
3är. Hogers, who has been a
Weslarn Auto Associate owner in
Tabor City for 13 years and Loris
-years, is one of 210 dealers in 4
sht<s .vho attended the show in
yf^'n-üoro. There are 2,650
"es'.ern Auto Associate Store
0 'rs in 35 states supplied mer
by 16 Western Auto
Λ ν<' ·-tie Houses.
^SCS Meeting
T""«* Woman's Society of Chris
tain Service of the Saint Paul
Methodist Church will meet with
Mer*· Ν'. K. Currie and Mrs. Dew
*>' Cox at the Currie home Tues
day ivining, June 17, at 8 o'clock,
Mrs Ooc Bruton, president,
bounced.
Tuesday evening schedule
Varies the first meeting of the
*** fiscal year and all members
Jf?JUr8wi to attend, Mrs. Bruton
be held at the Mount labor Bap- (
tist church Friday at 8:00 p. m. ]
will bring the two week annual <
vacation Bible School to a close (
Mrs. C. C. Leggett. principal, an- ι
nounced. .
Parents and friends are invited
to attend to see the exhibit of j
handwork done by pupils and to .
hear ihe program of the things .
pupils learned to do.
Enrollment for the school reach- j
ed 282 with an average attendance ,
of 257 the first five days.
A picnic will be held at the
church Friday just before noon ,
for the pupils and workers Mrs. j
Leggette said. '
The faculty list of the school .
indludes: Mrs. C. C. Leggette.
principal; Mrs. Furmon Fowler,
Music Diiector; Margaret Jo Jer- 1
nigan, pianist, and Rev. P. C. '
Gantt, pastor.
Nursery — Mrs. Neiiie Spivey, .
Supt.; Mrs. P. C. Gantt. Mrs. Η. j
G. Dameron. Mrs. Claude Huggins.
Mrs. Pinkney Williamson and Mrs.
Paul Stevens. ,
Primary—Mrs. Leon Bullard,
Supt.: Mrs. Willard Garrell, Mrs. ]
Billy Dorman, Mrs. Lester Barn- ,
hill. Miss Mary Jo Pinner. Miss ι
Margaret Jo Jernigan, Miss Patty ]
Nobles. MiSs Vivian Stanley, and ,
Miss Dulcie Garrell.
Intermediates — Mrs. Ralph ]
Spivey. Supt.; Mrs. J. F. Bow, ,
Mrs. William Shelley and Mrs. E. .
W. Green.
Beginners — Mrs. Ben Nesmith
III. Supt.; Mrs. Leon Fonvielle,
Mrs. Ollie Clemons, Mrs. John j
Soles. Mrs. Finklev Herring. Mrs.
Thelma Fonvielle. Mrs. Clyde
Stanley, Miss Doris Williams, and
Miss Carrie Williams.
Juniors — Mrs. M. C. Sarvis, Jr.,
Supt.; Miss Anita Fonvielle, Mrs.
Venoy Stevents, Mrs. Horace Rob- |
erts. Mrs. H. C. Harrelson, Miss '
Mary- Bow, Mrs. W. W. Walters,
Mrs. Donald Prince, Mrs. Vance
Mangum. Mrs. Yance Nobles. Mrs. :
Aubrey James. Mrs. James Cox,
and Miss Dorothy Garrell.
MISS JACKSON
ON CAMP STAFF
Miss Caroline Jackson is leaving
during the weekend for Lake Lure
Camp For Girls where she will
serve on the saff as Aquatica
Counselor for the summer pro
gram.
Miss Jackson, rising Junior at!
Mereditn college, Raleigh, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. L.'
Jackson.
She will be accompanied to I
Lake Lure by her parents, and
Alice Wynn Kelley and Lou Jack
son who will visit in Anderson
before leturning home.
Scliild's Store
Air Conditioned
Air conditioning has been in- j
stalled in Schild's Department
store here in keeping with the
newly renovated store.
Α Schild owner said this week |
"we wanted to add another feature |
for our customers convenience and
comfort, and all our friends and
customers are invited to visit the!
store." ι
Dameron's Drug
Air Conditioned
An air conditioning system has
been installed in the recently re
novated Dameron Drug Store
here and is now in operation for
the customer's shopping comfort,
officials of the store announced.
Miss Rebecca Floyd and Lewis
Κ. Sikes of Tabor City who receiv
sd degrees at the University of
forth Ca:olina at its 158th Com
nencement Exercises held at
Chapel Hill May 30-June 2.
Miss Floyd is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Walker Floyd and
Sikes is the son of Mrs. Harriett
L. Sikes.
LEGION BASEBALL TEAR
TAKES 2-1 OPENING WIN
The Columbus County American
..egion Junior baseball team open
id the regular season at Civitan
field here Friday night with a
!-l win over Warsaw thai; went
iown in everyone's book as among
he best baseball games ever wit
lessed here.
McClanshan, Warsaw hurler,
leid the Columbus nine scoreless
or seven and two thiids innings
is he exhibited miraculous contro:
md kept the locals from crossing
lome plate. In the eighth inning
lit of the night, and came across
>n Weyman Satnley's < lean single.
This eighth ir iir ~ c ^ly t'i-d the
score at one all, \7a·.·>··.·v.* hi ving
icored in the second .'rs:ne on an
»rrcr. a base -r. balls :» single and
ι double st■.·£'.
Joe Gere operei the- ninth in
ring ':y getting ο ι base on an er
or by the third baseman. He was
aci ifi-.-ed to second ar.ci then aitei
wo were away, Stanley popped
ι high fly along the foui line in
eft fieid which was dropped for
in error. Gore crossed the plate
in the play for the winning
narker.
Jernlgan started on the mound
'or the Columbus County team
md gave up only one hit during
»is four inning stint. However, he
lad trouble with his back as the
ifth frame opened and was re
ieved by Collier. The reliefer
iurled great ball the rest of the
vay giving up no runs and allow
ng only two other base knocks.
I Second baseman Garris got all
j three hits procured by the War
; saw team.
The locals had a total of nine
safeties with Barnhardt and
Lethto accounting for three each.
CANNERY OPENS
[N TABOR CITY
The Tabor City Cannery will
open Thursday, June 12, and will
I continue operation through the
month ot June on Thursday's only
S. L. Jackson, director, announc
ed..
The crr.nery will ce open on
Tuesday's and Thursday's during
July ani August.
All produce should be at the
cannery by 12 o'clock noon on
canning days Mr. Jackson said.
o- al Residents
Touring Europe
j Mrs. Harriett L. Sikes and son,
ι Lewis, left last week for a seven
! week tour in Europe. Sailing from
New York last Friday they are
scheduled to arrive in London.
'England on the 13th.
Other than the visit in England
they will tour Scotland, Norway,
j Sweeden, Denmark, France, Swit
! zerland, Italy, and part of Ger
i many.
j They will make the return trip
! to New York by plane.
Τ. C. Conrad A. C. Edwards, Jr. Newton P. Hoey
The formation of a new partnership for the practice of public accounting with A. C. Edwards, Jr
>f Tabor City as one of the partners, was announced this week.
The partnership, operating under the name of Conrad and Company, will have headquarters in
Charlotte, but will engage in business throughout th e two Carolinas. Their services will include audits
ax service, management consultation, systems installations, costs, bookkeeping and other specia
ervice.
The partnership fs of special interest because Edwards is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Edward:
>f Tabor City and has spent most of his life here. His father is agent of the Atlantic Coast Line ir
Tabor City, and is a church and civic leader.
Edwards attended the Tabor City High School, and Mars Hill college from 1941 to 1943 at whicl
;ime he was called into active duty with the Army Air Force, serving as First Lt. Navigator with th<
)6th Bomb Group of the 8th Air Force in England. He flew 25 missions over Germany, received air
nedal with clusters, Presidential Citation, and other awards.
After World War II, he attended the Universsity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill where he wai
graduated in 1947 with a B. S. degree in commerce. During the summer of 1947, he did post graduati
irork in accounting.
From 1947 until the present time, he has been employed by Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and company
certified public accountants in Charlotte. He was awarded his C. P. A. certificate in 1948.
Although only 28 years of age Edwards is affiliated with a number of professional civic and socia
>rganizations and is Young Adult superintendent of the Myres Park Baptist church in Charlotte. Amonj
he organizations are Charlotte Area Association of C. P. A.'s Charlotte Junior Chamber of Commerce
C. Association of C. P. A.'s American Institute of Accountants, American Legion, Charlotte Alumn
Chapter of Sigma Chi, Charlotte Alumni Chapter of Delta Sigma Pi, Mason and Sharon Hills Count;
:lub.
He and Mrs. Edwards the former Frances Eh zabeth Carpenter, reside at 241-B Wakefield Driv
,η Charlotte.
With Edwards in the new firm are T. C. Con rad, CPA and LLB, and Newton P. Hoey, C. P. A
Conrad, a native of Indiana is a member of the Illinois and Kentucky bars and is a certified publi
Accountant in North Carolina and many other states. He holds degrees from DePauw, Harvard, an<
Northwestern, and has headed several tax departments with large CPA firm sin the United States. Ai
active civic and church leader he resides with his wife and six children in Charlotte.
Hoey, a native of Pennsylvania, is a veteran of World War II. He attended Chaffey Junta
college, California, Davidson college and the University of North Carolina where he took graduate worl
in accounting. He has been associated with Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and company in charlotte sine
1149. He is active in church and civic life and he resides with his wife in Mount Holly.
Woman Drowns In Lake Here
Columbus Paving
RALEIGH, June — The State
Highway Commission completed
18.75 miles of paving in Columbus
County during May, Commissioner
A. Wilbur Clark reported today.
The newly-hardsurfaced roads
and their lengths are:
From Ironhill via Bethel Church
and Nakina to NC 130 at Old
Dock, 12.1 miles; From edge of
swamp north of Dulah, northeast
via Colored School, 2.9 miles to
Pireway Road and drive to colored
school. 3.05 miles; and from a
point 1.5 miles southeast of Naki
na via Man Smith to Old Dock
Nakina Road, 3.6 miles.
Those projects were financed
by the $200,000.000 secondary
road bond program.
The Third Highway Divisior
brought a total of 40.45 mlies oi
road work to completion during
May. Commissioner Clark reveal
ed.
• * * * ·
Raleigh. May—The State High
way Commission completed 5.£
j miles of new paving in Columbus
! County during April, Commission
er A. Wilbur Clark reported to
I day.
j The rewly-hardsurfaced road:
and their lengths are:
From Mollie northwest to Pea
cock Road, 3.1 miles; and froir
Mollie tr Bethel, 2.8 miles.
Both projects were financed bj
the secondary road bend program
The Third Highway Divisior
finished 54.6 miles oi new roac
work ir. April, Commissionei
I Clark revealed.
i The Highway Commission ha:
j completed 84 percent cf Governoi
I Scott's lequested 12,00i..-mile pav
| ing goal under the secondary roac
' bond issue program. Seme 10,061.·
' 3 miles oi' farm-to-market road:
! have boen hardsurfaced and an
' other 14,422.4 miles stabilized foi
j all-weather travel during the last
three
Mr. aid Mrs. A. C. Edwards hac
j as their guest during last weekend
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Conrad, Mr
and Mrs. A. C. Edwards, Jr. anc
Mr. and Mrs. Smith of Charlotte
and Mr. and Mrs. Newton P. Hoej
of Mount Holly and Charlotte. The
j guests spent a part of the week
I end at the beach, and the Ed
! wards' entertained with a dinnei
■ party Friday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben D. Mortor
of Danville, Va. visited Mrs. Lethi
Butler Sunday.
BEAN, BERRY
MARKET CLOSES
The bean and strawberry mar
ket has come to a close here with
13,721 hampers of beans and 6,429
crates of strawberries liaving been
sold through the Tabor City Mar
keting company C. E. Waiden,
secretary, announced.
The average for beans is $1.83
per hamper and the strawberries
. averaged $8.27 per crate. A total
' of $53.150.53 has been paid to the
ι strawberry farmers, ana $25,062.71
to the bean growers.
I Sergeant Hardee
At Ft. McClellan
Sergeant Dan M. Hardee, of
Loris, has reported to Fort Mc
Clellan, Ala., after being reassign
' ed from Fort Jackson, for duty
. with the Medical Detachment,
I 3460th Area Service Unit
Sgt. Hardee recently returned
from Korea where he served for
eleven months as Wardmaster
with the 8209th Moblie Army
Surgical Hospital.
His wife, Jo Ann, nas moved
to Pelh-im Heights, near Fort Mc
Clellan. Sgt. Hardee is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. Stokes Hardee
of Loris.
Dpi. Blackmon
Completes School
MUNICH, GERMAN-Y — Cpl
Willis P.lackman, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Obediah Blackman, Route 4
WhiteviJle, N. C., recently gradu
ated from the Seventh Army's
Non-Commissioned Officers Acad
emy at Munich, Germany.
The six-week course emphasiz
ed the use of weapons, Army ad
ministration, tactics, supply, phy
sical fitness and organization,
Students were carefully selected
by their organization Commanders
before attending the school,
i Corporal B'ackman, who enter
ed the Aüiiy i.i April i&31. r<nl /ed
overseas in September and is serv
ing as an assistant olatoon leader
in the 517th Medical Clearing
Company.
I In .'ivilian life he was employed
I by the Englander Mattress Co.
Southport Soldier
Coming Home
WITH THE Ä. UUKFb ii\
KOREA — Cpl. William Κ Parkei
of Southport, N. C., recently lefi
the 73rd Engineer Combat Battal
ion in Korea for return to the U
S. under the Army's rotatior
policy.
While in Korea, he served as <
combat construction specialis
with the 73rd, which builds an(
: maintains bridges and roads ovei
! which men and supplies travel t<
■ the front.
Corporal Parker, who enterec
|. the Army in February 1951, wa
I stationed at Fort Jackson, S. C.
I with Company G of the 28th In
I fantry Regiment before leavinj
I the United States for the Far Eas
I last July.
I He is a graduate of Southpor
High School.
Eastern Star
Mrs. Emma W. Smith, Mrs. Do
Bruton and Mrs. James Long ar
attending the State Grand chapter
Order of Eastern Star, meetinj
in Raleigh this week Monda;
. through Wednesday.
Mrs. Smith, local Worthy Mat
ron, will participate in the grant
, march.
Lewis Gore Grocery
l Under Renovation
t Lewis Gore Grocery, Inc. is un
} dergoing an extensive renovatioi
program which will be complete«
in the near future, the manage
. mont announced.
>
» New self service fixtures hav<
been installed, new decorating am
, more floor space along with nev
office quarters is in the making.
[ To make the renovation mor<
r complete an air conditioning sys
( tem has been installed and i
[ now in operation.
' The store is open for busines
as usual during the renovation.
ROGERS GRADUATES
Lide Harold Hogers of Tabo
- City was among the graduates a
1 Wake Forest College this weeli
ι Rogers is the so nof Mr. and Mrs
A. Paul Rogers.
ζ Mrs. Dean Long of the Pirewa;
5 section spent Thursday night wit)
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Long.
ι- Mrs. Woodrow Avant, 36, local
resident was drowned Monday
afternoon at Gore's Lake here as
she waded In shallow water.
The body was removed from
the water within a few minutes
after she stumbled in a hole, and
artificial respiration was given by
local and county officials for sev
eral hours.
Funeral rites are scheduled for
this afternoon (Wednesday) at the
Portor Swamp Baptist church at
3:30 with the Rev. W. D. Meares
officiating. Burial will be in the
church cemetery.
She is survived by her hus
band; a son, Milton, and two
daughters, Annie Fay and Mere
dith, all of the home; her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland Hil
burn of Cerro Gordo; five broth
ers, J. V. Hilburn of Fayetteville,
David Hilburn and Leo Hilburn
of the U. S. Army, William Hil
! burn and Earl Hilburn of Balti
more, Md.; three sisters, Mrs. Ear
line Temple of Florence, S. C„
Mrs. Dorothy Reaves of Nakina,
and Mrs. Leona Mosdel! of Balti
more, Md.
Ash Private
Graduates
WITH THE EIGHTH ARMY IN
KOREA — Pvt. V.'aiiace Causey,
Route 1, Ash, N. C. graduated re
cently frcm the driver training
school operated by the Eighth
Army Transportation Section in
Korea.
The course included instruction
in preventive maintenance, de
fensive and driving in convoys.
A truck driver in the 351st
Transportation Highway Trans
port Group. Private Causey enter
ed the Army in June 1951 and
arrived in Korea the following
December. His awards include the
Korean Service Ribbon and the
United Nations Service Ribon.
He attended Shallotte ( N. C.)
High School.
SWIMMING
CLASSES BEGIN
The Brownies and Girl Scouts of
Lake Waccamaw were the first
group to inaugurate swimming
classes when they took to the wat
er at Weaver's Pier Monday at
5:30 P. M. About 20 youngsters
are enrolled in the class which is
being taught by Lee J. Greer and
R. H. Burns Jr. A new instructor,
Hector McNeill is also helping
with the classes.
• The Civitan Club of Whiteville
,! voted to take on the learn to
ι1 swim lessons this year as a special
j youth project. At least six more
ι classes are planned. It is hoped
; that a Life Saving class can be
I had. Officials of the Red Cross
• Chapter and the Civitan Club
ι; pointed out that classes would be
j held for any group of children
[ which were organized. Later in
; the summer a class will be held
which will include children who
! do not belong to any organization
, but who want to learn to swim.
I After the first class Is completed,
the Whiteville Cubs will have a
I; week and then the Whiteville
j Brownies and Girls Scouts will
' have a week. These classes will be
j held during June.
j At the end of the swimming
, j season, it is planned to have a
j I mammoth aquacade in which
' j children from all over the county
I can participate. The aquacade,
' however, will depend upon the
progress made on repairing the
pier which has been cromised by
' the Department of Conservation
and Development.
Mr. Greer, under whose super
vision the classes will be taught
stated that the purpose of the
while program was to give every
child in the county a Chance to
. Learn to Swim or to Swim better
ι thereby reducing the tragic loss
[ of life through water accidents.
Clemons Family i
Ϊ At Home Here
Mrs. Dale Clemons and children,
Diane and Sharon, arrived here
! last week to make their home
■ while A-2c Clemons serves with
5 the Air Weather Service in Wash
ington, D. C.
5 Clemons who has been station
ed in Greenville accompanied his
family here.
Mrs. Clemons, the former Mae
r McCumbee, is at home with her
1 children in the Mrs. R. T. Bruton
• apartments.
Mr. and Mrs. Alden Leonard and
daughter, Jane Marie, of Fayette
r ville spent the weekend here with
x his parents, Mr. and Bits. Walter
Leonard.