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"Tabor City — The Town With A City Futur*-' \ .>U Vi^M MBER 51 TABOR CITY, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1952 5c A COPY; $2:00 A YEAR TRAIN ACULPUIN I f A TAL FOR jAt Κ SELLERS /inker Sellers. 16, of Tabo· μ instantly Monday night 11 when he was struck by >ai\i train in Bladenboro. x Ins: to ieport$ here the vie- I .> sitting on the track ap > asleep at the time of the ·. Ho was in Bladenboro to ν rather on a carpenter's , .10 services will be held • ··,' Forest Lawn cemetery - »rnins» (Wednesday) a* • ■ ) survived by his paren..· j : Mrs. L A. Sellers of Tab-ι ν v :·. and Bladenboro; one Clarence of the U. S. ' rhtve sisters. Mrs. Retha! v'a. o:· or Loris. Mrs. Allie ot Crescent Beach, anc \.·· > "ie Sellers of Tabor C'tv.: RL'FL'S E. REAVES OILS IN DETROIT ' 4.1: Reaves, husband of Mildred Spivev of this suddenly Thursday . July 3. at his home in ^ λ· :ch. Η 52 at the time of his was born in Madison v . v. Ν C.. a son of the late . Κ and Lora Wardrep 3 ■ v. He moved to Fayetteville u was a small boy and i there until he went to IV: · μ live about ?5 years ago. < . ;::g are his wife and a vne Reeves of the home: :λ ■ <:<:ers. Mrs. L. A. Fillveu and Mr.- 3. I Cain of Fayetteville: ..\ .>:·>: ners. Oscar B . L. Fred. ?:.·>·.; C . and Woodard J.. all of Fi>o::>viile. Willis W of Sanford. Γ-> . and Roy E. of U. S. Navy, Xort'o'x. va.. and several nieces nephews Funeral rites were held from the XI:. l lead Baptist church, near Fayetteville. Sunday afternoon. The lie-. Paul Vanaman, pastor, >::iciatecr assisted by Rev. Baxter Walker ar.d Rev. Barney David son. Burial was in the church DEATH CLAIMS D BENNIE GORE 3 3r-rmie Gore. 72, prominent farmer of the Longs Sec : Horry County. Loris. route 2 .··: Monday at 4:00 a. m. ?t t ie r.ome of his son, D. H. Gore . :::4 un illness of seven years. Funeral rites were held from hone Tuesday at 4:00 p. m. ; *he Rev. E. L. Joyner and Dr. Mir: r. Stokes officiating. Inter T.e.i* v.as in the Buck Creek cem He :- survived by his "vife, Mrs. Saili.· Gore, of the home: one i>on, 3 H. Gore: two grand children ιτ.ά or.e great grandchild. Finklea News BY USTON TOMPKINS Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Tompkins ini Mr. Daggit Tompkins were Sunday visitors of Mrs. Maggie 3'.uier. Mr. r r.d Mrs. Wilmer Butler and :r.:'.:ren of Charleston, £ .C. were Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. T< mpkins. Mrs. John Roberts '.isited Mrs. Herbert Harrelson recently. Mr-· F.ugene Harrelson and son ^" 4 -tre week end visitors of Mrs Herbert Harrelson and Mrs. L. M. Wj'lis. Μ:-·.ς Betty Graham visited Mr. ΜXeal Lewis in ^Augusta, G» recently. ..Vthan Tyler has returned " '·■ e iter being a patient in Mc ' : In irmary in Tlcrence. ' ί!.ια Mrs. Morgan Tyler of * ville, S. C. were recent vis ,r f Mr. and Mrs Marvin Tyler. ^ · Creen Sea All Stars will • chols at the athletic field Thursday night at 8:00 -o a game will be played • ' h Thursday night there til further notice. < nd Mrs. Neal Lewis of * · Ga. are visiting relatives r ' s week. r. Bullard Sr. visited Mrs. Dewey Tompkins •Sat J; ;,γ iisle Shelley *vas in this Sunday looking over the '·'■ his farm. : d Mrs. Otha Harrelson ' · '' ·Γ«·η of Whiieville attend • K es at Mt. Zion Sunday ! i 'ted Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Grahao, ••r Tom Angle and daughter. *ilct Ann Home, are in Balti "wre. Md. where Alice Ann is ^'Jeixoing examination at Johns ^Pkin t'c.r an eye condition. Though the temperature was hitting 102 degrees in North Caro lina's Capital Citty when this referendum-reminder picture was taken, it was no effort for Ε. Y. Floyd to smile as he remembered the coo! Sl.CiO the u.^rase tobacco grower received for his tobacco that went into export rlianaels last year. Floyd, secretary of Tobacco Associates, and ε iiie.o-j 'obacco farmer and leader in tobacco circles, i;ere reminds flue-cured tobacco growers that July 19 is Refe·. cr.dum Day and that th^y should "get out ar.i vote" on the ld-cesi ^er acre ascsssmtat to continue the Tobacco Associates export promonon.il program to probet their world trade in tobacco. On this date growers will also vote a: the same time and place on Marketing Quotas. "We no ν have a tobacco program that is worth protecting, Ίο yd said, bat warned "good prices won't be here forever unles re, as growers, demonstrate willingness at the polls on July 19 to d ur part to keep them." rtc Kogers Mills Returns To States Pi'c. Ηο^ε: con c: E.\ and VIrs. J. A. ^I:lls, is ccnvelascing it Camp Pickett, Va. Mills, who ,vas wounded in the right arm, in ictior. in Ko.ea on June 14, arriv ed at Camp Pickett last Satur iay. He expects a leave soon and tvill visit his parents here. Adult Sewing Class To Organize Here An adult sewing class will gel underway at the Tabor City Higti School at an early date. Miss Beu ;ah Yates. Vocational Home Eco lomics director, announced. All adults interested in enroll ing in the clajs aro asked to meel at the high school Home Econom ics building. Monday, July 28, al J:00 in the afternoon. The purpose 3f the meeting is to work out ζ schedule for instruction and the use of the sewing machines at the school. To count the meetings as a class in adult education, attendance must average ten for six meeting.: Everyone interested is urged te attend the meeting in order to en roll and obtain additional educa tion. New Tractor Will Be Shown An entirely new and different John Deere tractor will be shown Saturday, July 19, at R. F. Hall & Son in Whiteville. According to W. F. McCormick, manager of the lo?al John Deere dealership, the new tractor will be a pleasant surprise for farm ers, having major improvements qnd engineering advancements. R. F Hall & Son will alsc show with the new tractor a little riding duplicate model built es pecially for young boys and girls. The manager extends an inivta tion to see the new tractor an·'] its little riding running mate. WAVES WANTED Young women who are high school graduates or equivalent, 18-26. unmarried with no depend ents, who are interested in a car eer, can consider one of the great est Careers of them all today, that of a Wave in the United States Navy; announced today by your Navy Recruiter, located in the Post Office Building at Wilming ton, N. C\ or Lumberton, N. C. Wavfs may be assigned to such AAWp countant, Dental Technican, or Air Controlman, althrough the great number are assigned to a country, visit your ucaid cruiting Station today and ask what opportunities may be avail able to you in the Worlds might iest Navv. Remember if you can a Bullock's Stores Sponsoring Studio Bullock's Department Store in Tabor City and Loris are spon soring the Barbee's Studio ol Charlotte in making children's portraits Saturday. The photographer's will be al both stores Saturday to make the pictures at one cent a pound. The public is invited to taki advantage of the special offer bj the Bullock chain. Mr. Mrs. Sam Fowler a*: t-jn. Eddie, of Newton are spend ing some time this week with ni: parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edg ι Fowler. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Shelley, Jr we;e visitors in Raleigh Monday Mrs. Henry Smith accompaniec Mrs. Rufus Reaves to Detroit Mich. Sunday where they w:l spend several days. Mrs Reaves the former Mildred Spivey, ant her son. Wayne, will make theii home here. Mrs. George D. Lewis and chii dren, Raymond and Sherrian, ο North Charleston are visiting he sister. Mrs. Doc Bruton and M. Brut on. Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Rogers an( sons and Mrs. R. R. Rogers, Sr. returned Sunday from a two we°l stay at Ocean Drive Beach Mrs G. O. McArthur and daughters Georgia Lou and Joe Ellen, ο Sarasota, Fla. visited them th > -< for several days. Mrs. G. S. McCormick an< daughter, Louise, are returning t< Florence today after a visit witl her mother, Mrs. Frances Cox. Mrs. Susan Fowler, who ha been ill for some time, is reporte< ι improving at this time. Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Sarvis, Ji of Burlington visited his parents Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Sarvis, Si Sunday. I Clarence Long has assumed hi , duties at his place of business Long's Produce center, after ai ! illness of several days. M-Sgt. and Mrs. J. C. Strick land and son, Johnny, are visitinj relatives here. They are vacation ing at Crescent Beach this weel with Mr. and Mrs. Jenning Strickland. Sgt. Strickland and hi family came here from Montgom ery, Ala. where he was stations with the army. He expects an as signment overseas following th« Mrs. Norris Hostess To Clarendon Club The Clarendon Home Demon stration club held its July meeting Thursday evening with Mrs. Joe Norris. Mrs. W. P. Williams .presi dent, presided. Mrs. Joe Norris was appoints the official representative to Fai and Home Week. Mrs. Carl Step hens gave a report on care of flowers. Mrs. Elaine Blake gave the dem onstration on how to set a pretty table using picture slides for il lustration. The club will meet on August 14 at 8:30 p. m. with Mrs. W. F. Williams at her home. During the social period refresh ments were served by the hostess. BAPTIST TO BEGIN BUILDING The Mt. Tabor Baptist church here now has all the materian on the property and the land has been cleared for the building of additional Sunday school rooms to the church. Actual construction of the addi tion in sxpected to get underway in a few days. This project is one of the five chosen by the local Finer Carolina committee and is sxpected to be completed in time to qualify in the contest. Betty Jo Stephens Weds R. J. Gleasner CLARENDON.—Miss Betty Jo Stephens, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Cark Stephens of Calrendon, became the bride of Regis Joseph Gleasner, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Regis Joseph Glae sner, Sr., of High Point, in a cere mony ;n the garden of her parents' home Wednesday. June 25, at 6:30 p. m. 1 The Rev. Clyde G. Prince, pastor of the CUrendon Baptist Church, performed the double ring cere mony. The vows* were spoken beneath a white wrought iron arch en twined with Southern smilax. A miniature white picket fence en closed the altar, which had a background of fern and pine in spersed with tall baskets of glad ioli. A program of wedding music was presented by Eugene Sasser of Gurley, S. C., pianist, and Miss Lois Garrell, soloist. The tradi tional wedding marches were us ed. Tha triufm in marriaße by her father, wore a gown of white chantilly lace over taffeta with a yoke of sheer nylon net. Tiny petals nylon net outlined the sweetheart neckline, and the iong «leeves were fitted and end ed in points over the hands. Her full gathered skirt, worn over a hoop <kirt,»4eii softly U -J Her fing »ι tip veil o:' illusion was attached to a small cap of taffeta, which -vas banded across the front with stephanotis. She vcarried a bouquet of white roses and carna tions showered with stephanotis and centered with a white orchid. The η »ε id of honor was Miss j Dean Gore, who wore a gown of j nile green net over tatfeta fash I ioned with a strapless bodice and j off-the-shculder ruffle of net. The full ;kirt was made with three j tiers of net, ruffles, and was worn over a hoop skirt. Her headdress was a double ruffle of net and her mits were of matching net. She carried Ame/ican Beauty roses tied with nile green satin ribbon. The bridesmaids were Mrs. Dal ma Hunt Bullock and Miss Doris Williams, wore gowns of pink net over taffeta fashioned like that of the maid of honor, and Miss Mar jorie Ward and Miss Pat Stephens. The later two bridesmaids wore gowns of lilac net ove taffeta fashioned like that of the maid of honor. All carried bouquets of carnations, roses and asters in pastel shades and tied with satin ribbons to match the collor of their gowns. Gene Stephens, cousin of. the bride, was ringbearer. He wore a white linen suit and carried the rings on a white satin piilow. . The groom had as his best man Robert Jennings Marley of Ram seur. Ushers were Jerry Stephens, Frederick Gleasner of High Point, Sam Hunt and William Marley of Ramsucr. The mother of the bride wore an afternoon dress of navy blue lace over taffeta and a corsage of pink roses. The mothe- of the groom wore a black crepe gown and a corsage of yellow roses. Following the ceremony, the parents of the bride entertained at a reception at their home. During the evening the couple left for a wedding trip. For travel ing the bride wore a champagne silk shantung suit with brown lizard accessories. Mrs. Geasner is a graduate of ι Williams Township High School j and she will be a senior at High Point College next. fall. She is a member of Sigma Alpha Phi Sorority. Mr. -;iaesner is. ? graduate of High Point High School and High Point College, where he was a membei of Delta Beta Alpha Fra ternity. He is now serving in the TJ. S. Navy aboard the USS Leyt^. Mrs. George A. Louden, Jr. and children of Fostoria, Ohio are here for a visit with her mother, Mrs. D. F. McGougan. Public Protests Town Board's Action In Seeking Resignation Of Police Chief L. R. Watson WILMINGTON LEGION TEAM ELIMINATES COLUMBUS NINE Wilmington's American i^egion ι Junior baseball team defeated the | Columbus County nine by a 5-4 score at Wilmington last Thurs day night and thereby won the right to oppose Kinstcn for the area 2 playoff. The scheduled two out of three series went only two games as the New Hanover aggregation came through with two consecu tive victories. The loss Thursday thus ended the season for the local nine which had a 6-2 regular season record. It was the best record attained by a Legion team of which Tabor City was a part. Wilmington, who ended the sea son in third place behind the Co lumbus County teah, played a good brand of ball in eliminating the locals. Meantime, Kinston had no diffi games irem Laurinburg. Kinston and Wilmington began their three out of five series to determine the area champion Monday night. Barring postpone ment, the series will be completed this week. New County Buildings Started The East Carolina Construction Company of Dunn sat the stage this week for commencing con struction of the Columbus County Agricultural Building and an ad dition to Columbus County Hospi tal. C. W. Harris of Pittsboro, con struction su^c.^ter.dext, arrived Monday and has been supervising the erection of tool sheas and con struction headquarters. These have oeen placed on the grounds near the hospital. Construction of the two build ings is expected to take close to a year. Since a 40-hour week ap plies and no allowance for over time pay was made in the bid ding, the buildings cannot be rushed to completion. The Agriculture Building will be located just west of the County jail on Smith Street. Both projects will be carried on simultaneously, although grading for the hospital wing is expected to be started first. The hospital wing w'll be erect ed on the southeast side of the present hospital building. Addi tions to the old wing and some remodelling are also in the speci fications. Since the two projects will re quire several months, Superintend ent Harris expects to move his family here as soon as he finds living quarters. Roy Harrelson is improving at the McLeod's Infirmary, Florence following a major operation th» ■» Saturday. Mrs. Susan B. Standerfer who has been at Ames for the school year working on a Masters De gree in sewing has arrived here to spend the summer with her family. She is a daughter of Mrs. J. F. Bow. Miss Flora Belle Gore who is attending East Carolina Summer School spent the week end h ν \ Mrs. L. L. Go»e is spending the summer with her son-in-law, and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Leish man, and their daughters, Sandra land Sally. Mrs. Gore made the I trip by plane from Greensboro. ATTENDING SHOW - Arthur, Oliver and Harry Prince of the Piince Brothers stores in Tabor City, Chadbourn and Clark toil, are attending the furniture show in High Point this week. HOYT GRAINGER VICTIM OF TRAIN ACCIDENT Edgar Hoyt Grainger. 31, died in Baltimore, Md. Sunday morn ing after being struck by a train in that city. According to informa tion her* he was wakliug on the railroa·! track when the train hit him. Hb was a native of this area, and attended the Loris High School. He resided in Oella, Md. and was a brick mason. Funeral rites are scheduled for this afternoon (Wednesday) at the Mt. Zi->n church at 4:C0 with the Rev. Ralph Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetei/. He is survived by his wife, Mrs Helen Affaiet Grainger, a son and daughter, Richard and Evelyn, all of the home, Oella, Md.; mother, Mrs. F. M. Grainger of Baltimore, Md.; iwo brothers, Howard and Sam ->f Baltimore, Md.; two sis ters, Mrs. Robert Bryant of route 2, Loris, S. C., and Mrs. Brice Levingston of route 4, Loris, S. C. EAST TIABOR CLUB HOLDS MEETING WITH MRS. WRIGHT The EJast Tabor Home Demon stration club met July 8 at the home of Mrs. Whit Wright. Mrs. Elbert Wright presided. After a discussion on sending a representative to Farm and Home WeeK four piojvJt repot ts were given Family Life. Mrs. J. D. Spivey Home Dairy, Mrs. Dewey Hewett Music, Mrs. Ruey Hewett Book Report, Mrs. Whit Wright. Mrs. Elaine Blake gave a dem onstration on setting a pretty table every day with inexpensive arti cles. The home agent also showed a movie on etiquette. During the social hour Mrs. Whit Wright served the fblowing guest: Mrs. Elbert Wright, Mrs. J. D. Harrelson, Mrs. J. D. Spivey, Mrs. Kern Prince, Mrs. Etuess Graham, Miss Frances Long, Mrs. Dewey Hewett, Mrs. Humphrey Hewett, M.s. Ruey Hewett, and Mrs. Kermit Abel. Guide way BY MRS. LESTER LONG Pvt. and Mrs. Ralph Long of Ft. Knox, Ky., spent the weekend visiting relatives in the Guideway section. Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Long were Tabor City visitors Friday. J. D. Long visited Mr. and Mrs. James Faulk Sunday. Mrs. Frank Connor of Lumber ton is spending some time with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Connor. Lester Long and James Faulk and son Weldon were in Tabor City and Loris Tuesday. Mrs. James Faulk was in Tabor City on business Monday. Mrs. Carl Stocks, daughter Betty Gray and Mrs. Billie Smith were in Tabor City Saturday. Those visiting Mr. and Mrs. Lester Long Friday night were Mrs. Luther Puckette and Mrs. Donnie Canady of the Pireway section. Mr. and Mrs. Noah Hewette were the evening guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Long recently. Every landlord, tenant and sharecropper should vote in the referendum Saturday. DICUS-FOWLER COMPANY OPENS MODERN RETREADING SHOP nilUUlCl new UIUUIEO^ ui IUI in dustrial nature was added in Tab or City last week when the Dicus Fowler Company, local Firestone dealer store, opened a modern tire retreading shop. With the very latest in retread ing equipment, this marks the first time that such a complete service has been offered here. Factory trained workmen are a / vaiiaDie ana tne new concern was already doiing a booming business early this week. * The retreading shop is located in the rear of the Dicus-Fowier company store, acrpss from the post office, and Jimmy Dicus, owner and manager of the firm, has issued an invitation to local λπ arruusea wwuspwpw l,,cl at the school auditorium here Monday night and voiced their protest at the action of *he Tabor City town board in requesting the resignation of Police Chief L. R· Watson. With Mayor W. A. Williams pre siding, the meeting was caUed to order about 8:30 and the Mayor pointed out to the near capacity crowd that town harmony was to be desired, and that he hoped nothing would be done at the meeting which might split the citizenry into factions. The meeting was called by pri vate citizens after y special meet ing of the board last Saturday asked Watson to resign by a two to one vote. Mayor Williams, who has no vote, was not present at the Saturday meeting. Chief Watson had not announc ed his decision as to whether he would resign or not, but took the floor at the meeting and said he was handing in his resignation. However, as the meeting progress ed, Jack Strickland, made a mo tion that the group go on record as requesting Watson to reconsid er his resignation. The motion was carried with such enthusiasm that Watson again took the floor and said that if the people wanted hiin to remain in Tabor City, he would not resign. This will lea^e his future status here completely in the hands of the local board that can either fire him or forget the action of last Saturday. A petition was displayed at the meeting endorsing Watson as po lice chief and praising his more than five years service here. The Mayor stated that about 300 reg istered voters had signed the peti tion. Others signed it at the con clusion of the meeting. At one stage of the meeting, a motion was made and rapidly seconded that the two town board members who asked Watson to resign hand in their own resigna tions. However, Mayor Williams asked that fhe motion be with drawn and no action was taken on it. In that Monday night's meeting was not a board meeting but a public protest meeting, a motion was made by A. E. Goldfinch that the public attend the next town meeting and voice their senti ments. This met with favorable applause and it was generally agreed that the August town board meeting would be attended by as many people as possible ?nd that their sentiments would be ex pressed then. Neither Willard C. Wright or Troy Bennett, the two commis sioners who asked for Watson's resignation, were present at the meeting. This being the case, no one was in position to answer the ι question from the floor as to why he was asked to resign. Bob White, after the failure of the group to learn these reasons, requested that a fact finding com mittee be named by the Mayor to determine the reasons for the board's action and to present this information to the group at a later date. The committee consists of David Kelly, Bob White, V. R. Bur roughs, J. C. Bell and L. B. Hedge cog. Many citizens spoke from the floor in Watson's defense and al though the meeting was open for discussion for anyone, no state ments were made against the police chief. Mrs. Penny Skipper Laid To Rest Penny Soles Skipper, 43, died in the Conway, S. C. hospital Satur day at 5:00 A. M. after an illness of severil days. Funeral rites were held from the Fire Baptized holi ness church here Sunday at 3:00 P. M. by the Rev. Chester Collins and Rev. Zettie Ward. Interment was in the Myrtle Green cemetery. She is survived by her husband, Car Skipper; two sons. Manly Carl and Mack Shane; mother, Mrs. Emma Soles of Tabor City; six sisters, Mrs. Sue Poethmel of Blandon, Penn., Mrs Viola Fon vjelle of Columbia, Mrs. Ann Beck, Mrs. Nell Grainger, Mrs. Kate Flops, and Mrs. Irene Wad dell of Tabor City; three brothers, Luther Soles of Rockingham, Josh Spies and Manly Soles, of Tabor City; ?8 nieces and nephews. $