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VOL. VII, NUMBER 15
"Tabor City — The Town With A City Future^"
TABOR CITY, N. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER )i, 1952
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HgiUlUIAUQ ILU. CLUB
presented loving cup
at ACHEYEKEHT NIGHT
T-iot TnKrtr Hnm<
ι iiv «*"■ - - ■*» Α Ο
·. ;o;«e Demonstration club receiv
the R- E. A. Loving cup at the
·.· ■ :h Annual Home Demonstra
nt! Achievement Night held at
;-o Western Prong church on.
V vinesday night, November δ.
-·- ο cup was presented by Dr.
5:>hop of the R. E. A.
To win this cup the Homemak
club increased their member
,:>;p from 12 last Achievement
i^ht to 19. Other activities in
.ded: the raising of funds for
, community building: sponsored
. in the Carolinas Yam Fes
·Λ :il: sponsored a delegate to
? rm and Home week with four
, : attending: eight members
■ -ended the National meeting in
R: icigh: perfect attendance at
Coar.ty Council: representatives at
leader training schools: half
:he· members received book certi
and all accomplishment
s.-.ee:* were turned in to the office.
The club has organized a choral
club that meets regularly and a
Community 4-H club that meets
o.uh month. The Homemakers
also helped needy families
. have contributed to all drives.
7:~e Sandy Plains club was run-.
:;o: -P for the Loving cup and
W; >*ern Prong and New Life were
R··.-. P. F. Newton gave the de
v -u v.- l stressing that the four
rr.o>; important branches of living
work. play, love and worship.
Ho >aid all four are important
.. well balanced life.
Mrs. Corinne Grimsley, Exten
sa:: Family Relations Specialist
; ο .:·. address entitled '"Parents
Are Important People,'* in.which
ihe e an example of a newly
.wi couple living cycles, its ups
and towns, family adjustments,
jr.: ir.-Iaw troubles.
Mr?. Elwyn Harris gave the
County report and slides were
s'r.: ved that clubs had worked
hard and had noted numerous ac
c -rr.'.jhments during the fis:al
'he Homemakers club also won
tr.e -ravel for the largest attend
a: *he meetinS with club
rr.vmoers in attendance one hun
area percent.
Ir.-. Ehvood Thompson, presid
;n? oiiicer. made the following
presentations:
Book Certificates: Clayton Bald
en. A. W. Sessions, Thelma Gur
λιγ·. .Mrs. Marvin Lewis, Mrs
Keitr. Prince. Mrs. Clyde Norris,
Mrs Homer Adams, Mrs. Floyd
Morris. Earl Cartrette, Mrs. Ted
soles. Mrs. Malcolm Wright, Mrs.
Oocia Cartrette, Hilda Harper,
Airs. Lydia Watts, Mrs. G. B. Cox,
Gaadie Watts, Mrs. Ansel Arnette,
Alma Stephens, Mrs. O. O. Watts,
Mrs. Kermit Abel, Frances Long,
Mrs. Kirby Norris, Mrs. W. H.
Stephens, Mrs. A. D. Fipps, Dewey
Hewitt. Ruey Hewitt, Lillian Har
?}e· Gladys Beck, Edna Yates,
Howard Griffin, Mrs. Roy
Suffkin, Mrs. Brice Mills, Ve^ma
Morris, Mrs. Harry Stephens, Mrs.
Jfsier Watts, Mrs. Albert Gore,
Mrs. James Taylor, Mrs. L. B.
Cox. Mrs. Alton Fipps.
Advanced Book Certificate: Ar
Cartrette, Charlie Williams,
■ -Marvin Lewis, Thelma Cur
"c'· Mrs. D. N. Currie, Mrs. Jessie
Harper, Mrs. Hubert Stanley, Mrs.
Unit Wright, Mrs. J. D. Spivey,
* ■ Eibert Wright, Mrs. J. A.
■|e.R!gan, Mrs. Ernest Hayes, Mrs.
J°e E. Brown, Mrs. J. P. Ham
'J0nds, Mrs. S. E. Jordan, Sallie
•«nee, Mrs. Elwyn Harris, Mrs.
A > Williamson.
f' rfect Attendance: Sandy Plain
T"Miss Irene Wright, Mrs. Homer
* ü,rns· 2 years; Mrs. Leon Wright,
years; Mrs. Clyde Norris, 2
f'ars; Mrs. Fred Wright, Mrs.
; umes Scott, Mrs. Henry Gore, 2
: Mrs. Arthur Cartrette, 2
vj^'0· Mrs. Cecil Wright, 2 years;
r £arl Cartrette, 2 years; Mrs.
- '» r Norris, 2 years; Mrs. Floyd
* ^ns. 2 years; Mrs. Raplh Nor
;· Μ '.s. Foy Fowler ,2 years; Mrs.
;t -Vorris, Mrs. C. D. Williams,
-"s: Mrs. Ted Wright.
. '-' *>unon — Mrs. D. N. Currie,
-••izabeth Walters, 2 years.
■ '»>Uie>—Gleon Fipps, 2 years;
r.V:: Sherman Saunders, Mrs.
J°Hy, Mrs. Sam Hardie,
Malcolm Mills, 2 years,
»»•i« o—Mrs. J. p. FormyDuval.
""memakers _ Mrs Elbert
*n?nt.
-Uhite Marsh—Mrs. J. C. Batten,
τ,?.5 ^'ayton Baldwin, 2 years;
·τλ V. High, Mrs. Clanton Ses
^Mish°p Springs—Faye Lashley,
' od Thompson, 2 years; David
u'· .'ifrsett, Brice Ward.
rr rru Gordo—Mrs. J. P. Ham
p ' r'!S· Mrs. A. I. Williamson, Mrs.
' y· Register.
lo v d —Mrs. Pauline Mar
Eve«-ffreeii»rMrs. Walter Shaw,
(Contini on Page 4)
I ..w. F. (Bill) Floyd, Tabor City
j native, resigned last week as
I chairman of the Board of County
; Commissioners after six years as
a member and two years as chair
man. He stayed without a job only
a few hours, as voters elected him
I Representative in the State Legris
■ lature in Tuesday's general elec
I tion. Leamou P. Ward of Claren
I don was elected chairman of the
{Board of Commissioners to suc
ceed him. Floyd resides in White
ville.
NCEA Meet
Scheduled
At Fayetteville
Dr. Henry H. Hill, president of
George Peabody College for Tea
chers, Nashville, Tennessee, will
be the main speaker on the morn
ing general session of the 30th
annual meeting of the Southeast
ern District of the North Carolina
Education Association at Fayette
ville High School, Fayetteville.
November 14. More than 1,000
teachers ü:.;'. s:I:ooi officials from
13 counties are expected to at
tend.
Another general session will be
held at 3 p. m. at which Dr.
Charles F. Carroll, State Superin
tendent of Public Instruction, will
speak. Also on the afternoon pro
gram are Ε. N. Howell, Swanna
noa, president of the NCEA, and
A. B. Gibson, Laurinburg, chair
man of the state legislative com
mittee.
Mattie Belle Rogers, Person
Street School, Fayetteville, heads
the district and will preside at the
general sessions.
The following unopposed candi
dates for district offices will be
installed at the close of the after
noon general session: President:
Mrs. Gussie D. Parker, principal,
Clinton Elementary School, Clin
ton; vice-president: Mrs. Ann
Reaves Wells, teacher in the Lum
berton Schools; secretary: Eliza
beth Ellis, Laurinburg teacher.
Divisions and departments will
also elect officers.
The Southeastern District is
composed of the following coun
ties: Bladen, Brunswich, Colum
bus, Cumberland, Duplin, Hoke,
Jones, New Hanover, Onslow,
Pender, Robeson, Sampson, and
Scotland.
FIRE DESTROYS
HINSON HOME
The home of Mr. and Mrs.
Bromo G. Hinson, located.on the
Emerson road, near Tabor City
was destroyed by fire Monday
morning around 10 o'clock.
The six room dwelling was of
frame construction.
I Origin of the fire is unknown
\ Lewis Gore, chief of the Tabor
I City Volunteer department, said,
ι The local volunteer fireman fought
ι the flames for hours and saved a
number of buildings on the farm
including a small grocery store
I across the road.
j All the furniture and personal
(belongings were destroyed except
a few pieces from the kitchen.
Woman's Club
Meets Thursday
The Tabor City Woman's Club
will meet at the clubhouse tomor
riw (Thursday) at 7:30 p. m. Mrs.
G. W. Crutchfield, president, an
nounced.
The program subject is salads. ,
Local Fireman 1
Fight Woods Fire
The local volunteer fire depart
ment worked for hours Friday
afternoon and on into the night
fighting a woods fire in the Wo
man's clubhouse area, joining the
Pireway Road, Floyd and Ander
son Streets.
Origin of the fire is unknown,
I local firemen said.
THE KINGS AND QUEENS of the Tabor City Halloween Carnival, sponsored by the Parent Teach
ers Association. They are first row, left to right, Richard Hardee, Marjorie Grainger and Mackey Sarvis.
Back row, left to right, Freddy Rogers, Ruby Taylor, Gilbert Hawes and Alene Nobles. Frances Stanley,
also queen, is not in the picture.
Yams Averaging $4.01
Local Couple
To Make
Virginia Cruise
Norfolk, Va.—Complete arrange
ments for land excursions at the
West Indian island of Haiti, first
stop on the annual Virginia Cruise
to the Caribbean and South Amer
ica were announced today by the
Virginia Cruise Corporation, spon
sors of the 14-day cruise.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Lewis of
Tabor City will be passengers on
the cruise.
The cruises, sponsored by civic
groups on a non-profit basis, are
designed to stimulate an interest
in ocean travel through the Vir
ginia ports. This year's cruise will
sail from Norfolk on January 7,
returning on January 21.
Plans announced today include
a 3% hour day-time excursion,
and a 5% hour night-time tour.
High spot of the daylight activities
will be a visit to a native village
to see at first-hand the mode of
living that typifies the great in
terior regions of Haiti.
Following the visit to the native
village, the tour will return to
Port-au-Prince, Haiti's principal
port, for stops at the Medical
School, the museums, principal I
government buildings, the Presi-1
iential Palace and a famous old
cathedral.
Shoppers will have an opportun
ity to visit the colorful Iron Mark
it where natives sell mahogany
products, basket work, native hats,
leather goods, and many other
:rafts.
Night-time activities will fea
;ure a visit to the "Cabane Choo
junce," one of the few night clubs
η Haiti, where a group of native
:olk lore and voodoo dances will
De presented in addition to the
regular dance music. After the
jhow the cruise party will move
:o the National Casino for outdoor
lancing.
Cars will return passengers to I
.he ship not later than 2 A. M., j
-ounding cut a full day and eve- ι
ling of sight-seeing.
Baptist Circle
Holds Meeting
The Leila McMillian circle of
:he Baptist W. M. U. met this
nonth with Mrs. Rubrey James at
tier home. Mrs. R. T. Bruton,
eader, presided.
Mrs. A. P. Rogers and Mrs. J.
R. Mills gave the program on the
Lottie Moon Christmas offering
md Mrs. James gave the devo
tional.
Refreshments were served by
Mrs. James to those in attend
ance.
The Tabor Uity Marketing com
pany has sold 261,169 bushels of
sweet potatoes for $1,047,995.65 '
averaging §4.01 per bushel, C. Ε. j
Waiden, marketing company sec-j
retary, reported through Monday ι
sales.
Although sales were light yes- |
terday due to heavy rain the mar
ket volume and average is far
ahead of last season at this date, 1
officials said.
The market is scheduled to re
main open until Thanksgiving. ,
Churches To Observe ]
Christmas Seal Sunday
Ministers throughout Columbus j
County have been asked to ob
serve Christmas Seal Sunday in
their churches on Sunday, Novem- '<
ber 16, according to Mr. Sankey ;
Robinson, County Chairman.
Sponsored by the Columbus !
County Tuberculosis Committee, 1
the Christmas Seal Sale opens on 1
Monday. November 17 and will j1
continue until December 25. Funds j1
will be used to finance the commit- (
tee's TB prevention and control
work during 1953.
Ministers have been asked to
speak briefly of the Committee's 1
case-finding, health education and j
rehabilitation program. j
"The fight against tuberculosis j
is one in which all religious faiths
can enlist," Mr. Robinson pointed (
out. "The disease attacks people j
of all groups—from any walk of 11
life, regardless of race, color, or ,
creed." ί
•Five thousand Christmas Seal
letters will be delivered on Mon- (
day containing sheets of the 1952 t
Christmas Seal, featuring the ι
Double-Barred Cross and a glow- 1
ing candle in an old-fashioned, .
brass candleholder. t
TOWN BOARD |
The Tabor City Town Board |
raised the salary of Police Chief I
L. R. Watson $20.00 a month and I
approved his serving of State War- j
rants at Tuesdday night's meet
ing of the board. The board also
raised Policeman Ted Watts salary
$10.00 on the month and Stree'
Commissioner Junior Stevens $15
a month.
MARTHA HOLMES McGOUGAN j
Lt. and Mrs. Bruce A McGou
gan, Jr. of Eglin Field, Fla. an
nounce the birth of a daughter,
Martha Holmes, weighing nine
pounds, on Wednesday, Novem
ber 5, Roper hospital, Charleston,
S. C.
Mrs. McGougan is the former
Lillian Brockington of Charleston.
The new arrival is a grea
grand daughter of Mrs. D. F. Mc
Gougan of this city.
classroom Teachers
Γο Hold Meeting
f
The Columbus County Class
•oom Teachers association and the
iVhiteville Class room Teachers
mit will meet jointly at the
iVhiteville school this afternoon
[Wednesday) at 3:30 officials an
lounced.
Miss Ella Cherry Moore, State
»resident of the Classroom Teach
es Association, will be guest
peaker.
LOCAL MEN
ATTEND CREDIT
MEETING
Η. H. Collins, W. B. Buffkin,
md C. R. Yoder, members of the
executive Committee of the
Whiteville Production Credit As
;ociation, recently participated in
he annual review of credit poli
ces and procedures at a confer
;nce attended by Executive Com
nitteemen from 16 productive
:redit associations in eastern North
Carolina at Goldsboro.
A special feature of the meeting
vas an address by John W. Good
nan, assistant director of the Ex
ension Service, on "Recent Deve
opments Affecting North Caro
ina Farmers and Agricultural
jenders."
Talks and discussions pointed
ip the importance of capital in
»resent day farming and the fact
hat the use of dependable credit
rill continue to be an important
actor in the success of farmers.
Arthur T. Esgate, Production
Credit Commissioner of Washing
on, told the group that farmers
iow completely own more than
Laif of the 499 production credit
ssociations in the country and
hat more than 90 percent of the
Jovernment's peak investment of
90 million in them in the 1930's
tad been returned to the Treas
iry.
Robert A. Darr, president of
he Production Credit Corporation,
»resided over the conference and
innounced that PCA loans to
forth Carolina farmers had in
creased by $3 Vz million during
952.
Mr. C. R. Yoder, secretary-trea
urer, said that the Whiteville pro
luction Credit Association is in
he best financial condition in its
listory.
"We have at present capital and
eserves totaling $207,826.99.
L,oans for 1952 in the amount of
J1,092,020.00 were to our mem
jers. Collections to date have been
excellent, showing that our mem
aers recognize that a good credit
standing is a farmer's most valu
able asset," he stated.
The Whiteville PCA serves
farmers in Columbus County.
Local Gridders Play
Whiteville Friday
Troy Bennett
Dies Suddenly
George Troy Bennett, 49, well
known business man, died sudden
ly here Wednesday at 1:00 p. m.
at his business place of a heart
attack. Owner of the local Sing
Service station, he operated the
Tabor City Bus Station and West
ern Union. He had suffered a
heart ailment for a long period.
Members of the Civitan Club serv
ed as pallbearers.
He was a former member of
the Tabor City Town Board and
active in the Tabor City Civitan j
Club where he was a charter;
member and officer. He was also
active in the local Woodman of
the World camp, and a member
of the Tabor City Volunteer Fire
Department.
ΐκυι DisflnEiii
A native of Georgia he came to |
Tabor City 15 years ago.
Funeral rites were held from |
the home of his brother-in-law
and sister, Mr. and Mrs. L. S.
Parham Friday at 3:00 p. m. by
the Rev. P. C. Gantt and Rev. G.
W. Crutchfield TV»*- .v.^nt follow
ed in the Myrtle Green cemetery.
The Tabor City business places
closed for the funeral hour.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Elsie Fowler Bennett; one daugh
ter, Phyllis Ann and one son Dew
ey Randolph, all of the home;
mother, Mrs. Ovelia Wilson of
Culloden, Ga.; two brothers, Roy
Bennett of Culloden, Ga., and
Hoke Bennett of Mussula, Ga.; I
one half brother, Orrin Wilson |
U. S. Navy, San Diego, Calif; three
sisters, Mrs. L. S. Parham of Tab
or City, Mrs. Martha Chancelor
of Roberta, Ga., Mrs. A. O. Wilson
of Whiteville and one half sister,
Miss Clifford Wilson of Atlanta,
Ga.
Baptist Women
Hold Meeting
The Woman's Missionary Union
of the Mount Tabor Baptist church
met at the church Monday after
noon with Mrs. C. G. Westmore
land, president, presiding.
Mrs. Ben L. Nesmith, Jr. gave
the program entitled "Awaken
Nigeria Learns of Love," and Mrs.
D. J. Hughes gave the devotional
"Devine Love."
Prior to the general meeting the
executive board met and made
definite plans to present to the
organization. Executives attending
were Mrs. C. G. Westmoreland,
Mrs. E. W. Fonvielle, Mrs. Horace
Roberts, Mrs. Rosa Garrell, Mrs.
B. A. Garrell, Mrs. Ben Nesmith,
Mrs. R. T. Bruton, Mrs. C. E.
Waiden, and Mrs. J. A. Mills. I
W.M.U. Slates
Study Course
The Woman's Missionary Union
of the Mount Tabor Baptist
church will hold the annual study
course on Tuesday evening, No
vember 25, qt 6:30. ^ The book
"Scattered Abroad" will be taught
by members of the various cir
cles.
A social hour will be observed
during the evening to break the
study.
JK.ummage-.DaKe
Sale Slated
By Rainbow
The local Rainbow for Girls
will sponsor a benefit Bake and
Rummage Sale Saturday at the
old Leinwand building Mrs. Mae
S. Young, mother advisor, an
nounced.
The bake items will include
cookies, cakes, crescents and cand
ies.
The hours for the sale have
been set from 9:00 a. m. to 6:00
p. m.
Fumigation of feed corn can be
I accomplished only in an air-tight
building, such as a steel bin with
1 calked corners.
lauur s ιcuuuiiwuig xwi
ball team, making itself felt in the
conference race for the first time
this season in recent games, takes
on a talented Whiteville eleven on
the Whiteville home field Friday
night at 8:00.
Whiteville, an arch-rival of the
local high school in all sports, has
been near the top in the confer
ence standing this season while
the locals have suffered enough
defeats to be well out of the run
ning.
However, last week the Tabor
boys put a 19-14 lacing on a strong
Hamlet eleven that was far from
expected and the showing was
enough to guarantee a top notch
performance Friday night.
In the Hamlet game, the locals
combined a good passing game
with some steiler ground maneuv
ering along with defensive
strength that was sufficient to
earn a deserving victory for Tabor
City.
It was one of the best all around
performances of the season for
the inexperienced Red Devils and
most observers of that contest be
lieve a similar showing Friday
would be good enough to knock
off the favored county seat aggre
gation.
This contest will close out the
1952 football season for Tabor
City.
Morris injured
On Hoover Cart
Vernon Morris suffered an an
kle injury Sunday afternoon on
the Pireway road whe nthe Hoov
er cart which he and Paul Step
hens were riding was struck by a
new Hudson automobile driven by
Burley Cleveland Smith.
Smith was chased through Tab
or City streets by Police Chief L.
R. Watson when he broke several
existing traffic laws and hit the
dorse drawn cart near the D. M.
Phipps service station while Wat
son was chasing him.
He was arrested and charged
with reckless driving, hit and run
Horse drawn cart near the D. M.
driving, speeding, wreckless driv
ing and failing to stop for siren.
He has been bound over to Super
ior Court.
Γη Korea
Robert Ε. Sessions, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Absolam H. Sessions,
Route 2, Whiteville, N. C., has
been promoted to corporal while
serving in Korea with the 3d In
fantry Division.
Last winter, the unit cracked
the Communists' line during the
battle of "Bloody Angle," one of
the bitterest engagements of 1951.
Corporal Sessions, a clerk-typist
in 3d Division Headquarters, en
tered the Army in February 1951
and received basic training at
Camp Atterbury, Ind. He has been
in Korea since last December.
He is a graduate of North Caro
lina State University.
Chadbourn Man
Named Chairman
Seal Campaign
Malcolm M. Andrews of Chad
bourn has been named bond chair
man for the 1952 Christmas Seal
Sale and bond letter are being
mailed to scores of citizens thro
ughout the county. «
"Buying a Christmas Bond is
your opportunity to help Colum
bus County fight tuberculosis,"
Andrews said today in announcing
the forthcoming release of bond
letters. "Modern weapons against
tuberculosis are in our hands.
Your dollars will help put them
to work."
Andrews called attention to the
fact that the county organization
has accomplished much in the bat
tle against tuberculosis during the
past year.
He listed the accomplishments
as follows:
Supplemented county health X
ray equipment.
Paid expenses of refresher
course for county X-ray techni
cian.
Purchased instructional litera
ture for schools and tuberculosis
patients and their families.
Provided follow-up X-rays in
needed cases.
Employed a part-time tubercu
losis educational director.
Provided emergency necessities
for county patients in the State
Sanatorium.
Andrews again reminded Colum
bus citizens that 55 new cases of
TB were found in this county last
year.
The bond chairman is assistant
cashier of the Chadbourn branch
of the Waccamaw Bank and Trust
Company.