74e 'JtdutiC "Tabor City — The Town With A City future" TABOR CITY, N. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1952 Union Thanksgiving Church Service Planned Λ union Thanksgiving service vvl;:- the local Baptist, Presbyter . ui and Methodist ministers lead - the worship, will be held at i -.e Mount Tabor Baptist church Thanksgiving morning at 8:30 of ficials of the churches announced today. The program is planned lor one hour so that those planning dis tar.t visitation or hunting trips jv.w got on the way. The pastors - is it permissible for anyone to wear their hunting or traveling clothes and we want a record breaking attendance for the serv ice. Rev F. C. Hutcheson, pastor of the Presbyterian church, will de liver the principal worship mes sage. raid Kev. G. W. Crutchfield, pastor of the Saint Paul Methodist church, will give the responsive reading and prayer of Thanksgiv ing Kev. P. G. Gantt ,host pastor, will preside and lead the invoca tion. and pronounce the benedic tion. •This service is planned with the hope that other union services and work will grow from this beginning" officials said. « The public is invited to attend the Thanksgiving service. Presbyterians And Methodist Plan Services A joint prayer service will be held on Wednesday evening, Nov. 26. at the Presbyterian church with the Rev. G. W. Crutchfield, pa>tor o: the Saint Paul Methodist church, in charge, Rev. F. C. Hutcheson. pastor of the host church announced today. This service is the beginning of weekly prayer services for the local Presbyterian and Methodist churches the pastors announced. The services will be held each Wednesday evening at 7:30 at the Presbyterian church for the next several weeks, and Mr. Crutch field and Mr. Hutcheson will al ternate in leading the programs. Spotlighters Give P. Τ.A. Program The Tabor City High School Spotlighters presented the pa ge-r.t entitled "Guard Well Thy TrusV in keeping with the Na tional P. T. A. Founders Day at the regular meeting of the local organization this month. The meeting, held in the school auditorium, was presided over by -Mrs. R. P. Counts, president. The attendance awards went to the home rooms of Mrs. Ο. V. H:cks and F. F. Thompson. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Winstead re ceived the door prizes. The October P. T. A. member ship contest award went to Mrs. ο. V. Hicks' third grade. Definite plans were made to lay a concrete walk around the build ings and to construct a shelter joining the elementary buildins and the cafeteria. Refreshments were served al the conclusion of the meeting b> the sixth grade home room moth ers. W.s.c.s Completes Study Course The Woman's Society of Chris — η Service, Saint Paul Methodisl Church, met at the church Tues day night with Mrs. Doc Bruton president, presiding. The program entitled "By -A ^e-.v and Laving Way" was giver by Mrs. F. C. Wood. Rev. G. W Crutchfield, pastor, directed '<■ study on the book "These Righti ''•f Hold" which completed the annual study course. Refreshments were served dur -ηε the evening by Mrs. Brutor £-r'd Mrs. Belton Ward. OX POLITICAL FENCE a state of affairs possibly un paralleled anywhere else in ar ' ''-' tion year, Washington, D. C - the focus of attention in "Some For The Birds" withou ■■·'··τ the Democratic or Repub· ut-.n parties being mentioned. t The new Twentieth Century· •,,y· comedy, starring Victor Ma Jure. Patricia Neal and Edmunt ·'· -nn, which plays Tues. & Wed at the Ritz Theatre, deals witl r' fJ attempts of a lady ornitholog 1 to lobby in favor of a Cali f 'tnia bird sanctuary, and in· 'iudes Washington social life a: as Congressional committe< hearings in its footage. ' "But no politics," emphasize -Mature. "We're strictly straddlinj ^e fence." vrw spoisois SHOOTING MATCH The Carlton M. Fonvielle Post 6064 will sponsor a shooting match on Thanksgiving Day beginning at 9:00 A. M. at the home of Com mander Joe Spivey in Tabor City, it was announced today. Any type rifle or gun may be used by contestants entering the match and turkes, chickens and guineas will be given as prizes to winners in the matches. Information Sought Here On Embezzler Chief of Police L. R. Watson is interested in procuring informa tion form any local people who might have been contacted at some time or another by the in dividual described in the state ment below. This statement has been received by policemen and they are urging businessmen to turn in any information they might have regarding this man. "On November 13, 1952 one George B. Harris; alias G. T. Par rish; alias G. T. Porish was ar rested in Jacksonville, N. C. He is W-M-5-10-160, black bushy hair, red face, large goiter on neck, large scar on his left hand. He represented himself as an a gent for several different com panies including Kaeser and Blair Co., Cencinnatti, Ohio; Fashion Center Clothes Co., Decher, Tenn.; American Cab Lite Co., Anniston, Ala.; Standard Appliance Co., Rocky Mount, N. C.; and calendar and printing companies. Subject had in his possession slips showing that orders had been taken in a number of towns and cities i*t North Carolina as follows: Beauiort, Morehead City, New Bern, Kinston, Greenville, Wilson, Tabor City, Fremont, Goldsboro, Pikesville, Mebane, Burlington, Graham, Greensboro, Zebulon, Henderson, Louisburg, Raleigh, Rocky Mount and Dur ham. Also in Danville, Va., South Boston, Va., and Matrinsville, Va. Subject has 4 warrants for his arrest for Embezzlement in More head City and several charges against him in New Bern. New Plymouth On Display The new 1953 Plymouth boast ing a great number of major changes in design, will De on dis play at White Motor Sales in Tab or City tomorrow (Thursday) along with the new DeSota which was announced last week. White Motor Sales has three of the all new Plymouths that will be shown tomorrow. The neew models have greater inside space than in the past, a shorter hood and other changes of a major nature are evident. The public is invited to attend the Thursday showing and look over the new models. White Motor Sales here is op erated by A. A. White and his son Bob White. Leo Thompkins With Shelley Co. Leo F. Thompkins has accepted a position with the Elbert Shelley Grocery and Market Co. here and will assume duties during the weekend in the meat market, the management announced today. Thompkins, a native of Conway, ι S. C., is a Navy veteran of World War II, and is married to the . former Marjorie Ward of this city. : They have one daughter, Frances > Keith, and are at home in the Hubert Hickman apartments on . the Tabor City-Loris road, ι The Thompkins came here from Myrtle Beach, S. C. where he was associated with the Piggly Wiggly Market and grocery. He was lo cated here several years ago in ' the meat cutting business, and 1 since that time has attended schoo] ' in furthering his vocation. . Duncan, Nealey In California Privates Vonnie R. D. Nealej 1 and Willis Duncan have been as ' signed to the seventh armored div 1 ision at Camp Roberts, Cal., il ' was announced by the Army to day. Both Nealey and Duncan are I from Tabor City and are with the 31st battalion. . Nealey lists his next of kin as Emeline Nealey and Duncan listi hig as Mr. and Mrs. Μ. H. Duncan Shirt Plant Contract Signed COLONEL WOODS TO SPEAK AT MEETING HEBE THDBSDAT THREE COUNTY CREDIT BUREAU IS ORGANIZED The Tri-County Credit Associa tion, Inc., has been formed to make available to merchants, doc tors, dentists and others of co lumbus, Bladen and Brunswick counties a credit information serv ice and assistance in the collec tion of bad accounts, according to an announcement by William G. (Duck) Bradshaw, manager. Bradshaw said "a survey among merchants in the area indicates a definite need for such surv ices" and pointed out that an up to-date credit service would be made available to merchants of such towns as Fair Fluff, Ever green, Cerro Gordo, Shallotte, Supply, Southport, Bladenboro, Chadbourn, Elizabethtown, Bolton, Acme-Delco, Hallsboro, and Tabor City. Phamplets calling attention to the plan have been distributed in the various trade centers of the three counties. Bradshaw said the association has the endorsement of and will be affiliated with the Whiteville Merchants Association. Emphasis was placed on the point that the service will work to the advantage of the buyer who has good paying habits as well as to the advantage of those affiliat ed with it. Persons who have un foreseen financial difficulties will also be helped through the laision agency.. Workable plans for easier terms will be worked out when ever possible in hardship cases, Bradshaw said. The association began function ing today, Bradshaw having com pleted organization details during the past several weeks since his arrival from Durham where he has been engaged in business. A fo.-me^ r^lujiit of Whiteville, Eradshaw has had 20 years ex perience in credit and collection work, specialized training in con fidential investigations, including personnel investigations, and was field secretary of Civitan Inter national for three years. A part of his experience was his six years in making and collecting crop loans in- Columbus and Brunswick. While residing here prior to his acceptance of the field secretary ship for Civitan International in 1947, Bradshaw was treasurer and president of the Civitan Club. As head of local Civitans, he helped to win the coveted Civitan Inter national award for extension serv ice. He was chairman of the Co lumbus County March of Dimes in 1947. A Methodist, he was active in the religious life of the commun ity, serving on the board of ste wards and charge lay leader of Whiteville Methodist Church. He will move his family to Whiteville within a few weeks. TURKEY SUPPER The Homemakers Home Demon stration Club will hold a turkey supper at the Legion Hut here Monday night, November 24 from 6 to 8 P. Ml Supper will· be served to anyone attending for $1.00 per plate. Vernon Morris, commander οι the local American Legion post, announced today that Colonel Woods, chief of the gTound obser ver corps of North Carolina, will speak here Thursday night at 7:30 in the high school auditorium. Colonel Woods will discuss the advisability of forming a ground observer post in this vicinity for reporting the presence of aircraft. Observers are being spotted thro ughout the State now. Films showing the raid of the Japanese on Pearl Harbor, the Jimmy Doolittle bombing and the Nagasaki atomic bombing will be shown at the meeting of Colonel Woods. The public is invited to attend the meeting and ^earn about the air observer project and to wit ness the showing of the movies. ROTARY OBSERVES LADIES NITE The Tabor City Rotary club helc Ladies Night at the school cafe teria Monday night and heard ar address on music by Marion Eg bert, representative of the Ameri can Music Council of Chicago. Mr. Egbert discussed the im portance of music to the individu al of all ages a's a means of recre ation and pleasure. Favors were presented to each of the ladies in attendance. C. H. Pinner was master of cer emonies. ' Mrs. Bob White Gives Report On Park F^nds Mrs. Bob White, chairman o: the finance committee of the play ground commission, has completec solicitation of local business firm! for funds with which to equip th< park here she announced thi: week. Mrs. White reported that $37! have been donated to the projec by local people during the pas few weeks of the campaign. Those businesses and individu als that have contributed to th< fund include: Dameron Druj Store, J. C. Bullock, Wright's Sup erette, D. Spivey, Trank Norris Jr., William Shelley Co., Ward Grocery, Elbert Shelley Co., J. Μ Soles Co., E. W. Fonvielle and Son Dorman Furniture Co. Schild Dept. Store, Woman's Club, Princi Motor Co., A. E. Goldfinch, Har relson's Drug Store, Simon's Dept Store, Western Auto Associate Store, Rogers Pontiac Co., Wright'; Gas Co., Porter Supply Co., Clar ence Willoughby, Roosevel Phipps, D. & P. Esso, R. F. Mc Cormick, George Fowler, Lewi Gore Co., Lewis Harrelson, Η. Β Buffkin, R. P. Counts, R. C. Soles Mrs. Morris Garrell, Mrs. R. C Dew, Miss Alene Sellers, Whit Motor Sales, Ruey Hewett, Di R. M. Williamson, Tabor Cit: Cleaners, John Joyner, McGougai Electric Company, Lewis-Pea; Motor Company and The Dixi Store. Contracts were signed this week between the Tabor Industrial De velopment Enterprises corporation and the Tabor Manufacturing Company, Inc., for the long dis cussed shirt and pa jama factory in Tabor City, Ben L. Nesmith, president of TIDE, announced to day. For several months negotiations have been carried on between the management of the proposed shirt and pajama factory and the local corporation formed for the pur pose of constructing the building for the manufacturer. The contract has been drawn for some time but minor differ ences in the contract, has delayed actual approval by both parties until today when the papers were officially signed and agreement was reached on all details. The local corporation was form ed some time ago and sale of stock to businessmen and private citizens has been going on for several weeks. Officials of* the local corporation said this week that considerable stock is still unsold and cooperation in the purchase of this stock by those wishing to assist in the project is invited. Blue prints and sketches of the proposed building are now com plete and have been turned over to several contractors for bids. All bids are expected to be in the hands of the corporation this 1 week and signing of building con tracts is expected in the near fu ture. The building will be located on the Emerson road just beyond the city limit line and will be con , structed of brick and cinder blocks. The building will be 100 feet by 200 .feet and will be air condition ed. TIDE, the short name for the »local corporation, bought an op tion on five acres of land in that area some time ago for the pur pose of locating this manufactur ing establishment. The name of the company com ing here to operate the plant is still not public information and will not be announced until the building is ready to be occupied. , This was deemed advisable in light that for the benefit of those ! operations it woould not be ad , visable to disclose the company's I plans at this time. . The president of the manufact uring concern pointed out in a letter received here today that he > is desirous of the building being t completed at the earliest possible t moment. It was first thought that this might be done by February . 1, 1953 but delays in getting the contracts signed has almost cer tainly delayed the opening beyond that time. The plant will have a capacity of 240 dozen boys sport shirts every day and 120 dozen pairs of mens pajamas. About 100 women will be employed by the firm and ten or 12 men. However, the op eration is expected to expand be yond these limits and arrange ments have been discussed for encouraging expansion when the . manufacturer desires to do so. t A labor survey for this project ■ was held some months ago and > to date 531 applicant's names have . J been turned over to the manu , ι facturer who will come here and . I personally interview prospective » employees. Additional applications will be τ received by the local merchants ι association at any time and will r be filed with those already having i expressed interest in employment in the factory. <·'-·····^^^ BBBBWWBWBWMB···—■—Bata—■ mi ι ■ ι — Willard Cole, left, editor of the Whiteville News-Reporter, and W. Horace Carter, center, editor of the Tabor City Tribune, are shown above receiving awards for their fight against the Ku Klus Klan in Colum bus county. Making the presentation is William P. Bloom, of Tuscaloosa, Ala., chairman of the board of the Defamation League of B'nai B'rith. The awards were presented to the editors in Raleigh, last Sunday night. . (Cut courtesy of Raleigh News and Observer] T.C Signs Contract For Street Lighting Mcpherson discusses DINES DRIVE The ranks are wide open for - 1953 March of Dimes volunteers, ] Troy McPherson, County cam- ι paign director said today in dis- 1 cussing plans for what he describ- ; ed as the most vital polio drive · in history. "A look at the record will show," he said, "why we need all the help we can get. By the end of 1952 the nation had suffered more than 55,000 cases of infantile par alysis—the highest polio incidence ever reported. "Patient care cost ran into millions of dollars and, with their treasuries drained, more than 1,000 chapters of the National Foundation for Infan tile Paralysis appealed, to head quarters for additional polio fighting funds before the year's end." McPherson said that the num ber of volunteers mustered into the campaign would have to be increased in the same proportion that polio has widened its impact across the nation. "We must keep pace with polio," McPherson declared. "That means we must really step on it if we are ever to overtake this dreadful disease. Only through bigger con tributions of manpower and money to the March of Dimes will that become possible/' The Columbus County cam?-5— ι director asked all who v/a-it ' j "sign on" as March of Dim? hands to contact him at hes-U . quarters of the local drive or tc ' phone 2133. j "There is quite literally a very crucial time in the history of your National Foundation" McPherson said. "We have been able to do a lot through the March of Dimes. We shall continue to do a lot, and more, if the good people of Co lumbus County will throw their strength of behind the March of Dimes as volunteer workers." Frank Powers' Mother Dies In Fayetteville Mrs. Rose Poweers of Fayette ville died at the home of her daughter Mrs. W. A. Kenlaw in Fayetteville Saturday after an ill ness of several years. She was 80 years old. [ The funeral was held at the home of Mrs. Kenlaw Sunday af ternoon, November 9th, and burial was in Hope Mills Cemetery. Surviving Mrs. Powers are two daughters, Mrs. Kenlaw of Fay etteville, and Mrs. A. T. Zandotes of Stoneville, N. 6.; and one son, Frank A. Powers of Loris; 16 grandchildren; one brother, Arth ur Stone of Chadbourn; and one sister, Mrs. Bertha Britt of Lum berton. Lebanon Club Names Leaders The Lebanon Home Demonstra tion club held the regular meet ing on Tuesday, November 11, at the home of Mrs. D. M. Currie and Miss Thelma Currie. The Lord's Prayer was used for the devotional with Miss Currie, pres ident, presiding. Plans were made for the Christ mas party to be held in the home of Mrs. Jessie Harper. The new project for the club is to furnish milk for several un dernourished children in the Wil liams Township School. Project leaders making reports were: Community Service, Miss Thelma Currie; Education, Mrs. Jessie Harper; and Music, Mrs. Elizabeth Walters. The newly appointed project leaders are: Home Beautification and Foods and Nutrition, Mrs. Levi Fowler; Home Gardens and Citizenship, Mrs. Hough Stout; Home Poultry and Health, Mrs. IIa V. Hinson; Home Dairy and Family Life, Mrs. Hilda Harper; Food Preservation and Recreation, Mrs. Myrtle Currie; Home Furn ishings and 4-H Leader, Mrs. Ern est Hayes; Howie Management, Loan Fund and Music, Mrs. Eliz abeth Walters; Clothing, Mrs. D.| M. Currie; Arts and Crafts and Community Service, Miss Thelma Currie; Education, Mrs. Jessie Harper. Miss Thelma Currie, Arts and Crafts Leader, gave the demon stration for the month eentitled "Homemade Gifts." Refreshments were served by ι the hostess during the social per The Tabor City town board last veek signed a new ng contract with the Carolin wr and Light Company that vill increase the lighting fac^!f η Tabor City by 76 percent whüe naintaining relatively the> sanw ,verall cost as the The new contract is in keeping Vith a move by the power com sany to bring all mumeipahties inder existing power rate co ;racts which aredUierentfromtoe >ld ones used by the Tide Water Power Company. The board also authorised re aairs to the water tar*^hJ£" :ludes scaling and job will be done by the^Kessler Company at a cost oi $900. The commissioners also voted to allow town policemento serv State warrants m^dethpthlief (J limits and increased the chiefο policeman's salary by $20 per month. The night chief and toe street and water superintendent were raised $10 per month. Taxi drivers were told that henceforth their insurance poli cies would have to be filed with the town office and an ordinance Was passed regulating the fat ing of taxi licenses m Tabor City. The ordinance specifies tliat no license will be granted any indi vidual who has been convicted of a felony, violation of any federal or state statute or town ordinance, relating to the use, possession or sale of intoxicating liquors, or or violating any law retetingto pros titution or sale of narcotic drug. It also provides that the town board can revoke any taxi Ixense if the driver is a habitual violator of traffic laws or ordinances. Judge Gilliam Renders Verdict On Child Labor Wilmington, Nov. l^InjuM tions prohibiting further victor tions of the child labor Provisions of the Federal Wage and Hour Law by two Chadbourn and Van demere employers were fü^d in the federal courts of Wilmington and New Bern today. Signed by U. S. District Judge Don Gilliam, the judgments per mantly enjoin and restrain Shel· ton McPherson, of Chadbourn Route 1, and Earl Heath Holton, of Vandemere, from employing children under 16 years of age during the hours when school is in session. The injunctions are the result of separate suits instituted by U. S. Secretary of Labor Maurice J. Tobin. The complaint filed against McPherson stated that he em ployed a number of minors under 16 years of age during school hours in the harvesting of straw berries on his farm near Chad ^The complaint against Holton, doing business as Pamlico Pack ing Company, stated that he em ployed during school hours a num ber of minors under 16 in the heading of shrimp in his fish house at Vandemere. The complaints also stated that the strawberries and shrimp upon which the children in question worked were being shipped to points outside the State. Both defendants also were or dered by Judge Gilliam to keep the employee and payroll records required by the Wage and Hour Law. Woman's Club Plans Party The Tabor City Woman's Club met at the Clubhouse Thursday evening for a general meeting with Mrs. G. W. Crutchfield, pres ident, presiding. Reports were heard from sev eral department chairmen and the membership decided to make personal contributions in cash for kitchen utensils at the December meeting. The contributions will take the place of exchange gifts. Mrs. Horace Roberts will have charge of the December program at which time the club will hold the annual Christmas party. Mrs. D. F. Dellinger was re ceived in the club as a new mem ber. Hostesses for the evening were Mrs. A. C. Edward, Mrs. W. C. Truitt, Mrs. Ralph W. Spivey and Mrs. W. F. Cox. Martha Jo Hayes Initiated Miss Martha Jo Hayes of route · 2, Tabor City has been initiated in Chi Beta Epsilon at Coker Col lege, Hartsville, S. C. Only outstanding undergradu ates of sophomore rank and above are eligible for; election to mem bership.