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"Tabor City — The Town With A City future"
VOL. VII, NUMBER 19 — TABOR CITY, N. C„ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1952 äc_A COPY; $2:00 A YEAB
Wood row Grainger
Grainger Block Co.
Is Growing Industry
Tabor City, once a town with "·>
industry, has been putting more
and more people on weekly pay
rolls in recent years and one of
the best examples of that is the
Grainger Block Company.
Starting in August Ιϋ-iD, Wood
row Grainger, owner and manager
of the company here, has expend
ed rapidly in the business of manu
facturing cinder and cement
blocks until today the plant on the
Green Sea road turns out a steady
flow of 2800 blocks every day. j
Two modern block making ma
chines are in full time service at
the plant and a total of 17 em
ployees are kept busy turning out
the building material that has
prown to be so popular in recent
years.
Originally, Grainger made only
cement blocks but some time ago
decided that cinder blocks were
also in demand and has been
making some of both types in re
cent months.
Building has boomed al! over
this area in years since the war
and thousands of Grainger made
blocks are now a part of homes,
tobacco warehouses, and store,
buildings.
Always noted for making a good
quality building block at reason
•ices, Granger >as had r.c
trouble in selling his product. He
usually stays booked up well in
advance and sells the materials
all over the country. He also sells
sand and gravel to builders.
-Via.:ing biock is fast and an
assembly line process. Cement
sand and water are automatically
mixed, dumped into a hopper that
pours the mixture into molds
which are flopped over, lifted off
by an employee and set on metal
racks. The metal racks are filled
from top to bottom and machine
driven vehicles take the whole
rack into the steam kilns.
Two steam kilns are available
in the Grainger Block company
each with a capacity of 1500
blocks. When a kiln is filled with
blocks, steam is turned on them,
and they go through this process
for eight hours. After the steam
bath, the same power driven
vehicles, pick up each rack of
blocks and transport them to the
storage? yard where they are
stacked awaiting shipment to some
building site.
To carry through this efficient
operation, 17 men are needed and
Tabor City has another industry
that has grown from the bare idea
in 1949 to a sizeable plant today.
DOCTORS SET SCHEDULE OF rEES
The Columbus County Medical
Society last week announced a
new fee schedule for the inform.!-S
tion of the public. |
The announcement came from
Dr. W. E. Baldwin, president of
the doctors' organization.
Following is the schedule:
Office" visits S3 and house calls
S5 from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m.
House calls $7 from 8 p. m. to
8 a. m. j
Calls in Columbus County Hos- ;
pital will be $3 during the day
and $5 from 9 p. m. to 8 a. m.
Fifty cents per mile will be ad
ded to call charges for trips to the
country. This will apply only for
the trip to the patient's residence,
no mileage being charged for the
return trip.
Dorman Jewelers
In New Location
Dorman Jewelers has moved
from the old location in Dorman
Furniture Company to a new and
modern building next door to the
Ritz Theatre.
The jewelry held its grand re
opening last Friday and Saturday
after several weeks of building,
decorating, painting ajjd moving.
Dorman Jewelers is owned and
operated by Mr. and Mrs. Billy
G. Dorman and has been a going
business in Tabor City for several
years. '
Of North Carolina's 2,4700,000
pound pecas crop in 1952 2,200,000
pounds will come from improved
varieties.
COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
TAKE OFFICE
Columbus County's Board of
Commissioners for the next bien
nium were sworn in Monday af
ternoon in Whiteville.
With only one returning mem
ber, it was the greatest shift in
many years.
Leamon P. Ward of Clarendon,
representing district 4, is the only
veteran commissioner with unin
terrupted service on the board.
Taking the place of Frank S.
Love, Alex Scully, W. F. Floyd
rnd J. T. Wocten, Jr., were Bud
Stephens, Charles R. Council, W.
B. Buffkin and Lacy R. Thomp
son.
Stephens saw service on the
board previously, having served
prior to 1950. The remaining com
missioners are serving for the
first time.
At the Monday meeting of the
board, Raymond B. Mallard, local
attorney, was reappointed county
attorney.
Eastern Stars
Meet Monday
The local chapter, Orde of
Eastern Star, will meet Monday,
December 8. at 7:30 in the Masonic
Hall, for a regular meeting.
All members are urged to at
tend. · -
High School Cage
Slate Is Annonnced
FREEDON
CRUSADE
BEGINS
Joe Mann, Columbus county
chairman of the Crusade for Free
dom drive, announced today that
the campaign would be held from
December 7 to 15, and all persons
j who can contribute toward this ι
ι program are invited to send their ι
j checks to Mr. Mann.
This is the second consecutive ■
(year that Mann has headed the
Crusade for Freedom campaign in
Columbus county.
Funds collected during this na
tionwide drive are used to inform
those peoples behind the iron cur
tain about the way of life of per
1 sons living in the free countries
Jof the world.
J. Β. Prince
ν
Gets Highway
Safety Award
ι
J. B. Prince, Jr. of Prince Motor
Company, Inc. will receive the
1 "1952 Highway Safety Award" to
be presented by the North Caro
lina Automobile Dealers Associa
! tion in Raleigh on Wednesday,
I December 3, it was announced by
I Association President Fred H. J
Deaton, of Statesville.
The presentation will take place
at a special luncheon given by the
Association in honor of Prince and
other Tar Heel dealers who have
loaned new cars free of charge to
high schools for use in the driver
education program.
Governor-elect William B. Um
stead will pay tribute to the deal
j ers receiving the Award. Dr.
j Charles F. Carroll, Superintendent
Qf Public Instructions, will make
! the" presentation on behalf of
;NCADA, the National Automobile
Dealers Association, and the Inter
i Industry Highway Safety Com
, mittee.
j In addition to remarks by Um
stead and the presentation, the
! program will include a talk by
Audley H. Ward who is one of the
outstanding inspirational speakers
in the South. Ward will speak on
the subject, "Human Relations."
Members of the Council of State
of North Carolina, zone managers
representing manufactorers who
have arranged for above-quota
cars, and officials from the various
fiance organizations will attend.
T. A. Williams of Greensboro,
<-h - :rman of the KCADA Highway
Safety Comittee will preside at
the luncheon which will honor
more than 100 dealers throughout
the State.
! N^zv life Clubs
Plans Yule Party
The New Life Home Demonstra
jtion club held its regular monthly
meeting Wednesday afternoon
with Mrs. Carol Watts and Mrs.
Roy Arnette.
Project leaders making reports
were Mrs. W. H. Stephens on Edu
cation, and Mrs. Douglas Mills on j
Food and Nutrition.
Plans were made for the Christ
mas party which will be held
with Mrs. Brice Mills and Mrs.
Paul Stephens at the home of the
former.
The demonstration "In expen
sive Christmas Gifts" was given
by Mrs. W. P. Stephens ,Arts and
Craft leader.
Refreshments were served by
the hostesses to Mrs. Lewis Watts,
Mrs. Douglas Mills, Mrs. Stewart
Huffaker, Mrs. O. O. Watts, Mrs.
Lester Watts, Mrs. C. O. Fowler,
Mrs. Ralph Jolly, Mrs. Worth
Mills, Mrs. A. D. Fipps, Mrs. W.
A. Fipps, Mrs. S. P. Fipps, Mrs.
Earl Fipps, Mrs. Kirby Norris,
Mrs. W. H. Stephens, Mrs. W. P.
Stephens, Mrs. J. C. Singletary,
Mrs. L. B. Cox, Mrs. Harry Step
hens, Mrs. James Taylor, Mrs. A.
O. Arnette, Mrs. Vernon Morris,
Mrs. Norman Stephens, and Miss
Rpggy Fipps.
Baptist To
Ordain Deacons
Sunday
Dr. E. L. Spivey, Field Secretary
of the Baptist State Convention,
will deliver the Ordination Ser
mon for two new deacons at the
Mount Tabor Baptist church Sun
day at 11:00 a. m., Rev. P. C.
Gantt, pastor, announced.
The new deacons are Don
Hughes and Claude Huggins who
have been elected to serve on the
rotation system recently adopted
by the church.
Basketball officially got under
way at the Tabor City high schoo
gym last night with the local!
tangling with Bladenboro anc
Coach S. W. Caruso has announcer
the 1952 season's schedule.
Tabor City will again field thref
different basketball teams, includ
ing varsity boys, varsity girls anc
jayvee boys. All three teams sav
action against Bladenboro or
Tuesday night.
Coach Caruso announced tha
all games would begin at 7:30 Ρ
Μ. unless the junior varsity wa:
playing and on. those nights th<
JV game would get underway a:
6:30.
Admission for all games wil
be 25 cents for school children anr
50 cents for adults.
The county tournament will b<
held in Tabor City on February
23-25 and March 2-4. The Clas:
AA conference tournament will b<
held on March 6-7.
The complete season's scheduli
is as follows:
Dec. 2—Bladenboro at Taboi
City
Dec. 4—Loris at Loris
Dec. 9—Cerro Gordo at Cerrc
Gordo
Dec. 11—Loris at Tabor City
Dec. 16—Open
Dec. 19—Williams at Tabor Citj
Jan. 6—Evergreen at Taboi
City
Jan. S—Clinton at Clinton
Jan. 13—Qpen
Jan. 16—Bladenboro at Bladen
boro
Jan. 20—Whiteville at White
ville
Jan. 23—Lumberton at Lumber
ton
Jan. 27—Cerro Gordo at Taboi
City
Jan. 30—Clinton at Tabor Citj
Feb. 3—Chadbourn at Taboi
City
Feb. 6—Williams at Williams
Feb. ?0—Chadbourn at Chad
bourn
Feb. jO—Evergreen at Ever
green
Feb. 17—Whiteville at Taboi
City
Feb. 20—Lumberton at Taboi
City
Future Teachers Club
Chartered At Williami
The Williams Township Higl
School newly organized Franl·
Graham, Future Teachers of A
merica club was inaugurated wit?
an impressive candelight cere
mony held in the school auditor
ium Friday morning.
Short talks were given by mem
bers Margaret Day Long, Patricia
Stephens, Nancy Garide, Shirlej
Norris, Naomi Williams, and Mar
jorie Ward, and Nell Long. Misi
Virginia Currie, local N. C. E. A
representative, also gave a talk.
The club charter was presentee
by Principal Vince Columbo, anc
the Future Teachers pledge was
administered by Sponsor Eugen«
Sasser.
Taking the pledge were, Mar
garet Day Long, president; Mar
jorie Ward, vice president, Nell
Lone, secretary, Patricia Stephens
treasurer; Shirley Norris, Naomi
Williams, Geneva Hinson, Nancy
Hardie, Nancv Royal, Margie
Edge, Cora Mae Dew, Christine
Harrelson, Alice Mae White, Eliz
abeth Cartrette, Nell Long and
Doris Williams.
The new club, sponsored by the
National and North Carolina Edu
cation Association, is formed by
high school and college students
who are interested in becoming
teachers. The main goals are tc
learn of the opportunities offered
to teachers. The main goals are
to learn of the opportunities offer
ed to teachers, to become familiar
with the activities of professional
groups working for the improve
ment of education, and to help
each of its members develop the
personal characteristics essential
to a good teacher.
Purina Mike
Won By Buffkin
A 243 pound hog, known a:
Purina Mike, was won by Perrj
Buffkin od route 2 Tabor City or
November 22, when the E. W
Fonvielle and Son store here end
ed their Mike and Ike contest.
Mike was fattened on Purin«
chow and Ike ate corn only. Thi
contest showed that Mike wai
fattened at a cost of 11 cents i
pound while Ike fattened slowl:
but at a cost of more than 21
cents .per pound.
Other prizes given by the loca
Purina store included a hen feede
to Mrs. Lillie Norris, route 1
Tabor City, and two bags of Pu
rina laying mash to Bob Ward, ο
route 3 Tabor Tity.
THE MISSUS SHUWiiU rllM UF
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Inman show the results of a reccnt hunting expedition to Lake Matta
muskett with t'rcse six big geese, a one-day bag limit for two persons. They also got their bag limit
the day before. Ralph, who is supposed to be the veteran hunter in this i&miiy, Mrs. Inman only tak
ing up the sport a year ago, didn't fare so well on this hunting trip and his wife had four geese before
the old man ever scored. (Photo By Bill Oakley)
Yam Auction Season Closes
COUNTY HAD 1723 ACRES
OF IDLE CROPLAND IN 1951
The 1952 Worin Carolina rarm
Census Summary (by counties)
just released by the State-Federal
Crop Reporting Service in Ra-1
leigh shows that there was a total j
of 393,105 acres in Columbus Co
unty farms during 1951 and that
9723 acres of this land was classi-1
fied as idle.
The idle land was defined as
I open, cleared ungrazed land from
which no crops were saved—in
cluding land on which crops fail
ed. This land, according to' farm
I leaders, might do wonders toward
j better farming and increased farm
income if put to the proper use.
The remainder of Columbus
I County's farm land usap.es was ι
' distributed as follows: harvested j
cropland, 125,912 acres; improved
pasture, 7,022 acres; all other pas- |
ture (except woodland pasture),
4330 acres; and other land (woods,
waste, cutover, homesites, etc.)» ι
246,118 acres.
The Summary noted that of 21,
283,078 acres of farm land in North
I Carolina, there were 6,161,504
acres of harvested cropland, 1,
185,059 acres of idle cropland,
808,947 acres of improved pasture,
1,211,954 acres of other pasture,
and 11,915,614 acres of other land
including woods, waste, cutover
and homesites.
Ail of the figures in the Sum
mary for this County are based on
the 1952 far mcensus taken by
townships last January under di
rections of Columbus County
Commissioners.
MRS. LUCY HARRELSON
Mrs. Lucy Fiircloth Harrelson,
69, of Cherry Grove Beach died
at the home of a niece, Mrs. Kirby
Cox, in Tabor City Wednesday
afternoon, November 26th at one
o'clock of a heart attack. Although
she had been in declining health
for a long time, death was unex
pected. She was in Tabor City on
a visit.
Funeral rites were held from
the home of Mrs. Kirby Cox Fri
1 day at two o'clock with Elder
Grady Cox officiating. Burial was
in Carter Cemetery.
She is survived by one brother,
zeno Faircloth, and one sister,
Mrs. Lizzie McMillan, both of
Tabor City.
Report of Register of Deeds ..
Report of The Register of Deeds
to The County Commissioners for
the month of November, 1952:
t 499 Chattels at 50c .... $249.50
,112 Liens at 50c 56.00
j 139 Deeds 283.75
! 196 Mortgages 516.00
r 320 Irreg. Instr'mts 400.15
) 88 Misc. Instr'mts 105.40
. 13 Marriage License 52.00
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r $1662.80
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Fire this year rendered over
t 200,000 acres of grassland in Ok·*
lahoma useless for winter grazing.
Cagers Split
With Bladenboro
Tabor City high school basket
ball team took two games and
dropped one to invading Bladen
boro at the locai gym 'iuesday
nigi.t. x.-.c Jayvees won by a 37
score, the local gins took a
52-47 win but tne boys dropped
in ^ a- contest to Lla den boro 47-43.
TOWN MEETING
The TaLor City town board will
meet tonight ( Wednesday) in
stead oi Tuesday, the regular
scheduled night. The meeting was
not held on Tuesday because of
the mayor and one town council
man who had to be out of town.
LEGION MEETING
American Legion Post 101 of
Tabor City will meet Thursday
night at 7:30 at the hut. All legion
members and other veterans are
urged to attend.
JAMES HUGGINS
James Huggins, 82, Route 3.
Gallivants Ferry farmer, died at
his home Wednesday morning No
vember 26th.
Funeral rites were held from
the Happy Home Baptist Church
Thursday, November 27th, at
eleven o'clock by the Rev. Mack
Gore and the Rev. T. L. Johnson.
Burial followed in the church
cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Emma Huggins; three daughters,
Mrs. Fannie Peritt, Mrs. IIa Hard
wick of Gallivants Ferry, and
Mrs. Etta Johnson of Marion;
three sons, J. L. Huggins of Mul
lins, Gary Huggins of Route 3,
Gallivants Ferry, Homer Huggins
of Aynor; one sister, Mrs. Mary
Lewis of Aynor; two brothers,
Samuel Huggins of Route 3, Galli
vants Ferry, and Walter Huggins
of Conway. -
MRS. MARY STRICKLAND
Mrs. Mary Bell Strickland of
the Bayboro section of Horry
County died at the Conway Hos
pital early Sunday afternoon fol
lowing a short illness.
Funeral services were held at
three o'clock Tuesday afternoon
at Zoan Methodist Church with
the Rev. Eugene Jones officiating.
Burial followed in Red Oak Cem
etery.
Mrs. Strickland was born in
Horry County, a daughter of the
late Hezekiah and Emily Hucks
Strickland.
She is survived by three sons,
Allard Strickland of Bayboro,
Mace Strickland of Loris, Route
3, and Prince Strickland of Gali
• vants Ferry, Route 2; two daugh
ters, Mrs. Magdalene Ray of Bay
boro and Mrs. Cornie Prince of
Gurley; 22 grandchildren; 23
great - grandchildren; and one
great-great-grandchild.
Auction sales on me xaour ^ujr
sweet potato market officially
closed Tuesday but potatoes that
still come into the town will be
bought by local buyers, C. E.
Waiden, secretary of the market
ing company, announced today.
With completion of auction sales,
the market showed a total of
294.047 bushels sold this season
for $1,201,797.69 and a per bushel
pi ice of $4.09, the highest average
on record. Generally, the potato
quality was off this season but
ihe demand was the best in his
tory.
Tho largest single check receiv
ed by a potato grower selling on
the local market this season went
to Hubert Sasser who received
$1,550.40 at one time.
The highest average price for
a single load of potatoes was paid
to Dick McCullim, a Negro, who
received an even $6.00 per bushel.
Salts last year on the Tabor
City market totaled 254,503 bush
els for $973,697.10, an average of
$3.83.
Sales here in 1950 totaled 490,
000 bushels for an average of
$1.53 per bushel.
FARN BUREAU
TOPS QUOTA
The Columbus County Farm
Bureau exceeded its 1952 quota
by six members and a delegate
is now en route to the annual
convention of the American Farm
Bureau Federation in Seattle,
Wash.
The succcscful conclusion of
the membership campaign was an
nounced today by Joe P. Quinerly,
president of the county organiza
tion. The drive ended with a total
of 2,506 members, which repres
ents a gain of 500 over lest year.
D. D. Cox of Route 2, Tabor
City, who is vice president of the
Columbus Farm Bureau, left Fri
day to represent the county at the
national convention. He boarded
the Farm Bureau Special which
is carrying delegates to Seattle
by way of the southern route, go
ing through New Orleans and
Southern California.
Cox headed the southern divi
sion (south of the railroad) in the
membership campaign and was a
warded the trip by the executive
committee after the quota was
reached.
The national convention will
open in Seattle next Sunday and
continue through Dec. 11. Cox
will be away 18 days.
P.O. Asks For
Cooperation
S. W. Garrell, Jr., postmaster,
this week asked local people to
buy their stamps for Christmas
as early as possible and to cooper
ate as much as possible during the
December rush.
"We have one letter drop mark
ed for intown mail and one for
out of town mail and it will be of '
considerable assistance to us if
people will place their tetters in ·
the proper drop," Garrell said.
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