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VOL. VII, NUMBER 22
■Tabor City — The Town With A City Future?'
TABOR CITY, N. C.\ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1952
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GRANDSON OF LOCAL COUPLE
SINGS LEADING OPEBA ROLE
Graeber Jordan. 13 year old sor
of Mr. an- M s. F. ul G. Jordar.
of Columbia. S. C.. and grandson
01 Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Sarvis, Sr.,
of Tabor City, is making quite a
name for himself in the singing
world.
Young Jordan made his operatic
ciebut in a production of *he Soi.+h
Carolina Opera Workshop whica
plajed in South Carolina cities
irom December 11 to December 20.
He sar.g the leading role of "Arn
ahl" in the opera "Amah I and the
Night Visitors." John Richard Mc
Croe, noted be· η tone and musical
director of Converse College di
rected the production.
Graeber has the honor of bo"n·;.
selected to sing in the first per
formance of Amanl ever to ho
-iven in the South. "Amafcl and
the Night Visitors" is a new opera
written by C-ian Carol Mcnotti bst
'•'.inter for NBC Television Openr
Theater in New York City. The
role of Ama 1- in t^at ooera ν as
played by Chet Ailen.
This sacre:t Christmas opera is
Italian version of the three
"•'ise men on their way to find
'he Christ child bearing gifts and
t'pping off overnight at the home
An ahl, a destitute and ciippled
-hephord boy and his widowed
mother. There the scene ends in
Amahl being miraculously healed
when he desired to send his only
possession, his crutch, as a gift
the baby Jesus. By forgetting
bjs tripled condition and giving
•' is all, he was healed and had no
further need fpr the crutch.
The young singer appeared De
' ember 11, in Winnsboro ;Decem
ber 13 jn Spartanborg and De
cember 17 and 20 in Columbia as
Tbr shepherd boy Amahl.
While visiting his grandparents
Tabor City last summer, Graeb
'r sar.g several selections at the
it Tabor Baptist church.
He is now an eighth grade stu
dent at Hand junior high in Co
•umbia where he takes voice and
piano lessons. He is also a Boy
Scout and sings in the Shandon
baptist chwrch. He also collects
stamps, builds model planes and
«•utoniobiles and being the son
ot an electrical contractor likes
to "mess arcund with electrical
equipment"
.♦Tobacco Variety
j Survey Now j
{Being Conducted
I A Tobacco Variety Performance
strvev ;> be"n~ condrcted in Co
lumbus County to determine how
various varieties compared in
yoild and value during 1952 on
tobacco farms.
As many fa-men, a? possible are
being contacted so that thd infor
mation gathered will represent a
sizable portion of toe tobacco;
! gnnvn in the county. Growers are
being asked what yield and value1
he received from each variety he
grew in 1952.
Cards are being sent to a repre
sentative grot.ρ of growers in the
: county and the growers who re- j
: ceive cards are uj^gei fo fill out,1
the card accurately and return it ι
to t::e county agent's of :ice. Eve-1
ryone who receives a card should'
' send it in regardless of whether
his yield is low or high. This is
essential if t-e summary of the
I variety data is to represent the
actui! performance of a given
I variety in the county and state.
This information is also being!
accumulated by other counties,'
and a summary of the County,
Belt, and State results will te
available for growers to see as
soon as it has been summarized. |
Dear Santa Claus,
I want to tell you what I want!
for Christmas. I want a bride doll,
a paint set, and a typewriter. Myj
little brother wants an air rifle \
for Christmas. My teacher is very'
good and her. name is Miss Schul- I
ken and she lets up play a lot.
Your friend,
Judy Grainger
Tabor City, N. C.
December 15, 19521
Dear Stant, j
My name in Bonnie Faye Norris. |
I want a basket ball goal forj
; Christmas-and a doll, a-ring, a
toy watch, and a necklace.
Love,
ί Bonnie Faye Norris
Dear Santa, ί
ι I have been a good boy this
Μ. L. Inman Elected
To Conservation Post
G. T. Gore, Chairman of the
Columbus County Supervisors of
the Lower Cape Fear Soil Conser
vation District, announces the
election of M. L. Inman, White
ville, as a member of the Board
of District Supervisors. Inman v/as
elected as the result of public bal
lotting during the week of Decem
ber 1 to 6. Thomas J. Smith, Bol
ton; and Robert A. Meares, Chad
bourn, were the unsuccessful can
didates.
The Soil Conservation District
Supervisors is composed of three
farmers in each county. Each year
during the first week of Decem
ber, one supervisor who has serv
ed three years, is retired and re
placed by the successful candidate
elected. Evander C. Arnette, Chad
bourn, is the retiring Supervisor.
Serving the farmers of Colum
bus County as a District Supervis
or is not a new job for M. L.
Inman. During 1S47, 1948, and
1949, he served as a Supervisor;
and during 1949 he was chairman
of the four-county Board of Dis
trict Supervisors.
The Board of Supervisors for
Columbus County' for 1950 is as
follows: G. T. Gore, Guideway;
Clyde Wayne, Brunswick; and M.
L. Inman, Whiteville.
POLIO FUNDS
UNDERWRITE
TRIPLE JOB
When Columbus Count)' citizens
contribute to the March of Dimes,
set for January 3 to 31. 1S53, thev
have the. satisfaction of knowing
that their donations are financing
a triple job of work, it was point
ed nut today by Troy McPherson,
Columbus County March of
Dimes campaign director.
"With the nation having just
experienced its worst polio epi
demic in history," Mr. Mcpherson
said, "it is natural for us to re
view how the March of Dimes has
helped the stricken.
"The contributions of the A
merican people to this great cause
has enabled the National Founda
combat polio on three wide fronts.
$18,000,000 for Research
"Since the establishment of the
National Foundation," Mr. Mc
Pherson said, "some $18,000,000
has been invested in scientific re
search programs aimed at the
eventual conquest of the disease.
In the field of education, more
than $16,000,000 has been allocat
ed—making it possible for more
and more skilled hands to be
trained. At the same time, paient
care bills amounting to $143,000,
000 have been defrayed."
Pointing to the vast cost en
tailed in this over-all fight against
poilo. Mr. McPherson warned that
the National Foundation's work
would be jeopardized unless every
American joins enthusiastically in
the March of Dimes, January 2
to 31.
"We are making real progress
against infantile paralysis," Mr.
McPherson concluded. "Let's get
behind this drive and really put
it over the top."
year. I am eight years old and in
the third grade. Please bring me
two pistols and holster, lots of
caps, boots, and cowboy hat.
Love,
Jerry Dean Fipps
Dear Santa, t
I've been a good boy this year.
I think I have been smart in
school. I am 10 years old. Please
bring me a bill fold, two pistols
and holstArs, and cowboy hat.
Love,
Michael Fipps
I have tried to be a good boy
all year. Please bring me two
pistols, and holster, a cowboy hat,
boots, and a football.
Love,
Roger Dale Fipps
CHRISTMAS AMD A NEW YEAR
To many of ust the week of December 25 comes much
faster every year than do the other weeks. And it is com·
' mon conversation during this season to hear the question
asked "Are you ready for Christmas?*' The almost univer
sal answer is "No, I'm never ready." Usually this question
and answer is followed with a few words about how fast
Christmas seems to come and sometimes leads on into a
discussion that those persons must be growing older be
cause once it seemed like an eternity between Christmases.
Why does Christmas seem to come more quickly than
the other 51 weeks of the year? Primarily it comes quickly
because human beings are prone to put off things that do
not have to be done right at the moment, and Christmas
carries with it the obligation to make a number of pur
chases for friencfs and loved ones. We always seem to
I wait until that last moment to get those chores done, and
: are left with a feeling that "I was doing this same thing
just a short 12 months ago."
But once the shopping is complete, and we feel that we
have done just about all that we can do to make this
Christmas more enjoyable for everyone, we let down our
hair and relax a bit. From that time until the holiday sea
son is past, we dare say, practically all of us have our
most pleasant days of the year.
We feel that it is noteworthy to celebrate this religious
holiday season by making it an enjoyable event. Perhaps
we don't insert enough humbleness and sacredness into
occasion and perhaps we are a bit selfish about Christmas,
but largely it is a time of giving, a time of charity and one
in which we believe God is pleased with his earthly crea
i lion.
And following right on the very heels of Christmas,
comes the beginning of a new year. There's a tendency
among us to halt just a moment when January 1 shows on
the calendar, to think for an instance about what the old
year held for us, and to speculate on the prospects of ths
new.
To every living soul, the new year holds something dif
ferent. A new adventure, a new experience, and yes, may
be even a new tragedy. On every January 1 since the be
ginning or time it was a safe statement that one thing was
certain, there wovld be another January 1 Today in the
atomic and hydrogen age, wo even have to guard a prom
ise that there will be another January 1.
So, perhaps we have reason for more humility and more
I wholesale recognition of the Heavenly powers than ever
I before as we go about celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ
on this December 25, 1952.
TABOR STORES TO CLOSE
iONLT TWO OATS FOR XNAS
Tabor City stores will be open
on Saturday, December 27,. and
will close only on Thursday and
Friday, December 25 and 26, it
was decided last week when a pet
ition was circulated among all
merchants in town.
The group had voted at its
annual banquet to close three
ι days but the results of the petition
showed that there was more than
a two to one majority in favor
of reopening on Saturday, Decem
ber 27.
S. T. Rogers, newly-elected pres
ident of the Merchants Assccia-,
tion, made the announcement re- I
garding the petition results.
Mr. Rogers said this week that
32 persons voted to close only the
25th and 26th and that 15 voted
'to close the 25th, 26th and 27th. j
I However, the two cleaning es- j
ιtablishments and the t\vo jewelry]
stores in Tabor City will be closed j
all three days according to an an- 1
nouncement from the firms. They j
are closing by' mutual agreement.
Another petition circulated by
the merchants association last
week in regard to Wednesday clos
ing, favored closing each Wednes
day at 1:00 beginning January 7
and until July 29. Mr. Rogers said
that the vote favored closing dur
ing this period by 28-13 over the
past year's system of closing on
Wednesday only during May, June
ι and July.
Large Crowd
Enjoys
Christmas Music
A near capacity crowd jammed
the auditorium to hear the Tabor
City High School Chorus present
an entertaining musical program
here Thursday night.
The chorus was directed by
Mrs. W. W. Woody, Rev. F. C.
Hutcheson was narrator and Mrs.·
Davis Bruton and Mrs. Furman
Fowler were accompaniests.
In the tableaux were Mary
Martha Brooks Bell; Joseph—Joe
Garrell; Wise men—Buster Ros
well, Joel Hedgecoe and Franklin
Rogers; Angels—Kitty Kelly, Dix
ie Cox and Sheila Counts. Direct
ors of the tableaux were Miss
Kate Jones'- and Mrs. William
Shelley.
Soloists were Alice Ann Home,
Patsy Ward, Jimmy Winstead and
Jimmy Robers.
The group sang "The Song of
Christmas" by Roy Ringwald,
"Lullaby on Christmas Eve" by
Christiansen, and "Hallelujah
Chorus," from "The Messiah'" by
Handel.
Mrs. Glayds Garrell is a patient
in the Charlotte Memorial hospi
tal receiving treatment for a nerve
injury sustained in a fall recently.
She underwent surgery Wednes
day and is progressing nicely.
Feed Mill To Open
Here Next Monday
! STUDENT NIGHT
PLANNED
BY BAPTIST
Student Night at Christmas, an
annual affair, will be held at the
Mt. Tabor Baptist Church on Sun
day night, December 28, Rev. P.
C. Gantt announced this week.
Student night is held for college
students who are home for the
holiday season and the program
features testimonies by those stu
dents. Special music will also be
featured on the program.
High School Chorus
Program To Be
Broadcast Dec. 2 5
The musical program given by
the Tabor City High School Chorus
Thursday evening will be present
ed by transcription over radio j
station WENC Christmas morning |
at 10 o'clock under the sponsorship !
of the Lewis Funeral Home οΓ
Tabor City, officials announced I
today.,
The transcription will include1
Fred Waring's "Song of Christ- j
mas." "Lullaby on Christmas Eve" j
by Christiansen, and "The Halle-,
lujah Chorus" from "The Messiah"
by Handel.
PROGRESS
MADE ON
FACTORY
Rapid propre?« is be?rg made
on the shirt and pajama factory
building here and workmen of
the A. G. Carter contracting firm
of Whiteville are well on Ihe way
wtfh the foundation.
The building site was staked off
last Tuesday and digging the
foundation began on Wednesdav.
Rock and sand are already on the
lot and the area is a bee hive of
activity. The contractors have
promised to comolete the structure
within 90 working days but will
make every eifort to have it fin- J
ished before that. The weather and
availability of materials seem to
be the only obstacles that could j
delay the completion as long as
90 working days.
Dec. 18, 1952
Route 1, Eox 199
Loris, S. C.
Dear Santa,
I am a little girl eight years old.
I am in the third grade and study
real hard. So Santi please bring
me a toy ferris wheel, plenty of
fruit and nuts, also candy.
Don't forget Mama and Daddy
also my little six year old sister
who is in the first grade. She
wants a toy telephone and fruit, j
nuts and candy.
Love, ,
Judy Cartrette
Frank Cartrette is seriously ill j
at his home.
Sgt. 1-c Clarence Blanco Sellers
and his family who have been in
.Tapar·. over t*vo years are leaving
for home some time in January
and will visit friends in the vicin
ity.
OUR APOLOGIES
This issue of this newspaper
carries with it our apologies for
its brevity and overcrowded col
lumns, but as we said last week,
the entire staff needs a vacation
and has taken off for the holiday
season. We expect to be back with
you with our regular weekly cov
erage of the news next week.
Ε. W. Fenvielle and Leon Fon
vielle, owners and managers of
the E. W. Fonvielle and Son feed
and jeed> store here, announced
today that the newly constructed
feed mill in Tabor City will open
for business on Monday, Decem
oer 29.
The new mill, first of its kind ·
ever to be located in Tabor City,
is modern in every respect and
designed to be of complete service
to fanners in the area who have
need of custom made feeds for
livestock.
The mill is located on the
Whiteville road, highway 701, just
beyond the city limits of Tabor
City and near the mill pond. It
nas been linger construction for
»everal weeks and the finishing
touches to machinery will be com
pleted this week.
Ε. W. Fonviell & Son .local feed
distributor of labor City, fcaj
been .made an Approved Custom
Mixing Station, according to an
announcement just received by
»hem from the Ralston Purina
Company, St. Louis, Missouri.
• We «ire fully qualified to rend
er the type of custom grinding
and mixing service the Ralston
Purina Company authorizes in the
announcement. We are completely
equipped to grind farmers' own
grains and mix into them balanc
ers that the Purina Research Lab
oratories and Purina Research
Farm have found to be practical
and economical. By grinding the
farmer's own gain and bend
ing with it the proper Purina bal
ancer, it is possible to increase
the return a farmer gets from his
grain when he markets it through
his livestock and poultry in the
form of pork, beef, eggs or milk,"
Leon Fonvielle said today.
Certain definite standards had
to be met before the mill could be
come a Purina Custom Mixing
Station.
"We nave been provided with
the Purina Rations Service which
entitles us to the help of the Pu
rina Laboratories and Farm on
any special needs of our custom
er;. In addition these Laboratories
have provided us with a complete
set oi rations using corn, oats,
wheat, barley, rye, or sorghum
grains and Purina balancers. Also,
as a Purina Custom Mixing Sta
tion we must send samples of mix
tures fro mour grander and mixer
to the P.irina Analytical Laborat
ory so they can check the uni
formity and accuracy of our
machinery."
"This arrangement makes it
possible for us to render an unus
ually high quality of accurate,
uniform and profitable feed mix
ing service to the farmers in this
visinity — a service particularly
adapted to lccal feeding condi
tions."
E. W. Fonvielle & Son also
handles the complete Purina
Chow? as well as Purina Concen
trates.
Saloditan Class
Hears Yule Program
The Saloditan class of the Mount
Tabor Baptist Sunday School met
with Mrs. C. C. Leggette at her
home this week for the regular
monthly meeting.
The Christmas motif was used
in the decorations and refresh
ments
Mrs. Harry Bryant was in charge
of the meeting and gave a Christ
mas program.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hayes and
daughter, Jeanne, are leaving
Tuesday for Baltimore, Md. to
spend the Christmas holidays with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Hayes.