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v.·..., ,4l.nUNA WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 19. 1958
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An Operator's Honey-Dipped Voice
Makes Telephoning A Real Pleasure
BY AL HARRISON
A ringing bell gives notice
that a message is about to be
transmitted.
It can be an important busi
ness message, words from a close
friend passing through town, or
just a wrong number call.
At any rate the tingling sound
is one of a modern convenience
—the telephone.
It has in recent years remov
ed itself from the "luxury" list
and become one of the necessi
ties of life.
Those who have phones in
their homes or places of business
are affectionately called "sub
scribers" in phone company
terminology.
Only recently the cost of this
; necessity was increased in this
area serviced by Carolina Tele
phone and Telegraph Company
The increase brought about
normal reactions from few of the
150,000 subscribers. But like all
reactions to increased cost of
living it soon dissipated itself.
I Only a few subscribers called it
ι quits.
I Using the telephone it a simple
operation. One merely selects
the number, flips the dial and
I within seconds the conversation)
lis underway.
ι DUL sup ueninn mc scenes
jand the simplicity is lost in a
mesh of wires, transmitters and
'thousands of small electronic
gadgets. This is the actual mech
lanical setup that makes possible
the conversation between two
people located at points that may
be several thousand miles apart.
J Psobably the people most
closely associated with the "sub
scriber" would be the group of
jhoney-voiced, calm and collect
led young women who serve as
long-distance telephone operat
ors. The dial system has made
the local operator obsolete.
urgency detected in
I their voices. Even when an
(emergency arises the operator
(letnins that cool, calm, honey
clipped voice that gives confi
Idence to the caller.
I In situations that would stir
vthe normal person to anger andj
j result in a verbal discharge!
there remains the pleasant op-l
jerator who minds her manners.)
j She is the public representative
[who links the company with the!
subscriber.
! But she is not without herj
I problems. Although she calls |
j them "minor" ones.
ι Take for instance when an
inebriated soul who has painted
'the town as far as the paint·
j would go and longs to hear the!
j sound of a friend's voice. The
friend might reside in San
I Krancisco and the caller might be
armed only with the name and
city he lifts the phone from its ,
|cradle and dials "O" which is
j standard for securing service^
from the long distance operator.!
From this point on it mighty
ι resemble a comedy of errors
I While the operator might tire of
this ordeal and have great de-j
sire to mutter "get lost" she!
'must by company rules and her
I love for the service she is rend- \
jering bo keenly aware of eti-!.
Iquette, tolerance and friendli
ness. j!
■ The operator handles the in
ebriate with patiencc possessedi
[only by telephone operators and |
jschool teachers. Sooner or later,,
land probably sooner thaen one ,
ordinarily expects, the call will,
be completed. What earlier look
ed like a comedy of errors was
really a trial and error method
that usually gets results.
But a point to remember is
that the caller can always find
service quicker when he is able
to provide the operator with the
name and phone number of the
person he desires to reach in
another city.
And there is a reason for this I
expediency when armed with the <
desired number. You pick up ι
your phone and dial "O". A light <
flashes on one of the boards
manned by an operator. She 1
plugs in the Jpck which she)
holds in her hand anticipating a ι
flash on the board. She simply I
responds — "Operator" and the I
call is underway. You give her |
the name of the desired party, ι
the city, and if possible the
number. She puts the call into<
motion. Only after she gets it \
into motion does she ask you for ι
your number. This movement a
ione saves time. I
After your desired party is on j
the line the operator advises you I
of this and an electric clock 1
.«tamps the time on a small card, ι
When your call is completed the
light again flashes on the board .<
ito indicate the call having been
1 (Continued On Page β) <
TYPICAL SCENE — This is a portion of the "board" at Carolina Telephone
wind Telegraph Company where friendly operator keeps a watchful eye to
"insure expediencey in long distance calls.
Local Teachers Win
Farm Merit Award
τ5. L. Jackson and F. E. Lay,
vocational agricultural teachers
at Tabor High School, have been
honored as recipients of a na
tional Farm Merit Award from
the Thor Research Center for
Better Farm Living, non-profit
agricultural research organiza
tion headquarters at Marengo,
III
i|friie national Farm Merit
Awards recently were establish
ed to honor persons making ex
ceptional contributioas to agri
culture, including the training
of the farmers of tomorrow in
rural mechanics and electrifica
tion and the development of new
methods and techniques for the
farm.
Neil C.m Hurley. Jr.. founder of
Thor Research Center, said
tr.' awards will be made on a
continuing basis, with the selec
tion committee already consider
ing other nominees in a variety
of agricultural fields. Award re
cipients arc being selected from
the nation's farmers and ranch
ers, those activc in agricultural
communications media, educa
tors. and other leaders.
Vocational agricultural teach
are chosen for the national
Farm Merit Award on the basis
of their students' achievement in
farm youth activities and on the
teachers' overall contribution to
the training of future farmers.
The Thor Research Center for
Better Farm Living, founded in
19956. has been active in the
study of ways to improve today's
farms. Working with agricultural
tfiders in all areas, the Center
has developed new equipment
and new workshop, maintenance,
and repair ideas being put Into
effect by many farmers and edu
cators throughout the country.
Church Of God Plans
Mission Observance
φΐΉο local Church of Cod will
sell home made cakes Saturlay
in observance of Mission week
announced the Rev. Joseph
Chambers, pastor. Cakes of all
kinds will be available includ
ing chocolate, pineapple and co
conut. The price is set at $2.00
per cake.
Orders should be placed by
Friday noon for Saturday de
livery. The phone number it
mi.
Cub Scout Pack
Slates Meeting
Cub Scout Pack, Number, 508
will meet at the Saint Paul Me
thodist Church Friday at > p. m.
announced James Cox, cub
master.
%The Friday night session will
mrt-k the initial meeting of the
new year.
COMPLETES COUB8E
Mrs. Elizabeth Fowler, for
merly of Tabor City, has com
pleted a Cosmetologist Coarse
at the Charles Beauty School In
Newport News, V·. She is pres
ently employed In the Charlee
Salon, Newport News.
Chicken Noodle
Supper Sei For
Thursday Night
Tickets Fnlov arv now undtr
|way for the chicken noocili· sup
|per to be given at the Tabor
City School Thursday, Novem
ber 20, with proceeds earmarked
for payment of new basketball
uniforms.
j The super, sponsored by the
Athletic Association, will be
served from 5 to 8 p.m. in the
[school lunchroom.
All of the ingredients, includ
ing pies, cakes and other des
serts, will be home made said
Kandall Burleson, principal.
The supper is open to the
public and Principal Burleson
urges all the school patrons to
cooperate in the benefit.
County Students
Practice Teach
Two Columbus County stud
ents at North Carolina State Col
lege are practice teaching in
Tabor City.
Carl H. Ward of Xakina and
Bobby G. Wright of Route 3,
Tabor City, arc doi:ig their prac
tice teaching in agricultural edu
cation.
Half a semester of practice
teaching is required by State
College for all students graduat
ing in the department of agri
cultural education.
The students will complete
their practice teaching on Janu-.
ary 16.
PRINCIPAL· »ALTON
Principal Pierce Dalton Pierce
Mrs. Pierce and children of Fair
Bluff were in Hillisville, Va. re
cently to attend the funeral of
his mother. Mrs. Elizabeth Dal-;
ton.
Yam Market
Closes; Price
Average $2.99
The Tabor Cit.v Marketing
Company here closed the 1958
•auction season Saturday. No
vember 15, with a total volume
of Carolina yams recorded al
94.535 bushels. Ed Waiden, sec
retary., said today.
The marketing company paid
out a total of $282,997.60 to
growers, an average price oi
$2.99 per bushel.
Wh" i'.g - "> -·· pri-e is tjie
best paid here in a number wj
years, the volume is consider
ably off. The local market sold
184.000 bushels in 1957 and thai
was a loss from previous sea
sons.
However, g.owers and brokers
alike expressed the belief thai
the quality generally was the
best in the last four or five
years and that ideal weather
conditions have prevailed thro
ughout the harvesting season.
Some potatoes are still in the
ground and not hurting from the
summer-like weather. These
will be sold by growers directly
to buyers on the local market
now that the auction has offici
ally closed for the season. A
considerable volume has passed
from grower to buyer already
this season and is not reflected
in tiie marketing company fig
ures.
Τ hanks gi ving Ser vice
Annual Thanksgiving Services
will be held in the Tabor City
Baptist Church on Thanksgiving
morning at 8:30. All the churches
in the community are to par
ticipate and choirs from other
churches are now . rehearsing
with the Baptist choir.
The sermon will be delivered
by the ev. Bob Ledbetter, pastor
of the Tabor City Presbyterian
Church.
The ev. P. E. Layfield. pastor
of the St. Paul Methodist Church
will offer the Thanksgiving
prayer. The ev. J. P. Jones, pas
tor of the Emmanual Holiness
Church, will give the benedic
tion. Prayer will also be offered
by the Rev. Joseph Chambers,
pastor of the Tabor City Church
of God.
Lawson Found Guilty On Bus
Window Breaking Charges
A Tabor City man, Keith Lav
son, 28, was found guilty last
week In Recorder's Court on
charges of throwing a rock thro
ugh the window of the Chad
bourn School activity bus fol
lowing the Chad bourn - Tabor
City football game played here
at Civitan Field.
Three youngsters, all under
12 years of age, testified that
Lawson threw the rock through
the bus window. The incident
occurred following the game.
Judge Sankey Robinson pro
nounced an 18 months road sent
ence suspended upon payment
of court cost plus $83.88 to re
place the window. He also ord
ered that Lawson not violate
any criminal laws for a period
of two years.
Policeman Ted Watts read a
list of law violations filed against
Lawson in the past few yean.
They included:
November, 1950. reckless driv
ing and assault with a deadly
weapon.
December, 1950, possession at
non-tax paid whiskey, disorder
ly conduct, hit and run and pub
lic drunkenness.
May, 1997, assault with a dead
ly weapon (a knife), affray.
June. 1957, possession of non
tax paid whiskey.
September, 1957, carrying
concealed weapon (pistol).
March, 1958, disorderly cofv
rfuct and public drunkenness.
June, 1958, carrying a con
cealed weapon, public drunken
ness.
August, 1958, possession of
non-tax paid whiskey, public
drunkenness.
Lawson told the court that he
had never served any, time for
■ny of the offenses.
ANOTHER TROPHY — W. Horace Carter,
editor and publisher of the Tabor City Tribune
and the Loris Sentinel, holds the unusual looking
trophy presented to him Saturday nijrht in Win
ston Salem by the North Carolina Javcees.
Carter Gets Trophy
At State JC Meetina
Pulitzer Prize-winning editor
IV. Horace Carter of Tabor City
bvas honored by North Carolina!
Jaycees Saturday night in Win-I
;ton-Salcm.
Named one of tiv nation's1
leading young men in 1953,ι
Saturday ho was honored with
the presentation of a Ten Out
itanding Young Men of America
trophy.
The presentation was the high
light of a banquet in connection
ivith the Second Quarter Board
meeting ol the state organiza
tion.
Over 700 Jaycees from North
Carolina attended the two-day
iession which ended Saturday.
Long active in community af
airs. Mr. Carter in 1952 be
■anu· the first weekly newspaper
jditor to receive the Pulitzer
3ri/o for meritorious public ser
ficc.
His honors have been many·
ind in 1953 he was named one
>f the "Ten Outstanding Young
Hen" of America by the United
states Jaycees.
The trophy he received here
s for that honor.
Among his 1952 awards were
Certificate of Honor by the
Sastern North Carolina Press
\ssociation, Resolution of Com
Tiendtaion by North Carolina
Editorial Writers Association.
\ward of Honor by the North
Carolin» Press Association, first
innual B'nai B'rith Award by
\nti - Defamation League, and
Sidney Hillman Award.
The following year, in addi
ion to his national recognition
>y the Jaycees, Mr. Carter re
ceived the Distinguished Service
\ward from the North Carolina
faycees.
He also received the 1953-54
"Citizenship Award" from th>
North Carolina District of Civi
tan International.
In 1954, lie received the 'Citi
zenship Award" from the Albe
marie Civitan Club :.nd thi
President's "Award of Merit'
from the National Editorial As
sociation.
Last year the Tabor City Jay
cees presented him the Distin
guished Service Award.
A graduate of the University
of North Carolina, Mr. Carte
was a member of the GoUlei
Fleece, Order of the Grail, Kap·
pa Alpha Fraternity, ani! editoi
of the. college newspaper.
He established the Tabor Cit;
Tribune in 1946 and has beet
publisher and editor of Th<
Loris Sentinel in Loris. S. C.
since 1952.
He is president of the Taboi
City Fotary Club, former Ameri
can Legion Post commander it
Tabor City, and an organize!
and former member of the Taboi
City Jaycocs.
His other activities includi
president of Tabor Industrie
Development Enterprises, Inc,
president of Tabor City Recrea
tion Commission. Inc . co-chair
man Carolinas Yam Festival fo
past two years, former presiden
of Carolinas Country Club, an«
past director of the North Caro·
Una Press Association.
The "Ten Outstanding Youni
Men" trophy presented Mr. Car·
ter first was presented thes<
young men in 1956. The troph:
is a silver sculpture of tw<
hands, designed and molded bj
Arthur Mayfield Kraft of Kan
sas City, noted artist and sculp
tor. and also a 1954 TOY Ν
winner.
Methodist Drive
To Be Successful
A drive by local Methodist*
ο raise $12,800 for the Metho
list Conference $5 million Cam
>aign for Higher Education is
in the verge of success.
Frank Neimith, chairman, said
his morning that a total of
>9,000 had been pledged by local
csidents. Several pledge teams
tad not reported and it was
toped that their reports would
>ush the total closer to the klng
ize goal.
Pledging is done over a three
rear period. The fund will build
wo colleges, one in Fayettoville
ind one in Rocky Mount.
"We are confident that the
[oal will be reached. The re
ponse from local residents has
tren very gratifying and with
heir continued interest and co
iperatlon we hope to report a
uccessful campaign," «aid Ne
mith.
The drive will b· concluded
η Friday.
Team workers include: E. C
Sanders and R. R. Rogers. S. Τ
Rogers and Α. V. Elliott, Jr.
Winston Gore and Harry Dunna
gan, AI Harrison and Rember
Gore, Frank Nesmith and Davl
Bruton, John Soles and Alber
Goldfinch, Mr*. Leitha Butlei
and Mrs. Lewis Gore.
BACK IN SCHOOL
IIa Gray, daughter of Mr. am
Mrs. J. C. Phlpps, is back li
school after being out for t
month on account of illness.
FAYETTEVILLB VISITOR
Alden H. Leonard of Fayette·
yille is returnihg to Fayettcvill«
today following ;i visit with hi:
mother, Mrs. Walter Leonard
and aunt, Mrs. Lillie Robinsc.n
Rex Stephens, student at Mar
[Hill College, was home for th<
week end.
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Sandy Plains
Gets Top Prize
For Progress
Sandy Plains, a progressive
Icomnmnity in the Tabor City
'section of Columbus county,
'walked off with the lion's share
of the cash prizes at Tuesday
night's first annual Columbus
[Community Development awards
'night in Whiteville.
i The big $200 cash prize to
I the organized community mak
j ing the most progress during
the year went to Sandy Plains.
This is the number one goal of
jail communities competing in
the program The Sandy Plains
I organization went still further
and won $135 more in induce
ment prizes, a total of $335.
I The White Marsh - Red Hill
I community took second place in
I overall general excellence and
I won the $100 second prize.
Western Prong took third
place and a $50 cash prize.
I Fourth place was split be
tween four communities with
I each getting a $25 cash award,
jThose communities were Living
ston Creek, Bethel, North Whito
jville and Smyrna.
oauuy i-iains was chosen the
number one community on the
basis of projects that included
the building and dedicating ol
!a clubhouse, completing the first
community mailbox improve
ment campaign, building and
erecting of community develop
ment signs and completion of a
; sanitary landfill for dumping
garbage in the community.
There were 13 different in·
' itucemont prize categories, al
' earning cash prizes.
1 Award presentations of th<
• first four categories was mad<
• by George Gold, secretary of th<
slWr.'^ville Merchants Associa
tion.
■· In the first group, the com
munity contributing most to in·
• creased farm income. Bethel wor
■jfirst place. White Marsh tool
second and Sandy Plains third
'] The second classification
' highest percentage of families
ι producing and conserving oni
half or more of total food needs
"[saw Smyrna take first, Sand:
■ Plains second and Livingstoi
' Creek third.
ι The home improvement con·
■ι test saw White Marsh first
ι Bethel second, and North White·
! v-ilie third.
The community having high
lest percentage of farms partici
ι pating in county ASC program
was Smyrna. Second prize wen
' to Bethel and third to Nortl
Whiteville.
The inducement wards from
five through seven were pre
sented by Tally Eddings, execu
tive-secretary of the Tabor City
Merchants Association.
; The community with the high
est percentage of 4-H club mem
bers completing projects with
I records was won by Sandy
jPlains. White Marsh was second
ι and North Whiteville third.
The community with greatest
number of FFA and FHA club
; members completing projects
with records was also won by
I Sandy Plains. White Marsh a
Igain took second and North
IWhiteville third.
1 The award for the commun
jity with the highest percentage
of project participation was won
by White Marsh. Sandy Plains
I was .second and Bethel third,
i Inducement awards number
ί eight, nine and ten were pre
sented by Earl Edmunds, secre
tary of the Chadbourn Merchants
j Association.
j in.- community with the high
est percentage of participation
in other organizations was White
Marsh. North Whiteville was
ΐsecond and Western Prong third.
Sandy Plains won the health,
safety and sanitation first prize.
White Marsh took second and
Western Prong third.
Western Prong won the prize
ι lor the most 100 bushel corn
club members. White Marsh was
second and Sandy Plains third.
Reeretation prizes were pre
sented by County Agent Charlie
Raper. The men's horseshoe
'[tournament was won by White
! Marsh-Red Hill. The runner up
"jwas North Whiteville.
The women's horseshoe prize
jwas won by Bethel and White
Marsh was runner up.
I North Whiteville won first
place and Sandy Plains second
in the quartet singing contest.
I John Fox. chairman of the
1 SENCland Development Associ
ation's Community Development
• division, was the main speaker.
i] J. A Glazener, program plan·
,ning specialist with N. C. State
; College, presented the attend
ance prize to the White Marsh
Red Hill community. Mr. Glaz
ener has done a great deal of
the work that has resulted in
• ι the organization of the seven
ι Columbus communities.
A picnic supper was enjoyed
ι by some 400 people in attend
lance.
Yam Association
Studying Program
Howard R. Corbctt, president
•,of the North Carolina Yam As
sociation. has asked for ideas,
'{thoughts and suggestions from
'fertilizer companies and the
' State Department of Agriculture
jas the organization steps up its
move to promote the Carolina
jyain.
I In a recent letter. Mr. Corbctt,:
of Wilmington, N. C., pointed out
I the three-phase yam promotion
! program now uppermost in the
j minds of members of the North j
Carolina Yam Association. The!
yam group, while only in its
second year, has been aggres
sively studying the yam situa-i
tion in the Carolinas in recent,
months with definite ideas lor
> the future.
Tht three-phase program con-j
sists of: (1) Increased yield of
' porto rican yams, (2) Improved
■ quality, and (3) Increased acre
i age and volume by 50 percent.
t In regard to the yield, Mr.
' Corbctt pointed out that, accord
ing to government figures, the
per acre yield has not increased
one percent in North Carolina
I in the last 25 years.
ι In his letter to fertilizer com
i panies, President Corbett said,
"We feel that the fertilizer In
dustry can and does play a big
part in this (yam pnodoction)
■ and we need your help. We need
ί your advice and suggestions. We
ι feel that you and your dealer
, organization can do more than
. anyone else to put this program
over."
ι The Yam Association president
! has also asked for the help and
cooperation of the North Caro
Iina Department of Agriculture,
and has pointed out the tenta
tive plans to mail out folders,
circulars and other information
to yam growers during the spring
and winter months.
"We also need the help of the
newspapers, radios, televisions,
and merchants associations to
help us do this job of promoting
the Carolina yam," President
Corbett said.
"In planning next year's crop,
I believe the first matter of im
portance is seed selection and
preparation of the beds. In this
connection, 1 am going to ask
the dealers of our association to
offer to run any grower's seed
over his grading belt« without
charge. This should enable the
dealer to insure better seed se
lection and at the same time, If
his seed are not good enough, to
try to refer the grower to better
seed," Mr. Corbett said in a let
ter to Henry Covington, of the
N. C. Dept. of Agriculture.
"I also think that we have
been bedding too few seed (or
the desired acreage," he said.
Mr. Corbett has also emphasiz
ed the need for specific insecti
cides, fertilizers and soil treat
ment for the Carolina yam grow
ers. He has pointed out that
while some sections have wond
erful soil and are bothered very
little with insect infestation, oth
ers have a greater problem in
this respect.
The N. C. Yam Association
represents about 90 percent of
potato brokers In North Caro
lina.