φ I fam Association Launches "300 Bushel Club" Contest; Winners To Get Trip Members of the North Caro- State that comprises the con·.within 500 air line miles of one!have $1.92 in each bushel pro-,of Iis Ifodini? mMii»N «am.u,.. ;·- -* — lina Yam Association Mthir«limi>rpi«i απ»»·»» —— —"— '· -- Members of the North Caro lina Yam Association gathered at Goldsboro last Thursday and allocated $1500 for the develop ment of a program to recognize growers with high yam yields in ^59. B. Alton Garrell, while no^present at the Thursday meeting, is Vice President of the association. Under the direction of Henry Covington, of North Carolina Department of Agriculture, the promotion will encourage yam growers in the Tar Heel Statu to strive for the "300 Bushel Per Acre Club." Members of the various county extension de put^ncnts have been contacted and will work hand in hand with Mr. Covington and the Yam Association to get as many participants in the contest as possible. The Eastern portion of the State that comprises the con· ι mcrcial growing yam scctiou I has been divided into three sec- ι lions. County and area winners 1 «rill be chosen and will then < compete with the winners ol ither areas for the grand champ- > ionship of the State. I All yam varieties now handl- < cd commercially in North Caro- i lina will be eligible for the com- ι petition and the prizes. Covington pointed out lo the! yam buyers that yields in Northl Carolina now are the highest ofji any State in the South growing .he yam-type sweet potato butli stressed the belief that North Carolina growers can still pro duce many more bushels per.i tcre than are now being grown. I •We haven't even scratched the I urface of our yield potential," 1 Covington told the group. 1 "We in North Carolina are ι mithin 500 air line miles of one tall the population of the Unit d States and have great oppor unity to reach the yam consum er," Covington said. The agricultural specialist al io told the buyers that sonic armers in North Carolina gross id $1400 per acre on yams dur ng 1958 and that there was no -eason why the average gross shouldn't have been at least >700 per acre. "The soil, climate, know-how ind geographical location is uch that North Carolina has a remendous advantage in the ram industry," he said. He pointed out to the buyers hat when farmers product 300 jushels of yams per acre, they lave only $1.08 per bushel in lieir crop when it is sold on the narket but when the yield is i A MI·' XIII. NI'MRFR 26 ^Tabor City — The Town With A City Future" TABOR CITY. NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28. I95< \V. \V. Wooily has been named chairman of the loril Heart Committee and will head the drive fur funds on Heart Sun day. February 15. Λη education al program will also he carried v.ith the solicitation. Container» are being placed in the business places as a reminder t·.' the need rf »-j · 'yrih r educational phase I.ee Greer and Jack Ilooks of Whiteville are offering their services for club speaking engagements. Mrs. Lutber Meares of Whiteville is County chairman. Mrs. C. Fowler Funeral Today ^Mrs. Cumia Fowler, who would have observed her 91st birthday March lttli died at her l omc here Tuesdav about 6:30 a m. after a iong period of de i lining health. She had been in for ι jui month-. Funeral services will bo he'd this afternoon (Wednesday) ai 3 p. m. in the Tabor City Baptist Church, of which she was a lumber, with the Rev. P. C Gantt officiating. Burial will be in the Forest Lawn Cemetery. Mrs. Fowler is survived by two sons. McCoy and Pink, both of Tabor City; two daughters Mrs. Oda Fowler and Miss N(»!a Fowler, both of the home; one brother Dallie Fowler of Taborj City; 14 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren. Williams HS Faculty Names Most Outstanding Seniors Two popular Williams Town ship High School students have been named the "most outstand ing" members of the senior class. Joann Beck and Johnny Grainger received the honor at a recent meeting of the school faculty. Joan is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Beck. She is activj in mrmy school clubs and because of her academic record she has won awards in science,, math. English, social studies ami home economics. Johnny is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Grainger. In addi tion to being one of the lead in; basketball stars 111 the counts he is a member of the mono gram and bus clubs. As a fresh man and sophomore 1 ■· won the coitjmtjJs uou.ny önrut award. Both students plan to enroll in college next Fall. Waccamaw AA Will Heel At Bladenboro The Winter meeting of the W'accamaw Athletic Association will be held at Bladenboro High School on Wednesday, Jan. 28. President Bruce Hill of Eliz abethtown announced that the dinner meeting would begin | promptly at 7 p. m. After a; ineal, at which Bladenboro of-1 ficials will be hosts, a business cession is scheduled. Arrange-, ment of 1959 baseball schedules, final plans for the WAA basket-1 ball tournament at Chadboorn in February, and other business! will probably come before the1 representatives at that time. Whiteville, Bladenboro, Tab or City, Shallottc, Chadbourn and Elizabethtown make up the; Waccamaw Athletic Association. ADD ANOTHER HONOR — Joann Beck and Johnny Grainger were named "most outstanding members of the senior class" this week by the Williams Township High School faculty. Both are former recipients of many school honors. Important Meeting Set Monday Α·Μ· nestings of the Tabor Citj Merchants Association in a num ber of years will be held at th( Sitz Theatre next Monday norning at 10:00 sharp, "Tallj Eddings, executive - secretary innounced today. "This meeting is being calle< to decide once and for all wheth cr we set up a credit bureau an< to outline the steps that must bi followed if we do set it up. Also we have to decide now whethe we are going to have a Yan Kestival this year and the over fill committee must be named,' Eddings said. Eddings said that concret* proposals would be made con cerning the credit bureau am the Association President Wal lace Soles and Directors .linim; Dicus and Rucy Hewett have al ready done a great deal of re search and studied the plans fo the bureau. "I want to urge every merch ant to be present at this Monda; morning meeting These deci sions are pressing and we mils make the decisions now." Edd in'.;s said. In regard lo the Yam Festival Eddings noted that the overal committer chairmen have heli the job for two years and havi resigned. Λ new committee mus be set up immedittely if tH< annual October event is to bi staged. He pointed out that ι number of other communitic: are anxious to have a yam fest Ival and would probably Jump a the chance if the local communi ty dropped the yam promotiona event. Φ RICHARD CA1NB8 JtOP.KRT BASS FURNIE IH'GIIKS Offer Special Course To County Farmers (Phrco yntmg Columbus Coun ty farmers will attend a 12-day : itudv .*»·«■ !rn on the latest de velopment· In farm technology at Stute CoiIoRe. Ben L. Ncsmith. Jr., vice president of Waccamaw Bank and Trust Company, announced today that Furnie Hughe*. Route 1, Tabor City, Richard| Caines of Chadbourn, and Rob Be* of Route l, Whltevtlle, ia<1 been selected to attend the ipecial course. Sponsorship of these three Mitstandinc young farmers is an innual event for County Banks. Selection of the representatives s left at the discretion of school igriculture teachers in the re ipectlve areas. All expenses of the young farmers will be paid by the sank. The courae begins Feb ι urn .ν 2 and ends February 14. The success of the program has been largely tfue to a com mittee of 100 bankers, one in each of the State's counties, who are appointed "County Key Bankers" by the North Carolina Bankers Association. This year, Ben L. Nesmith, Jr.. is the "Key B.inker" for Columlius County When this year's course is completed more than 1,000 young North Carolina farmers will have attended the classer over a seven-year period. Re cords show that about 25"» of the young farmers, after having attended the courae, have chang ed their minds and decided to attend college to seek further agricultural education. County Schools Will Gel Driver Training Course Many Columbus County auto mobile owners were wondering today what happened to the ext ra dollar that was being paid for license tags. It marks the second year the additional one dollar tee h.u becn collected. Actually the extra buck is earmarked lor driver education «.lasses in every county of North Carolina. Dr. Ross Williamson, chair man of the Columbus Count} Board of Education, shed sonic light on the subject today when i.e revealed that plans callec. for setting up driver training classes throughout the county next >ear. TJit —iiuunt> wcyed S14 ,(»(#< as its r.hare of the-added doll:.i licetue tee in .195·. They will tea > jstjproximat-f tt.· · · ■· amount from the 1059 tag Kalis. "We didn't feel that the ui ij; iiwl appropriation w.Ts sufficient to establish these driving train ing courses throughout the co unty. When the additional mon ey is receved from this year's las sales we will make provi sions for introducing the driver training courses countywidc next year," said Dr. Williamson. There are 13 schools, It) white and 3 colored, that will benefit from the program next year. ! Dr. Williamson pointed out! that establishing the program; would require the purchase of four automobiles and hiring cer tified, experienced driver train ing teachers to carry out the course. Cherry Grove Studies Program Of Development I A steering commitee compos jed of 16 members of the Cherry (Grove Community voted Janu jary 23, to investigate the possi bilities of organizing Cherry Grove into a community organ ization. The meeting was held al , the home of Mr. and Mrs. Har /vey Coleman. J J- A. Glazcner, Program Plan ning Specialist from State Col ' lege, was present to explain how community organization works I Mr. Glazcner showed colorec • slides which gave the group ai Ij idea of the activities of othe • communities in organized pro ,'grams. At the end of Mrs. Glaz ■ener's explanation the groui ι voted to hold a community-widi . meeting at the Cherry Grov ' Baptist Church on January 2! I at 7:30 p. m. At this meetifi] • a community development wil - be explained to the people of tin I community and they will dccidi ■ whether or not to organize th ι Cherry Grove Community. ■ The steering committee elect • 'cd Farley Strickland, Ccrr r Gordo Agriculture Teacher, a .temporary chairman to mak • arrangements for next Thürs 'day's meeting. Mrs. Georg • Strickland was elected as temp ijorary secretary. Those present at the mcetim included: Mr. and Mrs. Roanok • Strickland, Mr. and Mrs. Jo I Hayes, Harden Worlcy, Horac I Strickland, and Mrs. O. S. Ι,οη* ί Mr and Mrs. George Strickland I Mrs. Ο. V. Richardson, Mrs. C • W. Williamson. Mrs. P. Κ t Strickland, Mr. and Mrs. Harve; ι(Coleman, Farley Strickland, Ag ι riculture Teacher, Archie F ■ Martin. Assistant County Agri t cultural Agent. At the close of the busines I session refreshments were serv ed by Mrs. Coleman. WILMA GORE TROPHY — "ce*··.., ..j-iraptains of the Nakina ι!η· prospects of boir.fr a candidate goes ίο the outstanding «-airei· in several years ;ij;o. (staff photo) Carolyn Fipps, rijrht, and Annie Ruth Hi ii School basketball team, smile at ft) t: . coveted Wilma Gore trophv that honor of a student who died suddenly iropfiiy Honors ismery Of Nakina Student And Leader phies presented eauh year at ι Nakina High School goes to the most valuable basketball player. What makes it so coveted is. the fact that it is dedicated ifr memory «if a former student who died unexpectedly. Wilma Jewell Gore died sud-, denly on July 31. 1953. She had) been one of the most outstand-| ins students at Nakina. and was a member of the first student' body as well as the original [basketball team. She was a Christian, scholar: and athlete. She had all the find qualities a young person could\ have without a single flaw inj her personality. She was kind, (considerate and understanding of her fellowman at all times, said Μ. M. Jones, principal at Nakina High School. The trophy itself was present ed to the school by its first basketball coach Γ Κ. Weather-! ly. I Jewell died of spinal metiin ,'gitis only a few short years aft ι :i.!vuiK oL'cn named L.oiumbuso unty's "Health Queen." The winner of this coveted rophy each year is selected by lie students, the coach and fac-i jlty. Hut it hasn't been necess-j uy for the faculty to cast its ,ote yet. Each year the winner ias been easily determined by. he cage team and the coach, j The names of the most valu*! jble player on the boys and girl.·;1 teams is engraved on the trophy. .Many of the honor winner?! Live gone on to sue.ess in the college cage circle. One player. Willard FormyDuval is a memb er ο "r.r Η ig. ι Point College Basketball team this year. He won the Jewell Gore trophy in 1953-54 Only one player has won it more than once. Mary Grtre won it I.··.· tre-hm in. junior am" senior years. She is now marri ed and living in Whiteville. Female c.igirs who have won it include: Mary Gore, Dorothy *·":iu 13!i,i3-54; Marie McCumb r. 1956-57: and Jean Suggs, 11)57-5?.. Member» oi the male cage squad who have boon honored ire· Boyd Register, 1952-53; Charles Long, 1954-55; Odell Chestnut, 1956-57; and J. D. Gore. 1957-58. Presentation of the trophy is made at the annual athletic ban quet by the coach. Principal Jones says that the students get quite interested in the award preceding the pres entation. Many o{ them are a waie of it throughout their high school athletic career and it is partialis this incentive that brings forth trom them their best effort. The school has been flooded with basketball trophies during its brief history of seven years. The trophies adorn a table in the office but there are hopes for a trophy case in the near future. When it materializes one of the choice spots in it will be occupied by the Wilma Gore trophy. i'KKiHT WOMEN'S UREAKFAST CLUB members are heading the Mother's March of Dimes set for Fri.lay, January 30, 6 to 7 p.m. Head quarters will be in the Tribune buildιηκ with Mrs. Evelyn Leonard serving as zone chairman. Pictured above aro Mrs. Blanche Britt, president; Mrs. Evelyn F. Bullock, treasurer; Mr*. Ixiu Sasser, vice president, and Mies Marilyn McKee, recording secretary. Miss Lila Earl Lancaster is correspond ing secretary and Mrs. Louise Grainger and Miss IIa Pearl Lancaster head the program planning.