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THE ONLY POLITZER PRIZE WIN Ν IN G Ψ GERLY NEWSPAPER IN THE UNI HMD IVI||| More Than 10,000 People Read The Tribune Every Week "74e 7< *7ti6uHe People Shop From The Pages Of Their Hometown Newspaper VOLUMEXIV, NUMBER 1· "Tabor City — The Toum With A City Future' IABU» *;rrg. WOaTH caiouna WEPNESOAV. CMTOBKR 7. I»5» 43 TC Methodists Attend Statewide Evangelistic Meet Forty-three members of tht St. Paul Methodist Church in Tabor City attended the state wide evangelistic service in Ra leigh on Monday. Whe state meeting, tagged ah the largest such kind ever held in North Carolina, saw a record breaking delegation from this community. The 43 Methodists who virtually greeted the sun rise Monday as they boarded a bus at 6:30 a. in. represented the largest Tabor City del-_>g;.tion ever to attend a function out side the community. rtstanding speakers made up Monday evangelistic service in Raleigh and local Meethodk-te described the event as "one of the most inspirational I've evei attended." The following persons attend ed from Tabor City: Marion and Betty Baxter. Mrs. Letha Butl er, Mrs. Ned Butler, Mr. and Mrs. Α. V. Elliott, Jr., R.iget ElHott. Mr. nnd Mrs. Winston β*, Eddie Gore. Mr. an 1 Mrs. Paul Gore, Paul l'ssery Gore Mr. and Mrs. Albert Goldfinch Gene Goldfinch, Margaret In man. Ben Inman, Don Inman Mr. and Mr?. Frank Nesmith Mrs. R. R. Rogers, Frank Rog ers. Martha Wright. Richard Wright, Eldred Waddell. Rev and Mrs Pierce Layfield. Sut Layfield, Ann Layfield, Mrs. I Aw is Gore. Norris Gore Cootie" Gore. C. B. Sellers Mrs. Lillie Robinson. Mr. and Mrs. Roger Earp. Ronald Foley Harry Dunnagan, Betty Fayc Gore, Mr. and Mrs. S. Τ Rogers, and Toby Burleson. Young Soles Died Friday Young Safes. 59, of Route 1 #arendon died in the Columbia County Hospital Friday at 5 p.m Funeral services were held Sun day :·1 4 p.m. Γιυιιι the home bv the iiev. Clarence Cribb. Buri;i was .ii the McPhcrson Cemetery He ir survived by his wife Mrs. Sal lip Norrie cr>U·^; Π ν sons. Clayton. Tilhuan. an« James Allen of Clarendon; Wll· mer of Chadbourn and Monroe ol Wiitevtlle; three daughter·, Mrs uoro'iiv Hatlviwav and Mrs. Do/.· ic7. Spivey of Whitcville. Mrs Dollie Soles of Clarendon; on< brother. Billy of Chadbourn Breakfast Club Plans Tuesday Meet The Tabor City Credit Wom en's Breakfast Club will meet Tuesday. October 13. at 7:30 p. φ at the Capitol Restaurant announced Mrs. Blanche Britt president. All members are urged to at tend for officers election and to make plans for an official visit by state officers. BRENDA FOWLER Brcnda Fowler, student at Winthrop College, was home las! weekend visiting her parents MP. and Mrs. Buddie C. Fowle of l/iris. Brenda is majoring in Home Economics NEW YORK VISITOR Charles Benton of Brooklyn Ν. Y. also Mrs. Benton and son Jeffery, have been visiting hi! parents. Mr. and Mrs. Hallit Benton of Cerro Gordo. jieäÄiiMiiiH Public Invited To Discuss Road Natters In County Road matters in Cumberland, i Harnett. Columbus. Bladen and Robeson Counties will be dis-j cussed at a public meeting in Elizabeth town Thursday, Oc-. I tuber 15, according to Divisioni Engineer J W. Spruill. The meeting, to which city! and county officials and thegen-i eral public are invited, will be held at the Bladen County Courthouse in Elizabethtown. 'beginning at 9 A. M.. on Thurs day. October 15. " j Representatives of the State Highway Commission's Sixth I Division will be on hand to dis cuss road matters at the meet ing, whic'.» 'S one ·■{ .i series be ! ing l.elvl is; t' ·.· Division. I ED NORMS j Ed Morris is in Charlotte where he is receiving treatment. I ! Margaret Jo McCormick and Muriel Ward are among the loc :a! students attending Flora Mc ' D>>r.ald College. CIVIC CLUB GIFT—Eugene Sasser, seated, and Cli|tM Uwft admire the new piano donated to hr Williams Township Schoo by thr Williams Ruritan Club. Sassrr is a teacher and directoi of the Glee Club while Lewis is principal of the school. The gif represents mone> -raising effor s by the Kuritan Club with thi piano purchase as their goal. Cost of the piano was csMmated a S7C0.. ρ — IHHSaMW RECORD CROWD TO RALLY—Three are the Methodists who represented the loeal ehurch at th statewide evangelist it- rally in Raleigh on Monday. The group left about 6:30 a. m. and returnei about 7 p. m. Soles Is Area Chairman For Menial Health R. C. Solos, Jr.. newly sworn in Tabor City attorney, has been n:imeil Tabor City area chair jman for the Columbus County I Association for Mental Health. County chairman is fcankey W. Robinson. In .1 proclamation issued today I by Mayor Howard Harrelson the !n<"d was cited for active work 'in the Mental Health program. I October is Mental Health I Month in Columbus County and citizens are urged to support this cause with contributions. Six-Year-Old Killed Sunday When Struck By Auio Ai Stale Lini I A .<ix-year-old boy was killed [Sunday afternoon on Highway No. 410 at the State Line when he apparently darted in front of !a car . Donnie Kay Fipps, β. son ol Mr and Mrs. Howard Fipps of [Route 2. Tabor City, was killed when struck by a car driven by jj.icob Arts Lewis. 63. of Route |l. Orrum. J Highway Patrolman Pfc. A. H. 'Campbell investigated the acci dent that was a subject of con troversy between law enforce ment officials of North and South Carolina as to who had (jurisdiction. The boy was strut at the State Line, on the Nort Carolina side, but the body an the car stopped in South Cart lina. Originally South Carolin officials planned an inquest bi after conferring it was decide thnt North Carolina officials ha proper jurisdiction. An inquc: ι has been set for Thursday nigh 8 p. in., at the Columbus Count |Court house. ι The Fipps live in a house ths touches the South Carolina !in< The victim was reported cross ing the road with another ch>! to their home. They waited fr several cars to pass and Ponni [darted into the road after th first car passed. It marked the eighth fatalit of the year for Columbus Couri «jr. RALEIGH VISITORS Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Kogel drove to Haleigh Sunday aflet noon to visit with their soi Sammy, his wife and daughte Janet. Then, on Monday thr attended the Methodist Rail and returned home late Tue? day. Sammy is a student at Stat College where he is major in • n Electrical Engineering Mrs. Myrtie Millican of Pen *acola. Fla. is visiting relative and friends hero. CHANGE OF HEART A Uikf had a change of heart. Mm. Mildred I.. Prtnee of the Tabor City area inlawed a camera aeveral day* ago. It wan taken from her ear. On Wednesday morning she found th« camera In her rnral mail has. It waa endamaged. The only lorn waa the roll of fl'm prerleoaly loaded la the earner·. LORIS SCORES — Danny Martin of the Loris Lions scores an extra point in Friday night's game against Tabor City. At left on the run (no. S3) is Pee Wee Arnette, while behind him is Milton Johnson. Just to left of official facing camera with arms raised is Arthur McQueen while beside official at right is Timmy Qulnn. Φ Festival Parade/ Dance Set October 22 R. C. Soles, Jr. Head Of YDC R. C. Suli'S, Jr.. local Attorn· ey and Counsellor at law, was named chairman of the Seventh Congressional District of Young Democrats Club at the state con vention held ill Aslu-ville last week Attending with him from this area were IJ. Krank McGougan. Ji. local attorney and Sankoy W. Robinson, attorney of White villc. Accident Fatal To Cox Child Kathy Dcnise Cox. four year I old daughter of Mr. and Mr ι Jack Γ··χ. died in Loris Com-1 munity Hospital Saturday after Inoon. I She received injuries earlier ι in the day when she fell from a tractor where she was playing. Funeral services were held Monday at 4 p. m. from the home of her grandmother, Mrs. J. Davis Cox in Loris by the Rev. Dayton Fowler. Burial was lin Princeville cemetery . , In addition to her parents she ijis survived by one brother,ι t Richie ; Damage To Town Property Leads To Arrest Here Scrawling your name in eight I foot long sweeps usually gets ρ·ι1>Ιί( y alone but the efforts •o: a 17-year-old youth brought about his indictment for dam aging town property ^Äilicc Chief Jess·: Η narr·" said today that Bobby Wayne Strickland, 17. was charged last night with damaging town piop l i i'ty after being cauuht scrawl I ng his name in the new curb f im; mi the Loris Road near the ι Waciam.'iw Bank building. Chief Barker asked that peo ple refrain from marking on the newly poured curbing. Failur« to heed the request could mean facing the consequences in May >r's Court . (John Percy Huggins Dies Of Heart Attack . MULLINS — John Percy Hug | j^ins, 55. of Rt. 4, Nichols, died 'suddenly early Friday night Sept. 25 of a heart attack en route to a football game. Funeral services were held Sunday Sept. 27 at 3 p. m. from I the Mount Olive Baptist Church ψ by his pastor, the Hev. Η. Ε King. Interment followed with k masonic rites at the Spring ti Branch Cemetery in Horry tl County. Mr. Huggins was born May 31 a 1904, in Hocry County, son ol t the late J. Lide and Aur'lla rl Grantham Huggins. He received :l his education at the Pee Dec it Academy, at North Greenville [. College and was a 1930 urailu v'nic of Clemson College when he received his degree in voea tjtional agriculture. He latei • 'taught in the public schools ol - Pickens and Ruby, and also ir tl Laurinburg and Tab"»r City r N. C. and also taught Veterans ρ classes in Loris. e He was an active member ol the Mt. Olive Baptist Church as ν long as his health permitted - Mr. Huggins was a former di rector of the Ix»ris Chapter ol the Farm Bureau and of the ad visory committee of the Loru s!FCX. He was also a member ol -'the Little Pee Dee Masonic ι |l-odge. • ( He is survived by his wife y the former Elizabeth Burns, ί ν'native of Anderson: two broth -jers, Τ. T. Huggins of Rt. 2 rj Nichols and J. Lide Huggins ol ρ Mullins; two sisters, Mrs. Johr F. Allison of Winston Salem. Ν C<f and Mrs. Donald Reed ol - Greensboro, N. C. s ■ Sunday School Class Of Month Named At Zion ι The ladies Bible Class of the Old Zion Wesleyan Methodisl (Church has earned the distinc tion of being honor class for the month by its outstanding work done by individual members, Pastor Brown announced today The class taught by Mrs. G O. Suggs and Mrs. Motile Β Gore la the assistant teacher. •u:.ν rrc;:\:·: soi.ks — sor >1 .Mr. und Mr». Iltivolpb Soles us rsffivi'a a four yrar aca lemir scholarship at l'etnhrokc <tate Coll»·«!·. Tin· award was nade following examinations laken by 111 students. He «or ■d ΗίκΙι in fir croup, (iraduat· n»; from Uli· Tabor City Ilith school this spring hr was a Four letter athlete playine foot t>all, baseball, basketball and track. Too. he was co-captain ol hp football tram and played a leading roll in thr Mikado pre unlrd by the Hiith School ("hor ns. Billy'» brother. Bobby. a member of the Junior class, is*, playing all sports this year. Mrs. Hal Brown Teacher Of Month Mrs. H;tl T. Brow» won the lonor "Teach··!- <>!' the Month" in the Ol«! Zum Wesloyan Mi tli ntlist Sunday School . The honor was Riven for out standing work rendered in the class room and individual mem bers nf her class Class members helped her re ceive tris honor by a gain in at tendance and offering and add ing new members to the class. Call To Air Force General Nay Be Fruitful When you want thinRs done chances are best if you Re straight to the boss. That was the philosophy fol io» ed Tuesday by Horace Cox, ro-chairman of he Yam Festiv al and president of the Taboi City Jaycees. Cox. a bit miffed about thr usual run around in government circles, tired, of trying to find the righ. person to talk wit! about Retting an Air Force band to attend the festival. He placed a phone call to thi Adju ant General of the U. S Air Force and discussed the sit uation. The General. whoM name Cox couldn't recall, ad vised that he would invcstiRati the situation and make everj effor. to have an Air Fore« hand in attendance here. "Mho knows? Now maylx we'll Ret one of their bands.' mused Γοχ. Midget Gridders Whip Whiieville Tabor City's Midget foot tod sijuad postcil its first win of thi season Thursday night with a 1! to β victory over the Whitevill« I.ions' team 1 Forty members of the loca midget team dressed for thi game According to Coach Dot -lernigan practically all the loca team members saw action. Tabor City gridders stmcl ; early in the game for a scon then added another one priod ti halftime intermission They lei 12-0 at half Bub Grainger and Ronnie Bra ton paced their Tabor City mate with a tourehdown each ι "The boys are learning to pla; I he game real well and In a fe* years the local midget progran ! should give our athletics a rea shot in thr arm." said Coacl .lernigan I The midgets travel this weel to Whlteville although the exar I time nf the same Is uncertain. I VISIT IN GREENSBORO Mrs. R. C. Coleman, 3r am Mrs O. L. Coleman spent las 'week in Greensboro. Mr*. R C I Coleman, Jr. and children join ed them for the weekend. judge Hallard IViU Speak At Sponsor's Fete Judge Raymond B. Mallard. v imminent Tabor City jurist, will11 u· the principal speaker at the 2 innual Sponsors' dinner for the Columbus Community Develop- 0 nent program to be held here 1 October 13 at 7 ρ m. The meeting, featuring rep- y resentatives from the various) j communities active in emnmuni- v ly development, will be held at r the Tabor City School Cafeteria. Λ report from the various , ffimmunity development presi- j il> nt> will inform financial back-' t>i-s of their activities during the past 12 months. Too. the report - often provide an incentive for ( communities to employ programs,< that have already been success.,t ful in neighboring areas j( Nakina Grange ; Plans Supper | The Nakina Grange will spun- ■ sor a Fish Supper on Tuesday, October 13. beginning at 5pm.1 Jn the Nakina School lunchroom, benefit fur the lunchroom pro-ji ;ect. r Plates will be sold for 50 cents!, and $100 until 8 p. m. , "Members oj the Grange in-/ vite you to come out and enjoy j; this supper with them and help support the worthy project" said ι spokesman for the organiza tion today. Homecoming Set At Local Church I The annual homecoming will be observed on Sunday, October 11, «it the Emmanuel Holiness: Church with the Rev. Η. I). Marshburn a? guest preschet for the afternoon service. Following the morning wor ship service a picnic lunch will be served on the church lawn.1 All members, former members, former pastors and friends are invited to attend said the Rev., J. P. Jones, pastor. The homecoming observance' preceeds the fall revival which! begins October 11 and contin ues through October 18. I The Rev. Η D. Marshburn.j pastor of the Pentacostal Holi ness Church in Whiteville will be preaching each evening at 7:30 with services open to the public. Motel Will Be Built Outside City Limits Λ motel is under construi tion on the outskirts of Tabor City on Highway No. 701 near the Millpond bridge. Weldon l.ewis and Tommy Woolen, Chadbourn business men. are expected to announce complete plans for the motel next week . It marks positive action in u field fliat has been the subject of conversation here for many years. Lewis is co-owner of the new I motel located on the Clarkton Whiteville highway about twe miles outside of White;llle. He 'also Is owner of the Chadbourn ' Motel. ι Y.mi Festival fever is running ii schedule and local Jaycees re pushing towards their ««»a f staging the "greatest festival k'er held here." Horace Cox, co-chairman <if le festival and president .»t the »■iiMiriiig Tabor City JayeMS, lid today that a record turnout ras expected fur opening day ιΊΐ vi ties on Thursday, October Z. Opening day will incluJe many f the major events The Exhibit iall will open its doors, the eautics will vie for the "Yam |ueen" title, baiuis and float* alore will join in the afternoon arade, and the Queen's Ball •ill get underway opening .iay ight. Les Elgart and his orchestra rill play for the Queen's Ball idvance tickets have been dis ribuled and brisk sales .no ex acted as dance goers save mo η ν on early purchases. Unofficially the festival be ins on Wednesday ni^ht with Jus Travis filling the guest peaker role at the Pubilc Rela ions Dinner. Advance tickets ire also on sale for this featured rvent to be held in the school afeteria. A featured attraction for the ■peuing day will be the appear mce of Miss North Carolina, tudi Klipfel of Asheboro. She vill be in the parade and will ittend the Queen's Ball. Farmers are showing interest η the agricultural exhibit to be nsplnyed in the form of a rock it. It will promote the 300-bush *1 per acre movement in tht weet potato industry. The rock it will depict five stages of sweet potato growth and deve opment that should be of b«n·* it to potato growers. This pro ect is under the supervision of r'red Lay, Sam Jackson and Charlie Raper. Jackson and Lay ire agriculture teachers at the ucal school while Raper is the :ounty agent. Othfcr aspects of the agricult ural picture include prizes for the top bushel of potatoes and )thcr related agriculture prizes Ribbons and prize money is also L'Xpeeted to go for the best sweet potato dishes . "Plans have shaped up well to this stage and it is anticipat ed that we will have an excell i'iit program for the three-day event," said Horace Cox Local College Students Get Class Offices Two Tabor City students at Meredith College have taken their places as student officers. Anne Elizabeth Mallard, dau ghter of Judge and Mrs. Ray msnd Mallard, is a freshman counselor and secretary >f the Granddaughter's Club. Mary Margaret Fowler, dau ghter of Mrs. Furman J. Fowler, is secretary of the sociology club. Both offices are for the 1959 60 terms. MISS BESSIE FIX>YD Miss Bessie Floyd, daughter of Mrs. Effle Floyd of Green Se· was a house guest recently of Mrs. H. R. Culley, 1621 Jervay Street. Columbia. She also visit ed with a former pastor, thi Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Reed of West Columbia and with friends who art members of the staff of the University of South Car olina. She spent part of the last week with her aunt, Mrs R. Τ Bruton in Tabor City. A former teacher in the schools of Co lumbus and Horry Counties Miss Floyd has been employed in Brooklyn. N. for the past several years. Yam Market Here i Has $1.82 Average Tabor City'» sweet potato r marketing season started offlcl r ally yesterday but quality and ι price was on the downgrade, I Ed Waiden. secretary-treasur i er of the Tabor City Marketing Association, said today that 3,304 ι bushels of potatoes were sold I yesterday for an average of $1 82 per bushel The price represent* almost one dollar per bushel less than I was paid on opening day last I year but the reasons for the . price drop are plentiful. One lowrniwnt (rader ob. served that the potato— la fm eral yesterday were the poorest in quality hp had even seen on tht* market. There Is nn explana tion of the poor quality although many potatoes have been price damaged by wlreworm and scurf •a black rust on the potato that doesn't damage It except In ap pearance and sales appeal). The outlook, volume wise. Is good If farmers don't get db. couraged by the poor quality and ultimate low prices. The voltUM on yesterday's market was hMV tar Una last year on openin«
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