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THE ONLY PULITZER PRIZE WINNING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN THE UNITED STATES More Than 10.000 People Read The Tribune Every Week *7L· IfL· Inda**· People Shop From The Page» Of Their Hometown Newspaper VOLI'ME XV. NiniBKI! 22 "Tmbor City — The Toum With A City Future» TABOR CITY. NORTH CAROLINA Ν LDNfcSUA Y. JANUARY 11. 1961 10c PER COPY—S3.00 A VKAR Merchants Name Officers For 1961 I Members of the Tabor City •Ic.cnuiits Association met !it ■e tiomomakers Home Dem ! ist rat ion Club community ou.e hist Thursday nitibt and .■lected new officers for 1961. »V. Horace Carter was nam ed president; A. K. Goldfinch, vice-president: and Huey Hew ett, Artiiui I'rince. S. T. Hog ers, Claude Boyd and El wood Dorm.m. directors. Mrs. Hilda Phipps, secretary oi the Tabor City Credit Bur . .ui, \va- el» eled secretary reasurt · oi the· «ts.o. iation. Κι·!ι l.ovell. executive secre jiy u! the association, presid <i lor outgoing president )im:nv llul nam, and made a in.incil report of the associa ion tor 1960. His report show-1 •d that the association opeiat •il virtu iliy tveti tor the yea«. Carter. in accepting the presidency, pointed out that the •ssocia ion needed a revival! .nd that e\eiy member would >t· . -died upon to renew his ι »rogresMVc spint in 1961 kh· .od I V. ry efl'-rt would be UMle 1 y tin· tiireel« rs to bring Miiii'-ny and aggressiveness to ii<· association this year. The association also changed ts rules to allow for a seven nti b>>ard of directors instead, >f the 13 of prior years. This' pcommctidation was made by I he nominating committee and' ι eeptcd by the association. I 'he nominating committee was omposed of Winston Gore. •h;»irman; Η. 'Γ. Hogers and 'r.vant Baker. Mrs. Phipps reported on the irst year's operation of the 'redit Bureau anil a discus •f>n followed. The discussi'in •entered around whether to nerge the Credit Bureau and 'Merchants Association into one ireani/.ation. The decision was withheld and directors of each ■rganizntion asked to study it. Raison Pickle firm Seeking Horry Cukes Horry County farmers are booking Into the possibility ο •eal profit from contracted -«cumbers for pickling thi Spring. Λ representative of the Cates Mckie Co.. of Paison. N. C., imr to Horry County last eck seeking farmers who will Mnnt 150 acres of cucumbers r pickling. Under the pickling company's I rrangement. the company would furnish the seed, de ducting the cost later from checks paid to farmers for -ucumbers. The company would contract to buy all the cucum bers the farmers grow, pay in,1 *5.00 per hundred for No. l's ">f)t over 1 1-16 inch circum ercnce»: S2 00 for No. 2's 1>=" to 2"i and $1.00 for No. "s <2" and over». Cucumbers would be bought »etween May 16 and June 24. >r later if the volume war •anted. The cukes would be bought •hrough the Horr>' Countv Farmers Market where farm •rs would deliver them in any "lean containers, drop them off for grading and take the con tainers homo with them. Farmers interested in the proposal may contact Phil Cronkhite. market manager, for ■ copies of the tontract. BOBBY ROBERTS Bobby Roberts is now a member of the Charleston, S. j C. Police Department. He is the son of the late Ellis H. Roberts of I/>ris and Mrs. Ir ene Roberts of Charleston. Too, he is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Strickland of Tabor City and a br >ther of Edwin Roberts. '1stι . Tabor City. MISS El.ΛΙΝΕ BROWN Miss Elaine Brown has re turned to Wesleyan Methodist I College. Central. S. C. aftei j spending the holidays in the ! home of her parents, the Rev land Mis Hal 'Γ. Brown. ROTARY MEETING The Tabor City Rotary Club j hold its regular weekly meet j π« Monday ni«ht after a two I vecks vacation during the hol ; '"'«ν season The club voted to • η·Μ η ladies night meeting M« ndi'.v a week and a com 1 nittce was appointed to select the plucw and make arrange· menu. ΑΚΤΙΙΓΚ PRINCE Diivrtor S. τ. ROGCKS Director ίLAUDE BOY» Director KEN LOVELL Ε χ reu t i ν c-Secre t a ry MRS. II1IJM PHIPPH »«•cretnry-Treesurer » Picture» η err not available of Hu"y Hewitt and Elwood Dorman. both member* of the 1961 Board of Director*. \V. HORACE t ΛΚΤΓΚ I'rcsitk-nt Λ. Κ. CiOLDFINC II Vice-president Opening, Closing Schedule Is Posted Directors of the Tabor City , Merchants Association had .1 harmonious mot-tins Monday' morning md transacted a va: ioty of business thai concerns the hnal businessmen durum, the year. The directors recommended that stores observe Independ ence Day. July 4: Labor Day, September 4; Thanksgiving November 25; and Christmas. December 2f>. by closing foi one day 011 those dates. Directors recommended thai stores close on Wednesday aft ernoon at 1:0» from January 1, until the opening of the tobac co auction season, except the ec.nesday alteinoon im medi ally prior to Easter, and tint . tores remain open all day V'tid»· -df.· '«"I I· burr·.· *esi son opening unit) Jamutiy IU6? A printed *chcdute of1 this lecommendati* η will U provided each merchant within few days in an effort to eradicate sev «. 1 al solicitation < 1 merchants ior cperatiur. funds lor the a.· cciation curing löGl, tue m itclors established .1 dues sche dule anJ adopted 11 tiud will make only one drive necessary .or t ie yjui. I. merchants j<av me r. .•ommwndeJ clues for liieir establishment (Hiring the jear it will pr«...··■:«· adequate lands for the reti'in of the Kiddie Rides at to«· Yam 1*\^'.-' ival, the Christmas promotion next December, and it will pay .or those participating in the' •Sliver Dollar Day promotion. 1 Only those who participated .11 Silver Dollar Days this year will be given dues quotas th->t will take care of their Silver lollar Day expenses. If others 1 «.· interested in participating, •eir proportionate share can jo figured now ami will ot Jone so upon request of the in dividual merchant . rne directors also voted not to üllov.' any merchant to part i ipatc in the Silver Dollar Day jroirn tion who is not in guixl t.'ndin'j with the association. Anyone who is not a dues pay ing member at the time the promotion is launched can particaptte only by paying a year's dues in advance. The new dues schedule ar ranged by the directors will provide the association with slightly more than $10.000 if it is accepted by the individual merchant. This will allow enough funds for the execu tive-secretary's salary, pay fm the three promotions listed a bove, and pay all other oper ating costs. The directors also have und er advisement and study, a move to organize a United Fund Drive that would take can· of all the charitable drives foi funds that are carried on in tb.· community. If this move is ap proved by the dire.tors, a com nittee to head the organization will be chosen ami the drive put on this fall. Also under study is a project to combine the annual sale of school annual advertising th:.t requires a great dctl of effort by many school children from many different schools. It ts ilso a matter of inconvenience for merchants nnd some effort will be ma<*e to assist these *ehr»o'<s without tbe individual solicitation that has gone un in the past. Letter* will b· mall«! to every member of the associa t it hi within a few days ex plaining the new dues setup • η I request ΐιικ that the merch ant study the proposal and do his best t<> meet .,ttner mi ..n animal payment or monthly •'raft tin· suggested dues ι· » liis pliicc of business. Unconfirmed Report Has Town All Abuzz The town's been a buzz this past week over an unconfirm ed report that a dead baby's body had been found in the coinnv.de of a service station rest roi.m in Loris. , About two weeks ago tin· commede became stopped up] and when the station operatoi at«, mpted to open it, he pulle '; nut something that puz/.Ie«lj him. A telephoned description of the mass to a nurse brought he hazarded guess that it rnicht I. · a premature human ft*t us, lost in a miscarriage. Later, when the cunimudr er ntinu-.-d to operate iinpropet iy, plumbers were called. Ui; ' ble to remove th«· stoppage with a pull, they forced the ma sc that ha·! earlier halted the uroi;;ess of the item pulled j ro.n the ii.tiimo.le, υιι down the sewer. Reports that the stoppage was caused by the mangled body of a baby that had been born were unfounded. Fair Blaff Club Has Animal Party The Fair Bluff Woman's Club held the annual Dinner party in tlx· Fellowship Hall ; t 'he Methodist Church <·η De •ml er 30 with about fifty at tewliii*;. Mrs J. Frnnk Waidcll. pres ident. welcomed members, their husband's and other guests. The invocation was offered by Ι·η· Kev. Neil Thompson. Following tt"»i turkey dinner *1rs W: ten Waddell introduc ed the Kev. Robert Harris who spoke in a humorous manner • •Ii "Experiences of T'rea"hers." New Year decorations were used in the room with attrac tive bouquets and favors. The evening was concluded with the siiujlnr? of the hvnin "Bless Be The Tie." Hostesses included Mesdames Frmk Waddell, Wilton Wad dell. Tom Clayton and Charles A. Scott. π. riifLi.irs iiarrklson Η Phillips H iriMson. native ··( this area, now residing in Ihrtsvillc, S C. i<< here for a vi>it with friends and rela tive«. It·· wns riTrtitly a pati • nt in the Veterans Adminis tration Hospital ifc Columbia \vh. re he rcfrivcj treatment ■>r ι »ό··ι eon<Mti(n following Nt'o.ik He alsd\ underwent minor surgerv. ROSA CiARRFI.L t IRCI.E The Rt.sji O irrill Circle of 'he Tabor City Baptist WMS •n··' with Mrs. Phil Hughes .it Vr heme this month. The prr>-I «ram entitled "Facing Alcohol I Orobtcrv:" was civen by Mis Johnnie Frltf ■ an I Μ r«. V ΐ< Burroughs, Jr. Λ sweet course was served | by the hostess to fi/e nutmbcis: in attendance. Williams Township Questionnaire' Reveals Some Interesting Facts Plans Slated By1 Seihel Directors; ΗY—ΛΙKS. Ll.OYD 1I1NSON i ι·,ο community development I lirectors. officers. and com „jtun heU a joint meet.,.* Janiuny 4th at the ho.ne Μ Λν. un:t Mis. lau SoUs. ..„„ν-, in.· On· inlormal mee. 1ιμ Arthio Martin and vii- Yvonne Bennett. j Plans wire outlined tor the uvv war with the following „,α-eis re-elected to serve an ■tht r viar. Lloyd Hinsun | •hau man: Mrs. Essie P°w^ j ice-chairman. Mrs. Rachel loll, secretary: Tom Gore. TuSitce* are Mrs. Cora i ne Ward, youth chairman, vir*. Mary A. Hins..n; scrap ,00k. photographer, and puu Icitv; Mrs. Lillian Hard.«., urogram: Dow Hinson. church .„„I grounds: J. C-, V i.obert' ,„me improvement. Κοίκ.ι ilardie. health and sanitation. Vir·; Lorraine Soles, education, Mrs. Kuth Ward, recreation, l'at« Soles, agriculture; John Powell. beautu.cation. Mrs Essie Powell, home ecu iio.nics: Mrs Letha Gore, mus ,ι·; burton Long. W. B. Warn, and J· C. Ward, Sr. cemetery •imimittee. _ . Directors .ncludi—Tate Sole., Jimmie Gore. Dan Hinson. 1. H. Duncan, and W. D. Gnu·. The program for the new year includes the following — Ktb. Aniiuul Husbandry Mas oh Transplanting and seeding cops. April. Farm Satety. May—First Aid. Ju"e~C'N.1' Defense. August — H*h Hj (Family Outing) Sept. —· »« •.•national Relations Oct. — Clothing (Selection). Nov .— I·arm Legislation. Dec. — Out ,οο'κ lor 1982. (Calabash Oyst > r Boast). . . . _ The first major project, is community building with-J Ward. Jr. as chairman and Lloyd Hinson and Tate Soles ,* helpers. Also a suitable place C ire as chairman. Soil Fumi • alio«. will be held at Johnnie to wells farm at a later date. ' tobacco beil demonstration η Rising the so.l β hours be fore sowing seeds was held a the farm of Lupton Ward rhnrsday January 5th. Various other demonst. ations will be ,eld at later dates. Mrs. Soles served refresh ments to the twenty-two mem bers present and two guests The Feb. meeting will be held at ι he fellowship hall of Beth" ,1 Methodist church on Wed ... sdav night the 8th with Mr and Mrs. W. 13. Ward as host and hostess. • We wish to urge any one who is inter« sled to attend the·*· meetings and those who Ίο not have a community de • •'••oment club an invited to Bethel, said an official. "School Wants Investigation Οί X«·»* Stand Offerings." "Parent - Teachers Group Objects to Trash Sold For Reading." "Clean-up Wanted In Inde zent Magazines." I Such headlines have been •lasted across the country :u .cw-papor·.. radio .iiu! televi-i sion recently. Ai.d the nation's' »ttentiou ha» been called to :vpes oi reading materials nought by our youngsters. But in oi.e school oi Coluin-1 •jus County, the emphasis has jc< η pi.iced 011 more reading.; nstead of merely selected rending. Williams Township's school ui in ,p;il recently commented hat I« would rather a child read an inferior type of book, ι at hi ι than not read at all. t Wlule Williams Township inaugurated a program tourj years ago to encourage the youngsters to read most·, it was nut until this month that i Principal Lewis was able to judge how much they hud been ι influenced by the program. j When students returned from their Christmas holidays, in stead of being asked the sea-1 sonal questions "What did you Bet for Christmas?" and "What did Santa Claus bring you?". they were questioned— "Dili you do any reading ov er the holidays'.'" A questionnaire was given to each pupil of grade 7-12. Re sults proved that only 26 of 330 did no reading over the 10- ; dap period. I Heading of "trash" literature I «as almost nil. the survey ; proved. In fact. 168 of the 330 ! read their Sunday school books chiefly: newspaper. 181; maga zines. 127; funny books. 76. text books. 43; library books. 21; and other non-school books. 10 According to the question i naircs, more than three-fourths j • of the students enjoy reading' I in their spare time, i Of interest to the faculty was5 1 how much their pupils take ad vantage of specific magazines. To the question "Do your j parents receive the Progressive' Fanner''" 237 subscribers were ' acknowledged. However, only ■ 29 said that they read one spe | ific story "1 Remember the ι Chickadee." At the end of the question naire, students read their prin cipal's reason for the survey: "Public schools, colleges, and universities cannot educate you. Kducational institutions can Rive you the fundamentals for learning. The individual must educate himself." WOMAN'S CLUB The Talior City Woman'·' Club will met·! Thursday at 7:30 p. m. in the home of Mrs J. C. Singletary. The program will be uiveti by the hoste·* and Mrs. Evelyn Ieonard. All members are urged to attend. Town Court Takes $7,823.00 During First Half Of Year Liver Disease Attacks 10 Of Williams Area At lfii st ton youngsters <1 the Williams-Tabor area an· victims <>f the dreaded liver ailment, hepatitis. The last ; «•perit-inic of the disease hit the county during the 1953-54! school year. Williams Township Piincip al Clayton Lewis has reported that the illness has struck six/ el his pupils. They are Tummy Dean Payne. Kann Simmons. Patricia Ward. Betty Buftkin. John Ward and Gary MePhc;· M»n. Taiior City's principal, Rand all Burleson, says that only four of his students have been bedded with the sickness t< date. They are Richard Mills. Tony Watts. Terry Watts and Chipper Watts. The Watts youngsters, brothers, are re ported to be in varied stages' of recovery. The Williams principal stat- · ed today that a schoolwidei program is being conducted to, prevent more youngsters from contracting hepatitis. According to instructions ] from the county health depart - I ment children are being urged to use good health habits, par ticularly frequent washing ol the hands. Too, they are dis couraged from fating large amounts of fats. Fats, Η seems., tend to overwork the liver. Over 500 cases of hepatitis have been reported throughout' North Carolina. Hepatitis—as defined by Dr. Floyd Johnson of the county health department—produces a yellowing of tin· skin, or, iaundice. in severe cases, has a very low death rate. Most cases are mild but those hav ing a severe attack are ill for a long time while recovering their strength. POSTAL RECEIPTS Receipts for the local post office totaled $32 0K8.72 for the year 19B0 with the 195') total hciim $33,009.50 Post Mas ter Richard Gordon announced Crirm.· " ·· pny. it pays city ill bills, that is. Rev* «im· taken in through Ik· Tab· Ί" City mayor's court luring the past six month.« k>ii!u absorb tin· costs «»I op ratine the town hull and lire ie| ailment f* >r tht· sain·· per ikI, and almost leave enough unds to pay the salary ol' a «■lice ' nicer lor an entire •car. The town's first half of a ise; 1 ycin ended Dee. 31 and hi' iifi that (la'u S7.K23.4l) was ;.ken ,n through the mapor's omt Broken down by months, nontli!y nvinuc from the Mint was shown a: follows: fuly 81,211 15: August $1,823. 10: September $1,Γ>11.»0: Oct ber S 1.329.00: November $990. 15: and December S957.80. For the same β-month period >:ι<· year a ρ υ. a total of $7. 577.82 was collected through he court. Tabor City's year begins June 30. The last fiscal year found a total of $12.000.52 de ivcii from the court. According to the town clerk. Mis. Marian Garrel!, figures· for each year are approximate ly the same . Devilelies Win 2nd Coni. Game By WAYNE STEVENS Tabor City's lady loopstcrs won their second conference panic last night by defeating :hr whiteville Wolflets 4P-41. The Devi let t es. paced by Hüchel f Cox. .lfd all the way. The> ghrnered IM poitu. in the first quarter to take an early lead. By halftnne the Devil· ettes were leading H4 to 15. Then they picked u|> 11 points in the third quarter while Whiteville looped only* 3. Coach .lohn Sma"! M-nt the subs in to play the fourth quarter. The Devilettes picked up only lour points this quarter while Whiteville picked up 13 points. High scoivr for Whiteville was Bonnie Pingatclla with 20 points. Lcnore Beck was the outstanding guard. Tabor City Ii» 15 11 4—4?» Whiteville 5 10 8 18—11 Tabor City Whiteville Wray. 12 Hooks. 8 Ar nette. 8 Pingatclla. 26 Cox. 21 Sarvis. 7 Grainger Cray Beck Scott Norris Hinson (Conlinued On Page 4) THf ΝΑΙ ΙΟΝ Ai fOUNOAtON County Must Aid Some illegitimates Two weeks ago Phyllis lay i.', icr bnl in Whitcville .suffering j lie fear and agony ·<ί laboi ; pains—ten minutes apart. The woman in whose home Phyllis lived was equally dis turbed: she had reason to be for she did not know what to do with the young woman. A few hours earlier Phyllis ι had returned to the house, in torming the owner that she had sought admission to a hospit.il and was refused because she lacked the entry fee. Adding to her misery was the fact that Mack was missing. (Mack was the boy friend wno' had planned to stand by her during this period.) The homeowner sought the advice of friends. She was ad vised to call a member of the welfare department staff. She J did so. "1 was told that 'they couldn t j help' because both Phyllis an·! Mack had failed to show up at tin- department lor a sched uled interview," the land lady reported to her friends when <he replaced the receiver on' the hook At this point when the nignt •vt«: growing later, it appeared that Phyllis was about to miss producing one of the illigiti— mate babies which the Wel ' ». e ΠοίΓ'1 has been nccured of '«o-generou ly accepting. Naturally the names of Phyl- ί lis an<! Mark are fiction·!. Bull the episode was reel. Columbus County taxpayer? ! *rrf burdened to hrlp carr foi 12 children born out of wed lock during the year 1060. Thrrf arr presently 50 young ster* in the county who are clamed as "Illegitimate" re ceiving financial assistance !rom public welfare. The Welfare Department «.f Columbus is required tu act by lUt-and-dry rules set down j by the state and federal gov-1 crnment*. yet the bulk of con demnation of the yielding «if | aid to illegitimates fall on their | ears. Mrs. Alice Wrirjht. depart ment director, often 'hear* •'tese c rinl-'in's: "Th>y Mh* department) »re paying tor too many Illegiti mate children thus encourag ing the prmetic«." cm collect more |«Mk weJ "Manv womrn arc having , far«· money." "Why aren't all illegiümat« | "hilt'ren rul off ptibiir «elfar« rolls?" "Why ran't mother's of il legitimate children hp steril ized so they rannot have mnn· children?" Mrs. Wright answi-rs ;ill of lluw accusations directly and without hesitation, when call-· ed on to do so. She applied to the first (during a recent interview) quite knowingly, 'Only nine percent of the illegitimate chil dren receive any financial as sistance from public welfare .n North Carolina, and tl·«· figun is about the same in this coun ty. Over 00 percent, therefore, ire being cared lor by rela tives or other persons." This was the case of Phyllis. At last report, and when :t appeared that sin· was not elig ;blc f«ii welfare assistance. π A'hite* ill«· po!i errnin w < sum moned. The officer arranged for medical attention an simul taneously contacted her family 'rum which she was estranged. The family t«>ok responsibility f«>r h< spital costs. It would be unwise to assume •hat women have illcgitimnt" children just to collect more «ve'fare money In ί?»Η, on ad 'lfl«nnt chjl·' w i|i<> ιτΐ'τη. ο the average, an increase of 1« than $10 per month in pay ment. Who can raise a child; on $10 per month? Ύ Ι'ΐι's«· wti > colli end that til children born <>l unwe 1 nu.tilers sI'i'tiM be tul ojf ct the wil' re roll-·. ;ι North Car olina offici.il h.is supplied this response: "Our rilitrn« »nulil not per mit the neglect and hunger til so many children. Oer* is a Mirii'ti which does not believe :i chihi should lie penalized be cause ol the condition of its liirth " "It such action were taken there might be a sharp reduc tion in immediate evoenda tnr-s, hut there would he an unthinkable cost in terms of expendatnre for crime, juven ile dclimiucncy. :'nd medical co«ls if these children were al io« "d to grow litt in poverty neglect, and squalor." When clis iis. ions of wom.'tt who have had more than one illegitimate c' iH. usually the dimtivii1 Thev oiu»ht to fix her so she cH'i'l have any more!" is lie o d This is the Welfare Depart merit's answers in such a *t:»tc mcnt: They cm only be sterilized, under North (' iroltna law, if menla'ly ill. tnental'y retarded, or epileptic. Otherwise, steril ization would be unconstitu tional. Wo'/Hi'-ici"« will, ν·ΜΗοιι1 question. Cfht?«u· p ■ ·ν · fete fron ;y will nay fo.· < small amount of the coat of immorality. There appears to be no other alternative.