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"Tabor City — The Town With A City Future"
'TABOR CITY. NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 85. 1961
,Nlr.& MrsJJ. BelS Eiasaored
After 64 Years Cf Kütsrriaae
An aui.eu year οι inanuu
life means more "Millstone*"
to many couples, but not to the
John A. Bells of 317 Hickman
_road; to them it is another year
"of milestones.
Friday they celebrated their
64th wedding anniversary.
Members of three genera
tions of their family joined
Tabor Citians in wishing their,
continued health and happi
ness on the date of the aqniv,
ersary and·,the coraratulatioiy«
were accepted ci/ietty; humblf
ntss is the san£ quality whifn
expresses Mr . Bell'!» -interest
ιιΐ .. >'»»: tu· ι D'j.> : i.iu ü.·. 1
"The study ot .i>ti*i>ii >:·.».
the movement of the hvavci;: .
b«kiit!s. is M<nu-th>n:· th:··.".
mighty bi>?. and it makes mi4
feel mighty small "
John Λ. Doll an i Vir
ginia Harrelson wit»· mani· I
Jan. 20. 18y7. They liail been
engaged f«n tw.· years befo.v \
the ceremony was perfoftn."! ι
in her father's M'll Branch
home by Eh'er G> r G.<: .
•co. tfcey h.r' <· uiv.-d !..:i
!' ea: · "prlcr to their «.n·-., . -
Both, came fu-m · ;ι: m sj«h·!:.
. lit ·.«· » ;· IT \\ .··< :ilM»
; ;..··»· ·.«τ τ in l is native
l. tl S. t". sec'on, and
ii. ι working in
i> . ' »it 1 *>.
'! · .. .... ι» mi April 1,
' ι . .ι ;m · l; ιτηοι'.ΐ
i " ·\ ..,·■ .« '.'i\ ii War.
ι,. ΐ'.ίι < J.ni.
i. ·. their tr.arriuKe tl··.·
ι . ι 'i;r 'i\v· yi-.>rs at
ι ■ ·. i ?:..!» »r ΐ. vVillll
• . · IV «Ίι Vt lied. in 11»! -1
♦e; "> -v \:t. l\.U>r which
. '·· ;>y 1. .k village
! >!.. ti ,v .«tore.:. It!
!· ν ii !■ siow sur
irii. homo v.m it coton
field.
ι· t'iey hu\ ■ seen tli«,·
• J. . ■ ι · : tin·it lalU
liy.
:i; vatr the par
.r. < ; ά.· ehili.ivn, Velni.·..
w .virs. J. ..I. McGuugan .·ί
«"ι \ l,V Wey tl . Myr' le
• ·: t ι v. iliwist·'!; IIa
: 1. . λ Mrs .·. Κ. Bot well,
ν ,.y; in Jiihtitiio Vir
. . :·. u Mts. Joint fcl. Wrenn.
: I. on».
"·' >. * ι·;. ore tin· ur.:nd p;ir
'·■- < : 'it and «j ea'.-i,rand
;> r.-iit- O: llii.I·.
ι 11««»..*»t:Mr Deli's fi-year
' i:t i'n merehNntile l.u i
ι . ι··· whiclt bi ■; ii imineiti
!y ;iit»r '.ti' Efir> moved to
ί .· r ( ity. In. became Town
.·■.·.«. i v.huli In· credit
ably Iii!) f.»r many years.
While holding the latter post
i.t· wii- :i!j:h collector of light
and telephone t>i; I -. lie retired
in 1J50.
"What has been the most
ple eant portion of your mar
r i vein·."" Mr. Hell was re
'••n'ly i.sked.
"Ί ·· period since my retire
ii nt." he nswcrcd. cxplain
• r.u "Co w< been togetr.
vi· more." «ζ
i Mini'··' On Paie 2)
*SlEW OFFICERS — Pictured are the new oflie
The men were eleclrd to fill the po*ts ('u"'n·;
Steward: DavH Eincene < «'ok. Sr. V/ardrn: Λ
Master; Je**e R. Barker. Secretary; '.Vcn UII E. It ;·π it. >r. Deacon:
Warden: Arthur Bellamy, steward. Officers not show.ι Jie P.. Fiank
Fred llickman. Tpler.
<■>' ί Uj Ifa-totile Lojgi seOüÄÄ.
. ic" jr..! < rt t't ri· !U. ihajr are \V. f. C rib:,
ι it Jr., Jr.
it: I amen P. Hickman
Harold Hicl.man. .Jr.
Λ nun«, Tre-tvnrer: and
< 1 ν ii it f
SWEETHEART CONGRATULATED — Miss Bonnie Norris was crow neu the Tabor City FI \
Sweetheart Thursday at the Future Farmers' annual banquet, held in the school lunchroom
Eater she was congratulated by the club president. Harold Hughes, as other officers were
present. Pictured are (left to right) Ronald Herring, treasurer: Rachel Cox. F1IA president:
Ouis Fowler, sentinel: Scott Lowrimore. vice-president: Carroll Fonville. secretary: and Arth
ur Tompkins, reporter.
Miss Norris FFA Sweetheart
BANK PROGRESS
C. Lacy Tate, president of
the Waccamaw Bank and
Trust Company's chain, re
ported to some 250 stock
holders at the annual meet
ing in Whiteville Thursday
that the 35th year of the
institution was among the
must successful in its hist
ory.
.Mr. Tate1 pointed out to
Ihe stockholders at a gener
al business meeting preceed-'
j ing a banquet that the bank's
net earnings for 1960 totall
ed S288.570.19, a ten percent
increase over 1959. He also
reported that the banks
sained S3.500.000 in deposits
in 1950 without benefit of
any bank mergers such as
have been frequent in the
Stale in recent years. He
naterl that t!ie Waccsmaw
Hank had hud no mergers
since 1937.
Waccamaw Banks handled
more than 9,500 loans in
ίίΜΐΟ and thes·· loans totalled
riore than S7.900.000. Tate
reported.
Rotary Holds
L'dies Night
T'..v 's». ;t attended ladies
niiyU \<:.j ! iu!n home evjt
hv!'i by tlv local notary Cl.i'o
t. <*l: place at South of tne
*'or !«·: restaurant near Dillon.
S. C.. Monday iii«;lit. The Rot
arians anil wives attending
(«Hailed 48 and the meeting was
generativ applauded as the best
the club had held in many
years.
Arrangements for the ladies
nivjht were made by W. A. Wil
li ms and R. C. Soles, Sr.
Favors were presented to the
briies attending.
Vance C. Ward is a patient j
in I oris Community Hospital.1
His condition is reported crit- j
ica! at this time.
Miss Bonnie Norris was
crowned 1961 F. F. A. Sweet
heart Thursday night by Tab
or City's Future Farmers ol
America at their annual Fath
er-Son banquet.
The reigning Sweetheart is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. G. Norris and was chosen
by popular vote of the entire
F. F. A. chapter.
Following the dinner officers
ol the organization were intro
duced to guests, includlpg Her
•ld Hughes, president;' Scott
Lowrimoie, vice - president;
Ronald Herring, treasurer;
Carol Fonvielle, secretary; Ar
thur Tompkins, reporter; Ot'is
Fowler, reporter; F. E. Lay Jr.
and S. L. Jackson, advisors.
Guests weie entertained oy
the club's president at the pi
ano for solos; bp the F. F. A.
quintet composed of David
Coleman, Carroll Fonvielle,
Jimmy Burroughs, Tommy Spi
i vry and Sammy Williams; plus
! several gin la ι numbers played
by Melvin Tompson, Scott
I.owriinore, Gene Mills, accom
panied by Hughes at the pi
ano.
line of the highlights of the
urogram was the drawing for
j-.ifts by which ino:-t persont
.itten.äng the banquet came a
way with an item doiirted ίο
♦Ve club by Tabor City inorcli
Uits .
The F. F. A. president was
introduced by R::ehel Cox,
president of the Future Home
makers chapter. The η e w
Sweetheart was introduced by
Scott Lowrimore.
Also attending were memb
ers of the county board of edu
cation, men of the local high
school faculty, and a number
of merchants.
Rl'EY IIEWFTT .
Ruey Hewitt is η patient .n
the Southeastern General Hos
pital. Room 257. Lumberton
where he underwent a major
operation Tuesday morning.
Miss Tabor City
Candidates Are
Wanted By Club
Which young lady of tin· '!' -
bor City shopping-area b. ι
qualities to represent tί.·· town
in Ijeayty page.int.-. and 1«»c .!
events during 1 ϋΟ 1"
' Tabor Citv Civitatis want .
know and t>» lind the answer
will stage a Miss Tabor C.:..
contest on Krulay night. Match
Ml, in the school audit<<riun·.
Mrs. Berime S< μ t:s a*i t
Mrs. Billy Page will direct il -
event, ».-curding In Civ.i.i.i
president Winston (J"!v. T;uy
will welcome the nanus ol
candidates who can quali;\ tvi
being not older than 21 n< ι
younger than .i hish school
jiiiii.·«·. unmarried. and pi.-s··,.
pois*e and be ui'y.
Tile c. nti 'l will be divi '<· '
into three phases: sti'ei't cl<>thi .
bat..inn Miii and »»veiling „"Wi.
A nun's fashion show will
••Iso oe integrate.! into tl.e
Mr '.ii Id program.
''."he iuw Alis. Τ ■ ι Ci:v.
V/vll a: the 1:1 ι enu-r-u;· \ ι
be ι :vsi nt .si ' t i.i. s by tl:■
Civiti'.n (' tii>.
J LOU »DA v:nit
Mr. and Mrs Paul I'riia ·
:.nd daughter, ι'.*! i.· -a c;«e. an
Mrs. 11. Ii. McKn vis d ;w
and Mi>. Kenne, ι II >.μμ·
Titusx illc. Fla. also Μ .ι:.
Mis. Bruce J: cksnt, rn 1η·.ι:ι.ι
River City. Fla.
MRS. WOODROW Μ \RTIN
Mrs W'oodrow Va.t.n ι- ι
patient in Lorts C<>: muni';.
Hospital whet · she in. i« . . ι ·
uigery Monday
DICKIE ROZII R
Dickie Rozier is :» »rttient τι
I oris Community 11<·<ριΐ;»ί.
• vi a ■-iv wri fJ.w Λ m »
Outstanding Man
Sought By Jssycees
Τ;.» r City .).·>ivtv or·· sc >·.·
. hit·:', :· ·':<· <«l«' .III' t-H >« ·ι. ;
:ηηιι < Ι Μι<· t,»«s;i?»s :ut.v.
. .t Vi > ■ r ihf Iii r Ci y
Jui.i· : Cu; iri'.i · < i ( :un ■
u.v i tU. ;i lJi>tit;j;uish<-d Sc. .
ι«.··· Α wart! t·. the j num nu ·
Ik tv. > »i t;.·· i. .
*vho h... c«ritribir<(! thi· i.n '.
ovt lall, t<» th<· civiv vmtuivs -i»
liit· iommtir.it.· .
ί<<·ι .\lilis chairman <>! tΐ?τ ?
\c.tr" prnjffi. I '■· 1 ay i:
I- <·' ■ Ü i- tht til «I'Mill ι ι nom
ination· .
Λ:ι> ;Η·Γ:-·»η ιν ·· iinniitiii'«.·
\vh· iih'v·.·»· he li i-Is h;i> ma it
tin lit ι · · Ί · ■.·'.!?:« '. ·>·
the· vvt 'tnr«· ·· lainr City.
fCt.j»iiir ' f.i i h·.'.»!«! t·«· ri.i:··'
l«> in Tab >r ( I:% ι ι gi· -
I II III i:.!ll 11 JJUI · :ι i 1 I! *1-1 -
Pharnncv.
!'ι !■ winners of this award
:l: ·.'( .,· μ |J.-n L. Ν< smith III,
ι "» ιίπιΐ:. Richard Gordon,
! Carter, Harold Ward,
. η :. C<>x.
ι .! >c ν are also making
ι ι·,"Λ ίι!ί· s 'arch for "Ou!
• : ι... >'« ·ιιϊί>ϊ Farmer" cart
■· honor which was
• II. -i year to Graham
il. ι ι. Whiteville farmer.
Γ · ·! >· vishinß to nominate
.· · ' o!isidi*ix*fl an out
t ir.-iii;·; voting farm·.·!·, should
ι · ni ,i Lyi.wood Mills, Tabor
City
Winru: - ot the two honors
:.i d ■ t the Dis
· . i I S< rv <.■<■ Awards ban
hf'ulwi by the Jaycees
Hoefi©c^sning Event
Is Set Ht Williams
¥m Friday üight
Williams Townslvp ^ hool's annual Homecoming
ha kcthali «rann» will I»· played Friday night starting
at 7 when ll:e Λ<ίΐπ.·< and Farn«·rettes of Williams
meet the Nakina Indians.
Airs. IV»' ; Thompson and Air. Jesse Yaught will
iVilJS Lo.-<;',
•igning Queen
tuiiee
to graduates
of Williams
Township in
the h i κ h
s e h ο ο 1 li
brary from
6 ::i(i until
7:8().
At the half
of the boys
Kam«», nine
Κ i r 1 s will
compete for
the title of
Homecoming
Queen.
Gayle Long·,
the I960
Queen, will
c r ο w η the
newly select
ed queen.
Judges for
t li e contest
a r e Μ r s .
Evelyn Leon
ard of The
Tabor Ci t y
Τ r i Ι» υ η e ;
. · I lr i'OUVI .·. 1 'it- \ I'WS
of 'j'iM· ν' nihü·; Cnu i! ;
Μ...Λ Sttwari ι i llw WKNC
, ..j \\ ill ι i vc ;if in ι '.t ι · 1
<\·ι nit nit>
<J;i■«:i i-«>ni—
ai:ti t**i \«f.
S;i-it' ' it"' it. -i»>n ·. ι ' ΐ
">y t;i Μ lit πι flub; Η ·>
:.»r: ro - .»»>· t»! κτλ. ΚΗΛ
Mt»;i.»S! .".Ii ciub < ri · ,ν: t· -
ittir-in-fhk'f *>? "TV Aggit.'
She· »< t'l·· ti;iu· M· r . ! Mi. l.i t
■ .1' . "·> V, J*| ■ !λ I!. < :.» -
't^ii.
CI As ·. Wi: . <!>'. t "I -
o<t b\ t!u· F'i!n!v I? «iioni >kt'r^.
a tfC'Sf nvi,: >·)· Hu r "ί th»
. poi'. r: anil .l;uk Habits
.Ni'u s.
t ι■ i< ι:: council, varsity
. λ 11; ι. i t. mi Μ i.-s Ward is
ι ·. htei i>! Mi and Mrs.
I. Η W. id.
Μ'ππη Himhcs. sponsored
i > !li·· -tuden? council: a mem
!m · ■ t · ni ii"ni;im flub, var
i \ ι . -k· ib II Ir im, student
. unci'. "Λκιί·'" business man
. r hit m ther Mrs. Rnbv
'.· 1 :· ■ >t Tab<>r City. She is
a ι ni< r.
. ί"' re. ι juni> r. sponsor
i ' by Kutir .· Tea· hers <>f Α
ι. ι ·.'·.· uviuber of ΚΗΛ. FT A,
(Continued On Pam· 2)
F»CRIVING EAOLU ΒΛΠΟΚ·* Ihr Fair Γ.Ινί» hl*h «rhool and«t
orlum fan. II», wrrr wvrn ho«* fron» that «own. rh«» »mpr"*«'!'«
Court of Honor br««-*h( If· a film»* r, » η' 1!ι · mTil Ji Iii rulsli-il
honor* thai has tr«·« h.stov<*<i «τη J λir ftlu«'' >»n I )«·> 'ttlrns, ft
in entirely poviiblr that this w.n ;.ir lir.t timr vvn li</>s freiu one
(nop la UM «täte have been awarded Εa«I· badge*. th· hlfhcat
award In srontlm:. at one Court of Honor aesalon. The »fVffi, pi««
their parents and «th^rs takln« part In the ceremonies are shown
above. Th-p Incluie from left to rlaht Mr. and Mn Jim
an.: »on iantl?, Mr. and Mrs. t'pruitl Brltt anX mm lUn.'.jr. 1.1 >
Scout Jimmy Renfrew, Mr. and Mr*. Louis Rotere and aon uoagU ·.
A tar Mat Pete Wlllta. Bill WUIta—on and Iwt MaaUr Irrd
"'•.Hph'lnc" 1H.· I;i*t -f thr Γ5;Μν τ':ι-·>γ. Μ'. Τ1 Mr«. Willard
Small jη · t>avl . · s ••••I ' <:·. Tvr-r. Vr. i>nrt
■ t tt , -■ ·· ' r " t■· » Μ«·»-··, and
• ι f .,· .ι ι . · m> itir. m Hit
nmii) j Iii«·«· t< ι *»»♦ tercm^.ii . as vmt«·'* c«jin»· fvom ail over tlic
county to witness tbr MV«n youth» «· th*y rwrivtd Ei(l· »wards.