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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 88
"Tabor City — The Toum With A City Futuren
TABOR CITY, KORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 22, 1961
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HIGHEST HONORS »riven by the Tabor City Junior Chamber of Commerce each year are
those received by Frank Nesmith (left). Jack Rraiwh (center), and Clifford Gore (right) Wednesday
night at the Jaycees' annual Distinguished Services Awards banquet. These men were named "Out
standing Young Man of tlu» Year". "Outstanding Young Farmer", and "Outstanding Jaycee"
respectively. Branch, who is pictured with lüs family, is an Evergreen R1 farmer.
»Frank Ncfsmifh lamed Tabor City's
Outstanding Young Man Of Year
Krank Μ. Nesmith, .*]
was named the Tabor Ci
Wednesday nijfht at the
vice Awards banquet he
of Commerce.
■ Bill Henderson of Rai
ment of conservation and do
velopment and past presided
of the North Carolina Jaycee»
was featured speaker and pies
ent the aprd to Nesmith.
The honor was based on th
recipient's contributions to th
civic and church organization
of the town.
Equally honored wore c/ii
) ford Gore who received th
Jaycees, Key award foi sc-r vi. ι
to his club, and to Jack Branch
m med Outstanding Youni
Farmer of the year.
Nesmith, after graduatin;
from Tabor City schools, at
tended the C>t<iv!el U>r twi
years before entering the Armj
in 1944, serving in the Philli
pines and Japan. Discharged ir
1946, he returned to the Cita
del from which he received ί
Β. S. degree in business admin
istration in 1949.
Before he entered the insur
ance business, Nesmith spent
several years with Waccamaw
Bank and Trust Company, ol
which his father, Ben L. No
smith, is executive vice-presi
dent. His employment with Hit
bank, however, was interrupt
ed for an 11-month period
> When he returned to the Army
during the Korean conflict.
In 1953 he joined his brother,
Ben L. Nesmith III, as a part
ner in Nesmith Insurance Ag
ency. Tabor City.
Church Leader
"Frank Nesmith is one of our
most active members of St
Paul Methodist Church," say.«
his pastor. Rev. P. H. Layfield
He is a certified lay speaker
chairman of the official (οι
immediate ruling) board, and
president of the young adull
Sunday School class.
Too, as chairman of tht
church's Higher Ε d u c a t i ο r
drive several years ago, Taboi
City Methodists went abovi
their quota.
Civic Life
"You've got the wrong man,"
Nesmith told those attending
the awards banquet Wednes
day when he was. na>ned Taboi
City Young Man of the Ye;«r
But the nomination committet
had alreadly reviewed — and
were impressed with—his tire
less efforts with projects con
ducted as a member of the Ro
tary club, Columbus Countj
Insurance Agents Association
He is currently president o<
both organizations, and al.«
a member of the Masonic lodg·.*
Nesmith is married to thi
former Carolyn Floyd of Fair
mont. They have a son, Frank
McGougan Nesmith Jr., 8: ant
a daughter, Lynn, almost ί
pear· old,
Otttetandlnf Jayree
That Clifford Gore, although
·■ Jaycee for only one year
was indeed most deserving U
receive the Key award, memb
er* of the banquet agreec
heartily.
Given for distinguished ser
vice to his club, the key repre
sented his work on many pro
ject·, Including the Mis· Co
4-year-old insurance agent,
ty Young Man of the Year
annual Distinguished Ser
ld bv the .Junior Chamber
eigh with the State Depart
- lumbus Oumty p.igeant, .1
t needy childre·. s party, and ra
, 1 dio broadcasts to raise funds
• tor Boys' Home and indigent
I youth.
Gore is presentIp finalizing
: 1 plans for the 1!ΙβΙ Teenage R<>
1 (!eo which has as a piuposc the
I encouragement of better auto-'
·, mobile driving habits through
;'an annual competition.
■ j He is ?lso tiie organization'.-;
, secret·.ι y.
; T iis » utstanding Jaycee is
Miss Gayle Kelly
Meredith Grad
Onyle Kelly. of Tabor Citv.
was graduated at the Meredith
I College commencement, reteiv-I
■ ing the decree of bachelor :>f
ί arts.
Miss Kelly, history major, is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
• David 11. Kelly of 206 Orange'
I Street, ami Gayle is a 19Λ7 ί
j graduate of the Tabor City I
Hiih S.hool.
At Meredith, she was a very
active student. She was a mem- |
ber of the International Rela
tions Club and the Student
League of Women Voters. She
ί was also a member of the Bar
ber Science Club and the A
mercan Guild of Organists.
County Police Cut
Three Stills Friday
Horry County l*ollce hit a
hard lick at the bootlegging
industry in I'pper llorry Fri- I
day.
I County Pollermrn Buddy {
Fowlrr. Willis Ciusr. Clinch ι
Prriw-nifr, J. W. Stevens ι
and llarvry llou*and rut
■ thrre still»:
Λ 200-rallori cooker at
Ton*»: a 300-r a! Ion Job In ;
thr Jam and a 100-gallon
»' outfit In thr wmr irrnrral 1
wrtlon.
About 2.090 Rallonn of
mash wrrr dratroyrd at Ihr |
atlll nrar Long*. 4.00!) Kai
Ion» at onr of thr Jam still*
and 600 gallons at thr oth
er.
narried to the former Hilda R.
Wright: their (laughter Motu
is three years old.
Outstauding Farmer
Jück Bianeh. Evergreen far
mer, was named as Columbus
oi.uty's outstanding young
I armer.
This was the fifth consecu
tive year the Tabor City Jav
iers have honored outstanding
young farmers in the county.
Past winners include: 1957,
Ralph Jolly, Tabor City; 19$8,
Irvin hnzor, Fairv Bluff; 19&9.
Γ·'·· Hooks, Wniteville ana
196». Graham H»rf«1i«n;
WhitevUle. Jolly went on ta
\\iii ΙΉ North Careltna out
standing young farmer award
in l!'57 Lh anch will compete
on the Statt· level and the State
honor will be awarded in Laur
j inburg.
Blanch is a graduate of Ev
ergreen high school and he at
tended Mars Hill college for a
year before returning to farm
in a partnership with his fath
er. He is active as a member
of the Lennon's Cross Roads
' Baptist church and the Young
Farmers club of that area,
ι He was chosen from six other
ι men competing for the coveted
award.
Lynwood Mills, chairman of
, the Young Farmer of the Year
t ommittee, presented Branch
his award.
iessrt Fund Drive
is Set For Sunday
V1MIIU1UUÜ ΙΟΙΙΙΙ
ty and the United States vol
unteers will visit their neigh
bors Sunday, February 26. to
?-;l for Heart Fund contribu-,
iiens :inc' to distribute health
savmg information. Volunteers
will leave ;it each home a
ρ imphlel ti lling how to protect
children from rheumatic heart
lisease, and providing latest
information about heart attack,
hijih blood pressure and strok
s. In addition to distributing
this important information on
siew advances in the fight
against heart diseases, the heart
fun.I volunteer gives each cit
izen an opportunity to play a
personal role in the crusade
against the nation's number
one health enemy.
"Your gift, which you can
seal in a Heart Sunday enve
lope the volunteer will hand
you, will strike a blow at the
diseases which took more than
900.(»00 American lives—54'; of
the total number of deaths in
litis country. Mrs. Evelyn Leon
ird. Heart Chairman for Tabor
City advised, "Give generously
♦or every heart in your fam
ily."
Heart Sunday marks the peak
of the 1961 Heart Fund Cam
paign which the Columbus Co
unty Heart Association began
on February 1. Proceeds from
the drive make it possible to
expand the research, education
and community service pro
gram against the heart and
blood vessels diseases. More
than 50 million Heart Fund
Dollars have been channeled
into research in the past dozen
years. Other millions have
been spent to bring the na
tion's physicians, through med
ical journals and scientific
meetings, the new knowledge
'eve!oped through research.
Additionally, through com
munity service programs that
grow in number each year, the
Heart Association guides t >vd
iacs towards resusing active
lives, aids in the prevention of
rheumatic fever, forerunner of
rheumatic heart diseases, and
carries on other essential heart
saving activities. Heart Sunday
volunteers will leave pre-ad
dressed envelopes lor families
that art· not at home so that
they may readily mail their
contributions to the Heart As
sociation Office. Cart· of the
Tabor City Tribune. Contribu
tions may also be sent to
HEART care of the local post
master.
THE HEART DAYS FOR
BUSINESS DRIVE
The Heart Days For Business
Drive, conducted by leaders of |
Tabor City business commun
ity begins today and continues
through next week. Volunteers
will canvas business and pro
fessional offices and stores in
the down town area for con
tributions to the 1961 Heart
Fund.
Medical research supported
by contributions to the Heart
(Continued On Page 4)
Driver Dies On
ChadbonrnCurve
Curtis Dobson James, 49, was
killed instantly Alis (Wednes
day) morning when his 1955
Plymouth failed to round a
curve on US 74, about two
miles west of Chadbourn.
Coroner J. B. Long, Jr., who
was called to the scene of the
wreck by Patrolman G. T.
Lane, said today that it ap
pears that James may have
gone to sleep at the wheel for
there is no evidence that brakes
were applied before the vehicle
crossed the left side of the
road, hit a small pine and roll
ed over in front of a home in
I the Birdcage community.
The deceased, whose address
was listed on personal papers
as 826 East 7th street. Lumb
irton, was found by the offic
ers pinned underneath the car,
having died of head and chest
J injuries.
A program of the N. C. Lit
tle Symphony concert held in
Whiteville last night suggested
that James may have attended
nnd was enroutc home when
the wreck occurred.
Unemployment Office Τ ο Open In Τ abor
Each Thürs· Morning Beginnina Mar· 2
All persons in the Tabor Cily
.rea who are drawing unem-.
ployment insurance iiom the
Employment Security Commi.—!
«ion of North Carolina can I
;ign up weekly tor these pa\-j
I met its in Tabor City rather j
than in Whiteville beginning
with Thursday, March 2.
In the past, the only point
in Columbus County that the
unemployed could make appii
ation for these insurance pay
ments was in Whiteville. The
heavy load of claimants from
Tabor City has not only work
ed a hardship on the staff in
Whiteville on Wednesday but
has been of considerable in
convenience to Tabor City area
citizens who were applping for
the weekly benefits.
Taken up as a project by the
Tabor City Merchants Associa
tion, the procuring of the spot
point in Tabor City moved
rapidly. The employment com
mission expressed the desire to
locate in Tabor City following
the request by the association.
Yesterday, Mrs. Sadie H.
Jones, supervising interviewer,
visited Tabor City and advised
Exec-Sec. Ken Lovell and
President W. Horace Carter
that they would open the office
on March 2, if suitable quart
ers for the interviews would be
provided by the Merchants As
sociation.
Mrs. Joues was advised that
the present offices of the Mer
chants Association would be
available, and she expressed
the belief that these would be
prefectly acceptable.
C. D. Brothers, manager of
the Lumberton office, was ad
vised by Henry I. Shepherd,
«Mm
area supervisor, that it was ad
visable tu set up the temporal y
spot point ill Tabor City where
approximately 200 claims ;i
week originate. These claim
ants ill the past have hail to ι
make the trip to Whiteviile :
and in many eases this was a j
hardship costing the individual
several (lollars transportation!
which he hail to pay from hi.- >
.-mall unemployment check. j
While Tabor City has been1
designated a temporary spot j
point, Mr. Shepherd said in hist
letter that the office would In·;
maintained here "as lung as it
is needed." Mrs. Jones pointed j
cut that if the number of'
claimants stayed at anywhere ι
neat the present high level j
they would continue the point ]
here indefinitely.
The office will be open lor
those applying for unemploy
ment benefits every Thurso .y
morning from 9:30 until 12:00.
Three persons from the Km
plopment Security Commission
will be on hand during these
hours each Thursday and will
handle both old and new in-1
surance claims.
"While these folks may over- '
crowd our office during this'
three and half hour period each
Thursday morning, we feel that :
this is a good thing tor Tabor j
City. It will save approximate
ly 200 people many miles o! '
travel and inconvenience. Folks 1
in the Nakina and Clarendon j
areas will find the mileage j
considerably less than in the I
past as well as those who are
on Tabor City routes." Carter
said.
Mrs. Jones said that the I
present claimants would be ad
vised that th< Tabor City office
would ha:.tile their claims if
they live closer tu Tabor than
Whiteville. She said tin· fact
that they si.ned up ciuirnanis
.n Wniteville on Wednesday
and Tabor Cily on Thursday
would have no bearing «>n tX
time element involve»! in toiks
getting their •necks. She s.iiii
that they would be handlet*
p'omptly in every event and
that the two office set up in
Tlie county would probably
make receipt of payments even
quicker than before. "It cer
tainly will not slow anybody's
claim down who signs up on
Thursday in Tabor City rather
than it. Whitcville," Mrs. Jones
sait'.
Curtis Nance Heid
For Grand Jurors
On Accident Probe
Willie Curtis Nance. 2'Λ. of
Chadbourn Hi. 1. was ordered
to appear before the Grand
Jury for investigation of a Feb.
13 automobile accident i η
which he was the driver of a
car that went out of control on
a rural paved road near Cerro
Gordo, plowed into a field, net
ting .ι broken neck and eventu
al death for his passenger. Ern
est Williams, 50-year old Cerr.»
Gordo Negro.
Nance has alreadly been
charged with reckless driving
and having no operator's lic
ense.
The Grand Jury action came
as the result of a hearing be
fore Coroner J. B. Long Jr. in
Whiteville last night
Booze Raids
Net Arrests
lilt-gal whiskey operations
took top pi iority on the Colum
bus County work list during
the week with two stills taken
and one grocery store raided
lor the unlawful merchandise.
On Thursday Deputies J. D.
Fowler and John Coleman ar
rested Purdell Ward, about 25,
and his mother, Mrs. Het Ward,
at their home in Lees township,
charging them with possession
of materials for the manufact
ure of illegal booze.
A 150-gallon "sub" type still
was found in an outbuilding on
their farm and the worm and
couplings were discovered in
W'aru s automoDüe which was
parked in front of the home.
The officers went to the
scene of the investigation with
a search warrant in hand.
On the following day Deputy
Al Eason destroyed a 100 gal
lon distillery in Bolton town
ship's Buckhead section.
Three of Sheriff Ben Duke's
deputies made a surprise call
on Mrs. Maggie Todd and
James A. Long Saturday night
ut their grocery store, located
on highway 701, 2 miles north
of Whiteville. On the presmises
of Todd's Groveries Officers J.
ID. Fowler. T. C. Butler and
Charles Smith confiscated 14
pints of bonded whiskey .
Mrs. Todd, who was arrest·
ed for a similar offense several
weeks ago, and Long bere both
charged with possession of tax
paid whiskey for the purpose
of sale.
IDA GRAY CASQUE WEE RENE STEVENS
Miss Tabor Contest Has
8 Entered, More Wanted
ι ru· sea re η continues in Ta
bor City for "good-lookers" to
I appear in the Civitan Club's
beauty pageant slated for Fri
iav night. March 10.
I Already entered in the an
nual Miss Tabor City competi
tion are eight youngsters, ac
cording to th< show coordinat
ors, Mrs. Billy Page and Mrs.
Bermey Stevens.
They are listed according t >
the order of their entry in the
contest:
Sue Kelley, 17. daughter of
I Mr. and Mrs. David Kelley. W
I a junior in Tabor City High
School.
Margie Grainger. 17. the
daughter of Mr and Mrs. Eu
gene Grainger, is also a jun
ior.
Ida Gray Gasque of Rt. 3,
Whiteville. is a senior at Wil
liams Township school, and the
daughter of Mr and Mrs. D. II
Gasque.
Another Williams Township
entrant is Miriam Hughes, a
senior, the daughter of Mrs.
Rubp Hughes. Rt. 1, Clarendon.
Wee Rence Stevens, daught
er of Mr and Mrs Davis Stev
ens, is the second Tabor City
senior class member to be ent
ered in the line-up.
I Later registering were Judy
Grainger, Geraldine Foldings,
and Lora Lee Grice.
The Miss Tabor City pageant,
once an annual affair, has been
I discontinued for sveral years
due to date-conflicts with th
miss Columbus County pageant,
j but acroroing to Civitan Presi
| ('cut Winston Gort·, "This year's
contest should be better than
i ever!"
Meanwhile, the names of
! more yirls are wanted by the1
sponsor*. On the subject Mrs.
Page said today, "If anyone
knows of other young ladies!
j who are between 16-21 years I
j old who should be in the pag
e.nt. please let us know their,
j names."
The pageant will be staged
I in the school auditorium, and j
I additional entertainment is;
j planned to round out an eve
ning of fun.
VALENTINE QUEEN
Mrs. Richard Ross, formerly
Shelba Jean Hux of this city,
ία·as selected Valentine Queen
i>l Beta Sigma Phi Sorority at
the annual Valentine Ball held
st the Elk's Home in Elberton
Cla. J
She was crowned by V
Felix Comolli, sorority spons
Mrs. George A. Ward was
lected as first runner-up a
Mrs. Kenneth Winn, was set
t>nd. 1
Mrs. Ross, daughter of Mr*
Ben H. Hux and the late M*
Hux. is medical technician a.
Ihe Elberton - Elbert County
Hospital.
Consolidation Plan
K;iir Bluff mm and women—
us represented at a recent
meeting <>f the Parent-Teach
ers association—have gone on
record as being dissatisfied
with "the quality of the coun
ty's present day education."
The discussion, at which this
sentiment was expressed, was
voiced following a panel dis
I mission on the current move to
consolidate the Fair Bluff,
Evergreen and Chadbourn high
schools into a single, centrally
located unit.
Λ large number of "interest
ed persons" joined the PTA in
•their meeting Monday night.
Feb. 13. where the subject was
re-discussed.
Among the comments ef
those not favoring consolida
tion were the thought that th«
proposed reorganization would
promote a loss of the "togeth
erness" feeling now existing,
and that close relationships be
tween teachers and student«
would be less possible.
Some feel that parents wouM
find it difficult to attend DM·
ings involving their chlMvat tt
the school site was ehMMMl
from its present location; oflh
ere "
MABOIB GRAINGER
SUE KELLEY
: »· v i
MIRIAM HUGHES