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VOLl'ME XV. NUMBER 30
"Tabor City — The Town With A City Future99
TABOR CITY. NORTH CAROLINA
WEDNESDAY. MARCH 8. IS61
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i mercnanvs meet
Set For Thursday
Τ:κ· si Cond quarterly meet
i:i ; n>r 1.11 members of '.hi
I'.ib.ii· C.t\ Merchants Associ
i ii'n v. ill bv held Thursday
i.irht iit 7;;,0 ill the Sandp
♦ Mains Community Club build
i.' . K.i y ntembci of the «is
•vj iation is u»g._-u t«· attend
this »iCv liiig.
In an effort to further ex
|1. .n and inciuia*.' tho ιι e .·ι
t..«- ι tiuLr v_.it> Oiv.it Bure.iu,
.'.i.s. .vl.ib.·! Li\\!s owner tini
i pjr.itor of the Credit Bureau
of t.umbei ton. X. C., will be
I , u.l to ι iscuss ibis topic.
ι ,i.„s hi. j operated a cr.·
i ι Lu.uiii for several years
ί-:ι . is v/ell verse i on all
I' a-es oi credit bureau opcr
| «.lions.
I The meeting will be an
ι "eating meeting" and the food
ι wib i,e prepared by th»· ladies
I of the Sandy Plain community,
ι Any business pertinent t.j
the operation of the merchants
I ^ association during ltttil will bo
I ' open for discussion and a brief
resume of the activities will be
piesen'-d.
"Previous meetings of the
members of the association
have not been well attended.
We are hopeful that every
merchant will make a since!e
effort to attend this gathering.
The directors have been active
during the few months they
• have been in office and every
eftort is being put forth to
make thi association one of
tile best in the country. We
hope that these efforts are
paying dividends and that tile
membership will turn out for
this meeting," W. Horace Cart
er. president, said today.
I y>
REVIVAL SERVICES
Revival services will be hfld
ι 4* at the Saint I'aui .Methodist
Church the »eck of March 'J0
21 announced the Rev. P. II
I.ayfield. Jr.. pastor.
Services will be held each
cvf.iine at 7:30 with the Rev
V,'. H. Stevens, pastor of the
Trinity .Methodist Church. Λ\ΊΙ
mington. ·,ι> su-st minister.
Kt'V. W. Earl Sliotwcll. pastor
ut tut* Quankic H.iptist Climen
uf Roanoke Ilapius, N. «tii
he the visiting rvaiiiii'list at a
scries of revival services tli.it
bei.iii at the Carolina llapiist
Church Sunday evening. March
12. at 7:30. Services will con
tinue each night at the same
time throughout the week.
Insurance Asso.
Holds Meeting
The Columbus County Insur
ance Association met Tuesday
night at Coleman's at Calabash.
Recognized guests were Dan
Taylor and I'ete Sizemore of
Estman and Co.. .1. U Gibson
of Textile Insurance Co.. also
Charles W. Lewis of the Slate
Insurance Dept.
Kudy Kaircloth. former Tabor
City resident, now Associated
Press photographer, gave ;·
summary of Governor Terry
Sanford's Traffic Safety plan
and also showed a group of
photographs lie had taken
which covered many interest
ing points all over the world.
»tiivi ».«.isaeao : MR- ί
NEaT-TO-1»KST — Tabor City's Devilettes walked off with the WAA
basketball tournament's runner-up award Friday night, having been de
feated ΐ·ι Hu· tonnianient l»y Kladenl>oro's Lady Bulldogs. Shown placing
llie »oveted trophy in the school's showcase are (I-r) Co-captains Judy
Crninger, lOula Mae Arnette with Coach J<»hn Small. (Third co-captain,
Carrie Jean Wray. was out of town when the trophy was placed in the
ciiso.)
Annua! Pageant Set April 28
.Mi - Columbus C'liuniv wit
χ· chosvn "ii Finiay ovt-niiij
April Hi'., says Tabor CUv"
Junior Chamber ·>t C<>uuiu-n.v
ipunsors i f rti'· annua! «ν nt.
Servian ι ιι t!u· entn s cum
nit· a ν .Itmr.i.v darrt Ii. «>v
■ml! v'.i.iiiim in ot tin p.rivant
Hiiy r Mills I'.u-h.iifi I'nx an
liariiUI W.irtl. W to! v. ill ai.
we as publicity chainiun·
Λ si'Ui'Lh lias ill·«· ι :-.· starii
1« linrl a Kruiip of rt-pri-sont·..
ι να Cult"·:! ι' Cmi. y be Jill
Loi ti p ntii ipati in piu·
ant. Wan! ti.-lay "Any·»:'!
who knows a p«.'i.»i>nabli
HMUti ii'.is and Τ !■ ,·.1· <1 you;::
laciy i.< rt'tj'.ii'stfd In suf««<
UT ti· till c< ιιι:ηϊΜι·ι· -,s a )iiw·
•t: Ii· conti·.···? ant in tlie· pa;·
■ant
Ί'<> i)·· «·'ι·b!ι* ι >r tin· Mi-:
ι lunib County pageant ·
I cunU'Munt must bo between
. the ι s "t I» and on Sept.
- 1 Τ <!. she mu.st be a hi.»ii
In ml graduate by Sept. 1, and
must never h.ive been married.
• She must |»>.-.-->'Ss talent, either
• ι· ιίπ··<1 ι·! |M>u ntial. which may
: it *-»·.»<: pi iyin<! a musical in
> 1111: n · · t»t. dramatics, dress de
1 ijnni;. ,ό tiding nr any of the
I ·>11ι«·ι fine arts. If she wislv-s
I to puisne a professional career
.•(such as nursing) she may
. present a .'{-minute talk on her
. ] r*. ι < i:s to»· selecting such a
career < r on her training to
:»nd he!' aims in that pro
] less ion.
[j Ward also noted that it is
• the aim of the Tabor City Ja.v
• eees to ρ oduce the 19(51 Miss
N'oith Carolir..i. "With the help
; from all eiti/.e'is of Columbus
ι in oi»i.lining ti.e nv st taluitei1
and best-looking girls, we
could very well come up with
a winner this year," he said.
Newsmen Meet
With Highway
Pairol Tuesday
Highway patrolmen, Troop
3,.established a "first" in thei,
program to promote safety
with a meeting of newsmen of
I heir 13- ounty area Tuesday
night in Fayetteville.
With virtually every news
paper and radio station repre
sented. North Carolina High
way Patrol «»fticers had a
chance to talk over their prob
lem?· of combatting the rising
rate of traffic accidents and
associated preventive meas
ures, includim; news coverage.
Columbus County newsmen
included VVriy Thompson of
the TRIBUNE; James High,
NEWS ISEP< >KTEH: Jack Bab
its. COLUMBUS COUNTY
NEWS; and Mar\ Stewart of
WENC. Aceompanping th. in
was Cnl. r.'i. L. 1'ate of the I'a
tr< I etil-··.· m WhSteville
This marked tho first mh '■
news-media meeting organize«
to acquaint writ« rs with offic
ers of ;l ' patiol i>. _,;ni/ati«»i.
Hosts of the meeting, wlii.h
was highlight«·: i by an oystei
roa<t. wen· C.ipt. T« τη Brown
nd 1 : John I iws The group
jat'vr·.! at the Arthur T.
Μι οι«· 1.1 ige which is owned
>y tin N. C. Highway Patrol.
Omega Chapter DKG
Holds Reception
The Omega Chapter of Delta
Kappa Gamma International
Honorary Sorority for teach
ers gave a reception at -th«·
home of Mrs. W. W. Woody on
Thursday. February 23. honor
ing F. A. A members and their
sponsors.
Aliss Elsie Elkins. pr«'sident.
»resided, Mrs. Sudie Martin
<ave an inspirational devotion
1 entitled "Building For
iternity."
Miss Grace Ri>salmd Hot h.
tudent trom Alaska, address
ed the group and answered
piistions on Alaskan Educa
ion and Customs.
I Following the ρ r ο g r a m,
Hinch. sandwiches, nuts and
nints were served to twenty
<ur members, F T. A. guests
s«nd their sponsors from a table
ippointed with camclias and
ther sprinu flowers and tap»
•rs.
Hat Work Shop Set
By White's Fabric
A Hat Work Shop will be
eld at White's Fabric Shop on
"riday. March 10 and Monday
March 13. at 7:30 ρ m
Miss Yvonne Bennett, assisf
int home agent, will do the
lemonstration·«.
Anyone interejted in the
work shop map attend free bv
reservation through White's
Fabric Shop. The phone num
ber is «477.
♦ uarendon Native's Hobby 9s Painting
I "lui Hunt, age Η. studied
tlit' Si'i'iii' before Ιηί' the cui
Iin ς··.lit.lining th«· vi untj solit
ii>r jn.~t return«'I tu his pnr
t: t.>' hi.ni« . the I' itf w''ieh »>·> i
.· ·ρο . partly fr«>ni th«.· bier
t·. the fl. <.r w.umv a small i.·
I .v watch ism.
i he hit!»· (."'.rnendon girl was
ψ/ ( -. ply moM'.l wit'i the view,
even though it w;is only a
I \ .azit'.e picture. Hastily she
ι· aspeii In r pol.i ll anrt a she«·
..t ; api-r t<> ';up!ir.i.i' til«· seem·
Wh -ii it was (iiiislii· I she was»
: ι· It ha;« been a rathe;
: «KV'ssful «-tfort!
L.VIKI Hunt Harter today,
yi irs later, remembers that
Mr ι draw,n« a·- the inspiratin:<
«if her pursuit in painting. Ow
f «if her 1 . t ac'ik-v-merits—ai:'
larger undertakings — was a
mural which «.overs three walls
nf her Inther J. R. Hunt's liv
ing room in Clarendon.
"1 believe that a poet, arlis'
«r composer, eich enjoys th«
beauty of nature more Ihn;
other people," Mrs. Harte»
commented several days ag«
after iinishing the painting in
M.·. and Mrs. Hunt's home
ψ. Those who nave seen the land
soap«· agree that she certainly
expresses ati appreciation «>(
the outdoors in her work.
As a child, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hunt, she
studied the shapes «if trees,
their colors, the bh-nded hues
«if a simple sunset, moonlit
panar.'tnas, cloud formations;
all have been interpreted in
her paintings.
* How d«jes a country girl "g«>
to-town" with her artist's ed
ucation? Mrs. Harter was ask
ed .
"I studied art under a pri
vate teach«·!' for two years.'
she replii'd.
"This gave me more inspira
tion. I passed through the
phases of oils, pastel Is, chin.i
and fabric-painting."
Too. Mrs. Harter added t«;
φ, her knowledge of painting
through a Chicago Cf>rrespond
ence course and by buying
b«<ok« «»n the subject. She
oulrkly admits, though, thai
""My greatest teacher has beer
my brush and canvas," addini
ι mum ιιι,ιι cm <ii~iim> uvvt
lope a technique of their own,
am. never satisfied with im
work, so I try harded to b
more perfect with each ρ lini
ng"
Mrs. Harter's first exhibit "f
paintings was shown in Or
lando. Pia., where she resided
until recently. "It was a grev
Too. she painted murals foi
night clubs and had customers
from all over the United States
as well as one from Germany
Her paintings — including
scenes of Greenfield Lak>-.
Wilmington have been ex
hibited in the North Carolina
State museum, and she galne<,
more local recognition while
being intervued several weeks
ago on <i lo.al television sta
' tion.
IMrs. Harter, whose husband
I'aul is a teletype technician,
has one son who is a Co
'u-tious county resicieni, Kay
White ο! Λι·,ν Hope, <is well
a daughter, Mrs. Skip Artamd
' Harriüblirgh, Γη., and a soc
n I son. Dr Bill White of
Florida.
Mr«. J. Κ. Hunt of Clarendon admire< a serin· painted by Mrs. Paul Harter.
Mrs. Harter at work
Marketing Company Plans
Big Yam Income Contest
With ιίκ time fur bedding
swift potatoes at hand, th»
rubor City Marketing Com
pany is making tentative plans
toi sponsoring a big "Make
Mori· Money Growing Swee'i
Potatoes" erntest lor produc
ers in Columbus, Brunswick
mt I lorry counties, it was an
nounced today.
In an eifoi I to encourage
farmers o! the area to strive
tor ^i'calci production per aero
;.n«i liuis greater gross revenue
per acre of yams, the market
ing company—will present a
number of prizes this season
to those with the best records.
Awards will be made on the
basis of "highest average gross
receipts per acre. These re
ceipts will have to be substant
iatted by sales tickets from
the local dealers. Acreage of
those entries in the contest
will be thoroughly checked by
independent judges.
All producers entering the
contest will have to make of
ficial written entry into the
program rio later than July 1.
Entry blanks and details of the
contest will be provided by the
marketing company.
There will be three top a
wards in the contest that will
probably consist of trips and
plaques.
Growers must sell the ma
jority of their crop in Tabor
City or to a member of the
marketing company.
Jimmy Garrel), general man
iger of Tabor City Foods, Inc.,
in announcing the contest,
said "growers must think in
terms of gross receipts per
jcre and these receipts cannot
a«? high unless a good yield is
made.}'
"If ^producers will concert·
träte on this yam growing bus
iness and pruduce noteworthy
yields per acre, it will greatly
benefit the entire community
is well as those of us in the
yam business," Garrell said.
"We hope that every merch
nit will get behind the contest
and help us to create interest
ii the awards and in the yam
industry as a whole. We have
ieen in the yam business for a
long time and folks have be
i'unie indifferent to it. In other
iieas where it is a new thing,
{lowers are enthusiastic about
the profits from yams and they
»re really going all out to
nake the sweet potato a big
hinp. We need to renew our
efforts and get back in the big
lime production of yarns,"
Ciarrell said
He pointed out that Colum
i«us \am acreage has dropped
iroiii 7000 to -tooo acres and
lhat tin· State average per aure
* ι«-1·Ι is lt>3 bushels as com
l-ured with local average of
(inly }>.Γι bushels.
Hi also noted th.it while Ta
lx»i City sold 534.511· bushels
i| yams in 1953, the I960 vol
ume was only about 40,000
bushels.
"We need to promote an a
ivakeuiug among our good
farmers with a fresh new ap
proach to the yarn problem.
We have lost a lot of our mark
ets in re ent years and we
must «iiccuruge our yam in
Just ry or lose it," Garrell said.
Frank McGougan, Jr.
Addresses Seniors
Frank McGougan Jr., deliv
red tin fifth in a series of
five lectures to the seniors of
Williams Township School Fri
day afternoon, March 3.
The Tabor City attorney se
lected as his topic "The Ten
Commandments," and present·
d them from a lawyer's point
•f view .
Others who spoke to the sen
iors were: Rev. Ed Armstrong,
C. W Todd, L. P. Ward. Jr.,
md Clayton Lewis.
Ruritan Club Holds
Regular Dinner Meet
The Williams Township Rur
tan Club met at Wright's Res
taurant In I»ris on Thursday
■veiling, March 2. Twenty-one
neinbers were present.
After providing recorded
linner music. Gere West ent
ertained with a hu-nerous re
cording.
Gene West and Burdine Nor
tis were approved for memb
ership in the club.
Philip McPherson will play
lost to the goat until the nest
nesting.
Who Will Be
Miss Tabor?
-Names of judges lor liu· M.-.s
Tahm l"it\ pageant. I" In· la·:
od Friday night. are Ihm η μ kepi
a deep, dark sot·ret by mem
bers of liic Civitan C luu. spun
sors of ι he conte>:.
Reasons for tiie ικ.:ιη·> bein
withheld were i:.»t explained
today, but the club's preshimi
Winston Gore, said that he i>
lieves that tins will (·!.ι.ι.:ι:.·«ι
any chance of judges beiti.· i-i
flueneed in their choices bo
fore-hand. The judges will lie
from another county. Gore
stated.
Sixteen girls have been en
tered in the contest. They in
clude Geraldine Kddings. 17
year old daughter of Mr and
Mi-s. P. E. foldings. Tabor City
She is a senior in Tabor City
High.
Patsy Watts, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Avail Watts, is IT
and a sophomore at Green Sea.
Linda Wright, another Tabor
City senior, is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Mace Wright. ]
Sheryl Sue Cox. daughter of
Mrs Κ. V. Cox. is a member
of the local junior class.
Kitty Jo Buffkin is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Howard Buffkin.
Joan Wright, a junior, is the!
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S I..
Wright.
Pam Spivev. another junior. I
is .the daughter of Mr. and Mr·; ]
Halpii Spivey.
' Frwpee Graine r is the!
daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Homer Grainger, and too is a
junior.
Entered earlier in the con- j
test were Lora Lee Grice. Ida ι
Gray Gasque. Margie Grainger, j
Sue Kelly. Miriam Hughes j
MISS JOAN WKKiirr
Woe Hone Stephens, Itickir
Jean Nori ;v Sand''a C!t mmo:i·
iiu<l Peggy Graintier
The Miss Tabor C'ii\ paw:·'!'
is scheduled to b.-gin at Κ i)'<
ill the school auditorium Add
eil to the slate of entert lin
merit has been the comical an
tics of the Kenneth Ka\
Norman Stephens due. and
vocal interpretations of .ltid>
Nix
Revival Services
Set At Hinson's
The He ν Mr Vincent i".
Wall, pastor of the Hillcivst
Baptist Church. <«reen»boro
will be the evangelist in re
vival son*ices in the Uinson"
Cr->ss li i l ls Baptist Church
F; ir Bluff. N. C'.. be inninfj
Simony Night, March 12 and
continuing through Sund.>;·
Mo'Tiinn. March 19.
The serv ices will begin ea- h
evening at 7:30 The Rev, Mr
Ellis I,. Marks, pastor, and th ·
entire congregation extends to
everyone a cordial invitation
to attend the services.
WILLIAMS PTA
Th«· Williams Township
School P. T. A. will mo.·!
Thursday nirht al 7:30 o'clock
In Ihr School's auditorium.
This will he Father-Son nleht
and reserved seats will br
marked and thry will sit to
tether.
Lee Greer ef Whlteville will
be raest speaker for the eve
ning.
I tlr. KKV. O. S. I.ONG, pastor
will conduct services tor a re-!
vival meeting at the Cherry I
Grin e Baptist Church begin- \
ning Sunday morning, March I
12. at the regular morning
n «rship hour. Services will he
held throughout the week at'
*:3() p. m. jnd everpone is in-;
vi ted lit attend.
Urviv.il services will begin at
.lu· OU'/ion Wesley an Meth
odist Church .March !l continu
ing through March 19. Services
will lit-gin at Morning
Services will lie held at 10:3(1,
bediming March 13 continuum
through the 11th. The Rev. \V
•I. i'l»a*.«p. <>t' Asheboio. N. C.
will Ii.·· the Evangelist. The
Kev. Mr. I'liaup is a General I
Kvangc'lvt in the Wesleyan
.Mi ti! a ..ist Church. Rev. Hal Γ.
.'rowη i- ji.-.inr.
Officers Named By
Auxiliary Here
O'fiiV!- havi 1>»·ιη fli-ctt*i!
uy Ηκ Αιι.»;Ιι'ιΓ> t·» the Carl
en M. 1- · it ν i· .' !'<·!. »><Ki4. in ι
•rv< !.«· «iisi..n>; year.
Mr.-. Mia· S Young Willi
vi-ve . president. Mrs. Mil-:
it . ν u !.l»y. Senior \ i » I
Λΐ· \i.· in (;i Iin-iJunior'
ι >. Mis r.iwaiioa Ciirtictte,
ΓΐΊ'ι a:\ ati'l ,ιιίιμιπι; Mü-.ι
Jul ν Curului ir>s.
' n ( · to· Bc'iii-iTs «in· Mi.-J
-ι < r. Mrs. Tnt'lnuil
«... ι r.-. Mil .red l'niiv-o
ii 1 Λ.ι Mil a Wricht
?.1> ·. M.irgaiet Οι>π· was
.mi·'· i us Chaplain; Mis Doris
• n . I'at rio' ι liisti uct.ir: ι
·ιΐ·> V< ι ι Κ·.ιιν'iollo, Guard;!
-I.- I.viiia Ciarri-ll. Klag Bear
ι; M.· I.emia Malt in. I',.inner
lti-.ιπ ι
Tin. *· i-s itic-1lift»- Mrs Hub'·'
I iV right, Mi- Nell Grainger,!
' hi'! Mr? Hilda WriKht.
Mr.-. Mildred Prince is mi-m
I Jership chairman
I l BOION MEETING
ΊΊι»· Sandy Plain American
I.(Sinn Auxiliary and Post met
.it lite Community Center
Tuesda> niKlit Mrs Doris («ore.
president, presided at the
I Auxiliary session and a study
lof the newly framed charter
I w as held.
I Harry Stephens, commander.
! presided at the post meeting,,
ι number 205.
' CI.ASM PARTY
j The ten years Kills Sunday
• School Class of (he Tabor City
Baptist Church were at Cres
cent Beach Wednesday after
noon and evening for a skatin«
party and picnic.
Mrs. Harry Bruton I* teachcr
! and nine w*re in attendance I