Carter's Column By—W. Horace Carter I PROJECT: Directors of the Tabor City Merchants Associatio: have discussed at great length the possibilities of setting up ί medical clinic in Tabor City. Obviously this would have to star small but most local folks express the firm belief that then is a definite need for such a facility here now. Directors know that this would cost money, not only to build but t omaintair. They welcome any suggestions from the general public. In thi meantime, the association continues to work tor addition:«! doctors here. Office space is available an-.l the public believer that the need is great. Many folks have voiced the complaint that they cannot f.nd a lo.al dcctor often when thev have rea emergencies and need medical assistance immediately. We an fortunate to have the growing Loris Community Hospital si clo^e at hand but folks feel that the local clinic is very nine neede«. Perhaps if this sn« uld become a reality, rioct >rs couk work out some practical schedule so that at least one med tea ί man would be available at all times. This is sorely needed now EASTER: The Golden Easter Egg Hunt for adults that is sche duled in Tabor City for Friday proceeding East«_r is the most novel promotion yet undertaken m Tabor City. The 1000 ping pong balls, all bearing free gifts to those lucky enough to u· trieve them will be dropped from an airplane, "weather per mitting, along the main streets of the business distri.t. There'.» no obligation on any body's part in this promotion. You smplv have to get one of the "Easter eggs" and carry it t>> the merch ant whose name will appear on the pinu pong ball. The promo tion has met with great acceptance on the part of merchant* and the 1000 prizes have almost been secured already. Κ- r Lovell has made the rounds and report.; th· t merchants have b«en enthusiastic in their acceptance or the promot on. Remem ber the date! March 31. at 2:00 1'. M. and pian now to be i:i Tabor City. BASKETBALL: While there is η great deal <·( friendly rivalry among ex-students of Wake Fores. Carolina. State and Duke who live in this area, when one of the Big Four gets t > meet ing outside competition in any sport, they all suddenly find themselves pulling for that team. The typical example was last week when Wake Forest was in the NCAA Eastern Regional phiyoffs in Charlotte and lost to St. Josephs of Philadelphia. A'i the local sports-minded were down and out following the Wake loss. But the Deacons were a credit to the ACC and everyone is right proud of the job they dii. WEATHER: We had spring vveathc: during Hie .«'-called vv.nl er months and now that spring is really here. . ·ffi inlly on Men day. it appears that winter has arrived. Tins weather business has simply been mixed up for the past eoupW ..f ye ns and not exactly according to the schedule. Armed Forces ARMY M-SGT. THOMAS AI AMBIS. win im· wife. Ma.y. lives on Route 2. Tabor City, is participating with other per sonnel from the 3rd Arm«-red Division's- ;>6th Infantry in a sjx-week field training exer cise in Grafenwohr, Germany. ■ Iii*· ι.Iii·.'-. i'h.iM- " I tin· tr;nn «iiu is .sch'iiuli··! ;.· t ikI M.iivii 1 :,(i. Tho t xrrrisi» i> \> iirov iii' iiai'tiüi; umicr c· !·ι wv.sMht c. «Uni»« y ,M «»in· ol fi\r l*. >. divisions in NATO's "Ppra lltll of Ι'ιΛνι Γ." Al.unbis. a platoon sergeant η tht· mlaiiii'y's Company c| ti Kirch lions. entered tin : \rinv in Du'vmlut 1941 and | 1 irrived overseas on this tour! • I duty, in July 1S»5S). Tht· sergeant is a graduate if iYiusoi. City Hin'.i Schitol. RIM Υ Β < KIHB. HMSA. - ■η ι>1 Mr a·!·; Mrs. Stephen \V. C'rii.b 't Koutc I. Oitren οΐι. :> presently at hoinc on 15 days li-aw after graduatii·,· j ι ο:η Κ ldninan School in I Bambrid'.·«·. Μ iryland. Hilly \\ !i: rejiert to tin· Guid ed Missilt- I'l'uiM·! t'SS Boston, 'I'AG :n Boston. Ma.-sarlui·—I its upon completion of ♦!!»·] leave Billy's brother. Bobby, is jii'i'M n'l) assigned to tin· sain«,· .-.»tii» .iiui they an· rrturiurp1 from .■ .mis«· tu tin· I'.irtibcan area. Bobbi enlisted in the Na>. ι η .ι tu ι :»»;·» and Billy mliitcd I in Μ «> . Ι!·ιΐίΐ Both an· cradti- i ate·» ■ : Williams Township I Hi :!i I I ARMY NATIONAL Gl'ARl»! ι·λ r. i;i n··· Aid· hi of Mr. and Mrs. George Mcea'skoy, Route I, Evergreen, : rorfiviuii the final phase of ! t'ii s;x months active duty military training under the R*·-' ■**rvi* Forces Act program at 'Πιο Air Doicn.se School, Fori Bliss. Tex. The training i; scheduled to bo cone hide» Atarch 2~. Inirniu this final phase. Me C;*lskey is οι mt; trained in tlu duties of an artillery gui crewman. The Air Defense School, tiic largest in 111 tit ι y school in the nation. tra ns personnel to mar .«nd maiiitain the unified mis sile systems employed in th· >ir defense of the U. S., by «nil armies overseas and by oui .«Ilies of the NATO and SEATO nations. Tlu· l!l-ycar-old soldier com pleted b.isie training at Fort Jackson. S. C. He w is graduated from Ev ergreen High S.hool in 1960. ARMY PVT. KAMI· STFV KNS. JR.. soiι of Mrs. Mayblc Stevens. W. Second st., l'.ilx.r City, recently partioi i>ated with other personnel ίι·:η th·· 3rd Armored Divi sion's -ttith Infantry m a field it.lining · xeroise in Grafen ivohr. Germany. The exorcise was designeil to >rov '·· irainim: tinde·· cot«·' ιν. ι c* illdlt ι ι It;, in ni^ht in iiioiivi-i's. Tht ^tiMionwohr tr.umiig oroa is ihe largest training site avail ible to NATO forces in Eur ope. The 3rd is one of five U. S. fiiv sions in NATO's "Pyra mid of Power " A rifleman in the,infantry's Company D' in Kirch Göns. Steven» entered the Army >n April I960, completer! b;t ic j training at Fort Jackson. S. . nifI arrived overseas lust Oc tober. The 19-year-old soldier at tended Douglass High School .iiid was employed by Perry's: Upholstering Company in Hiuh Point before entering thej Army. Μι . I'ink h?is licoii ι piitk'iit in Ι,·'Γΐ'·. Coinrrturrly Hospital. Till·; GOVERNOR IS SOLD — Pretty little Miss Jane Yates of kings Mountain sells Governor Terry San ford the first sheet of 1%1 Easier Seals. Jane is the 1 .Η» 1 Tar lleel Easter i-eal C'iiilii. San fori! has proclaimed March as Laster Seal month in the State ami urged support of the drive which is in progress. Vie Are reducing • Reducing Our Inventory Oi Good Used Cars '57 '59 '56 '55 TREMENDOUS TRUCK BARGAINS 1952 Studcbaker Half-Ton Pickup 1956 Ford Half-Ton Pickup 19 56 Dodge Half-Ton Pickup 1949 Ford Half-Ton Pickup DE SOTO CONVERTIBLE — push - button drive, radio, m laU ^ heater — SHE HAS TO GO 4#· FORD V-8 — Tudor, radio, A Bi A heater, straight drive—WE'VE 1 Μ ^11 SEEN THIS CAR TOO LONG I /S4#V· FORD Fairlane, 4-door, radio, heater, automatic transmission, ■■ TAKE HER HOME WITH (1 I U_ YOU, PLEASE W ■ W· FORD Victora, radio, heater, ·ρΑ straight drive — GOOD Μ ^11 BUGGY # 4# V· See "Cha", Wade, Peter lowlcr and Vernon Cartrette, "The Poor Boys With Tbc Big Hearts At Tabor City Motor Sales Μ—: I SENSE & NONSENSE BV WRAY THOMPSON THE BIG CATCH Ezra Smith had plenty of reasons to l»o proud Saturday afternoon as he displayed his βό-pound fish, a sturgeon caught early that morning in Black ! River's brackish water. Smith, a Whiteville fish dealer, described the I "catch" as follows: "Around J I :·Ί0 Friday night I was pulling in my shad nets when I diseover ...I ·»...♦ 1 U...I 1--· ^ - - ··«« ·· .···*»··*.» "ΐμ fish eaugh in them. I pull ed the net up tt» tile side of the boat, high enough that I could grab hohl of the devil's tail." "When I grabbed him, I he flipped so hard that he lifted me off the boat seat and I almost followed him i as he headed down." "Then he took the net and s w a y round - and · around tin· propeller until he had loused up my i motor but good." , Smith said that he had : to take the motor off to unwind the mesh from it. "I was finally able to get a nylon rope around him ami I started out of tin· river. Hut that fish had other ideas!" lie said that every time the boat would be headed around I a bend, the fish would ' start the other way, forc , injr the boat to be pulled ' off its course. B\ 1 Saturday morn ing — two hours after the sturgeon had been dis • covered — Smith finally reached a landing and ' dragged the fish up the hill. Someone brought him a ."S pistol which was r : t ' i'.j the fish. While talking to us about his experience S.it ; unlay Smith said that he tiitd airt»;»uy i>een ouerett one dollar per pound lor the sturgeon, but that he felt as if he deserved to eat at least a pound of it. Incidentally, some interesting facta were learned from Smith's neighbor. Tommy Kritt* atout that specie of fish: ■ A female sturgeon was caught in the same part if Black River two year.-·, ago and she weighed Too pounds. It is from tin· female that ca\iar (the roe) is extracted anil sold at sky-high prices. . There is — according to Britt — still another use for the sturgeon; the air-bladders are made into isinglass. K/.ra Smith concluded his story by recalling that , a fellow-fisherman came along iust as the l>ijr one ; was being pulled to the hill Saturday morning. "I 1 sure am glad you caught tliat bugger," said tin man to Ezra. "He had already ruined two of my shad nets and two for another man. How much do 1 [ι »we you?" I So came the end of "the devil of Black River." CRIMINAL LAW Anyone planning to steal goods valued be tween $100 and $200 would be well advised to wait until July 1, 19H1. On that date, under a N. C. Senate bill ratified this week, larceny of personal property ' of this value will drop from a felony to a misde i meanor. Concern for the crowded superior courts, ! rather than a tenderness toward thieves motivated i ihe sponsos of the bill. ' Felonies must be tried in a superior court, but ι nisdemeanors can go into recorder's courts in most i counties. Another larceny bill is less comforting to the offender; it makes the flim-flam game or other ι larceny by trick a felony, no matter how small the I value of property taken. MENTAL IMAGE It is amusing to note the mental-images children have of the men behind the voices heard on radio. This was pointed out recently when Marty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Cartrette. remarked to her "Look there at the 'Sharecropper'." Mrs. Cartrette looked through the window but •aw nobody that even slightly resembled Ken "Share ropper" Lovell. "Where is he'.'" she asked tin· .'»-year old. "There!' ' exclaimed the child, pointing to a scarecrow in a nearby field. Zeno Great for Minor Burns, Cuts Zemo, a doctor'· formula, liquid or ointment, aooth«*, helps heel ι minor burn*, cute, bruises. Family I antiseptic, ease· itch of surface | rauhe*, ecaema, teen-axe nimplcm, athlete'· foot Stops «rratchine, er» •Ida faster healing. For stubborn caaes, get Extra Strength Zemo. 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