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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 33
TABOR CITY, NORTH CAROLINA
WEDNESDAY. MARCH 29. 1961
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Tabor City Foods Announces
Big Expansion Program Here
SAFETY AWARDS were received Monday
night by eleven members of the Merita bread
truck route in Columbus county. Top award was
earned by Earl Edmund, Chadboun, shown re
ceiving a $50 savings bond from H. O. Perry,
sales manager of Wilmington. Shown looking
^ on (center) is Bryan Lancaster, Tabor City, who
received one of the two $25 bonds given. To
his right is Finkley Herring, route supervisor.
Others winning the coveted safety awards were
Joe B. Shelley, Whiteville, $25 bond; Junior
McPherson, Lake Waccamaw, gold watch; J. L.
Cox, Joe Long, E. G. Hester, R. O. Fowler,
diamond rings; J. A. Fipps, W. E. Smith and
W. L. Williamson, ruby rings. The awards were
given in the company warehouse, located be
tween Tabor City and Whiteville
b : - '
Easter Sunrise
\
Services Sunday
The annual Community Wide
ρ Easter Sunrise Services will be
held on the Tabor City School
grounds Sunday at 6:00 in
front of the high school build
ing .
The R^v. James H. Johnson,
pastor of the Tabor City Bap
tist Church, will deliver the
message' ^
The Rev. P. H. Lay field, Jr.,
pastor of the Saint Paul Meth
j odist Church is to give the re
sponsive reading and the Rev
Henry L. Reaves, pastor of the
Tabor City Presbyterian Chur
ch will lead the prayer.
On the program fur the In
vocation and Benediction is the
Rev. J. P. Jones, pastor of the
Emanuel Holiness Church .
Mrs. W. W. Woody and
Mrs. J. Furman Fowler are in
charge oT· the music with the
f High School Chorus and chur
' ch choirs participating.
Immediately following the I
services a fellowship hour will I
be held at the Tabor City Bap- I
tist Church at which time coi- |
tee and doughnuts will oe
served.
In the event of rain services
will be held in the school aud
itorium.
Ashley Ward, 63
Dies On Friday
Ashley Ward, 63, retired
farmer of the Nakina section
died in the Loris Community
Hospital Friday.
A native of Columbus Coun
. ty he was a son of the late
' W. H. and Sarah Ward.
Funeral services were held
Sunday at 3:30 p. m. in the
Nakina Free Worship Church
by the Rev. Ν. B. Stephens and
the Rev. Leavy Ward. Burial
was In the Long cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, |
Mrs. Msndy Ward: one son,
Johnnie A. of Nakina; three
brothers, O. R. of Milwaukee,
Γ Arthur and Marshall of Na
kina; two sisters, Mrs. Μ. K.
Smith of Chadbourn, and Mrs.
Etta Larson of Baltimore. Md.;
and five grandchildren.
BASTES SEAL· HEAD
Hubert Canady has been
named chairman of the Easter
Seal Sale in Tabor City. Con
tainers have been distributed
throughout the business area
and Canady is now accepting
contribution·. ,
Wildlife Club
Fish Tonrney
A fishing tournament has
been started by members of the
Columbus County Wildlife
Club with a trophy to.be pre
sented to the winners of four
classes. >
Species to be weighed for
entry in the contest are Bass.
Red Breast. Goggieeye, and
Blue Bream. Weighing will be
officially conducted pt the Bus
Station and weights recorded
L>n a master-chart there.
Members may register for
the tournament until April 25.
According to the club's presi
dent. Ted Watts, the fee for
registration is one-dollar. The
tournament will conclude at
the end of the fishing season.
Mrs. Wade's Funeral!
Held On Thursday
Mrs. Betty Frazier Wade, 76,
died in the Charlotte Memorial
Hospital Tuesday night March
21, after undergoing surgery
for a broken hip. She had been
in declining health for a long
period and suffered a stroak
shortly before her death.
A native of Asheboro she
was a daughter of the late Ruf
iis Frazier and Delia Moss
Frazier. She was the widow of
Fred Wade.
Funeral services were held
Thursday at 10:30 a. m. in
the Inman Funeral Home with
her pastor, the Rev. P. H. Lay
field, Jr. of the Saint Paul
Methodist Church officiating.
He was assisted by the Rev.
James H. Johnson, pastor of
the Tabor City Baptist Church.
Burial was in the family plot
of the City Cemetery of Ashe
boro.
She is survived by one niece,
Mrs. Roy Harrelson of Tabor
City, and three great nieccs.
Guideway Clinic
Parents of children who inj
to enter school next year In
0«ldfw*jr'i first grade are ask
ed to Uhe their yovigiten to
the school on Wednesday, Apr
il ft, at |;N a. at. for the Μ
η··! pre-school rHnle.
The announcement waa node
today by Bill WllllMs. princi
pal, who also staled that the
deadline for registering "—r
of (to dents who pteo to «hi
irtnl tost poor la Gntdoway
Is (Μ. 1».
In keeping with the steady
progress m Tabor City. Tabor
h oous. Inc.. the new nunnery
Here, has announced an expan
sion project in the $30,000 to
$50,000 neighborhood.
Tue big expansion will con
siderably lengthen the work
season tor the cannery by add
ing at lea.U two products to
the line preserved by the can
ners last season. Jimmy Gar
rcll, general manager ol the
operation, said that Tabor City
Foik.s will can snap beans and
Irish potatoes this year in add- .
ition to peaches and yams. j
In order to handle these two ;
other products, considerable
new machinery is required and J
the canners are now busy in
stalling the bean and potato
machines. Garrell expects to be
through with the installation
and ready to begin canning
beans about the middle of May.
He said that Irish potatoes
would follow close behind the
beans and that peaches and
yarns would take up immedi
ately following those products.
The four-product combination
is expected eventually to keep
the operation going six to eight
••■um··» uui <»i me year.
Garrell said that beans (or
this first season would prob
ably have to be bought in other
areas in order to procure suffi
cient volume for the cannery
but that in the future it was
hoped a good portion of the
beans could be produced in this
area.
In addition to the bean and
potato machinery that is being
added. Tabor City Foods is
constructing, in cooperation
with the town officials, a geries
of settling tanks at the plant
that is designed to settle gut
most of the solids in the plant
waste products and relieve fre
strain on municibal sewage
system that was .escounUttü
lasi ikil.
The new products will call
for beginning the canning op
eration several weeks earlier
than during the initial season
of I960 and thus provide em
ployment for 100 or more per
sons for a much longer period
than last year.
Fair Bluff Church
Holding Meeting
FAIR BLUFF — A revival
meeting is in progress at the
Fair Bluff Baptist Church with
Dr. S. A. Newman and in
structor at the Southeastern
Seminary as guest speaker.
The circles of the W. M. S.
met last week in various
homes. The Foy Farmer Circle
met with Mrs. B. L. Townsend
with eight members attending.
Mrs. J. C. Rogers gave the de
votional. She was assisted by
Mrs. Η. N. Rogers and Mrs.
Dewey Waddell in presenting
the program.
The Trixle Yates Circle met
in the Assembly Hall of the
Educational building with Mrs.
Clara Waddell and Mrs. Henry
Martin as hostesses. Miss Wad
dell presented the program ;is
given in the Royal Service .
Mrs. Gordon Small, Jr. was
hostess Friday night to the
Jeanette Circle when fifteen
members were present to hear
Mrs. Brice Elvington give the
program on Safe Guarding Our
Youth .
The Annie Armstrong offer
ing was taken at all meetings.
HONOR ROLL
The Honor Roll for the Na
kina High School, fourth grad
ing period, has been announc
ed by Μ. M. Jones, principal.
On the roater are: Barbara
Hard wick, Judith Jones, Pran
ces Ray. Betty Williams. Jo
anne Arp, Audrey Jean Regis-!
ter, Doris Jewell Turner. Dot
tie Kay Arp. Rachel Gore.
Jeanette Ward and Joanne
FormyDuval.
PRESBYTERIAN SERVICES
A series of meetings are
underway this week at the
Tabor City Presbyterian Chureh
with the Rev. Henry L. Reaves,
paator, delivering the mes
sages.
The services are being held
each evening at 7:30 p.m. and
all an Invited to attend.
Golden Easter Egg Hunt Here Friday
FORMER QUEENS — Previous winners of t he annual Miss Columbus County pagjeant have
been invited to attend the 1961 event on May 12. They are (1-r) Shelva Jean Fipps (Page),
Dixie Cox, Adeline Brady (Turner), and Jean Thompson. j
Friday afternoon at 2:00 is
the day and time for the first
big adult Easter Egg Hunt in
Tabor City and 1000 persons
can lino an egg worth iroin 10
cents to $10.00 if they are
ujlile enough and lucky enougn.
I'he eggs in this big hunt
are ping pong bulls and every
inii* oi the 1U0U u ill have u
value written on u. It will state
just what store it must be car
■ ieo to in order to ciaitn the
prize. Only members of the
merchants association are pai
(icipating.
Tne luOO ping pong bails
will be dropped Iroin a low
ι lying plane in several differ
ent drops along the business
district at 2:00 next Friday,
and those persons lucky enough
to retrieve one of the Golden
Easter Eggs will have won
himself a prize.
All persons getting one or
more of the ping pong balls
must redeam them for the prize
it specifies on Friday after
noon before the stores close.
Stores that arc* members of the
Tabor City Merchants Associa
tion have been asked to re
main open until 8:00 P. M. Fri
day in order to give everyone
a chance to claim his free gift
and to provide additional shop
ping convenience for custom
ers.
Merchants are requested to
take up all ping pong balls as
they are redcamed for the free
gilts. The association will then
collect the balls and perhaps
use them for a similar event
next Easter.
Merchants are also advised
to take special note of the fact
thai all the ping pong balls
are marked with the words,
"J. C. Higgins." Only the Hig
gins balls have been used in
the promotion and any attempt
by anyone to counterfeit an
"faster egg'' in the contest
Mfc<uld be found out immedi
ak>- v if some ball other than
nie Higgins ball was presented.
Other idenfTficaVions are also
known by merchants that will
reduce the possibility of any
cheating in the contest.
Should high winds be in
evidence on Friday afternoon
or any other weather condition
that would make it impractical
to drop the ping pong balls
from an airplane, then other
means of scattering them on
Tabor City streets would be
used. But barring storm condi
tions the balls will be poured
trom the plane at 2:00 Friday.
While old and young are eli
gible to try their hands at re
trieving the golden Easter eggs,
the prizes will not be given to
youngsters unless they are ac
companied by their parents or
other adults when they are
brought to the stores for re
demption.
Ken Lovell, executive secre
tary οί the Tabor City Merch
ants Association, sponsoring
organization for this spring
promotion, reports that excell
ent cooperation has been had
in soliciting the gifts and that
a great deal of interest has
been shown in the event.
"I hope we will have a huge
crowd here Friday afternoon
tor this event. Wt have a full
1000 free prizes and there's no
>bligation on anybody's part in
ihis big hunt. You don't have
to buy anything, you don't
have to register, you don't
have to write any jingles. All
vou have to do is just be here
Friday and get one or more of
ihe ping pong balls," Lovell
said.
STORKS OPEN I'NTIL.
8:00 P. >1. FRIDAY NIGHT
In an effort to give every
one in the ares a chance to
do hin Raster shopping, the
director«· of the Tabor City
Merchants Association ha«
asked all Its member* to
keep the doors of their stores
open Friday nicht until 8:M.
The big Faster Egg Hunt
promotion Is scheduled for
2:00 P. M. Friday afternoon
and following this event,
merchants expect consider
able shopping by those in
attendance for the Easter
holiday. Most local store·
close about 5:30 on Friday
normally but to allow cm·
Vomers additional time for
Easter shopping, the merch
ant« association has asked
Its members to remain open
until R:M this Friday.
Local stores have rtacked
their shelves with Easier
merchandise and on* of the
but selection seen bore la
1 many yMTS U avallabU to
W. Α. Thompson
Dies AI Age 64
Funeral services lor W. Avery
Thompson, 64. Lake Wacca
maw resident, were lield Mon
day at - McKenzie Chapyi,'
Whiteville at 4 p. m. "♦
Mr. Thompson,' a former
member of the State Ports. Au»
thority, died late Saturday
night at Jam« Walker Memor
ial Hospital.
Thompson was appointed to
the original Ports Aythorty by
the late Gov. Kerr Scott and
served two terms on the Au
thority. He was vice chairman
and secretai^r.
He was elected to the House
of Representatives in 1929 and
returned in 1933.
A former Lake Waccamaw
mayor, Thompson was in the
lumber business but retired
several years ago and had been
larming.
A graduate of Trinity Col
lege he was a member of the
Hallsboro School Board, a lay
leader in the Wilmington Me
thodist District and had pre
ached at Wilmington's Grace
Methodist Church on several·
occasions. He was a former
president of Lake Waccamaw
Lions Club, a past district gov
ernor of Lions International,
active in affairs of Lake Wac
camaw Methodist Church and
on the board of directors of
Good Shepherd Home .
Mr. Thompson, son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. James E.
Thompson, Ha lis bor υ, served
with the Army In World War 1
with the rank of lieutenant and
was a charter member of the
Whiteville American Legion
Post.
He is survived by his wife,
the former Miss Oladys Soles,
of the hum·; three suns, Dr.
William W. Thompson, Fort
Walton. PI·.; James A. Thomp
son, Buckner, Ala. and Harold)
Britt Thompson, Atlanta, Ga.;l
four daughters, Mrs. Howard
Herring. Ptnsacola, Fla.; fiÜPV
cy Jane, Gladys Ann and Bet·1
ty Jo, all of the home; two
brothers. Robert L. and James
E. both of Hallsboro; four sist
ers, Mrs. Elizabeth Brlnkley.l
Lake Waccamaw; Mrs. ftuby
Wesse», Hallsboro, Mrs. John
M. Habits, Chadbourn, and
Mrs. James Wilson, Raleigh,
and 13 grandchildren
Internment was in Lake
Waccamaw Cemetery. The Rev.
W. Paul Boon. Rev. Neil
(Continued O· h|t I)
$750 Ssholurship Going To
1961 Miss Columbus County;
glomes
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Officer Seat
ly Fvgifyflr
Cego Township*
William Ellis," Cerro Gordo
Township constable, was treat
ed i iri the Columbus -County
Merhori*l Hospital for wounds
received when assaulted early
Sunday morning by Ά Negro
apii Indian 011 a rural .^oad be
tween' Powell's and William
son's -crossroads. !
The 34-year old officer sus
tained a fractured skull and
crushed ribs when* beaten by
William Conrad, Negro, with
a. stick after Conrad was stop
ped on the road after forcing
another car to r.un off the road.
According to.a spokesman of
th«l ,Sheriff's department, the;
assault occurred when the con- |
stable stepped to the Conrad ι
car-π»·which Billy Boy Lock-!
lear, ' Indian, wis a passenger.!
Both ι were reported to have
been drunk.
Deputy Spurgeon Nobles ar
rested Conrad, who was an
employee of the city of Wilm
ington, but Locklear had al-!
ready fled. ·
Further investigation by the'
deputy proved that Conrad w is
wanted for skipping a $200
bond placed on him for anoth
er assault several weeks ago,
and was also wanted by New
Hanover and Robeson county
law officers for previous of
fenses.
While awaiting trial Tues
day, Conrad was lodged iu the
county jail in lieu of $1,500
bond.
From convictions of the two
Columbus county incidents,
Conrad drew a 30-month road
term.
The Indian is believed to be
a resident of the Bird Cage
section near Chadbourn. De
puty Nobles said.
Second Sandajr Assault
James Hunt. 46-year old In
dian. was charged with the as
sault of his wife Lizzie with a
deadly weapon, with the intent
to kill, on the same day.
Deputy Nobles reported that
Hunt alledgedly returned t-j
his home, located near Len
non's Crossroads, Sunday
morning while intoxicated and
assaulted his wife with a .12
gauge shotgun. Two shots ent
eret! her chest, the officer said.
Hunt was released from jail
Monday under $1.000 bond.
MM. RUDOLPH TODD
Mrs. Rudolph Todd Is pro
gressing nicety In the Janes
Walker Memorial Hospital, Wll
mington. where ab« uoderweot
•urtarr Monday.
Two bills to rename memb
ers of the county and White
ville school boards, submitted
by Rep. Arthur Williamson to j
ßWtfe Senate March 15 and
p#Aed last Friday, have now
tapn turned over to the House
education committee for furth
er study, it is understood.
Rep. Williamson proposed
the names of H. G. Dameroii.
Tabor City; F. M. Brown,
Chadbourn; Charles R. Coun
cil, Lake Waccainaw; Walter
Hobbs, Delco; Ervin Richard-1
son. Nakina; Carl Stephens,
Clarendon; and Lucien P.
Stevens. Evergreen, to com-!
prise' the Columbus County j
Board of Education.
While the senate passed the
county school board bill as
submitted by the Columbus re
presentative, the bill relating!
to the Whiteville board was
amended to provide that vac
ancies be filled by the six pre- i
clnct Democratic executive j
committeemen in that area j
embraced by the school area, |
and with any tie to be broken
by the chairman of the Colum- '
bus County board of educa
tion .
Williamson's bill recom-1
mended that the following be'
named to the Whiteville unit
board: Bill Floyd, Bill Gilliam, j
Mrs. J. C. Smith, Edward Mot- ,
tinger, H. J. Watts, Clyde R.
Williams and Robert Wooten.
Of his bills Rep. Williamson
has commented. "It is time
when the spotlight and the
searching gaze of the public
is going to be focused on our
schools, and we need the most
dedicated type of civic-minded
people to administer their af
fairs and set their policies."
Of the Whiteville board he
said "I hope this Whiteville
board will unite the people of
Whiteville and will make the ι
Whiteville school one of the ί
best in the state."
According to Williamson, in I
the Senate last week an argu- ι
ment came up over a bill pro- j
posed to set up a commission
to study the methods of elec
tion of county boards of educa
tion. The Columbus County
representative has earlier stat
ed that he has no objection to
such a commission.
The two bills, if ratified,
would fill vacancies on th·.·
Boards now held by the fol
lowing:
County—A. Paul Rogers. Ta- I
bor City, chairman; Willard1
Small, Fair Bluff; Ε. M. Orif-j
fin, Evergreen; Dr. Robert
Yates. Chadbourn; James !3.1
Latta. Bolton; Marshall White.!
Delco; and Richardson.
Whiteville — Η. H. Collins,
chairman; J. Herman Leder;
James Collier; Mr». H. £.
Blanchard; C. L. Nance; Alton j
Edward· and A. Dial Gray.
Cash scholarships, the lure
that tempts ambitious young
women to shoot for the big
Miss America jackpot in At
lantic City each year, are not
limited to that famous resort
where beauty queei.s are made,
according to Harold Ward,
publicity Chairman of the Miss
Columbus County Pageant.
A $750.04 Educational Schol
arship for the winner of the
May 12 contest her· hu been
set as top prise-alone with the
Miss Columbus .County title
and a clwart to mmm>iW far
the Mise Jwrth Carolin.· mow»
in Greenahoro in July. TMs
scholarship has been made pea
slble by the W. F. Co* Co. The
Waccanuw Bank & Trust Co.,
and the G. Garland Fowler In
surance Agency, all of Tabor
City. The funds will be admin
istered under the direction of
the Tabor City Junior Chamb
er of Commerce, who are spon
sor's of the Pageant.
Serving on the entries com
mittee are Jimmy Garrell, who
is overall chairman of the pag
eant; Richard Cox; Roger Mills;
and Ward. Entry forms may be
obtained from any of these
Jaycees. Also, any citizen in
Columbus County is eligible to
nominate a candidate for the
contest.
Many outstanding guest will
be on hand for the Pageant.
Among those who have been
invited are Ben McDonald, of
WECT-TV, as a judge. Judy
Jlipfel, last years Miss North
Carolina, Ann Herring. Miss
North Carolina. A number of
South Carolina beauties in
cluding Miss Robin William
son, of Conway, S. C.. who will
direct the Pageant, Miss Judy
Hill. Miss Myrtle Beach, Miss
Gloria Penny—Miss Interna
tional Tobacco Queen, and Giil
Miller, Miss Lake View Each I
of these will appear in the pro
gram or as guest of the Pag
eant.
Earlier winners of the Mis»
Columbus County pageant ware
Sylvia Flpps (Pane), Clären«·
don: Jean Thompson, White
ville: Adeline Brady (Turner)
and the reigning quean, Dixie
Cox of Tabor City.
Allied Youlh
Clnb Chartered
An Allied Youth chapter
was chartered Tuesday in Tab
City High school by the Lorli
chapter.
The organization, started lo
cally In November, has as its
purpose the disrmination of
factual information about al
coholic beverages, but does not
approach alcohol from a moral
istic standpoint.
With 18 members, the Tabor
City chapter of Allied Youth
have as their officers Brenda
Outton. president; Sandra Cox.
vice-president; Sue Norrie, sec
retary-treasurer Mr. Marcus
Turntr la the faculty advisor.
The sister-chapter in Lorii
I· sponsored by Mr. Jama·
Clarey, selenc* instructor.