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^Tmbor City — The Town With A City Future99
TABOR CITY. NORTH CAROLINA
WEDNESDAY. APRIL 12. 1961
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PENN .AVERETT
PHIL Iirr.HKS
WILLARD WEIGHT
Kace With Officer
lets Two Charges
Leslie Row Speaks
To Ruritan Club
Tin· Williams Township Har
lan I'lub met Tliurstlav ew
li'iq, April ti. at Wright's Rest
iur:int in
Mr. Leslie H. R->w, chair
ιγ'ρ. Columbus County Unit
\nieric:.n Cancer Society. nave
>·ι interest ina and informative
a'k <>n some «»f tlu> possible
•auses nitl methods of pivvcn
inii and euro of cancer. em
»!«»> inj? :i film strip showing
lio ii cidei-ce of I line rancor
ir. I pri Λ.·»Ηίηι· j *iontific evi
dence iiu'icitmn <ι connection
)Lt\veeil lung cancer anci snujk
ns
T-.vt nty-three members were
»resent.
Woeien Biies
Held Sunday
Ai Clarkian
CLARKTON. N. C—Funeral
•rviccs f:»r Mrs. Johnnie Pori
• W outen. wirf' w of Johl
•clor \V< oten of Clarktor«
• ιό held here Sunday at 3:30
in. from the C! irkton Pres
.·;■ r: -η church by the Rev.
W. Mi'.lei.
!■ 1 ■· in nt vas in the ClarV
•ii.-Urv.
Mr··. V'.i !:·η mother <·' Mrs
. ··.. Piir.ce. Howard Wootcn
• I IUI· V.'ootcn, <>f I,oris, dj>·"'
l.· l is Community H«ρii.>!
ii ay nij-.ht after six months
f declining health.
Mrs. Wootcn was born in
'mcrson. N. C.. Dec. 1. 1888,
ι daughter i>f the late Y. R.
Porter and Frances Edwards
Sorter. She was a member of
?larkton Presbyterian Church.
Surviving are three sons,
lames 11 Wootcn, Clarkton, N.
Bill Wootcn and Howard
Wootcn, both of Loris, four
aughtcrs, Mrs. Ε. E. Prince,
oris; Mrs. Μ. M. Wire, Mem
it) is. Tenn.; Mrs. W. J. Bent
ey. Nashville. Tenn., and Mrs.
Terry Powell, Danville, Va.,
wo bri thers. Roland Porter.
\urora. N. C.. and Riles Porter,
"merson. N. C.; two sisters,
Vlrs. Ε. H. Robertson, Guyton,
Ua.. and Mrs. W. N. Crosby,
Hamlet, N. C., and 11 grand
hildren.
Palbcanrs were Leslie Clark,
'"harles Clark, Luther Clark,
Thomas Clark. Lemuel Smith,
leorge Ltnnon Clark. Nathan
~ox and James S. Singletaiy.
Strawberry Market
The Loris-Tabor City Straw
jerry Market will open at the
Horry County Farmers Market
it-rc Monday, Phil Cronkhite,
narket manager, announced
or! ay.
Cronkhite said that in addi
i< >ri to the buyer.* who were
•re last year—Wayne Jones
>f West Jefferson, N. C., Jen
linßs St.i.kland, White House
»tores of Charlest'in. John A.
'rice and others — indications
ire there will be buyers here
bis year from New Jersey
»»id one from Floria.
Last year the market aver
»tfel $5 10 per 24 pint crate.
Cronkhite said growers would
iinri containers available at the
Ti:>rket.
The market was operated
tiere last year for the first time
as a joint venture of the Loris
and Tabor City Merchants As
sociations.
'Γwo ycung min o( Sprint;
.uK · t.arrowly escaped injury
an· Saturday when a car di iv
t by .-»uoeit I'li: kcr. 1!2. took
iip.it ο vor the 701 bypass ju.sl
s... ,-i I'l«.· N. C.-S. C. state
ine, with the vehicle turning
tiu· nearby railroad
ihcI iiiul tumbling to a halt uft
ti..Sim.»· mrough a Ιικ·Ί
pole.
ι base began on the
Whiteviile - Tabor highway
λγ.Ιι i'.lghway Patrolman Λ.
i. Campbi'll in pursuit of a red
SCO Chevrolet sports coup,
ihr oi.irir later reported that
is the race readied it's climax
r. too bypass, the Chevrolet
aus travelling 115 mph.
"As 1 was nearing the inter-!
section of Pirewuy road near
the statcline. I slowed down for
i knew mat the intersection
was ahead," said .Campbell.
'Obviously the other driver
did not know that the danger
iis intersection was ahead."
When Campbell reached the
mUrse, ti*in the pursued car
was already a crumbled heap
of crimson metal.
As the wreck had occurred
in South Carolina. Pvt. Camp
bell summoned highway pat
π>l;nen of that state; Patrol
man Bill Griffin answered the
call .
Griifin rited Parker for reck
icKH driving; Campbell issued
a citation for speeding 115
mph. I'arker was released
rum South Carolina custody
ι alter pasting a $28.60 bond.
Ί he name of the passenger
in the wrecked car could not
je ascertained, but he is be
lieved to be the owner of the
automobile.
Tafaor Chorus
Set Dales For
Production
Aoril 20 and 21 art· drawing
near for the Tabor City Chor
prot.uctiun of "The King and
" This show, as are all of tn
•oius productions, is the re
lit of :i great ileal of coopera
>011 on the part of many pe<>.
!(.·. Very deserving of note ai
many costume designer
ar th Harri-ls. n has taken an
olive interest and has made
veral of the beautiful coi
unies.
As usual. Louise Nix has
> i: <>f givat h« "p in makii
.mi··· roi only for her
aught.τ, Judy, but for other
'.'horus members as well. Jean
Stevens has also helped wilh
cOstuines and her conlribu-,
'inns to the stage design are
many. Many mothers are also!
making costumes.
On stage, patience and co-;
operation are always necess
ary. As leading lady. Judy Nix.;
as Anna, teacher to the royal j
I Siamese children, is again dis- j
I playing her talent for acting
and her beautiful voice.
Judy Corbett has done con-1
siderable solo work, but this
will be her debut as a soloist
in musical comedy. She wish
iiuny enacis me roic OI rup
tim, a Burmese princess, fol
I lowed t<» the court of the King
I of Siam by her lover, Lun
I Tha, portrayed by Richard
Wright. He and three othor
male leads are tenth graders
.ind show great promise for
luture performances. The oth
er three are Carroll Fonvielle,
who does a convincing job as
Prime Minister; C. B. Sellers,
who skillfully portrays the
King's M»n; and Roger Elliott,'
who plays the double role of
interpreter and priest. Richard
Hrirdee, only a ninth grader,
shows great future with his
pleasing performance as An
na's son.
With great beauty and
strength Anne Gore gives a
! delicate performance as Lady
Thiang, the King's number one
j Wife. The role of the King isj
played by Lewis Sikes. A very
ttfHal feature of the show is
"The Small House of Uncle
Thorn 's," an Oriental version
of "Uncle Tom's Cabin." This
lis narrated by Margie Grainger ι
I who had leading roles In The j
Mikado and "Kiss Me. Kate." It I
is ounce·; and sung by mcmb- ι
ers of the Chorus.
1MRÄ, «ADDIS rOLRMAN
Mrs. Gaddis Coleman, sister
1 of Madison Elliott, la a patient
In James Walker Memorial Hos
pital.
BIG SCRAMBLE — Young and old enjoyed the mummouth "Golden
Kaster Egg Hunt" held Saturday in Tabor City with the merchants associ
ation hosting the event. One-thousand ping-pong balls were dropped from
an airplane which was piloted by Tony Leggett. As the plane repeatedly
dipped down over the main business section of town, airbourne Ken
Lovelle dumped the balls into the streets where visitors furiously rushed
to capture them. On each ball a gift was named and the name of the
store donating the gift. Lovell, executive secretary of the merchants
association! described the promotion as "very successful".
Tabor Native Preseated
Commendation USAF Medal
STAFF-SERGEANT WADE ROBERTS
Receives Commendation Medal From His Commanding Officer.
Λ labor City native has been I
presented with one of the high- 1
est awards given to servicemen |
during peace time.
S-Sgt. Wade P. Roberts. 27,
is the recipient of the Com- J
mendation Medal, according to'
Lt. Col. Dale B. Ward, his com
manding officer at Cannon Air1
Force Base, New Mexico. The ·
citation whLh accompanied the!
medal stated that S-Sgt. Rob
erts "distinguished Mmse'f by ι
meritorious achievement while]
assigned as noncommissioned |
officer in charge of inspection
iind test flight section. 430th
Tactical Fighter Squadron, >
Cannon Air Force Base, from
November 10, 1959 to Novemb
er 25. 1959."
During this period the squad- i
ron was deployed to Chaumont j
Air Base on Operation Spear
head."
The citation further states)
that Sergeant Roberts' high |
degree of technical proficiency,
coupled with his outstanding
leadership ability and willing- i
ness to work long and ardous j
hours, were primary fac tors in ι
the effective and expedient j
maintenance of deployed air- i
;r,(ft.
"Sergeant Roberts' outstand- i
ng performance and devotion
lo duty contributed immeasur
ably to the accomplishment of
the unit mission and reflect
[•»edit upon himself and to the
United States Air Force," con
cluded the citation.
The Tabor Citv serviccman
is the son of Mrs. Grace Rob
erts. 300 Green Sea road. His
wife is Floydeen and hi.< three
children are Uvonno, Waydeen
nnd Ronald .
He was transferrer! to Myrtle
Bcach Air Force Base in April,
having been at the New Mexi
co baue einet 19M. 1
Chadbourn Man
Drowns Tuesday
A badly swolen Lumber riv
er took the lift· of Darwin
Cook. 40-year old Chadbourn
man, Tuesday afternoon.
Cook and a fishing compan
ion, Walter Haynes. started
their boat on the river in Fair
Uluff at a landing behind the
S.ott Motor Company building. |
according to Deputy Sheriff!
Spurgeon Nobles. As the two
men headed down the fast-;
moving river, a wave washed j
over the craft, knocking the ί
two men overboard on oppos
ite sides.
Haynes, a Fair Bluff insur
ance agent, told Deputy Nob-'
les that he swam to the shore
and called for help before be
ginning a search for Cook.
The Chadbourn Rescue Squad
was called to the scene around ί
6 p. m. where the search was
not abandoned until 10:30. Ar-!
rangeinents were made to call
in the rescue squads of Lake
Waccamaw, Robeson county.
Mullins and Marion this morn
ing.
At press time today Cook's
body had not yet been found,
but the capsized boat was loc
ated approximately four miles
down the river from the land
ing from which the fishing ex- j
pedition had been started by!
the two men.
Cook was an insurance men
who has lived in Chadbourn
for 17 years, although a native
of Aerial Crossroads, S. C. He
is survived by his wife, the
ormar Marie Marcar; three I
daughters. Rita, Debbie ami
Jackie; ;md it son, Eddie.
Bible School
Clinic Tuesday
The Columbus Baptist Asso
ciation has scheduled a vaca
tion Bible school dim.· foi
Tuesday. April 18. in Trinity
Baptist Church. VVhiteville.
In making the announcement.
Henry Powell. associational
missionary, noted that six
simultaneous conferences will
be conducted by the following:
Bill Alexander. VVhiteville
First Baptist Church. Nursery
workers; Mrs. Thurman White.
New Hope, Beginner workers;
Mrs. Henry Powell. Trinity.
Primary: Mr. Powell. Juniors;
Mrs. Maurice Gillia. Intermed
iates; and Rev. To. Faircloth.
Assoc. VBS superintendent,
general conference for pastor?
The program will begin at
3:30 p. m. and will include the
conferences, demonstr a t i ο η ί
and discussions, supper, and a
general conference period.
"All those who will be there
for supper are asked to bring
sandwiches and rookies." says
*ϊ«ν Pcivp'l, H" nlw r>«ks t^.it
leaden bring handwork samp
les and textoooks that are to
be used this year .
"I" it most of all," says Mr.
Powell, "bring your vacation
Bible tchool worker·!"
Stockholders Vote
To Lower Water
Level Lake Tabor
Stockhold» nf Tabor Citv
Recreation Commission, Inc.,
.u >!.» oimuai i.ieeung ι uestii>y
night, voted to lo\v«.r the per
manent high wat» r murk of
Lake Tabor by six inches fol
lowing «ι reqiusi by allot m.s
I».: Gum ι Μ. Jolly and Baney
Williamson.
StocKholclers also voted to
lease the Wildlife Ciub one
acre ot land on the Mike Hill
upon which a clubhouse will
ue built. The Wildlife Club
members, who are stockholders
.n the recreation commission,
will each pay the lake treasury ι
$10.00 each per year for fish
ing privileges.
Other stipulations included
in the lease require the Wild
life Club to conduct the area
is a strictly legal manner and
allow Boy Scout and other de
serving organizations the privi
lege of holding meetings in the
club house. Wildlife members
plan to build a spacious and
attractive home on the one
acre site.
Officers elected by the com
mission for the next year in
clude W. Horace Carter, presi
dent: Venoy Stephens. vice
president: Harry Bell, secre
tary; Ted Watts, treasurer: and
Wayne Baxter. Elbert Shelley
and Wilson Beck, directors.
A report was heard on the
finances that showed the lake
operated at a slightly better
than breakeven fguue during
the year.
Williams Pupil
!Wins Contest
' Angelia Powell, a member of
the senior class at Williams
j Township school, vva «announc
ed winner <<f the school's "My
I True Security" theme-writing
j contest, held on April 5 before
an assembly.
Contents of her presentation
i will not be disclosed by the
Tabor City Junior Chamber of
Commerce, sponsors of the pro
! ject. until a similar project has
1 been held in Tabor City's
I school and she competes with
the Tabor winner for the co
unty victory.
Twenty members of the Wil
liams senior class participated
in the competition, with Miss
Powell winning by a close mar
•:in of two points, according to
R. C. Soles Jr.. chairman of
the Jaycee project.
ι Placing second in the event
was Richard Williams. Judges
were Η. B. Todd. Mrs. William
B. Rogers and Richard Gordon,
i all of Tabor City.
Each person participating
ι was judged on their efforts in
originality, sincerety, theme
construction and presentation.
Tabor City seniors partici
pating in the local project will
have their efforts judged Fri
jday, April 14.
Duke Scholarship
To Wms. Teacher
Through support from the
Nation;*] Science Foundation
Karl \V. Enzor, science teacher
in th< Williams Township High
School, has been awarded a
scholarship at Duke Univers
ity tor summer study in the
biology section of the 1961
Summer Science and Mathe
matics Institute.
Karl W. F.nzor graduated
from the Fair Bluff High
School, Campbell College, and
East Carolina College. He be
gan his teaching career this
year in the Williams Township
School.
RAYS VISIT
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Ray
of Arlington. Va. were Easter
Holiday visitors with their
parents. Mr and Mrs. Ken Ray
and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Inman
APPALACHIAN STUDENT
Λ list of the students at Ap
palachian State Teachers Col
lege. Boone, who maintained a
"B" or higher average during
the winter term included Hac
chel Peterson, a senior of Del
co.
The announcement was mad·
by Herman R. Egger», regist
rar.
Horace Roberts :
Succumbs To
Heart Attack
Horace Roberts, well known
Tabor City merchant and for
mer town councilman, died un
expectedly of a heart attack at
his home here Tuesday at 11
p. m. He was 45.
A native of the Green Sea
Section of Horry County, S. C.
his parents were the late Me
lessa Ludie Grainger and W.
W. Roberts.
I In addition to Mr. Roberts*
! participation in town affairs he
I was an active member of the
I Tabor City Baptist Church, a
I former Rotariaii, a member of
the "^'abor Masonic Lodge,
; number 563, and a veteran of
I World War II.
Funeral services will be held
ι Thursday at 3 p. m. in the Tab
i or City Baptist Church with
j the Rev. James H. Johnson,
j pastor officiating. The Rev.
Morgan B. Gilreath, pastor of
I the Green Sea Baptist Church,
and the Rev. P. C. Gantt, of
Mooresville, N. C. will assist.
I Interment will be in the Forest
j Lawn Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife,
the former Sarah Belle Plexi
j co, native of Sharon, S. C. and
I a daughter. Miss Melody Plexi
[ co Roberts of the home; two
bi'others, Davis Roberts of
Loris, S. C. and Tom Roberts
of Green Sea. S. C.; four sist
ers. Mrs. Mary Roberts of
Charleston, S. C., Mrs. Art
j Huffard and Mrs. Walter Pat
f terson of Green Sea, S. C. and
1 Mrs. Russell Ramsey of Mon
etta, S. C.
Hiss Evergreen
Is First Entry
In '61 Pageant
Girls Wanted!
This is the sentiment of Ta
bni City Jaycces this week
while they arc lining up con
testants for the annual Miss
; Columbus County pageant
which is scheduled for May 12.
One contestant has already
qualifier while others known
interested in competing for a
$750 educational scholarship
have been sent registration
forms.
Jamale Williamson of Ever
green is the first official entry,
I according to Jimmy Garrell,
{chairman of the entries com
mittee.
Miss Williamson, holder of
the "Miss Evergreen" title, is
a senior at Bladenboro High
School, and the daughter of
ι Mr. and Mrs. Tom Williamson.
Her father is a teacher in the
j Evergreen school and her mo·
! ther is a registered nurse,
j Garrell also announced to
day that Ray Burnette, Wilm
| ington, has been acquired to
I act as master - of-ceremonies ι
ί for the pageant. Burnette is an,
attorney (Burnette and Burn«
ette), and has emceed many
I beauty pageant* in the area.
Meanwhile, members of th
Junior Chamber of Commerc
sponsors of the event, are asl I
ing all citizens of the coun 1
to advise them of their nomt i
ations for contestants. Ol ■
must possess both beauty I
talent, be 18 years old by Ui m
1, not older than 28, and nf
have been married.